Chapter 7
At 4:45 pm I walked out of my house to go to the beach where I was supposed to meet Jared. I have been waiting for this since forever and it was finally going to come true! I had took a shower and got in my perfectly fitted V neck black T-shirt that was quarter sleeves and demine blue jeans with black sneakers, my hair were as usually left open and I put on no make-up.
When I reached the beach I saw Jared standing near his car, his arms crossed over his chest. Although it was getting chiller day by day, Jared only wore a thin T shirt and khaki pants with sneakers. I shuddered at how cold it must be for him, but he did not seem to mind it at all!
When Jared saw me, a smile automatically grew on his face which in return made me smile. I walked up to him and while I was expecting a formal handshake or an awkward hello, Jared wrapped his arms around me and my heart started beating frantically! I slowly wrapped my arms around his torso as well and it felt as if the hug lasted forever! Well it did actually lasted for about 7 seconds, after which Jared breathed a "Hello" to me with a grin. I blushed and looked down as I replied a "Hey."
He turned to his car as if he remembered something and then reached out for something that was waiting on his seat. When he turned to me I saw five red Gerber Daisy flowers in his hand, they were beautiful! "These are for you" he told me as he offered me to take the flowers.
I took the beautiful flowers and admired them a moment before my eyes met Jared's and I told him "Thank you so much, these are beautiful" "Not half as beautiful as you" he replied making me blush a deep shade of red.
"Now, would you like to go out for a coffee or do you want to stay here?" Jared asked breaking the silence, I looked up to him and replied "Anything that you like" "No Kim, you are going to decided" he shook his head. "Well – then coffee it is then" I replied in a low voice.
He opened the passenger's door for me and I got inside, he closed it behind me and then jogged to the driver's seat and got inside. Jared's car smelled exactly like him, it was heavenly!
I kept the flowers on my lap but never took my hands off them. "I never got the chance to thank you enough for doing my assignment over again" I said after a long moment of silence. "You thanked me in the best way I could expect" Jared replied shaking his head. "When did you get time to do your assignment?" I had to ask this since forever! "I – managed" he said looking straight ahead, "How?" I pressed further, "I don't need much sleep, so I stayed up late" he replied after a while. "you don't need much sleep?" I was confused by this.
"I can go days without sleeping" Jared answered, "The most I can go without sleeping is 2 days" I mumbled, "Have you actually tried to not sleep for 2 days?" Jared was surprised, "Yes, but only because I had to stay up" I told him as I nodded my head. "Why did you have to stay up?" he asked curiously.
I remembered that time vividly, "We went on a camping trip, for 3 days and my sister Cami is really scared of insects, she did not sleep for the whole night those two days and kept me up with her as well, she was scared so I just could not sleep while she cried the whole night" I chuckled remembering how Cami kept throwing tantrums for the whole night!
"Did you not fell asleep the following mornings?" Jared was still curious, "We had many activities to do in the morning, I could not sleep but when we got back home, I had a fever from the exertion" I answered truthfully. "Do not ever try to go without sleep for even a single day" Jared looked at me while speaking. "How long can you go without sleeping?" I asked, my turn now!
"A week" he said looking away again, "A week?!" being shocked at his answer was an understatement. "Yes" he confirmed that I heard it right. "And you don't fall ill after that?" I asked curiously, "No" Jared chuckled. "How?" I was barely audible to myself but Jared somehow heard me.
"Kim I want to tell you everything, I really do but I am not sure if it is the right time, but if you keep asking me questions I will have to tell you" Jared looked sad again. "You will have to? You can deny to answer my questions if I am being too nosy" I told him as my eyes dropped from his face. "You don't get it Kim, I cannot deny you anything, I will always give you what you want, no matter what you ask for" Jared sounded so sincere when he spoke those words but I could not get myself to look at his face.
"Why?" was all I could ask, why could he not deny me anything? Why would he give me whatever I wanted? "This is so frustrating!" Jared sounded so – annoyed. I looked up at him, his whole body was shaking terribly, his features were masked by anger, frustration, pain, and his eyes were cold as he looked straight ahead. "Jared are you okay?" I asked as I kept my hand on his hand, which was on the steering wheel. His hand was burning, like he has a fever! He should have taken rest if he had fever!
Much to my surprise his body stopped shaking immediately and he took a deep breathe to compose his face once again. "Yes I am okay" Jared was calm again and his smile re appeared so I began to take my hand off his hand, "No" he protested, I stopped immediately and kept my hand back on his. "Jared do you have a fever?" I was concerned for him. I remember him having temperature before as well, "No" Jared chuckled as he answered, "No, you do have a fever, did you go to a doctor?" I had to ask.
