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Criss POV
Four hours. Not a word out of her.
FOUR HOURS!
What could she be thinking?
Nothing changed since the start of the trip. Being ten at night, I had long ago sent my mother to bed, to ensure the got her proper rest. The only people awake on the whole bus, which was pretty damn huge, was me, Ali, and JD, who'd taken JT's place as driver.
Vittoria sat in that same position, never once leaving unless she got hungry, thirsty, or needed to use the bathroom.
And not a word to me. At all.
I sat across from her, resting my head on my arms, while resting on the table.
I do not know how much longer I can take this.
I had to do something.
So I did.
Vittoria's POV
I was having an out of body experience. It was like I was never even there. On the bus. But I was.
All I could do was sit. Why?
I keep asking my self that too.
Because you cried. You have this little feeling in the pit of your stomach and its annoying you. Every time you think his name.
I blinked. Was I referring to myself in third person? Did I have an inner..well..me?
I shook my head. I mean, I don't believe in what he does. I never did. Even when I was little, I didn't believe that magic was possible. The possibility of miracles, the stories of fairy tales and happily ever after's never really occurred to me to be so amazingly special.
And here I was, totally in shock of my earlier actions.
Still in shock!
And my reaction only made my cheeks go up in flames.
I can't believe that!
I tried putting it from my mind, but how could I when the said person was burning a hole in my head with his eyes.
What does he want from me!?
My nerves were starting to shorten and I was becoming jittery. I'd like to have thought it was because I'd been sitting in the same space for the past four hours, but I knew I was nervous.
My eyes cut over and accidentally locked with his.
I tried to pull away. My stomach clenched and my throat went dry, but I still could not look away.
I could see every inch of him tense. It was so obvious the jewelry that clung to him, shifted with a slight tinkering noise.
"When will we be there?", was all I managed to say, but it was enough to make him blink, as if waking up and it gave me what I needed to be able to dislodge my eyes from his.
"Approximately another four hours.", he said. His voice caught my attention. It was strained. Like he wanted to say something.
"Criss…"
And it was like beckoning a dog. He left his seat and was hovering over me within seconds. His hands gripped my face and pulled me upward.
For a moment, a thought flitted across my mind that…..
"What is it?", he barked at me.
"What?" I said, a little lost.
"What is it? You've been ignoring me all day. I'm tired of it and I won't let you ignore me anymore. What did I do!? I apologized already!", his loud voice diminished in volume to that of a scolded child.
"C-Criss…."
I put my hands up on his, that held my face. His eyes burned into my seeking for answers. Maybe even deeper.
Then I realized that the space between us was beginning to get smaller. A little voice in my stomach cheered happily yet my head calculated the outcome.
It took all of my self control and I turned my head away.
"Its nothing. Still in shock. I'm tired. You should get some…sleep…."
I whipped my head around and stared at him openly. All previous thoughts of our actions forgotten. Thank goodness. We could talk about this later, when I actually knew what was wrong with me.
"You have to sleep…" I whispered.
At first he gave me this little lopsided smile. "Of course I do. We all do. Even you."
My hand gripped his wrist tightly. "Don't you remember?….Criss…"
He looked at me with confusion and closed his eyes. I held his face in my hands, willing him to remember as he breathed in through his nose, and out through his mouth. For a moment, he was still and I knew he knew also.
His eyes opened and stared at me painfully. "I remember….."
Without anymore words, he pulled away. I stood up along with him.
"Criss…do you really think its necessary. Do you really need to be…locked…in?"
He shrugged and looked at me. "I hate to ask you to do this, consider how JD is when he's sleeping and Costa sleeps like a damn rock, but I need you to wake everyone for me."
Then he called over his shoulder, "JT! You can pull over here. We're about to start the lock in process."
"Alright Criss!", came Johnny's reply. He gave me a little shooing motion to go get everyone. I hesitated but he gave me a look and I knew it was what he wanted me to do.
