**Disclaimer: Same as last Chapter**
Chapter 7:
I tried to stay away from Jack for the next week. I hadn't completely gone back to the way I looked before because honestly, I liked the way I looked. I never knew that I could look like that. I guess one good thing came from that night. Blink, Snoddy, Skittles and the rest of the gang seemed to notice a difference in me, as I noticed a difference in the way they acted around me. They still fooled around with me, teasing me and such, but no one made comments about the way I looked or the way I dressed. I still dressed the same as I had before. For the life I lead it'd be too impractical not to. One day I was working with Racetrack who stayed close to me, trying desperately to get information out of me without letting me know that it was Jack that actually wanted to learn the truth. I answered all of his questions, suddenly not caring about what Jack knew. He was not going to get a chance to do anything about how I felt. I had decided that I was leaving. I couldn't stand living each day seeing Jack with the knowledge that I love him and he doesn't think of me as anything more than a friend, a little sister. That night I packed up my few possessions. The next morning I slipped off unnoticed with my things and headed to the pub. I figured Aidan would help me. I walked in and spoke quickly with him and he agreed to give me a job for a while and he demanded that I let him give me a place to live too. I told him that I didn't want to impose, that I could simply find a place and he would not hear of it. That wee man had quickly become my best friend in the world. I hopped over the bar and headed into the back to change into the nicer clothes that I owned and slipped on an apron. I came out to the front and Aidan quickly showed me how to do things that I needed to know. By lunchtime I was pulling brews like I had done it my entire life. I worked quickly and efficiently, subconsciously keeping an eye on the door, ready to hide if one of the boys walked in looking for me. **Jack's POV**
I ran through the streets looking for Lexus. Where could she have gone? I swear I only lost her in the crowd for a second. Damn that girl, you'd think she really was a fairy from the way she moves. I ran into Blink.
"Do you know where Lexus is?" I asked frantically, out of breath from my search. He said he hadn't seen her since this morning, but he noticed that she was carrying a bag. I panicked. She left. I couldn't believe it. Why did she leave?
I couldn't get her face out of my head. She had looked at me with absolute admiration when I kissed her and the next minute she looked hurt, like I had just called her the worst name in the world or slapped her. She ran. I didn't understand it. Now she leaves me. I had to find her, I had to. I discovered that night that I loved her. I had to have her, I couldn't live without her. My heart started to hurt. ** Lexus' POV**
I was taking a customer's order with my back to the door when Blink walked in. I heard his voice first, asking Aidan where I was. I considered running, but I thought better of it when I noticed that one particularly drunk yank was blocking my only way out. I turned around.
"I'm right here, Blink, what do you need?"
"Lexus, I thought you were gone forever," he said giving me a hug. "You couldn't even tell me you were leaving?"
"No, Blink, you would've told Jack and I don't want to see him."
"He misses you," he answered quietly. I shook my head.
"No, he misses the fantasy I had become that night."
"He loves you." I shook my head harder, tears welling in my eyes. I didn't dare believe what he was saying. I wouldn't have believed it if Prince Carrick of the faeries had come to tell me.
"Please don't tell him where I am, Blink," I whispered. Blink nodded and hugged me again. He walked out and I walked the order over to the bar. Aidan had a look of concern, so I quickly wiped my tears away and told him I was okay.
I tried to stay away from Jack for the next week. I hadn't completely gone back to the way I looked before because honestly, I liked the way I looked. I never knew that I could look like that. I guess one good thing came from that night. Blink, Snoddy, Skittles and the rest of the gang seemed to notice a difference in me, as I noticed a difference in the way they acted around me. They still fooled around with me, teasing me and such, but no one made comments about the way I looked or the way I dressed. I still dressed the same as I had before. For the life I lead it'd be too impractical not to. One day I was working with Racetrack who stayed close to me, trying desperately to get information out of me without letting me know that it was Jack that actually wanted to learn the truth. I answered all of his questions, suddenly not caring about what Jack knew. He was not going to get a chance to do anything about how I felt. I had decided that I was leaving. I couldn't stand living each day seeing Jack with the knowledge that I love him and he doesn't think of me as anything more than a friend, a little sister. That night I packed up my few possessions. The next morning I slipped off unnoticed with my things and headed to the pub. I figured Aidan would help me. I walked in and spoke quickly with him and he agreed to give me a job for a while and he demanded that I let him give me a place to live too. I told him that I didn't want to impose, that I could simply find a place and he would not hear of it. That wee man had quickly become my best friend in the world. I hopped over the bar and headed into the back to change into the nicer clothes that I owned and slipped on an apron. I came out to the front and Aidan quickly showed me how to do things that I needed to know. By lunchtime I was pulling brews like I had done it my entire life. I worked quickly and efficiently, subconsciously keeping an eye on the door, ready to hide if one of the boys walked in looking for me. **Jack's POV**
I ran through the streets looking for Lexus. Where could she have gone? I swear I only lost her in the crowd for a second. Damn that girl, you'd think she really was a fairy from the way she moves. I ran into Blink.
"Do you know where Lexus is?" I asked frantically, out of breath from my search. He said he hadn't seen her since this morning, but he noticed that she was carrying a bag. I panicked. She left. I couldn't believe it. Why did she leave?
I couldn't get her face out of my head. She had looked at me with absolute admiration when I kissed her and the next minute she looked hurt, like I had just called her the worst name in the world or slapped her. She ran. I didn't understand it. Now she leaves me. I had to find her, I had to. I discovered that night that I loved her. I had to have her, I couldn't live without her. My heart started to hurt. ** Lexus' POV**
I was taking a customer's order with my back to the door when Blink walked in. I heard his voice first, asking Aidan where I was. I considered running, but I thought better of it when I noticed that one particularly drunk yank was blocking my only way out. I turned around.
"I'm right here, Blink, what do you need?"
"Lexus, I thought you were gone forever," he said giving me a hug. "You couldn't even tell me you were leaving?"
"No, Blink, you would've told Jack and I don't want to see him."
"He misses you," he answered quietly. I shook my head.
"No, he misses the fantasy I had become that night."
"He loves you." I shook my head harder, tears welling in my eyes. I didn't dare believe what he was saying. I wouldn't have believed it if Prince Carrick of the faeries had come to tell me.
"Please don't tell him where I am, Blink," I whispered. Blink nodded and hugged me again. He walked out and I walked the order over to the bar. Aidan had a look of concern, so I quickly wiped my tears away and told him I was okay.