"Kim, seriously I am fine" he protested from between his lips and I immediately took my hand off his. If he could not even tell the truth about him having a fever – which was so evident, then I don't know how many lies he could just speak.
When Jared stopped the car in front of a coffee café, I did not even waited for him to come and open my door. I got out before him and stood there, my back facing him. "Are you mad at me?" Jared asked poking me on my arm with his index finger. "No" I mumbled, "Kim" he sighed, "What?" I asked still not looking at him, "Please don't be mad at me" he begged and then I looked at him.
Jared was looking at his feet, he looked extremely sad and I did not liked seeing him like that. "I just don't want you to lie to me" I explained him, "Trust me, I want to tell you everything and I will tell you everything" Jared started, "Is this a secret or something?" I had to ask, "Yes and my life depends on it" Jared chuckled, what?! Was he in trouble?! "Jared are you in some kind of trouble?" I could not help but ask. "No, I am not in any trouble" he told me truthfully.
Before I could ask any further questions, he spoke again "Let's get inside first" and I nodded. While I held the flowers close to my chest, clenching on them with both my hands, Jared walked close by me.
The inside of the coffee café was warm and bright, there were too many people, and we could spot only two empty tables. The waiter greeted us and walked us to the table for two in the corner of the café. Jared pulled out the chair for me and I got in, he sat in front of me with a small smile on his face. I kept the flowers on the circular table and dropped my hands on my lap. The waiter got us a menu and then disappeared to attend the other costumer.
"What would you like to have?" Jared asked me, I examined the menu for a moment but ended up saying the same thing I always ordered "A cappuccino" Jared smiled at me and then called the waiter, who appeared in a few moments to take our order. "Two cappuccino please" Jared ordered, "Would you like something to eat with it?" the waiter asked looking at me and then at Jared.
Jared looked at me, "Nothing for me, thank you" I told him, "Just the coffee then" Jared told the waiter with a smile. "Okay, let me know if you change your mind" the waiter said before disappearing.
I spoke in a low voice "Jared I am really concerned about you" "Don't be, I am fine, and once you know about it you will definitely believe me" Jared comforted me, but I was not able to accept the fact that he was okay despite the fact that his life depended on some kind of secret! "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to" I told him, after all I was just his friend.
"I want to tell you about it Kim, I just have to be sure that you will not run away from me after you hear about it, because honestly I cannot think of a way to live without you now" and the last part made my heart do summersaults, I was at loss of words.
"You know" Jared started as he leaned forward towards me, and I copied his actions and leaned forward towards him. "I can hear each time you heart picks up pace" and now my heart went frantic. He straightened up as the waiter approached us while I was in the same position for another moment looking extremely dumb.
I straightened up and the waiter placed our coffee in front of us and then mumbled something before disappearing. Jared gestured me to have my coffee, I added a little sugar and then stirred my coffee while he did the same for his coffee. How could he hear my heart beats? What did he mean?!
Here I was losing my mind on what he had just told me and there he was sitting, enjoying his coffee!
"Go on ask me the question" Jared tried not to laugh at my expressions but he was failing miserably. "How can you hear my heart beats?" I was barely audible, my heart was still beating frantically. "I can hear every heart beating in this room, I can hear what they are talking about" he said the last line as he jerked his head in the direction of a couple was sitting in the other corner of the room.
"Is this the part of the secret?" I asked taking another sip of my coffee, "Yes" Jared answered looking into my eyes. "Jared I will never run away from you but you can make sure of it in your own ways" I promised him, "I am afraid to lose you" Jared confessed, how was he saying everything that I felt?!
"Trust me I am afraid to lose you too" I confessed looking at my coffee. "I will tell you everything after we get back to the first beach, or maybe if we meet tomorrow morning, I can steal you for the day and then tell you everything" Jared said, I looked up at him immediately.
Tomorrow was Saturday and I was free, maybe I could spend my day with him tomorrow and get some answers, maybe then I would feel better after actually knowing if Jared was safe or not. "Okay we can meet tomorrow morning" I agreed and Jared grinned, making me grin as well.
A/N: Hey Readers,
Thank you for your reviews, they mean the world to me, you people really make my day! I want to let you all know that I will be ending this story after Jared tells Kim his secret and they get in a relationship, because I don't want to put in the Bella and Jacob part in my story (Which I will have to since I want to follow the actual timeline). Thank you for supporting me, please leave a review and let me know your opinion on the story also hit the Follow and Favourite button if you like my story. Thanks once again! :D
-JT
