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Chapter 7

When I awoke David was sitting next to my bed and speaking with someone it wasn't Sarah whoever it was must have been a young man.

I opened my eyes and there was a bright light I turned away just to find David's eyes were leveling with mine.

Except they weren't David's , his were bluish gray like mine, these eyes were brown and sad as if worried that the apocalypse hit only one person he cared about and he looked like he would be lost if that one person was gone.

"Joanna" David's voice said from the chair beside the bed I was laying on.

"What is this an interrogation or maybe operating room or just some where you burn people's eyes out?" I said the light was to bright.

"The second guess is probably the closest" they brown eyes said "how does your leg feel?"

"Oh right….umm…It feels so much better but…."

"It helped that you were out cold before the operation but you might still have a scar" said David

"I can live with scars I have a few already" those brown eyes I thought.

I've seen those eyes somewhere where have I seen those eyes. Oh now I remember.

"I told you I'd talk to you I'd talk to you later" I said.

"Yeah but when you said that I never thought you'd be waking up from an operation" Julius said

"But I think you should stay the night just to make sure you'll be okay."

"I need someone to stay with me" I said in a quiet voice "Oh my god, Jasmine is going to be worried sick about me do you have a phone I could use"

I looked at him with scared eyes.

"Yes of course" he said/

"Right here" a chiming voice came from the hallway. Sarah came in the room phone in hand "here you go," she said holding the phone out to me I took it and started to dial the phone number I must have dialed about three thousand times.

"David can I see you for a second" she whispered on her way out the door.

David followed like a dog on a leash.

I figured she was one of those girls who could have guys wrapped around her tiny elegant fingers within four seconds of being with her.

"Hello" a worried voice answered the cell phone Jas always had with her.

"Jas it's me listen" of course she didn't.

"Joanna we've been looking for you everywhere where are you."

"that's what I'm trying to tell you Jasmine now shut up and listen" I knew what I sounded like a spoiled brat who wasn't getting her way, well I'd been through too much today to really care.

"You know the Martin house like our only neighbors for miles" I looked at Julius he seemed to be pleased with that.

"Yes."

"Well that's where I am" he also seemed to be very pleased with that.

He looked at me and I let my hair fall in front of my face like curtains of silky brown fabric.

"We'll be right there" Jasmine said.

"Jas did I tell who saved my life because Rita left me?"

"I heard that" I thought Rita said in the background.

I also herd a clap like thunder, no more like Jasmine slapping Rita across the face.

"No who was it" I heard Maries excited voice say.

Well you're in a better mood aren't you "wait… what… what happened to Jasmine."

"Ummm…. Let's just say she got distracted…. So who saved you?"

"Okay uhhh… well you'll have to come find out for yourself but listen I need to stay where I am so I don't open the cut" I said hair still In my face with just a slight little space to see that Julius was walking toward me.

"So why don't you come tomorrow" I said.

"Okay good idea I'll uhhh… let Jas know once she becomes less distracted" Marie said over the phone "toodooles" she said

" what are we in the sound of music..God." Dial tone. Someone was pushing back my curtains. "Hello in there."

"Hi."

"Why are you hiding from me?" he asked

"I'm not I just didn't think that you well….. would want to look at me" I said.

I let my hair fall back, he pushed it back again and this went on until I gave up.

"I'm not the prettiest girl you'll ever see…. Not like your sister that's for sure."

"I think you pretty."

"What?" I was puzzled.

You see I understood the whole soul mate principle pretty well… but none of the rules towards them said they had to think you're pretty.

"Yeah…I find your so different but yet so beautiful in your own way and …." He paused as if trying to find the right words "you don't love someone because their pretty you love them for who they are not what they act like but what you see when you look in their eyes."

Oh my god….yes you must be my soul mate your everything I've ever wanted…. You except me for who I am…. You except me period.

"One that is so cheesy but I think it's sweet. Two are you saying you love me" I said.

Shit what you go and do that for why didn't you just say thanks and get on with life.

Then he did something unexpected he leaned down and right into my ear whispered "and what if I did?"

I turned to look at him my eyes probably looking kind of funny and he looked at me right into my eyes and there it was again that spark except it still wasn't unpleasant…. Why this once it was so pleasant I thought I was going to cry.

"We'll just have to do something about that now won't we" I said,

And without an instance warning we were kissing. Oh my god if Jasmine saw this we'd be in crap.

But Jasmines not here is she said a little voice in the back of my head.

Good point I answered and I was in his arms and he kept holding me tighter and tighter.

That's when I realized I loved him and even if we weren't soul mates – which was a bonus- I would probably still love him. Even if it was against the law!