A/N I am so so sorry! It has been ages ago since the last update! But I was so stuck with this one and happily enjoying my vacation. grins
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He almost jumped out of bed and gasped. "Jesse? What is wrong?" He sighed and looked at the woman beside him. Her dark hair was tied into a twisted knot, her nightwear in side out. Any other night he would have been amused and amazed at her beauty even in this state. But not now.
He really didn't want to talk about it. Not with Shalimar, nor with Brennan or Lexa. "Must be a nightmare." He mumbled.
"Again?" She frowned at him.
"Yes again!" He snapped.
Why was she so concerned? He made a mess of everything. He didn't kiss her before their almost fatale mission just because he was afraid he had misunderstood her quick kiss.
Than he almost died. For God sake!! He almost lost the chance to tell her how he felt. And now a few old memories were hunting him.
How he had longed to kiss her. Than an old friend had called and suddenly he had been afraid to kiss her. He had made the excuse they had to go right now. He had told himself that a mission was more important. Although a voice inside his head had been laughing at him. His subconscious. And he had known that it was a stupid attempt to cover his fear for something so perfect: One kiss.
The mutant in need was in fact an old professor who liked to experiment on young mutants.
That man had been giving him the uneasy feeling that they had already met each other. And in stead of torturing him physical he tortured him mentally. The man had collect a lot of scenes, out of his subconsious, of his youth. This hurtful memories were a true torturing. But nothing could have prepared him of the next shock.
He had been strapped at a chair while his head had been strapped so he had to watch every tape there was. He heard the professor grinning. "Now, now boy you will like this last one!" The tone was confident like the man had planned this for years.
The screen turned white for a minute and than he saw a house. He recognised it and was wondering at the meaning of all this. Then a woman appeared. She wears a necklace of pearls and a beautiful purple satin dress.
And suddenly he remembered her very well. Out of fear Jesse began convulsing and tried to break free. But his bonds were to strong and with the governor on his neck he was forced to enjoy the whole show.
The woman escaped the house in a hurry only to reappear on the screen on a dirty street. Out of nowhere there are men in suits with guns in their hands...
No! The voice inside his head screamed. He wouldn't let his past come in his way. Not now when he had met the most admirable woman.
"Jesse, you know it wasn't your fault you know. That insane man surprised us up there."
His head snapped up. What did she know about it? She hadn't seen the memories!
She didn't like the look he was giving her. Hell, she didn't understand his behaviour of the last days at all!
Brennan had succeeded in bringing Jesse back to life, but it almost seemed Jesse wasn't happy at all. Had she been wrong about him loving her? That thought bugged her the last days. But what would be explaining the nightmares of the last three days then?
She sighed. The very first night after waking up he was continually plagued by nightmares. And what bothered her the most was that he wouldn't say a word about them. Not even to Shalimar.
The tension had been rising. All Jesse would do was waking up screaming or snapping at them. Brennan tried to stay calm but fled into the Dojo when he was attempted to punch his brother. He was just frustrated and felt helpless like all of them. Jesse could be stubborn indeed.
And Jesse seemed oblivious to all of it. He refused to talk to her and seemed annoyed by her presence. But she wanted to help him so badly. Couldn't he see that?
For all she knew the Jesse she knew, was still there, somewhere under his mask of fear and anger.
A/N I had to write this right now. But don't worry about questions I will answer them eventually. And what happened to get Jesse hurt? You will find out. Also eventually. ;)
