I was curled up on my bed, his shirt grasped in my fingers, my skin pale, pure helplessness and heartbreak rushing through my veins as I hugged his shirt tightly, my tears long used up, nothing seemed to matter anymore, they wouldn't let me see him, we'd managed to get him back to Sky High but they'd taken him straight to the nurse and had told me I couldn't see him because they needed all the space they could get right now, so I told Maria and Jocelyn what was going on before retreating to my room and waiting for some news.
Then I felt an arm slide round me and I knew it was my mom, Raleigh laid in front of me and took one of my hands, bringing it in front of her so we were in a three way hug, I wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn't come, I shut my green eyes and clung to Warren's shirt with my free hand tightly, it was just a couple of hours ago he was fine, that we were together, we were happy, as happy as we could be in this place.
I didn't even tell him I loved him back when he told me, I just told him not to leave me, he couldn't leave me, he couldn't not after all we've been through, after all we've survived, after everything, he couldn't just leave me, he couldn't, I needed him more than anything or anyone, he was the person I could always turn to, he let me tell him all my problems, then he'd wrap me in strong arms and tell me everything would be okay, that we'd make it through the war and be happy again, we'd get an apartment and I'd say we'd have to have tons of kids to keep me company while he was working which he'd just laugh at.
I wanted that apartment, I wanted those kids, I wanted all of that with him, with Warren Peace, that made a tear slide down my cheek and I ignored it as my brain vaguely registered my mom whispering soothing things into my dark blonde hair that had his blood staining the tips, my skin was stained my his blood too, the sheets were too now, but it didn't matter, none of it mattered, I just wanted to be in his warm arms again, I just wanted to tell him I loved him, to tell him there was no one else in the world meant for me, that he was the only person I would ever love like that.
Raleigh squeezed my hand and I squeezed back slightly as someone knocked on the door and I slowly stood, making my way over to the door and pulling it open to see Mr Medulla standing there, I gave him a look that said 'talk before I kill you' and he gulped before he began speaking quickly.
"Mr Peace is going to be fine, Miss Greeves," he said and a relieved smile spread over my lips before I noticed Medulla's saddened expression, "but he won't remember you, he doesn't remember anything past his freshman year as far as we can tell."
My smile dropped and I pushed past the large headed man, needing to get to the nurse's office, I reached it quickly and knocked on the door hesitantly, taking in a deep breath as Nurse Spex called for me to come in before I opened the door, biting my bottom lip anxiously as I walked through the door.
"Miss Greeves, you're covered in blood, oh my, where's the wound dear?" Nurse Spex fired off rapidly and I shook my head.
"It's not mine," I answered hoarsely, my voice cracking slightly since I hadn't used it in a few hours, Spex's expression softened and she handed me a shirt as I realised I was only in my jeans and bra, "thank you," I said softly, slipping the shirt on, "how is he?"
"Confused," she replied honestly, her voice gentle, "you can see him if you like."
"I think it's best if he stays with his family for now, Medulla said he doesn't remember anything past his freshman year, is this true?" I asked quietly, my green eyes focussed on the door I knew Warren would be behind and Spex nodded, her expression annoyingly sympathetic, I gulped slightly and pulled my blood stained hair into its usual high ponytail, "well, if there's any change, could you tell me please?"
"Yes, Miss Greeves," Spex said and I turned to leave, my mouth feeling dry.
"Catie," Jocelyn's voice said and I looked back round, her dark eyes were pleading, "could you-could you come and talk to him? Explain the war? Please, I know it'll be hard, but mom and I think it's best if he hears it from you."
Against my better judgement, I nodded and she gently tugged me into the room, Warren frowned as he saw me and Jocelyn pushed me into a seat beside his bed, Maria shooting me a reassuring smile.
"Blush?" Warren scoffed and I looked at him in surprise, "Blush is the leader of this 'war'?"
"Guess he remembers more than his freshman year, but less than Homecoming," I muttered and he looked at me questioningly, I just shook my head and put on a small smile, "sorry, you already know me, but don't call me Blush, Warren, it's Catie, and yes, I'm the leader of our side, against the citizens," I explained quietly, "I'm the reincarnation of a woman named Rose Diane Greeves-"
"Who the fuck is that?" he interrupted and I scowled.
"Don't interrupt me, Warren," I snapped and he rose an eyebrow, I sighed and rubbed my temples before continuing, "she was a woman who lived in England in the sixteen hundreds, she had a daughter named Henrietta who saved a boy from being killed using her Powers, but the boy didn't understand that she had saved him and told the town that she was a witch, Rose told the town that she had attacked the boy and that Henrietta had nothing to do with it, Rose was burnt at the stake, being named a witch, while Henrietta, at the age of five, had to run away.
