Vickel; thanks dude… you ROCK!
I honestly don't know what's gotten into me! I JUST WANNA WRITE!
AHHHHHHH! BLAME MIDGETT AND KARONE-SAKURA! THOSE DEVILS!
Ahh, not really… dey good friends… dey get the special treats! Midgett gets a lil Ax porcelain doll (cause I know that's whatcha want!) and Karone-sakura gets a lil Chinese doll! YIPEEE! LET'S WRITE!
Oh, and just a warning for everyone who doesn't like mushy stuff…. THIS WILL BE MUSHY! AND FOR GOOD REASON TOO!
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Jade
I slowly awoke… and yes, I could wake up… I wasn't dead anymore… to see sunlight streaming through a beautiful glass window, looking out over the ocean. I could smell the sea from where I lay, on my stomach, with a white sheet around me.
I instantly noticed that they didn't match the dark blue of the bed… and slowly managed to prop myself up with one arm, looking outside. It was a beautiful afternoon, with the sun beginning to set beyond the horizon that I could see when I fully sat up.
I looked around at where I was. It was definitely a guys room. Clothes just tossed everywhere…
As I moved more, I realised the white sheet was the only thing around me. Nothing else. Damn those higher beings…
But… I was alive! And that was what mattered. And as soon as I could find out where I was, I was going to find everyone I loved… Jake, James, Desiree… Hannah… mum and dad… Tina and Ryan and Phoebe… I'd missed them all…
Amanda… oh god, Amanda! Ithiell… Robert… Rtaia… and then Rachel and Cassie and Marco and Ax and even that critter that called himself a hawk Tobias…
Slowly, shakily, I got up, keeping the sheet around me, and looked around… maybe there was something I could wear here… guys stuff or not…
"You'd better be ready in five bro" Came a familiar voice from outside, and then a thundering of two pairs of feet coming up the stairs… yes, stairs… and then another voice, a voice that almost made me cry, saying,
"Sure, whatever"
A slam of another door, then the door to the room I was in opened…
And in stepped Jake.
And he saw me.
Time stopped, for both of us. I stared at him… he stared at me… we just stared… like we'd both entered a dream…
Then…
"J-Jade?"
"I… I… it's me Jake. I'm… I'm here. I… alive…" tears spilled down my cheeks, and I brushed them back with my hand. He shut the door, not taking his eyes off me, in case I disappeared or something.
"No… I must be dreaming"
"No Jake… the Ellimist… I'm alive. I'm here. I don't know why…. but…"
I stopped when he slowly, almost painfully, walked towards me, a hand reaching out… it touched my cheek, so gently, and I leaned my face into his palm… he was so real…
"Jade…"
"Oh Jake…"
He took my head in his hands, then leaned down and gently kissed me. I was the most joyous yet heartbreaking moment I'd ever had. He kissed me again, a little harder this time, letting out a small laugh. I smiled, looking into those midnight brown eyes that were slowly coming alive each second I looked back at him.
"My god… you're real. This isn't… it's not a dream. You're ok"
"I'm ok" his hands still held my face, and I gently touched his wrists, wrapping my own hands around them. It was like that touch sparked something inside him. He let go of my face, and instead grabbed me around the waist, laughing as he spun me around. I managed to laugh a little as well, holding onto him as he did… sheet was gone…
He set me down, kissing me again and again, and I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck. He took hold of me, tightly, smothering my face with kisses. I missed his touch… missed the need of someone who just needed to fall sometimes… to get away…
"You're here! You're really here!" he cried, like he was trying to make himself believe it. I laughed, nodding as he pressed his forehead against mine.
"I'm here Jake, and I'm not going anywhere! Never again!"
At this point tears were streaking down both our cheeks… we didn't know whether to laugh or cry…
"Jake, come on, it's almost…"
Then the door swung open. I shrieked, tumbling over the bed and out of sight, managing to grab my white sheet and wrap it around me. I got up, seeing Tom there, looking bewildered and staring at me.
"Ow" I finally muttered, feeling the pains from the fall over the bed. Then I giggled.
"J-Jade? Jake, is that…"
"That's her all right. The Ellimist brought her back! The Ellimist brought her back!"
