Thank you very much for reviewing JackandSkyForever and Kaylamarie2012! I wasn't expecting to get any reviews so thank you very much! =) This would have been up earlier but my darn history homework is taking FOREVER. It still isn't done, but I absolutely had to post this.
I own nothing by the way. Lyrics used in this Chapter are from "Sober" by Pink.
Charles Force sat at a mahogany desk in his home office, skimming through his mail. His home office was a large room with ceiling to floor bay windows covering the entire East wall and tall book shelves on the North. The walls were painted a lavish forest green accompanied with cherry wood moulding. Upon the mahogany desk sat many pictures of Jack and Mimi through the years.
The pictures varied from bike riding in Central Park to vacations in Paris. In front of the mahogany desk sat three Victorian style chairs. Jack had once said that sitting in the chairs was like sitting in front of the principal at school. Charles chuckled to himself as he thought of that.
His mail was mostly junk mail and a few business and committee related things. After Lawrence's death, the committee had no other choice but to reinstate him as Regis. He was just about to sweep them off his desk into the bottom drawer to deal with them later when something caught his eye. One of the envelopes in the pile had a red wax seal on the back. He quickly tore open the envelope and read the letter inside.
This couldn't be. It was too early. He hadn't been expecting this for months, years. How on earth could this have happened? He stood up and walked over to the bay windows still holding the letter. He paced back and forth, his eyes scanning the letter in hopes that they words would disappear and cause him to not have to deal with it.
He had read the letter seventeen times in total before it finally sunk it. This was really happening. The secret he had kept for so many years was going to have to be revealed. For a moment he started blankly out the window pondering his options. He had no other choice. He was going to have to tell Schuyler Van Alen the truth sooner than he had hoped.
The music was blasting from the speakers of the latest and newest club. At the most exclusive and V.I.P section sat Bliss Llewellyn accompanied by the fabulous Mimi and Jack Force (or rather Bliss Llewellyn was accompanying them.).
Mimi sat next to Bliss her body entwined around some guy she just met while Jack sat beside her looking rather uninterested and bored. Bliss sipped on her cocktail gazing out on the dance floor. Things had definitely been weird these past few weeks. She had been having the same reoccurring nightmare that seemed to follow her everywhere. Lately, it seemed as though the things that had been happening in the dream were really coming true.
She merely shrugged it off thinking it was just déjà vu or memories coming back to her.
"Why have you been acting so impossible these past few days? Or should I say weeks?" Mimi whined to Jack.
The twins had constantly been bickering back and forth for weeks. The arguments would last from minutes to hours.
"You have to get over her. She never wanted you, she loves the red blood. Why can't you be happy with what you do have? Me," Mimi was speaking quite loud now. Bliss watched stirring her cocktail with her straw. Sometimes it was so captivating to watch them; like a mini-soap opera.
"We aren't having this conversation anymore," Jack said in a hushed tone. He stood up put some money on the table and left.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mimi shrieked after him but he was already gone. Mimi grabbed her drink and chugged it down.
The upbeat techno music changed to something slower.
I don't wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest
Or the girl who never wants to be alone
I don't wanna be that call at four o'clock in the morning
'Cause I'm the only one you know in the world that won't be home.
"Who made it so we couldn't get drunk?" Mimi grumbled to Bliss.
"You actually want a hang-over?" Bliss said thinking the song playing was kind of ironic to the situation.
"No, I want this all to disappear for a minute, I want the buzz. I wanna get drunk!"
I don't wanna be the girl who has to feel the silence...
The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth
Please don't tell me that we had that conversation
when I won't remember, save your breath, 'cause what's the use?
Mimi began to grab the drinks around her downing them as fast as she could. She reached for Bliss' but Bliss pulled it away from her.
"This isn't going to help you, its no use."
"I know," Mimi said bursting into tears. "Everything is so wrong! There are days where I don't even want to get up in the morning. It's all her fault! Everything, everything, everything!"
Bliss was shocked to see Mimi reduced to such a state. Mimi never cried. She didn't even really cry when Aggie died.
I'm comin' down
Comin' down
Comin' down
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Looking for myself.. Sober
"I don't even think he wants to be bonded. He doesn't love me anymore," Mimi was sobbing now.
People sitting at the other tables had turned and looked over at them now. Bliss put her drink down and put her hand over Mimi's hand.
When it's good, then it's good, it's so good, 'till it goes bad
Till you're trying to find the you that you once had
I have heard myself cry
Never again
Broken down in agony
And just trying to find a friend.
"Just give him time. Things will get better. The bonding will happen. Take it one step at a time."
Mimi nodded and sniffed.
I'm safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain
Inside
You're like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?
