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LOL my sister just had a heart attack when she read the last chapter. She wanted to punch him so bad, she's like doing situps and jumping jacks as we speak. I probably did make him douchey enough, but he gets nice later on so don't worry :).
If I were in Jade's place I would be soooo confused XD. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 7
Jade looks at her clock, and it was two o clock pm. It was obviously she was late for work, but she didn't feel so well. She lies on her bed with her blanket tucked in. Her stomach was hurting and she felt really cold for some odd reason. This is probably a sign of a fever. Maybe she cried too much and it made her sick. However, she didn't care much, she was just confused and she just wants to sleep. She gets up from her bed knowing that she had to tell John and Rose about it. She walks to her office desk that was in her room and gets her cellphone. She dials John's number.
"Hello?" John talked on the phone.
"I'm sorry John.. I feel really sick today.. Can you please call Rose and tell her I'm sick and I can barely stand on my own two feet right now?" Jade quietly talks on the phone.
"I understand Jade, can you please give me Rose's number" John sadly asks Jade.
"Okay" Jade replies back quietly.
Jade gives John Rose's number. She goes back to her bed and puts her phone on her nightstand just in case of an emergency. Before Jade went to sleep, she went into deep thought. After all she did sort of "like" Karkat. He was funny, handsome, and was like a best friend to her. Because of his actions yesterday though Jade was left heartbroken. Why would he say such mean and horrible things to her? She didn't even do anything to him. Maybe Karkat didn't even liked her back (as a friend) in the first place. Jade decides not to deal with Karkat anymore. If she gets any closer to him she is going to end up getting hurt again.
"Karkat, you're such an asshole" she mumbles.
Jade "deletes" Karkat from her heart and goes into a deep sleep.
John was devastated to see that Jade was sick. He didn't want anything bad to happen to his sister. In fact he worried about her so much he forgot to call Rose. Instead he calls in Dave and tells him about the situation and orders Dave to go visit Jade when he has the chance. John always had an extra spare keys to Jade's house just in case of emergency, and this is one. He quickly rushes out of his office and runs to Jade's house.
He reaches Jade's apartment and was panting. He never ran so hard and fast in his whole life. He goes inside the building and takes the elevator up to the 4th floor, the floor Jade lives in.
"Okay, now where is room 221?" John asked to himself.
He finally reaches Jade's room and enters in quietly but swiftly. He leaves the keys on the dining table so he doesn't forget them and walks into Jade's room. He takes a good look at Jade and checks her temperature.
"Man, you have a high fever" John whispered.
He pulls the blanket away from Jade's body softly so she doesn't get disturbed. He folds the blanket and puts it on the floor. It's bad if you are too warm if you have a high fever. John quickly leaves the bedroom and goes to the kitchen.
"Jade probably hasn't eaten anything huh?" John asked to himself.
John walked to Jade's refrigerator and looks inside. There was so much food in here that its crazy. John decides to make porridge for Jade. Its good to eat something warm at least. He gets the onions and ginger from the fridge and starts chopping them up. After he finishes that he gets a cup full of rice and cooks it. After some complicated process John ends up cooking a lot of porridge for Jade. He brings a small bowl of the rice soup and leaves it on her office desk. Before he leaves, he cleans up her house a bit. He waters the plants that Jade had outside her balcony and talks to it like Jade does.
"Good afternoon mister flower? How are you doing today?" he told the plants.
After watering and talking to the plants he goes back inside and scrubs the floor of her kitchen. They were so sticky, but since Jade was so busy she never really has time to do all of these chores. He washes her dishes and puts them properly in the cabinets. He then walks to a small closet that was near Jade's room and grabs a feather duster. He dusts around the lamps,tables, Tvs, and fireplace. He didn't want Jade to get allergies by these little particles. After dusting, he grabs the keys from the table and puts it under the mat in front of Jade's apartment (of course when no one was looking). He quickly leaves the apartment building and goes back to work.
Dave gets the message from John, "Jade? The one and only Jade Harley is sick?".
Dave begins to worry. He quickly finishes the photo shoot he had in Queens and calls in a taxi. He just couldn't believe that Jade was actually sick. He knew Jade only gets sick when she is extremely sad or depress. Thinking of that made him worry even more. He had to wait twenty five agonizing minutes until he reaches Jade's apartment. He enters in and goes up the stairs (he thinks elevators are lame). He reaches the 4th floor of the building and looks for room 221.
