+Forgive, Forget, Understand+
Mia's P.O.V
I was in a hospital bed. The lights were dim and the shadows enveloped the room. Sitting up carefully I placed my feet upon the tile floor. Standing up I walked over to a mirror nearby. Looking into it I found no reason why I should be here. I was not hurt, and I did not feel pain. I had no wounds.
Turning away from the mirror, time seemed to speed up as something pushed me forward out into the hallway. Then as if the surroundings around me moved while I stood still the hallway turned into a blur as it sped toward its destination. Then it stopped in front of the exit. Turning to look around and see if anyone was there I called out, "Hello, is there anybody here." Walking up to the front desk I tapped on the bell but there was no answer.
The hospital gown I was wearing suddenly blew with the wind. Looking behind me, I found the reason why. The doors were wide open, leading straight into a jungle.
I hesitated until I heard a low growl from at the end of the hospital's hallway, and a shadow suddenly appear and stalk toward me. I could see its eyes. The eyes were cat like and the way the shadow moved, it seemed as if it were a giant cat the way the black shoulder blades rolled with every step it took. Without another glance I turned on my heel and headed straight out the exit and into the jungle.
Not even taking time to take in my surroundings, or wonder why I had been in a hospital one moment, and then in a desolate jungle the next; I just kept running along a straight path pushing the glowing plants out of my way until I reached a forest of full of the most unusual trees I had ever seen. They seemed as if they were willow trees the way they swayed, but I knew better as I took in their white glow.
Forgetting about the animal that had been chasing me I walked forward toward the tree, but the moment I reached out my hand to touch one of the limbs it was gone, and I was kneeling on the ground next to Tommy's body, touching his cheek.
The tears were warm against my cheeks, as they fell steadily onto Tommy's face. The blood had begun to seep out of his mouth and at the corners of his lips. Choking back a sob I noticed Tommy's eyes begin to move, but right before they opened I turned at a noise behind me.
Then the alley was gone and I was standing next to a wreck, with a body hanging half out of a car. I remember this. This was that crash that killed that one woman. The crash I had caused. Walking over to her dead body, her eyes began to flicker open. I heard a growl behind me and I turned once again finding myself looking straight into the eyes of a angry thanator, and I was no longer on the side of the road, but at the unusually trees once again. As the animal stalked toward me it took different shapes of deceased people I had encountered within my life. Then it took on another form as soon as its face was only inches away from mine. Keeping my eyes locked on its golden orbs, I watched the face change. The skin turned blue, the eyes narrowed, and the jaws fell away to a chiseled male like jaw. The one thing that remained was the color of the eyes; golden suns both staring me down challengingly as if daring me to move. A hand reached out to touch my cheek, and still I did not move. The face leaned toward me while every second seemed to carry on agonizingly, almost as if this person was purposely teasing me, but finally when it seemed all hope was lost their lips met mine.
Their lips were so sweet, and tender I could feel the tiny tingling of happiness well up inside me. They moved their lips so gently across mine it felt as if I was kissing an angel, and the way they held my cheek with their strong hand I felt as if nothing could every harm me as long as I was with them.
When they pulled away I found my body was no longer human, but Na'vi, and the person's cheek my hand was now resting on was Tsu'tey's. I went to smile, but his suddenly vanished as a gun fired. Still looking at me I watched as blood bubbled up in his mouth and spilled out through the corners of his lips. Collapsing in my arms I held him tightly, as the tremors coursed through me. Then the face changed. Not, just the face, but the whole body, and there I was holding in my arms Sage, and we were lying in our bed. He was not bleeding, but smiling at me with a sort of shimmer of happiness dancing in his eyes.
"May I ask you a question, Love," Looking down at him as he twirled my hair, I replied, "Anything, Sage."
"If something is to ever happen to me, you'll move on right," he asked as his eyes went serious. My eyes narrowed and I murmured, "Nothing will ever happen to you. You'll live till we are old and gray."
"But what if something does happen," Sage threw at me again.
"Then I'd promise to never love again. I can't see myself with any other man as good as you," I whispered lying down beside him.
