Love with a Jerk by Nikki Plotner (inspirational books to read TXT) 📕

to shower if we are handcuffed together”? I asked.
“You both will just have to deal with it”. Margaret and Gavin said at the same time.
“This is unbelievable. Is this even legal”? I asked angry.
I started to walk away, back upstairs to my and Neil’s room, forgetting that I was handcuffed I fell down and Neil landed on top of me.
“Get off of me now”. I said irritated. It irritated me even more that the family was laughing and thought this was funny. Neil finally got off of me and we stood back up.
“Where are we going”? Neil asked curiously.
“To the bedroom”.
We started walking through the house and made our way upstairs to the bedroom, without tripping over each other. I was glad that we made it safely.
“So, now that we are in the room. What are we going to do”? Neil asked.
“I am going to take a shower and get clean clothes on, while you stand in the bathroom not looking at me. Do you understand”?
“What if I sneak a peek”? Neil asked teasingly.
“Then I will hurt you in your sleep or something. Just do what I ask please”.
“Fine, I guess. Since, you don’t know how to have any fun”.
I grabbed some lounge clothes from the dresser and went into the bathroom. I turned the hot water on and then went over to the sink brushing my teeth. After I was done I told Neil to close his eyes and not look at me, while I got undressed and got into the shower. I started washing my hair and body as fast as I can, so I didn’t have to stand naked in front of him any longer than I already am.
“You’re getting my arm wet”. Neil whined.
“Oh well, deal with it. I am almost done. It’s not like I asked for this”.
After finishing in the bathroom, I hurriedly got dressed and dried off. Then I brushed through my hair.
“Not what are we doing”? Neil asked.
“We are going to go downstairs and watch a movie”.
We walked downstairs and put in a movie watching it, trying to get along, so maybe we can get these handcuffs off. Later that night we went to bed. I really hated being cuffed to him. It seemed like I couldn’t get comfortable in bed.
“Will you stop moving around and just sleep already”? Neil asked annoyed.
“Maybe if I could get comfortable”.
Finally after about forty minutes trying to get comfortable, I finally fell asleep.

