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I sat up on his bed for a bit and looked around, bouncing ever so slightly on the firm mattress There was a collection of pens on his bedside table as well as a cigarette lighter Oddly, next to the pens were four of those pinwheels that kidsit spin Jake was so puzzling

I opened the bedside drawer and immediately shut it when I noticed a strip of condoarettes It reuy I was infatuated as hag sx with soarettes, condoms…pinwheels, you know, the usual stuff you found in 24-year-old guy’s bedrooot up and walked over to the picture on his chest of drawers of his twin nieces that sat next to the gargoyle figurine collection Maybe the pinwheels were for theirls were beautiful and looked so ht eyes and dimples

His closet was open, and it ser across the hanging shirts that were mostly black and navy with a few plaids mixed in and looked down at the closet floor at the mess of shoes strewn about, mostly Converse and Doc Martens

I sat back down on the bed and noticed a stack of large sketchpads left out on his desk I grabbed the first one off of the stack and got chills as I flipped it open

What my eyes were ly lifelike drawing of a man on a motorcycle The man was drawn fro over his shoulder His eyes seee How you could , with its texture and shadowing, just seemed to cooing through the book, and each draas better than the last Another one was of the sa the motorcycle into the clouds in the sky There were also a lot of drawings of the sairl, ild curly hair In one of the skirt that seemed to move within the picture They were all done solely in pencil with blends of charcoal and graphite

There was another picture of a butterfly, but the center was a lifelike wos were so intricate, and the attention to detail was ih the book, but Jake left it right on his desk, so it couldn’t have been soht? At least, I h the first sketchpad and becarabbed the entire pile and devoured each one with my eyes Some were of people and others were just nature scenes Certain ones were so stunning, that I had to stop and stare at the every last detail Then, I would go back to soe out of my head

I was frantically searching these photos for clues about Jake’s life With each drawing, I was s Were they based on real people or just characters he created froinally thought

At one point, I restedthe rustic s and the intoxicating scent, I was super aroused

Severalto closeI re over me with a death stare, as I lay on his bed a? I rubbed htness The realization that this situation was not iined caused my heart to explode out of my chest It felt like I was also about to lose control of hs and juainst the headboard

"Jake…I can explain"

"What the fuck, Nina?" he whispered hoarsely, his tone angry

The sad and disappointed look in his eyes scared me, and I was evenhis privacy

His hair was dripping wet froainst theUnder different circu a rainstorm would have been a drea like he wanted to murder me

He continued to stand over , but the words just wouldn’t come out I noticed his backpack was thrown clumsily in the middle of the floor

After several seconds passed, I cleared oing into his rooo, I was alone in the house, and your door was open I had thought I left the math workbook in here, so I came inside I noticed these sketchbooks I onlythe first draas…I just couldn’t stop looking"

He sed and continued to look atHis chest was rising as he breathed in and out Shit

I continued "I must have closed my eyes and fallen asleep"

Jake blinked repeatedly but was still silent A trickle of rainwater ran down his forehead

My voice was shaking "I aht it was okay to look at your stuff For the record, they are the ainst the back headboard frozen withas hetheinal spot on the desk

"Again, I’ to return to rip on my wrist, and the return of his voice shook ?"

"Back to rasp "Just stay"

Huh? My heart beat faster

"Stay? What do you mean?"

"I mean…you were comfortable here Just stay"

"You’re not mad at me?"

He shook his head "I didn’t say that You shouldn’t have been snooping"

"I know I really ay Instead, he walked over to the door, closed it and shut off the light I looked at the digital clock, which said 11:30 It was later than I thought Only the streetlights outside illuminated the room now, as he removed his wet jacket and threw it on the floor Then, he pulled his t-shirt over his head and was completely shirtless

Oh……okay

I bit down on my bottom lip hard, and my body trembled as he approached the bed

Yeah, this was ined

"Scoot over," he said in a low voice

I turned tomy arms under my chin