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Later that night, after all of james’ busy work was done. He finally got changed out of his expensive navy suit, along with his dress pants and shoes; changing into something more casual as him and his friend from school had plans to meet up later tonight. He wasn’t aware when, she just told him “I’ll be at your window later, wait for me. And be sure to bring some drinks while you’re at it.”
She didn’t specify what kind, though it was obvious. It wasn’t long until him and jessie became friends, close friends even. it was like it was destined for them to meet, they got along despite having clashing personalities at times. And even though coming from drastically different backgrounds of life, that still failed to hinder them from becoming close with one another. He found himself wanting to walk with her to school everyday, eat lunch with her every afternoon, even share every class with her. James never had any close friends (or any at all). She was his first true friend he’s ever had that listened to him. And despite her being hot-headed she still was there for him. He felt a bond with her like no other, he cherished that dearly. When he first met her he had thought it was his dreaded fiancé at first glance, though he did find her rather attractive– her face and hair color was a almost shocking resemblance, but her sapphire blue eyes were a give away of the difference, along with her hair style.
He changed into a mareep wool shirt, followed along with black mareep wool pants. He’d also stolen some of his parents champagne, knowing he’d impress her by how expensive it was. He brought it out of its hiding place that he kept in his walk-in closet, shutting the door behind him and placing it on his kind-sized bed. Making sure to hide it under the covers just in case one of the maids or butlers decided to walk in unexpectedly, or someone worse. He walked over to the mirror, examining himself making sure he looked presentable. wait– why was he worried about his looks? It was just his friend,, That happened to be a girl… and a pretty one for that matter. “I really am down bad aren’t I? Foolish me.” He scolded himself in the mirror, straightening up is shirt. And in no coincidence, he heard a knock at the door.
“shit.” he cursed under his breath. “Yes, who is it?” He asked, attempting to mask his anxiety by sounding monotone.
“It’s housekeeping, may I come in?” A woman’s voice called back from the door, James hesitated for a moment before responding.
”oh.. yes” he confirmed as the door open. Incoming one of the many maids that occupied the manor, closing the door softly behind her. He sat on his bed awkwardly posed as he greeted her.
“your mother and father requested me to check up on you, and see if you needed anything.” She told him, looking around his room seeing if there was any messes to clean out of habit. James felt annoyed hearing about his mother and father, knowing that’s not what their true intentions were.
“Everything’s fine!.. just getting ready for bed is all” he fake smiled, watching her examine around his room worried he had left anything suspicious out for her to notice. His parents tended to nit-pick every little detail about him, and so did jessebelle ever since he was young. Though it was expected coming from an upbringing like his, he wished they were less hard on him and cared about his feelings more than just being their perfect son.
The house keeper noticed his strange behavior, but brushing it off as she made her way towards him again. “Oh okay, that’s good then master james” she smiled. She walked around the room, noticing a small pile of dirty clothes on the floor. She picked them up and placed the heap in a basket by the door. She then glanced over at his bed-side table, she noticed a small Polaroid picture of him and a girl his age, that appeared to look like his fiancé. But on further inspection she could tell that the girl in the photo was different, both of them smiled in it with their arms around each other. They both could’ve been mistaken as a couple very easily. She kept note of this, knowing his parents paid her extra to investigate and intrude on his business.
James soon picked up on her looking over at something, he felt anxious as he tilted his head to see what she was looking at, then feeling his heart drop. Was he really his stupid?? Why did he leave that picture sitting out in the open like that!? He panicked, internally scolding himself thinking up an excuse of what to say–or if he should say anything at all. But deciding the latter knowing he secretly had been stalked before on his personal life.
”Oh,, Thats just– me and a friend from school.. at poketech..” he couldn’t sound casual for the life of him, watching her face to see what her reactions were. Even though what he was saying was true, he worried still things would come off the other way. Everyone that was close to his family and that worked at their estate knew of jessebelle, and he didn’t want to know the punishment if he was ever caught being disloyal. But honestly he wasn’t in love with the girl, well he once was… but that’s a different story.
She looked at him with slight suspicion lingering on her face, then looking away from the picture, Still configured what to think about this. “Oh, that’s nice. How long have you two known each other if you don’t mind me asking?”
