by Leah Adams
“Why do you think Jennifer never killed you?” Sam asked, staring right at me. “She could have killed you after she saw you with Jay at that club. It would have been way before you even got to know the forbidden four, just like the other girls. But one of Jennifer’s little followers tried to go after you, but Nate handled that and Jay got you the fuck out of there.” No wondered Nate hit that guy. It had puzzled me why he would do something like that; he didn’t seem like the type to just hit someone. Damon defiantly was, I could even see Jay doing that, but not Nate.
Her words brought me back to the night at the club. I hadn’t known then all the strange things I knew now.
“They didn’t know what she wanted with you,” she continued. “And I guess they still don’t really know what she wants with you. But I’m sure you’ll bring them up to spend.”
“Why does she want me to go to Derek?”
“Because she’ll finally be free of him if she does.”
“But isn’t she his step child?” I asked, remembering Jay telling me that.
“Yes, but only because of her special gift.”
“What’s her gift?”
“She can…..”
“Bonnie,” I heard Jay’s voice say. I turned my head and saw Jay. His eyes were that golden color I was starting to love. He came to me and put both of his on either side of my face. “Are you hurt?”
I don’t know why, but I felt tears come into my eyes as I shook my head no. “I’m so sorry.” I whispered. “I shouldn’t have called you.”
“No, you should have.”
“I would hate to ruin this lover’s reunion, but we have things to get done.”
“You bastard you’re going to kill you slowly and make sure it’s all pain.” Jay said, staring at me. I could feel the coolness of his tone and knew he meant what he said.
“Well until that day we’re playing by rules.” Patrick laughed.
“How about I kill you now?” Jay said, and then moved so fast I didn’t know he had moved until I saw him holding Patrick up in the air. “I would move if I were you, Sam.”
I looked at Sam and saw she couldn’t take her eyes off of Jay. I couldn’t read if she was afraid or just plain shocked.
“Jay, we both know you can kick my ass, so do you really think I would be in here alone.” Patrick laughed, and I noticed other pixies starting to come out of nowhere.
There were tons of them and I recognized some of them as the people who had been missing on the news.
“I can take all of you on.” Jay smirked. I frowned there had to be at least fifty pixies in there.
“But how long do you think it’ll take before one of us gets to Bonnie.” Patrick chuckled. “I mean if you want to risk it.”
I felt an arm pulled me up and saw it was Sam. She was still staring at Jay.
“Not a word.” Sam whispered.
I eyed her then looked back at Jay. I didn’t like this. I wished beyond anything that I could become half-vampire or something, so I could kick all of their asses.
Jay let Patrick go and he looked angry.
“I thought you’ll see it my way.” Patrick laughed and then hit Jay. Jay growled, but didn’t do anything.
Patrick hit him again and again, I watched screaming.
“Leave him alone!” I yelled, fighting to get Sam to let me go.
“He doesn’t want you to watch.” Sam said, her eyes filling with tears. I stared at her hardly.
Why is she crying?
“Now let’s take your little pet to see Suzaku.” Patrick laughed and then walked over to a door.
“No!” I heard Jay’s voice roar.
I saw him move to Patrick, but before he got to Patrick the other pixies grabbed him. I watch him fight them and pulled against Sam’s hold.
“Bring her over here Sam.” Patrick said as his eyes stared at Jay fighting the pixies. Sam pulled me forward and smiled at Patrick. “She will be very pleased with you.”
“I’m sure.” Sam continued to smile.
“Leave him alone.” I yelled. “I’ll do whatever you want just leave him out of this.”
“But you’re going to have to do what we want regardless.” Patrick laughed, grabbing me. “Now go in there.”
“I think she will like it better out here.” Sam smirked and she raised her fist to Patrick.
She punched him making him fall to the ground.
“You bitch you’ll die for that!” He yelled and flew right up going straight for her.
“No!” I yelled and tried to stop him.
