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Chap.9: Crimson Tears
" It's beautiful," She breathed fingering the lacy material of her veil. The purest white, weightlessly lying against her palms. Courtney smiled, glancing in the mirror to see her reflection, studying the fall of her train, flip of her platinum blonde hair. Perfection, She thought, just as the door to the room opened, Jason stepping into the dim light.
He stood in the threshold a little longer then necessary, absorbing everything. The soft glow of the candles illuminating her pale face, blues eyes sparkling with the beginning of tears.
"Why are you crying?" Jason was across the room faster then he thought his feet could carry him, his palm reaching forward to caress her cheek.
"It's our wedding day, but there's no forever for us" He stared down at her face watching silently the tears that slid from beneath her eyelids, shut tightly to ward off the thought. It was too late though; the words had already been spoken.
"What do you mean there's no forever for us?" He tugged her close to him, gently tilting her chin upwards until their crystal blue eyes met.
"Jason it's so cold, why is it so cold?" Courtney shivered involuntarily, running her hands along her arms hoping the friction would spark some heat. The wind picked up breezing through the open windows, long flowing peach curtains billowing. The candle flames flickered Courtney growing wary. Her head whipped from side to side trying to see or catch something that was not there, Jason turned her head smirking casually.
"Everything's fine we have to go" Her eyes fell on his broad chest covered by the tuxedo jacket she'd picked just a few days earlier, and the bow tie. Courtney felt her smile return just slightly, the constant nagging in the pit of her stomach only growing. She tried to ignore it placing her hand in his and allowing him to lead her from the room.
They walked soundlessly down the spiral staircase, the train of her dress sweeping against the polished floor with each stride. At the bottom the priest stood raining over the empty room with a calm smile, the kind meant to settle the knots in Courtney's stomach.
"Shall we begin?" The wind whistled outside and Courtney could not help but turn to make sure nothing was outside.
"Courtney are you okay?" Jason whispered in her ear, his warm breath tickling her neck. All she managed was a faint nod forcing a smile for his sake everything was so beautiful. A candle lit ceremony just them and a priest, dreams were made of this and for that reason she turned back to the front.
"Dearly beloved…" The ministers' voice was melodic and seemed to lull Courtney into a more sated state. It was beautiful from the white gown trailing past her to the candles lining the walls, flames dancing. Something was not right though, she could feel it more intensely then ever, there was something lurking behind all the perfection. Even as the priest continued, all Courtney could here was the mercilessly howling off the wind growing more violent. Then everything went black, the candles' flames extinguished by one mighty gust of air. She swore her heart stopped, Jason grabbed for her hand squeezing it once for reassurance but she barely felt it. Biting her lip, she tried not to let the scream out but the pain was so harsh and intense. Courtney gripped wildly for Jason, her legs slowly giving out beneath her but he was nowhere. Doubling over in agony she wanted so badly to call his name but nothing came out, clenching her jaw she fought through the haze to see him somewhere.
There was only darkness and as much as she wanted to see through it, the pain in her skull stopped any further effort. She slowly sank onto the floor; the only thing she knew existed around her in the blackness. Clawing against the marble, Courtney finally gave in hands falling to the side. Before her eyes slid shut, she managed to breath his name desperately hoping he would be there.
"Jason" Bobbie looked at Monica both women holding Courtney's' thrashing limbs down. The violent spasms stopped and slowly they pulled back, glancing at the monitor where a steady beep still sounded.
"What's wrong with her?" Bobbie inquired glancing at the chart tucked beneath the doctor's arm.
Monica didn't even glance up at the raven-haired nurse, her eyes set solely on Courtney.
"We don't know, it's like nothing I've ever seen before" She stated honestly leaning into Courtney, close enough to wipe a loose strand of hair from her damp fore head. That is when the doctor finally noticed the tears sliding along Courtney's cheeks, not a sound coming forth.
"Bobbie, something is very wrong" The nurse glanced up at this her brows knitting together.
"We have to run some more tests I have a feeling about this girl" Chewing the inside of her lip Monica hesitated slightly, the heart monitor was going strong but something somewhere inside her realized the beats were waning.
