When Carly woke up, there was no Jack. "Jack..." There was no response. " Jack, where are you?" Still no response. Carly hurried to the box, to see whether Jack was inside the box, but there was no hamster inside the box. "Jack!" shouted Carly. Where could he be? Carly looked under the bed and under other places where he could be hiding, but without succes. Carly couldn't find Jack. How is this possible, thought Carly. We were sleeping in the same bed and suddenly he has disappeared. A sense of fear suddenly instilled inside Carly. Did Jack abandon her? However Carly had no time to search further, because she had to go to school. Her thoughts were still with Jack, even when she was in school. Divine noticed that Carly was very depressed and tried to cheer her up durig lunchtime. However Divine couldn't manage to make Carly happy. Carly tried to smile assuring Divine that everything was ok with her, but Divine could see in her eyes, that she was not ok.
When school was over, Carly ran to home to see whether Jack was in her room. There was however as expected no Jack in her room. Carly fell to the ground and bursted into tears. "Baka Jack, where are you?"
~~3 months later
It has already been three month since Jack has disappeared from her life. Carly is still a little depressed about that, but learned to accept that Jack was gone and that she shouldn't stay depressed. Otherwise this will have a bad impact on her grades and her social life. The eye opener was her conservation with her classroom teacher who noticed that Carly suddenly got bad grades and that Carly was not willing to interact with other people. Before Carly's breakdown Carly's social life was actually not that great, but Carly was always willing to help people when they asked for her help. Due to this conservation with her classroom teacher, Carly knew that she had to continue with her life and not be depressed. In the three months of Jack's absence, Carly got closer with Divine. Divine came sometimes during lunch to have lunch together and have a chat with her. Carly's opinion of Divine gradually improved and Carly thought he was a really nice and social person, who is willing to interact with her. Divine was also the one who made it possible for Carly to have contact with the rest of the class. Carly is really grateful for that.
The teacher opened the door. " Hi students, I have a notification to make." The students were waiting in anticipation about what the teacher was going to tell. "Today we will have a new transfer student." "What!" responded the whole class. "Is it a boy or a girl," asked a boy. "I hope it will be a beautiful girl, said another boy. "No, it will be probably a boy, a handsome boy," said a girl. " Yes indeed, it is a boy, said the teacher. I will introduce him shortly. I hope you will welcome him nicely, since he is a foreigner "All the girls squealed from happiness. " A foreigner! He will probably be very handsome." screamed a girl. All the boys clicked their tongues. If a handsome foreigner will become their classmate, then of course all the attention of the girls will be toward the foreigner. Carly sighed at the whole commotion that her class was making.
"You can come inside, Jack, ." Huh, Jack. Carly straights her back and saw suddenly someone familiar standing in front of the class. The guy who she didn't have seen for 3 months. All the girls screamed. "He is really handsome, screamed a girl." The transfer student smiled at the class. All girls almost fainted at the sight of his smile. "Hi everyone," said the transfer student. " My name is Jack and I come from England. I am now living in Japan due my parents work. "Wow, he really does look and sound cool, whispered a girl to another girl. "He comes from England, so he can speak English." While the whole class was in an uproar, Carly could only feel confusion and anger. Where was he for 3 months and why is he now in front of her class? While Carlys mind was full with questions, Jack was shortly glancing at Carly. Before Carly could glance at Jack, Jack already glanced away. The teacher said to Jack: " You can sit at the empty seat at the back of the class." While Jack walked toward his desk, all the girls were swooning over the foreigner. Carly's eyes widened, when she heard the footsteps stopping next to her desk. The only empty desk was next to hers, so of course he will be sitting next to her. When Jack sat next to her, Carly wouldn't dare to watch sideways to face Jack directly, so she only looked at the teacher in front of her. "Hi girl. I will be your neighbour for this year. Nice to meet you. What's your name?" Carly ignored his question. "I asked you something. What's your name?" Carly still ignored his question. Another classmate in front of Carly's desk, whispered to Carly. "Hi Carly, I think he was asking something to you. Suddenly Carly face turned right to face Jack . Jack startled at the sudden movement that Carly was making. "Hi Jack, my name is Carly. Nice to meet you, " said Carly nonchalantly. Jack was taken aback by Carlys nonchalant attitude. The other classmates were also surprised by Carlys atttitude. Especially Divine was suprised. Jack regained his surprise and smiled at Carly. "Hi Carly, nice to meet you. Hopefully we can become good neighbours this year." Carly only nodded and turned her head away.
