you and Jake have been practically attached at the hip almost since birth. In other words- you guys have been best friends since little. And still are!! Jake could be very shy around people but he is very comfortable around you, obviously. One thing you resented him for was that he was literally Einstein compared to you. He was extremely intelligent- especially in physics. Where you lacked heavily. So he often offered to help you with it whenever you needed. Even if you were hardheaded- you understood it. Some of it.

not that it matters or anything- why would it- but a lot of people at school seem to ship you guys constantly. You’d never really thought about and you wondered if Jake had. Well- at least his mom wasn’t any better either. Your mother and his mother have been subtly (not) trying to get you too together for years now. Who knows? Maybe Jake liked you. You didn’t know.

right now- you and Jake just got home from school and are in his room. He’s trying to teach you some physics, his parents are downstairs- his mother cooking for dinner.