Falling for Jack

Chapter 17

Jack's pov

I wake up and think to myself "Last night was amazing." Mary did exactly what I was afraid she would do. She tore down my guard and made her way up to my heart. Crap! I like her. I like her a lot.

I turned around in my bed hoping to find a sleeping Mary next to me. Instead I found an empty place.

"Mary?" I shout but there is no response.

I get out of bed, find my under pants and put them on. I leave my room to search for her. "Mary?" I keep calling, but still there is no answer. Where could she have gone? I go to my shop to look for her, but she is not there.

After a few minutes of searching for her I came to the conclusion that she is gone.

But it's still raining outside. Did she really go into the storm just to get away from me? I mean there is no more lightning or thunder but it is still raining heavily.

What the hell happened? I thought we had connected last night. I thought she had enjoyed last night. Why is she not here? Why did she left?

My mood instantly goes sour.

I get back to my room and lay down on my bed again. God! My bed smells of her. I can't think straight with her scent all around me. I get up again and go take a shower.

A few hours later I'm in my shop, trying to work and eating leftover cake. Unfortunately for me, the only thing I can think about is her. Yesterday she was in here painting toys with me, we talked and got to know each other a little bit better and she baked this cake, which tasted amazing and I want to eat it but at the same time I'm fighting the urge to go and dump it in the garbage. Yeah, I'm not being very rational right now.

I want to call her, but I don't have her number.

I never thought that my weekend would go like this. When my sister invited me to her party I didn't want to go, but I decided to check it out because I know my sister usually drinks way too much and I wanted to make sure she was alright. Instead, when I arrived at her place I saw Mary doing shots with my sister and some other guys and I instantly felt worried. That's why I followed her to the bathroom. I just wanted to make sure she was ok, but she started talking nonsense and I knew she was drunk. When she opened the bathroom door and collapsed in my arms I decided to take her to my place. I didn't want to risk leaving her at my sister's, her waking up drunk and doing something she would regret.

I guess she did end up doing something she regretted…

Then it hits me. My sister! She has Mary's number and knows where she lives. I grab my phone and call Cece. She picks up after two rings.

"Hi Jack, what do you need?" She asks.

"Who said I needed anything?"

"Well, everytime you call me it is because you need something from me." She states. Yeah, I have a bad track record.

"I just wanted to know how you are. How was the party?" I ask. After what she just said to me I don't want to ask for Mary's number right away.

"I'm fine, the party was ok. I was hoping to talk a little bit more to Mary but you took her away…"

"She was drunk, I couldn't just leave her there." I explained. "Speaking of Mary, can you give me her number?"

Cece starts to laugh. "So this is why you called me. Why do you need Mary's number? Isn't she there with you?"

I take a deep breath. "Not anymore."

"OK… what happened? What did you do?" She asks.

"Nothing…"

"OMG! You slept with her!" She screams.

"Can you just give me her number?" I ask again feeling frustrated.

"No."

"Why not?" I'm starting to lose it now.

"Because if you want her number you should ask her. Now I have to go. Bye." And she hung up.

What the hell?? I feel like punching something right now.

The rest of my Sunday was s***. I couldn't concentrate on anything and even hurt my left hand trying to cut a small piece of wood to make some more toy cars.

At night, I couldn't sleep because my bed still smelled like her. I got up and changed my sheets and tried to sleep again. But I couldn't sleep again. My mind was racing. I need to stop thinking about her and move on!

On Monday morning I woke up and I felt like crap. I got up and dressed. I couldn't be bothered with making breakfast so I grabbed my wallet and my keys, got in my truck and headed to the Sunshine dinner to eat something.

Twenty minutes later I enter the diner and make my way to the counter to sit there. Rhonda comes to me and says "Good morning handsome, how are you doing?"

Before I can stop myself I ask "Do you know where Mary lives?" Rhonda looks surprised "I do. Why do you ask?"

"I need to talk to her." I responded.

"You know, that's why they invented the cell phone." She says while squinting her eyes.

"I don't have her number. Do you have her number?" She puts one hand on her hip. "Again, I do. Why do you want to talk to her?"

"I just need to… talk to her"

"Jack you need to be careful, if you break Mary's heart I'm gonna smack your a**." She threatened.

"I didn't do anything, she was the one who ran away from me. I just want to know why she did it." I'm officially lost. I thought I could keep her out of my head but I can't. Especially after the night we shared.

"OK, I'll tell you where she lives. Don't make me regret this." Rhonda finally caves.

"I won't. " I promise her.