AN: Yay for those of you who reviewed! Smiley faces will be given if you do it again! :) Sorry it took so long to update, it was ready two days ago but FanFic wouldn't let me upload it! And last night I got home late. Sorry. This is chapter three of Only Human. Hope you like it and please Review! Xx Nickynoo!
Violet
I grabbed onto the grate that was hanging next to my window and started climbing down. After Judy and I had come back from the desert, we've been closer sure, but I haven't been able to sleep. Every night I seem to sit for what feels like hours before I even get a hint of sleep. Usually it's only an hour or two.
I felt like a human ninja as I landed on all fours. I popped up again and walked towards the back gate. Judy of course was already sleeping but I wanted to be quiet, and the front door was definitely not quiet. I jumped over the fence and did a roll; I lay on the ground for a while before hopping back up again. I should really stop trying to be ninja; I'm going to hurt myself really badly.
I walked towards the park that was out of the back of my house and sat down on the swing. I had been here last night as well; it kept my mind off of things. Like humans. Judy had found my journal and had read about my fascination with the humans and with human things.
I started to swing back and forth while singing a song I heard a while ago. I flung my head back and smiled. I honestly hadn't had this much fun in ages. Being in the desert was fun, yes, but not when you're with Judy who screams at a bug crawling up her leg. I shook my head as I was swinging back and forth.
I looked around me and thought I saw something but I kept on swinging, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there was someone watching me. I stopped swinging and looked around again, there was something glittering on the ground. I stood up and walked towards the object.
As I bent down to pick it up, I could have sworn I heard somebody breathing. I looked at the necklace; it was red pendant with silver around the edges and was on a black piece of leather. The leather though, had snapped, somebody had obviously lost it. "How did this get here?" I wondered aloud.
That's too bad that somebody lost this, I would miss something as pretty as this if I had lost it. I turned to walk back towards the swings.
I looked up at the stars and held the necklace up, hoping to get a better look at it in the moonlight. My foot must have caught on my other foot because I could feel myself falling. I flung my arms in front of my falling body and landed with a crack on the ground.
"Are you okay?" I heard, and looked up into the eyes of a boy with dark hair and tanned skin. His face was etched with worry as he repeated the question.
O n l y H u m a n
Jamie
The streets still looked exactly the same as the night before, not a single leaf out of place. Okay so that was a lie, it wasn't like I'd remembered exactly where every leaf was. I did remember her voice though, it was like chimes, like bells, like...beautiful. If beautiful could be a sound that would be it. I crept towards her singing and watched her in awe.
Her hair was free of restraint and flowed down her back while she swung. Her face looked like she was having the time of her life. I wanted to be a part of that, but I stayed back and watched. I looked on from the bushes as she swung back and forth singing what I knew to be an old human song. I wondered how she had found it.
Suddenly she stopped swinging and looked over towards the bushes I was in. I froze, had she seen me? Oh my gods, I have just killed all of my friends! She stepped off the swings and started walking towards my hiding spot among the leaves and foliage.
Her hips swung as she walked towards me and I couldn't help but admire her frame. She was really short, I would tower over her. Her small but curvy frame knelt down directly in front of my hiding spot and her arm extended. She picked up something and stared at it. "How did this get here?" her voice said. I wanted to smile and laugh but I was too afraid she would hear me. There was a glint of silver and red and I saw a black band.
I lifted my hand to my neck; she had found my necklace, the one that my mum had given to me right before she had been taken over. Oh crap. She stood and started to walk back to the swing set while staring at the necklace. How could I get it back now, it would be impossible! Her head tilted up towards the moon and the stars as she was walking, holding the necklace towards the sky.
That's when her feet decided they would trip each other and cause her to fall over. Her arms spread out and she fell and I heard a loud cracking sound as she hit the ground. Before I could even recognize or change my actions I was on my feet and running towards her.
I heard a sob escape her lips as I bent down next to her, "Are you okay?" I breathed. She gasped and looked up at me, tears where glistening in her eyes. Her mouth was opening and closing and I guessed that she didn't know where I had come from and who I was.
