Protecting Genie

Chapter 24

Jack's POV

Keeping to my promise, I didn't bother Genie at all for these past 2 weeks. Even when we passed each other in the hallway, which was quite often now, all I did was nod my head and give a quick hello. In turn, she'd do the same, even adding a smile for me.

That smile always made my knees go weak. It took all my might to wait until she turned the corner to let my weight bring me down. It was making me go insane.

So it was obvious that my simple plan of just not talking was working.

To try and keep my sanity intact, I had decided that when Genie was out and about in the workshop, I'd stay locked inside my room. And when she was off doing her work as an actual Genie, I'd try to be on the other side of the world, making up a huge snowball day for the kids.

It was pretty funny to see the world freak out about a snow storm in Rome, since I only tend to visit every 25 years or so.

There was no tension between Genie and I; but there was tension among the Guardians.

They were torn in their decision of whom to give their support to. On my side were Abril, Tooth, and Sandy. On her side was North and Bunny. You'd figured it'd be vice versa, since girls tend to stick together in these kind of situations.

But not in this instance.

Tooth couldn't understand why Genie wasn't jumping at the chance to be with me. Those were the exact words I heard the one day I overhead them talking in the kitchen. Tooth began to compliment me like crazy; which made my big ego even bigger. Genie just told her that she had her reasons, got up, and left the kitchen.

I made sure I was hiding when she came out. I had thought that Tooth constantly bothering her would make her angry or irritated, but there was no sign of it on her face. Instead, she looked completely exhausted.

Abril, on the other hand, knew all the reasons why Genie wasn't jumping. There had also been times where I'd see her and Genie sitting in front of the fire of the workshop. They'd be sharing a plate of cookies, a cup of cocoa, and whispering some things.

From the way those conversations ended, Abril was always agitated. She would stomp her way down the hallway to her room, open the door, and then slam it shut. Genie would soon follow, her head being down to where she was just looking at the floor.

This had been going on for the past 2 weeks; I expected today to be the same. But it happened a little differently.

I had been inside my room, laying on my bed and reading some random book that Abril gave me. A romance novel, for later, she had told me. Now I understood why it was for later. To say this was romance novel would be a total understatement; this was practically a sex book. It might as well have been the Kama sutra.

It was very enjoyable for me; I'm not going to lie. I had actually pictured myself and Genie as the main characters.

I was so drawn into the story that the loud pounding on my door caused me to drop my book while I floated up 5 feet in the air.

"Jack, open up!" I took a deep sigh and lowered myself back down onto the ground, somewhat grumbling about how Abril just had to interrupt during the good part

I barely unlocked the door when the handle was turned and Abril pushed herself in.

"Genie ran off somewhere." She informed me.

Now Genie is a big girl, and she's an Immortal with powers so it wasn't impossible for her to defend herself. And absolutely no one in the Immortal world wanted to hurt her, feeling that dying a horrible death was enough to atone for anything she had done.