It Can't Be Over (Book 2 - Immortalfox)

Chapter 17

Yep! You guessed it. Chapter 17 inbound! 

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 Aleks POV:

“Hey Aleks. How are you?”

Jordan turned to face me as I entered the room. He wore a cheery smile on his face and I couldn’t help but to give a smile back in return.

“I’m good. So what’s up?” I asked.

Sp00n was already gone from what I could see and Dan, standing from his computer, was looking like he was preparing to make his leave as well.

“I just wanted to tell you that I’m really sorry about Eddie. I know it’s been a very rough time for you, and I’m sure you don’t want to talk about it, but I just wanted to tell you myself that I’m here for you in you need me. You’re more than welcome to come to me for advice.”

The gesture was much appreciated. A part of me, though, was slightly agitated to have to continue to talk to about Eddie and hear condolences from people. Another part, however, was glad to hear those words from Jordan. Jordan was one of my largest inspirers. To hear those words from his mouth made me a little bit more at ease.

“Thanks, Jordan. Honestly, that means a lot to me to hear that from you.”

Jordan gave a small nod and gave me a quick hug, then passed by me to head for the front door.

“Wh—“ I began, but it was too late. A pair of lips collided atop my own, shocking me and rooting me into place. I began to struggle as two hands clamped down on my cheeks.

The lips were moist and tender, and I furrowed in confusion. Whose lips were these? They were suddenly so familiar—almost like a dream, a distance place even, from so far back in my past.

And then I saw his face. Smiling and laughing, giggling that golden laugh that I had not heard in so long.

“E-Eddie?”

He smiled again, this time seductively, and pulled me against his chest. I let out a surprised gasp and smiled as his lips softly brushed against mine, teasing me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, smiling and laughing. I was calm and in love, and any premonition or motion of sadness in my life suddenly never existed. Eddie had always had that effect on me.

And then I opened my eyes.

I pulled away and batted at the air as I saw another man’s face on instinct upon seeing that it was not my lovers face. But then I remembered that my lover had been dead to me for months upon months. He had left me and ran. He did not care and he most certainly was not coming back.

So I turned away in fear. I had just been kissed by James. Why would he kiss me? I was no desirable object. If I had been taught anything from the experience of Eddie leaving me, it was that I was a discarded entity. So why had James kissed me? How could he care for something as worthless as me?

“I like you, Aleks,” he told me as I sobbed against a solid chest, two arms wrapped comfortingly around me in order to stabilize me.

His words did not seem real. What had I done to deserve this?

But it was so evident in the way he held me. His breath was smooth and sound as he kissed my forehead and then the top of my head, where he lingered there and rested. His arms were muscular and warm, and though James was naturally a rough person, it was so clear that there was something here that I had not seen until now.

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Alright, I know it was not much, but you at least got to see how Aleks was feeling and thinking when this all happened. 

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