Chapter 4
I tried to sleep for the next few hours but I lay there torturing myself about Amber, it wasn't that I didn't trust Jay, but it was Amber. Finally I fell asleep. About an hour after that Jay came to bed, I resurfaced groggily "Jay?"
"Yeah, it's me" he told me as he climbed into bed next to me "Go back to sleep" he said.
Turning on my side I felt him move behind me and wrap his arms around my waist, he kissed my neck then lay down to sleep, safe and protected in his arms I soon fell asleep.
When I woke in the early hours of the morning I didn't know what had woken me but the hairs on the back of my neck were on end and there was a strange feeling running up and down my spine. Jay had rolled over onto his back and I suddenly felt very vulnerable. Cautiously I climbed out of the bed, as I stood a strange wind wrapped itself around me bringing a voice I knew too well with it.
"Ebony, Ebony, come back to me" the voice whispered. Scared but defiant I rotated slowly looking for him, I knew he would show himself, it was just when and where. As I turned and looked out of the door I saw him. Half in the shadows his face was eerily lit and it looked like his face was partly made of shadow.
"Ebony" he said stretching out his hand into the light "Come back to me, rule with me again" I stepped away from his hand but as I stepped backwards he stepped forwards into the light "Ebony" he said beckoning to me. I held out a finger as if to ward off an evil influence.
"Keep away from me" I told him my voice shaking "Keep away from me" I repeated my voice stronger "I don't want anything to do with you"
At the sound of my voice Jay began to stir and as he woke Zoot melted back into the shadows as I watched. I was shaking with anger and frustration and fear.
"Ebony" Jay groaned when he rolled over and saw me. I didn't pay him any attention; my eyes were fixated on the shadows Zoot had disappeared into.
Jay moved behind me and put his hands around my waist
"Why are you shaking?" he whispered into my ear kissing it as he said it I shrugged him off but he continued to stand behind me his hands resting lightly on my hips
"What is it that's so interesting out there?" he asked
It was a fair question, which is why the way I reacted was so bad. Something inside me just snapped, I don't know why but suddenly all the anger and frustration I had over Zoot and Amber zoned in on Jay, it was unfair, I know, but I needed someone to take my rage and helplessness out on.
"What is it to you?" I screamed at him, he was taken aback by the violence of my answer but I didn't back off there was rage simmering in my heart
"Ebony" he said holding out his hand as if to hold me back
"I'm fine" I screamed at the world in general "Just fine" grabbing a pretty trinket box on my table I flung it on the floor and stamped on it, grinding it throwing all my anger into destroying it, its contents which were several finely beaded necklaces burst and the beads spread across the floor. Jay watched me in horror. Suddenly all the rage drained out of me as I saw what I had done to the little box, it was crushed and shapeless. I sat back down on the bed and began sobbing. Jay, his face concerned, sat next to me and put his arm around me
"Ebony, what's wrong?" he asked
"I'm so sorry Jay," I sobbed burying my face in his chest "So sorry, I was mad at him, not you" my voice trailed off into sobbing
"Who were you mad at?" he asked
"Zoot" I told him "Zoot, he's following me" As soon as I said Zoot I knew something was wrong, he began to speak to me as if I were a child
"Yes Ebony, Zoot, but he cant get you now, he cant hurt you, its gonna be ok"
I realized he thought I was still seeing things from hitting my head, he didn't believe me at all. As soon I realized this I stopped sobbing and lay back down on my bed, Jay lay back down next to me and soon fell asleep but I lay awake the rest of the night watching the shadows to see whether Zoot would return.
I tried to sleep for the next few hours but I lay there torturing myself about Amber, it wasn't that I didn't trust Jay, but it was Amber. Finally I fell asleep. About an hour after that Jay came to bed, I resurfaced groggily "Jay?"
"Yeah, it's me" he told me as he climbed into bed next to me "Go back to sleep" he said.
Turning on my side I felt him move behind me and wrap his arms around my waist, he kissed my neck then lay down to sleep, safe and protected in his arms I soon fell asleep.
When I woke in the early hours of the morning I didn't know what had woken me but the hairs on the back of my neck were on end and there was a strange feeling running up and down my spine. Jay had rolled over onto his back and I suddenly felt very vulnerable. Cautiously I climbed out of the bed, as I stood a strange wind wrapped itself around me bringing a voice I knew too well with it.
"Ebony, Ebony, come back to me" the voice whispered. Scared but defiant I rotated slowly looking for him, I knew he would show himself, it was just when and where. As I turned and looked out of the door I saw him. Half in the shadows his face was eerily lit and it looked like his face was partly made of shadow.
"Ebony" he said stretching out his hand into the light "Come back to me, rule with me again" I stepped away from his hand but as I stepped backwards he stepped forwards into the light "Ebony" he said beckoning to me. I held out a finger as if to ward off an evil influence.
"Keep away from me" I told him my voice shaking "Keep away from me" I repeated my voice stronger "I don't want anything to do with you"
At the sound of my voice Jay began to stir and as he woke Zoot melted back into the shadows as I watched. I was shaking with anger and frustration and fear.
"Ebony" Jay groaned when he rolled over and saw me. I didn't pay him any attention; my eyes were fixated on the shadows Zoot had disappeared into.
Jay moved behind me and put his hands around my waist
"Why are you shaking?" he whispered into my ear kissing it as he said it I shrugged him off but he continued to stand behind me his hands resting lightly on my hips
"What is it that's so interesting out there?" he asked
It was a fair question, which is why the way I reacted was so bad. Something inside me just snapped, I don't know why but suddenly all the anger and frustration I had over Zoot and Amber zoned in on Jay, it was unfair, I know, but I needed someone to take my rage and helplessness out on.
"What is it to you?" I screamed at him, he was taken aback by the violence of my answer but I didn't back off there was rage simmering in my heart
"Ebony" he said holding out his hand as if to hold me back
"I'm fine" I screamed at the world in general "Just fine" grabbing a pretty trinket box on my table I flung it on the floor and stamped on it, grinding it throwing all my anger into destroying it, its contents which were several finely beaded necklaces burst and the beads spread across the floor. Jay watched me in horror. Suddenly all the rage drained out of me as I saw what I had done to the little box, it was crushed and shapeless. I sat back down on the bed and began sobbing. Jay, his face concerned, sat next to me and put his arm around me
"Ebony, what's wrong?" he asked
"I'm so sorry Jay," I sobbed burying my face in his chest "So sorry, I was mad at him, not you" my voice trailed off into sobbing
"Who were you mad at?" he asked
"Zoot" I told him "Zoot, he's following me" As soon as I said Zoot I knew something was wrong, he began to speak to me as if I were a child
"Yes Ebony, Zoot, but he cant get you now, he cant hurt you, its gonna be ok"
I realized he thought I was still seeing things from hitting my head, he didn't believe me at all. As soon I realized this I stopped sobbing and lay back down on my bed, Jay lay back down next to me and soon fell asleep but I lay awake the rest of the night watching the shadows to see whether Zoot would return.
