untold secrets
chapter 8: part 2
When we got to the club, it was just like the senior party, except with a lot more lights and cooler people in expensive clothes.
Then I noticed something else there was more of. Cameras. I could not let my picture get taken, otherwise my parents would find out. And with Jake, our picture was bound to end up on the cover of People, headline "Jake's new mystery girl". That would NOT be good.
"Don't worry," Jake said when he saw my face. "I'll drive aroud to the back."
He drove around to the back of the building. There wasn't anyone there, except for a bouncer. It seemed pretty quite if it weren't for the music coming from the door. We got out of the car and walked over to the bouncer.
"Good to see you, Mr. Hunter," the bouncer said.
"You, too, Jimmy," Jake said, as they did some secret hand shake thing.
"I would think that you would be at you hotel sleeping," Jimmy said. "Don't you have to leave early tomorrow?"
"Yeah, but I really wanted to take this one out before I left." His face was in the light, so I could his smile. He had a beautiful smile, but in photo shoots he usually had a serious look. I cannot believe how much I have seen him smile just since I've met him. "This is Cailey."
Jimmy stuck out his hand for me to shake. "Very nice to meet you, miss," he said. He opened the door behind him. "Why don't you guys go on in? Have a nice night."
Jake thanked him, took my hand, and we walked in. There were colorful strobe lights everywhere. People were dancing everywhere. There was a refreshments area to the left of us. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga was playing.
"She's not as self obsessed and desperate for attention as she may seem," Jake said into my ear, so I could hear him above the loud music. I gave him a confused look. "Gaga."
"You know her?" I asked amazed.
"Yeah I ran into her at the VMAs," he explained. "She's really nice and down to earth." I nodded. I couldn't really talk right now because I was still overwhelmed. "You wanna dance?" I nodded again.
We danced for a little while. I was having a lot of fun, but I was starting to get kind of claustrophobic from all the people.
"How 'bout we get out of here?" Jake asked. "It's too loud and crowded."
We went back to the car and I was able to catch my breath, finally. We drove to a little park. It looked like no one was there. He took me over to an area on the river. It was pretty quiet. All you could hear was the river, crickets, and cars in the distance.
We sat in silence on the bank for a few minutes just out at the water. Jake broke the silence.
"Are you having a good time?"
I leaned my head on his shoulder. He put his arm around me. "Yes," I replied. He leaned his head on mine. I had had boyfriends before but I had never felt so safe with someone before.
I closed my eyes and we sat for a while. Jake started humming. It made me feel calm. I didn't recognize the tune. It must be a new song he was writing.
"Thanks," he said after a while. I sat up, giving him a confused look. He laughed. "For being different. You know, than other girls, and not wanting to come out with me just because I'm famous."
"I'm not saying I did, but how do you know I didn't?" I asked.
"Because you were afraid of the cameras. Most girls would be dying for a shot to get their picture taken by the paparazzi with me." He looked down at his watch. "It's late. I should get you back before your family gets up."