Chapter 14-The aftermath
Sorry I had not updated anything in a while, I had a lot of work to do. Anyway I'll still update the story, but I will not be doing this frequently. Sorry. Anyway enjoy.
The time stuck at 3:30am in the night, and while most people were sleeping at this hour a heartbroken Jinora was still awake. She laid flat on her bed, staring at the sealing above her with her mind lost in thought. Her awfully tired younger sister Ikki, and her best friend Opal stayed by her side to comfort her. After the whole mess of a scene with her parents, Opal decided to stay over to help comfort Jinora and Ikki. Ikki seemed to be responding to Opal's comfort, but with Jinora there was no change. So now both of them had the job of comforting Jinora out of this misery.
It was dreadfully quiet for a while and the dark room displayed the pitiful void of Jinora's state of mind. Alone, empty and hurt were the emotions she was feeling inside. The only shed of light shining through was the reflection of the moonlight, which was a metaphor for Opal's optimism in such a dark time. ''Jinora I know it hurts, but your stronger than this. You shouldn't prevent yourself from sleeping because of the break up. It's not healthy'' Opal pleaded now holding Jinora's hands.
However this got no reaction from Jinora at all. Ikki now moved over to Jinora's bed and sat next to her, as her eyes stiffly moved down to look at her depressed sister. ''Jinora you need to get some sleep. We need sleep. We've all had a hard day.'' Ikki said with whisper as she rubbed her left eye. ''And I am just as sad as you are. I really liked Skoochy and thought he liked me. I also thought Kai liked you because I trusted Skoochy's word. If I ever knew what Skoochy and Kai's true motives were, I would never go along with it.'' Ikki breathed out hard as she tried to mask in her guilt but she was powerless. Ikki's eyes now became teary, and Jinora slowly sat up to embrace her sister into a hug. ''I know Ikki. I'm not mad at you at all; I know you only did it to help me become more social. And it did.'' Jinora said genuinely, however the sadness in her voice could not be helped.
To prevent herself from breaking out into tears, Jinora laid her back down onto her bed turning herself to the side, and curled up herself into a ball. Ikki and Opal just stared at Jinora hopelessly wondering what to do next. After some seconds of silence Jinora decided to speak, ''T' Thank you guys. I really mean it…I'm going to try my best and sleep now.'' Jinora whispered breathlessly in a whimper. At that Ikki and Opal automatically went to lie at Jinora's side, daring not to say another word.
While Jinora struggled to get some sleep due to the emptiness biting away at her heart, Kai was at bar washing his sorrows away with some cheap beer. After everything that had happened a few hours ago, Kai couldn't take the pain so he decided to wash it away with alcohol. The bar was full of drunken people, mostly adult men who didn't have anything better to do with their time. The beer stung at Kai's throat as he forced the golden liquid down, while his eyes remained tired with striking redness. The only thing on Kai's mind was the image of a broken hearted girl. A broken hearted girl he had lost forever he thought sadly. What was Kai to do now? The plan that sounded like good fun had become something that had ruined something truly special. What was going through her mind? How heart was she? And will she ever be able to forgive me, where the questions burning through Kai's mind. Kai's heart arched with guilt, pain and sorrow, and he cursed himself for allowing himself to feel this way. Why should he feel all this pain when he had hurt Jinora so much? Kai had always prevented himself from having exclusive relationships, like he did with Ying. But with Jinora he just couldn't do that, he just liked her too much. The only thing he could do now was grieve over the fact that he may have lost Jinora for good.
Half term break was a bleak time for Kai and Jinora. Jinora had received a significant amount of text messages, calls and voicemalls from Kai over her break. And each time she received one her heart would break all over again. Plus hearing her father go on about Kai and Skoochy being a delinquent and toxic, made the whole thing worse. Besides hurting over her own broken heart, Jinora was hurting for Ikki as well. It was clear to Jinora that Ikki was trying to mask her true feelings by putting on a happy face, and this only made Jinora feel worse.
Although this was such a depressing time the weeks flew by fast, and school had resumed in a blink of an eye. Jinora knew in her heart that going to school would now be a challenge for her. She imagined many scenarios of herself walking into Kai, and having to face him again after the horrible scene that occurred some weeks ago. Jinora had not seen or spoken to Kai for a while, so having to see him at school caused her to feel anxiety. She missed him terribly and hated herself for feeling that way. Jinora missed his smile, his goofiness, his charm and presence. But most of all she missed looking into the luminous emerald eyes, and getting the sensational feeling.
''You ready to go.'' Ikki forcefully cheered with a strained smile now snapping Jinora out of her thoughts. Jinora sadly steered long and hard at her sister, before responding with a simple ''Yeah''. The walk to school was a quiet one, as both girls were too consumed by their thoughts to even make casual conversation. The two both bit each other a goodbye when they reached the school halls, as Jinora would towards her locker to get some extra school supplies. Students filled the halls with life as many voices filled the area, but Jinora felt isolated, cold and stuck in her own world.
English class was a blur for Jinora as she couldn't focus even focus on her work; all she focused on was Kai. Jinora found herself looking around the class desperately, hoping she would find his face even if she hated herself for it. After class Jinora helplessly rushed to the library, believing it to be the sanctuary that would calm her down. She stormed through the science aisle hoping to get to the fantasy aisle. Although she felt like crap Jinora knew a good book could help her out, so she had nothing to lose. Snatching a sci-fi fantasy book off the shelve Jinora sat down on the oak wooden floor of the library, sighing with her eyes closed. Jinora read out the title of the book ''Aliens on Mars'' and opened it up to the first page. As she started reading the light that paved way to the page was blocked off by a rather huge shadow. Jinora's eyebrow wrinkled up in confusion as she looked up and saw a familiar face before. Her heart stop at the sight of him, as she gasped slowly. She knew the face all too well and was surprised to see what she saw. The face was filled with hurt and sorrow. His face. The face she once knew had changed…