She thought he could flirt

Chapter three

When the door opened though, the site that met her surprised her.

“Beth!” Sam exclaimed happily as he jumped off the ground and ran towards her embracing her, she stood still for a second before hugging him back, when he let her go, he spoke pointing at the turned on television in the middle of the dark room

“I was playing on my X-Box, couldn’t sleep.” He said and then frowned,” I didn’t know you’d be coming here tonight”

She smiled,” yeah, it was a sudden plan sort of thing” he nodded and closed the door softly behind her before walking back to the spot he was sitting on and he grabbed his console before groaning,” I lost because I dropped the console to hug you”

Elizabeth smiled inside and even let her heart flutter a bit, then she walked and sat on his bed,” you did your homework?” he asked  biting his lips as he pressed on the console with a passion trying to kill the soldiers running down the hill.

“I thought you had your eyes on me” she muttered and yawned, he yawned as well and said,” yeah I do, but I am no god”

She chuckled,” yeah I did my homework”

He paused the game and turned around to look at her, his dark –slightly curly- hair shook with the movement and she liked the feel of it. A silent moment passed before he smiled and said,” Good girl”
those two words completely revived her and she felt she was holding a source of energy that would enable her to build a new dam. On her own!

“You want to play?” he offered the other console, she nodded happily and took the console and sat on the ground before scooting closer and closer to Sam’s body till their folded legs were stuck to each other.

“You ready to go down?” she said teasingly, he laughed and said,” In your dreams, Beth”

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Jasmine watched as Martin rubbed the seat of his motorcycle dramatically.

“I love you baby, I truly do. I know she’s a mean girl, I know that, just please don’t leave me—“

Needless to say, Martin was talking to his motorcycle. A man came out of a garage and talked to Martin for a while before taking the motorcycle inside the garage leaving Martin and Jasmine in a horrible silence.

“I knew I’d regret this” he muttered obviously trying to hold back his feelings. Jasmine flinched feeling completely vulnerable.

It was all an accident! She swears it was!

He was finally showing her how to start the thing and how to increase speed, she kind of pressed too hard and well… she kind of… jumped off the motorcycle when she felt it was too scary which ended up with the motorcycle crashing against a parked car and Jasmine living as healthy as a horse.

“It was an accident” she said softly and closed her eyes with his intake of breath

“This was no accident, you killed my baby”

Jasmine opened her eyes and looked at him bewildered,” um, okay, I know you’re mad, but this is getting a little awkward”

Martin had started walking away from her and so she spoke as she followed him; it reminded her of the first day they saw each other but the other way around. He was following her while listening to music, now she’s following him while spilling her guts.

“Live with my weirdness because you’d be lucky if I ever make you touch anything of mine again.”

“You call it weirdness?” Jasmine stated before voicing a sarcastic laugh.” You don’t even flirt with humans but you flirt with your motorcycle!”

He stopped abruptly and turned to look at her, his face was too calm which freaked her out a bit,” you have to pay me back. I won’t just let this go! I’m losing all my monthly pay for this motorcycle to be fixed. So figure something out” he said folding his arms and chewing on his lips in this angry slash manly way which attracted her eye vision to his lips and her brains to thoughts revolving around kissing and such.

She sighed and scratched her head before closing her eyes thoughtfully thinking of a way to pay him back

“Okay fine” she muttered loudly as she opened her eyes and realized he started walking again and was now a couple of feet away from her.

“Next week it’s thanksgiving! I’m inviting you to grab a bite to eat with my family”

Martin stopped and his feet were stomping on the ground softly indicating he was considering it.

He turned around,” but what does it mean, me meeting your family?”

Jasmine clicked her tongue,” I don’t know, I’m just paying you back”

His shoulders dropped slightly before his eyebrows rose,” well then, I accept your invitation but there’s a condition”

Jasmine scowled at him before taking a breath to cool down and she nodded letting him speak,” I’ll take you out on a date after Thanksgiving”

Jasmine was taken by surprise, he was upfront and she didn’t think nor imagine –in a million years- that he would ask her out.

“but you don’t even flirt” she whined, he raised the edge of his lip,” I can learn how if you desire this trait in me so much”

Jasmine’s frown turned into a grin and she pretended to be thinking,” okay, I’ll go on a date with you, but you have to prove to me on our third date, if we’re going to reach that far, that you can actually flirt”

Martin took a step forward and commented,” you seriously want to marry someone who can flirt? Screw his personality? Screw his looks?” Jasmine laughed, “Who said anything about marriage? I just like my man to be a little playful every now and then”

Martin chuckled,” I could be that, I could totally be that”

Jasmine was now standing by his side; she lifted her lips and said seductively,” be what?”

He grabbed her wrist and said,” Your man”

Jasmine rolled her eyes groaning,” Oh god, I feel I’m dy-ying from cheesiness”

Martin looked offended as she slowly dropped to the ground,” what? I wasn’t that bad”

“You are horrible, painful, murderous!”

“Fine stop being a drama queen! I’ll prove to you that I can be a better flirt than any guy you’ll ever meet”

“If you become like Zachariah, I’ll consider marrying you. And you can count on that” she said half honestly half teasingly

“Who the hell is Zachariah?!” he exclaimed angrily

“Someone who could flirt, that’s for sure”

Martin scowled even more before his face dropped into a sudden blank expression

“Flirting is ea-easy.”

Jasmine took a piece of gum from her pocket and she threw it in her mouth before speaking nonchalantly,” yeah sure, it’s easy”