Chapter 177 - Jade Is Scared

Jake picked up the food from the restaurant. He had placed order before they arrived.

"I'll be back" He said to Jade before hoppping out of the car. Jade simply nodded as she watched him leave. Her eyes fell on the nameboard of the restaurant at the top of its roof. 

"IL PIRATA" She softly muttered the name, adding some weird talian accent. She chuckled at how weird she sounded. She wondered what it meant.

It didn't take more than three minutes when Jake returned with three bags of food. She watched he placed them at the back seat before hopping into the drivers seat. Jake noticed the awkward look on Jade's face as she stared at the bags of food.

"What, too much?" He asked her, cocking a brow.

"Obviously"

"I didn't know what you'd like so I ordered quite a few, but I'm sure you'll like them" He assured her.

Wel, l she was sitting right here and he could have asked her instead of ordering the entire menu. Jade simply shrugged and looked ahead, there was no use crying over spilled milk. No matter what she said now he definitely can't return the food.

"Ready?" Jake asked with a smile across his face. He couldn't help but smile whenever he's with her. This wasn't his fault right? This girl has captured his heart and he right now all his attention and smiles were just for her.

"Ready" Jade replied. Of course she was always ready to go whenever it comes to hanging with Jake.

She thought about the awkwardness she felt the first day she had an outing with Jake. How she had wanted that day to come to an end and how she dreaded every weekend that came after that. But now here she was totally and helplessly in love with him, enjoying and craving for his company, even wishing he was attracted to her.

Jake and Jade continued their journey to the drive-in theatre in silence. A plethora of thoughts going through their mind, making the car extremely silent.

"What movie are we going to see?" Jade asked breaking the silence which has lingered for too long.

"Some horror movie"

"What?" Jade asked with incredulity, making Jake snap his head towards her.

"Why? What's wrong?" Jake asked with concern hoping it had nothing to do with the genre of the movie, even though he was sure that's why she snapped. Looking at Jade, he noticed her eyes were widened in shock and her mouth slightly agape.

"Who watches a horror movie at this time of the day?" Jade looked outside the window it was already sunset, and by the time they got there it might be a little dark. She knew that was a stupid question, because most people liked watching horror movies at night, except her. She didn't even want to watch it all!

Jake noticed the fright in Jade's eyes and he couldn't believe it. "You're scared of horror movies aren't you?" He asked suspiciously even though he was sure of it, a teasing smile etched on his lips.

Jade regained her composure, before eyeing him. "Who's scared? I'm definitely not scared. It's just that I thought drive-in cinemas are supposed to screen family-friendly movies, but a horror movie isn't...." Jade's words trailed off, her palms became sweaty and she slowly rubbed it over her gown.

'Why would he go to a drive-in cinema where an horror movie is being screened?' Jade asked in her mind. God how she hated horror movies. As a matter of fact she hated gory stuff. They weren't are thing at al. She could go for some action movies but never an horror movie....it was too...horror!.

Jake could see how uncomfortable she has become, from the corner of his eyes. He had no clue about the movie to be screened tonight, but he was certain it wasn't an horror movie. He had asked his secretary to book the tickets from one of their Drive-in cinema. Acrosoft owned a few of them around the city. From one of his recent research he found out that watching a movie at a drive-in theatre was good for couples. Well they weren't a couple yet, but that shouldn't stop them from spending quality time together, right?

Jade remained quiet through the drive till they arrived their destination. Jake chuckled when he noticed she was getting really uncomfortable.

Is she that scared of horror movies?' He asked himself.

"Okay fine it's not an horror movie" He confessed, as he drove in to the open field.

Jade snapped her head to him with a frown forming on her face.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to mess with you, but it's good to know you're scared of horror movies" He apologized, an amused smile hung on his face, but he didn't dare to look at her, he didn't want to be murdered by her glares.

Jade's blood boiled, she felt like smacking him to death. How dare he do that to her? The mental torture she had endured in the last few minutes was devastating. She had tried to covince herself that it wouldn't be that bad and it was going to be one movie, but the more she thought about it the more she became scared.

She still hasn't forgotten the trauma she had passed through after seeing the 'Ice Spiders'. God, that was a traumatizing movie. The screech of that black widow spider was forever etched in her memory. She could still envision the numerous bodies of the scientists sprawled over the lab. That was the first and last horror movie she has seen, thanks to the mischievious Walker siblings.

"Just so you know, I wasn't scared" She retorted.

"Yeah we know, you were just petrified" He teased before bellowing out a short sarcastic laugh.

"Whatever"

"At least now I have some leverage over you" Jake said amusedly, while Jade rolled her eyes at him.

Jake was directed to the front row, obviously Patrick had booked a 'premium seating' for him. He turned on the wireless speaker box that was given to them at the entrance.

When Jade saw the title of the movie displayed on the screen, a sweet smile broke on her face, it was her favorite romance movie of all time. 'Can You Keep A Secret'.

She couldn't count the number of times she had seen this movie, but she still couldn't get enough of it. Jake couldn't help but notice how her mood had suddenly taken a 360 degree turn. He looked back at the screen before returning his gaze back to her, the happy sparks in her eyes were so enchanting.

How he wished she could at least look at him like that. He sighed.

Wicked girl!