Chapter 10: Shot Through the Heart
Jill's POV:
A slice of sunlight strikes me in the face and I open my eyes quickly, yawning and stretching. My fist hits a body, and I let out a small shriek, rolling off the bed.
"WHAT THE HELL?" I yell, rubbing my back.
"Morning," Skye says, stretching.
I sigh in relief. Wait. What? Did I say relief? Why would I be relieved to wake up with a thief in my bed?!
"What are you doing here?" I ask. "You scared the crap out of me!"
"Well, after we spent all night together," he says, winking. I find myself blushing. I DON'T BLUSH. WHAT'S THIS?! "We were watching some anime or something and I guess we both fell asleep."
"Some thief you are, couldn't even sneak out before I fell asleep hmm?"
He laughs. "Whatever you say," he says, stretching.
I quickly get out of bed, grab a shower and change into black leggings, a yellow lace tank top and a blue and yellow varsity jacket. My signature ponytail perfected the casual look. I walk back into my room to see Skye's nose lodged into my diary again.
"What's with you and female diaries?" I ask him, hopping onto my bed.
"You seem to write in this quite a lot," Skye says, winking.
"You seem to be quite nosy," I say, taking the book from him and putting it into the inside pocket of my jacket, "in addition to your failed thievery."
"How would you know I haven't already stolen something of yours?" he asks, leaning close to my face.
"Yuck, morning breath," I joke, pushing him away. "Oh by the way let's go shopping, I need to pick up some school supplies."
"Why do I have to go?" he complains.
"Because I can't speak French properly," I explain. "PLUS I'M AWESOME, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH ME?!"
"Hmm, maybe because I have a life?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Ouch," I say, feigning hurt. "Fine, but don't blame me when I end up on the 6:00 news as the girl who got raped and ended up in a suitcase floating downstream while trying to order fries."
"You order fries as your school supplies?" he laughs.
"Sure, that's what wrong about the situation," I say, rolling my eyes. I grab my over-shoulder bag, and my keys. "See you!"
I close the door behind me, roll my eyes and attempt to find the exit of the school.
Did I already pass that vending machine? I think to myself, wandering aimlessly. How was I supposed to go get lost in the outside world when I couldn't even find the DOOR to get outside?
"Pony!" someone yells.
Whoa, Parisians have some WEIRD names.
"PONY!" the guy yells again.
Jeez Pony, get a clue, a hot guy could be calling you. People are so deaf sometimes-
A hand descends on my shoulder and spins me around. I blink my eyes a couple of times.
"It's Jill…Jill Suzumiya," I say, biting my lip.
Oh God, he was cute. Bandana, with brown hair peeking out, tanned skin, the most glorious eyes I'd ever seen. What was with this school harbouring cute guys to watch me fail miserably at life?
"Sorry," he says, laughing. He plays around with my ponytail. "I just remember seeing this somewhere."
"Don't worry about it," I say. "Anyway, what can I help you with?"
"Actually, you just seemed a little lost. I mean, I know I transferred back to the school a little later than everyone else, but you just seem…freshman lost."
I go a shade of pink. "I'm new."
"Really?" he asks, as if it was the weirdest thing in the world.
"Yep," I respond. "Is that weird?"
"Just a bit yea, they usually don't let in people this late into the 4 years unless they speak really good French, or they have amazing connections."
"Then I guess I'll be your scientific outlier," I say, sighing. "I speak a bit of French, but I can't get my way out of the SCHOOL long enough to test my theory."
He laughs. "You couldn't find a makeshift tour guide or something?"
"Nope," I respond. "My friends are gone. This is what I get for waking up late."
"Then I'm glad," he smiles, winking. "Now I get to be the tour guide of a lovely ponytail girl."
I beam back at him. "Thanks!"
"I'm Kai by the way, pleased to meet your acquaintance."
Then, Mr. Kai here does something I've only SEEN in those old movies.
You know, where the guy takes your hand and kisses it?
WAY BETTER than you think it'd be.
