[PAST/DANI] Table Read

[Dani Marie Cooper]

This was probably a bad idea. It probably wasn't her best idea to kiss her boyfriends best friend. Then why did it feel so good? It felt like instantaneously she was pressed against the counter, and though she was already holding onto him, she had the sudden realization that she didn't want to let go. She held her breath as Jake's lips moved to cross her neck. Months with Lance and she had never felt like this. But it felt just as quickly as this magical moment had started, that it was slowly pulling away from her. It was as though everything was slowly coming back into focus, but in reality she just wanted the passionate blur. She held onto him, noting that neither of them were pulling away from each other. " See.." she said, clearing her throat quietly. " I knew it." she said, but in reality they had just opened a can of worms. Dani sighed, resting her forehead on his shoulder as she tried to figure out what was supposed to happen next. Obviously she couldn't just stay with Lance, not after something like that. But did Jake even want to be with her or was he just attracted to her? How did they handle Lance? God, how did they handle Disney? Kiss me again," she said, though her voice had an edge of pain to it. Was that what their life was going to be now until she was able to end things with Lance? Was it going to be painful to be around him?

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Much as Jake really wanted to continue the activities they were pursuing, he just couldn't. not at this exact moment. And oh he wanted to. Like really wanted to. Not only could be not do that to Lance, he wouldn't do that to Dani. He wanted Dani before Lance came around, even if he didn't know it at the time. He wanted her to himself, but he also wanted her fair and square. For a moment he held her there, her head rested on his shoulder. Jake's arms wrapped around her small frame, his cheek resting against her hair, sighing. He heard her tell him to kiss her again, but even Jake could hear the futility in her voice. Jake stepped back, placing his hands on her upper arms, "Take care of your boyfriend problem." He leaned down, placing a kiss against her forehead and lingered for a moment, savoring the warmth of her skin since he didn't know when they would be doing this again. "I'll wait." And he would, whether it was a day, a week, a month. Jake would wait.