RoSeQuEeN- Well, Jayden deffinity isn't alone. No boo Josh, because we love him lots, the stupid little fop!
Kadaj- Are you a new reader? Yay new reader! (Kuddos to you) And that isn't that strange, you are suppose to feel bad for him!
Angel of the Mask- They didn't make out!
Gerry ISU Chick04- Yes, it is about damn time! I think that would be fun to have a random girl just poof out of nowhere and kick Hayden's ass!
Maluruloki- No revenge, Josh is Raoul, not Erik!
The Angel's Maggie- Jayden is the friggin shit, isn't he? lol Emma-J-Riddle- Ooooooo... what will happen next.
India Pyro- His daddy bought the spoiled little bitch-fop a nice pretty car.
Pirating Elven Pyro- Ooooo! Yay! New reader, right! (kuddos to you)
Phanfreak2000- Another new reader! (Kuddos to you, too)
Maska- I'm not going to kill Josh... This is probably the only phic you will find of mine that will have any R/C action!
Sirius All Punked- I know, Josh annoys me too.
Keeper Music Night- The kissing was needed, sorry that it got so hot! Giggles
Ookanala- Are you a new reader! Yay! ANother one, four and counting... (kuddos to you)
Baby-Vixen- Are you new reader number five? Yay! Another one! (Kuddos to you, too!)
Chapter 23- The Cemetery
Annie left immediately, Thoroughly confusing Jayden, and saying that she had a headache. Annie didn't drive home. She drove straight to the cemetery, where she hoped she could speak in peace with her father.
She kneeled close to her father's grave, and silently spilled the contents of her heart. "Oh père, I am so confused! I love Josh, but Jayden is… something. I don't know what to do, père… Help me."
She heard a voice from behind her speak suddenly in a soft, deep voice. "Did you really mean that?"
Annie turned, and saw Josh standing there, a few feet behind her. She didn't smile at him, but turned back to her father's grassy grave. "Where you following me, Josh?" She heard him stir behind her. She suddenly felt his hand pulling her up by the shoulder. She didn't turn to him.
"What is going on between you and Jayden?" He asked.
She pulled away from him, shaking her head. "I don't know, Josh… I just don't know…"
Josh was behind her again, pulling her toward him. They were so close that she could smell his collogue. "I just want to know if you meant what you said." He turned her around to face him. "Did you really mean it… Do you love me?"
Annie felt the tears begin again. Josh took her cries as a no. He let go of her, hanging his head. "I love you, Annie." He said. "I just hoped that you had loved me, too."
Annie lifted his head so that she could look him in the eye. "Josh, I do love you, but I am just so confused right now." She was crying again, silent tears. "I just… feel something when I am with Jayden…"
Josh cut her off, suddenly. "Can't you feel that with me…?"
"Josh, I do feel something when I am with you. It's just a different something than I feel with Jayden."
"Annie, You say you 'feel something' for him, but you also say you 'feel something' for me. What am I suppose to do? I don't think that I can compete with him for you."
Annie took his hand. "I don't want you to." She said. "I want to love you, but my father said…" Annie stopped, knowing that Josh would think she was crazy if she told him about her dad.
Josh looked confused. "You father said something to you about Jayden?" He said, thoroughly puzzled. "I thought that your father had died years ago, Annie."
"Well, Josh I just…" Annie stopped again.
Josh pulled her away from the grave and sat her on a bench not too far away. "Annie, whatever it is, I will listen." He looked her in the eye. Then, knowing it would soften her he sang, "Anywhere you go let me go too…"
Annie smiled. "Josh, the other night after the accident I was alone in the auditorium, or so I thought when I saw someone on the stage. He kept in the shadows and I couldn't see his face. He walked to the piano and started playing a lullaby that my father and I had played together many years ago. He said that he was my father, and that he was proud of me. I didn't know what to do, and then my flute was there on the piano, so I played along with him. After we played, before I could ask him about anything, he left…."
"Annie, I know that you want to believe that your father is speaking to you, and I believe that he is guiding you, but Annie this ghost was not your father."
Annie stood, staring, offensively at Josh. "What would you know about it? You weren't there!"
Annie stormed off. She didn't want to go home. She didn't want to go back to Jayden's, she didn't trust herself there. She decided to go to a movie alone, but nothing was playing, and so after making sure she was home past 10:00 she slipped into her house, unnoticed by her grandparents.