"We have to leave now," Mimi said abruptly standing up.
"Why?"
"My make up is all screwed up."
"Sky, did you see that? That was sick!" Oliver shouted excitedly "His head came clean off! One only shot! Just one and his head was gone!"
Oliver had attempted to set up a fun night for him and Sky but Schuyler didn't seem to interested. She had been staring at the metal popcorn bowl that sat upon the coffee table infront of them for a good solid hour. Oliver had stared at it for a while too, just to see if she was seeing something he wasn't. Maybe the movie choice was a bit off? He had chosen a movie about gangsters and car races. He hadn't really put much thought into it really. He just snatched one off the shelf and threw it in the DVD player. All he really cared about at that moment was being with Schuyler. But she seemed completely out of it.
Oliver turned and looked at her. She looked extremely tired. She had dark circles forming under her eyes and looked sickly. He knew she had broken things off the "fabulous" Jack Force. She hadn't really said much about it, just that she didn't want to kill him. It was all for the better. Oliver was sure of it.
Schuyler looked away from the popcorn bowl for the first time in an hour and turned her attention to Oliver.
"Sorry, I'm such a party pooper," She said slouching back against the couch. "I've just been exhausted lately. Graduation plans are bringing out way too much stress."
Oliver wasn't listening though. "When's the last time you fed?"
Panic crossed over her face.
"Oh, well I had, like, um, some raw meat the other day. I'm perfectly fine," She sat up straighter on the couch.
"I don't believe you."
"Well you should," She snapped back.
"That pretty much gives it away," Oliver said laughing. "You always get cranky when you're hungry."
"Yeah, for real food."
"I told you what happens when you don't feed. Do you really want to end up fainting in front of everyone during the Gala? Or worse walking up to get your diploma during graduation?"
"I'm fine. FINE."
Oliver shifted closer to her on the couch, and attempted to entice her into feeding. He titled his head to the side revealing his neck.
"Go on, feed."
"Ollie..."
"I insist. Go on."
"Ollie, I just feel so bad. I dunno. It seems wrong."
"I have plenty of blood, Sky. I am not going to bleed out," He knew that wasn't the reason though. He knew she wouldn't feed from him because she still felt something for Jack. She felt as though she was cheating. Cheating on someone she broke up with. It was difficult to be the other guy in the relationship, always coming in second. Second best. Never the one, never first. Why did he have to fall for her? Why? Why not someone else? He couldn't help it though. As much as he hated the situation, he couldn't stay away from her.
"I – "
"EAT."
Oliver felt a slight pain in his neck and then a fuzzy sensation.
"Take as much as you need." He said dreamily, slowly drifting off into unconsciousness.
Jack sauntered around the lake at Central Park. It was quiet and peaceful, just the way he liked it. He needed time to clear his head.
After he the outburst with Mimi, upon exiting the club he was attacked by the paparazzi who were concerned about Mimi's where a bouts as the Force twins had not been seen together for over three weeks. Jack merely shrugged them off, stuck his hands in his pockets and walked off. He didn't bother to call a taxi or town car. He wasn't ready to go home, he just needed to think.
Lately his life had been all out of sorts. His life had been perfect now it was just... nothing. Each day was a blur. He felt like he was in a dream like state where nothing was really real. Everything went past him, nothing ever fazing him. His relationship with Schuyler was done and his relationship with Mimi was slowly deteriorating. He could have any girl he wanted but the two that he thought he did, were both out of reach.
When Mimi had found about the secret meetings he had been having with Schuyler, the expression on her face was unforgettable. Her beautiful face was distorted with rage and hurt. It was a face he saw every time he closed his eyes. He had hurt her. She had said so many things to him, some nasty things and something s about how bad he had hurt her. One thing stuck out in his mind though. It was something that always echoed through his mind:
"Benjamin Force, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. You have to choose. Me or her. In this case it also means life and death. If you stay with her, you are as good as dead. Do you hear me? You will die if you stay with her. Die. And if you do, I won't care."
Jack slouched on one of the many benches. After Mimi had said that to him, it gave him hope. He actually hoped that Mimi didn't want him anymore. If Mimi didn't want him he was free to be with Schuyler. He wanted to be with Schuyler. He rested his elbows on his knees. He knew what he wanted now but it was all too late. Shortly after his encounter with Mimi, Schuyler had said the devastating words that had brought his world crashing down. Sure, it pleased Mimi but how could he be with someone who said they wouldn't care if he died?
Wow. That was a long chapter! Please review! I'd like to know how I'm doing/what I need to improve etc. If it is too boring, I promise it will get more exciting! Review please!
xoxo Carly.