"I heard a crack, are you okay? Did you hurt yourself?" I asked again, this time getting anxious. She nodded and tried to sit up, I put my hands on her arms and shifted her to a seated position. Her skin felt soft and smooth underneath my fingers.
"I don't know what happened. Once second I was walking, the next I was on the ground. I think I hurt my wrist, it doesn't feel too good," she stated while staring at me. I held my hand out and she placed her left arm gently into my hands. I poked her wrist bone and she cringed.
"Can you move it?" she tried to rotate her wrist and I could see the pain etched onto her face, I stilled the movements and asked her to move her fingers, she couldn't.
"What's your name?" she asked me suddenly. She moved her head so that her hair was covering her face. I moved it away and smiled at her,
"It's Jamie, what's yours?" I really wanted to know what her name was; someone so beautiful had to have a beautiful name to match.
"Violet Summer Flowers, but I just prefer Violet," she grinned toothily at me and I couldn't help but grin back,
"It's perfect," I muttered,
"Umm...are you going to take me to the hospital or are we going to sit here all night?" she asked casually while biting her lip, that's when I remembered where I was, and what she was.
"Oh...I shouldn't be here, I should go. But I don't want to leave you here? Argh!" I groaned in frustration,
"What do you mean you shouldn't be here? Do you have a curfew too?" she giggled and I forgot all about why this was wrong.
"No, I'm ahhh...I'm not from here exactly..." I had no idea what I was going to tell her. She turned at the same time I did, there were footsteps approaching.
"Jamie do you know how worried we are about you?" It was Sunny, good, she could take Violet to the hospital!
"Sorry, I ummm... Violet hurt her wrist; I think we should take her to the hospital!" I said, Violet just looked at me and smiled. I stood up and extended my hand for her. She grabbed it and stood.
"Jamie! Do you know how angry Jared is? He is going to rip your head off! But I will take you to the hospital, come on you two," Sunny made a face at me and I knew I would be in so much trouble when we got back.
"Jared and Kyle have both gone looking for you! Do you realise that this is endangering us all Mr?"
"Why would Jamie be endangering these people? It's not like anything is going to hurt them? Unless of course a bunch of humans came out and attacked. But I doubt that would happen, even if it would be extremely cool!" Violet exclaimed,
"What?" I was shocked; she just said it would be cool to see humans. I was human, she didn't realise that. That was...good I guess.
"I said that out loud didn't I? Oh wow. I mean,"
"Don't worry about it. I just, didn't think I'd ever hear a soul say that. Ever," I stated. I was once again awestruck by this girl, she was so...amazing. We reached the hotel and Sunny took us inside to write a note for the others.
"Kyle is going to kill me! I swear it," Sunny muttered to herself,
"Yeah right. He loves you too much!" I glanced at the note Sunny had written, Kyle, Jared, I have found Jamie so don't panic. We have taken the van because Jamie was with a girl who hurt her arm, I couldn't just leave her so I've taken her to the hospital. I hope you don't mind. We'll be okay. Love Sunny.
I rolled my eyes, "Okay, let's go!" Sunny said more to herself than to us. I was still holding onto Violet's hand as I helped her into the front seat of the car. She thanked me and I quickly jumped into the back of the van.
"There is room up the front, Jamie, why are you sitting in the back?" her head tilted to the side and she had the cutest look on her face. What was I meant to tell her?
"Oh, umm, I get car sick if I sit in the front," I stated,
"They have pills for that you know. Souls have pills and such for everything. I think it's called 'un-sick' or something close to that. The names for things are so obvious don't you think? Am I rambling, I think I'm rambling. I'm going to be quiet now," she said looking embarrassed. I laughed and shook my head at her.
We pulled up at the hospital and Sunny and Violet got out. "Aren't you coming Jamie?" I shook my head,
"I don't really like the hospital, it freaks me out a little," she nodded and followed Sunny inside. Her wrist was being cradled against her chest delicately. I smiled at her, even though she couldn't see me now.
As soon as they disappeared from my view, I started to freak out. What if she was seriously injured? What if the souls figured out Sunny was with humans? What if Violet figured out I was human? What am I going to do about her? I can't just leave her? No, I like her too much! Oh wow, what have I gotten myself into? Jared is going to kill me!