Chapter Nine: Day Out

Other than having to get up in the middle of the night, so Neil could go to the restroom, I slept pretty well.
“Wake up sleepy head”. Neil said enthused.
I sat up rubbing my eyes. I was not ready to get up yet.
“What time is it”? I asked.
“It’s eight in the morning”.
“What? Seriously, I could at least get another hour of sleep or something”. I proclaimed.
“Well, we need to get ready. It is Sunday and we need to go to church. So, let’s get up and go eat breakfast and then get ready for the day. We leave in a couple hours”.
“Well alright, I guess since you woke me up for a good cause, I will obey”. I said sarcastically.
I got up with Neil and we went downstairs to eat breakfast. I forgot that my shirt wasn’t on exactly like it is supposed to be. My left arm is under the shirt because; Margaret went to bed before she could un-cuff us to dress correctly. Neil had his shirt off, which his shirt was hanging on our wrist and laying in between us. My shirt that I was wearing the day before was hanging down to. I really did not like this at all. Once we got to the dining room, the rest of the family was sitting there eating. Shane and Evelyn started laughing.
“Well, I see you two made it through the night alright”. Margaret said.
“Yes we have, although this is really inconvenient with our dressing arrangements”. I said.
“I don’t think it is that inconvenient”. Neil said.
“Seriously, we have shirts hanging off of us because of it and I can’t even put my arm through my clean shirt?
“Well, I guess in that case, it might be a little bit inconvenient”.
“Alright, well after breakfast, I will un-cuff you real quick to take the shirts off, than you can go get ready. Once you are done getting ready, I will take the cuffs off again so you can dress properly”. Margaret said.
“Thanks Margaret, I just love being treated like a child”. I said sarcastically.
“Maybe you both will learn a lesson from fighting all the time. You need to get a long and learn more about each other. We do have to get you both married in the next year and with the rate you’re going at, that won’t happen”. She said sarcastically back.
“Fine, I get it”. Neil and I said in unison.
We sat down and ate our breakfast, after breakfast Margaret to my cuff of real quick and took the shirts off. Then she cuffed us back up. Neil and I went to our room and I got in the shower first, washing my hair and body. Then I wrapped a towel around me and got out, while Neil got in the shower. I tried to blow dry my hair, while he was in the water. It was quite difficult, but I got it done. I was getting tired of doing this already, and I can just imagine how long we will be connected like this. Neil got out of the shower and we went over to the sink, with our towels still around us and brushed our teeth. He combed his hair and spiked it a little bit in the front, while I curled the ends of my hair and then put it in a side pony tail at my neck. I quickly put on my make-up, since Neil was getting bored and annoyed having to stand their waiting for me to get done. Once, we were done in the bathroom, we went to our room and got our undergarments out from our dressers and placed them on under our towels. Then I grabbed a lavender one sleeved dress and placed it over my head, while Neil put on a silver tux and a lavender suit shirt. I put on my white high heels and then grabbed my purse, while Neil put on his dress shoes and his white tie. After we were finished, we went downstairs and found everyone waiting in the living room. Margaret came over to us and un-cuffed me, so we could get our tops on the right way.
“See look at you two, this is already working. You are matching colors”. Gavin said.
“What”, we looked at each other, not really paying attention on what the other was wearing when we were in our room. I guess we are matching.
We left the house Neil and I got in his car and started driving to the church, while the others got in their cars. Once we got to church, we all sat at the same pews one the second row. Then we listened to the pastor preach. Church was over and Neil and I got in the car, but I noticed we were not driving back home.
“Where are we going”? I asked curiously, looking out the window.
“We are going to go to lunch and have some fun today. We might as well do something, since we have to be together anyways”.
“That’s cool. Where are we going to eat”?
“It’s a surprise”.
We drove in silent for a little bit and then Neil turned on the radio, playing some Irish band. Where ever we were going, it is taking a while. We have been driving for at least an hour already. Finally, after driving for about two hours, we were at the restaurant. It was a nice little cabin that said Donavon’s Dinner.
“Isn’t your last name Donavon”? I asked curiously.
“Yes, this is my uncle Chris’s Dinner. It is the best food in Ireland. Sorry for the long drive, but I really want you to try the food here”.
We walked into the dinner and sat in a booth in the back corner of the place. An waitress came up to us.
“What can I get you two to drink”? She asked.
“Um, I would like a Cream soda”. Neil said.
“I’ll have the same”. I said.
She walked away and then came back two minutes later with our cream soda. It wasn’t like regular cream soda in America, it was way better.
“Is Chris here”? Neil asked the waitress.
“Yes, he is in the back”. Waitress said.
“Well can you go get him? Tell him his nephew is here and wants him to meet someone”. Neil said.
The waitress left and then a minute later, this older looking guy came out. He looked a lot like Gavin.
“Neil, what brings you to this town”? Chris asked.
“I wanted my mate to try the best cooking there is”. Neil said happily.
I have never seen him this happy before. His eyes lit up in happiness and he had the biggest smile on his face.
“Are you going to introduce me”? Chris asked.
“Yes uncle Chris, this is my mate and fiancé Olivia Collins”.
“Nice to meet you Olivia”. Chris said extending his hand for me to shake.
“Nice to meet you to Chris”. I said shaking his hand.
“Well, I have to get back and see what these morons are doing. They have not been doing their job back there”. Chris said and then he walked away. The waitress came back.
“Do you know what you want to eat yet”? She asked.
“I will have Coddle”. Neil said.
“What about you dear”? She asked me.
“I’ll have the same”. She walked away.
“So, what are we doing after this”? I asked.
“It is a surprise. This entire day is a surprise and I am sure you will enjoy it”. Neil said.
I really hope I would enjoy it, just hope he doesn’t take me anywhere I wouldn’t like. Our food came and we ate in silence. It was really delicious. After we got done eating Neil paid for our meals and then we got back in the car, which by the way was really tricky, Neil had to go in through the passenger’s side and then get over to the driver’s side, while I got in on the passenger’s side. We started to drive down the road, when a few minutes later we came across this hospital and parked. We got out of the car and walked inside. I followed along with Neil, not knowing why we are here. I didn’t want to ask though because he would probably just tell me it was a surprised and besides I would know in a couple minutes anyways. We got on the elevator and went up to the third floor. There were a bunch of sick kids on this floor and we went into a large play room. There was a bunch of different sick kids in this room.
“What are we doing here”? I asked Neil quietly.
“I come here a lot. All of these kids have cancer and I come and hang out and read to them a couple times a week. I