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This chapter is going to be lacking quite a bit of my normal fluff of my stories. But it's all for good purpose because well… it was explained in the last chapter. If you don't remember go read chapter two again, please. I don't want to have to explain it. But I shall anyway. When someone is upset and at the point of almost tears; it is not the best time to be a romantic person. It is best to be a friend and cheer them up or solve the problem.
Sorry Readers, I'm going to Washington DC as a school field trip. Yes, we had to pay. Only 85 of us 8th graders are going but it's still something big because we'll be out for 3 days. No learning except for the stuff they will tell us but that's no big deal because we learned so we can ignore them talking. I'll be back on Ta Da- Saturday 1:00am but I'll be tired from my trip so don't expect a chapter unless I have 3 reviews and I get at least 2 hours of sleep. So chapter will be up on Saturday night if I get numero trace reviews.
Oh, and sorry it's even later than I expected but the e-mail deliverance system for was cut off so no writers or anyone could receive receive reviews or Personal messaging to their e-mail address.
March 29 when I planned to send a chapter the updating system was down. Message as seen on 27th, 2006 -- Outage warning: On April 29th from 11PM to approximately 2AM the site will be down for a scheduled facility power-grid upgrade. Nothing exciting here. Just replumbing work by electricians.
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Sorry, I just recently realized that Jaden and I 2 was classified as Completed Fic and not as a In-Progress Fic so I'm sorry to those who read it and were confused on why it 'ended' with a cliff hanger. Thank You Reviewers:
–Thanks Dearly: Aniecä
Chapter 3: Old Friends, and New Friends
1 Week Later
I awoke to the house phone ringing. Usually Melissa wouldn't wake me up to answer the phone but she had a while up so I had to answer it so I did. "Hello Alexis Rhodes speaking; who may I ask is calling?"
"I'm sorry but I'm not telling you who I am just come down to the door and find out." I knew that voice but I couldn't place it. I ran down the stairs and opened the door to meet someone hugging me. I looked at the person from my droggy eyes.
"Kari, TK; it's so wonderful to see you two again. So how have you been?" I said then noticing a boy was with them. He looked surprised to see me and then jumped to attention.
"Well I see Tai finally woke up from our long air flight. You remember Tai, my Atticus." Tai was confused about what Kari meant by that and we just laughed. TK too seemed confused slightly by this statement. TK hadn't met Atticus yet and it's a good thing too.
"Why don't you all come in? I don't have any plans today except for a few daily tasks but they'll get done regardless of when and if I do them." I said; trying to realize that Jaden would be over today or not. I sincerely wondered if he would be okay with his new found knowledge.
I sat down with them and made them a good home cooked meal. It wasn't like the wonderful food they had back home but it would suffice for now. "Wow, whatever you're name is, this is really good."
"Alexis, Tai." Kari said annoyed with Tai.
"Ya, I remembered that I just momentarily forgot. So do you cook a lot? Where d ya learn how to cook like that?" Tai said finishing up his meals and getting seconds.
"Let's just say, what I do entitles me to know how." I said picking up dishes and taking them to the kitchen to make sure I didn't leave a mess when everyone got home.
"Parents Home, Alexis?" Tai asked. I realized it was just waiting to pain a ugly portrait if I said no but honestly I didn't want to think about it. A young beautiful girl left all alone on a almost deserted island in a unprotected castle.
"No, Atticus checks on me a few times during the day. I'm not usually home thought." Honestly this is their only day off and Atticus stops by to pick up money from our in home bank and sees what I'm doing. I'm not even at the house alone because of the maids and Jaden.
"So what do you do around here for chores? Duh, stupid question, let me guess, nothing." Kari and I both gave him and evil stare and we walked away followed by TK who just didn't want to be stuck with Tai.
"So what brings you guys so far away from you're house? I'm pretty busy with my own problems to worry about yours anymore but what's up anyway?" I said. I didn't want to seem conceited but, with the place, Jaden and Molly. I had my hands full.
