I didn't sleep at all since I was stabbed and I watched Andy, who was my friend, die in front of me. Laying there in the dark, listening to James and Kaily breathing calmed me down immensely and before I realised it, seven had rolled around and the door to the infirmary opened and Eric walked through, my breath hitching in my throat as I watched him.
'Morning'.
'Morning, how are you?'.
'I should be asking you that Jasmine, you were stabbed after all. So, are you okay?'.
'Yeah, I'm on so many painkillers I can't feel it. You?'.
'Yeah'.
'Whats happening today? Is training taking place?'.
'No, you have today off, starts again tomorrow. But today you'll need to make a statement about what happened. Will you be alright doing that?'.
I swallow, before muttering a quick 'Yeah, I suppose'.
'Jasmine, don't ever pull a stunt like that again, please, it's not good for my mental stability', I look at Eric, thinking he's joking only to find him looking deadly serious.
'What do you mean?'.
'Jas, you had me worried sick, you're the first girl I've been this worried over that isn't a family member. Has anyone ever told you that if people were rain you'd be a fucking hurricane? You should feel honoured'.
'I do, and since when have I been Jas? And nobody has ever called me a hurricane before, I've been called a menace to society and delinquent but never a hurricane'.
'You've be Jas since we kissed each other breathless, and you said that when you agreed to go out with me after you finished initiation'.
'Really?'.
'Yeah. I've gotta go meet Max, wake the others up and tell them what I just told you, will you?'.
'What, you mean how you and I kissed each other breathless, and I'm the first girl you've been really worried over that isn't a member of your family? Is that what you want me too tell the others?', I ask flirtatiously.
Eric rolls his eyes, 'Don't be cheeky, I know that's hard'.
Smirking slightly, I make the comment he made inappropriate.
'Don't be dirty either'.
'I'm sorry I couldn't help myself', I then add, battering my eyelids, 'Have I been naughty?'.
As I suspected, Eric's across the room in minutes, his lips quickly moulding themselves to mine and I secure my arms around his neck with his hands spread against my back, evident in my thin hospital gown. His lips move onto my jawline and down to my neck and I moan into his ear softly and he groans slightly in response before pulling himself away, with what appeared to be great difficulty. 'I need to go and find Max, then I'll come back and get statements. Can I come and find you later?'.
I barely get out my quite, 'Yes' before he's gone out the door and the other door opens and Amelia comes through. 'I saw what just happened between you and Eric. Be careful'.
Opening my mouth, I go to protests, before she cuts me off, 'I'm not going to do the whole, he's dangerous speech because I imagine you've already heard it. I was going to tell you to not hurt him, he's fragile, he lost a parent and lived in a faction where he couldn't be himself without fear of repercussion, he became a parent at fourteen and tried his best but people told him it wasn't good enough. Don't hurt him, mess him about, or play him. Please, because I feel like I pick up the pieces a lot'.
'I wouldn't hurt him, I really like him. And he says he likes me, but I don't know if it's the truth'.
'Jasmine, I've seen him with you, he's never looked at another girl that way. Anyway, you are free to leave at midday, come back next week and get the stitches out, and yeah'.
Amelia leaves out through the door she came through and Kaily makes a stirring sound next to me, she sits up, winces and looks at me, 'Morning Jazzy you look like shit'.
'Thanks, Ka, so do you'.
'Jazzy, I was stabbed of course I look like shit! Oh yeah, you were stabbed too, you have an excuse to look like shit. The only time ever'.
'Ka what are you blabbing on about?'.
Kaily didn't get to answer as the door was pushed open and Hunter walked in with Finn in tow, 'Morning ladies, bought you breakfast, muffins and juice for Jasmine,'. He chucked a lemon and poppyseed muffin and blueberry muffin to me and a bottle of juice and gave a steaming plastic cup of coffee to Kaily along with some muffins.
'Oh,', I say to Kaily, 'We have to record statements today, probably pretty sharpish, I'm getting out at midday'.
'Bitch, Amelia said last night that I couldn't get out until this evening, a chunk of the bone was knocked out'.
'Yuck'.
'I know, Jazzy, you have someone too see you'.
Turning towards to door, I see Eric in the doorway, 'Jasmine? You wanna do your statement?'.
'Yeah, get it over with'. Amelia helped me dress in a black t-shirt and tight jeans and Hunter gave me my combat boots, I felt more like myself.
'Okay, so Jasmine, I'm Jake and this is Phoebe. You need to tell us exactly what happened in the night'.
'I was sleeping and then Andy woke me up, he was shouting and screaming, I don't know what it was about though, um, he was also waving a gun and a knife around. I tried to grab the knife from him, but that's when he stabbed me. Tate the. Tried to grab the knife and he was stabbed in the chest, he also stabbed Kaily and James before shooting himself. So, yeah, that's it really'.
'Right, thank you Jasmine, for all your help'.
After Amelia let me go, I met Eric in the afternoon like he asked me too, and he lead me down a series of corridors to a row of apartments. He opened the door to one, and pushed me slightly, an indication to go inside. It was large, open spaced and bright, with floor length windows on one side.
'Do you want a drink?'.
'Dunno, what you got?'.
'Coffee, water, juice'.
'Coffee please, one sugar'. Eric opened his cupboards and pulled out two large black coffee mugs and set them on the counter.
As he busied himself making the coffee, I asked him the burning question, 'Why did you wanna meet me then?'.
'About, well, us, really. You've got less than three weeks left of initiation and I can't stop thinking about you. I haven't slept, I've been worried'.
'Theres nothing to worry about, I'm fine'.
'Okay, seriously? I'm going to have to look away, I can't concentrate, has anyone every told you that your eyes look like you can see into people's souls? I want you, Jasmine'.
I don't bother replying, I just cross the room and kiss him fiercely, I kiss him like I wanna get slapped, I don't think about anything else, his hands are on my hips, digging in and my hands are on his shoulders and in his hair, and my mind is mush. Eric makes me lose all train of thought.
So, I hope you enjoyed, sorry it's been so long since I updated, life's been super hectic with work and exams and house captain stuff and dance and coursework, so I'm so sorry. Um, I don't own anything apart from original characters, so Jasmine, Amelia, Kaily, them people. Up the next chapter should be up by November 10th, I hope. Thanks.