@jakechutney

Seven months had gone very fast, she had been staying at Jakes for the last three months and she still felt like a burden. She knew he was fine with her staying but things had still been a little awkward between them since she kissed him the day he let her stay but he didn’t want that to get in the way of anything and she sighed. She was sitting in the room she was staying in for now, and just t thinking about her ex and thinking about Jake, she wished her life could be normal. Her parents were disappointed in her, kept telling her she would never make lawyer now. She sighed as she tapped her stomach for a moment, “You’ve got me into a lot of mess little one.” She sighed patting her now grown belly  sighing for a moment, she told the doctor at the last scan she didn’t want to know the sex until the baby was born so she couldn’t even think about that. She sat there before looking down for a moment before feeling something. Her eyes lit up realizing it was the baby kicking and she smiled softly. She shouted, “JAKE!” She knew he would want to feel this, “You might want to come.” She said as she started to feel her babies first kicks.

“You forgot about me and it hurts” Ryan opened Jake’s office door without knocking as he said those words. There was someone in it, probably a client and the man froze for a second in his place. “I’m sorry” he cleared his throat. “But my fiance just came back from a business trip and didn’t call so...It hurts” he said to the random person. “What would you do in my place? Wouldn’t you be upset?” he asked with a serious look on his face.

[Marley drew in a deep breath as she stepped off of her plane, a deep sense of nervousness settling over her. The last time she’d been this anxious about anything was glee sectionals her sophomore year, and everyone knew how that turned out. She’d been so excited at first, at the prospect of visiting and getting a fresh start in New York, but in the past couple of days things had shifted. Marley could only hope that whatever weirdness had risen up between Jake and Ryder had resolved itself, and that it wouldn’t ruin her trip to visit her two favorite guys. Gathering her things, she tried to ignore the way her feet were dragging and her heart was hammering in her chest as she made her way out of the terminal, finally exiting through security. There was no more overthinking and worrying now; all that was left was for Marley to catch a glimpse of either Jake or Ryder’s familiar face, and pray that this hadn’t been a bad idea after all.]

Sometimes Zooey just wanted to hit herself for bringing things up that either bring the mood down or just plain make people angry. She sighed, running a hand through her brown hair. She knew she needed to bring it up. She knew that it would just keep progressing in her mind if she didn't. Jake still loved Anna. And as many times as he told her he wouldn't go back to her; he still loved her. And Zooey really didn't like that. He was going into the relationship while he loved another girl. And it was something that would probably always be lingering on Zooey's mind. What was she supposed to do now? Check with him every Tuesday? 'Hey Jake, just wondering, are you still in love with Anna?' She also didn't want to break things off with him. She liked him too much for that. So, here she was, stress tears staining her cheeks as she tried to wipe them away. Her eyes were a little puffy, and the redness was going down. She hated conflict, and didn't handle it well. Not when it was with Jake. She heard her front door open, and sat up in her bed a little, waiting for Jake to walk through.

Doing a last check of her house and her outfit, which was just a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, Zooey sat down at the edge of her couch. She wasn't sure if her headache that morning had been brought on by stress of what was happening between her and Jake, or if it was illness related. Either way, she was pretty happy that it seemed to have disappeared. And now Jake was coming over to talk about things with Zooey. She was pretty nervous. She knew she liked Jake. But she also knew that there was a possibility that Jake maybe still had feelings for Anna, or hell, even Erin. He didn't really know what he wanted, and the last thing Zooey wanted was for him to not be sure with her. She sighed, shaking her bangs a little when she heard a knock at her door. She opened it, and gave the man a small smile, "Hey," she said, moving aside so he could step into her home.

The text message to Jake had just barely gone through when Marley grabbed her bag and car keys to leave the house. Her mom and stepdad were out so she wrote a quick note to leave them just in case they beat her home. She drove rather quickly to the dance studio and keyed into the empty building when she arrived. Thankfully she wasn't there for very long when she heard the roar of his bike. Beaming from ear to ear, Marley took a breath to compose herself as she wandered to the back entrance. She knew this was risky and most definitely wasn't the wisest thing for the pair to do right now but she needed to see him. She was hoping that seeing him would make all the drama and attitude and fear she was experiencing worth it. Marley just needed to know that this was all for a reason. As she opened the back door to see Jake, she glanced down at the ground and smiled. "Hey. Come in quick, before someone sees." She muttered as she ushered him in, her paranoia over the whole situation kicking in.