There for you

AN; Hey everyone, sorry it's taken so long to update! I haven't dissapeared, I just got bad writers block. It's not even gone, but I really really wanted to update because I feel so bad. So hopefully you'll enjoy.

Chapter 5 - Can someone get me somthing for this headache?

Jesse opened her heavy eyes and peered tierdly around her. James was standing over her, though he seemed to be playing around with somthing. Somthing red and very bright. Her pupils could'nt take such light and shut themselves tight. An overwhelming feeling of sickness bubbled inside Jesse's stomache and a piercing pain rumbled angrily inside her skull. She tried to move, but failed miserably. In frustration she gave a small cry, which suceeded in grabbed the attention of her two partners in crime.

"Jess? Your awake!" Meowth's voice had never sounded so good to hear, yet so painfully high pitched. Jesse opened her eyes slowly again and saw the Pokemon leaning over her with a very pleased face to greet her. James however, remained standing over her. She noticed that the red light he had been playing with before had been the fire fueling the air-baloon. Confusion consumed her brain.

"I..I thought we were?...How'd I get here?" Her tierdness hadn't fully left her system, dispite her long nap. The nightmare she had watched still fresh in her brain, she felt like she had never even slept atall, only relived the past. Somewhere she really wished she had never returned to. Meowth interuppted her thoughts, in a very pleased tone of voice.

"Jimmy an I, sprang you from the hospital. They was gonna take youse away in da mornin if we'd have stayed there!" he explained, oviously very proud and pleased with himself. Jesse broke her gaze from him and looked back up to James. For the first time, he looked back at her. But his eyes still wore the broken man expression and his face still showed no sign of being pleased to see her awake. She tried again to sit up, this time managing to bring herself upright and leaning herself against one of the walls of the basket. She noticed there wasn't much space in the basket, not that there was usually, but today there seemed even less. She brought her hands to her head, noticing she was still in her pink pyjamas, she shivered and shuffled slightly. Somthing fell from her lap and she noticed that James' team rocket jumper was the item that had fallen. It was only then she noticed her blue haired friend had matching blue lips as he stoof arms folded in his black t-shirt. She felt the fabric inbetween her fingers, as if treasuring it's presence. He had given her his jumper to keep her warm while she was ill - even when he was mad at her. She picked it up with one hand and held it up to him.

"I don't need this" she said softily. He pushed her hand away.

"Yes, you do." his voice was hard and as cold as the icy winds that they sailed through. She frowned at his harshness, given her condition he should have been nice to her. He should have been at her heels, asking if there was anything he could do or even making her some chicken soup...even if her stomache didn't feel like it could bare it. Pain ceased her head again and she held her head tightly.

"Ugh..." she moaned in pain. James and Meowth looked at her worridly. James was inatsntly at her side holding her wrists and asking if she was ok. She could'nt hear too well as her hearing had deafened to the sound of a dull ringing noise. The pain, the noise and the swaying of the baloon was too much and she felt her stomach bubble over. James barely doged her river of undigested dinner from two days ago. Meowth cocked his head to one side as he watched in awe.

"I don't remember us havin' sweetcorn fer dinner?" he said innocently. This resulted in James giving him a boot up the behind and ordering him to land the baloon. The pain was still unbearable in Jesse's head and she still clutched her head in agony. James knelt beside her.

"Better?" he asked. His voice giving way to some of his worry. Jesse squeezed her eyes shut.

"Can you get me some pills for this headache?" she almost sobbed. James frowned angrily.

"Don't you think you've had enough pills recently?" he semi growled. Jesse opened her eyes and stared at him with a mix of confusion and somthing James hadn't seen for a very very long time... innocence. His face lightened up immeadiatly and he again pulled the covers up and over her. "I think you should try to get back to sleep" he mumbled, lost in his own thoughts. Jesse gave a slight frown.

"I've been sleeping for ages! What I need is somthing for this headache!" she demanded. The sharpe pain cracked trhough her head once again and she cried out in pain, reaching out and grabbing the closest thing to her...James. He blushed slightly as she grabbed and pulled him close, wrapping herself into him. But the embrace lastest mere seconds before Jesse recoiled, realising what she had done and blushing hard enough to give off enough heat to light a campfire. "...I-I...Um...I'm cold" she stuttered.

James picked up his jumper and put it back onto her lap.

"Put this on. It'll keep you warm" he said softily. So softily, she felt like she couldn't argue and pulled his jumper over her head. His scent was all over it and she suddenly felt overcome in warmth and comfort.

"Hey..." she said, sleepily. She began to lay herself back out under the balnket. "I'll have to buy one of these...they're comfy..." her heavy eyes dropped completely and her breathing became slow and peaceful. James gave her a small smile and tucked her into the covers so that no cold air could sneak inside. "...mhmmmh...smells good too..." she mumbled. He blushed again, thankful Meowth was too busy landing the baloon to notice.

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"Hey James! You wanna meet up tonight?" I was asked my blue haired friend. He smiled broadly. He was always so happy whenever I wanted to spend time with him. It was like, I made his day.

"Yeah! That'd be great Jess! We haven't spent time together in ages!". He was so happy...so so happy...not that I cared. I just needed to distract him long enough...long enough to get at his medicene box.

Jesse felt like the World was spinning. Spinning so fast, that she felt sick. Watching her younger self smile at the boy who she had creulily tricked and used. How could she have been so mean? How could she have been so mean to the one who worshiped the floor she walked on? Not even now, she would never treat him so bad...Suddenly the World stopped spinning...And a revealation hit Jesse like a ball in the stomach. She DID still treat James that bad...In fact, she treated him worse now.. Even after everything she put him through he was still by her side...and she was still taking him for granted.

I hugged him and said my goodbyes. My other friends were waiting...my cooler friends. After all, James was just a pawn. Just a convienience. Atleast, that's what he was becoming... His happiness only made me pity him for his foolishness. His eyes that still shone and sparkled everytime we met just sickened me. How could anybody be so weak? So dependant? How could he trust me so well? What a fool. But I was never like that...oh no... I was strong and empowered. Afterall, I had everything that every girl could have wanted. So why was I so alone?

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James sat himself next to his best friend and carefully stroked her deep red hair, careful not to disturb her. His thoughts retracing back to eailier. To the look of innocence in her eyes when he had made comment about the pills. Jesse wasn't evil...she was far from it. But to see genuine innocence in her eyes? It wasn't right.Somthing didn't add up right. And he trusted Jesse...didn't he?

"How can anyone trust someone, who broke your heart before?" he whispered to himself as he gazed out of the baloon and into the black night. After everything they had been through together, he had never once doubted her. Even throgh all the sneaky, coniving things she had tried, he had always forgiven and forgotten. But this was different...this was about more than just trying to make off with Pokemon badges, or stealing the last burger...this was bringing up everything he had leanred to put behind him. And now the burning question in his mind was...could he really trust her?

Wow, sorry it took so long! And I apologise because he seems really sucky to me. But meh. Please review!

Nikki-Vixen