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Chapter 11: An Empty Soul Brings An Imagination
I awoke and looked around finding no signs once again that Hailey had ever came into my life. I knew I had told myself to forget Hailey but I didn't want to. It was a sense of pride I had only had in two situations, with Jaden and with Hailey. They were the two most important people and one disappeared without a trace.
"Alexis, what's wrong? Looking for Hailey again?" I nodded sadly, desperately trying to find her. "You know that you and I are the only people who know or remember her, right?" I once again nodded, egknowledging the fact that Hailey was not here in my arms, and wouldn't be for a long time.
"I just miss her, so much. I really would rather have her back." Jaden sighed.
"I'm sure her mother who you stole the child from deeply misses her too." I cried, and cried.
"Lexy, you know she's your child but for now. She's not yours Lexy, she's the future you's. I know you miss her, sh. Don't cry." I slowed my crying, and my parents came in.
"I want a child Mommy and Daddy." Their eyes got very big and looked at Jaden who was just as confused as them.
"Alexis, you're still in school now. You're too young to get pregnant and have a child." My mom cried and my dad looked at me.
"Alexis, I forbid you to get pregnant and have a child with Jaden." I start crying and Jaden is utterly confused and now is accused off insisting on me having a child.
hall "I seriously didn't ask her to. She just wanted someone to look up to her. She wanted someone to care for. She's just upset. She'll get over I hope."
"What should we do? If we're not careful she'll go off and get pregnant by some weirdo and then die because he's a killer." Her mom cried.
"I won't let that happen, doesn't your cook have a child that gets babysat everyday?"
"Yes, the child's name is Marie. I don't see what you're getting at though Jaden." Her father said.
"Ask the cook if Alexis can take care of Marie, rather than having a babysitter. I've seen Lexy take care of kids, we were watching at school. She's amazing, just ask, for Alexis."
"For Alexis' sake let's hope she says yes, and Alexis hasn't done anything horrible yet." Jaden nodded.
After Kayla let Jaden take Marie to me, he sat next to me. I never took the smile off my face as I cared for Marie all day and woke up happily taking care of Marie's every need. And After it got late I returned Marie to Kayla sadly and returned to the living room to talk with Jaden.
"What's wrong with you Lexy? You're so apart from yourself." I nodded, I stood up and walked across the room and then to a mirror hung on the wall.
"It's like someone took a third of me. I fell so empty. I wish my stomach was filled with the joy of birth like the future me will be soon." Jaden patted me on the back.
"Lexy, it's too hard to go to school when you're pregnant. After you are done with schooling and we get married, then we'll have Hailey, okay? It's better that way."
"I'm sure you're right, but I'm sure going to miss her. When will I have her in my arms again?" Jaden tried to figure it out.
"June 12, in 6 years; that's only for a day. You'll finally have her back on July 9th in 6 years but in 5 years as of September 12, she'll be apart of you." I had a big smile on my face.
"July 9th is the biggest day ever. It's the day you let go of Hailey, and she returns to you, as well as the day we get married." I nodded and smiled.
"It's going to be the best day ever in our futures. If I can servive that long. I miss her so much. I just want to die."
"Lexy, if you die than Hailey can't live and I'll be sad and Hailey will truly be non-existant like poor Ladle. Do her a favor and let her live."
"Okay, I promise I'll live so I can be reunited with her, and stay with you."
"Thanks Lexy because you'd leave me a very sad person and you'd actually mess up the time stream pretty bad because you'd couldn't have missed her because you died and she couldn't have been born. It's meant to be like this." I nodded.
September 1, School Starts "Finally school, how are you feeling about it Kari?"
"Pretty good Lex, I'm having a ton of fun hanging out with TK here. It's only a bit more than I normally have but beating him a duel monsters over and over again is getting more fun for every time I do it." I laughed.
"So how have you and Jaden been? I heard that you were going a bit crazy over the summer. How is Hailey doing?" I looked surprised.
"You remember Hailey?" I asked.
"Of course I remember her, who doesn't remember her. She's the most beautiful baby girl I've ever seen and so sweet and nice."
"Well everyone else forgot about her, they don't believe she exists." Kari laughed.
"Well of course she exists silly. She's the flesh and blood of you and Jaden, right?" I once again nodded.
I ran off, to find Syrus. I crashed into him and Jaden hanging out by the springs. "Hey Alexis, what's wrong you look like you just saw something unbelieveable." Syrus said looking at my face.
