Wicked Heart Beat - A Listen To Your Heart Book

Just A Kiss

"So any particular reason you wanted me to come?" Jay asked as he entered Crystal's room.

"No," she answered. "Just thought it'd be cool to hangout. Besides I need help with this assignment." She handed him his baby and went on to dress hers. Lil Ben was actually really cute. She loved dressing him up in cute little sailor outfits and bow ties. Today she put him in a button up shirt, shorts and boat shoes with of course a bow tie. Evie had sewed them for her. She even had a crown for the baby.

"You've got to be kidding me," Jay rolled his eyes.

"What?!" Crystal said indignantly.

"You're dressing up your baby?"Jay asked. "That's literally the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen."

Crystal frowned. "It is not! Besides Lily's dressed, too."

"Only because Audrey's a psycho."

"It's not crazy to love your children, even if they're fake!" Crystal said.

To this Jay stayed silent. Crystal finished dressing BJ and Lily and they headed to breakfast. Jay kept his head down with his hands in his pockets. Crystal noticed his silence, and stopped in front of him.

"Are you okay?" She asked, concerned. "You've been really quiet."

Jay shrugged avoiding her gaze. "It's fine." He pushed past her to the cafeteria. It was mostly empty because it was late to be getting breakfast. Most kids were enjoying their parents company on Sunday since it was a three day weekend and there was no school Monday.

Jay grabbed a plate and piled high a mountain of food. Crystal tried to not show her disgust and opted for yogurt and fruit to Jay's pile of pancakes, sausage and eggs. They sat down at a table next to the window. Storm students got up to leave, leaving them the only ones eating.

Crystal started "feeding" the robo babies. She added sound effects and airplane motions for fun. "Who wants food? Come catch the airplane!" She said in baby talk. She giggled at her own silliness. Jay rolled his eyes.

"I don't know how many times I'm going to have to tell you that they're not real babies." Jay said. "You look ridiculous."

Crystal frowned. "Well sorry if I actually enjoy this project. I kinda love these robot babies. It's good practice for when I become a mother some day. I wanna show my future child the same love and care my mother gave me."

Jay couldn't take it anymore. He threw his food, plate and all, into the garbage and stormed out of the cafeteria. Crystal was surprised at his sudden mood change. She hurried and threw her trash away and picked up the babies and ran after him. He didn't get very far. He was sitting on a bench in front of the library with his head in his hands. Crystal placed the robots into a stroller she brought for them and put them to "sleep".

She sat next to Jay and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry." She states softly. "I had no idea."

Jay didn't say a word. He didn't even move. Crystal didn't know what his expression was but she kept talking.

"I'm so sorry, I really am," she apologized again. "I was being so insensitive. Sometimes I forget that you VK's didn't have childhoods like ours. I guess it's because you all changed so much I started seeing you all as regular people like us."