RuRu: HOWDEE! Update! Crazee and two others know who shot her, they guessed! This is a short chapter! VERY SHORT! And no, you won't find out who killed Celia.

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Behind the Counter

By: RuRu

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Chapter 6

I'm Sorry

I couldn't believe what I was seeing; the voices I was hearing, the room spun, and the people in the room disappeared all except Celia's lifeless body that was sprawled out on the floor. I couldn't feel anything around me, and then the room was gone along with my senses.

I didn't know how much time had passed, but it must have been quite a bit seeing as how I was lying in Jack's house all patched up, and it was dark outside. I slowly turned my head to see Jack sitting in a chair beside the bed I was laying in, his head in his heads. After hearing the rustling of the pillow Jack's head shot up and looked at me in shock. Before I knew it his arms were wrapped tightly around my neck; all signs in my head were telling me to shove him away, but I didn't. I lacked the strength to anyway.

"Oh thank God you're okay Muffy." I heard him say.

So he cares now, why not.

I laid there limp in his arms, wishing for him to release me. I felt the stinging reminders of Griffin's rough touch as Jack wrapped an arm around my waist for my support. He was all over around me, and I wanted him off. I pushed him back and felt like I should scream, but I didn't. I felt so wrong and dirty all over, and shrank into a fetal position.

He moved closer to me and I pulled back even more until my back was firmly against the wall. He sighed knowing he was at fault, and stopped moving to rest in his original spot.

"I'm sorry." He apologized.

"Like your words mean a damn to me." I hissed.

"What about Celia?" I asked still in the position, only with a somewhat raised head.

"…She didn't make it…"

Then there was the silence he often offered me.

"By who?" I asked, sadness not taking effect.

"We have no idea." Jack's face was pain stricken, but a different kind of pain.

I didn't feel pain for Celia; she was now free of this world. She no longer had to worry about death and other things that related to sadness, no, she just had to sit back and watch the drama unfold. I grimaced, why did she get the easy way out.

"…Are you jealous?" Jack asked me, looking at me in the eyes with a piercing gaze.

Did he read my mind?

"Why would…I be…?" I was unable to finish.

"Why would you be jealous of her death? Would you rather be in her place?!" He exclaimed.

"And if that was my wish…" I replied, now looking at him with equally fierce eyes.

"…" His usual response.

I ignored him; I wanted to figure out who kill Celia. Why they had done this; I mean Celia had never done anything to hurt anyone before…except me.

"Listen I want to get out of here." I started to rise up to be reminded that I had a damaged shoulder, a badly damaged shoulder.

"You need rest, stay here tonight." He semi requested.

"Not after the way you treated me." I growled, glaring at him.

"I'm sorry! I didn't…I just…"

I was so sick of his halfway done answers.

"WELL!? Why can't you answer me? Is it that hard to make up lies? Or better yet you can give me your usual silence! That'd work!" I screamed; my fists clenched so tightly blood was running down my hands.

"Muffy!" Jack cried, taking my hands and rubbing the blood away.

"I'm sorry I did all that…I sorry I hurt you…and I'm sorry I wasn't there to be your protector." His voice was low and regretful, but his eyes were staring into mine.

I could tell he was being true to his word and I gaped. This was new to me, someone apologizing. I was so used to being the one at fault and thinking that it was their fault, but I was blamed…severely.

I saw him move closer to me, I could feel the heat from his breath. Why was he moving so close to me…why was he so close…? I didn't push him back though, instead I moved forward as well.

Seconds later his lips covered mine, and for the first time I had a meaningful kiss. Why had I let him do this, and why I had gone with it I didn't know. I didn't know, I don't know why. But I wanted to so badly.

It felt kind of wrong to do the day his ex-girlfriend had been killed, and the day I had been planning to make his life miserable. Though I didn't argue, it felt so wrong.

His arms wrapped tightly around me and pulled me carefully into his lap. My able to move arm wrapped around his neck, as he deepened the kiss. I wanted to know more about Jack, why he had come to the valley, why he was kissing me now, how he had gotten over Celia so fast, and how he had caused me to fall so madly in love him.

END THE DRAMATICALLY SHORT CHAPTER 6

RuRu: YES kill me if you must, I know you think they got together to fast, but whatever. She never truly fell out of love with him. I don't believe in that. Also, you won't catch me writing a kissing scene well. I can't write them, don't ask me why…maybe once I experience a kiss I can…

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