"It's okay that you're busy but guess what?" Kari said with a calm, yet excited voice tone. TK and Kari reached into their bags and pulled out a Red blazer for TK and a Blue blazer for Kari.
"You're in Duelists' Academy! That's awesome!" I said running across the room to Kari and grabbing the uniform/blazer that she held. "You even made it to Obelisk too!"
"Yep, Kari took special prep courses and after what she scored last year she made it to Obelisk easy. She studied hard but she's still rough on it." TK said looking at Kari's blushing sensation of her hard work being admired.
"So what's you're excuse TK? You slept thru the classes." Kari and I laughed about my joke.
"No, he just didn't take them. Quote him on this 'I'm already good enough. No classes for me. I'll match whatever you score and raise it.' He got about 10 of what I got. They said mine was very poor for an Obelisk but the prep schools make you automatic Obelisk students." I nodded, that's one of the ways I got in Obelisk year 1. I also scored as high as Zane did when he first took the exam.
"So you're going to school with us? Kari nodded That is cool." I said returning to my chair on the other side of the room. "You and TK both?"
"Nope, TK, Tai and I; we all made it. Tai got Ra Yellow so we're all split up but Tai is awesome with most battling techniques, so that's how he did it. So I'm going to be staying in a dorm with you and Mimi and Jane." I laughed. I didn't have the heart to tell her the whole story about me renting my own room after the problems of last year with the jabbering.
"Nah, I'm renting by myself as is Atticus. With all the problems of last year we still are close just I needed my space but I'd gladly share a double with you." Kari smiled and TK had almost dosed off to sleep. Kari too noticed that.
"TK," TK jumped to attention when his name was yelled at his face.
"Go up down this hall, up a staircase and last room on your right. It's a guest bedroom; you can sleep there. Kari you'll stay at the last bedroom on your left. I'm across the hall if you need me. I have stuff to attend to." They nodded and went up there and then I went to the docks.
"Wait Alexis, where are you going?" Tai said as he followed me outside to the docks.
"I have stuff to do today Tai. I have to go. Your bedroom is second to last bedroom on the upper floor. It's next to T.K.'s; can't miss it, bye." I said climbing up the ship and leaving for Jaden's port gate to see him and Molly again.
"K, but most proper young ladies don't leave their guests to fend for themselves. Bye thought." Tai walked away half pouting half upset about me going.
I arrived at the dock just to find Jaden's ship. Well this ship I leant to Jaden about to leave. "Jaden, you there?" The dock master turned around.
"Sorry Miss. Alexis, the young man you address as Jaden is still asleep. He had a horrible night last night. He hasn't been asleep in a while." The dock master replied.
"So then why is the ship ready to leave why he's asleep? Where are you going?" He laughed.
"Sorry for the confusion Miss. Alexis. He was cold out here all night so I turned on the ship's internal engines to keep him warm. You can come aboard and see him though." I nodded and climbed aboard.
Jaden looked like a person who was caught in the middle of a war and kept in jail without food or water. He looked very weak and tired. It was almost unbearable to watch. I stepped away just to crash into someone.
I wanted to scream but someone put their hand over my mouth. It seemed wet and tear covered the hand. Who else did I know who would cry at this sight, Only one, Molly. "Don't, sh. He's sleeping finally." I turned around to see a tear filled eyed, sad and despaired Molly.
"Molly," She grabbed my hand and guided me gently and quietly off the boat.
"There, now we won't wake him up. Now you can." She looked saddened and like I was going to hurt her. She held herself like a child about to be punished. Waiting for the pain and punishment. I didn't understand.
"What do you expect me to do?" I said just trying to reassure myself that I had no clue what to do.
"Hurt me, beat me up, and punish me; anything to relieve my pain." She said falling on the ground to my feet. "Just do it soon for me."
"Why would I do that to you?" I said still confused about what she was talking about.
"You saw him Alexis, he's horrible. Take him home with you. Help him. He can't stand out. He might as well be dead than here." Molly's tears didn't clarify what she meant but I now understood.