"If I die out there in the field, I want you to move on. I want you to find somebody who will love you as much as I do. Someone who will be able to take care of you and somebody you'll be able to give your heart to and let inside your thick barrier you keep around your heart and mind. I don't want you to be alone…alone…alone…alone…alone…"
"MIA," I suddenly awoke with a jolt, when I realized someone was shaking me. Opening my eyes I found Norm, and Trudy standing above me with worried eyes. Looking around I also found Jake sitting up in his bed with Grace hovering at the end of my bed.
"What happened," I mumbled wiping the sleep out of my eyes.
"You mean you don't remember," Norm questioned looking between Grace and me.
"You were screaming, and mumbling, when we woke up. You're eyes have been wide open this entire time," Grace said moving between Trudy, and Norm. As she pulled me out of bed, wrapping the blanket around me, she led me away from the others and into the next trailer, so as to get me away from prying eyes. Sitting me down on a chair next to her microscope she walked back into the other trailer. After a couple of moments she reappeared with a cup of hot herbal tea and some pills in hand. Handing them over to me she ordered me to take them, and chase them down with hot tea. Following her orders I soon found myself at a numbing calm as she looked at me intently, then she spoke, "How long?" Raising an eyebrow at her she replied again, "How long have you had them?"
Shrugging my shoulders I whispered, "Since my miscarriage." Her eyes widen for only a moment, and then it was gone.
"My brother used to have nightmares and panic attacks. Never dreams, just nightmares. He suffered from them for years, before he finally threw himself off a bridge. The doctors say that it was treatable, but only to some. Are you taking any medication for it," she asked looking me in the eyes, and there I found the care buried beneath them. Shaking my head she suddenly slammed a bottle down on the counter as I started shaking my head and mumbling, "It won't work…"
"Try, that's all I ask. You're a sweet girl Mia. You remind me a lot of my niece, and I don't want to see what happened to my brother happen to you. I can't risk it at this point," she said turning back to being boss again at the end. Nodding I took the pill bottle before a question appeared in my mind, "Why do you have these?"
"For awhile after his death, the same thing began to happen to me. People can only take so much, before it catches up to them, and sometimes in the worst ways," Grace replied standing up as she patted my shoulder, before she walked away though I called out to her, "Hey Grace." She turned to look at me, and I whispered, "Thank you." She nodded and then added, "Can you sleep?" Shaking my head she walked over to Gorgeous and started her up for me.
"Maybe sometime in your avatar body will help," and with that she left. Shedding the blanket from my shoulders I walked over to the link bed. Jumping inside I closed the net part down, before pulling down the hatch. Closing my eyes I let my mind go blank, and within a matter of moments my Avatar's eyes were opening. It seemed as if it had been longer since I been in this body instead of just four hours ago. Opening the hammock cocoon, I jumped out and onto the tree limb. Looking around I found most of the people dead asleep, even some of the night-guards were dozing at their posts.
Slipping past them I went to find my temporary bow and arrow and head down to the base of Home-Tree. When I arrived I found a secluded spot and went to practicing with the weapon. Finding a target I aimed, and fired. It was a little off, but every shot I took seemed to gain me closer to it. When I finally let go of the last arrow it finally hit the target, however it bounced off, not staying. Growling I walked over and picked up my arrows, and pulled the others out of the tree. Then going back to the place I had been standing before I began the routine again, and each time the same thing happened. When I was on my 5th round I heard a voice behind me.
"I will admit this. Bows and arrows are a pain," came his voice from behind me. Lowering my bow I kept my eyes trained on my target as I asked, "How did you find me?"
"Triplet telepathy," he laughed as I turned around and smiled at Jake.
"You should be sleeping," I said as he frowned and replied, "So should you."
"I can't, and now as you've all seen, you know why," I spoke as I raised my bow and arrow once more and aimed. Jake walked over and stopped me though as he helped to set my stance right, and then letting go, I let loose the arrow and it hit dead set in the middle of the target. Looking at him I saw his proud brotherly look and I shook my head at him, unable to form a smile.
"Who was it this time," he asked as my face fell.
