Finding innocence (Completed)

Chapter 7

Monday, February 7th, 2008. 11:29 AM.

"You heard from your Mom yet? This isn't like her to not reply to our texts or at least tell you where she is" April said.

Hannah hit her on the back of the head " leave Jocelyn alone, she's looking for her" she replied.

"My mom was in her room for the past day or so, she's so depressed for some reason I'm starting to worry for her. It's not like her to lay in bed for two days and not get out to use the bathroom or eat. This is bullshit, I'm calling a psychiatrist" Jocelyn stood up from her chair and walked into the living room.

She used the home phone to call a place called "Woodland Centers" a suicidal supervision and can also go if depressed. Jocelyn went down stairs to tell her mother "mama? Someone is gonna come here and bring you somewhere, to help you" she said.

"They can't force me out of my own home, you know the truth I know you do. About your fathers death, I don't know who told you but I will kill them-" she was cut off by someone bursting through the door.

They brought her out and put her in an ambulance and drove off, letting Jocelyn know that if she had any questions to contact them. And she did.

"When can she come home? How long will she be there? Is she gonna be put on meds or something? Tell me something! Is she gonna be ok?" They explained to her that she will be fine and it would be about a month.

"The King said it was because of Asher, her older brother and they talked about Ashley, her older sister but younger than Asher. I'm not surprised, I would be depressed too" Francis said.

"This just isn't like her, I don't even know who those people are!" She exclaimed in frustration.

He helped her understand and about Ashley's past. "Freaky" she shuddered.

Ashley was married to The King, and by was she left him. She was pregnant with who he thought was the next heir but the child ended up being a girl. He had her murdered for leaving him and not having their first born a boy. Everything was fine for a while for her until the King got Thomas to kill her. When Caitlin found out she was furious but she couldn't do anything about since the next day her and her daughter were turned human. Caitlin also found out that Thomas wanted to kill her too, to cover up his tracks before the King found out that her first child wasn't his.

Asher watched over Caitlin and Jocelyn while they were human and helped out any way he could. "I'm exhausted" Jocelyn groaned. 

"Then go to bed" Francis said, she looked at him "no I'm not going anywhere" he whispered in her ear, as if he were saying something dirty to her.

She scoffed and went to her bed and closed her eyes, she didn't even care. Francis went downstairs to get food and brought it back to her room when he found things he wanted.

Nightmares was what it was until Francis laid next to her and held her in the middle of the night and she stopped, they went away.

"Our plan is going accordingly in place, the girl is still to be ours in the future as the sisters did say" the servant said in a sweet voice.

"Perfect, just what we need" the leader said walking up to her and stroked her cheek, then slapped her "but then they said that she would be rescued!" He yelled.

She straightened her back "but we all know your not going to let that happen, even those damn Chaos. We may have been damned by Raziel but since he made the prophecy he will think differently once you prove him wrong, my lord" she said.

"Are you alright?" Francis asked Jocelyn who was wrapped in the towel sitting on the edge of the bathtub.

"Yes I'm fine, I just slipped-" she replied.

"You're bleeding" he said and grabbed a washcloth and put it in her head where the blood flowed down the side of her face.

"Ah, shit!" She mumbled and got up.

An hour later after she got dressed and the bleeding stopped, Francis put some cream on it to let it heal and not get infected "you should stay inside today, don't wanna let that get worse or messed up" he suggested.

"I was just planning on being on the dock most of the day and reading or thinking" she said.

"About what?"

"Things I haven't had time to digest, my mom and then there's you and the Foreshadowed people".

"What about me?" He asked.

"Your my zieo-".

"You're right, I am and I haven't been acting like it".

"I didn't know there was a specific way you had to act, and you comfort me, what else could you do?" She asked. 

"You are really bad about dating and romance".

"Ha! Your talking to a girl who used to cry herself to sleep just because a butterfly flew away from her and you think I'm bad at romance? Your one to talk" she giggled.

"What did you just say?" He said in a voice she knew that she should start running and she did.

He chased her, she yelled his name and laughed. She was chased outside and went the wrong way and ended up cornered on the dock. When he was in front of her, she ran into him. 

He wasn't expecting it and lost his balance and fell, she landed on top of him and she sat on him. They both were smiling, both laughing. Francis hadn't smiled because he was having fun in a long time, not since he became Chaos. This girl was getting to him, he was letting her in and he didn't care.

Jocelyn got off him and sat down, he sat up. She leaned on a post and moved her leg over the side of the dock, starting to swing it. Every time they made eye contact, she bit her bottom lip shyly and smiled. He put his hand on her cheek, and she relaxed her face and somewhat in shock. He leaned in to kiss but the next thing he knew he was in water, as was she.

The board they had been sitting on broke in half, resulting in their fall. They reached the surface and Jocelyn winced in pain because of her head, he helped her to the sand. "Are you ok? Are you hurt?"

"Haha! No Francis I'm ok, it's just my head. Lake water doesn't help" she replied. He cleaned and dressed the wound, again.