a new beginning

chapter 9 

We continued to walk down the road, towards the park, when he reached for my hand. I pulled away, feeling a bit weird. We walked in silence for the rest of the time. When we got to the park, Jake stopped under the entrance sign. I stopped next to him.
"Have you ever just wanted to disappear and see what the world did without you?" Jake asked. I starred at him as he looked up at the sky. It started raining harder. I grabbed Jake's hand and pulled him into the park. He squeezed my hand as I walked out in front of him. "Where are we going Alex?" I smiled. He finally got my name right.
"Just keep walking pretty boy!" I could feel his smile behind me. I dragged him over to the swings where I sat down. He let go of my hand and sat down on the one next to me. I smiled over at him as I kicked of the ground and started to swing. I looked over at Jake smiling at me. I smiled back. He hoped off the swing and stood behind me. Pushing my swing in the pouring rain. I giggled as he pushed me higher and higher. I looked back and saw he smiling and laughing. I could tell he didn't do many fun things all the time. He continued to push me and I continued to smile the whole time. At one point I decided I was going to jump off. He pushed me and as I started to go up, I jumped right off. I landed on my feet but then slipped and fell right in the mud. I heard Jake scream my name from behind me.
"Alexis! Are you okay?" He sounded serious. Perfect. I put on a frown and sat there in the mud.
"My leg hurts." I said stupidly.
"Here let me help you up." Jake said. He gave me his hand and I held it. He tried to get me up but I pulled his hand and he feel in next to me. I laughed. He looked at me and frowned. I frowned back. "I'm sorry Jake I thought.." He smiled at me and moved closer to me...