"When James, Rose's husband, Henrietta's father, came home, he travelled as a salesman, he burnt the town in revenge for his wife, you've heard of the Great Fire of London, right?" I asked Warren, who nodded, and I smiled slightly, "that was him, the baker story was a cover up, after that he went to find his daughter but there's no record of them ever being reunited, but Rose and Henrietta's blood still lives in my family," I said and Warren nodded slowly, "good, you understand that bit, now our war, I don't suppose you remember my little sister, Raleigh?" I questioned and he shook his head, "okay, well, it all started when she got her Powers, she couldn't control them and accidentally blew up a wall, it was all a mistake, she was running from a crowd of people, I found her and this crazy old hag, who's actually the citizen's leader now, went off one, calling us all monsters, even said to burn me, called me a witch, my mom appeared and managed to get us home, but then they found us there, I tried talking to them, but they just wouldn't listen, so we had to come here, we've been here for five years, five very long years."
Silence fell after my little speech and I sighed, standing.
"Well, now that that's all explained, I'll leave you guys alone," I said quietly, heading for the door.
"Blush, wait," Warren said and I turned, frowning slightly, "where do I fit in with all of this?"
"You-" I paused, trying to think of a way of telling him without saying we were together and were leading our people as a team and had been together for nine years or so, "you saved Raleigh and me, when the crazy old hag was accusing us, you saved us, and when she shot at me, not this time, another time, just when the war had started, you saved us, that's where you fit in."
"You're covered in blood," he stated.
"I know, I'm going now, hope you get better soon," I smiled, leaving the room and shutting the door behind me, leaning against it and taking in a deep breath before heading for my room to get some things for my shower.
(Warren POV)
Caitlin Greeves.
There was something so familiar about her and it wasn't because she was the klutz who fell off the wall she sat on outside Jocelyn and Jacob's school every time she saw me.
Speaking of Jocelyn, she's now sixteen years old, nine fucking years of my memory has disappeared and Caitlin bloody Greeves wouldn't get out of my head, there was something in her eyes as she explained everything to me, like there was something so much more, but she was scared to tell me, and she was covered in blood, wonder whose blood it was.
She looks so different from what I remember, I remember the shrimpy little freshman that blushed every time she saw me, but now she was taller, slightly, and there was something about her that screamed authority, her expression was haunted, like she'd seen too many things in her short years, wait, I don't even know how old she is, okay, she would've been fourteen as a freshman and nine years have past so that makes her about twenty three, she looks good at twenty three.
Shouldn't be thinking that, she is Blush, she is now the leader of a freaking army for christ sake and she's probably gotten herself a guy who probably helps her out with being the leader of the army of Heroes, but why do I feel like there something more to what she was telling me? Something important? Heh, it's Blush, I can drag answers out of her easily.
"Mom, what's she hiding?" I asked bluntly and my mom jumped in shock.
"Who? Catie?" she said and I frowned, my mom knows Caitlin as Catie? Mom just smiled and patted my hand, "nothing, Warren, you just rest, she was really worried about you, she'd want you to rest."
"No, you and her are hiding something," I said stubbornly.
"Warren, I'll tell you when you've had some rest," mom said sternly, standing, "I'm going to get some clean clothes for you, you move from that bed, I will make you regret it, understand?"
I nodded miserably and she smiled slightly as she went to the door, leaving me with Jocelyn to demand answers from, she immediately cowered under my glare and I smirked slightly, I was terrifying.
"Tell me what she, Blush and you are hiding, Jocelyn?" I growled and Jocelyn gulped before the door opened and Spex walked in, she was still alive? But she's ancient! She's tougher than I thought, "you all know something I don't, now tell me!" I snapped irritably as a blonde girl, about thirteen maybe walked in, she looked like Caitlin.
"Layla asked me to bring you these, Nurse Spex," she said quietly, giving the old nurse some bandages that were green, "she says if you need anymore just ask, she can make them real quick."
"Thank you Raleigh," Spex smiled, so this was Caitlin's little sister, Raleigh.
"Forget about it, I want to help and if mom and Catie won't let me fight, then I'll help take care of the injured," she said softly, her green eyes flicking to me, "but Catie's still…you know, about the thing with the thing, and I promised mom I'd help her get Catie through the thing with the thing."
What the fuck was the thing with the thing?!
"Oh, tell Miss Greeves I hope she gets better soon from the thing with the thing," Spex replied, her expression full of concern.
"What the fuck is the thing with the thing?!" I exploded, I knew they were keeping something from me, I knew it.
"Um," Raleigh said hesitantly, glancing at Jocelyn who looked back helplessly, "I, um, you see, you and Catie were together and now you've lost your memory and she's really upset but she's just glad you're not dead!" she rambled all in one breath and my eyes widened slightly.
"Me and Blush?" I said in disbelief.
"She's going to kill me, isn't she?" Raleigh said weakly.
"Who's going to kill you?" a new voice asked and we saw Caitlin, her hair slightly damp as she pulled up, "they'd have to get through me first, unless you've done something that'll really piss me off, then I'll kill you."
"She told Warren!" Jocelyn cried, pointing to Raleigh who shot her a look that said 'traitor' while Caitlin paled slightly and gulped.