James’ panic set in even more, the last thing he wanted in the world was for his damned family knowing about him and jessie. His mother and father were overbearing. As if he didn’t have the freedom to do as he pleased was the worst part of his life overall.
James looked at her, then over at the wall. “U-uh.. quite a while now–“
Shit. Why did he have to say that? just realizing what he said could perk up more suspicion. Plus the way he was acting about it wasn’t doing him any favors.
The maid gave him a puzzled look, then headed toward her cart of cleaning supplies, pushing it out the door. “It seems like you two are close.. Alright then, well I’ll be heading out for the night. Goodbye master James.” Sounding casual enough, bowing her head in respect as she closed the door behind her, hearing it click shut as he sat on his bed. pathetically slumping back into the covers.
“Why did I have to go and screw this up? She’s definitely telling mama and papa!” He scolded himself, curling in a ball of shame as a wave of depression washed over him. It’s not like we were dating, a girl and boy are simply friends, mere companions, yes. Nothing wrong about that. James attempted to sooth himself, looking over at the picture that sat at the table next to him, picking it up to take another look at it.
There was him, and jessie. That shared such a striking resemblance to jessebelle that he was even surprised she could notice the difference. He examined her face, her everything. A classmate had taken that picture for them, jessie being the one making them do it. He remembered her getting jealous of the fine material of his clothing. He was aware of her upbringing and living situation, he promised her he’d have to secretly take her out shopping one of these days, which she would more than happily oblige to.
Jessie.. I wonder when she’ll show up, I’m just happy she didn’t while the maid was here. He pondered, smiling fondly at her picture.
And speak of the devil–a small thud of a rock hit his balcony window, startling him as he jumped up. “Well that was quick-” He said, standing up walking over to the glass doors, opening one of them peering out into the darkness. the only source of light being from the outdoor light fixtures, and along with the glow from the moon. Stood there was his classmate, she was still wearing her outfit from earlier. A white blouse with a bow, along with a plaid pink skirt and black knee-high stockings. She waved up at him, raising up a bottle. Her face had a look of mischief that filled him with excitement as he yelled down in a quiet voice “Hey, I’ll be right there!”
James hurried back to grab the booze he snatched from under his silk blanket, turning off one of his room lamps then making his way back to the entrance, closing the door quietly behind him.
“look!” He whisper-shouted, holding up the bottle of fine champagne, Jessie looked at him approval. “Yes!~ Now come down already.”
“Yes ma’am” he responded, smirking as he climbed down the railing, having tied a rope to one of the railing poles before-hand. Reaching the ground hopping down on the pavement. being greeted by the fuchsia haired girl.
“Hey rich boy, I knew you were loaded but not THIS loaded” jessie looked in awe, and with a lingering jealousy as her eyes looked up at the huge mansion, and gardens to go along with it. “It was like a maze trying to find the backyard even–but besides that I managed to swipe this from a gas station near-by.”
James chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head. “Ahaha.. I’m sorry about that, I’ve been meaning to give you a tour of this place. It’s just hard to with my family.. I got this from my parents wine cellar”
She rolled her eyes at him non-seriously. “Why? your parents wouldn’t like a poor girl like me rummaging around the property?” she halfly joked as they both strolled through the endless seeming garden that adorned the backyard, acres of land stretched out beyond their eyes could see as the soft breeze flowed through the air. The whole scenery of it all felt comforting, especially being accompanied by a friend; something they both lacked their whole lives until this point.
“What? Of course not! it’s just… they’re both rather controlling. If they found out I was doing this I’d be hung at stake” James’ demeanor dropped as they strolled through the rose bushes.
Jessie noticed the change in his mood, leaning over slightly to see his face. Brushing one of her hands against his, causing him to blush. James looked down at their hands, smiling and making the bold move to intertwine his fingers with hers. Now both of them blushing a deep crimson as her shoulders brushed up against his own, he’d never been this close to a woman before, not even his own fiancé. The whole situation was foreign to him, he knew his other classmates gotten with girls before he did, which he was insecure about to say the least.
“Hey, there’s no need to hide anything from me you know? And who cares what they think.. you can do whatever you want james. I mean it” she told him, her voice now sounding comforting and content. Something that never failed to ease him as his lips formed into a sweet smile back at hers.