"Everyone, everything," I whispered shaking my head, and then my anger spilled out as I went on, "I'm tired of it. I'm tired of seeing them inside my head. I'm tired of hearing their voices and remembering every single painful memory. I just want to take a huge eraser to my brain and scrub it dry. I want to forget all of them…but I can't, and I hate it. I hate it Jake." Jake began to walk over to me as the tears spilled from my eyes, but I held out my hand and pushed him away, and replied, "and I'm sick of people telling me it's going to be okay, when it hasn't been for years. I'm tired of their pity. The only time I'm happy, is when I'm here, and in this body. When I'm with you, like this. When just for a moment I get to forget who or what I am." Jake just looked at me with sympathy making me even more angry as I got up in his face as all the tension spilled over, "Call me a drama queen like you used to, call me selfish…I am. I've only cared about myself for years and what has it got me; a broken heart, a guilty conscience, and more painful memories than a person can stand." Jake held me back as he forced me to take a seat on the ground. Wiping the tears away I sniffled and whispered, "I gave up a long time ago on everything. I numbed myself so I wouldn't feel. Now everything that I worked for is falling apart, within a matter of a few days just being here. All the layers that I've kept covered are slowly peeling back, bringing with it something new that I never thought I had in me, and it makes me wonder…it makes me wonder if I could have done this a long time ago, and if I had, would it have made me a better person if I had just been true to myself, instead of living a lie for so long."
"Mia, I know I haven't been around much in your life, and I know you've made some pretty bad choices, but what and who you were, what you were, none of that matters to me. Who you are now, that does. As long as you keep true to yourself, and you're happy, then I'm happy, and I don't care what you've done. As for the guilty conscience, everyone has one. Everyone has regrets, and everyone has painful memories, but we work through them. Eventually at some point in our lives things bubble over and we work through them. Nothing can stay numbed over and hidden for long," Jake said kneeling before me as he wiped the rest of the tears off my cheeks, and leaned forward to hug me. It had been years since he had really hugged me like this. No pressure, no you should do this because we're family. It was just a real genuine hug, and I felt the warmth radiate from it as I held him. Jake was the only family I had left. Why had I been pushing him away, when I needed him so badly?
Finally pulling away Jake stood up and brought me up with him. Then grabbing my bow and arrows he went over and picked up his he had brought with him, and just like that we silently practiced together. It was a just a quiet brother and sister bonding moment. One I would never forget.
Not returning to our human bodies we stayed awake the rest of the night. When the sun finally did peek over the horizon, we headed back into Home-Tree for breakfast. When we arrived at the fire pit, we found only a select few there as they brought in food they had stored away for breakfast that morning. Taking a leaf full of these small yellow fruits I brought them over to Jake and I and we ate together in silence.
Ever so slowly people came in and took a seat next to their families and friends as they talked amongst themselves, and eventually Neytiri showed her face as she came to greet us good morning. However the one thing that was different was that for once Neytiri turned to me to talk. Well she had spoken to me before, but only as a teacher. This time she was speaking to me as if she were speaking to a friend.
"I heard Tsu'tey is now your teacher. I am sorry," she chuckled before taking a bite of her fruit.
"He's not that bad. I mean I've had worse teachers. One teacher of mine would stand in front of the class, and would spit when he talked. Sadly I had the front row," I smiled at her as she laughed.
"Grace was not bad teacher. She was very nice," Neytiri told me as she looked around the place at the new faces that had entered.
"Yeah, Grace is very… unusual, but she has her days," I replied shrugging my shoulders.
"There is Tsu'tey," Neytiri spoke suddenly nodding her head over to a group of warriors sitting nearby. Looking up, I felt the butterflies flying around in my stomach as last night's dream resurfaced into the front of my mind. Tsu'tey sat laughing with a bunch of his friends as if nothing had happened yesterday, however when he turned to look at me I noticed his eyes narrow and his face darken, as a resentful expression appeared. Without realizing it I returned it, as I turned back to Neytiri and replied, "Maybe Mo'at will be kind enough to let you be my teacher again."
"I don't think Eywa would be that gracious. He is coming," Neytiri spoke as I turned and indeed found him coming my way. Cursing under my breath I stood and without even looking at him I turned to walk away. However he caught up to me when I was halfway out of Home-Tree's entrance. Coming to stand a little in front of me as he continued walking he replied, "Come, it's time to teach you to track."
Stopping, he continued forward as I lowered my head and prayed God could hear my thoughts as I begged that lightening would strike that Na'vi down right now.
