A/N: WOOHOO! I've actually got time to start my Jalt series of one shots! Dedicated to Animal Charmer 11, because I promised this to her like, 2 months ago. So here you go!

Forever and Always

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"We'll be forever and always, Jaz. I'm not like everyone else."

Fat lot of good that did. Almost every guy I dated before the 21st Nome said that to me. And almost every time, he dumped me for some other girl. But not Walt.

Walt understands how I feel. The first guy I think that I might actually be in love with, and now I'm racing against time to find a cure for the incurable curse that just happens to run in his family. He might die at any time, and the worst part? He's so calm about it!

"You just have to let me go, Jaz."

I can only be myself, relaxed and happy, when I'm with him. For the others, I'm Jaz, healer, magician, role model. But for him, I'm Jaz, just a regular girl. I'm the only girl he sees, and he tells me so. And, not to sound selfish, but I like it like that. How, I ask you, how could I let that go?

I guess that, with time, I could, but I know that I'd never be the same. There would never be a Prince Charming; no one could ever sweep me off my feet because I'll never let them. He would always be in the back of my mind, begging me to let go…but in a way, I would never be able to.

So now I have to cherish every moment I have with him. I think I might be close, but you can never tell. I have to be careful with my feelings.

"What're you thinking about?" He comes in, snaps me out of my thoughts, and I answer, using my usual go-to, however cliché it may be.

"You."

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