"Syrus, do you remember Hailey?" Jaden smacked his face.
"Lexy, you know good and well than no one…
"Of course I do Alexis. She's your and Jaden's daughter from the future. So where is she?" Jaden and I were both speechless, then I started crying.
"It's okay Alexis, it's okay. I guess only your friends and people who live close to your family forgot. It's okay."
"No it's not Jaden, everyone remembers now and I can't handle it. I want her, now." I started crying and Jaden led the way to his dorm and sat down on Syrus' Bed.
"Lexy, we've been over this. Only 6 more years, not even. In about 5 years she'll be part of you and you can be with her for 9 months then she'll disappear for 2 then return for good to stay with you for the rest of our lives." I nodded, knowing that I couldn't have her now, but still wanted her.
Atticus walks in the door with Molly. "Guess what everyone, I'm getting married." I jumped up and congratulated her on her engagement.
"I'm so happy for you Molly, and you too Atticus. I'm glad that you two will finally be together." The two nodded and smiled.
Jaden mumbled something under his breath, which I couldn't hear but I knew it was something not fit to be sad out load so I just kept quiet. "Jaden isn't there something you'd like to say to them."
"Oh yeah, congradulations and what not; I can't wait for a niece." I playfully smacked him knowing that both Molly and Atticus had 1 year of school to go, and wouldn't have a child for about 3 years which was a bit closer than my 6.
"Jaden! You know what Atticus and I think about having a child anytime soon." Atticus laughs and Molly and I look at him.
"Cool it Molly, Jaden is just being a jokester, and by the way you reacted, he's pretty good at it. Well Jaden you'll be happy to know that we'll be getting married August 12 of next year after school's well out of the way and everything is planned, then we'll wait a while before we have kids. Not like someone I know, Alexis." I blush, and Jaden playfully laughs and my expense.
"I just wanted someone to take care of is all. I seriously didn't want to have a kid now. I just wanted a kid to take care of."
"We all know Lex, it was just a joke. You and Molly seriously need to lighten up with these jokes of mine, and Jaden's." I glared at him.
"At least mine fit the mood of what's going on around me." I glared at Jaden and we all laughed. "What, I don't see what's funny."
"The joke about having a niece didn't exactly fit what was going on, Jaden." We all laughed as Atticus and Jaden had a laugh of contest to see how things are going.
"Well I have to go set up my door room with Kari, bye Jaden." I said as I kiss him and then walk off.
My Dorm "Hey Kari, where are you?" She comes out of the closet. "Why were you in our closet?"
"I slept in there for a while last year and it truly is as big as the room. It's also more secretive, you could throw a party in there without anyone knowing." Kari said thinking a bit peculiarly.
"I think they're going to be throwing a party at the Dinning Center rather than having it in my closet. The Dinning Center is much bigger than my closet." Kari laughed.
"I know that, it's just that our closet's back home just have a tiny bit of room for our roll up beds and maybe some clothes, most of our clothes are folded in a dresser, mainly." I nodded and understood her Japanese ways. A walk-in closet was extremely rare in Japan, especially for a middle class family like Kari's. "By the way, did you see how TK was doing when you visited Jaden's room?"
"Sorry Kari, I actually didn't choose to stop by, I was upset and Jaden took me there to calm down. My family doesn't remember Hailey but everyone else does and it's going to become a real problem, because I miss her." Kari sat on her bed and looked at me.
"It's okay, I'll make sure we don't mention her for however long until she's born." I shook my head, "Okay, just for a while." I nodded.
"I don't want to forget her, I just don't want it to plague me that she was with me and now she's not. You can mention her as the daughter that Jaden and I, might have. We don't want to think like it's a for sure thing, even though it is." I nodded.
"I know what you mean, my parents both think that my relationship will come to an end too soon leaving me heartbroken but TK and I love each other too much for that. We try not to talk about that part of the future. We stick to Jobs, Houses, Animals and free topics and such."
"That's really smart Kari, so do you want to go visit TK. I'm sure he's settled down by now, right? And if we're going to go, I'll come with to say hello again."
"I guess, I mean, how long is it going to take to settle into a tiny dorm room, like theirs?" I laughed. "Seriously, they don't even have a closet, how sad is that?" I once again laughed.
