Power Gems

Chapter 16

When Luna said that, I felt like jell-o.  “Yes,” I said quickly in a high-pitched voice.  Luna’s eyes grew wide, about the size as plates.  My cheeks burned so bad it hurt my face.   I quickly ran off, tears in my eyes.  

What the heck is wrong with you?! You just confessed that you love Jason! I screamed in my head.  I felt so stupid! Why would I even tell Luna! Not to mention that when Jason and me kissed for the first time she looked jealous.  I spread it out my wings and started flapping. 

I got to the tree house and ran straight to my room.  I ran straight to my bed and flew on top of it and started crying my eyes out. 

I heard a scratch on my door, I knew that it Scribbles.  “GO AWAY!” I yelled in my pillow.  I heard more scratching. “I’M NOT LETTINGYOU IN! GET LOST.” I screamed louder. I heard my door open. I shot up.

“GET OUT!!” I screamed, it was Jason, his face in shock.  Tears were rolling off my cheeks as they burned to see Jason there.  Jason froze in my doorway, “GET OUT!” I ordered.  His face went from surprised to anger.  “Fine!” he yelled at me.  He slammed the door behind me, I heard his footsteps running.

I smashed my face in my pillow again and started crying.  I have never felt to babyish in my life.  I cried for what seemed hours when I heard another knock on my door.  “Saber, are you okay?” I heard from behind the door, it was Zoie. 

“NO!” I screamed back.  She opened my door and sat next to me.  She patted my back.  “Saber, what happened?” She said, her voice calm and not as high-pitched.  “Why should I tell you?” I said, my voice muffled because of the pillow.  “Because, you can trust me.” Said Zoie.  I lifted my head from the pillow to see her face, she had a kind and gentle smile. 

Okay, you’re probably thinking, “Why is she crying?” well to tell you the truth, I have never had a crush before, and I’m pretty sure that no one has ever had a crush on me.  I never knew how to be loved by someone other than my family.  Also I’m not really good at keeping secrets.  All my life I have never had a friend, and Jason and me, he was the closest thing I had.  I was afraid having feelings for him means that he would leave me. 

Of course, I was an idiot and spilled everything to Zoie.  After telling her I slammed my face in my pillow, she rubbed my back some more and said with a smile, “Saber, it’s all right if you like someone.  For as long as I’ve been here, I can tell that you and Jason are really good friends, I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t leave because of your feelings. I have a feeling that you and Jason with be friends for a long time.  And I’m not telling you what you want to hear, I’m telling you the truth.”  She giggled and kept rubbing my back. 

            I lifted my head from my pillow, “Thank you Zoie, you’re a good friend.” I said smiling weakly at her.  Her eyes got big as her smile (which is big).  I sat up and gave her a hug.  Which is something I don’t do.  When Zoie first hugged me, I was about to punch her in the face.  But hugging her made me never want to let go.  She slowly wrapped her arms around me, I felt warm in her arms. 

            We both let go; I stood up from my bed. “Again, thank you Zoie for being here.”  I said and gave her a real smile and walked out.  I headed straight to Jason’s room.  I knocked on the door.

            I opened the door, “Jason?” I said softly.  I entered his room, I saw him laying on his bed his face in his pillow too.  He’s acting just like me I thought.  “What?” he said gruffly.  Why his he so mad? I asked inside my head. 

            I walked over to his bed and sat down next to him.  “I’m sorry I yelled at you.” I said my voice very low, I could barley hear it.  He turned his head; his dark blue eyes met my light green.  He sat up next to me.  My cheeks burned-bad.  He turned his head to look at me; I quickly looked away at my feet. 

            “It’s ok.” Jason said, his voice soft and low.  “You may not know Saber, but I’m like you, I never had any friends, it’s crazy I know, after my father died I blocked out the whole world.  I felt like no one was ever going to be friends with me.  The way I acted back then, it was harsh. I would always yell at people and running off without knowing why myself. 

“When I met you, I felt like we had a connection, like you knew what I was going through.  I was scared of losing the only person I knew so far that’s why I had always out did you.  I wanted you to be impressed, but you felt like that was a challenge, didn’t you?” He said looking at me. I nodded, I felt guilty. 

“Saber, are we going to stay friends?” He asked, normally I hate stupid questions I mean, weren’t we already?  “Yes,” I said nodding and smiling.  I extended my arms to hug him when the unexpected happened.  A ninja star came out of nowhere and hit Jason in the shoulder.