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So What If You Go - Adelitas Way


You muttered a hasty excuse to Zander who looked slightly bewildered as you took after Jack.

"Jack!" you yelled as you rounded down the street and saw his hunched form.

He didn't seem to hear you as he sped up and you jogged after him.

"Jack!" you yelled again, this time desperation crept into your tone.

He stopped and you could plainly see his tension as his back was ramrod straight.

Jack turned around and greeted you with you a forced smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

You caught up to him, resting your weight on your knees as you breathed in deeply from the physical exertion it took to catch up with him.

"Hey, (F/N)," he said casually though there was an edge to it.

You didn't know what to say him as this situation was so out of depth for you but you decided to go with the first thing that popped into your head.

"I'm sorry," you blurted out.

His blue eyes shadowed with something that looked like spite and jealousy but as soon as it came, his strange look was gone.

"Sorry for what?" he asked, his tone curious.

He stared impassively at you as you gaped at him.

"Well, I'm sorry for whatever I did that made you look as if you swallowed a lemon and literally ran away from me like a scalded cat," you snapped as a look of incredulity stole across his features.

He then composed his expression into a look of passivity as he regarded you coolly.

It strangely looked as if it was the same hostile look that he had given you the first time he had met you.

"If you mean the scene where Zander was revealing his feelings - then by all means, I don't mind."

Your eyebrows shot up as you stared at him in disbelief.

Suddenly it sank in.

"You're… You're jealous?" you asked as the word felt so foreign on your tongue.

Jack's nostrils flared as he looked at you in silent rage.

His anger honestly made you flinch slightly.

"What makes you think that?" he asked, denying it stubbornly.

"Then why are you acting like this?" you yelled, throwing your hands in the air as you felt exasperated.

"It's nothing," he replied frostily. "If I was interrupting something between you and Zander than I apologize," Jack said in a final tone as he turned around to leave.

The gut wrenching feeling you felt at his callousness made you feel helpless at the same time a panicky fear settled deep within you.

"There is nothing between me and Zander!" you yelled at his turned back.

Sighing, you walked up to him and faced him as you gave him a glare.

Jack just turned his face away and you could plainly see the hurt in his eyes.

It made your heart clench in pain.

"It's okay, (F/N), I won't mind if you go with him, it's perfectly alright with me," he said but his words contradicted his actions as he stared sullenly at the ground.

"Goddamnit Jack! Can't you see?!" you practically shrieked.

"I'm in love with you," you shouted it out as the silence that suddenly enveloped the both of you seemed suffocating.

Jack turned around, shock written plainly in his face.

"You…?" he trailed off as his stared at you agape.

You nodded frantically as you advanced towards him so that you were staring up at him.

Taking a hold of his hand, you swallowed noisily.

"Yes," you confirmed as Jack just stared at you in frozen shock.

You had expected him to at least be relieved or have a positive reaction- but what he did was the complete opposite.

"No…" he whispered as a look of confusion clouded your features.

You cocked your head to one side as you felt Jack pull away his hand.

"It's not suppose to be like this," he said, his voice a deathly whisper.

"Not suppose to be like what?" you asked, your (e/c) eyes widening in panic.

Jack took a step back from you and you flinched when he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"We're not supposed to be like this," he said as he gave a stubborn shook of his head.

"You weren't suppose to fall in love with me," he said as it suddenly came crashing down on you.

A lump formed in your throat.

"You're lying," you said quietly as he looked at you in disbelief.

"It's written so clearly on your face- you love me too, if not you wouldn't have been so angry at what happened with Zander," you said slowly as forced incredulity found itself on his face.

It was silent for a while as you thought you could see a look of confliction in his eyes when he glanced at you but it immediately melted away as a look of determination solidified on his face.

"You're wrong," he said quietly and you almost didn't hear him.

You wished you hadn't heard him- you honestly too late, but the pain that ripped its way in your heart told you otherwise.

"But-

You said but were cut off when he faced you with a look of fierce denial.

"(F/N), I don't honestly care if you went with Zander- we can't be together," he said harshly as your breathing caught in your throat.

You heard him say something else, but you didn't care.

He was going to abandon you.

And that thought scared you to the very core.

You took off in a brisk walk back to your house and noted with relief that Zander's car was gone.

There was only so much drama you could take in a day.

You tried to ignore the sinking feeling in your gut as your eyes watered up but finally broke down in tears when you shut the door.


Nighttime wasn't any easier.

The nightmares swirled around you as his words kept on echoing in your subconscious, ringing with finality and such harshness that it made you sob even in your sleep.

You awoke; the pain in your heart too much to bear as you shook of the last remnants of Jack's cold expression when he rejected you.

You were just about to get out of bed to rinse the tear tracks from your face when you heard it.

A rustling sound.

"Love- so very temperamental isn't it?" a voice from the shadows said as you gasped and looked towards the dark corner in your room.

Materializing like a dark fog, you flinched when you saw a figure appearing from the darkness.

His grey face leered condescendingly at you as you backed away from him- a terrified expression on your face.

He reached out a hand towards you as you screamed- a sound that made his grin impossibly bigger.

"So much fear," he whispered as his black robe swished with every step he took.

You cowered against the wall as he strode towards you, leaning in so that your faces were mere inches away from you.

He smelled of darkness and broken dreams.

"Oh, but I love fear-

He trailed off as he came in closer to sniff the air around you.

"Especially yours… Halfling."