He pushed against me and felt my body start to fall through the door, but before I did I grabbed onto Patrick’s bringing him with me.
“NO!” Sam yelled and I saw her, through the door, as me and Patrick fell through the bottomless bit.
“Haaaa,” I said and touched my head.
“You stupid bitch!” I heard Patrick yell.
I looked at him ready to tell him to go to hell, but realized he was scared. I could see the fear in his now hazel green eyes.
“Why are you scared?” I asked, but before he could answer I heard a noise come from the darkness.
I jumped when I saw crimson eyes staring out at me.
“No, please.” I heard Patrick scream.
My eyes turned onto him and I watched as a long dragon like tale wrap out and cut him in half. His body fall apart and I fell down to my knees. My hand covered my mouth and I heard the thing make another bit of noise.
“Bonnie,” it suddenly called out. I was shaking and wanted to ran, but was too scared. “I’m sorry.” The thing chuckled. “This will be best.”
I watched as a figure came out for me to see. It was a woman with long red hair that would have been a fake red on anyone else. Her eyes were even redder then her hair, the color of blood.
“Do you know who I am, Bonnie?” She asked.
I frowned and stared at her. “Suzaku.” I whispered out as if her name was even more forbidden then the forbidden four. She smiled and I watched her fire like hair move behind her.
“Good, I don’t have to tell you that.” She smiled. “I’ve seen you through my sight a few times. I have even been shown Jay. Through at first I was wondering why, but now that I see you here I feel that…..” She paused and her eyes became wide. She shook her head and frowned. “Looks like that boyfriend of yours will be joining us soon.”
“How do you know that?” I asked ignoring the fact she called him my boyfriend.
“My gift,” She smiled. “I can see the present. My mind can astral project to different places, so I am able to see what is happening without even being there. Nice, huh?”
“What do you want with me?”
“Me, not a thing.” She laughed. “But her everything in the world.”
“You mean Jennifer.”
“Well her too,” Suzaku frowned. “You’ll be her way to freedom. Too bad Jennifer won’t like to see that her plans aren’t going the way she thought they would.”
“How so?”
“Jay loves you, something I’m sure she didn’t think would happen….then again…..” She closed her eyes and then stared at me. “Won’t be long now, Jay looks even better mad. You should make him angry more often.”
“I’ll try to remember that.” I stared all around me and tried to understand just where I was at. A red ball caught my eyes. It was glowing and from the looks of it Suzaku didn’t like my eyes looking at it.
“What are you looking at my life hu-“
“Let her go.” Jay voice boomed, loudly, cutting her off. “I’ll stay just let her go.”
“Whoever said I wanted you. Son of the king.” Suzaku laughed. “You’re but only a piece of this puzzle and she is several. Once I suck her dry all the other gods will thank me.”
“Touch her and…”
“Jay, I can kill you before you even think of making a move.” She laughed. “Through I can tell you would die for her.” Her red eyes stared at me and I frowned. “Woul
d she do the same for you?”
Suzaku came to me and grabbed my neck. I felt weak like I was being drained. Jay pushed her off of me and grabbed me like he was going to take me out of here, but before he even moved we were both back on the ground. She picked him up and through his body against a black wall. She flew back to me and grabbed both of my arms. It felt like fire was running through my body and I felt my hair start to catch fire.
“Almost there,” I heard her whispered. I kept screaming and trying to pull her from me, but her grip was tight. “Done,” She sighed and she looked almost drained.
The fire feeling stopped and I was sure my hair was no longer in flames. I stared at her wide eyed it felt like I had never felt the flames.
“How?” I asked.
Suzaku smirked and before she could respond Jay grabbed her. It all happened to fast and suddenly she had Jay on his back.
“Fine, more to eat,” She smiled, binding over him. “You’re so strong. I know you’ll taste so sweet. I’ll have my full power once you’re drained.”