"Tell me exactly what happened to him since I left. Then why I should blame you because it's not you're fault to any extent." She shook her head and fell on her face and cried.
"Yes it is. I could have but I didn't."
6 days ago (Molly's Viewpoint as explanation)
"Bye Molly." Jaden said holding his bags. He stood there staring at me.
"Where are you going? How long will you be gone?" He laughed. I wondered so much about his well being but was it worth it for him to leave without my knowledge.
"To the dock, I can't stay with you Molly. I can't without knowing for sure you're my sister. It feels so wrong to me. I'm eating you food, sleeping in you're house. It's not mine, so I'll care for myself." I say aw struck at this. He would leave me without this small bit of knowledge.
"You can't anyone could attack you. You have no money, no where to sleep. What do you plan to do? You can't even go to Duelists' Academy without the money I support you with." I realized that he needed me but he wouldn't any longer go on without me.
"I'll do everything to the best of my abilities on my own. I'll use scholarships, or loans or anything. I'll do everything on my own. I can do it Molly. I promise you I'll be fine. Don't worry." He left and I was left scared and alone.
Don't worry was the last thing he said to me. Don't worry, ha. With the trouble he gets in if no one worried. Well we'd be dead and everything would be gone.
Now weeks later he hasn't eaten or slept in days. He's catching hypothermia and is slowly dying because he won't admit that even if we aren't related or we are he refuses to be a burden, ask for help and save himself.
Normal position in future
"Then why were you on that ship with Jaden?" I asked hoping it was the answer I wanted from Molly.
"Because as much as I have to tell myself this. He could be my brother so I still have to have some consideration of him. I gave him sleeping pills, told the dock master to turn on the heat, gave him blankets. He might not be my brother but no one related to me or not should end up like that." Molly said holding strong to what she said.
I agreed entirely with what she was saying and I knew what I had to do. "Can I use your phone? My cell is at home charging." Molly handed me her cell phone and I called Atticus' cell phone number.
"Hey big bro, you mind doing me a huge favor?" I said with a sweet intent in my voice. I wasn't faking it. I really had this deep concern for Jaden in mind when I said this.
"Maybe, what is it?" I didn't want to tell him but I might have to.
"Just promise me you hurry up and come to Molly's house. It's an emergency; and without you're help someone close to us could die. Good-bye Atticus." I hanged in tears. Honestly, I didn't know if he was going to die. I hoped with all my heart that he wasn't anywhere close to but the sooner he was taken care of the better.
"Who did you call Alexis?" I laughed.
"It's someone who is related to me and in a sort of Jaden person to you."
"Atticus, of course. He would be willing to help Jaden and I at anytime after what Jaden and you did. I'm his girlfriend that's why I'm included in the helping people list though.
A few minutes later a scared and freaked out Atticus burst through the door. "What's the emergency? Who's going to die?" Seeing Atticus so upset and freaked out was just a start to my own tear works.
I ran to Atticus', my brother's arms and cried. I haven't ever cried like this before. It wasn't of sorrow, or fear, it was me not wanting to see Jaden dead. "Sh. Alexis, it's okay now. I'll help you. What's wrong?"
"Jaden." That's all I said then he laid me down on the couch and as much as I put up a fight to stay awake. I couldn't. I was sad and felt alone.
I awoke in my own bed at home. I awoke to Atticus hugging me tight and Molly across the room smiling with a sense of tears in her eyes.
"It's all done now. It's all over, no more, no more." Atticus said; I cried, threw the covers over my head tightly and cried. Jaden was gone, he was gone and I was not happy, not at all. I should be but, I couldn't. Someday I would be happy for Jaden but so young and so carefree Jaden was. Where was he now? I knew almost as if I'd been there.
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Reviews Please! Or no next chapter. It's not over it's just the beginning of the torment I call a story. I'm sure those who are mad at me will get over it soon enough. The story is going to be better off without him.