AKIZA

I was dead. Worse than dead. I'd be lucky to get out of his room alive.

"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!? STAY OUT OF MY STUFF!!!" He yelled in my face as I wimpered back. I dropped the letter and stood there frozen face to face to an enraged Jack Atlas. His violet eyes were piercing me like killer daggers, and his temper scared the heck out of me. No one wanted to be in the way of him when he got mad. Now I was both the cause and right smackdab in the middle of something I never wanted.

"I-I-I'm sorry J-J-Jack! I d-d-d-d-didn't mean to pry! I-I-It just k-kinda fell out a-a-a-and I was curious and-" I studdered as his anger rose. "SO YOU THINK'S OK TO GO THROUGH SOMEONES STUFF JUST BECAUSE YOU'R CURIOUS?!" He yelled. Before I could respond, he picked up the paper. His expression changed almost completely. His eyes got wide, and he winced. He then looked up to me with pleading eyes.

"Please tell me you didn't read this." He said, his voice now low and urgent. I was still scared and stunned by his sudden mood change. I couldn't speak yet. He saw my panicked face, and graoned. He layed his right hand over his face, and groaned again. "How much did you read?" he whispered, pain bubbling up in his voice along with anger.

I was still afraid.

"ANSWER ME!" He yelled, the force knocking me back into reality. "HOW MUCH DID YOU READ?!" I was afraid to tell him. His teeth were clenched and his eyes were tinted red. His hands were fists at his side.

"All of it." I whispered, waiting for the fight of my life.

He didn't give me one.

"Get out." He whispered in an almost inaudible voice. He was turned from me now, quivering. His hands were balled now, waiting to hit something. Me probably soon. "Jack, I'm so sorr-" I began, but he didn't let me finish. "I DON'T NEED YOU SORROW OR YOU BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS, JUST GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!!!" He said, his voice filled with anger. Anger I didn't want to be a part of. I wanted to comfort my friend, to help him. But he always made it hard. He pushed away when others would pull in.

"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?! GET OUT!!!" He yelled again, turning to me.

I didn't see his face, but I knew it was an angered one. He pushed me out of the room with such force, he knocked me down. That would leave a bruise. "And next time you look through other peoples things, DON'T LOOK THROUGH MINE!!!" He said, slamming the door. He slammed it so hard, the hinges (and the door) moved from its normal place in the frame to nearly being knocked down.

I just sat there in the hall, wondering what I had just gotten myself into.


JACK

She knew now. Everyone knew Akiza. You tell her (Or she looks at without asking) secrets, and usually the next day, the whole gang knew about it. We all cared about her, but It was mostly true.

I had kept it a secret for so long. But the one day I forget to wear my jacket, she decides to just sneek through my belongings?!

My heart was ripping right now. Someone else knew my pain. Someone else knew the reason why she left me in pieces. Someone else knew the reason for my lifelessness before and now.

I just sat in the corner of my room, with the lights off. I didn't want to see the light now. I wanted darkness.

Like I had said. When I let someone near my heart, they would crush it. She didn't mean to, but she did. I had no more tears left to shed. Carly had taken those with my heart with her.

This substitution, though, could make me feel. It could hurt or love me. I felt like I was ,once again, breaking apart. It might seem like a big deal to work up over, but unless you were in my shoes, never wanting anyone to find something so terrible, but something you could never let go of. Never wanting anyone else knowing the cause of your pain, then you would never understand.

I just stared into the darkness for so long, I hardly knew it was already 6:00 pm. Hadn't It just been noon? I heard everyone start to pile through the door. Their cheerful voices drifting through the hallways and into my room.

While I was reminded of every reason why I was lifeless in the first place. Why the world never seemed whole. My only grace, was to ever see Carly's darling face again.

To ever see the one I loved again.


ANDREW

I looked around, but everyone wasn't here. Akiza said Jack went out for an arrend, but I wasn't so sure of that.

"WOAH!" I said while turing the corner into Jack's room. The door was almost completely out of its hinges. It was only holding onto by 2 nails! 'DID SOMEONE BREAK INTO JACKS' ROOM?!' I thought as I opened the door slowly.

I didn't see anyone in there, so I started to close the door. My eye caught sight of a gleaming streak of blond, and I started to open the door again. I quickly closed the door behind me, and I walked into the dead dark room, and started to stumble around, looking for (What I thought to be) Jack.

