... He Loves Me (COMPLETED)

•Chapter Eleven•

•Chapter Eleven: Secrets•

•Elsa•

I walk away from the pond, confused and frustrated. What am I supposed to do? Kuzco is leaving, either to Canada or California, both of which are far away. There's no way we're going to be able to stay together, long distance relationships never work. But he didn't say anything about breaking up?

I notice Jack walking just a few paces ahead of me and lose my thoughts. For some reason, I rush to catch up to him.

"Hey." I slow down next to him.

"Hey!" He seems surprised. Oh... I keep forgetting we're not supposed to talk. It just seems natural now, even though it's been forever since the bet and that whole mess.

"Did you get everything handled from earlier?" I ask.

"Huh? Oh, Y-yeah. I found his mom and everything so it was all good." Jack smiles nervously. Something's off with him.

"Is something wrong?" I ask worriedly.

Something flashes across Jack's still blue eyes, but it's gone too quick. "N-No..."

I raise an eyebrow but leave it that. I'm sure it's just weird that I'm talking to him... But for some reason I don't want to stop.

"I'm glad you were able to help Ben." I'm so glad he got that settled; I felt really guilty about leaving. "I guess I'll... See you around, then..."

Jacks eyes light up a little bit. Then he looks at me. "Wait a second, are you going home right now?"

"Yeah?"

"I can't possibly let you walk home alone! I'll walk with you." He says with the nicely familiar happiness in his voice. It used to sound fake, but I just don't think it is anymore; something has changed. I just can't point out what it is.

"You don't have to do that." It's going to be super awkward. We're not even friends!

"Yes I do! I may have made some mistakes but I'm not going to make this one."

I nod silently, not knowing how to respond. I never win arguments with him. We walk for a little bit in silence, having nothing to say. Every few seconds, Jack looks at me, but for the most part we both stare at the ground.

"So..." Jack breaks the silence. "I heard about you and Kuzco... Are you okay?"

Um... what? What does he mean me and Kuzco? Even I haven't heard about it yet! There's nothing to hear about! "What do you mean? Nothing's happened... Yet." I mumble the last part but I think he still hears me.

"Oh." Jack closes his mouth and looks up at the stars instead. I watch his eyes search for something in the sky. No matter what has happened, he's always had strangely nice blue eyes. "Hey look, it's Cygnus!"

Seriously? Making up names to change the subject? That's pretty low. "What?"

"The constellation! It looks slightly like a swan." He points at it and I follow his hand to a group of faint stars. They don't really look like a swan.

"I don't see it." I look at him for an explanation.

"Yeah." Jack looks down in thought, putting his hands in his pockets. "Makes sense."
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•Jack•
•Way earlier that day•

I look over my shoulder for the eighth time in the last five minutes. I've never felt so sneaky for no reason, but the undercover cop thing keeps looking better and better!

"You came." A surprised voice pops up next to me.

"Let's get this over with. I don't want to spend anymore time with you than I have to."