“Really? I’m truly flattered, I’ve never had someone to talk to about this stuff before..”
She giggled, resting her head on his shoulder as they walked. “Well now you have me, right?” She assured him, her voice dripping sweetness as he felt his stomach swarming with butterfree. He knew she was extremely attractive, drop dead gorgeous in fact; He was honored and blessed to have such a beautiful girl from his school this close to him, and to spend her precious time with his.
“and you have me now, We don’t have to be alone anymore jess~”
“HEY! WHO ARE YOU TWO??!!”
As they were in the middle of a conversation, a loud commanding voice shouted at them. An unmistakable voice of one of the night guards. The two of them jumped hearing his voice, turning around in shock as they saw a large man carrying a flashlight come jolting at them. “Run!” James yelped, gripping her hand tightly as they started sprinting. Guiding her through the gardens attempting to lose the guard within the outskirts of the trees. He was familiar with the whole proximity, and also being familiar with being in situations just like this one. He couldn’t be caught out this late at night with another girl, or else he truly would be gone for.
“James!! Who is that guy??!” Jessie questioned him concerningly, she kept glancing behind her to see if anyone caught up to them.
He looked behind his shoulder as well, double checking to see if he was close, then turned back keeping his eyes in front of him. “I’ll explain later! I know a place were he can’t find us.”
They both breathed heavily, sprinting through the brush and into an open clearing up ahead that gazed out into more thicket, the moon now the only source of light. A large tree sat on top of the hill along side many flower bushes. The two of them finally halted, stopping to catch their breaths as they felt that they were a good distance away. James leaned his hand against the tree, bent over as he attempted to configure himself along with jessie.
“I’m… I’m sorry about that– That was just one of the night guards..”
“Really?? Why didn’t you tell him it was just you?!” She was taken aback from the whole situation, looking at him in confusion as she fixed up her outfit.
”I apologize for this again– you see I can’t let anyone know I’m out tonight. And especially with a girl!” the lavender haired boy explained, playing with his thumbs in his lap sitting crisscrossed beside the tree.
Jessie came over to sit beside him, sitting with her legs to her chest, sighing softly. “Yeah no kidding.. anyways, what were you going to say before this whole thing happened?” She asked, leaning back onto the trees body.
”oh yeah- well you see, I may have all the riches anyone could ever want. And I’m grateful for everything really- but I feel as though my parents don’t care about me and how I feel a lot of the time… I have a fiancée.. but the thing is I’m not even in love with her!”
He explained, jessie listened carefully to his words. The last part shocked her even further but she should’ve guess that was the reason. She had to admit she was completely envious of this life style, she never had a family or any money whatsoever. But maybe perhaps even rich people have struggles of their own.
”Well why don’t you leave her then? Your parents can’t force love on you, they’d have to understand and besides can’t you do whatever you want?”
James frowned, growing more upset. he did agree but could he really disobey his parents wishes? But they never really did care about how he felt, he sometimes thought they just used him as an excuse for being a son of a wealthy family. And jessebelle would’ve fit into their mold with ease being from one of wealth too, but that didn’t matter to him. He wanted to find a lover that he actually had feelings for, and that loved him for him. This was all terribly draining.
“I wish I could, really I do. But where would I go? How could I just leave the life I’ve always had..” He sighed, looking over at her but not directly at her face. Taking another drink of the bottle that sat in the middle of them, the bitter taste assaulted his tastebuds as jessie thought of what to say next.
”I know it’s hard for you, for me it would be a different story since my whole life hasn’t exactly been stable..” she continued, sipping on the same bottle as he did. “But what kind of life would it be to live one that would never make you happy james? I’m your friend, I care about you dearly and I want you to be happy!”
Hearing these words being told to him sent a rush of adrenaline through his core. affirmations he had always wanted to hear from someone, since he was never really confident in himself. He blushed once again, his heart swelled strangely from hearing her say “I’m your friend, I care about you dearly” had he finally found someone that cared for him after all these years? Why did he feel this way, she was just a friend after all, but he couldn’t hide the fact to himself she was rather appealing to the eye, No one could disagree with that.
