Chapter 8: 𝑉𝐼

Lily was laying on her bed with a book placed on her chest as she stared aimlessly at the ceiling.

It was a Wednesday evening and she hadn't seen Jason all day . He was absent for some reason.

She wanted so badly to text him and ask why he skipped today , but everytime she reached for her phone she stopped herself.

It was none of her business.

Is he sick? Or was he just bored like always? Did something bad happen?

She couldn't stop her racing mind from overthinking.

A notification ring echoed in her room and Lily hadn't reached for her phone this fast before.

Please be Jason ..

And indeed it was him . Lily's heart flipped with joy as she read his message.

"Are you still awake?"

"Yes" Lily simply replied.

"Open your window"

Lily froze as she read the text over and over making sure it's not her mind playing games on her.

"You're kidding right?"

Jason didn't reply back and Lily's head turned around staring horrifically at the window.

There's no way. How did he even know where she lived?

Her parents were home too, if they caught her sneaking a guy inside.. let's just say it won't be good.

A black shadow peaked from behind the curtains followed by a tap on the window.

Lily's eyes widened as she clumsily walked towards it.

She opened the curtains only to be met by the dazzling eyes of the boy that got her feelings all over the place.

Lily nervously opened the window when Jason lifted his fingers and motioned her to open it.

"Move, before you get hurt" he instructed seconds before he flung himself inside.

"Are you crazy ? What are you doing here? How do you know where I live , or where my bedroom is? What if my parents see you ?" Lily rambled.

"You better keep your voice down if you don't want your parents to find out that their little innocent Lily snuck a boy inside her bedroom in the middle of the night" Jason calmly and teasingly said as he walked towards the bedroom door then locked it.

He then turned around and looked her up and down a slight smirk forming on his face "Nice pajamas"

Lily was wearing cute blue and white pajamas.It consisted of a white shorts that reached her mid thigh, and a blue shirt with white clouds in it.

She blushed at his comments and tried to distract him by asking why he was absent today.

"I had shit to do" Jason sighed as he plopped himself on her bed.

"You always have stuff to do"

"Why are you asking? Did you miss me?" He teased.

"Pfft , yeah I missed your lovely annoying cockiness."

Jason chuckled at that " Well if you must know, I missed my clown today"

Lily was freaking out internally , but she didn't show it. She hoped not.

"Why are you here?"

"Rude"

"No, I'm just curious"

"Well I came to inform you that tomorrow , after school, I'm taking you dress shopping for the ball"

"You ,taking me shopping?" She said emphasizing the 'you'.

Lily would never imagine Jason going shopping with any girl, he was such an impatient person.

"Yes, me. I'm already dreading the idea , but we have to make you look presentable enough"

"What do you mean? Are you saying I look bad everyday?"

"Pretty much , yeah"

"Who's the rude one, now"

Jason stood up so that his face was now a few centimeters away from her face. He stared at her eyes then her lips then back to her eyes before he flicked her nose "I'm just messing with you, little Fiore"

Lily held her breath, her mind was all over the place trying to process what's happening.

Jason then held the end of one of her golden hair strands curling it around his hand before abruptly dropping it .

He brushed by Lily's shoulder, his scent filling her nostrils , as he walked towards the window and got out .

He turned around one last time and looked back at Lily who was still frozen in place and staring back at him.

"Go sleep ,Lily. I'll see you tomorrow"

And with that he disappeared out of her sight.

Lily rushed to the window and watched as he faded through the dark street. She locked her window and shookly sat on the end of her bed.

What just happened?

Her phone pinged again and she looked around for it before reading the notification.

"Next time, do as I tell you immediately ;)"

"Good night, Jason"

"Good night, Lily"

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"No, the color makes you look yellow" Jason said and Lily huffed in response.

This was the fifth dress she tried on and Jason didn't like any of them.

"I'm hungry" Lily complained then took a seat next to Jason , almost drowning in the puffed brown dress, while the employee tried finding them another dress.

The dress code was black , but she had no idea why she was in a brown dress.

"Let's just find a goddamn dress and I'll feed you whatever the fuck you want"

Jason absolutely hated shopping . He was ready to go jump off of a hill at this point.

Lily groaned and threw her head backwards in despair. This was harder than she thought.

"I think this dress would look great on you ma'am and it fits the dress code perfectly".

Jason patted Lily's shoulder in pity as she gave him puppy eyes. With that Lily got up and headed straight to the changing room.

She almost screamed in happiness as she checked herself in the mirror. The dress was indeed perfect.

The moment she stepped out of the changing room, Jason's gaze was on her as he admired how beautiful Lily looked and how the dress was a great fit.

"Wow , you - it looks amazing"

Before she could reply the employee rudely interrupted her and asked " so is that a yes to the dress?"

Lily didn't blame her , they were here longer than they should have and they exhausted the poor lady. She probably couldn't wait till they left.

"It's a yes from me" Lily said.

"Well we'll take that and could you pack a matching heels with it"

"Of course,sir"

This was a really expensive shop . They had everything from dresses to heels to purses and even jewelry.

"Wait, how much does that dress cost? It looks expensive. I don't know if I can afford it with heels too.

"Are you dumb , Fiore? Of course I won't let you pay"

"You can't do that, the dress is for me so I should pay for it"

"I can and I will. Plus, I'm the one who invited you so it's my responsibility to pay for your things. Now stop being silly and let's go feed your monster before he growls at me, again"

Lily smacked his arms as he chuckled and went to pay.

"Wait ,what about you? Won't you get a suit?" Lily asked as they sat in a nearby restaurant , waiting for their food.

"It's already sorted, but we still need to buy you some jewelry to fit with you dress"

"That's too much money spent for a ball" Lily worriedly said. She didn't want him spending all that money on her.

"Money isn't a problem. Also, my mom owns this jewelry store so we won't be paying anything" He assured her.

Lily hesitantly nodded then excused herself to go to the restroom before the food was here.

She did her business and washed her hands then exited the bathroom. As she was heading back to the table a figure blocked her way and she looked up at the tall boy who seemed to be around her age or maybe a bit older.

Jason is taller, she thought.

Ookayy we're not comparing others to Jason now.

She tried to pass by him only for him to step in front of her, again.

"Excuse me?" Lily frustratingly asked.

"Aren't you a pretty little girl" she hated how everyone seemed to call her little when they're the giants.

"Can you please move?" She said trying to control her temper.

And as usual Jason was there to save the day. Not that she needed anyone's help. She still let him handle it , why tire yourself when someone else can do it for you.

"Didn't she ask you to move?" Jason's voice was thick with anger. He didn't like anyone even breathing around Lily.

"And who the fuck are you?"

Jason ran his tongue behind his lips with a dangerous smirk on his face.

"What cat got your tong-" Before the other guy had the chance to finish his sentence Jason swung his fist in his face, knocking him off his feet.

It hasn't been that long since Jason met Lily and he already broke two guy's noses for her.

"Go back to the table before the food gets cold, Lily " Jason instructed.

When she didn't attempt to do as he said , Jason stared at her till she huffed and rolled her eyes before doing as he said.

When Jason was sure Lily was out of sight he motioned for the two bodyguards that were following them the whole day and they immediately knew what to do with the passed out guy.

What a piece of shit.

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(A/N): Jason's temper is worse than my eyesight .

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