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Chapter Twenty-Four:Killing Me Softly

It's only been one day since Aelita fell into that coma but it feels much longer. I know that the coma is only temporary and everything but sometimes it just seems a bit hard believe that and out of everyone it seems that Jesse isn't taking too well.

Last night he had such a bad nightmare that it woke all of us up.

"Hey."Jesse said waking up.

"Are you alright?"I asked.

"Must have been some nightmare."Runo commented.

"You woke us all up."I agreed.

"I thought we were being attacked."Wilda said.

"Don't scare us like that again."Nemus said.

"Jesse, we know it hasn't been easy for you since Aelita fell into that coma."Baron said.

"I was hoping that was just a bad dream."Jesse responded facing the window."I can't believe Aelita is really gone."

"She'll wake up Jess."I said to reassure him.

"There's no time to feel sorry for myself."Jesse replied getting out of bed. "We have other problems to worry about so..."

"Jesse."I said still feeling bad for him.

While the others were eating at lunch Jesse seemed to be enjoying himself too.

Weird, I thought it would take Jesse longer to get over the coma thing.

Jesse continued to enjoy himself and then his face became more sad and his mood darkened.

"It's not working."Jesse said."This is all my fault...Lite's gone."

"You shouldn't blame yourself."I replied."Aelita wouldn't want you to and neither would we."

Jesse didn't respond, I don't think he could hear me.

When Jesse locked himself in his room we were all worried about him.

"Jesse has been apart from Aelita before but it has never affected him this bad."I said.

"Aelita is a part of him."Julie said.

"We all miss her but for Jesse I guess it's harder."Mira mentioned.

"Yeah."I replied.

I stood near the stairs to Jesse's room waiting for him to come down.

"Hey."Shun said approaching me.

"Hi."I replied.

"Why don't you go up?"Shun asked.

"I wouldn't know what to say...because I can't imagine...if it had been you."I answered thinking more about it.

I fell into his arms in an embrace just for comfort as the feeling overwhelmed me for a bit.

"It was never supposed to end this way."I said.

"Hey."Alicia said walking towards us.

"Hi."I replied leaving the embrace.

"How is he?"Alicia asked.

"I don't know. He hasn't come down yet."I answered.

"How long have you been standing there?"Alicia asked.

"A while."I sighed.

"Maybe we should go up and see him."Alicia suggested what I had been thinking.

"Okay."I agreed.

Me and Alicia started to go up the stairs.

"What if he wants to be alone?"I said.

"He's gonna be alone a lot more now, I think he'll need us."Alicia replied.

"Right."I agreed heading up again.

When we entered the room though Jesse was fast asleep and I could see that he had been crying as his pillow was really wet.

"Leave him."I said quietly.

"Why?"Alicia asked.

"He looks peaceful, I don't want to ruin that and he hasn't had a decent night in a while anyway."I answered.

I took a deep exhale and I felt like breaking down myself but I didn't instead I headed outside with Shun.

"What a bizzare few days."I sighed thinking about recent events."BT System, Vexos, Vestroia and now Aelita's coma and grief."

I could see Shun's face and he seemed deep in thought.

"Your mum?"I guessed what he was thinking about.

"Yeah."Shun replied.

"Sorry."I apologized."I mean it should bring back memories for you in particular."

"It's not your fault."Shun said."I still miss her a lot."

"I don't really understand grief so I can't really say that I know how you feel or how to understand."I commented thinking I was being insenstive.

"Thanks."Shun responded.

"For what?"I asked confused.

"For being honest."Shun answered.

"Sure."I said.

I went back to my room and slid against the door with all these bad things sort of overwhelming me but at the same time I had to be strong and help them out while I had misery in my heart too but I'm not gonna sulk like some child just because I'm upset.

I am not a child now

I can take care of myself

I mustn't let them down now

I mustn't let them see me cry

I'm fine, I'm fine.

I'm too tired to listen, I'm too old to believe all these childish stories.

There is no such thing as faith and trust.

'Cause I try but it's so hard to believe

I try but I can't see what you see

I try, I try, I try

My whole world is changing, I don't know where to turn

I can't leave you

But I can't stay and watch the city burn

Watch it burn

I try and try to understand the distance in between

The love I feel

The things I fear

And every single dream...

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Hope you liked that because I loved writing that.

Anyway next time it's a brawl and an amusement park.

Chapter Twenty-Five:Showdown in Samarai Park!