In which Jake takes me out for a night on the town after he gets his first paycheck. I honestly didn't think laser tag would be romantic but if Jake keeps sneaking me off to random corners to make out, I might have to amend that statement.

How did I get to be so lucky? He's hot with the ability to make a strange date work despite all odds and can rev my engines loudly? I should get me a lottery ticket.

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"Are you sure about this?" I looked up at the dark building with the neon sign that said Lazer Station and Jake nodded his head rapidly.

"Totally! It's a really good spot and we can have a lot of fun!" He practically vibrated with excitement and I couldn't help the soft smile I had as I watched him. He had told me he wanted to take me out and after Laritzia gave him his paycheck for five hundred dollars, a hundred extra as an incentive to not get a job elsewhere until she figured out the business logistics, he had been adamant on taking me to laser tag.

I wasn't quite sure what to do or how to play and the fact it was night laser tag meaning everything was kept pitch dark but Jake seemed so excited I hadn't been able to tell him no. I was finding it impossible to tell him no. All he had to do was bat those pretty blue eyes and give me a single look of adoration and I found myself melting into an unresistong puddle of goo.

I let out a little sigh and Jake grabbed my hand, giving it a small squeeze. "Are you amped, I mean like stoked? I've been wanting to take you out on a date since like the second day I knew you!" He looked down at me and I sputtered rather awkwardly as the words hit me like a ten ton truck.

"This is a date?" It came out like a squeak and Jake chuckled, pulling me close as he kissed the corner of my mouth, causing my cheeks to flare red hot.

"Well yah, Sammi. We made out on your kitchen table." He said it so confidentiality, as if one automatically meant the other and I was a bit lost at it.

"Well I don't know what that means!" I threw my free hand up and then pressed the back of my hand to my overly warm cheek.

"It means you're totally wicked and I want to chill with you on our downtime. Plus you're wicked beautiful, you know? Way out of my league but you're putting up with my gnarly ass, so I gotta at least attempt to lock that shit down." He said it all so casually as he shrugged his shoulders before giving my hand a nice squeeze. My cheeks went an even heavier red at the rather amazing compliment he had just paid me. He thought I was wicked beautiful, which I was assuming meant I was incredibly beautiful, and what girl didn't want to hear that from an attractive, blonde, surfer vampire?

No one smart, that's who.

"I'm a little excited. I've never been to laser tag before." I glanced up at the building as the employees opened the front doors for the midnight game time.

"You'll like it! It's wicked fun. Me and my bros used to play like every weekend. I know the arenas they have like the back of my hand." He grinned down at me and I found myself smiling up at him, despite the red hot tomato mess that I knew my face looked like.

"I'm glad it will be fun." Lord knew I needed to relax a bit and if running around in the dark, shooting lasers at other people is what got me to relax, then I wasn't one to complain. With that Jake ushered me after the crowd and paid for our time before helping me strap my gear on.

"If you get hit, your chest plate will light up red and you will get a red dot around your chest light that blinks and you go back to home base to get it to stay red. You've got eight hits before you're out but we've got an hour of time so even if you get out right away, you can get reset and jump into the next arena for the next game." He tightened the straps on my chest piece before handing me my plastic pistol with a grin. "This is easy, just point and shoot. We're team blue, so your chest piece will be blue and so will everyone else on the team, so aim for anyone with a yellow light. They don't count friendly fire so even if you make a mistake it doesn't knock out teammates." Jake grinned at me as I shuffled the pistol around awkwardly in my hands. It was like a weird video game type gun and I wasn't quite sure about how to hold it.

"I'm going to be the first knocked out. I'm going to be terrible at this." I could already tell that I would suck and I figured it was good to give Jake a fair warning for how badly I would suck.

"I won't let that happen. You're sticking with me!" He shoved his chest out proudly, looking so proud of himself that I couldn't help but give him a rather shy smile. I still wasn't quite over the fact that this was a date. Hot, vampy, and way out of my league wanted to date me.

Wasn't that a fucking trip?

I giggled and he chuckled as he followed suit in my amusement before he quickly put on his own gear and held out his hand for me. I took it almost hesitantly even as my libido said to shove him into the nearest dark corner so I could have my wicked way with him. I barely had the desire to beat it off because the way it was looking meant I was going to be living in Crazy Town soon.

Population two.

Crazy lady and her coconut water drinking vampire boyfriend.