I giggled again at the complete idiocy of it all. Jake soon looked at me, giggling a little himself. Tom was just lost.
"Hey Tom. It's me. Surprise"
"Yeah, and what a surprise. Listen, when you ah… get some clothes on… I'll be downstairs to greet you" he was blushing, and quickly shut the door.
"Clothes? Clothes? Ha! I don't have any clothes!"
Then a pair of jeans and a plain blue tee appeared on the bed. I looked down at it… then looked up to see Jake was beside me.
And the Ellimist was in the room with us.
"What's going on… I don't understand…" I suddenly said, all serious again.
"You have been returned to the living world Jade. You are alive. And… you are free to live your life as you wish. Your… HBs, as you so called them… will not bother you again"
"How do we know that for sure?" Jake muttered, and arm around me. Like he thought the Ellimist was here to take me away again…
"I give you my word, as they have given me theirs"
"Yeah, sure" I muttered, looking at my white sheet.
"Jade, live. From now on, just live"
Then he was gone, and I was wearing actual clothes again. Felt funny… after so long, not able to feel… not able to breathe or smell… seeing and hearing only what the Ellimist allowed me to see…
I turned to Jake, and he looked at me at the same time.
"Jake!" I cried, leaping into his arms. He replied by hugging me tight… we kissed… god to be able to feel again!
"Um… you got a lock on that door?" I asked between kisses.
"Umph… yeah"
"Good. Use it… we're gonna be in here a while" I mumbled, wrapping my legs around his waist. He managed to somehow get to the door, lock it, and threw us both onto the bed.
I was alive… and I wasn't going to waste a minute of it.
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Well, after I got up to speed with everything (and my family almost flattened me to a pulp) I realised I'd been gone for about five, six months. I then went and found all of my friends… Amanda first, and boy, when she opened the door…
She fainted about five times. Five. Can you believe that girl?
They were all pretty shocked, and after I'd lost about a dress size because of all the squeezing, they were all beginning to come to terms with it all.
Oh but being able to feel and smell and taste and see and just… just live… it was the best feeling in the world.
When we got back from seeing everyone, Tom was still there, looking flustered.
"You just had to leave me with Hannah, didn't you?" he muttered as he paced in the kitchen. I laughed and went to hug him… couldn't stop hugging people…
"Jade, I'm glad you're back, but… help…" he said as there was a crying from upstairs. God, Hannah! I'd almost forgotten about her!
I bolted upstairs, following the cries, and soon found her in a little crib. She was holding onto the bars, standing… god she'd grown… red-faced, with tears streaking down her beautiful little cheeks. I grabbed her, picking her up and hugging her tight.
"Hey sweetie. It's ok… mama's here… it's ok… there we go…" I bounced her a little. She calmed slightly, but was still crying. The big boo-hoo kind of crying…
"Come on now… want me to sing for you? Yeah? Ok, mama can't really sing that well, but she can try for you, ok?" I swayed her, and she stopped the big hiccup kind of cry, just quietly crying. I pulled back to look at her. She looked at me, like she was just remembering who I was…
"Ok, here goes. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me hap-py, when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, so please don't take, my sunshine away"
She was staring at me now. Yes. She remembered me. Smart little girl…
"MAMA!" She suddenly squealed, bouncing in my arms and laughing. I grinned at her.
"Yeah, mama. I'm your mama"
"MAMA! MAMA!" She giggled, covering her face with her hands before leaping forward and wrapping her arms around my neck, hugging me. I hugged her back.
Then Jake shot into the room.
"Did… did I just hear right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Jade, that was her first word" he came to us, and Hannah looked up at Jake, giggling.
"Mama!" she pointed at him.
"No, that's your mama" he turned her finger back to me. She just giggled.
"So, where's James and Desiree?"
Jake suddenly frowned. And I knew.
We'd been had.
"They never came back after the memorial. We don't know where they are"
"They've been taken by those….arrrgh!" I cursed in French.
They gave me back my life… only to take my children away from me again.
And they were mine, no matter what age they were.
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Sorry dudes! I just thought… yeah.
And that song she sung? I always used to sing it to my nephew. He doesn't like it anymore… he's four months old, and is such a cutie…
Sorry. ONTO THE NEXT CHAPTER!
