Die for You

12| Jade

I pulled away from Joseph as my forehead rested against his. We were both breathing heavily. My hands slid into his as our fingers intertwined.

"Why do you make me want you so bad..?" I whispered to him.

He didn't say anything. He shrugged. As if he felt the same way. We kissed again and smiled as he moved himself to be laying next to me. He pulled me closer to him and hugged me. We fell asleep like this.

1 Week Later

I changed into new clothes as Joseph was packing my other stuff. I looked in the mirror of the bathroom.

"Finally. I'm discharged." I mumbled to myself. I smiled at my own reflection and looked at my crutches that leaned on the wall behind me. I sighed.

I have to walk on crutches for a few more weeks. Originally it was only two weeks but Joseph insists on more.

God, Joseph. The man who is right there, packing my stuff. Moving me into his room.

I smiled at my thoughts.

He's amazing. This whole week. He never left my side.

I really like him and I hope things work out between us. We have only kissed twice and it feels like I'm the queen of the world.

I turned around towards my crutches and grabbed them. I crutched out of the bathroom and managed to get myself out of the bathroom.

"Hey." I said to him, He turned around as he heard me walk out of the bathroom.

"Hey." He said, smiling.

God I love that smile. It tells you so much with no words.

He walked towards me and helped me out of the room and walked me to the reception desk. I sat in one of the chairs and he went back to my room to get the rest of my stuff.

I sat there waiting for him and pulled out my locket that was tucked in under my t-shirt.

It was a golden heart. Engraved in the heart was 𝓙𝓥. "Jade Valer"

My initials. I opened the gold heart and inside had two pictures. One on each side of the hearts. One showed a boy, not too much older than me. The other showed a man and woman. A couple. The boy was standing next to the man as the woman held a baby.

The boy is my brother. Well, it was my brother. Florian Valer. And the couple would be my parents. Or they were my parents. They're all dead. I'm the last one of my family left. My grandparents died way before my parents met. My brother died in war, my father was murdered, my mother disappeared and was announced dead since there was no body found.

My brother told Zeke to always protect me and take care of me when my brother was gone. And Zeke did. Zeke was like a second brother to me. Zeke died protecting me.

And now, I'm all alone.

I started crying as I looked down at the pictures of my family.

I miss them. So, so much.

I felt arms go around me, and pulled me into a warm embrace. I look to see who it is, and I see no other than Joseph's beautiful, kind eyes. I let him hold me and I cried into his shoulder.

His touch was so comforting. It makes me feel as if I'm not alone. But I am. I'm all I have left and I am forever this way.

What did I do to deserve Joseph? He doesn't deserve my pain. He deserves happiness. A life of smiling. But I don't want to push him away. I want him to stay with me. I want to stay with him.

In reality. You could say I am falling in love with him..