A/N: Whoa! Long time since I updated this one! Okay so I know I said I'd update "Cry" but I bit off more than I could chew—and I HATE admitting it, but I have no choice! So sorry about that, but I hope you enjoy this chapter! And I also decided (I don't have much ideas for this chapter) so it won't be the last chapter! :D
I searched the decks for Jack and Fabrizio but the hell if I knew where they were! They couldn't still be sleeping… Well, Fabrizio maybe, considering he was out all night, but Jack? I walked back to the stay room and I frowned upon entering. Fabrizio was out like a damn bulb… But Jack was gone…
I bet I knew where he was and it wasn't breakfast! I stalked out of the room trying my hardest not to the slam the door into the next century. I walked down the long corridors before I ran into Cora. She was always with Jack… Maybe she knew!
"Cora?" I asked. The little curly, brown-haired girl turned to face me. She had to crane her neck to look up at me! "Aunty Kelsey!" she cried happily, running to hug my knees. She almost knocked me over, but I only laughed. "Hey kiddo," I heard a voice. It was Jack. I felt my insides go slightly watery. It was out of relief. Relief because I didn't ask Cora where Jack was in front of him—and because he was just close behind me.
"Hey Kels… I got up this morning and you'd left—where'd you go?" he asked me, picking Cora up so she was eye-level with him. "Just… out," I said. His expression dropped a bit, but he regained his composure and said, "Oh… well I was looking for you," he said. "Funny… I was looking for you, too," I said. At least I wouldn't sound crazy for looking for him!
I saw his eyes light up a bit more, and he seemed to forget Cora was there for a moment until she began pulling his hair for his attention. "Sorry, Cora," he said. "Are you two together?" Cora asked, hope lighting up her hazel eyes. I almost choked. Was I that obvious?
Jack looked at Cora and said, "As friends… But not like your mom and dad," he said. Cora nodded, but I could still the hope lighting up her little eyes. I smiled, and I was glad I didn't laugh. I wanted to say "If only," but I didn't want to hurt Jack… Considering he had no bloody idea that I was irrevocably in love with the man!
Cora whispered something into Jack's ear and I saw him chuckle lightly. He placed Cora on the floor and took her hand, leading her into the dining room where her parents were most likely waiting for her. I followed them, because I really had nothing else to do.
It wasn't long before Fabrizio came to join Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Cartmell, Cora and I. He looked very sleepy, and I was a hundred percent sure he was sleep walking, but as it turned out… He wasn't.
He was very funny discombobulated. But I watched Jack. Everytime he mentioned Rose's name, his eyes got a sort of… glow to them. His blue eyes were almost vivid. They actually looked like they were glowing.
It made my insides turn uncomfortably and I did all I could to just spilling my thoughts. They weren't an insult to Rose… Just thoughts of envy.
Rose didn't realize how lucky she was to have him… Because he wasn't mine to have… I knew how grateful I was to even be his friend! A family friend at that! I'd met his family and I was there to run away with him when they died. I'd been with him through so much, I'd seen him cry, and he'd seen me cry and it was hard to not fall in love with him. I knew more about him than anyone ever would. I just wish that was a good enough reason.
Jack was that one wish you wanted so bad… but you'd already used the first three you were granted. And the other wishes were suddenly meaningless. If you could have anything with those three wishes… they should be something you really wanted. Don't neglect the most obvious choice… You never knew how bad you wanted something until you were told you couldn't have it…
You didn't realize how bad you wanted something when it wasn't yours to begin with. Jack belonged to Rose… Jack belonged to Art… Jack belonged to anything… Anything but me…
"Kelsey?" someone asked me. It was Cora. I hadn't realized I zoned out until they were all staring at me. "Y-yes?" I asked. "Everything alright?" Mrs. Cartmell asked me. "Yeah… Everything's fine," I lied. I knew my physical actions deceived my words, and I knew everyone saw through it… Everyone but Jack.
It sucked a lot to know men didn't understand a damn thing about woman and woman didn't understand one freaking thing about men! If only we could read their thoughts… But where would the privacy be in that?
There were so many things you could wish for… Like the ability to hear others thoughts, and other hear yours… We only wished for these things because we ignored the thoughts that told us "But what about this…?" or "Yeah, but what would happen if…?"
We just didn't think our plans through. This was probably the reason why everything we did always ended less than perfect…
We didn't think…
If you did… Great… but you'd have a splitting headache like I do now…
But I was only thinking of the pros and cons.
I was thinking like the authorities and the victims of some crime.
There was always a "Yes" and a "What if…?"
There was no "Yeah, it'll always work out!"
Please… Life was so overrated sometimes...
A/N: So? Sorry I know I said this would be the last chapter but I just don't know how to end this all yet! To be honest I don't want to yet! :D