”You want me to be happy?” He said, looking at her in admiration.
Jessie grabbed his hand in hers again, but this time both of his hands. Crap– his heart couldn’t halt beating any faster than it already has been. Her hands felt so smooth and warm in his; her nails perfectly manicured.
“Mhm~ why wouldn’t I? I mean, I’d personally adore your life style. You have everything at your fingertips tips, but I would die if I had to be with someone I didn’t love for the rest of my life! And you don’t seem very happy, I don’t want you to have to feel this way james” she told him, her voice full of assurance as she stared into his eyes.
James’ whole face was burning red at this point and at a loss for words. his hands might’ve been sweating but he wasn’t paying attention. jessie noticed his reactions and smiled slyly, she was aware she had this affect on men but James was particularly cute. Acting as if he never been closely with a girl before–Has he? She didn’t know, But this was all the mattered right now.
“I-I.. thank you jessie, that means so much to me...” he was able to muster out, smiling back at her shyly. He made the bold decision to lean in closer to her, both their legs now touching. He didn’t know what possessed him to do this, it must’ve been the alcohol in his system but even despite that fact he still found it hard to hide his flustered state while being so intimately close with her.
Jessie noticed him scoot closer, contentedly obliging to his touch. The same feeling coursed through her body the same as his did, the tension was so thick between them you could cut it with a knife. She was now a good amount of drunk, her head hazy yet sentimental. She doesn’t know what compelled her to do what she did, but she instinctively leaned in closer to his face, feeling his body heat press against her as her eyes closed shut; pressing her lips against his, she was kissing him.
James noticed her leaning closer to his face, she was so undoubtedly beautiful up close. The scent of her perfume lingered around him, the pheromone like scent drawing him in closer as he felt her lips press against his. His first kiss was with none other than jessie. He froze up, his eyes widening, he was utterly shocked but felt incredibly pleased. He didn’t mind her being his first kiss the tiniest bit, he let his instincts sink into the kiss, sloppily kissing her back drunkinly. her lips were as soft as they looked, her red-pink lipstick stained his bare ones, tasting of strawberry. After a few enchanting moments they slowly pulled away, their faces still close to one another’s as they gazed into each other’s eyes at their new-found love.
Jessie’s cheeks burned hotter, realizing what she had just done. She looked at him in shock wondering what he was thinking, did she really go and kiss the only friend she had?
A whine slipped out of his throat at the loss of contact, wondering if he had done anything wrong. He looked at her worriedly yet with longing.
”Jessica?..” he muttered.
“Oh james.. I-I’m sorry! I don’t know what’s gotten into me I just-“
“Oh no– Don’t be sorry!.. I.. I liked it!”
”I- I did too…”
And with that, they both pressed their lips on each others again. She draped her arms around his neck pressing herself on him. He held onto her waist, sliding his hands up her back.
“mmph.. james~ I want to make you feel better again.” she said in between kisses, he kissed he back shortly after.
“You already have been~” he smiled, they both pressed their lips together again, moaning on each others lips; saliva coated their mouths as jessies hunger took over and shoved her tongue in his mouth, and he let her do so taking control of him. Her tongue swirled against his, licking the inside of his mouth. She couldn’t get enough of him, she needed him.
She gripped the collar of his shirt pulling him in. His lips synced with hers, and god this felt like heaven. He wrapped his arms around her drunkinly pulling her in his embrace as she sucked the bottom of his lip teasingly. He whimpered in response, gripping onto her shirt tighter. He could feel her breasts, along with her heart beating against his own.
“jessiee” he whined softly, leaning his weight against the tree. It was the only thing keeping his balance at this point, if it weren’t for that he felt like he would’ve fainted.
She giggled deviously against his lips, pulling out again to look at his expression. “You’re so cute.. you know that?” She confessed to him, her voice sultry as she placed another small kiss on his nose. And another on his cheek, james smirking as she did. The confidence in himself built up increasingly, his lips brushed down against her pale neck, kissing somewhere near between her neck and shoulder. Jessie hummed in response, tilting her head encouraging him to kiss more.
