you’ve been staring at jake for a while now,instead of focusing on studying. “what’s wrong, pretty?” he leans a bit closer to take a look at the question ure supposed to be solving. “you’re supposed to use the formula of the trajectory for that one,angel.”

u don’t know what ure doing.u should be studying but ur eyes refuse to leave his sight, specifically fixed on his lips as he pops his lollipop back in. “still stuck on that question, pretty?” he asks, the lollipop is still in his mouth, resting against the corner of his lips,u can taste the strawberry flavour on ur tongue just by looking at him.

“uh, i’m trying—”

u offer a quiet and flustered response and jake couldn’t help but chuckle, cutting u off mid sentence, speaking in the softest, dreamiest voice. “it’s okay, i’ll tell u how to do it, sweetheart,”

u have no excuse for blatantly staring at his lips,but u couldn’t help it and stare in the same direction again as he takes the lollipop out of his mouth.every time he calls u by one of those pet names,u feel a flutter in ur chest.when his shoulders brush against u as he leans closer,u suddenly get more conscious about everything around.

he’s explaining the solution and ure busy looking at his lips again. the subtle smile as he writes the solution, ure sure they taste like ur favourite strawberry lollipop that he was eating earlier. ur heart is beating faster and faster and when he finally looks up at u with only a few inches between u two— it feels like ur heart has stopped. 

“are u even listening to me?”

u quickly avert ur eyes from his lips, focusing on anything but him. u can feel the heat radiating off ur cheeks, embarrassment evident on ur face. “y-yeah,”

when u don’t hear a response,u turn ur eyes back to him,he sighs,putting the pen down.u wonder if you’ve finally annoyed him,but jake pulls your chair towards him.

“i might not be able to hold myself back,” he whispers, thumb brushing over ur bottom lip ever so tenderly, sending shivers down your spine. “if u keep staring at my lips like that"