Karana Belle: this one is getting out fast it seems, well faster than the
other chapters. Reviewers:
pikinanou—well I guess I will look out for that Aila/Jacques pic, so when you send it I will see it! Make sure that Geddoe what? The review is cut off in the middle of the sentence! (Probably not your fault.)
Magus Black—thanks.
Dark Fusion—yeah, I'm thinking of writing one, I just have to think of an idea first! But I guess I have a while, well at least until I finish this story!
Miranda de la Costa—you would love to see a Geddoe/Queen story, okay!
Captain Spam (for ch. 9)—what store did you look in? I really want to know, I want the next books! Yeah, from just reading the first book Chris is a little OOC, I just don't see her crying, mad yes, but crying no. Jacques was perfect, and I was so glad that the 12th unit was in that book!
Captain Spam (for ch. 10)—okay, I guess I could do that. Yeah, I could make everyone live happily ever after. Sure I'll continue the story with Bartz, (The Great Escapade). You like all my stories? I feel so honored to have someone like all of them! (well maybe not all of them, but all of the Suikoden ones right?)
A Silent Romance
Chapter 10
Jacques walked along the edge of the lake, not even daring to go to the ship's deck (it brought back unwanted memories). He decided to sit on a log, not to far away from the edge of the lake. He raked his hand through his blonde hair, sighing heavily. The events of the day prior were still weighing heavily on his mind.
'Maybe I was too harsh, should I have listened to what she had to say?' Jacques sighed again, looking at the horizon far across the lake. He turned around abruptly when he heard the sound of footsteps, and he saw Barts. He saw Barts with a huge bucket in his hand.
"Sorry to disturb you, I just needed some water for my plants." Barts then bent down, placing the bucket under the water and after a few minutes he was gone, trudging back up the slope. Jacques turned back to the lake.
He sat there in silence, the horrible events of yesterday playing through his mind over and over. He heard more footsteps but he ignored it, thinking that it was just Barts coming back for more water. But he jumped when he felt two people sitting on the same log as he was. Jacques looked to his left and saw Joker. he didn't have to turn and look on his other side, for he already knew who it was, and his suspicions were confirmed as that person spoke up.
"Good morning Jacques! Have a good night?" Ace asked sounding more smart than usual. Jacques looked over at Ace and inclined his head slightly.
"So what happened between you and Aila?" Joker, once again, hit his head at the forwardness of Ace's question. Jacques looked at Ace for a second, contemplating how he could have known that there was something wrong between him and Aila.
Finally, after many minutes of staring at nothing, Jacques answered, "I don't want to talk about it." He then stood up, making as if to go off, but Ace yanked him back down into a sitting position on the log.
"You guys got into a fight didn't you?" Joker decided to actually put his two cents into the one sided conversation. Jacques just nodded, not trusting his voice.
"What was it about?" Ace asked, seeming to not even care whether or not it would get Jacques angry. Jacques didn't answer so Ace continued, "Did it have something to do with Watari?" Jacques nodded again, not really thinking of the words that might come next.
"Well you know what I think you should do? You should go up to Aila and talk about the problem, who knows maybe you can solve it?" Joker and Jacques stared at Ace, trying to see if that was really him who had made the smart idea. "What?" Ace asked, slightly peeved.
Joker just shook his head as Jacques opened his mouth, "If I do this, will you leave me alone?"
Ace shrugged, "Sure." So Jacques go up, trying to look for Aila. And when the younger man was out of earshot Ace spoke again, "at least for now." and he too go up, leaving a bewildered Joker behind.
Anne quickly looked at Joker and seeing that he wouldn't notice her walking by, she jumped out of the bush she was hiding in and started following Ace, 'Yes! The Make you Smarter pills are working! Now I won't have a stupid man in the tavern! I guess I should start to put the pills in some other men's drinks...'
Jacques had looked everywhere for her, he had even looked in the dungeons and in the Tavern. 'Where could Aila be? I've checked in the Tavern, dungeons, the restaurant, in every room in this building, and in all the shops! Where could she be?'
