Status: Finished! (8/12-10/5)

Counting Stars

Twenty Seven

Marisol’s POV- September 2014
I gave Jake a hug and looked at him.

“You are so tall” I told him.

He gave me a smile.

“Heard about the wedding”

“I know, I’m crazy I know” I told him as Mike got my suitcase.

He laughed and Mike walked over.

“How was Chicago?”

He gave me a light peck as he embraced.

“It was nice, and I got my work done” I told him.

He nodded and I turned to Jake.

“Kara needs to get some measurements” I said as we began walking to the car.

“I’m getting manhandled”

I nodded and he shrugged.

“She doesn’t manhandle that bad”

I laughed and looked at him.

“You got taller so she’ll be happy about that. How tall are you now?” I asked.

“5’11”

I nodded and smiled.

“You were my height the last time I saw you” I said.

He laughed and we reached Mike’s car.

“I made the appointment. We are rescuing two dogs”

I nodded and Mike handed me the keys.

“Jake want to help me pick out two guard dogs?” I asked.

He raised an eyebrow as he got into the car.

“Guard dogs?”

“Mike claims I need them” I said as I got into the car.

He laughed.

“I’m sure you could defend yourself but yea I’ll help”

I nodded and I slipped on my seatbelt as Mike got into the car.

“I don’t claim. I just want you safe now that you’ll be home more”

I nodded and turned on the car.

“I know” I told him.

“So you two are going to a dodger game”

I nodded.

“You could still come” I told Mike.

“Nah, I’ll let you two bond. I’ll invite Jeff and we’ll do something”

“Bro-date?” I teased as I pulled out of the parking spot.

He laughed.

“Yes, a bro date as you call it”

I nodded and looked at Jake from the mirror.

“How’s school Jake?” I asked him.

He looked at the mirror.

“It’s alright, did you take AP Calculus?”

“I did not take AP Calculus, but I did take Calc in college” I said.

He nodded.

“Need help?” I asked him.

“Yea, derivatives are kinda hard”

I nodded and smiled.

“I’ll help you later” I told him.

He nodded.

“What other AP classes are you taking?”

“Government and Lit”

“English Lit?” I asked him.

He nodded.

“You took English Lit didn’t you?”

“I did not, but Kara did” I said.

He nodded.

“What about government?”

“I did” I said.

“What’d you get? For both?”

“I got a 5 in Government and a 4 for Calc” I said.

“What does that mean?”

I looked at Mike.

“It’s on a scale from 1-5” I told him.

He nodded.

“You have to get a 3 to pass, but some colleges don’t accept 3’s” I said.

“Or AP credit”

Mike nodded and shrugged.

“So where are you applying?” I asked him.

“Uh, I have quite a few schools”

I smiled.

“Good, where do you want to go?” I asked him.

“Arizona State, I also wouldn’t mind any California schools”

I nodded and he looked at me.

“I got a call the other day. Arizona state is interested”

I smiled.

“No way, that’s really good” I told him.

He nodded.

“I should be good by December so they’re going to go watch me play in January when the season begins”

I nodded at him.

“That’s great, you should be good by then” I told him.

He nodded.

“So do you plan on making baseball a career?”

Jake looked at Mike.

“Yea, but I want to get my experience first. I want to maybe play about 2 years of college baseball before I even get drafted”

“What about getting a degree?” I asked him.

“I might actually try”

I nodded.

“Not like a double like you or Isaac but a degree would be nice. What if baseball doesn’t end up being what I want to do”

I nodded slowly.

“Did you know you were going to make a career of it?”

“No, I never planned on making softball a career. It paid for college and well I got to do something I enjoyed” I told him.

He nodded.

“So like…why’d you get into the music business?”

I laughed lightly.

“Like I’m not saying it’s bad I’m just curious”

“I asked the same thing man”

“I had the experience already and well I was good at it” I told Jake.

He nodded.

“So you could like manage anything?”

I raised an eyebrow.

“Where are you getting at?” I asked.

“I need a manager”

He gave me a smile.

“And I trust you”

I nodded and glanced at Mike who raised an eyebrow.