I could (barely) see in the darkness, when I stumbled apon Jack. (At least I think it was him.) "Jack?" I whispered in the darkness. There was no response. "Jack, that you? Please dude, if its not you, please tell me." I whispered again, getting anxious. I felt a head turn beside me, and a nod. Jack. "Uhhh, this might sound weird but, dude, why are you sitting in a dark corner in your room?" I asked. He didn't respond.

I felt a piece of paper being filed away, and I asked, "What's that?" He stopped the noise, and his head turned to me. He handed me something in the darkness. A letter?

"Read it later on. Every one will probably know by Monday." he whispered. His voice was kinda raspy, like as if he had either just stopped or started to choke. (Or cry, I was never good at that kinda stuff.) "Are you ok?" I asked, worrying now about my friend.

"I'm ok." he said as he rose to his feet. I sat there, looking up at his outline. I felt something come fast and right in front of my face. I reflected back, until I found out what it was.

A hand.

I took it, and swiftly rose to my feet. He was pretty strong I commented in my head.

We walked to the door and he turned on the lights.


CARLY

If only the days went faster.....

The light seemed to take up most of my 'day'. When it became dark, it always went by too quickly before sunrise. The 'days' never seemed to be long enough.

At least, at the start of them, they drew me closer to Andrew. He was the only thing in this world I was fighting for. He was my only reason to live. Without him, I didn't have a life. Nor did I want one if I lost him. Every time I thought of him, I cried.

But that also fuled my anger. That wretched Atlas. If only I could find the most painful way too kill him....... I wanted him to suffer. Only if you had a child, would you understand the bond between mother and child. And if anyone tried to hurt that bond, you reacted violently and quickly. That's why it has been killing me to just stay back while that signer gets away with hurting my child. No, I would NOT alow this much longer. I was going to snap, I swear!

At least there were only a few more days.

Only a few.


AKIZA

I could feel the bruise now. Man that hurt.

So, now I knew his secret. I would have wanted to keep that a secret too. Man, was I a bad person? I sure felt like it.

Everyone piled into the condo with smiling, cheery faces. "Where's Jack?" Andrew asked. It was hard to look at the boy now that I knew Carly had had a child when Jack was in love with her. And worse, when she was cheating on him and Andrew was the other mans child.

He looked at me questionally, tilting his head to the slide. "OK?" he had said. He hugged Luna, and rounded the corner. 'Great' I commented in my head. Now he'll surely find Jack now.

Yusei saw my worried posture, and walked to me. Concern was deep in my eyes and his.

"Kiza, what's wrong?" he asked. He always had that type of voice that made me melt like butter. Leo and Luna were looking at me alos, so I whispered, "Later." to him. He nodded, and still looked concerned.

It had been at least 4 or 5 hours since I left Jack in his room. Guilt was still fresh inside me. I learned my lesson. Never go around looking through peoples stuff. Especially Jacks'.

Jack and Andrew came from round the corner, a smile lighting up Andrews face. A small smile rounding Jacks' lips. Until, though, he looked at me. That all went away.

"Akiza." Jack said, walking out the door with Andrew for their usual late night duel. "Jack." I said, looking ahead.

XxX

Finally, sleep at last. One of the few left. We only had a couple of days left before the dark signers came. Why was I so relaxed?

Sheeze. Just my luck. The briuse got darker and bigger. I'm gonna have a hard time keeping and (If necessary) making up a story to go along with this bruise now the size of a baseball bat on my side. Yusei would surely find out sometime. And that might just be tonight.

XxX

Surely, It happened.

I was stripping to get in my night gown for bed, when Yusei came in unexpectedly. "Hey Akiza have you seen this-" he started to say, but then caught sight of my bruise. "What's that?!" he said, rushing to my side. "It's nothing." I said, glancing away from his hypnotic gaze. "Akiza, who hurt you?!" he said, getting hyped up. I didn't reply. "Akiza!" he said. "It was an accident. No one ment to.... he didn't know he.... I was just..." I couldn't finish my reply, and Yusei held one arm to my back, the other caressing my face. "Who hurt you?" he said, his vice rolling off his tongue.

"I can't tell you." I said, breaking away from his gaze. "Kiza, you can tell me anything, you should know that! We're married for gods sake!" He said, grasping my good side. He held me so close, I could feel his breath on my neck. It made me shiver. "Please." He asked again.

"No." I said, as I turned and kissed him.


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