"Monica?" Bobbie repeated, finally catching the doctors' attention.
"We have to get a CAT scan done"
"But the patient came in with no signs of a head injury"
"I just have a feeling" Monica replied squeezing Courtney's hand once before placing it back against the bed's edge.
"So what do you see?" Courtney whispered winding her arms around his waist from behind; standing on her tiptoes, she managed to rest her chin against his shoulder.
Jason smiled a little " I see the moon".
"No silly I meant the stars, look at how bright they are out here"
"I have better things to look at" His husky tone sent chills along Courtney's skin and an immediate blush to her cheeks. He is always doing that, she thought dipping her head from view but he was quicker his palms delicately grasping her cheeks.
"Your beautiful"
"Stop" Courtney sighed a little, feeling the heat in her cheeks grow at the way his eyes raked over her body.
Jason placed a kiss beneath her ear, the breathy sigh he knew all too well pushing past her lips. Her hands weaving into his short hair only encouraged him to keep kissing along her jaw until he met the softness of her strawberry scented lips. Courtney moaned a little letting him lift her into his arms and place her across the chaise. The breeze swept her hair up blanketing their faces as they continued to kiss, each innocent caress growing more impatient. Near explosion, she pulled back her short bursts of breath falling against his cheek. He stopped caring about breathing all he wanted to do was kiss her, feel the softness of her ivory skin. Courtney glanced at him their eyes meeting, she could see the desire slowly turning his blue eyes dark and a blast of need shot through her. Their lips met again roughly, the slow passion boiling into something more. Their hands began to pull at the clothes keeping them apart, Jason's wife beater rising slowly from his chest. Jason hesitated for a minute looking at the bright-eyed woman beneath him, forcing his desires to calm as he relished in slowly pulling her t-shirt off. Courtney bit her lip trying to keep the throaty moan from tumbling forth as his calloused hands began inching slowly towards her breasts, pulling the cotton material of the shirt slowly up. Then he stopped the top left covering little but her bra, flesh exposed to the moonlight shining through the lush palm trees surrounding the open balcony. Jason felt a cold dread fill the pit of his stomach his hands shaking so severely the shirt fell from his grasp without him noticing.
"Jason?" Courtney croaked her voice haggard; she winced as pain splintered through her skull like jagged pieces of glass.
"Courtney, it's okay I am going to help you" He forced his hand down to her abdomen where blood had begun to flow from an open gash, what had he done?
"Jason it's not your fault, you didn't do this to me, he did" Courtney's voice was growing quieter the more the sharp throbbing assaulted her.
"Who did this?" Jason was growing desperate the blood just kept seeping covering his hands, flowing freely beneath his fingers onto the white chaise beneath. He forced his eyes to stay open willing the tears that filled them away, Courtney's eye lids were drooping he could tell.
"Just stay awake you're going to be okay" He managed, but the softest smile came to her lips.
"You can't change the past or what's coming" One last breath filled her lungs and then nothing, her head lolling to the side to rest against a pale blue cushion. Jason leaned down frantic to find a pulse, anything before the darkness swept in and Courtney was gone. He looked around peering through the thick blackness to find her.
"Courtney!"
Jason shot up in his bunk his body still shaking from the nightmare. Sweat glistening on his brow he wiped it away with the collar of his shirt.
"It was just a nightmare" He couldn't seem to believe his own words though a fit of nausea attacking him at the thought of her blood covering his hands. Jason glanced down to where his knuckles had begun to turn white gripping the bed sheets so tightly. No blood, sighing he sunk back onto the thin mattress Courtney's smiling face coming to him instantly.
"Morgan" He sat up again staring through the dark cell door towards the guard standing scowling in his direction.
"What is it?"
" Just got word the D.A dropped all charges something 'bout new evidence, you're free to go" Jason scrambled from the top bunk, almost loosing his footing in a fit of excitement. Free to go, his mind still couldn't grasp those words then a darkening cloud rolled in and he remembered where he should be.
"Courtney, I'm coming" It sounded so cheesy tumbling from his lips but somehow he hoped she would here it.
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