This chapter takes place after The Taking of Crows. I hope you like it and it has been beta read so I hope that it is better. Please keep reviewing and I'll try to get another chapter up soon. If you finish this chapter quickly why don't you go and try out the other story I am writing at the same time called Evolution.
Lexa sat in her room trying to read a
magazine. She couldn't believe everything that had happened in the last 72
hours. Shalimar had filled her in on all the stuff she had missed. It was now
the evening after the day they had stopped the dangerous drug operation and the
day after she had nearly died. Again she turned a page over without even
looking at it. Her mind was somewhere else completely. She couldn't help but
think about what had saved her, or should she say who had saved her. His words
kept repeating in her head. "If it wasn't for personal feelings you wouldn't be
standing here right now." Personal feelings, Lexa laughed to
herself. Now all she had to do was figure it all out. Another couple of
pages got turned over without acknowledgment before she threw the magazine on
the floor and stood up. She started to pace, unsure what do to. Jesse had
revealed to her that he had personal feelings for her even if the extent of
these feelings were unknown. Finally she decided to take action. She pulled
open the door with force and bravely took the small amount of steps needed to
reach Jesse's door. Lifting her hand up confidently she knocked on the wooden
barrier. There was no answer so she knocked again. She knew that if she didn't
talk to him tonight then she would never talk to him. A second later she heard
a muffled voice giving her an invitation. Now she was scared, slowly she opened
the door, peering round to see where Jesse was. He was in bed, he looked like her
had just woken up. She flicked the light switch on and closed the door behind
her and walked up closer to the bed.
"Did I wake you?" She asked, a little bit guilty. She
knew he hadn't been to sleep since the first incident at the club.
"Doesn't matter, what did you want?" He sat up in bed
a bit and rubbed his eyes to try and wake himself up.
"Shalimar told me everything" She started, as she
spoke she walked round his room slowly picking up objects and turning them
round in her hands. She tried not to look in his eyes knowing how open his
feelings would be. "How you stopped me from hurting people at the club, then
carried me to that doctor. Brennan butted into the conversation by telling me
you went back to the club and beat the hell out of that barman. Who knew you
spoke Italian?…. Shalimar also told me how you didn't stop worrying about me,
how you were the only one who wanted to tell me I was dying and then when you
had done more than enough you risked you life going into that building for the
antidote. I don't know if could have done the same. Especially if it was
personal feelings that made me do it. I'm not exactly willing to share my most
intimate thoughts and feelings. I wanted to thank you for saving my life. You
saved it not because I was a team-mate but because I'm your friend and I want
you to know that whatever happens in the future, you have to be patient with
me" Lexa looked round for the first time, wanting to know to know what Jesse
was thinking. She smiled as she saw him. Half sitting up in bed his head was
lying to one side his eyes close as his breath evened out. He had fallen
asleep. She should have known that he would have been too tired to listen to a
word she said. She didn't mind. She had said the words out loud and that was
enough for her. She walked up to the bed and sat on the side.
"Sweet dreams Jesse" She spoke softly, gently moving
some hair away from his eyes. She pulled his bedcover further up his body,
turning the light off before silently leaving the room.
