Untold Truth

Chapter 13

"It's wonderful." I say looking at it. How could I not know this was here? There is a big waterfall cascading down into a river. The water is deep like a little swimming hole and I can see fish swimming. The water is crystal clear and it is breathtaking.

"Isn't it." He says. He goes and stands on a rock that over looks the water. I keep my distance and admire the beauty. Of both the waterfall and him.

He turns to me and laughs. "You look out of place."

I look at him with a pointed look. I look out of place? "Funny thing for a boy who lives in the woods alone to say." I comment.

He looks at me a little taken aback. "Hey Karlie?" He asks.

"Hey Jack?" A mock him.

He smiles and it is extremely mischievous. "Do you know how to swim?" He asks coming over to were I am.

"Of course I know how to swim..." I start, but as I am saying this Jack picks me up. "JACK! No no no." He just laughs and runs over to the edge. I laugh to. Suddenly I am no longer in Jacks arms. I am in the air flying towards the water. My arms flaying and me screaming and laughing. I hit the water and my back feels refreshed. All of my cuts and bruises feel at ease. I pop up to see Jack.

I swim over to him. I look at him innocently. "Help me out?" I ask. He reaches an arm to help me and I grab it with my good arm and pull him in. He flys over me and plummets into the water. He comes up and starts laughing.

"Oh man that was a cheap shot!" He yells.

"Oh ya?" I ask. "Whatcha gonna do about it?"

He looks at me and comes over to me. He wraps his arms around me tightly but not hurting me. I feel butterflies in my stomach. He looks into my eyes and and gets so close to my mouth. His lips part, "This." Then he shoves me under the water.

I come up for air. "Hey!" That was not cool. Then I begin a splash war. Like the ones me and Donna used to have with boys in Freshman year. He keeps getting me and splashing harder then I can get him. Finally I go under the water and pull him under. He grabs my wrist and pulls me out of the water and throws me. I stay under the water and swim over to the waterfall. I go under it, barely making it because of how strong the current is. I am on the other side of the waterfall and I climb up it, onto a ledge. My arm with the cut really hurts, and so does the rest of my body from my dad and last night, but I push the thought aside and don't let it ruin my fun.

I hear Jack call my name. I see him looking around for me. He looks a little scared and I laugh, waiting to make my move.

"Karlie? Karlie!" He says searching the water. I jump through the waterfall and make a big splash by him.

He goes under the water for a while then resurfaces. He looks at me and I can't help but burst up falling into the water more. Jack pulls me up and I catch my breathe.  "Okay, okay. You won." He says defeated.

I laugh again. This is the most I've laughed in for ever. I never really had many friends I could just hang out with. I had Donna, but since I stopped going to school I haven't talked to her. Jack looks extremely happy to. I wonder if he ever had a chance to be a kid. Or did he just have to grow up one day, and miss boyhood? It's things like this that make the world so unfair. We both got jibed out of the normal experiences.

I look into Jack's eyes and I see something I've never seen before. It's like a child who's excited. He's shown me that he jokes around before, but this is entirely different. He's just so free, like he's not stressed out or anything.

His smile fads. "What?" He asks concern again. I shake my head.

"You're different. You aren't putting up you 'tough guy' act." I say. "It's nice."

He gives me a look. Almost like sizing me up. "Well, if I must say, you aren't your normal uptight self either." He pokes my sides. I nearly jump out of the water and I cry out in pain. Jack's face goes white. He backs away from me with shame. "I... I'm so so sorry."

"No, Jack it's fine. I'm fine. It just hurt a little." I say coming over to him. He looks at me with inquiry. The look he gives me makes me want to hide my marks. I just smile. "Maybe we should get out now?" I ask, making my way to land. Jack grabs my wrist lightly, and I turn to him, now able to stand in the water.

"Karlie, can I see your injuries?" I shake my head.

"They're nothing, you just hit a sensitive spot in general." He looks at me longer, eyes tearing into me, spotting my lie.

"No, we're checking them." He states. I sigh. I take off my shirt and face away from him. He gasps. "Karlie, you need to let me put on some bandages, or something. And this bruise on your side." I already know there's nothing he can do for me. He has to too.

"Honestly Jack, what could you do?" I say, putting my wet shirt on a rock to dry.

"Nothing I suppose." He looks away. "You wanted to know more about all this. Maybe we should do that before you have to get home." He suggests. I nod. He takes off his shirt and sets it to dry by mine. His body is so perfect, that it is breathtaking. He is perfectly chiseled abs and his skin is smooth. Next to him I feel so soft. He turns around to go and sit on a rock. That's when I see the scars.

He has nasty looking scars running down his back. They look like someone whipped him. Someone did whip him. He's been in my position. He knows my pain. I am stuck staring at his back, trying to figure him out, when he looks back at me.

"Yes Karlie, they're scars from being hurt like you." He says. This could mean so many things. But one thing sticks out to me.

I look at his scars again. "Jack..." I want to make a guess about him, but wouldn't he tell me when he's ready. In stead I just walk over to him and sit on the rock he's standing on. "Tell me about the Surge and the Yuris."