“We’ll talk about this at home” I told Jake.

He nodded.

“We’ve got time”

I nodded and Mike turned on the Radio. I told you so began playing and I began singing along. I looked at Mike and poked him making him laugh. I continued singing along and I made eye contact with Jake who was laughing. The song stopped and Mike looked at me.

“you’re crazy”

“You’re marrying me” I told him.

He gave me a smile.

“I guess I’m crazy then”

I laughed and song began playing. It was Shakira’s Dare you know the one that goes La la la la la.

“All of my life, too late
Till you showed up with perfect timing” I sang as I poked Mike again making him laugh.

I began driving and I stepped on it as we merged onto the freeway.

“Now here we are, you rock it
Our fingers are stuck in the socket
It's just the nature, a game
Get ready, we'll do it again
Let's not recover, from the hangover
When your eyes got me drunk I was sober” I sang.

Mike laughed as I hummed the rest because I focused on driving.

“Of all the millions on the planet
You're the one who's keeping me on it
You know I like you, ain't nobody's business
Your brown Canadian eyes are my witness
It's just the nature, a game
Get ready, we'll do it again
Let's not recover, from the hangover
When your eyes got me drunk I was sober” I sang changing the lyrics from blue Spanish to brown Canadian making Mike laugh.

I glanced at Jake and he was smiling at us. Mike lowered the volume.

“Ok, less breaking out in song more driving”

“Jon lets me sing” I sassed to him making a chuckle come from him.

“Yea well Toews is driving when he breaks out in song with you”

I laughed and he shook his head.

“How is Jonny anyways?”

“He got thinner” I told him.

He nodded.

“He is slowly eating more food and not relying on protein shakes” I said.

“That’s good”

“He eats healthier than me” I told him.

“Anyone eats healthier than you Mar”

I laughed.

“I guess that’s true, but I work out and reward myself” I told him.

He nodded.

“So what did he think about Erica?”

I smiled at him.

“He’s into her, they talked a lot yesterday and he even had dinner with us” I said.

“Maybe he was just being nice”

I shook my head.

“He was really interested in her, he then mentioned how he was coming to the wedding” I said.

He laughed.

“Don’t meddle”

“I don’t meddle. Things happen for a reason” I told him as I got out of the freeway.

Mike nodded.

“They do, let them happen on their own”

“Well if he asks me for her number I’ll give it to him, but you know he’s into those slutty girls so it’s weird that he found an interest in Erica” I said.

Jake started laughing and Mike chuckled.

“Why are you two laughing?” I asked them.

“Jake told me the exact same thing”

I laughed and shrugged.

“Jon has a reputation and we know how Erica is” I said.

Mike nodded.

“She won’t let him in that fast”

I nodded.

“Yup” I said.

“Good, let him work for her. If he’s interested he’ll try”

I nodded.

“Yea he will” I said.

“What time are you two leaving?”

I looked at Mike as I approached the red light.

“Ouch, I just got here and you’re kicking me out?” I joked with him.

He laughed.

“No, we can go out to eat dinner”

I nodded.

“We leave at like 5” I told him.

“We will eat an early dinner then”

I nodded at him.

“Invite Meg and Jeff so you can go home with them” I told him.

He nodded and continued typing on his phone.

“Jake what do you want to eat?”

We glanced at Jake and he shrugged.

“Some wings would be nice. My mom won’t let me eat that”

I laughed.

“We can eat wings later, what are you craving?” I asked him.

“Sushi”

Mike nodded and I shrugged.

“Sushi it is” I said as we pulled into the house.

Jake sat up a little as the gate opened when Mike pressed a button.

“I’m still in awe with the house”

I smiled and pulled into my parking spot.

“Planning on a baby already?”

I shrugged.

“If a baby comes we will gladly accept the baby” I told him.

He nodded.

“Well you guys are getting married, so yea I see a baby coming”

I laughed and he walked into the house. The dogs walked over to him and I sighed happily as I walked into the house.

“Are you going to nap?”

“No, I want to take a shower and then watch some Netflix” I said.

Jake nodded.

“What are you into?” I asked him.

He shrugged.