"Okay, you, no tattling," she scolded, looking at my sister who grinned weakly, then she turned to Raleigh, "you, you bloody idiot if you weren't my sister, I'd fucking kill you, you-" here she turned to Spex who looked at the ground "-why didn't you stop her? And you-" she finally turned to me "how're you feeling?"
That's it? No, 'oh my god my boyfriend has no memory of us ever being together and I'm going to weep and wail until he remembers our time together'? I liked this girl, she wasn't overly emotional.
"Um, my neck hurts," I said warily and she nodded.
"Yeah, you did get shot there, genius," she teased, smiling, "I just thought I'd drop in before heading for the meeting, Mr Stronghold will throw a flipping bitch fit if I'm late again, you would've thought being the leader of the Supers he would cut me some slack, but nope, he will throw a bitch fit."
With that, she left, with us all staring after her in surprise.
"So, her and me?" I said slowly and the three remaining people nodded, "but she's….chirpy," there was no other word to explain her attitude before she left, "chirpy, how could I date a chirpy girl?"
"You were with her for nine years, Warren," Jocelyn sighed and my eyes widened as I choked on my own spit.
"Nine-years?" I coughed out, "I was with her nine years?"
"Yeah, since her freshman year when you, her, Will, Layla, Zach, Magenta and Ethan all saved the school from Royal Pain," Jocelyn nodded as Raleigh and Spex silently slipped away.
"I thought Royal Pain was dead," I frowned.
"Nope, the Pacifier exploded and she got turned into a baby," Jocelyn answered, "but this is more than Royal Pain a.k.a Gwen Grayson," she said dismissively, "Catie and you, you led us all Warren, you were the people that everyone could rely on, you looked good together too, you loved her."
I was still in shock, I put up with chirpiness for nine years.
"You were going to move in with her," Jocelyn continued.
Move in with the chirpiness.
"Warren, you should've seen her when she got back, she was covered in your blood, she looked terrified, she loves you, more than anything, you guys are always there for each other, Catie thinks that we don't know she cries sometimes, that we don't know how much she's hurting because she puts up this calm façade, but we all know that you were the one she went to when she needed to share her pain."
She did?
"You love her too Warren, you just don't remember, you guys are made for each other, you love each other, you have to remember."
"Well I don't," I snapped, glaring at my little sister, "I don't remember ever being with her, okay? Tell her I'm sorry when you see her, now get out."
"War-"
"OUT!" I yelled and Jocelyn fled as my hands lit on fire, did Jocelyn even have Powers? Heh, I'll find out later.
I was surprised when she came back in a few minutes later, dragging a very reluctant Caitlin with her who sighed as she rubbed her temples slightly, shaking Jocelyn's hand off her arm and sending her a small smile before the girl went outside, leaving us alone.
"Get out," I growled and she sighed, obviously expecting this as she sat down.
"No, I want you to apologise to Jocelyn," she said simply, her expression clear, her green eyes not giving anything away, "she's your little sister and she just cares about you, she's overly emotional right now, she didn't mean to go on at you."
"Get out!" I repeated and her expression hardened as she pushed me back onto the bed as I went to stand.
"No!" she snapped back, giving me a 'shut up and listen to me before I severely hurt you' look, "you listen to me, Peace, she just cares about you, and she may have annoyed you but at times like these family needs to stick together! So you're going to apologise weather you like it or not, you understand me? Because we're already fighting the citizens and I've had to tell so many families that their son, daughter, mother, father, someone they love is dead! We can't fall apart on the inside otherwise-otherwise they're going to win and we'll be treated as less than dirt, they want to register us, shove us all into one place in town, they even said that we can't 'mate' with citizens, can you believe that? They're treating us like animals, Peace, and we have to stick together, no matter what happens, understand?"
She looked just about ready to cry, her green eyes were unnaturally shiny as she slowly let my shoulders go and sat back down, closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath before opening them again to show there were no more tears, she was locking everything away, refusing to show anything.
"I said, do you understand?" she said coldly, I never would've thought Caitlin Greeves would end up like this, she was always smiling back in her freshman year, always laughing with her friends, I don't think anyone thought she would end up like this, cold and unemotional.
"Yeah," I nodded and her lips curved into a small smile.
"Good, there's something I forgot to tell you earlier," she said calmly.
"What? That we were together for nine years? Yeah, I know about that Greeves," I cut in angrily.
"I didn't want to put any pressure on you," she growled, glaring at me, "you don't remember anything, excuse me for not mentioning that we were in a relationship for nine bloody years, I didn't want you to think that you had to automatically be with me because of that, so I'm sorry."
"So, you were doing what you thought was best for me?" I shot back, glaring right back at her.
"Yes, Peace, I did," she replied coolly, "but, that isn't what I need to tell you, I thought you ought to know that we had to turn to some…..misguided people for some help, your father's here," she stated bluntly, standing and leaving.
"WHAT?!" I yelled after her and she turned with her hand on the door handle, her expression softer than before, those tears shining in her eyes again.
"Sorry," she whispered before opening the door and leaving me alone.
I could've sworn I heard a muffled sob as the door shut.
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