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Memories
Chapter two: Jarrod
I watched Kate fall asleep in my arms and breathed out the sigh I hadn't realised I had been holding. When she had called for me I had been asleep. I felt her panic inside my head as if it was my own. I was ready and out the house before her message had finished.
I tracked her to the forest. She had been at home but she moved. I had no idea why. My panic only increased ten fold when I found her and she burst into tears.
Kate never cried. Then she told me about her dreams. I knew she almost expected me to tell her that everything was ok and that they were just dreams but after everything we'd been through I really didn't think that was a good idea. And I didn't believe it.
I felt there was something different going on. Magic wise. My senses told me and now after all I had been though all the chances I had taken I wasn't about to ignore them. However the one person we needed was Jillian and Kate had reminded me earlier that she was gone for the healer's conference. That meant she was gone for a whole week. Great.
Kate shifted on my chest and I cuddled her further. Let's just say that I wouldn't be leaving her anytime soon. Besides Kate and I were expected at Ryan's party tomorrow. Now there was something no one expected but that didn't make it any less true.
I was going with Kate. End of story. I doubted it would be the last I heard of it but I didn't care. Kate meant a lot to me and I was thankful for everything she had done for me and if that meant that the only way I could show her was to take her to that party well so be it.
It was masked fancy dress and while Kate and I had decided to use the dress he had literally brought back from Thorntyne Keep Kate wouldn't let me see the alterations Jillian had made to it or the mask she was going to be wearing with it.
I wanted to see it but she had told me no. I'd took the huff for about ten minutes and then said I didn't care. She wasn't seeing mine either. She had grinned and said "Fair enough."
I knew Kate was looking forward to this and I was too but I couldn't see the big deal she was making over me saying I wanted to take her. It was a given. She had told me before she went that she had wanted to go and after everything she did for me and everything she went through because of me I really didn't think taking her to a party mattered.
But I knew it mattered to Kate so I decided I'd take her. Besides it would take her mind off this…this thing. I had no idea what to do about it but I knew that I couldn't let Kate down. She needed my help and I was going to help her no matter what it took.
I did finally fall asleep. It was kind of hard. Kate didn't move.
At all.
All night.
And I'd have been dead if I hadn't noticed how conscious I was of her. She was asleep all the time though.
Thank-god
I have no idea what I'd have done had she found out.
Died I think.
I finally got off to sleep and awoke when the sun shone in my eyes. I looked for Kate but she was gone. I shot up and found the room empty. Kate! I called through my thoughts.
It was easier than calling her with my voice besides my senses reached further than my voice.
I heard her laugh. "Down here sleepy head!" She called from downstairs. I laughed. I got up pulled on my jeans and top and padded downstairs. She was in the kitchen area pouring cereal into a bowl and offered me some. I took it eagerly and we sat at the table while we ate.
"Did you sleep better?" I asked after a moment's silence. Kate's face brightened. "Yes." Then she blushed and murmured, "Thank-you for being here. I don't know what I would have done without you." I blushed then. "Kate we're friends. You would have done the same for me."
She looked at me for a moment searching my face and then said, "Of course I would have done it for you. Jarrod you have no idea what you mean to me. I…care for you."
My heart skipped. Then after a pause she added, "As a friend of course." I couldn't help but feel my heart drop a little at that but I smiled and said, "But of course."
She smiled and I said, "Juice my lady?" She giggled and accepted. She drank for a moment and then said, "No."
"What?" I said my face; I hoped was a picture of innocence. Somehow I doubted that but you had to try.
"No." She said again.
I couldn't suppress a grin this time and I said, "Kate I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Uh-huh." She said. "The answer is still no. You are not seeing my dress. We've had this conversation before. No."
I dropped all pretence of being innocent and said, "Kate please!" "No." She was smiling.
"Kate I've seen you in the dress before!" "I don't care it's going to be a surprise. I've never been to a party before and I'm looking forward to it. You'll have to wait."
"Fine."
I said crossing my arms and pretending to sulk. I say pretending because its almost impossible to sulk, or it is for me when Kate is around because she is so damn optimistic that its impossible to be negative around her.
"Fine." I said again this time grinning like an idiot. "You wont see what I've done to mine either."
"I know you haven't changed yours. But ok. That's fair and besides I like this way. I'm looking forward to tonight and to be honest I hadn't thought I would."
I took her hand and squeezed it gently. "We're gonna have a great time tonight Kate. It'll be so much fun." She smiled.
"Thanks for taking me." I grinned. "As if I would take anyone else?" Her eyes lit up and I laughed. "I mean parties are meant to be fun you see me having fun with Pecks and Tasha. They're more bothered about what they're wearing and who they're taking to bother about the PARTY AND HAVING FUN BIT!"
Kate had started to take a drink of her orange juice and laughed in the middle spraying it across the table at me.
It missed me but the table hadn't been so lucky. There was Orange juice everywhere.
Kate had her hand clapped over her mouth in horror her pale blue eyes wide. I started to laugh.
Kate gingerly pulled herself together and looked at me. "It wasn't that funny!" I was bent over in my seat I was laughing so hard. I couldn't get my breath and my sides hurt.
After a minute or so Kate was laughing because I was laughing and because she was laughing I couldn't stop.
Finally after about ten minutes we had calmed down enough to have a proper conversation. "It really wasn't that funny." Kate said huffily. I nodded. "Oh yes it was."
"It was great. It made my day. You should laugh more often." Kate smiled. "Yeah you too."
The day passed pretty much as normal after that and at four Kate kicked me out. We weren't going to the party until eight but I could see she was excited about this so I let her kick me out and I made my way down to my house to get ready.
Somehow knowing I was going with Kate made this party thing all worthwhile and I was going to keep my promise to her. We were going to have a blast. I was going to make sure of it.
She meant too much to me to break my promise. Besides after last night I reckoned she needed it.
I hadn't seen Kate that scared since we were back in my past. I didn't ever want her to be that scared again.
The reason why seemed to elude me. But it didn't matter. Kate wanted to go to this party and I was going to take her and what's more were going to have a blast doing it.
Little did I know how right I was.
And sadly not necessarily in the way I had hoped it would be.