She was over him and she kissed him. I stared widely at her. Jay body began to turn lighter. I took in a breath. I ran over to him, but I couldn’t reach them. Some kind of shield bounced me to the floor.
“Don’t kill him!” I screamed.
I saw Jay try to fight her, but even I knew he couldn’t stop her. She was one of the four Gods. That was why Patrick had been so afraid to come down here. She was one of the reasons why they had their powers. Why they were what they were, but to make matters worse he was weaker because of me. He hadn’t been eating so he wasn’t as strong as he could have been.
I looked around me, searching for anything to help him. When I saw it. The red ball. Her life was what she had called it.
I went to it and picked it up. I turned to look at her and just as she took her lips from Jay’s I throw the ball as hard as I could to the ground. It broke into thousands of unfixable pieces.
“You!” She let out as blood came out of her mouth. She tried to walk over to me, but she fell down to the ground and rolled over to her back. “She wanted this to happen.” I stared at her not understanding. “She told me to make sure it happened.”
“Jennifer,” I began as I ran a hand through my hair. “Wanted you to die? Why would she want that?”
Suzaku gave out a light chuckle. “If I were talking about Jennifer I might have killed you. But sadly it’s not her.”
“Who then?”
“Someone who made sure you could see my red ball. My life.” She laughed as blood left her mouth. “You’re human. You wouldn’t be able to see it unless…..” She gave a light sigh and her body evaporated into thin air.
My eyes stared at the spot where she was at first, and then I looked over and saw Jay. Tears came to my eyes. I had to worry about whoever Suzaku was talking about later. Jay needed me.
Standing over him I stared down at his face wondering….What could I do to stop this? How could I stop this from happening?
I binned down. “Jay,” I whispered. “Wake up. It’s okay now. She’s dead.” He didn’t move, didn’t even try to move. “Come on, Jay. You protected me. So stop acting like you’re not going to wake up.” I cried, my voice rising.
My hand went down and touched his face. I felt the coldness of his skin and shivered. It was even colder than it was before. My heart was racing and the heat in my skin did nothing for the coldness of his flesh.
“Jay, wake up damn it!” I yelled now shaking his body. He couldn’t die. He wasn’t supposed to die. He was Jay. Jay was strong and even in the face of death he kept going. Suzaku had almost killed him yet he had got back up and fought just to save me and I was the one who always yelled at him, told him to get away from me, and yet he came here knowing if he fought her he couldn’t win. Yet he came anyway just to save me.
“Please Jay, you can’t die.” I yelled, crying. I pulled him close to me. “You can’t leave me. Not like this Jay, not like this.”
But I knew he was going to die and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I wished harder than anything that I was stronger. He had always told me I was, but now I felt weaker than I have ever felt in my life.
It was like no matter how hard I wanted to see passed this, no matter how hard I kept wishing his brothers would show up, none of the above was going to happen. He was going to die in my arms.
I was the person who saved me, yet I couldn’t even do the same for him. If only he had stayed away, if only I had listened.
Maybe this would have ended differently.
My mind kept going back to the thought that I was trying to hold back: I should have never gone to that club that night and this wouldn’t have happened. But if I had never gone I would have never known him the way I did.
“Jay,” I whispered. “You can’t die.” I told him feeling tears come into my eyes. “Stop it, just wake you. Please.”
I looked at him and with tears in my eyes I did what I had been asking him to do for what seemed like forever, I kissed him.
Epilogue:
Just Us
I wasn’t sure what made me kiss him. Maybe it was the thought that I was going to lose him or the way he had tried to save me. All I know was I wanted to kiss him…I wanted to feel his lips…I needed to do this more than anything.
Nothing was happening. His lips were cold and his face no longer had its shine. He was gone, my mind screamed and I just had to realize that.
But I wouldn’t move.
Not even as I heard voices around me, calling Jay’s and my name, did I move. I pressed down holder on his lips trying my hardest to get a reaction from him. I pulled him closer.
