Creature Talk (A Creatures fanfic)

Chapter 14

Eddie hadn't spoken to me in four days. I couldn't bare to live with him, I just wanted to be able to have him hold me but he wouldn't even look at me, plus him and Aleks had been arguing quite a lot. So I decided to move in to the creature house, not Eddie's room but Steven's old room. Steven and James helped me move my stuff in and just as I was settling in, Jordan decided that he wanted call a meeting at the house. One by one all the creatures piled into the living room. It was safe to say that I looked like shit. I hadn't done anything with my head or put any makeup on in days. I walked in wearing sweats and a baggy tee. Eddie didn't look much better to be honest. He looked tired and judging by the lack of uploads on his channel he wasn't feeling himself. I couldn't help but notice him sit as far a away from be a possible, even telling James to move. I was sat next to Steven and the wall. He gave me a 'you okay?' kind of look and I nodded and faked a smile. He didn't have a chance to say anything back before Jordan started to talk.

"Right seems like the fans want us to do a secret Santa, and I think it's a pretty neat idea." Everyone didn't seem very interested in what he was saying. He looked at us all questioningly and he got a shrug or nod from everyone.

"Right then," He put everyone's names in his signature red cap and handed it to Seamus. It got passed around, when I picked mine and found out I had Eddie, I wanted to curl up and die. I passed it to Jordan and left the room, not knowing how to handle my emotions. I felt bad enough that they all had to deal with the tension between me and Eddie, let alone me being an emotion wreck. It wasn't fair on them. I placed my head in my hands and lent my elbows on the kitchen unit and sighed.

"You okay?" A voice from behind me asked.

"I'm fine Steven." I sighed once again but his arms soon pulled me into his body.

"Jess, remember we did date for over a year and a half," He lightly laughed, "I know when you're upset." His hands ran themselves through my knotted hair as I began to cry. What a surprise! He always seemed to be there to comfort me and a part of me hated it because it only made me regret our break up.

"Can you give us a minute Ze?" I looked over to see Eddie standing a few metres away. Steven looked at me and I nodded, wiping tears from my face with my hands. He slowly left the room, leaving me and Eddie alone.

"You didn't answer any of my texts or phone calls." I looked at Eddie, who had made his way to sitting on one of the stools.

"Can you blame me?" He almost snapped, which made my eyes tear up again. Next thing I was that he was stood right in front of me.

"I really want to hate you Jess. What you did was low." I knew he hated me so I really didn't want to hear it from him all over again. I looked away from him but when he took hold of one of my hands I looked up and gave him a confused look.

"But I could never hate you." He sounded some sincere and honest, and the way he looked in to my eyes made me want to do anything to get him back, "I just want an explanation." This was my chance to explain that I hadn't done anything wrong. That it was all a misunderstanding. We both took a seat on the breakfast bar stools.

"I promise you that the only time me and Aleks kissed was at the party, before we were even together. Nothing happened after that. Aleks got pissed off at me for choosing you, picked up Faith and used her. It was only at the fair that he told me how he felt. I didn't know anything I swear." I rambled, making sure he heard it all. He only nodded.

"So there's nothing else? That's it?" His questioned were firm and straight to the point. I nodded my head but I felt nothing but guilty. Steven. The walk. The 'closure'. I should of told Eddie but both Steven and I promised not to talk of it again. Before I knew it I was in Eddie's arms, where I belonged.

"Thank you Eddie." I squeezed him, not ever wanting to loose him again. He pulled away slightly.

"It'll take time though Jess, you have to understand that. It won't go back to normal straight away." I nodded frantically, knowing he was right. It would take time and I knew that, I was just happy that we'd sorting some of it out.

"Friends?" He smiled but when he said that a part of my heart shattered even more.

"Friends?" I choked out. He looked surprised by my response but he led me to believe that we were getting back together. I push him away. "Friends? Are you serious?" My voice was getting shaky. I didn't want to be just friends. I wanted to be his girlfriend. I wanted to be his.

"Well I'm not just going to welcome you back into my bed just like that Jess. We can just stay friends for a while then see where that leads. I love you but don't trust you at this moment in time." I began shaking my head at him.

"No, you can't get my hopes up like that. I want to be with you Eddie. You can trust me." He looked down at his feet, which annoyed me even more. I was beginning to think that he didn't want to be with me anymore. I tried to walk away but he grabbed my wrist. His grip was tight and painful.

"I want to be with you too but not right now." I tried to shake out of his grasp but he was too strong, my wrist throbbing in pain.

"Not right now? What if you find someone else and I'm just left there waiting on broken promises Eddie?"

"What if you find someone else?" He turned it on me. That was when I gave up.

"Fine. We'll be friends and only friends. You can fuck whoever you want!" I finally managed to get out of his grip and stormed out, running straight into my second most least favourite person. Aleks. His eyes widened at the bruise forming on my wrist.

"Did Eddie do this?" He asked sounding thoroughly pissed off. I nodded and he was gone. I began to climb the stairs when my name got called. Steven was following me up the stairs.

"Jess wait." I stopped when I got to the top of the stairs and looked back at him.

"Eddie ended it properly with me." I knew he was going to ask what happened so I answered him before he got the chance. He tried to hug me but I just wanted to be alone. I shook my head at him.

"Make sure no one disturbs me. Tell them I'm taking a nap." However sleeping was the last thing on my mind.