After a while I found myself following him as he showed me the things to look for when tracking a hexapede. Footprints, the way the plants were broken or eaten, and other various things that were the normal to hunting back on my own planet. Soon we found a fresh track and followed it to the watering hole. That's where we found a group of them. I went to shoot one, but he made me lower my bow and arrow, as he replied, "You're not ready." Shaking my head I lowered it the rest of the way as we watched the creatures in silence. Finally as I managed to bring up my courage I turned to look at him and replied, "I'm sorry if you're upset with me for yesterday. I have my reasons why I was angry." He turned to look at me with curious eyes instead of his irritated ones. Then he spoke, "Don't worry about it."
"I'm going to. That's the way I am. Listen, I need to straighten this out before you get the wrong idea. No, I'm not anyone's mate as I overheard one of your warrior friends say the other day. I'm just…I used to be," I said as I continued watching the heard of hexapedes. Tsu'tey turned toward me a little more as he questioned, "Used to be?"
"He passed a long while ago. I haven't gotten over it. I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't…well that I wouldn't move on. He was good to me, and I treated him awful. I guess you can say I feel guilty and want to make up for my mistakes by remaining alone," I explained as his gaze softened. I could already see the pity in his eyes and it made me angry, and he seemed to notice it as he replied, "Txoa."
"What," I asked in English as he explained, "It means 'forgiveness.' Maybe you should forgive yourself. Sometimes letting go makes you a stronger warrior." Scoffing I replied, "Speak for yourself." His eyes narrowed as he stood forgetting all about the heard of hexapedes. I noticed his testosterone build as he felt the need to make me feel small compared to him. Standing up I stood only inches away from his nose. "I have nothing to feel guilty of," he spoke in English.
"You seemed pretty guilty today at breakfast, about what happened between us, and with my simple glare from last night. I was confused Mr. High and Mighty. I hadn't been that close to a man since Sage's death. So excuse me if I felt a little uncomfortable," I said as my voice rose eagerly, scaring some of the hexapedes away from the watering hole. Moving closer to me as his own anger rose I found he was at a loss for words as his fury outweighed his speech. I knew I had caught him in a trap, and with a proud look, I turned away from him and walked into the jungle leaving him standing still fuming.
Somewhere along the way I found Neytiri and Jake as she was showing him how to shoot a bow and arrow properly. Hearing a very amusing, "Skxawng," being thrown his way I just couldn't help the grin. Giggling he and she noticed my presence. Jake smiled brightly as Neytiri nodded at me, and then turned back to slap Jake's arms back into place. About that time is when Tsu'tey came storming into view. Neytiri and Jake turned to watch as he stomped off towards Home-Tree.
"What did you do to him," Jake questioned chuckling along with Neytiri.
"I spoke my mind," I shrugged innocently.
"Which usually means she made him feel like a skxang," Jake explained to Neytiri as she chuckled even louder.
"Will you apologize to him," Neytiri questioned looking between the direction he had left and me.
"Eventually, but he overstepped his boundaries with me, and that's something you simply do not do with me," I answered walking over to Jake to help him with his stance, however he dropped his bow and arrow completely as he turned his attention on me and angrily replied, "Overstepped his boundaries? What did that…"
"Jake let it go. Big protective brother doesn't look good on you," I laughed ruffling his hair as Neytiri just smiled at our new bond we seemed to have achieved in such a short time here.
"Yeah, well it comes with the job of being your brother," he said shrugging his shoulders still smiling, as he fixed his hair.
"Alright, well I'm leaving you to your um…teacher. I better go find mine, or go find something to do before I go pass out in my bed," I explained to him before giving him a side hug and then walking away.
When I made it to Home-Tree I made my way to the one place where his friends said I would definitely find him. As I walked out of the tree and onto the limb, I smiled at the view before me. It was just as beautiful as the one on the other side where Neytiri had taken Jake and I.
Looking around for the male Na'vi I soon found him soaring through the sky with his ikran. Guess Neytiri and Tsu'tey weren't that much different. Maybe that's why they were a mated pair. Taking a seat on the limb I watched as he twisted and turned in the sky. I didn't have to see his face to know he was smiling. Somewhere along the way I let myself lean against another protruding branch and close my eyes. Forcing myself to stay in this body, but still rest it, I soon found myself in a half in, half out sleep. Every once in a while I'd wake back in my body, but I'd just close my eyes once again and travel back. This must have lasted for a long while, because the next time I found myself opening my eyes, it was because someone was landing their ikran upon the branch. Sliding off, they let it fly away before walking over to me.