I wanted to grimace at how ridiculous that sounded but Jake squeezed my hand and practically yanked me towards the entrance to the first arena. The layout seemed to be made of plywood boards on edge and it was damn near pitch black but Jake didn't seem to notice or care as he lead me to the left and down a small hallway made of plywood. Within a few moments he had me pulled out into a larger area where a bunch of people with glowing blue chest pieces were milling about.

"This is home base. It's where you go if you get hit. Don't worry if you get hit though, you head to the edge of the arena and just follow the hallway and you will hit a home base. If it's the wrong one, don't worry. The workers will let you know. They are totally chill about stuff like that." Jake whispered it low and in my ear and I nodded. I was actually feeling a fair bit of anticipation for what was going to happen.

There was a loud click sound and a minute count down appeared on the back wall behind us. "I stay with you, right?" I whispered it back to Jake and he nodded, kissing my cheek.

"I won't let you get knocked out of the game or shoved around. Just keep close." At the words I nodded, not sure if he could see it or not but figuring that, as a vampire, he would most likely be able to. Which was something I probably should have picked up on. Jake would more than likely dominate the game if he didn't have to watch me constantly.

No one really said much of anything in the dark and I adjusted my grip on my gun as the seconds ticked down behind us in those glowing red letters. Jake stood perfectly still but I could see he was nearly vibrating with excitement and that made me smile. He was so much like a big golden retriever dog. The resemblance and attitude similarities were too big to brush it off. I stifled a bit of laughter at the thought of it. He really was like a big happy dog, just excited to go out and do the things. Didn't matter what, just that he was doing them.

A buzzer sounded and Jake pulled me forward rather quickly. I couldn't help but laugh as I nearly stumbled after him. Music started blaring and I felt like I was blind, it was so dark in the arena I could barely see in front of me. Jake lifted his gun and a yellow light came around the corner right as he puled the trigger. I watched as the red flashing light Jake had mentioned went off on the yellow guy's chest piece. Jake didn't stop to view his handiwork as he pulled me around another plywood barrier.

I found myself laughing at how chill he was about it. He didn't even miss a beat as he lifted his gun again and pulled the trigger, catching another opponent that dashed between two plywood barriers. I heard the guy curse and laughed harder. I guess it didn't really matter that he had to essentially baby sit me because he was still pretty fucking awesome at the game.

I didn't have time to really catch my breath as Jake yanked me forward and I found myself in a little nook in the wall. I blinked in surprise, not really able to see much of anything as Jake pressed in close to me. "Are we hiding?" I whispered it and Jake bent down, shaking his head.

"No. Just wanted to do this." And then my perfectly sexy and awesome at laser tag vampire kissed the ever loving shit out of me. My brain flat lined and I was vaguely aware of trying to climb him like a fucking tree, wrapping my legs around his waist before he pulled away and shot another opponent seemingly without looking. I felt all sorts of hot and bothered as he set me down on my feet. "Before we're done, you're gunna score a point!" At his excited whisper as he once again started off into the maze of the arena, tugging me along behind him. I was happy he was taking the lead because my legs felt like jello and my downstairs was damn near throbbing.

Which was no fair, Jake didn't seem the least bit affected as he shot another two opponents. He had kissed the good sense right out of me and he barely looked affected by it all. He shot another person before he once again pulled me into another nook. "Again?" I giggled, fucking giggled, as I looked up at him. Holy shit I would have been embarrassed by giggling at him if my libido hadn't taken full control of my brain.

"Yah." He nodded as he slid his arm around my back and tugged me fully against his body. I let out an eep even as my body heated up in anticipation. However I caught a flash of yellow behind Jake and I pulled the trigger on my gun. A guy cursed, a red light flashed, and Jake whipped his head around to watch as the guy I hit threw his hands up as he walked away, his chest plate flashing red.

"I hit him!" I was super proud of myself and Jake slowly turned to look at me, a grin spreading across his face.

"That was fucking hot." He let out a little growl that made me shiver before he kissed me once again, pulling me tight to his body. An act that showed me just how hot he found me shooting a guy. My libido was in full control as I realized that well... a broken pelvis wasn't looking too bad.

Jake's hand slid down my back and he gave my ass a healthy grope as he tilted his head and slipped me a little summin summin with his tongue and even my libido shut the hell up because screw a broken pelvis, Jake could blow my fucking back out!