Jason: The Origin (Book 1)

William

Jason Pov

    I was sleeping two weeks later, having nigjtmares rather. I was woken up by a weird noise. I stood up and walked out of my room. Someone who looked like Kara was there. "Who are you." I asked, ready to shoot my heat vision. "It's me Jason'' The Kara look alike said  "No, Kara died, show yourself imposter" I said. "Jason, it's me, Kara, remember when we were at Eliza's. You made that bridge of Ice, we slid on it with Alex and Maggie. And then Later we watched the sunset on the roof. And you gave me a photo you secretly took, and you gave me a new suit for Christmas'' Kara said. I stood down and I knew it was her. I walked over and hugged her, I was still waiting to wake up. I embraced Kara's touch, one I never thought I'd feel again. "I thought I lost you," I said. "I'm sorry" Kara said. I pulled away and kissed her. I missed it, I missed Kara. I was still in disbelief, I thought I was dreaming. "What happened?" I asked "I don't want to talk about it tonight, I just want to spend it with you" Kara asked. "Alright" I said and me and Kara went to the couch. I gave her back her ring and later she went to her bedroom to sleep. "Why is the bed made"
"I, uh, couldn't bring myself to sleep there without you"
"I'm so sorry"
"It's fine, I, uh, yeah. It hurt, I, uh, I thought I had lost you, that I would never open myself up again after this"
"You never have to worry about that again"
"I hope so"

    I went to go take a shower, I hadn't in a few days, too scared I was gonna want to drown myself. I got in and leaned against the wall, letting the water fall on my face and down my shoulders. I was spaced out, the only thing that brought me back was Kara's arms around me, her head on my back. "Hey" I said. "Hey" Kara said. I turned towards her and hugged her, holding the embrace for a while. "This isn't a dream" Kara reminded. "I hope not" I said. I was still in shock.

    I was still hugging Kara, thinking, eventually I got to the bad stuff. I started crying, Kara rubbed her hands on my back and I cried into her shoulder. Man I loved her. "Whats wrong" Kara asked. "Nothing, I'm sorry, I shouldt cry, I'm not weak" I said, mad at myself and I pulled away. Kara placed her hands on my arms. "No, you're not weak, you're the strongest person I've ever met. Your not weak for crying, you've just had to be strong for too long." Kara said, comforting me. She was right, I had to become a man the second my mom died in my arms. I hugged Kara again, and then I kissed her. "You're too good for me" I said. "No, no one is too good for you." Kara said and she saw the dog tags around my neck, she picked them up and read them. 

"Why is there two names"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"No, it's okay, please tell me"
"I don't want to, its bad memories"
"Jason, come on"
"You'll never see me the same!"
"Nothing could ever change the way I see you so tell me"
"Will, all right, Will"
"Who is he"
"My best friend, and a dead man"
"You can tell me"
"I never told you this before, but before I became a cop I did time in the army."
"Why didn't you tell me"
"Too much pain. Will, I hated him in basic training, but we got paired as roommates in the barracks. We became friends, I trained to be a sniper and he was the guy who was to scope my targets and watch my six. He got tired of sitting around so he joined the convoy. They were rolling through town, I was watching the streets for abushes. I didn't see the guy who did it, I just saw an RPG fire, it hit the truck and boom. Will and five other guys were blown to bits, no survivors, I found Will, he was still alive, he died in my arms, gave me his tags. After that I was honorably discharged, they only put the honorably part infront because of my kill count, 37. So now do you see why I didn't want to tell you I'm a murderer, and a failure."
"You served your country, thats what I see, but I've never seem your tags before, why wear them now?"
"Metaphor, Wills's tags remind me that no matter how bad things can get, I can still at least try to keep going."
"Symbolic"
"Take em"
"What?"
"Take the tags, you don't have to wear Will's, just mine, if you want to"
"You keep em, the only good luck charm I need is you"

    Kara kissed me and we showered together, making love.