"What are you doing up here," they ordered more so than asked. Turning to look at Tsu'tey I stood up and then with the sweet innocence I had, I stuck out my hand and replied, "Truce. Let's both agree we were wrong. I'll let you teach me as long as you remember the boundaries I have, and in return I'll promise not to cross yours."
Tsu'tey seemed a little shocked as he stared at my hand not really knowing what to do, before finally he slowly reached out his hand to shake mine. "You ever tell anybody I said this and I'll kill you, but I apologize for losing my temper."
"And," I asked raising my brow as a smile formed on my lips. He seemed agitated now, before replying slowly as if it pained him, "and…you…you were…you were right." Once he got it out he breathed in deeply as I replied, "Now was that so bad."
"Don't mock me," he mumbled narrowing his eyes at me.
"Couldn't help it," I chuckled shrugging my shoulders. His eyes softened at my innocence and slowly he shook his head as his own smile appeared.
"Come, it's time for dinner," he replied walking ahead a bit as he took hold of my hand gently and led me inside. However, even after he let go I felt that strange butterfly feeling appear in my stomach again as my hand continued to tingle from his touch.
At dinner Tsu'tey asked me to sit with him and his friends. Following my teachers orders I did as he asked, and found that his friends were just as curious about me, as I had been about boys when I was a teenager. I had questions coming from right and left, however I had to play the poor female Na'vi who didn't know much of the Na'vi language. Tsu'tey seemed to find this amusing as I fooled all of them with my hesitation, and my mispronunciations. At one point, one of them asked if I wanted his last fruit, and I responded 'Yes, I would like your butt.' Needless to say they cracked up laughing, as I turned to sneak a few glances at Neytiri and my brother who seemed perfectly comfortable with one another as she too taught him the language. Note to self: I needed to help Jake with his Na'vi.
After dinner, Tsu'tey pulled me away once again as he took me out into the glowing forest. Hopping around on huge tree limbs, I was still amazed at the simple fact that the ground beneath me lit up at every step I took, and every time I brushed against a plant it seemed to light up at my mere touch.
Tsu'tey eventually stopped me as he climbed a vine connected to one of the trees to reach a higher branch. Gulping I followed right after him, surprising myself at my new strength. When we finally did reach the highest branch he took my hand and lifted me the rest of the way up as he pointed around. As I looked I found the whole forest lit up in neon colors and moving around as if it were some lightshow.
"Every time a creature of the night moves the forest senses it. Is it not beautiful," he smiled proudly as I simply nodded while he took a seat leaning against the tree trunk.
"Why did you want to show me this," I questioned looking back at him with a serious look.
"You apologized, and you outsmarted even me. I thought you deserved to see something that was a part of my life, since you told me a part of yours. Fair," he replied as I simply nodded smiling. Pushing the loose strands of hair behind my ear I walked over to him, and took a seat on his left. I let the calm of the forest wash over me as I looked out into the lighted jungle. Suddenly the words of a song I had written years ago seemed to slip off my tongue.
"I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done," Memories of Sage seemed to pop up in my head, but I pushed back the tears as I continued on forgeting Tsu'tey was even there, whom was listening intently with his own sort of calm amazement,
"And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say," Looking up I noticed one of those white glowing seeds from that night Jake and I first met Neytiri. Gently it came to rest on my curled up knees before floating into my open hands. Now Tsu'tey really had his eyes trained on me,
"To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say," I watched as the seed slowly floated away leaving me and Tsu'tey a little stunned as I continued,
"Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say," as I finished I finally turned to look Tsu'tey dead in the eyes, but all I found was amazment, and…understanding.
"Where did you learn such a beautiful song," Tsu'tey whispered as a smile appeared upon his face.
"I wrote it. Like I said before, I'm a singer back where I come from. A pretty damn good one from the look on your face," I chuckled as did he. "You have such a beautiful voice. Eywa gifted you well," Tsu'tey replied as he looked down at my hand where the Seed of the Sacred tree had landed. Taking it in his carefully he replied with a smile, "Eywa made you in her image." A little shocked he had said that I slowly pulled my hand away and replied, "As as flattering as that is. It's not true. I'm different, yes, but definitely not God-like. I've made to many mistakes…"
"Txoa, Forgivness," Tsu'tey reminded me as I looked at him before slowly nodding as I forced a smile. Standing up I replied, "If it's okay with you. I'm pretty tired." Nodding he too stood and we both made our way back to Home-Tree.
