For the next week, Jaden traveled by himself. At last he lost the will to live and checked into a hotel in Mihama.
"Better to be killed by Marik here then to keep going without Destiny," he thought as he threw himself onto one of the beds. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.
Jaden yanked open the door, expecting to see a maid or bellboy. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" he yelled. Then he realized the girl who stood outside his door wasn't a maid at all.
"D…D…Destiny?" he said, unable to believe his eyes. She simply nodded and flung herself into his arms.
"Isn't Avery going to be worried?" asked Jaden when they were inside.
Destiny shook her head and half smiled. "Nah, I left him a note. Besides," said Destiny, any trace of a smile vanishing from her face, "He's too busy with his engagement to worry about me."
"Engagement!" Jaden leapt up suddenly. "Since when is your brother engaged?"
"He proposed to his girlfriend Rebecca Hawkins three weeks ago." Destiny said with a hint of disgust creeping into her voice.
"Are you sure you're okay with this? I mean, you seem a little… mad."
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. So what if I don't like Rebecca and think she's WAY out of Avery's league? Big whoop! Nobody cares what I think."
Jaden looked at her. "Destiny, are you sure you're not jealous?"
"No, I'm just being sarcastic for no reason!" Destiny sighed. "It's just that Avery's been there for me for as long as I can remember and I'm just a little-"
"Scared?" He looked into her big blue eyes. "But you don't have to be. Avery's still going to love you as much as if he'd never even met Rebecca." Jaden paused for a moment. "And have you ever thought about how all of this makes him feel?"
"All of what? If you mean the engagement, I'm pretty sure he's psyched."
Jaden laughed. "No. I mean you traveling with me and sort of…well, you know…dating me?"
A thoughtful look crossed Destiny's face. "Well, no. To be honest, I've always been thinking about how happy I was. It never even crossed my mind that Avery might have issues with us."
"And I bet it hasn't crossed his mind that you might have issues with him and Rebecca. Destiny, as your boyfriend I just want to help you, but I'm also really afraid of making you mad because you could snap my arm like a twig. So I'm just going to say that if I were you, I'd call Avery and talk to him, not me."
Destiny sat quietly for a minute. "You know what? You're right! I'm going to go call him right now!" Destiny leapt up from the bed. Jaden grabbed the back of her shirt and pulled her back down. "Whoa there, senorita. Do you have any idea of how late it is? You'll just wake him up and make this situation a WHOLE lot worse. I'd wait until morning." Destiny sighed and trudged over to the other bed.
"Don't you have to change into pajamas?"
She just groaned.
********************************************************************************Well, they're officially a couple again, but they're not the only one now! Will Destiny still be bitter in the next chapter? Yes, she probably will.