“I watch anything really. I was watching a documentary on bees last night”

I laughed lightly and Mike nodded.

“It’s true. He was watching it, and then he watched the hummingbird one that followed”

Jake laughed and shrugged.

“Well therapy is tomorrow” I told him as I slipped off my shoes.

He made a face and nodded.

“I know, I cry tomorrow”

“Let me go shower, you two bond” I said.

Mike laughed and got the remote as I went to shower. I showered and when I got out Jake was asleep on the couch and Mike was on his phone texting away.

“He was up early”

I nodded and smiled.

“Let’s see if he’s still clingy when he’s tired” I said as I gave Mike a kiss then made my way over to Jake.

I sat next to him and he stirred a little as I pulled him down.

“My leg”

“Well lift it” I told him as I lied down.

He leaned on my shoulder and threw his right leg over my waist.

“You’re comfy”

“Thanks” I told him.

He closed his eyes and I reached for the remote.

“What are you going to watch?”

I rubbed Jake’s arm and looked at Mike.

“I am going to continue watching Once upon a time. Kara actually has me slightly hooked” I admitted.

He laughed and nodded. I pressed play and he leaned back on his lazyboy. After like 5 minutes we both chuckled when we heard a small snore come from Jake’s mouth.

“Has he slept well?” I asked Mike.

Mike looked away from the Tv and shook his head.

“No he hasn’t, he hasn’t really slept since we got in from Texas”

I nodded and rubbed Jake’s side.

“He’s quite heavier” I said.

Mike nodded.

“Yea, I took him to the check up with Isaac and he’s gained about 10 pounds”

I nodded.

“Well I guess it fits his height” I said.

He nodded.

“I met your sister”

I looked at him.

“She gawked at me. It was quite awkward”

I smiled at him and he shrugged.

“She’s nice though”

I nodded and looked at Jake’s face.

“Why are you staring at your brother?”

I smiled and touched Jake’s nose. He instantly scrunched it up making me laugh lightly.

“Stop messing with him”

I looked at Mike.

“He looks adorable and he has a scar” I said tracing the light scar on his cheekbone.

“If he wakes up he’s going to look at your weirdly”

I smiled and cocked my head.

“Probably got hit by a baseball on his cheek” I said.

“He’s going to wake up”

“He is not, he’s dead asleep” I said lifting his body up a little.

Mike laughed when Jake didn’t even stir.

“I guess your right”

I stuck my tongue out at Mike, which made him laugh. The front door opened and Mike looked up.

“Good morning!”

“Shhh”

Jeff looked at us and then at Jake who was asleep.

“What are we watching?”

I laughed as he sat down on the other couch.

“Once Upon a Time”

He nodded.

“Megan watches it, it’s good”

He leaned back and looked at the TV.

“How come I didn’t hear you open the gate?”

Jeff smiled and I laughed.

“You opened it a bit didn’t you” I said.

“Yup”

I nodded and he looked at me.

“He is quite asleep”

I laughed and nodded.

“You know, you and him have the same quirks”

I raised an eyebrow and looked at Mike who nodded.

“You do, he does the same thing you do when you don’t like something”

“What doesn’t he like?” I asked.

“Green peas, he made that face and you know what face I’m talking about when Megan dropped by some chicken and rice and the rice had green peas in it”

I laughed.

“I don’t make a face” I told him.

“You do”

I rolled my eyes and huffed.

“Just look at the TV and leave me and Jake alone” I told them.

They laughed and I rolled my eyes again. I know I had little quirks and Jake had them too. Like the way he batted, I did this little hand gesture that I noticed he does. He also does this neck-rubbing thing Isaac does when he’s nervous…Jake had a lot of little quirks and well I found it nice that he followed us.

“He comfy?”

“Shut it” I told Jeff who laughed making Jake open his eyes.

“Way to go Jeff, you woke him up”

Jake made a face and Mike threw a pillow at Jeff. I shook my head and Jake looked at the TV. Mike started laughing when Jake got a pillow and threw it at Jeff who started laughing.

“Owww that actually hurt”

They both made eye contact before breaking into laughter. Well at least they were getting along.
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