(Yes updates, must update. I can't even write in science and since I don't have math... and this year i'm studying on the bus... yes STUDYING on the damn bus!I must be committed to getting in to college otherwise... yeah anyways apparently no one speaks arabic. -pouts- Cruel world. The play is going really well!! It's a lot of fun! but i get home later do my homework and am usually exhausted. I'll try to start writing on my way to and from school. Anyways here is chapter... wow chapter seven. :) Hope you enjoy
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer holds all rights to the original story and characters (Kira and Haley are mine) So enjoy!)
"What are you two doing?" Melanie asked, staring as Haley jumped back.
"Sorry you scared me." Haley apologized quickly. Jared ducked in behind Melanie, eyeing the two teenagers suspiciously.
"We came in to get you, we're all moving into the game room, it's raining." Jared said, his eyes still on the small space between Jamie and Haley.
"It's...raining?" Haley asked, her voice holding back the excitement that blazed in her eyes. She looked down at her lap. "It's been a long time since I've seen the rain." Her voice was hushed.
"I want to know what was going on here." Melanie chimed in. Jared held back laughter. Jamie grinned at the look on his face. Melanie turned to face him and hit his arm. "This isn't something to be laughing about."
"Oh c'mon Mel, they're kids." Jared winked at Jamie.
"Mel, it was nothing. We both couldn't sleep so we were talking." Jamie explained. Haley herself was curled in a ball trying to fight the blushes that brightened her face as everyone talked.
"Looked like talking." Mel said, sarcasm lightened her tone.
"Mel." Jared said, still smiling. "Let them be, they'll come in the game room after they get they're stuff." Jared said, looking at the two teenagers. "Right?"
"Of course." Haley finally spoke up.
"There." Jared said, reassuringly taking Melanie's hand. She turned to see them, Haley obediently began gathering the mat and blanket. "Now come on, I wanna get a place good this time." Jared said. Melanie rolled her eyes and shot one last glance at the two scurrying teens who gathered their belongings. Haley glared at the different medicines on the shelf.
"What happened to good ol' tylenol?" Haley asked, frustrated as she stared at the simply named medicines.
"The souls cured everything." Jamie said simply. "Does your head hurt?"
"No, I just want to have something just in case... wait... they CURED everything?" She turned to stare at him. Jamie nodded. "My aunt died of cancer when I was seven..." Haley mused.
"Yeah, Wanda said stuff like that is about as serious as getting a cold now. Their medicines cure lots of different things at once, like my knee." Jamie reminded her of the story she'd cringed and teared up over the most.
"Can I go outside for a few minutes?" Haley asked as they got ready to head out the door to the game room.
"I guess so?" Jamie said cocking his head. She blushed at the look in his eyes.
Jamie led her through the dark tunnels until they surfaced.
Haley stared out at the open nothing for a few moments before walking out. Her skirt she'd borrowed drug on the dirt as she took every deliberate step into the open space. Her hair stuck to her face and her shirt clung to her body as she lifted her arms up and spun in the cold drops the sky cried out for her. Her eyes closed and she stood there.
Jamie just stared at her wordlessly. She looked pretty out in the rain like that. She looked so human, like there was still hope for so many things. She opened them to stare at him.
"Come on." She urged. He ran out to her and she gripped his hand, smiling at him.
"What are you two up to?" Wanda questioned as she came out in the pouring rain, Ian at her heels.
"I hadn't seen rain in so long..." Haley explained happily.
Jared and Melanie, Kyle and Sunny, Doc and Sharon, and Jeb followed them out. Soon everyone was outside, confused.
They all seemed to follow, spinning around in the rare rain after watching Haley.
Ian leaned over and kissed Wanda as the rain poured down. Her cheeks red as she held his neck. His movements were gentle, delicate.
Lily sat, crying silently as she watched, but a small smile lit on her face.
"Wes is really happy right now, I'm sure of it."
"Yeah." She agreed.
Jared gripped at Melanie, holding her tightly, every movement intense and passionate as his lips crushed on hers.
Haley smiled as she watched the different couples hold one another. Sunny was shyly looking up at Kyle as he stroked strands of her hair away from her face.
Sharon and Doc were smiling, Sharon wrapped in his embrace.
"This must be what hope looks like." Haley laughed. Jamie smiled at her.
"Yeah, nothing is more perfect."
--T-H-E--H-O-S-T-- (Wanda POV)
That night in the game room everyone was giddy and happily chatting in hushed whispers. I looked up at Ian, my face felt flushed, watching him. He tucked a wet strand of my hair behind my ear, holding me closer. He kissed my forehead gently.
"Tonight was pretty amazing." He whispered. I smiled and nodded tucking my head into his chest and closing my eyes.
"I love you, Wanda."
"I love you, Ian."
(I actually have no idea how Melanie would have responded to Jamie's first love so I went with the fact that Melanie has been playing his mother for so long she would be protective, and since Haley is orphaned... well someone has to. As I know Jared... that's how I thought he would actually react... :) Gotta love Jared. This is the last fluffy chapter for a little while, the next chapter will be the start of a new conflict so look forward to it! and come back and see me -crosses arms and pouts- please? -puppy dog eyes-