He then snapped his fingers, and started walking towards his favorite spot...the ship. Jacques just knew that she would be there, he just knew. And when he walked in he smiled at the sight he saw.
Aila was leaning on the rail, her hair moving slightly in the wind. 'Just as beautiful as ever.' Jacques thought as he moved silently towards her. He leaned against the rail beside her and opened his mouth, "Aila..."
She turned abruptly at the sound of her name, gasping, surprised to see him standing there, "What do you want?"
Jacques looked into her eyes for a moment, "We need to talk."
"Oh, so NOW you want to talk, huh?" Aila started to walk away, but his voice stopped her.
"Aila, wait." She stopped and turned around, seeing his hand stretched out towards her, just a little bit. She walked back to the rail and leaned against it, looking at Jacques.
"Aila, do you really like....Watari?" Jacques looked away, trying to hide the blush that crept up onto his face.
"No. All he asked me to do was to give Ayame something." Aila smiled at the thought that that brought. 'Watari and Ayame, who would have thought?'
"Oh." Jacques looked back at Aila, angry with himself for being harsh to her, when all she did, was do a favor for someone. "Look Aila, I'm sorry."
She looked at him, smiling a sad smile, "You don't really hate me Jacques, do you?" Her breath caught in her throat for a second that seemed more like minutes. Jacques stepped closer to her, catching her hand. Aila looked into his eyes, seeing something there that she had never seen in anyone else's before.
"How could I, Aila, when...I love you." Jacques smiled, while Aila hugged him tight.
"Oh, Jacques. I love you, too." She said the last words quietly, but he still heard them, and with that he leaned down closer to the love of his life.
And he kissed her, finally having his first kiss with the woman he wanted to be with for the rest of his life...
Karana: -Cries and grabs a Kleenex- that was so sweet. And don't worry it isn't done just yet. I still have one more chapter! I hope you guys didn't think that this was too lame, cause that would just suck. PLEASE REVIEW!
pikinanou—well I guess I will look out for that Aila/Jacques pic, so when you send it I will see it! Make sure that Geddoe what? The review is cut off in the middle of the sentence! (Probably not your fault.)
Magus Black—thanks.
Dark Fusion—yeah, I'm thinking of writing one, I just have to think of an idea first! But I guess I have a while, well at least until I finish this story!
Miranda de la Costa—you would love to see a Geddoe/Queen story, okay!
Captain Spam (for ch. 9)—what store did you look in? I really want to know, I want the next books! Yeah, from just reading the first book Chris is a little OOC, I just don't see her crying, mad yes, but crying no. Jacques was perfect, and I was so glad that the 12th unit was in that book!
Captain Spam (for ch. 10)—okay, I guess I could do that. Yeah, I could make everyone live happily ever after. Sure I'll continue the story with Bartz, (The Great Escapade). You like all my stories? I feel so honored to have someone like all of them! (well maybe not all of them, but all of the Suikoden ones right?)
A Silent Romance
Chapter 10
Jacques walked along the edge of the lake, not even daring to go to the ship's deck (it brought back unwanted memories). He decided to sit on a log, not to far away from the edge of the lake. He raked his hand through his blonde hair, sighing heavily. The events of the day prior were still weighing heavily on his mind.
'Maybe I was too harsh, should I have listened to what she had to say?' Jacques sighed again, looking at the horizon far across the lake. He turned around abruptly when he heard the sound of footsteps, and he saw Barts. He saw Barts with a huge bucket in his hand.
"Sorry to disturb you, I just needed some water for my plants." Barts then bent down, placing the bucket under the water and after a few minutes he was gone, trudging back up the slope. Jacques turned back to the lake.
He sat there in silence, the horrible events of yesterday playing through his mind over and over. He heard more footsteps but he ignored it, thinking that it was just Barts coming back for more water. But he jumped when he felt two people sitting on the same log as he was. Jacques looked to his left and saw Joker. he didn't have to turn and look on his other side, for he already knew who it was, and his suspicions were confirmed as that person spoke up.