Tsu'tey's P.O.V
Making our way back to Home-Tree I could not find enough strength to keep my eyes off of Mia. The way she moved, or the way she spoke in our language so softly, made her seem as delicate as a flower. However she too had her thorns. She was not proud of herself, but she was strong willed, a pride that was to strong to break, and a tongue so sharp when angered you swore it could slice your heart into pieces. She was fiery beyond any woman I had ever seen
Mia was what any Na'vi male would wish to have as his mate, and I knew the moment she finally would become a warrior, it would possibly be my breaking point. I had already heard several of my friends talking amongst themselves, as they pined after her just as much as I have.
At first the only reason why I wanted her was for lust, like most of the warriors that hung around me wanted her, but now getting a little insight into her very being, I knew I wanted her for more reasons than one. She was one mare that need not be broken, just soothed with calming words. Words I felt I could provide.
I wanted to learn more about her, and know more about her. The sign from Eywa tonight as she sang seemed to prove to me that it was my job to help her, and to help her hurting heart, and soul.
"Are you alright," she asked from in front of me. Of course she had caught me staring, I had never been able to look away from her.
"I was just making sure you do not trip," I lied as she simply nodded and continued on. Scolding myself for the slip up I made sure to keep my eyes on something other than her, but that did not include my mind. Since the moment I laid eyes on her, I hadn't been able to keep them away from the sight of her. It made me angry. Maybe because she was a dreamwalker and it was supposed to be wrong. Maybe because I was promised to Neytiri. All I knew was that in some way it was wrong, but so wrong it made it seem so right.
Walking into Home-Tree's entrance I walked her up to her bed and then continued on to my own. As I jumped down into my hammock I closed it into a cocoon, however it was hard to find sleep when I knew just a few feet away was the one beauty that had managed to capture my attention whereas most women here had not. Not even my promised.
Finally as sleep took over me, so did the peace that not even I had truly felt in years. Maybe this girl would be life and death of me.
Mia's P.O.V
I awoke in my link bed. Even though I did not close my eyes again to float back to my avatar, I didn't move either. I just laid there as the days' events washed over me. I had talked to him, angered him, forgave him, and found a sort of understanding inside of him. An understanding that only two people had ever been able to find. Sage and Tommy, though far from my mind at this moment, I knew reminded me of Tsu'tey, or was it Tsu'tey reminded me of them. Either way when I looked at him I saw them. He was just like them in every way.
So what was stopping me from following that nagging little voice I had in the back of my head, telling me to go for it? I didn't really know anymore. I wanted to stay true to my words to Sage, but also I knew better than to get involved with someone I knew I'd never be able to really be with.
My heart sank as I suddenly woke from the dream I had been having for so long. I was human, and my avatar body was just that; a body. It was just a form to escape for a little while until I had to return to who I really was. Giving into my emotions would not only hurt me, but also jeopardize everything Grace had worked for. There was no way I could truly be one of them. Opening the hatch finally I found Grace waiting for me.
"I was wondering what was taking you so long," she smiled at me as she handed me a glass of water, a pill, and some dinner in burrito form.
"Thanks Grace," I smiled at her, before taking the stuff out of her hands and walking over to where Jake sat entering his day into his log. Gobbling down everything, including the pill, I waited for my turn. Once he was done I made a quick, and short log before heading to bed. As I scooted under my sleeping bag I heard Jake call out to me, "You okay, Mia. You seem a little down." Feeling the tears well up in my eyes slowly, I made sure my back was too him before whispering, "I'm fine, Jake. Just go to sleep, and leave me to mine." With that he shut off the light and the room was covered in darkness. I managed to stay awake for a little while, before I too shut my eyes and slipped into a dreamless sleep.
I really hope you like this. I worked my butt off on this. Anyway the song is "Run" by Leona Lewis. Yes I'm going to be using Leona Lewis songs as Mia's songs. There is no Leona Lewis in the world of Avatar in this story. Mia is Leona; got it, know it, good. Lol anyway I'll try to have another one up as soon as I can, but sadly I start work this week and I'm going to be very busy. Just stay calm and be patient with me, and I promise I'll keep updating as much as I can.
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