**Disclaimer: Same as last chapter**
Chapter 8:
I was working for Aidan about a month now. Blink was a regular visitor. He was worried about me and he had good reason to. I was worrying about myself. It was a month now and I still wasn't over Jack. I still cried at night when no one was around and every morning I would pick my head up again and face the new day.
Brianne had become a fast friend to me and it was to her alone that I shared my feelings and allowed her to see me cry. Her solution was to take me out to the movies. It was a quick distraction, but it came to an end and I once again was left by myself to think of him. ** Jack's POV**
It was a month now that I knew my love's whereabouts. Blink had come back one afternoon and told me that she was working in that pub that she liked so much. He told me about the rest of their conversation and I felt a fist of ice close over my heart. That was it. She thought that it wasn't her I loved, but the image of her. She loved me. That's was Blink had said. The news was both good and bad. I wanted to run to her and take her in my arms, but Blink had promised her that he wouldn't tell. I had to wait a while. Each minute was agony to me. I would sneak up to the pub and look in the window at her. I wanted to make sure she was okay. Once in a while I would see her looking off to nowhere for a minute, then catch herself and get back to work. I would smile sadly and keep on walking by. **Lexus' POV**
There he was. He had just walked in. I ducked back just beyond his line of sight. He asked Aidan where I was and Aidan, God bless him, said he didn't know. Jack asked for a pint and sat there. He was waiting for me. I knew that's what he was doing. Part of me wanted to run out and throw myself into his arms. The other part of me wanted to stay hidden and just let him go away. I decided to walk out and do neither. He looked up at me and I saw everything he felt for me in that split second.
"Top of the morning to you, Jackie boy," I nodded.
"Hey, Lexus. How've you been?"
"Just fine. Can I get something for you, boyo?"
"Just a minute of your time alone," he answered. I nodded and walked over to that end of the bar and stayed on my side. I didn't dare get any nearer to him, I had to stay in control and right now it took nearly all of my will not to run over to him. He looked straight at me. "Why'd you run that night, Lexus?" I shrugged and started busying myself with wiping down the bar. He stopped my hand and grabbed my shin to force me to look at him. "Why?" He asked softly.
"Because, Jack, I knew that it wasn't really me that you were wanting to kiss so badly, it was the image that I made that night. It was the illusion that Brianne had cleverly made with her pots and jars. It wasn't me, it was just a painting."
"Why do you think that?"
"Because you never looked twice at me before then. You never once looked at me the way you did that night and you sure as Carrick is prince let me know in anyway that you liked me."
"I showed you everyday. When I assigned someone to look after you, I was showing that I cared. I wouldn't be able to stand it if something had happened to you. It had nothing to do with being a girl, that was just a cover. That night at the dance, I couldn't help it. You looked so beautiful that I didn't want to hide it anymore, I wanted you to be mine." He answered softly. Tears welled up in my eyes. Damn it, I hate it when he makes me cry.
"Do you mean that?" I whispered and al Jack did to answer me was kiss me. He lifted his head and I hopped over the bar. "Ah, Jackie boy, I missed you." He laughed.
"I missed you too," he answered and kissed me again. **Jack's POV**
"Ah, Jackie boy, I missed you." My heart did a little flip flop when she said that. It had been a month since she called me that. I had missed it, more than I realized. The feel of her in my arms now was not something that I wanted to give up any time soon. And I wasn't going to. I planned to hold on to her forever.
I was working for Aidan about a month now. Blink was a regular visitor. He was worried about me and he had good reason to. I was worrying about myself. It was a month now and I still wasn't over Jack. I still cried at night when no one was around and every morning I would pick my head up again and face the new day.
Brianne had become a fast friend to me and it was to her alone that I shared my feelings and allowed her to see me cry. Her solution was to take me out to the movies. It was a quick distraction, but it came to an end and I once again was left by myself to think of him. ** Jack's POV**
It was a month now that I knew my love's whereabouts. Blink had come back one afternoon and told me that she was working in that pub that she liked so much. He told me about the rest of their conversation and I felt a fist of ice close over my heart. That was it. She thought that it wasn't her I loved, but the image of her. She loved me. That's was Blink had said. The news was both good and bad. I wanted to run to her and take her in my arms, but Blink had promised her that he wouldn't tell. I had to wait a while. Each minute was agony to me. I would sneak up to the pub and look in the window at her. I wanted to make sure she was okay. Once in a while I would see her looking off to nowhere for a minute, then catch herself and get back to work. I would smile sadly and keep on walking by. **Lexus' POV**
There he was. He had just walked in. I ducked back just beyond his line of sight. He asked Aidan where I was and Aidan, God bless him, said he didn't know. Jack asked for a pint and sat there. He was waiting for me. I knew that's what he was doing. Part of me wanted to run out and throw myself into his arms. The other part of me wanted to stay hidden and just let him go away. I decided to walk out and do neither. He looked up at me and I saw everything he felt for me in that split second.
"Top of the morning to you, Jackie boy," I nodded.
"Hey, Lexus. How've you been?"
"Just fine. Can I get something for you, boyo?"
"Just a minute of your time alone," he answered. I nodded and walked over to that end of the bar and stayed on my side. I didn't dare get any nearer to him, I had to stay in control and right now it took nearly all of my will not to run over to him. He looked straight at me. "Why'd you run that night, Lexus?" I shrugged and started busying myself with wiping down the bar. He stopped my hand and grabbed my shin to force me to look at him. "Why?" He asked softly.
"Because, Jack, I knew that it wasn't really me that you were wanting to kiss so badly, it was the image that I made that night. It was the illusion that Brianne had cleverly made with her pots and jars. It wasn't me, it was just a painting."
"Why do you think that?"
"Because you never looked twice at me before then. You never once looked at me the way you did that night and you sure as Carrick is prince let me know in anyway that you liked me."
"I showed you everyday. When I assigned someone to look after you, I was showing that I cared. I wouldn't be able to stand it if something had happened to you. It had nothing to do with being a girl, that was just a cover. That night at the dance, I couldn't help it. You looked so beautiful that I didn't want to hide it anymore, I wanted you to be mine." He answered softly. Tears welled up in my eyes. Damn it, I hate it when he makes me cry.
"Do you mean that?" I whispered and al Jack did to answer me was kiss me. He lifted his head and I hopped over the bar. "Ah, Jackie boy, I missed you." He laughed.
"I missed you too," he answered and kissed me again. **Jack's POV**
"Ah, Jackie boy, I missed you." My heart did a little flip flop when she said that. It had been a month since she called me that. I had missed it, more than I realized. The feel of her in my arms now was not something that I wanted to give up any time soon. And I wasn't going to. I planned to hold on to her forever.