"Good morning Jacques! Have a good night?" Ace asked sounding more smart than usual. Jacques looked over at Ace and inclined his head slightly.
"So what happened between you and Aila?" Joker, once again, hit his head at the forwardness of Ace's question. Jacques looked at Ace for a second, contemplating how he could have known that there was something wrong between him and Aila.
Finally, after many minutes of staring at nothing, Jacques answered, "I don't want to talk about it." He then stood up, making as if to go off, but Ace yanked him back down into a sitting position on the log.
"You guys got into a fight didn't you?" Joker decided to actually put his two cents into the one sided conversation. Jacques just nodded, not trusting his voice.
"What was it about?" Ace asked, seeming to not even care whether or not it would get Jacques angry. Jacques didn't answer so Ace continued, "Did it have something to do with Watari?" Jacques nodded again, not really thinking of the words that might come next.
"Well you know what I think you should do? You should go up to Aila and talk about the problem, who knows maybe you can solve it?" Joker and Jacques stared at Ace, trying to see if that was really him who had made the smart idea. "What?" Ace asked, slightly peeved.
Joker just shook his head as Jacques opened his mouth, "If I do this, will you leave me alone?"
Ace shrugged, "Sure." So Jacques go up, trying to look for Aila. And when the younger man was out of earshot Ace spoke again, "at least for now." and he too go up, leaving a bewildered Joker behind.
Anne quickly looked at Joker and seeing that he wouldn't notice her walking by, she jumped out of the bush she was hiding in and started following Ace, 'Yes! The Make you Smarter pills are working! Now I won't have a stupid man in the tavern! I guess I should start to put the pills in some other men's drinks...'
Jacques had looked everywhere for her, he had even looked in the dungeons and in the Tavern. 'Where could Aila be? I've checked in the Tavern, dungeons, the restaurant, in every room in this building, and in all the shops! Where could she be?'
He then snapped his fingers, and started walking towards his favorite spot...the ship. Jacques just knew that she would be there, he just knew. And when he walked in he smiled at the sight he saw.
Aila was leaning on the rail, her hair moving slightly in the wind. 'Just as beautiful as ever.' Jacques thought as he moved silently towards her. He leaned against the rail beside her and opened his mouth, "Aila..."
She turned abruptly at the sound of her name, gasping, surprised to see him standing there, "What do you want?"
Jacques looked into her eyes for a moment, "We need to talk."
"Oh, so NOW you want to talk, huh?" Aila started to walk away, but his voice stopped her.
"Aila, wait." She stopped and turned around, seeing his hand stretched out towards her, just a little bit. She walked back to the rail and leaned against it, looking at Jacques.
"Aila, do you really like....Watari?" Jacques looked away, trying to hide the blush that crept up onto his face.
"No. All he asked me to do was to give Ayame something." Aila smiled at the thought that that brought. 'Watari and Ayame, who would have thought?'
"Oh." Jacques looked back at Aila, angry with himself for being harsh to her, when all she did, was do a favor for someone. "Look Aila, I'm sorry."
She looked at him, smiling a sad smile, "You don't really hate me Jacques, do you?" Her breath caught in her throat for a second that seemed more like minutes. Jacques stepped closer to her, catching her hand. Aila looked into his eyes, seeing something there that she had never seen in anyone else's before.
"How could I, Aila, when...I love you." Jacques smiled, while Aila hugged him tight.
"Oh, Jacques. I love you, too." She said the last words quietly, but he still heard them, and with that he leaned down closer to the love of his life.
And he kissed her, finally having his first kiss with the woman he wanted to be with for the rest of his life...
Karana: -Cries and grabs a Kleenex- that was so sweet. And don't worry it isn't done just yet. I still have one more chapter! I hope you guys didn't think that this was too lame, cause that would just suck. PLEASE REVIEW!