But, not so much better for what happened next…
"JILL!" Skye yells, and he's standing at my side with my wrist in his hand in two seconds.
"Whoa, have you ever thought about joining the cross country-"
"Shut up," he says angrily.
I'd actually never seen him angry. Even now, it wasn't so much as anger as annoyance.
"What are you doing?" he asks Kai.
Kai folds his arms over his chest. "I'd like to ask you the same thing."
They share a mental moment for a couple seconds, but the second I shift my weight, Skye's grip gets tighter.
"What do you want from me Kai?" he asks.
"Nothing. I didn't even know this was the girl until you came and went crazy," Kai says. "I was going to show Jill where the malls were, or at least where the exit was."
"I would've told her that," he says.
"Then by all means," Kai responds, bowing. "But I'm telling you, the more you try and posses everything around you, the more they'll fly past you so fast you'll never see them again. You should've came last night, Vaughn and I know that you knew about. You skipped out with her then?"
Skye rolls his eyes and turns around, turning my wrist at an awkward angle. Kai walks away and for a moment we're frozen like that. Then I whimper and he drops the hand.
"The exit is this way."
Skye's different for the rest of the trek to the mall. I pick out books and things I hadn't gotten back in the U.S. People keep laughing at me as I walk through the aisles. I look around me then, and notice Skye's…gone.
"Hello beautiful," I hear his voice cut through. I peer around the aisle and see a short girl, with short brown hair, tickled pink by him standing there talking to her.
I can't seem to tear myself away from the situation, even though I know it's going to hurt way more than it should. I mean, we weren't dating right? He was so thick he probably couldn't tell that I…
That I what? Liked him? Loved him? No. This was a crush. This was the crush of the stupid farm girl I'd been so many years ago. This was the crush of the girl who'd fallen for the blonde playboy of the valley, even though he'd ended up with a girl who looked…exactly like the one Skye was wooing now.
The déjà vu made me want to curl up in a ball and hide forever.
This was still Lumina.
And she'd see right through me.
"Skye, so good to see you again," she says.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER?!
Shut up Jill, just shut up and listen.
"I suppose, but it's truly more pleasurable for me," he says, doing the same kissing of the hand trick Kai had done.
What, was it a Parisian thing?
"Skye, you haven't changed at all," she says.
"And you? Are you still dating that curious blonde fellow?"
"Who Rock? Oh no, not anymore. We broke up a while ago. He's too much of a hassle, even halfway around the world."
"Then maybe now, you'll accept my proposition?"
"Are you still on about that?" she laughs.
"Of course beautiful, I've been waiting for this."
"Then fine, we'll go out."
Oh.
Oh hold on.
Did…did I just lose out…to Lumina…for the second time in my life?
AND WAIT…SOMETHING WASN'T CLICKING HERE…how did Skye know Lumina from her days of dating Rock in the Valley?
My thoughts were cut short when she kissed him, and he smiled against the kiss.
You know that feeling you get when you know something's going to fail, but you try anyway? Then, once you've tried, you kick yourself when you get hurt, because you knew that it was going to happen, and walked right into it?
Imagine that happening, 50 times over and over and over again, constantly replayed in your mind.
I've made so many mistakes that no one's forgiven me for. My own mother hadn't forgiven me for being my father's daughter. It was something I'd never be able to fix.
The entire Paris trip had been in vain. I couldn't change who I was just because I was in a new place. I couldn't be anyone else. I was always going to be Jill Suzumiya.
And that, that was the cold reality that hit me as I rushed to the cashier, then flew to the dark movie theater, where no one would question my tears.
Author's Note!
See I figured, it was time for my Skye X Jill lovers (me included) to get a little sadness. AND THERE IT IS! I feel like these chapters are always the longest, mostly because I was just marrying Skye while gaming.
AND THE FANGIRL EMOTIONS ARE ALL HERE!
More chapters soon! TOMORROW! School's insane, this is my escape :3
Xx AudaciousAdventures