"Stupid illusionist…"
"Thanks for the compliment", he said, chuckling as he began to slide out of his shirt and jewelry. For a moment, I was totally distracted. I watched, mouth open I'm pretty sure, as he discarded his shirt and jewelry. His body was perfect. Chiseled chest, golden skin.
"You like?", he said, pretending to swing his hips.
I blinked for a second and couldn't even reply. Instead my cheeks flared red, considering how warm they were, and proceeded to wake the family.
Within 30 minutes, I had everyone up. I think the hardest to wake was Costa and JD. Of course, Ali did attempt to throw a lamp at me and actually did, causing his mother to wake up, so I think maybe she was the worse.
Now me and Ali stood together, looking uneasy as Criss was being locked inside a bedroom in the back. When Johnny was done, one by one everyone filed in to say good night.
Everyone had finally gone and Ali had just left the room. She gave me a huge hug and whispered to me he's waiting and its going to be ok.
She winked at me, said she'd meet me back in the room, waved at Johnny who stood by to lock him in when I was finished, and left.
I slowly looked inside the room to see him sitting on the bed, face in his hands. The image was so heart wrenching I wanted to tell him he didn't have to do this.
"I was starting to think you'd never come in …"
I was so caught up in thinking that I hadn't noticed him look at me. I gave him a small smile and managed to laugh a little.
I inched in and toward him. I watched him stifle a yawn and grimaced.
"Are you ready?" I whispered.
"No…" he said back, but shrugged. "When am I ever ready for this? This is the only thing I'm having problems with."
I sighed. " I bet it would help to talk about it. I know it would"
He shook his head. "You don't need to know…"
"I would like too…"
At that I stared up at him, seriously. I wanted to know. I wanted him to tell me about whatever was plaguing him.
"No Vittoria…. Another day perhaps?"
I frowned at him but nodded. As he tried to stifle another yawn I knew it I had to leave. I knew we weren't going to have a long winded talk. Just a few words and then I'd have to leave….
"I guess I should go then?"
"Yeah…"
I stood up and he stood up. I didn't feel weird this time, hugging him. But what threw me off, was that I was so reluctant to let go. I felt guilt welling up in my stomach for leaving him to bear something I knew I could help stop.
I walked to the door and was about to leave when I took one last look behind me. He was laid back, straight and his head turned to me.
"Good night Vittoria…"
"Good night Criss…"
My voice cracked and he looked weirdly at me.
I was getting a lot of those looks lately.
I left the room and watched as Johnny locked him in.
Johnny finished and turned around to face me with a sad smile. "This profession he's taken, comes with a hefty price young lady."
"Will I ever know?" I questioned more to myself than to him and he didn't answer. Instead he stared with me, as we watched the door of the room.
About ten minutes later, Johnny sighed and put his hand on my shoulder. "We all need to sleep Vittoria. Head back. All will be well."
At that, we departed and when I arrived to the room, Ali was sleeping peacefully on a bed. I slid into the other one after stripping down to some pajamas that had been placed on the bed for me.
I laid my head down on the pillow and pulled the covers over me. I tried hard not to fall asleep. I wanted to be awake when he needed me, but fate had other plans. As the night moved on, my eyes slid shut, taking me to a realm of nothingness. A dreamless section of my mind which, didn't last long.
The horrible painful yell that occurred interrupted me entirely…
Yes yes I know you are all so impatient with me and I'm so sorry for taking SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG to update. I actually had Writers block. I don't know where this went and I kind hope its kinda good. I dunno. Yes, I finally went back to the "locked into bedroom" thing. I couldn't forget it. lol.
I just got finished reading Mindfreak: Secret Revelations. I got it from Barnes and Nobel yesterday.
So school and basically band has been busying me lately but I hope to get the next chapter up and not take as long as I did last time.
Thanks alot for the reviewers, those who added my story to their favorites and alerts along with adding me to their favorites and alerts.
With heart-felt apologies,
Sincerely,
Sarabi-Chan