"Room 221 huh, at least that's what John told me" Dave told himself.
He finally finds the room and looks under the mat. John told him that he was going to leave the keys under the mat. Dave grabs the keys and enters in Jade's apartment. He puts the keys in his pocket so he doesn't forget. He looks around the apartment observing everything he sees.
"Wow, this place is so clean" Dave thought.
Dave quietly goes inside Jade's room and sees her sleeping. He walked closer and stands beside her bed and watches her sleep peacefully.
"I'm surprise, she didn't hear me walk" Dave thought to himself.
Dave watched Jade sleep for about half an hour until he gets a call from one of his co-worker. Dave swiftly gets out of Jade's room and closes the door. He picks up the call.
"What do you want?" Dave sounded irritated.
"Hey! Come back to Queens, you have more models to photoshoot!" his co-worker yelled on the phone.
"Fine, I freaking get the point, you don't need to yell at me on the phone" Dave irritably said.
Dave gets out of Jade's apartment and locks the door so no one can get in. And then leaves to go to Queens to take another photo shoot.
"This is what you get for being famous" Dave thought.
Meanwhile in Manhattan there was this big building. It was pretty big and it standed out a lot. The building was in bright colors, so anyone can see it so easily. It was pretty eye catching too considering that there was a huge name on top of the building. ZEKARA it says in bright neon pink. Inside you see trolls and humans working together. Inside the building was also colorful. The workers were forced to wear eye catching outfits. Everyone just looked like hipsters at this point, however they can't wear one color. That one color was purple, any shade of purple that is worn gets to be the boss's servant for the day. The color purple was the boss's color and only color, and that boss was named Gamzee Makara. Sollux Captor, a famous designer for designing SOL, works under Gamzee. Sollux was probably the only worker who didn't wear eye catching clothes. He always wore black and gray because he doesn't like standing out and because of that no one truly knows how Sollux looks like. The only thing that stands out was his glasses which were blue and red. He was pacing around his office wondering how the girl from last night was doing.
"Jade was her name huh?" Sollux asked himself.
The only reason why he knew her name was because he looked at her bag. On her bag there was a name, and that name was Jade Harley. After some thinking he figures out something that was surprising.
"Isn't Jade Harley that famous journalist who goes under the name Jade Star?", Sollux thought, "But even so what was she doing with Karkat?" he thought some more.
Sollux knew Karkat since high school. He didn't change much. He still looked the same as before and was still short as before. However, over the course of time Karkat has been growing a bit, he was almost up to his height. Sollux shakes his head, Karkat will always be like a best friend to him. When he saw Karkat last night, he was sort of shock really. Karkat didn't greet him though.
"Maybe he's still made I'm working under Gamzee's company instead of his" Sollux thought some more.
What Karkat did last night to Jade was unnecessary. It was actually terrible in fact. She didn't deserve that kind treatment from him. The next time when Sollux sees Karkat, he is going to give Karkat a big punch in the face. No one publicly humiliates a girl and gets away with it. As Sollux was pacing he gets a knock from the door.
"Come in!" Sollux shouted.
It was Tavros who entered in the office. Apparently Tavros was Gamzee's assistant, and hated being it since Gamzee always talked about himself. During the month period Tavros got into a huge accident because of a game he was playing with Vriska. It unfortunately made him paraplegic. Sollux was kind of sad to see Tavros sitting in a wheelchair most of the time, but Tavros wouldn't want that pity from him.
"Sollux, Gamzee wants to see you in his office" Tavros told him.
"Not a chance!" Sollux responded.
Sollux doesn't consider Gamzee as a boss since they both also went to the same high school. Karkat, Gamzee, and Sollux were really good friends until the three went to different colleges. He heard rumors though that Gamzee and Karkat went to the same and competed against each other, however it was just a rumor he heard from someone. Sollux looks at his watch and thinks for a while. Even though it will make him seem like a creeper, he wanted to go visit Jade to see if she was alright.
"Tell Gamzee another time, I have some important business to take care of" Sollux quickly leaves the room.
Tavros was left puzzled in Sollux's office, "That Sollux is always running off".
Sollux takes the Taxi to Jade's house. It wasn't that far actually from Gamzee's company building. He reaches the apartment building and tips the taxi driver before he goes in. He gets in the building and now ponders on what to do next.