TK's Dorm "Hey TK, long time no see." Kari said happily taking a spot next to TK as he typed out a story of some kind on his computer. You'll learn what the story is later. Clue is End of Season 2.
TK quickly shut his laptop and set it next to him. "Hello Kari, what brings you to my tiny dorm, here?"
"Missing you, of course; so what are you doing, TK?" TK laughed.
"I'm just writing some meaningless stuff, if you really want to see it, you can see it when I'm done." I laughed as I watch the couple meaninglessly flirt with one another.
"I'm just here to accompany Kari, but now she has company so I'm going to go find Chazz. Do you know where he is?" TK laughed.
"No one does Alexis, sorry. He was assigned to this dorm with me but he never showed up, so I have it to myself." I was confused, where could Chazz of gone.
"His GPS code, do you have it on the dorm sign up paper." TK pointed to the form. "Here it is, I pulled out my PDA and typed the code in and I followed it out of the room and down a hall.
"Somehow I don't remember this hall here, do you TK?" Kari said as she followed me tracing the very close GPS signal from Chazz's PDA.
"No, someone said they just built a huge extension onto the Slifer Dorm. They said they got a grant and it's huge but it's just a dinning center and stuff." Kari walked forward and caught up with me and saw the signal.
"It's coming from inside the dinning center!" Kari said pointing out the direction of his signal was completely northwest on GPS chart.
We walked into the center and it was huge; but it wasn't a dinning facility, it was like a big fancy house, like mine. "Wow, this is huge, does Chazz live here?"
"You're a hundred percent right, Alexis. I live here. The rumors about the dinning center and the grant are false, I bought this for me to be more comfortable and I am." I crossed my arms and looked away.
"I still think you're a little too caught up in the money Chazz. It would be good for you to actually go on one of the Slifer Field Trips, they are a real center of learning. You need to take care of yourself out there." Chazz laughs.
"I'm banned from my family mind you Alexis. This is about all I'm going to be able to afford for long time. Also, you talk big for an heiress from her own person island." I stuck out my tongue and walked away but I was stopped by someone.
"It would be very impolite of you to walk out of Chazz's house Lexy without excusing yourself. You are a girl of good manners." I turned around to see who would lay a hand on my shoulder and stop me from leaving.
"Atticus, don't stop me. My manners would be wasted on someone like him." I said and then I looked at Atticus and him being ashamed of my inappropriate behavior.
"He is very right Alexis, as much as one despises another, it's still improper to leave without excusing yourself, and saying good-bye." Chazz walked down the stairs.
"They are right you know, it would be a disgrace to see one of Obelisk's Blue's best lose all her manners to a Slifer. You are the one who breaks all the codes of conduct for the houses, right?" Chazz said mockingly.
"Fine, all of you who plot against me, watch this. Chazz, I am going to be leaving the premises of your gigantic mansion like dorm. Good-bye Chazz." He waved good-bye as I stomped madly out the door.
I went to the dock where I always hanged out with Zane. "My, you are a girl of good manners, even to someone who has insulted you and makes fun of your very existence you are still very proper to the end."
"When have I not been; I was taught to be like that. That's how it is. Sometimes I slip at it but the comment about me writing the rules of the houses is what got me."
"How so?"
"I didn't write the rules; I just broke the unwritten rules. As a Obelisk Blue, I'm suppose to hate Slifers. That's why I broke the rules in the first place. A girl is suppose to be proper to all people, it clearly written. Even though the rules said we don't have to be polite to the poor that rule is like the second to last so the first rule about kindliness to all comes first. I had to be nice, even though I hated it."
"Wow, tough decisions you have. I never thought that these pity conflicts between houses were this tough on some people."
"You have no clue. My boyfriend is the most amazing person in the world and he's the best duelist in the world too. It's just that he's in Slifer because of low test scores, by grades he's a Slifer but by dueling abilities he's an Obelisk for sure."
"He's very lucky, isn't he?"
"How so? They treat him like dust because he's a Slifer even though the standards of a dueling school are on tests of knowledge not dueling."
"No, I mean to have someone as cool tempered as you. He's extremely lucky to have a girl like you, anyone would be." I laughed. "What?"
"I had a friend who said the same thing like that last year. He said 'Any boy would be extremely lucky to have a girlfriend like you Lex.' It was the first thing he said to me when I ran into him out here."
"He seems really smart." I nodded and looked at the person who I had went through a whole conversation with, but he was not there.