~~ After school
Carly walked outside the school building and wanted to go home immediately. Today was a terrible day. During lunchtime when Jack was surrounded by most of the classmates and she tried to get closer, he totally ignored her like he didn't know her. Carly felt hurt. It looked like that Jack didn't want to be involved with her. This painful fact made her want to go home as soon as possible. Divine walked next to Carly. "Are you alright Carly?" "Yes, Divine. Thank you very much. I am only a little bit tired. I want to go home as soon as possible." Divine smiled. "If something is wrong, just tell me,ok?" Carly smiled. "Ok, I will." Carly and Divine went on separate ways, when some mintues later suddenly someone grabbed on her shoulder. "So, that is the boy, who got very friendly with you a few months ago." Carly turned her face around to see Jack. She couldn't say anything. All the feelings she still had, she couldn't say it in words. Suddenly Jack hugged her to which Carly flinched. "I am finally in the same class as you. I am so happy for that." Carly could do nothing, but cry and feeling angry. "Why did you disappear for 3 months? asked Carly. I thought you abanonded me." "Of course not," answered Jack with passion. "I had to organize a few things in order to get in the same class as you." Carly's eyes widened. "You did it to get closer to me?" Jack nodded. Carly looked in disbelief. "You practically ignored me during lunchtime." "It was because I didn't know how to behave after all these months. I was afraid that I would become too emotional and expose our relationship to our classmates. Carly smiled. "Really?" "Yes, really." Jack hugged Carly more tightly. "I am really happy to see you again. Iwant to show my current place to you." "Are you living somewhere else now?" Yeah, I have a place now and I am also doing a parttime job to pay the rent and school fees. Carlys jaw dropped. "You organized all these things in 3 months? Jack nodded. Carly couldn't help, but feel being amazed by the things that Jack managed to organize. "It's now a little bit lonely without a hamser in house,"said carly. My parents are still wondering how the hamser could have escaped. Jack smiled. "That's a mystery. ...Do you want to come to my place?" Carly blushed. "You don't mind?" "Of course not, therefore I am inviting you." " I will be happy to stay at your place." Jack smiled in delight.
~~ At Jack's place
"Sorry, my place is a little bit dirty. I have to work many hours for my parttime job. So I am a little bit neglecting the state of my house. Carly observed the living room and the bed room. There were dirty, but it was still ok. "Do you work everyday? " "Almost everyday, expect on Wednesday and Sunday." " Do you mind, if I sometimes come over to clean your room?" Jack was taken aback by Carlys request. "Wouldn't your parents worry that you will be home late?" "Not, if I tell them that I am going to the library." Jack swallowed. "You would really do that?" "Of course, you are my friend. I can at least do that for a friend" Jack froze when Carly said the word 'friend'. "So, I am nothing more than a friend to you," stated Jack. Suddenly Jack came onto Carly and pushed her on the bed, with himself on top of her. "What are you doing?" shrieked Carly. "What do you think will happen when a man and a woman are together on a bed?" Carly stared blankly at Jack, indicating that she doesn't know. Jack was suprised that Carly have no knowledge about this subject. "Shall I do something?" "Do what?" asked Carly. Then suddenly Jack started kissing the nape of Carly. "What are you doing?" asked Carly in a panicking tone. Carly tried to push Jack away with her hands, but Jack continued to kiss Carly's nape while he used his hands to push Carlys hands on the bed. "Why are you doing this?" asked Carly with tears in her eyes. Jack s lips stopped kissing the nape, and his lips curved into a smile. "Why am I doing this? I am marking what belongs to me, since there is pest around you and he needs to know that you already belong to someone else" "Who is a pest!?" asked Carly dumbfounded. "Don't play stupid. Of course I am talking about the boy with the spiky hair. If I remember correctly, his name is Divine." "What's with Divine?" "Isn't he the boy who lunched with you a few months ago? Are you two not a item together?" Carly blushed. "We are not like that!" shouted Carly while pushing Jack away. "I was pretty sure that you two were in a relationship." "No, we are not like that. We are just friends. Nothing more...than friends. Divine is really good to me and he wouldn't sure do something like that what you just did to me now! Carly looked very furious at Jack, while Jack looked indifferently at Carly. "I am just taking precautions. You never know what is in the mind of someone. Maybe this Divine is aiming for you, you never know." Carly gave a slap to Jacks face which surprised Jack. "You jerk! I don't want to talk with you ever again!" shouted Carly with teary eyes. "I thought you were a better person than this." Carly quickly took her belongings and escaped from Jack's house. Jack still sat motionless on this bed and reflected about what just had happened. I am really a fool, thought Jack while bringing his hand to his forehead. I am really stupid! Of course, Carly would be angry.
I hope you liked this chapter, even with all the drama. Stay in touch for the next chapter!
Also I would like to thank hitokori midnight for the reviews which really motivated me to write the chapters.
