CADEN'S POV
Halfway through unpacking her stuff, that was when she gave up and fell asleep right in the middle of the mess she'd made on the bed.
It was just like Jade to fall asleep in the middle of a task you know, but nothing has ever looked more cute and adorable than she did lying there, finally relaxed for once.
I'd taken the time to clear out most of the clothes scattered across her bed and throw them back into her box to make more space on the bed to enable her get more comfortable and sleep better.
That was like thirty minutes ago though and currently I'm alone at the hotel's lounge having a drink while waiting for the rest of the class to get here and get settled in.
Without asking for my permission, my mind somehow finds it way to the one person we've been trying not to think about.
Yeah, you got it right.
It's been doing that a lot lately and honestly I'm not exactly sure how to deal with that or how
JADE'S POV I woke up to an empty room that's in no way mine, disoriented and scared for a minute there, but that's until the memories of today came rushing back to me. Caden, the long, hours long trip to here, the hotel and then this room he'd somehow gotten for himself. My eyes dart around the room, finally coming to rest on the bed and I'm surprised the clothes that I'd thrown all across the bed before giving up and falling asleep had somehow managed to find their way into my box while the bed laid bare except for me, of course. I stretch out my limbs, still tired out even after the sleep I'd just woken from. How long did that last anyways? Getting off the bed, I get out of my own half of the room, going into the main suite to look him, not liking the greeting silence for even one bit. And just like I feared, he's nowhere
JADE'S POV Stupid, stupid, stupid me! How in the world did I even decieve myself into imagining I stood a chance with him? Of course he might have sworn he was done with Lizzy, but who promised he wouldn't run back into her waiting arms when she called? Not doing that would have been so out of character for him, so I guess getting my hopes up for even a second is my fault and an act straight outta my poor judgement. I sigh as I absently accept a fresh glass of drink from Nat, it's nothing really alcoholic enough to get anyone high or anything but I know it's spiked and that takes credit for the awful taste. Why won't they just let these drinks be on their own without spiking it. If Nat noticed what just happened a minute ago, she shows no sign of it as she carries on with the conversation we'd been having, so seamlessly.
JADE'S POV I don't know if this is the universe plotting against me or anything but I'm stuck with him now. Yeah, I know I'd initially agreed to share his suite with him for the trip and all, but after seeing him with Lizzy again, I didn't think I wanted to anymore. It isn't what I signed up for after all and I'm not sure I can handle having her in the same space after our last encounter but that's something that's gonna be unavoidable if I'm sharing his space. Of course she'll come waltzing in every now and again to visit and I don't even want imagine finding them making out. Makes me want to retch, thinking about it. So with that in mind, I naturally showed up for room balloting. Yeah, balloting. That's when all the available room keys are dumped in one bowl and we come pick one up randomly.
CADEN'S POV It dosen't make any sense. Everything had been fine between us before I'd left her sleeping in the room to go down to the lounge and that also had been the last time I saw her. Yeah, it was the last time I saw her and then the next thing I know, she's standing before me, avoiding my eyes while Mr Stewart stands here to plead I allow her to stay with me for a while until he can figure out a better placement for her. A better arrangement? That means she'd turned up for the room sharing thing they'd just finished with a while ago. And it all beats me because we'd talked about this she'd accepted to stay with me, she'd even started unpacking her things in the room. So, I have no idea where all this is coming from and I'm not even sure how to feel about the whole situation. Betrayed, that
JADE'S POV Today is day one the trip and not so surprisingly, the first activity on the list is hiking. Yeah, there's no surprise here because just behind this hotel that were staying at is a wide spread of good land that leads to what I'd describe as a beautiful hiking trail. It'd been hiked by the hotel staffs a lot too when they were rattling on and on about how choosing their hotel is one of the best choices we've made. It's early in the morning and I'm setting out my things on the bed so I can get ready. I'm sure everyone is probably still getting in an extra fifteen minutes of sleep but I have to do my business now because I share the suites bathroom with Caden. I don't want to get in his way or have him walk in on me while I'm in the tub or something, that would be like super awkward. Speaking of him, I don't know wha
JADE'S POV "You have no idea, princess." Those words have stayed stuck in my head from the moment they were said up until now, hours later. I can still remember every bit of the expressions that had crossed his face and every emotion that had flirted across his eyes when he'd said them. There's just something in the way the words had fallen from his luscious, kissable lips that make them stick with you, even when you don't want it to. I can still feel the impression of his body against mine, his heat and scent still wrapped around my very being even now, just like it had been when I woke up this morning. The slow brush of the tip of his nose against the length of my neck had had all my earlier resolves to stay clear of him in this manner up in flames, in a second. And the feathery trail of his hand along of the side of
JADE'S POV My problem is not with fact that Ches had a thing with Kyle, I mean anyone would bite that chunk of hot male piece. My problem is with the fact that she sounds so smitten by him, like someone who is developing some kind of feelings for him. It might be too early to tell though and I might be dealing with just unfounded paranoia, but I don't think I can be blamed for looking out for my friend. Kyle is a popular manwhore in school, the kind that's known to have been in and out of many girls panties and trust me I know the type, and if someday she starts to want more than just sex, she'd only end up getting hurt. They ain't gonna settle because some good girl out here decides to fall helplessly for them. I know that first hand, and that's because I'm being stupid and not taking my own advice. I'm low key envious of h
JADE'S POV The hotel staffs really weren't bluffing when they were describing the view of this trail and seeing this now makes me anticipate more, the beautiful clearing they'd promised we'd find at the end of the trail. The scenery we are walking through is just so beautiful you'd be tempted to take pause and appreciate. Imagine an expanse of greenery dotted with absolutely beautiful and colorful flowers and if you listen closely, I bet you can hear water from some supposedly nearby creek flowing. I guess that's responsible for the refreshingly cool air that weaves its way around us every now and again. Honestly? I'm totally digging this. We're all broken up a now in pair, unlike when we'd all started out as one big group, walking at our own paces as far as we all don't lose sight of each other and our tour guide. I, for on