I felt something, a tingly feeling; a depth that had me confused at first. His lips moved against mine and suddenly I was flipped over to my back. His hand grabbed both of mine and held them over my head as his lips continued to attach mine.
A moan escaped my mouth. At that moment I knew the reason why every girl in school wanted these lips on theirs. Why people screamed when they saw Jay. Why even though I hated to admit it I secretly wanted to see what all the fuss was about. At that moment I understood Jay had every right to be stuck up and self-centered. His kiss was intoxicating, irresistible, and perfect. I was melting.
I felt his hand travel down my body and I shivered as his groaned against me. I could tell by the way he felt I wasn’t the only one who loved this interaction.
His kissed I like a man starved for days, something I was sure he was, and I kissed him back like an addicted searching for my high. I wanted to touch him the way he was touching me, yet the way he held my hands and didn’t allow me too made this interaction even hotter.
“Jay,” I heard someone say, it was faint. “You’re going to kill her.” The voice continued.
I didn’t care if they were talking about me. I wanted his lips to stay on mine. They felt too good for them to leave. This was what I had wanted, even if I had never known it.
“Get off of her!” The voice was dark and angry. And suddenly Jay’s lips weren’t on mine anymore. I opened my eyes and saw I was looking into grey eyes that looked worried.
“What…” I began feeling sick and weak. Everything began to spin.
“Bonnie, Bonnie….” The voice called to me as everything went black.
Waking up from a sweet dream feels like hell. You don’t want to wake up from one, you want to continue to dream it stay in it. I opened my eyes at the sound of a door opening. I looked and saw someone walking out of the door, and then I turned my eyes to see Jay sitting in a chair, sleep.
He looked more beautiful then I had ever seen him look. His body was glowing with a light that made me want to make out with him again. But even under all that sexiness, there was something off about him.
“He finally went to sleep.” I heard Leon say. I turned to look at him and saw his grey eyes were staring at me with something I couldn’t read. “He wouldn’t leave you.”
I shook my head. “How long wa
s I asleep?”
“A month,”
“A month,” I repeated, trying to keep in mind not to be loud.
“I’m joking. I can be funny too.” Leon smiled, making me looking at him confused. I wasn’t sure just what he meant by that, but the way he said it made me want to pay more attention to it. “You were out for about a week.” He continued.
“A week,” I paused, and then looked at him wide eyed. “My parents are going to kill me.”
“Nate took care of it.” He laughed with no humor; staring at me. “He even took care of the school. Everyone’s going to think you were there and your parents won’t think you were ever gone. Even Angelica won’t remember a thing.”
“What about Jonathan?” I asked, but I already knew the answer.
“I’m sorry,” He replied, rubbing my hand.
“I’m not a hundred percent sure on how I feel about the dust thing.” I told him, rubbing my head. I couldn’t think about Jonathan right now. I wouldn’t be able to control myself if I did. “I hate it when you guys use your dust on people.”
Leon didn’t say anything about me changing the subject and I was glad.
“You almost died and you’re worried about them using their dust.” Leon shook his head and frowned. “What you did was stupid. If I hadn’t pulled him off of you, you would be dead.”
From one kiss.
“I don’t care.” I looked away from him and over at Jay. He looked so tried, but so beautiful. “He risked his life for me and my best friend. I had him come into that place to save us and he would have died. I couldn’t let that happen.”
I was scared to look back at Leon. I had lost one of my friends because of Jennifer and had nearly lost Ang. I felt tears coming down my eyes. I went to wipe to my eyes, but Leon did it for me. He then turned my head and stared at me. His grey eyes filled with something that made me feel like I should be blushing.
“I told you I wouldn’t let you die,” His voice had taken on a tone I hadn’t heard from him before. It was dark and angrier, it made me shiver. “You may think we’re not monsters but we are and I don’t want you to give up your life for one of us.”
“Leon, you’re not a monster.” I told him. “And honestly Elisabeth was a bitch for telling you that.”