He pushed one of her braids out of the way, fluttering kisses against her neck until choosing a spot he thought she was sensitive to. He starting sucking when he found the desired placement, feeling her fingers tangle up in his hair, his lips bruising her skin. She groaned, her pleads becoming more high pitched as he sucked her neck like a vampire. “Mmm~ y-you’re good at this~” she hummed, pulling on his hair lightly. James moaned against her skin, he never thought in his life he’d have the chance to do this, but here he was now. In the heat of the moment with his close companion; He pulled away noticing the bruised mark her left on her neck, gasping after noticing.
”I-I’m sorry jess, I left a mark-“ he stuttered, worried about what her reaction was going to be.
Jessie lazily kissed the side of his mouth, then again on his cheek, her breath now smelling of alcohol. “Don’t worry about it silly, just focus on me~” she told him. James smirked in confirmation, placing little kisses along her jaw line and down her throat once again. She moans softly, putting her hands up his shirt gripping onto his back, every touch and noise she made sent him further to the edge, he was trembling but she held onto him.
Then, they both heard something in the distance. The two of them perking their heads up, their moods shifted into flight or fight as they tuned into the sounds.
“Was that master james?” A man’s voice asked, they weren’t alone.
”It looked like him to me, but who was that person he was with is what we need to know.”
James felt his heart drop in that moment, fuck. They couldn’t have known it was him… could they? He thought, frozen in fear as he held onto jessie, contemplating on what to do next.
Jessie cursed to herself, now pissed someone interrupted their make out session as she grabbed one of the bottles, motioning for him to grab his to get the hell out of there. “Ughh, what’s with the buzzkill!” She growled. James snapped out of his head as he noticed her, then copying her as he grabbed his.
“They must’ve found us”
“Okay, so on the count of three, we’ll run down the hill and into the trees got it?” She whispered to him, both of them crouched in a position ready to run.
He nodded, looking down out into the forest, nervous because he was afraid of the dark.
“1.. 2.. 3..”
They both bolted down the grassy hill, but not long after they heard voices yelling in the background. They couldn’t distinguish what they were saying but all they knew was to keep running until they were out of the clearing. They eventually made their way into the body of the forest, the moonlight barely lighting it up as they tried not to bump into anything. The air grew denser and colder upon entering.
“wait!.. *pant*.. jess what if they check my room to see if im there!” James hoarsely said as they kept running, now slowing down their pace as they now felt the coast was clear for now. Soon coming to a stop so they could catch their breaths once again.
“Shit I didn’t think about that. *huff*, you’ll be fine right?” She asked him.
“No I will not be fine!.. what if- I can never see you again..” James voice wavered at the thought of losing her, drooping his head to the ground.
Jessie noticed the worry in his demeanor, putting her hands on her hips now looking at him. “James, you’re a big boy aren’t you? So what if you went out. Just tell them I’m one of your friends.” She told him more firmly this time.
”But jessie.. they hate when I do things like this, and I accidentally left our picture out on my table. One of our maids saw it but I said you were my friend but who knows what they’ll think!”
“Why would you leave it out on the table?? And girls and boys can be friends you know.”
“I know that! And I don’t know why.. and doesn’t it look bad that I was hanging out with a girl alone at night anyways??”
“I guess you have a point..” she agreed, “but you know what james? I think we should both leave this place when our semesters over, we’re not that good anyways right? We can start a new.”
James contemplated on whether or not if he should, could he really do that? And where would they go? He’s thought about running away before but he didn’t have a full on plan at that time. And now someone was here and wanted to escape with him, the thought of that felt more comforting than before.
“I.. I’ll think about it, cause quite frankly I’ve thought about running away before..”
She flashes him a smile, grabbing both his hands once again. “Good, consider it.. I don’t like being alone anyways, it would be nice to have someone there by my side.”
James’ cheeks flushed up again at her touch, she sounded so sincere when she talked to him like this. “I will, thank you again jessie” he smiled.
“Well of course, and it’s getting pretty late, wouldn’t you mind walking a girl home?” She mentioned, batting her eyes flirtatiously.
James noticed the time on his watch, it read ‘2 am’. “Oh!- yes of course.. I’m sorryy” he apologized, gripping onto her hand.
“Don’t mention it. now, show us the way out, I don’t know my way around this place after all~”
“oh, right.”