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"Adrian Eugene Ivashkov you idiot!"
"Jill, what are you-"
"You think you can just sit here and mope by yourself, keeping away from me?"
"I was trying to protect you." I explained.
"I can take care of myself, I was the one that knocked you out, remember?"
There was a brief pause as I inspected the little moroi. She still were in her pyjamas, her hair was in its all too familiar mess and it was clear by the way she panted that she were giving her all when yelling at me. But there also seemed to be something else to it…
"Did you fight my guards?" I asked and felt a slight amusement imagining the scene. Though, this will not be that good for Lissas reputation…
Jill seemed to find it amusing as well. "What? God no. All I had to do was to order them away. They weren't a problem at all, it was Eddie that I-"
"You fought with Eddie? Man, I would have loved to see that."
"Adrian, focus, I'm trying to talk to you. I have been trying to talk to you for the last couple of days. And…I really missed you."
She looked intensely at me. "And I've been so worried. I felt so helpless again, knowing you needed someone. Anyone to be with you. So, I talked to Lissa and persuaded her to let your mother be with you. There was no way she would give me permission to do that. Though, I know you two haven't worked things out yet, so I'm sorry if you didn't want her with you."
"It was fine. Thank you." "You know, I feel guilty about all of it. I told myself I would stay away from you for your own safety. But I think I was too selfish to realise that I'm not the only one with problems and I'm not the only who should agree on that decision. I'm sorry, Jill."
Jill took a step forward and put her arms around me. "You forgot to mention the part where I can take care of myself. "
I felt my lips pull up in a smile (which hurt a little considering I had spent days without showing emotions) as I put my arms around her and using my right hand to stroke her hair. "Excuse me, I'm heavily embarrassed. Of course your skill with magic is of utmost importance to mention on such an occasion as this. Please forgive me."
She bit her lip and pondered for a while before answering. "Hmm, I will think about it."
Her cute stubbornness turned my smile into a laugh. "You'll think about it? Well, what do one say in situations like these? Let me think- 'ouch'?"
Jill released herself from my arms, took a few steps away before giving me a look that had a flicker of harshness passing her eyes so quickly I barely saw it. But I did. And that made her reply hurt so much more:
"I can't forgive you. Not for a while anyway. I need to prove that I'm not a petty royal and not just go around and say it." She took a deep breath and blushed. "I hope you understand that even though you mean so much to me I can't just forgive you that easily. Because what you've done and what you're doing right now is…well, s-stupid," Jill explained and stammered at the last word.
I felt my eyes widen in astonishment. "You aren't referring to my refusing medication, are you?"
Not Jill too, I thought. I couldn't take any more of the judgemental stares I already got. It was my business, my life. I had given up all my bad habits for both Rose and Jill-at least for a while- because I kind of saw their point, but forcing me to start becoming a drug addict as well was just cruel. Especially when I would be forced to stop after a while, like Lissa did. She'd managed it, I was pretty sure I wouldn't.
However, that was not the reason I gave Jill. If I did, she would just worry along with me. "You know I have this new power. I don't care what the others say, I predicted the future. I felt it. In my dream I saw Rose falling and then you rising, knocking me off my feet. What is that if not a prediction?"
I could see Jill shift her stance a bit awkwardly but then she gave me a reassuring look. "Even if I don't know much in this matter opposed to Lissa and you, I believe in you. I'm not sure if I believe in the whole prediction thing, but if you say it's so then I have faith in you."
With slow steps, I cut off the distance between us and held her in my arms again, gave her a long, tender kiss before saying: "I love you."
If Jill had been a tomato red before this, she was now as red as the blazing fire of a dragon. With trembling hands she cupped my face, looked into my eyes, swallowed and replied. "I love you too."
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