Chapter 20: Always
I knocked on the door of Clark's apartment. It was pouring rain outside and I was freezing after standing in it.
"Jules? What are you doing here? It's almost midnight!" He said as he practically pushed me in the door.
"It's going to stop right? Before the day after tomorrow?" I said shivering.
The day after tomorrow was the wedding. And by the looks of this, the outdoor ceremony looked glum.
Clark smiled some and wrapped me in his arms.
"Yes, it is supposed to stop. Come on you need to get changed and dry off. He said. I nodded.
We went into the back and I changed into one of Clark's old plaid shirts and towel dried my hair. I wasn't as cold but I wasn't really warm either. I walked back into the living room and saw Clark waiting on me with a cup of something in his hands. I sat down next to him and laid my head on his shoulder. He handed me to cup. It was coffee.
"Thank you." I said
"No problem." He replied smiling.
"I don't know if I like or despise rainy days." I told him.
"Well if they give me an opportunity to spend a relaxing night with you, then I like them." He said. I looked up at him and smiled.
"You have inevitable charm." I said laughing a little.
"What can I say? It's a gift." Clark joked. I giggled ad took a sip of my coffee.
"Mmm.." I said. "That tastes amazing!"
"Well, I found it at this coffee shop in town and thought I would try it, and I knew if I didn't like it you would." He told me.
"Ahh I see." I said. Then, their was a loud clap of thunder and a strike of lightning, and the electricity went out.
I grasped and clung to Clark. He laughed some and held me.
"Rain, ok, thunder, alright, but lightning… no way. I don't do lightning." I said. I felt Clark kiss my forehead and I relaxed some.
It was completely black and the only sounds were the rain and out breathing.
"I think I have a flashlight and candles here somewhere." Clark said. We got up and started to feel around for things. Then I heard something crash behind me. I turned quickly and saw Clark's outline on the floor and the coffee table leaning sideways. I laughed out loud.
"It sucks that night vision isn't one of my abilities." He said. I laughed harder. Then I shuffled through some more drawers until I found a couple of candles.
"Clark, come here!" I said. He came over and I showed him the candles.
"Light them!" I exclaimed. He focused his vision on each one until they were all lit. I don't know what it was but there is something so hot about the way his eyes light up when he uses heat vision.
I sat the candles on the coffee table and walked back over to the couch.
"Voila! Light!" I exclaimed. Clark laughed and sat down next to me. He pulled me into his arms and held me.
"There, perfect" He said. I smiled and turned to face him.
"Yea, perfect" I said. He smiled at me, and then kissed me lightly. The kiss would've continued but Clark's cell phone rang. He groaned and picked it up.
"Mom?" He said.
"Clark! Hi sweetheart, I'm sorry to bother you but out electricity is out and Ellyna is scared to death. She keeps saying she wants Juliet, is she there?" I heard Martha say. Clark laughed.
"Yea mom here she is." He handed the phone to me.
"Martha?" I said.
"Juliet! Will you talk to Ellyna?" She asked
"Of course." Then she handed to phone to her.
"Juliet?" I could hear her tears.
"Hey Ellie, it's me." I told her.
"Will you sing to me?" She asked. I was a bit taken back by the question. I hadn't really sang in a long time.
"Umm sure, what do you want to hear?" I asked.
"Something you made." She said.
"Alright, then this one is just for you." Then I began.
"Don't cry,
There are no reasons to have to wipe your tears away.
I'm here, for you
Just call my name and I will come running.
Any day or any night
This can be your lullaby." I sang gently. I thought I would be done, but her cried didn't cease completely.
"When you close your eyes
remember these words
let them guard your dreams.
And always know,
Anytime or anywhere,
This can be your lullaby." She was still crying a little.
"So lie down now,
and face your fears.
Know that you don't need to shed a tear.
I will always be here,
And you will be okay.
So close your eyes and dream,
Remember the words that I sing.
Let this be, your lullaby." I didn't hear anything. Then Martha came back on the line.
"She is sleeping. Juliet, thank you so much! And that sounded beautiful by the way." She said.
"Thank you, and anytime you need me, just call." I said. We said goodbye and hung up. I looked up at Clark; he was staring at me intently.
"What?" I asked.
"I haven't heard you in so long, every time I do, you amaze me." He said. I blushed and looked back up at him.
"I am working on another album, one I have been producing myself in the comforts of my office, it is almost done but I feel like there is something missing." I told him.
"I can't wait to hear it." He said truthfully. I smiled at him and he smiled back. Then I yawned.
"I think I may be tired… maybe I should go back home." I said and I started to get up.
"No, I don't think you should." Clark told me as he gently pulled me back into his arms. Truthfully, I didn't want to leave.
"Oh really?" I said.
"See, the lights are out which means the streets are dangerous and who knows what you could run into in your apartment and hurt yourself so I think that maybe you should just stay here." He said, making up the lamest excuses ever. I laughed at him.
"Clark if you want me to stay all you have to do is say so, you don't have to make me think I will die if I don't you know, besides, I didn't really want to leave in the first place." I told him.
"Okay then," He said. "I don't want you to leave, please stay?"
"No problem." I said smiling. He smiled back and kissed me. That's when I wondered how much sleep I would actually get that night…
"I love you." I told him.
"I love you to, always." He replied