Chapter 7
Author's Note: Okay the rating is going up now as I kind of plan to get
sexual and some possible swearing. So as of now its a PG-13 rating. Thanks
again for all the great reviews!! So very cool.
Jackie looked at the clock and groaned. 3:30am. Second night in a row she couldn't sleep. The first couple of nights at Donna's had been okay, she had still been taking medication which knocked her out but now . . . now she was out of medication. She had to get some sleep. Last night she had read 2 of the romance novels that Steven had given her. Tonight she had tried to go to sleep but every time she drifted off all she could hear in her head was the screeching of tires and the crunching of metals. It was not sleep inducing.
Jackie got out of bed and wrapped the blanket around her. There was only one way she was going to get any sleep. Taking a deep breath, Jackie quietly opened the door and crept down the hallway, trying not to make any noise going down the stairs. Opening the kitchen door, Jackie walked out and across Donna's yard into the Foreman's driveway. It was a beautiful night out, perfectly clear with the stars shining above. Jackie smiled up to the sky, she loved this time of night. The silence of it all.
Walking to the basement door, Jackie quietly opened it and walked into the dark basement. With Eric and Donna gone there was very little chance of anyone being here plus it was 3:30am and who would be there then? Jackie quietly opened the door to Hyde's room, making sure she didn't knock anything over. Stupid Eric and his stupid Lego sets. When she had asked Steven how the Foreman's knew she had been sleeping over, he had told her about the space command centre. She wouldn't have been surprised if Eric had taken it with him to university. What a weirdo.
"Steven," Jackie whispered as she sat down on the bed beside him. "Steven" a little louder this time and more insistent.
"Huh, what? Jackie? What are you doing here?"
"Steven, I can't sleep. Can I stay with you?"
"Sure baby," Steven raised the blanket and she crawled underneath. "Why can't you sleep?"
"When I try to sleep all I can hear is . . . is metal crunching and-" Jackie felt tears coming to her eyes. She hadn't really dealt with the accident emotionally. For the first little while she was just too drugged and then-it was just easier not too.
"Shh, it's okay baby. You can stay here with me." Steven squeezed her tight to him, breathing in her scent. Baby powder mixed with her perfume. Jackie sighed and closed her eyes. It felt better now, whatever it was. Her body was starting to relax; she closed her and breathed deeply. Being with Steven made her feel better, safe. Like nothing could ever happen to her as long as she lay in his arms. Jackie felt herself slowly drifting off.
"I love you Steven."
Steven didn't say anything back. He hadn't said it back to her since that night at the hospital when she hadn't heard him. He listened to her voice soften into the rhythm of sleep and tried to decide. He had told her face to face that he loved her and her response was she didn't love him anymore. Steven's heart had broken into a million pieces when she said it; it felt like the world crashed in on top of him. Now, now he wanted to say it so badly but couldn't. What about when she remembered and told him again how she didn't love him. Steven didn't know if he could deal with that a second time. He knew this wasn't going to last because soon she either would remember or he had to tell her. It wasn't fair not to. She deserved to know all the facts. But when was he going to tell her?
How could he just pick a random date to tell Jackie he cheated on her but, please, don't leave him again.
"I love you Jackie" he said quietly to hear. Too quietly to wake her up or to hear but he needed too. He needed to say it to her.
What was he going to do?
Jackie looked at the clock and groaned. 3:30am. Second night in a row she couldn't sleep. The first couple of nights at Donna's had been okay, she had still been taking medication which knocked her out but now . . . now she was out of medication. She had to get some sleep. Last night she had read 2 of the romance novels that Steven had given her. Tonight she had tried to go to sleep but every time she drifted off all she could hear in her head was the screeching of tires and the crunching of metals. It was not sleep inducing.
Jackie got out of bed and wrapped the blanket around her. There was only one way she was going to get any sleep. Taking a deep breath, Jackie quietly opened the door and crept down the hallway, trying not to make any noise going down the stairs. Opening the kitchen door, Jackie walked out and across Donna's yard into the Foreman's driveway. It was a beautiful night out, perfectly clear with the stars shining above. Jackie smiled up to the sky, she loved this time of night. The silence of it all.
Walking to the basement door, Jackie quietly opened it and walked into the dark basement. With Eric and Donna gone there was very little chance of anyone being here plus it was 3:30am and who would be there then? Jackie quietly opened the door to Hyde's room, making sure she didn't knock anything over. Stupid Eric and his stupid Lego sets. When she had asked Steven how the Foreman's knew she had been sleeping over, he had told her about the space command centre. She wouldn't have been surprised if Eric had taken it with him to university. What a weirdo.
"Steven," Jackie whispered as she sat down on the bed beside him. "Steven" a little louder this time and more insistent.
"Huh, what? Jackie? What are you doing here?"
"Steven, I can't sleep. Can I stay with you?"
"Sure baby," Steven raised the blanket and she crawled underneath. "Why can't you sleep?"
"When I try to sleep all I can hear is . . . is metal crunching and-" Jackie felt tears coming to her eyes. She hadn't really dealt with the accident emotionally. For the first little while she was just too drugged and then-it was just easier not too.
"Shh, it's okay baby. You can stay here with me." Steven squeezed her tight to him, breathing in her scent. Baby powder mixed with her perfume. Jackie sighed and closed her eyes. It felt better now, whatever it was. Her body was starting to relax; she closed her and breathed deeply. Being with Steven made her feel better, safe. Like nothing could ever happen to her as long as she lay in his arms. Jackie felt herself slowly drifting off.
"I love you Steven."
Steven didn't say anything back. He hadn't said it back to her since that night at the hospital when she hadn't heard him. He listened to her voice soften into the rhythm of sleep and tried to decide. He had told her face to face that he loved her and her response was she didn't love him anymore. Steven's heart had broken into a million pieces when she said it; it felt like the world crashed in on top of him. Now, now he wanted to say it so badly but couldn't. What about when she remembered and told him again how she didn't love him. Steven didn't know if he could deal with that a second time. He knew this wasn't going to last because soon she either would remember or he had to tell her. It wasn't fair not to. She deserved to know all the facts. But when was he going to tell her?
How could he just pick a random date to tell Jackie he cheated on her but, please, don't leave him again.
"I love you Jackie" he said quietly to hear. Too quietly to wake her up or to hear but he needed too. He needed to say it to her.
What was he going to do?
