Music in My Hart: Huskerdust Children FanFic

Chapter 17: A Rock to Cry On

      What started out as just another Tuesday shifted into a much more complex situation when I waved at Jessie when she got back to the hotel today. Usually she would smile and wave back at me but for some reason she didn't even acknowledge me which in all honesty, sort of hurt my feelings. I try to shake off the feeling and instead wonder what exactly happened at the wedding dress shop today that had her coming back home so sad? I was determined to get to the bottom of this but I knew that I had to be extra cautious. I knew she was in a delicate state of mind so I needed to time everything just right.

     I knew for sure that I didn't want to go in there when she wasn't ready to talk yet. A few hours pass and I decide to go up to her room and check on her. It would seem however that everyone else had the same idea because there was a small crowd around the entrance to her room I hastened my pace and came up to the entrance of her room and saw that my dad was in there consoling her. She was crying a lot which always seemed to upset me. I stood in the doorway confused about what had happened until my dad looked up at all of us in the doorway and gestured for us to leave.

      Hesitantly, I did as he asked. I was already aware that she and my dad had history from last year and that he had known her longer than everyone else here. In this regard, I trusted him and knew that Jessie was in good hands. As a result, I decide to head to my room and wait for my dad to leave before going into her room to check on her. About an hour passes and I hear the sound of her door opening and light footsteps walking across the floor.

      He tells her good night and flips the light switch off before shutting the door quietly behind him. I hear the sound of his footsteps walking across the hall so I decide to wait a couple more minutes until I knew for sure that he was gone. I then grab the room keys off of my dresser and quietly inch my way out of my bedroom. I shut the door quietly and turn around to find Alastor a few inches away from my face. I gasp and jump about six feet in the air and hiss at him before threatening him with my claws.

       "What the fuck, Alastor! You almost gave me a fucking heart attack. "Mmm... tasty," Alastor says with a creepy smile before licking his lips. I roll my eyes in annoyance, the key word is, 'almost' Alastor. He unnaturally snaps his neck to the side before turning and walking away down the hallway.

      I roll my eyes and place the key card in her door and wait for it to light up in green before turning the door and opening it. I walk into her room and quietly shut the door behind me. I turn to face her and see that she is fast asleep in her bed. I smile at her and decide to sit down and write her a letter since I know that she'll be wondering why I'm in her room. I think for a couple of minutes and then the words come to me:

'Hey Jessie,
I'm here because I was worried about you since you didn't wave or smile back at me today like you usually do when you get home. Did you maybe want to talk about what happened? You know that I'm always here for you if you need me but I just wanted to reiterate that in this letter. I don't ever want you to feel like you have to keep secrets from me or anything so... yeah, I'm here for you. I didn't want to wake you up when you were sleeping so peacefully so I decided to sleep in the spare bed tonight.

     I also didn't want you to be alone just in case you had a nightmare. Anyways, if you happen to wake up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare or just because you can't sleep,... you're more than welcome to snuggle up with me like normal.... That is... uh... if  it'll help you to feel better, I mean. Anyways, I hope you feel better tomorrow.

~D'

       After writing the letter I let out a sigh and close my pen. 'Well, I guess it's as good as it's going to get anyways.' I take the letter and place it on her night stand next to her phone. I look down at her sleeping and am tempted to kiss her on the head but ultimately decide against it. I already know in my heart that I'm in love with her but I don't know if she feels the same way.

       I take off my t-shirt and climb into the spare queen size bed and cross my hands behind my head and stare up at the ceiling. Shortly after, I hear the sound of rain pouring against the window pane and a sense of calm instantly sweeps over me. 'Even if she does love me... I'm not even sure if she herself is aware of it. On the other hand  if she is aware of it, maybe she's still struggling to come to grips with it just like I was before I talked to my dad.  In any case, I want to wait until she's ready before I fully show my feelings to her.'

       I turn to lay on my side to face the opposite direction that she's in. Shortly after I hear her stirring and then hear her sit up and yawn. As a result I close my eyes and pretend to be asleep. I hear the rustling of the letter that I had wrote for her. She lets out a few soft chuckles here and there and then I hear her lay the letter back down on the nightstand.

     I hear her climb out of bed and walk over to where I am laying down with my eyes still closed. I hear her climb into bed with me and feel her wrap her arms around me. She nuzzles in close to the back of my neck and I let out an involuntary purr. She chuckles softly and leans over and kisses me on the head while running her fingers through my hair. I instantly melted like butter and felt my cheeks turn red as she leaned over and whispered into my ear still oblivious that I'm still awake, "I love you, Demetrius."

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      I slept really well last night but woke up this morning to find that Jessie was gone. I look around the room and notice that a breakfast tray had been set out on the table across from me and that it had a letter inside of an envelope. I kick the covers off of me and climb out of bed and walk over to the table and grab the letter and head back to my bed to read it.