The back of the van opened and two figures jumped in, "You are so dead Jamie, so dead!" Jared hissed at me.
"Yeah, I figured that." I felt extremely guilty about this now.
"Is Sunny okay? Why are you guys at the hospital?! Jamie!" Kyle was freaking out!
"Oh, so you guys didn't read the note we left for you?"
"NOTE! Gods, we haven't been back to the hotel yet! IS SUNNY OKAY?" Kyle yelled at me.
"Yes, she is fine! I was in the park and Violet fell over and hurt herself and that's when Sunny found me. We couldn't just leave her there so we drove her here," I stated,
"Who is Violet?"
"The girl who fell over," I rolled my eyes, "Did you just ignore everything I said?"
"Right, sorry Jamie. Please tell me she hasn't said anything about humans?" Jared asked angrily.
"Umm...well she did say something about humans, but I don't think she realises that we're human! So don't fret okay?" Jared and Kyle shook there heads, "They're coming back so shut up about humans!"
Sunny jumped in the car and a second later, so did Violet. "Well that was fun! OH! Gosh, Kyle, Jared when did you get here?" Sunny asked. Violet turned and smiled at them and showed me her wrist,
"It's all better now!" she smiled happily, I grinned back at her,
"They got here about five minutes ago, and they didn't see the note you left for them. I'm starting to wonder why we bother leaving notes anymore," Violet laughed and turned towards me again,
"Hi, you must be Violet right? Where do you live, we'll drop you back off at your house," Jared stated,
"Oh, I live across from the Happy Inn, do you know where that is?" Jared nodded and Sunny drove back the way we came.
"How did you hurt your wrist anyway?" Kyle asked,
"Oh, I found this and then I tripped over. I'm clumsy I guess," she held up my necklace,
"You found it!" I said excitedly,
"Is it yours? Here you go!" she handed it back to me. I smiled and thanked her. Jared looked angrily at me. I shrugged in response and smirked.
"You three might want to duck, there's a Seeker blockage up ahead," Sunny said suddenly. Violet looked confused and that was the last I saw of her face because Jared pulled me under the blanket in the back.
"What's going on?" Violet asked
"Just be quiet and let me do all the talking," Sunny ordered. I felt the car slow as we were pulled over by Seekers.
"Evening mam, how are you doing tonight?" the Seeker asked. His voice was deep and it sounded like he didn't want to be here.
"We're doing fine tonight thankyou. What seems to be the problem?" Sunny's voice was laced with fake and I couldn't see how anyone couldn't tell she was lying.
"Well, there's been a break-in and a robbery a little ways up the road, we're warning people to be careful because we still don't know who the culprit is. We suspect that maybe the humans aren't as extinct as we thought,"
"Oh-no! That's horrible! Oh, what should I do to ensure my safety?"
"I think that you should just drive and don't stop until you get home. Make sure you look all the doors and windows. Just be on the look out for anything odd, although we don't think that the culprit will hit the same area again,"
"I will don't worry officers. I guess ill be on my way then,"
"Yes, have a nice night soul," the officer said and then the car started moving.
"You're human aren't you?" Violet asked as the three of us emerged from the blankets; "I knew it!" she giggled and smiled at me,
"Yeah...I guess we are..."
"Oh! I've always wanted to meet humans! I thought it would be so cool! It is! Sorry, I'm overreacting!" Jared smacked me in the head,
"Ouch! What was that for?"
"For being an idiot! I told you that you shouldn't have helped her up!" he scowled at me
"Don't worry, I won't say anything," Violet looked down at her lap with a sad look on her face.
"We can't leave her here! It's too much of a risk! She'll ruin us!" Kyle said.
"HEY, don't be so judgemental Kyle, you do realise that she isn't lying, she won't tell a soul. No pun intended! We don't have to kidnap her!" Sunny ranted,
"You're going to kidnap me?" her face was a mask of shock, but I could see the hint of adventure waiting to escape.
"Yes, yes we are!" Kyle and Jared said together.
"Can I at least get some things before you take me hostage?"
