Hey guys! Sorry for the extremely late update. I was going to post the chapter back in the past but I got sick and am still sick so sorry! And you guys know school So, enough with the excuses, this chapter's pretty short and the time period is pretty set back. I mean Christmas and New Year was a very long time ago but I'm still catching up Don't think the chapters on the vacation are filler chapters because they're pretty important for Sydney. Don't forget to review :D

Chapter 8

Jillian Mastrano

A Surprise

"Jailbait?" a soft voice whispers. "Jill sweetheart it's time to get up now."

I blink sleepily. "Adrian?" I whisper.

He gives me a small smile and helps me sit up in bed and adjusts the pillows behind my head. I lean against the cold wall of my dorm and take in his expensive silk red shirt and his designer dark jeans. His large warm hand swallows mine as he gives it a small squeeze.

"How are you?" he asks.

I shrug. "Besides the never ending pain in my arm, I'm pretty fine."

"You're lying," he says.

I feel my lip tremble as I look away from those green eyes. "I'm scared Adrian," I whisper.

His smile drops and he leans to turn my face towards his. "Don't be Jill; we're all here for you twenty-four seven. I mean look at Eddie, he's ready to take a bullet for you."

"He's with Angeline all the time," I say.

Adrian looks down at his hands and bites his lip as if he wants to say something but shakes his head instead. "Love hurts huh?" he asks me smirking.

I roll my eyes and slap him on the arm with my good hand grinning. "It sure does," I say sighing. "It sure does."

Eddie Castile

I sigh and look down at my hands. How can I be such a failure? I failed Mason and know, know Jill. I can hear my lawyer's voice echoing in my head over and over again whispering the threat that was killing me inside out.

"If you fail this Castile, it's over, it's all over. You'll be sent to jail for life and there's nothing your friends can do to bring you out of your sentence, not even the Quean. You got yourself in a deep ditch boy, one that you can't get out of unless you protect Jillian Mastrano. Nothing more than protecting boy you got it? If you try to pull anything…"

"I would never sir," I had said. "Duty is duty not a toy."

My lawyer nodded. "Good, here's the file."

I looked down at the picture of the young princess and feel my heart twitch as I take in the cute big green eyes and the long brown ringlets. This mission would be a lot harder than I thought.

"Eddie?" a familiar voice says.

I look up at Adrian and feel my heart come to a stop as I remember that he can read auras. "Yeah?"

"I just woke up Jailbait, she'll be out soon. Can you tell her about the trip? I kind of have something to take care of." Adrian says. "Sydney's got my keys."

"Ok," I say and watch as he walks out the door.

I watch as he takes a right towards Sydney's dorm and then locked the door. I stuff my hands in the pockets of my jeans and walk back and forth. My head spins with memories of Mason's limp body lying on the cabin floor, I remember Jill lying in my arms staring up at me with lifeless eyes. I stop walking and lean against the wall next to the window and slide down onto the ground. I'm failing as a guardian and a friend. I'm failing so badly. It's my fault Mason died. I should have been stronger but I hadn't been. I had failed him. It's my fault Jill broke her arm. It's my fault that she's suffering both emotionally and physically. And now I'm failing her to.

"Eddie?" a soft voice whispers. "Are you ok?"

I look up at Jill and jump up to my feet. "Yeah, yeah, I was just um, thinking about something."

She nods slowly and stands frozen at the door. I take her small figure in. She's wearing an over-sized tee that went halfway down her thighs with a pair of gray capris. Her long, thick brown hair falls down halfway to her waist; curls at the end. Her pale cheeks are flushed with a beautiful red and she plays with her hands nervously unsure of what to do next.

"I got you doughnuts," I say breaking the silence.

"You did?"

"Yeah," I say pointing to the box by the window. "You dig in, Adrian and the others at already."

She looks at the box hungrily and nods. She walks over to the box and tries to open it with her left hand frowning. I walk up behind her and snake my hand underneath hers freezing as our fingers touch. My neck flushes but I continue to push open the box, ignoring her shifting uneasily in front of me.

"Thanks," she whispers.

"You're welcome," I say stepping back and watch as she pulls out a chocolate doughnut.

A small smile creeps across my face as I watch her hungrily munch on her doughnut unaware of the chocolate on her nose. She looks at me and returns my smile.

"What?" she says.

"You got chocolate on your nose," I say reaching out to brush it off.

She blushes under my touch and rubs at her nose. "So," she says as she looks up at me again. "Adrian said you had something to tell me."

I smile. "Did he know?"

"Well what is it?" she says scooting towards the edge of her seat.

I chuckle at her impatience and pull out an envelope with our tickets and hand it to her. "Take a look at them yourself."

Jill grabs it out of my hands and pulls out the tickets. Her green eyes grow wide as she reads the ticket.

"Montana!" she squeals. "Oh my God are you serious?! I've always wanted to go to Spokane!"

My smile drops and I feel my heart come to a stop. "Spokane?" I whisper.

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