Traveller High (Slow Editing) (completed)

22 - L is for...Love?

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Sam's P.O.V

I feel his arms around me. His scent is all around me. I- BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP- SLAM!!! I slam my hand onto my beeping alarm clock. Not a good start to my day. I plan to make this day a good one. I roll out of bed and fall onto the carpet floor. Stupid clumsy-ness. I look over at the other girls beds. 1 of them is empty, Hannah. I didn't see Hannah come back last night. I only saw the note she left. Something about Alex Jumping and her going to see Ashton.

Ah, well. I sit up and look outside. Dreading what lies ahead. "I cant help but wonder about that crate, about Alex and Jason, about how my dad is. I've been ignoring people that are close to me. But I'm only doing it to keep them safe. April and Jason are the only ones that can handle themselves. The rest of them are just girls that got caught up in this because of me. If they get hurt it would be because of me. And I cant let that happen."

"You know. You really need to get that talking-out-loud thing under control 'coz your not a real quiet person." Saige says, she rolls over in her bed and faces me. Her hair all messy from sleep. Saige pulls away the blanket and waddles over to bathroom. "Cant Jump when you have to pee?" I ask, mockingly. As Saige turned to shut the bathroom door, I saw something. The purple wave around her ankle. It looks so natural there.

Saige walked out of the bathroom and smiled at me as she walked into the kitchen, probably for breakfast. "I've been meaning to ask. Why do you always wear that necklace?" Saige asks. I didn't know I still had it on. That's weird. "I guess I have just never been bothered enough to take it off. Its a family heirloom. My nanny gave it to my mum who gave it to my dad before she..." I trail off. As I realize that not one of my friends knows practically any thing about me. It appears that Jason doesn't either. I'm usually a secret person. But I fell like I'm safe here. That I can tell people stuff and they would still be around me.

"...are you even listening to me?" Saige asks, waving her hands in my face to get my attention. "You just stopped talking and then just zoned out." Saige giggles. "You don't do that alot." I say

"No. Not since, well an accident."

"I think I can relate...My mum she died. My dad says a car crash but that was all he said. I never asked any questions about it after he...went through his rough patch."

"Both my parents were Travellers. They went to this school and were natural born singers, but they drowned." She says as she strokes her hair and I saw sadness creep into her eyes. "Well you can see your folks soon," A sudden change in her mood, "Parents day is coming up. Everyone's family always comes. Its on this Friday."

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I was sitting at the side of the green house. My back against the misty glass wall, in the shade it was cool. Too cool. "I'm not going to listen to you Jason. I'm dealing with too much." I said coldly and turned away from his shadow.

"Sam I- Fine. No more apologies. Just honesty. So I want to be honest. I fell like I've known you my whole life. I love you. After 6 months with you, I'm I love."

Speechless. I'm speechless. I always have something to say. But no one has ever told me that they love me. "I- I well, I love you too."

He kisses me. He picks me up and holds me in his embrace. I am loved. Loved by the man I love. I finally ask the question that has been on my mind... "Are your parents coming to the family day?" Jason is hesitant to answer. "My parents died because of the curse. Dad killed my mum and dad committed suicide because he realized what he had done."

 An eerie silence swept over both of us. Not speaking for several minutes was almost torture. "Sorry to bring it up..." I say awkwardly. Looking at my knees that I have curled up to my chest. "Hey come on. Nothing but honesty right?" Jason says with a chuckle in his throat. "Yeah. So if we're being honest...mind if I tell you my life story?" I say laughing. "Well that depends," Jason says raising an eyebrow, "how long will I have to sit here for?" We laugh and I lightly punch him in the arm.

"Well. It all started when I went to my friend Erik's house..." I dive into the story about how I had come to this point in my life. Jason laughing when I slipped in ice. He gasps when I almost drown. He scowls when Alex kisses me. But he was most on guard when I told him about Alex being drunk and in my dorm room. I finally finished my story. "...and this morning I was talking to Saige. But Hannah didn't come back last night. Something about being at Ashton's dorm."

Jason's face lights up. "Ashton is a good mate of mine actually. He was saying something about proposing to Hannah..." His voice fades and his figure disappears as I do. I had Jumped to the door of my dorm room. I fumbled in my pocket to find my key. As I unlock the door a mumbling of voices get louder. "...now can you tell us?!" I hear Brittany say. I smile as Hannah's eyes turn to face mine. Hannah stands up and grabs an apple. She holds it in a stragitic way and a flash of white and gold is around her finger. An uproar of screams from the girls and I. We all jump up and hug her. In a complete, squishy, messy group hug. I take it that the girls see my disapproval and laugh.

That night we stayed up talking. Playing games like 'Would you rather?', 'Truth or dare' and my favourite: 'Never have I ever:' We laughed so loudly that one of the teachers poked her head in the door and told us to be quiet. Which only made us laugh harder...which then led to detention. "You girls are to see me in my office in half an hour wearing appropriate clothing." The old and cranky teacher said. The teacher shut the door and we burst out into laughter for the 100th time. Emma lent over to us and giggled. "Does she know that this is the 21st century. People don't wear overalls and onesies at the same time! Actually I don't think that was ever in fashion." Emma says with a disgusted face. I thought I was hilarious when I said: "I think she sleeps in that!"

We erupted into laughter once more before we had to go. We didn't bother changing and we strolled out the doors and across to the staff building. Inside we found the teacher. Her name plate read 'Mrs Clevern' Weird name much? She assigned each of us cleaning duties. But for Hannah and I, we had to prepare the main building for Parents day. Yay.

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