*It's not easy for me to write in chronological order sometimes so I really have no clue when the next chapters are posted, but they usually are post within a day or two…thanks for sticking with me insert cheesy smile here
"Thanks for doing this for me," Jasper whispers in my ear as we stop under our apple tree. I lay my head on his shoulder as we sit at the base of the tree, letting the gusts of winds carry its scent.
"Tonight is perfect," I whisper, "I'd do it anytime."
"You didn't sneak out again did you?" he asks worriedly. I shake my head as he lets out a sigh of relief. We sit in a way he can play with my hair as I lean into him, breathing in his scent of newspaper ink. He eases out a sigh as he loosely wraps his fingers through my curly hair.
"I love you," he smiles, kissing my cheek. We stop by a small flower cart as he secretly slips a flower.
"I love you too," I gush. "What happens if we fall asleep out here?" I make a small noise as I stretch as he laughs at his own answer.
"We won't, I have to make sure to get you back to your king before he thinks I ran off with his princess," he says.
"So you know?" I gasp a little as I sit up a bit.
"Know about what?" he says. I gush in the moonlight. My Dad has these crazy ideas sometimes and this one I can't really fight with. I guess I did give a good impression of it, hardly coming home, sneaking out then coming back past midnight. In comparison to Elsie, I am completely a little rebel. Her relationship with Les is none other is made of nothing but puppy love. I don't tell her that though, she's still eight.
"Ella, don't pretend I didn't see that blush, what I should know about." He smirks. I settle back into him as I begin.
"My Dad has had a crazy thought that I was going to elope with you," I say meekly. He doesn't say anything for a while, but in his eyes he says I wish we could. I know this, he told me, but that's so far away. We are only fourteen, I feel bad for Hype though, but in some ways she is great. She has a great husband and two adorable kids. She got married last year to the love of her life. She has a baby on the way…that she didn't want. I stop there as I am interrupted by one thought. She's fifteen.
"The last time I talked to your Dad," he starts off, "He looked me in the eye and said 'she's my little girl, with that said, protect her, hold her, laugh with her I don't care, just make sure to be there to catch her if she falls. And I said I would do anything for her." I blush in the moonlight as he kisses my forehead. He still strokes my hair as we hear a distant cat call. I pretend to ignore it as he stirs a little, then settles back down.
"Words fall through me and always fool me and I can't react." He says randomly, not entirely, just caught up in the moment.
"Take this sinking boat and point it home, we've still got time. Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice you'll make it now." I whisper into him, he puts my hair down and hugs me passionately for the next few minutes, it hurts when he releases, but it's not like I'm complaining.
"Jasper," I muffle into his shirt. "What will it be like if we get married?"
"It will be great, knowing that we can stay together even through any fight," he says.
"Just like Ike and Hype?" I question, he nods his head. "I don't know how Hype can smile through life; she's been through so much."
"She's strong enough to get through anything, just like you," he smiles.
"Hype scares me," I blurt out.
"Now tell me why that is," he laughs. I roll my eyes.
"Not sure, she just seems…controlling. She just gives off that vibe that says if you hurt me or my friends, I will kill you and get away with it." I smile into his chest.
"Well, first of, you have to remember she's pregnant with a third child she doesn't want." He says, one of the many things he lists of why I shouldn't be scarred of her.
"It wasn't her fault," I say. "Her husband technically raped her, in her sleep."
"Well, that's Hype for you," he smiles. As I sit up a little, giving his muscles a chance to move easier, he pops his knuckles. I make a sour face at the sound. We stop talking for a while, starring at the full bright moon. It's beautiful really; we don't even need the lamp posts. My thoughts are confused and happy in the best way possible. Everything I think about, I have the perfect words to describe them. We gaze up and look at the stars a bit, making my thoughts stir even more. Lying here with you so close to me it's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe, I think. Its starts sprinkling a bit as I shake awake. We did dose off and now, we are wet.
"Jasper wake up," I punch him in the stomach by accident. He makes a grunting noise as he sits up a bit taller, I'm technically on his lap, from the position we fell asleep in. "Did you know it was going to rain?" He weakly shakes his head.
"I didn't know how long it would be," he whispers as the city clock chimes three times. We sigh in depression as we did fall asleep. Oh well, at least we realized it before dawn. We stretch as we get up after sitting for so long. Jasper can barely stand because I sat on him for so long. I help him up and decide it would be best to walk him home or wherever he's staying.
"Okay, because you are half asleep, it's raining and I have no idea where you lay your head at night, you're sleeping at my house." I say. I cover him in the blanket and guide him to our apartment as I slowly unlock the door. I find a bunch of my Dads old clothes he can't fit into anymore and give them to Jasper. He shrugs it away as I find something else. I quickly change into my nightgown and comb my hair. Both of us are soaked to the bone, I plead for him to put something dry on; he obliges as I walk into our bedroom. Elsie is sound asleep, whether she knows it or not, she mutters Les's name in her sleep. I sneak back into the living room, arms full of bedding as I lay them on the floor, spreading them out. He kisses me goodnight as I blow out the candle and walk into the bedroom. If Dad asks, I think before I blow out my candle, what a story it will be.