"It's only fair Jared," I stated, "Let her get some things and maybe write a note to your mum. That way she won't be worried, a fake note of course." Violet nodded in agreement.
"Fine, Jamie, go with her and make sure she doesn't escape."
I nodded and followed Violet inside her front gate. I headed for the front door when she grabbed my hand, I turned to face her when she said, "I snuck out so I have to sneak back in," I nodded and followed her around the house.
She started to climb up the grate attached to the wall and I pulled myself up after her. She swung her legs through the window and I used my arms to get myself through. "What do I need" she whispered.
"Stuff you don't mind getting dirty or wreaked. Like jeans and old T-shirts. We're in the desert...sort of." She nodded and grabbed a duffle bag that was hidden under her bed.
"Umm... come here and help me!" she hissed. I shook my head and walked over to the draw she was holding open. There were so many clothes! "Don't say anything about it! Judy buys me everything okay!" I laughed quietly and yanked out the jeans I could see. There were two pairs and she was wearing one.
I threw them both in the bag and pulled out seven T-shirts. "Why seven?"
"Because, there are seven days in a week. Therefore you can wear a different shirt everyday of the week," I stated matter-of-factly. She nodded and pulled open another draw before closing it again,
"Turn around," I shrugged but obliged. I took the time to look around her room. It was full of old human band posters and extremely gypsy like stuff. "Okay, I've got the clothes thing down. What else?"
I turned to face her again and looked around her room, "Books, magazines, I don't know what do you like?"
"Well I'll take my books, some of them anyway," she grabbed her books and a few other things and put them quietly into the bag. "That's all I want, what do you want me to write in the note?" I grabbed a pen off her desk and scribbled a suitable note; Violet read it and proceeded to write it in her own handwriting, "Done, let's go." I nodded and told her I would go down first to catch her bag.
We snuck back across the road to the hotel where the others were waiting, "What took you so long?" Jared asked, I shrugged and he shoved us into the car. He was grumbling to himself for a full ten minutes.
"So, what did you get my sister Jared? It better be good!" his face suddenly lit up, like a kid on Christmas.
He pulled out a box from his pocket and handed it to me; I opened it with Violet leaning over my shoulder. It was a ring, "I'm going to propose. Properly this time," I smiled and smacked him on the shoulder.
"It's really beautiful. Whoever she is, I think she'll love it!" Violet stated,
"Great!" Jared grabbed the box and put it back in his pocket. "I got a chain for it too, so she can wear it around her neck. I know she won't like it getting in the way of her work," I shook my head. He really is the best.
We pulled over to the side of the road and Jared jumped of the car and attached the tarps, he then proceeded to hop into the driver's seat and speed towards the car's hideout. "I was here a couple of days ago, it was fun." Violet stated,
"Please tell me that it wasn't you who screamed about a bug crawling up your leg?" Kyle asked, Violet giggled,
"No, that was Judy. It was a really great trip though. River Flows Between was so nice to me. I really hope he finds his flower."
"Where are you from Violet?" Sunny asked casually,
"The flowers. It wasn't my cup of tea though. I much prefer Earth. It is the strangest planet though,"
"Agreed," Sunny said.
I couldn't wait to get back to the caves. I liked being out but it was always good to be home. I wanted to see my family and Jake again. Plus, having Violet there would be a big bonus. I smiled at her and her replying smile lit up her whole face. I guess I had been wrong when I thought that the perfect girl didn't exist. Violet seemed to be that perfect girl and I had met her only a few hours ago.
I felt her hand in mine and I looked down. Maybe things are turning around.
Magical right? Yes, hope you liked it! I had fun! Ooh yes Jamie and Violet have finally met! Yes! So you all know what Jamie thinks of Violet, but what does she think of him? Ohh! Yes I am odd I know. There is a picture of the ring Jared bought Melanie on my profile if you would like to look at it! I will try to update as often as possible but at the moment it is exam and assignment time at school! Yay for me! BTW I was being sarcastic! Umm... yes... I'm trying to find a picture of what Violet looks like for you and if I do ill let you know! So, click that little review button and make me happy!
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Nickynoo!