"Jessi stop!" Kyle shouted and ran over to her. He grabbed her wrists to try and stop her but Jessi would just swat him away. He saw the desperation mixed with the anger in her expression. He grabbed her from behind and harshly pulled her away.
"Let go of me!" Jessi shouted angrily. Jessi was hard to hold on to; she was just as strong as he was, maybe stronger with all this anger. Kyle purposely fell on his back to bring them to the ground. Once there, he quickly rolled Jessi on back to the ground and followed after. He almost lost his hold on her until he was on top of her pinning her arms down on both sides.
"Jessi, you need to calm down." Kyle said sternly. Jessi's movements gradually began to weaken and her expression transformed from anger and desperation to just desperation. She turned her head away, closed her eyes, and her angry grunts turned into sobs.
"Why did she have to go?" She asked with her voice cracking. Kyle didn't know how to respond to her. "Why her? Why couldn't it have been me?" These statements put confusion all over Kyle's face.
"What happened?" Jessi stayed silent as if she didn't hear him. She finally stopped trying to fight her way out of Kyle's grasp. Kyle let go and climbed off of her. He sat on the floor next to her and she just rolled over and turned her back to him.
"Jessi, please. I want to help you, but you need to tell me what's going on." She still continued to ignore him. Kyle sighed and looked at her hands. They were a wreck and they were still losing a lot of blood. He reached over and gently grabbed one hand and began healing it. Jessi didn't seem to mind, she just laid there silently with tears still rolling out of her eyes. Once Kyle finished one hand, he picked up the other and healed it also. He took one good look at her and knew he can't leave her here alone.
"How about you come home with me? So you're not alone?"
"I don't want to, I'm fine here." Jessi finally answered, quietly.
"Look Jessi, I can see that you don't want to talk about it right now, and you don't have to, but I can't just walk away from you right now. I think it would be best if you stayed with us for a while." Jessi just sighed in return.
Once he was done healing her hands, he carefully pulled her body up to him and put his arms around her. Jessi hesitated at first but then wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his neck. Kyle played back in his mind everything that just happened and concluded that something was severely wrong. Whatever it was, it goes much deeper than Sarah just leaving. Within minutes Jessi fell asleep with her arms still clung tightly to him. Kyle looked down at her saw the angst written all over her face. He took a fallen piece of hair and pulled it back behind her ear. Finally, Kyle lightly picked her up and headed to her bedroom. Carefully, he placed Jessi on her bed and gently removed her arms from around him.
Kyle spotted the packed bag at the edge of Jessi's bed. Although Jessi didn't really give him an answer, he grabbed her bag and headed to the car with it. Before heading out, he grabbed Jessi's keys and locked the door behind him. She's asleep; she will be fine for a few minutes. Kyle placed the bag in the trunk of the car and immediately headed back up. As soon as he exited the elevator, he spotted a woman struggling with multiple bags of groceries in her arms. His instincts led him to help her out.
"Here let me help you with that, ma'am." Kyle said warmly and took half the bags in her hands.
"Oh, thank you." She said in return. The woman was now able to grab her keys and open the door. It was the apartment right across from Jessi's. Kyle followed her inside and placed the groceries on the counter top. He looked around and suddenly got this strange eerie feeling, but as he skimmed the place, everything seemed to be fine. Clean, in fact.
"You have a very nice place" Kyle said, not wanting to be rude. He finally got a good look at the woman. She was older, slightly more than Nicole, and she had medium, wavy brown hair.
"Thank you. What's your name, young man?"
"Kyle." He smiled.
"Well, nice to meet you Kyle. Thank you for helping me with my groceries." This woman seemed like a very nice person but Kyle couldn't help but get the same eerie feeling around her also. Kyle nodded and gave another small smile before heading to the door. Then he stopped at the doorway and realized he forgot something.
"You never told me your nameā¦" Kyle said politely, in his usual Kyle way.
"I'm Grace."
"Nice to meet you." And with that Kyle exited and went back to Jessi's apartment. He couldn't get his mind off of how strange the woman seemed. He couldn't find anything in particular but he just felt strange around her. As soon as Kyle entered the apartment, there was a moment of silence followed by a scream from Jessi. On pure reflex, Kyle bolted to Jessi's room. He found her with her arms wrapped tightly around her head.
"No!" She yelled over and over but still seemed to be asleep.
"Jessi!" Kyle proceeded in shaking her in an attempt to wake her up. She suddenly woke up, inhaling a sharp breath in.
"Sarah?" she asked desperately. Jessi looked up to find Kyle. She stared at him for a second and then wrapped her arms around him neck. Kyle hugged her in return, hoping to make her feel better.
"Come on, I'll take you home." Kyle said after a few moments, but Jessi showed no sign in letting go. So Kyle once again picked her up and headed to the door. He made sure to lock the door behind him, while trying to hold on to Jessi, and amazingly succeeded. It took a while, but he was finally able to make her let go of him once they got to the car. Jessi immediately fell back asleep once the car began moving.
A/N: thanks for the reviews everyone! I'm glad you are enjoying the story! Keep the reviews coming in; it's good to know what I'm doing right. Hope this chapter satisfies everyone.
