Lalala, the 3rd chapter is finally up! :D Does anyone think I should continue? I can think of other cool things that a leader should do but I'm not really getting much reviews... Well only except for two, anyway. Sigh. Maybe everyone loves those romance stories. Hmm, well, that's good, because this chapter is all about Jay... And Theresa. And now you get to see what he thinks of her! And no, he's not THAT oblivious, please. Well, but maybe a tad bit. xD Okay, so here's the story...
To Hide The Feelings
He knew that all of his friends thought he was a clueless, oblivious guy. He never seemed to know that Theresa liked him. A lot.
Or did he?
He wasn't as, ahem, dumb as they thought him to be. Anyway, he was their leader. Leaders weren't dumb, were they? He might be a terrible leader, but he sure wasn't a dumb one.
He did know.
She was forever by his side, caring for him, teasing him... They were closer than he was to Atlanta or she to Archie and vice versa. Of course no one would be slow-minded enough not to notice that she kinda liked him. And it was really sweet of it, but...
He couldn't date her.
No, it wasn't that he didn't return her feelings. He well and truly did. He yearned to go out with her, he did.
But he couldn't.
It would be irresponsible of him. Being a leader, there was so much to consider. There were many bad things that could happen if he got together with her, and he certainly didn't want that happening - especially not to her. It was out of concern that he painstakingly stopped himself everytime she smiled at him - oh, that beautiful smile - or sat alongside to him, talking about more personal matters. He knew she was probably fed up with him by now for not taking any of the hints she dropped. Maybe she would just give up on him and move on. After all, it was only fair - he wasn't doing anything but act like a ninconpoop. But it was for her own sake, her own good, and he would just have to take the heartbreak the day she moved on.
Sometimes, he wished he could go up to her and tell her he loved her. But he couldn't. There were various factors that scared him just by thinking of them. For one, if they started dating, Cronus might seize this opportunity to harm him emotionally by attacking Theresa constantly. He'd rather Cronus attack him than have her injured. If she got injured... And all because of him, too... That would be horrible. He couldn't let her fall into that kind of danger. No way! That was out of the question.
Also, this might be a distraction. When he let down his guard, Cronus was sure to jump up and try to trick them into one of his evil schemes again. Now, that would be far worse. This not only implicated him and Theresa but also the entire team. Hmm, and not only that. There were the gods - they'd be doomed if these 7 heroes were destroyed. Oh no, not to mention the earth as well.
There were a number of other reasons he could think of. In fact, just thinking about asking her out would trigger his on-the-defensive brain to automatically list out every single reason. And so far, he'd already written 85 of them on a piece of paper. And yes, there were more.
Frankly speaking, he liked everything about her. Theresa. She was nice, sweet and talented. Hmm, not to mention pretty. But she was quite smart too, and she was witty, funny and kind. She also could fight, whereas all he could do was pathetically wield his sword. There were a number of reasons he liked her, but he had never written them down. Because that might be the last straw that would sent him running to her room, breathless, knocking on her door and waiting for her to open it so he could finally confess his feelings for her.
So, when he was alone in his room... When he gazed up at his ceiling... When he thought of finally succumbing to the overwhelming desire to ask her... He would sigh, pull open his bottom-most drawer and pull out that piece of paper and look at all the reasons and remind himself of why he shouldn't try.
Cronus. It was all Cronus' fault. He was stopping virtually everything.
And he knew the minute Cronus was defeated, he would most definitely TELL her. Yes.
But until then, he would just have to be patient and wait... And hopefully she would, too...
