My Name is Jesse Not Johan
Chapter Three
By KellyQ
Jim pulled out his wallet and flipped the cards until he got to the very end. He rotated his wallet and pushed it to Jesse. The green-eyed teen stared down at the picture. "See what I mean, mate?" Jim pointed out.
"Yeah ..." Jesse breathed. He pushed Jim's wallet back. "What happened?"
Jim's expression darkened. "A vixen named Yubel from two houses down killed her ..." The Australian teen closed his one good eye, trying to return to that day. That day, Jaden was going to ask for her hand in marriage. "It was going to be a special day ... and Jaden had it all planned out ..."
Jaden entered the bathroom and saw Johan standing over a low sink with running water.
Jaden could see that Johan was panting, and her face was pale. "Johan ...?" he called softly, not wanting to startle her.
Johan flinched and slowly turned her head. She relaxed a little when she saw it was only Jaden. He slowly walked up and rubbed her back. "I'm alright, partner."
"If you say so, you should see the doctor," Jaden concluded.
Jim had a sad smile on his face at the memory. "It turned out that she was pregnant, but the father wasn't Jaden - it was a man named Giese, all so known as - The Trapper ..." Jesse shivered, having a good idea how sick the man was. "If you liked that, mate, you'd love the next part ... after the tests were done, the doctor said that the baby had a slim chance of survival. So Johan had no choice but to have an abortion."
Jesse swallowed. "What was Jaden's response to all this?"
Jim looked down. "Johan didn't want Jaden to know the whole thing, so she told him part of what happened."
"I'm sure Jaden was shocked ..."
Jim looked up. "Jaden was upset that my cousin lied about that Giese rapped her, but understood that there wasn't anything that could be done about the abortion."
Wow. He loved her enough to forgive her, Jesse thought. "How was Yubel tied into all this?"
"She claimed to have feelings for Jaden ... but my cousin saw right through Yubel - Johan knew that Yubel didn't care about Jaden ... she only liked him for his body."
Jesse nodded his head, trying to absorb all the information. Jim watched Jesse momentarily, trying to decide whether to continue with this story.
Jaden picked himself up off the floor and turned to the bed. He looked to his right to see the coat still on the floor. Jaden picked it up and placed the coat on the table. He walked back to the bed and sprawled out. Jaden buried his face in the pillow, inhalingJohan'sscent.What happened to you? Jaden thought bitterly. He closed his eyes, hoping to get some sleep ...
Jaden walked into the silent house with a sense of foreboding, an awareness that something awful would happen.
"Johan? Johan!" Jaden called out into the empty house.
Fear started to grip Jaden as he looked through the house. Jaden slowly walked into the living room and stopped dead when he saw Yubel standing next to Johan's motionless, wounded body.
Jaden paled, and his eyes widened in horror. Yubel smirked at the pitiful sight of Jaden's shaking body. Yubel didn't know that Jaden was shaking, not out of fear but out of pure anger.
"Why ...?" Jaden asked darkly. "Why would you do this? Johan didn't do anything to you ..."
"That may be, but Johan never told you she thought about locking you up."
Jaden flinched, his eyes showing hurt and shock. His expression changed quickly, and before Yubel knew what was happening, Jaden looked at her with a possessed look.
Jaden wasn't going to take any more of Yubel's lies ...
Jesse watched the Australian teen swirl the iced chocolate milk in his glass. " ... Jaden called me sometime later saying that he needed help. Once I arrived, the neighbor had already called the police and ambulance ..."
Jim ran up, but one of the cops approached him and asked questions.
"I'll answer any questions later, mate. Right now, I have a friend in there that needs me."
The Australian teen could tell there was a lot of commotion in the doesn't anything feel right? Jim thought.
"Johan!" came Jaden's voice, full of fear, from inside the house.
Jim pushed past the cop and ran into the house. He barged into the living room to see some of the paramedics trying to pry Johan out of Jaden's arms. The Australian teen's visible eye widened. Jim turned his head to see another team of paramedics picking up Yubel's lifeless body.
"Jim, help me – they're going to take Johan away!" Jaden cried.
"The poor mate hasn't been the same since that day," the Australian teen explained, coming out of the painful memory. "I tried my best to help after Johan died, but he refused to believe that she didn't make it."
Why do I keep on having these bad memories? Things weren't that bad ... were they?Jaden thought. After Jim had left, Jaden tried to get some sleep but kept having flashbacks. He lay there for a good half hour before there was a knock at the door-jamb. Jaden rolled over to his side and saw Alexis.
The young woman looked around. "Where'sJohan?I was going to talk toher..."
Jaden just sat up and stared down at his hands. "I wish I knew what happened to her. When Jim came in, they didn't recognize each other. Do you think Johan has amnesia?"
Alexis could see the distant look in Jaden's eyes, which he always got when he was thinking. "I'm not sure," Alexis lied. Whenshe returns, I'm sure you'll get answers," the nurse suggested. Anyways, I'm here to remind you that the psychiatrist will be here soon."
Jaden nodded his head. "Tell Banner that I'll be there a moment."
"I better get back," Jesse announced. They both got up. "It was nice to meet you, Jim."
"Same here, mate," the Australian said, shaking Jesse's hand. "And if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask Alexis for my number."
Jesse nodded his head and walked back to the hospital.Jim's a nice guy, he thought with a smile. Jesse was so deep in thought that he failed to realize he had bumped into someone. Jesse looked down to see a young boy bowing, muttering apologies for not paying attention. This young teenworea yellow coat, black pants, and a mop. He had blue-tinted hair. The petite teen looked up, and Jesse stared into silver eyes that held the most innocent he had ever seen.
The two stared at each other momentarily before Syus spoke up. "Excuse me. But who are you? You looked like one of my friends who died three months ago."
"I'm Jesse Anderson ... and you are ...?" Jesse asked slowly.
"Syrus ..." Syus paused before continuing. "You wouldn't happen to be related to a lady named Johan Anderson, by chance?"
He must be another friend of Jaden's. "No. I'm volunteering here," Jesse explained. "Are you heading in to see Jaden right now?"
All Syrus did was nod his head.
To Be Continued ...