"Damn! I forgot I don't even have the keys to her apartment, nor I know the room number" Sollux thought to himself.
He looks around to see if the manager's office was around here. He wanders around on the first floor and sees a peculiar room that caught his eye. Before he goes in, he knocks on the door until he hears someone say a command. He went in and sees a woman who looks like the manager. She was pretty old looking.
"Excuse me mam, can I have the keys to Jade Harley's apartment" Sollux asked politely.
The old woman looked up at Sollux and raises an eyebrow, "Who are you and what do you need it for?".
Sollux tries to come up with a reason as quickly as possible. Old people get really cranky if you don't answer quickly enough.
"I'm her boyfriend and I'm worried because I heard that she was injured. May I please have the keys to her apartment and would you mind telling me her apartment room please?" Sollux asked politely.
The old woman reaches her cabinet and gets a pair of keys for Sollux. She hands it to him and gave him a look.
"Her room is on the fourth floor, number 221, you are lucky you are a handsome troll" the woman chuckled.
Sollux made a small smile, "Thank you mam!".
He went up the elevator to the 4th flour and looks for room 221. He finally finds it and carefully puts the keys in the keyhole.
"It unlocks" Sollux told himself.
He quietly opens the door and closes it. He puts the keys in his pocket and looks around the apartment. He sees there was food made for her already as it was laying on the dining table, however it seemed untouched. He looks outside the balcony, there were many different types of plants.
"She must have a lot of hobbies", he thought.
He walks through a hallway and this one door catches his attention. He knew it was her room since there was a sign that says "Jade's Bedroom" on it. He quietly enters in and sees her sleeping. He also sees food lay out on the desk but it is also untouched. He grabs a chair and sits on it. He watches her while she was sleeping. Out of curiosity he checks her temperature. She was really warm.
"She must have a fever", Sollux accidentally says that out loud. \
Jade started moving around and while she did that he takes his hand away from her, "CRAP! I WOKE HER UP!".
He also said those words out loud. He covers his mouth so nothing can be said. As she was moving around she slowly opens her eyes. Jade looked at the figure since it was all a blur to her. She gets up from her sleeping position and looks carefully at the figure. She rubs her eyes and sees it was Sollux, the man she met yesterday.
"How did you get in here!" she screamed but her voice was hoarse.
Sollux uncovered his mouth, "I asked the manager for the keys to your apartment because I was worried about what happened to you yesterday!".
"Why were you worried? You don't even know me!" Jade shouted.
"Because you looked so sad and confused and I was afraid something happened to you!" he retorted.
Jade's eyes widen. Why would some random stranger be so worried about her. I guess strangers can be really good friends too.
"I see..You were worried" Jade looked down.
Sollux scratches his head, "Yes I was worried, now don't make me repeat myself".
Jade giggled a bit, "Well you are a really nice stranger, Sollux right?" she still sounded tired.
Sollux nodded his head, "Yes Sollux, Sollux Captor".
Jade felt this feeling before. It was sort of like a deja vu moment right now, and then she remembered about yesterday. She then looked at Sollux with the biggest eyes.
"YOU ARE SOLLUX CAPTOR? THE ONE WHO DESIGNS SOL?" Jade shouted, but her voice still sound hoarse.
"Now you don't need to shout. Yes I am Sollux Captor, the one who designs SOL for the company Zekara" Sollux explained.
Jade went back to her bed, "I can't believe Sollux Captor is in my house right now!".
"Haha, you don't have to be so excited, you won't feel better that way" Sollux laughed.
Jade nodded her head and laughed, "Yeah that's true".
The two converse for hours. Sollux even convinced Jade to eat her porridge that someone made for her. After a few more hours Jade went back to sleep. He tucked her into bed and closes her bedroom door. He turns off all the lights and leaves Jade's apartment (he locks it too). He goes down the elevator and leaves the building and walks home during the night. And then he remembers that Gamzee wanted to have a talk with him.
"Oh fuck, I totally forgot about Gamzee" Sollux cursed.
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What did you guys think about this chapter? Sollux is a pretty cool guy, in fact he's one of my favorite characters. However he is not going to interfere with Jade's relationship between Karkat ;). It's just that in this story he and Jade are going to be really good morails (in troll terms). Thanks for reading! :D