Watched

Rethinking

That to the right ladies and gentlemen is Jade. Althoguh the picture doesn't have her eyes right, they're much more jade green. Jade, and jade-green eyes, funny. (Is no one laughing?)

Chapter 8: Jade

I wake up to him in the kitchen making breakfast. How nice I think, and then I remember I’m supposed to not like them. Silly me. I hadn’t seen Pandora in a couple of days, and it worries me. I need to make sure she’s safe and sound, despite the fact that I’m pretty sure she is. I don’t think Pandora would let them take her alive, figuratively speaking anyways. She would stay alive for me, which does somewhat make me sound like a wimp. And I sort of agree with that. I am a wimp. Pandora has always taken care of me; it’s time I return the favor. But honestly, I worry; Jett is so nice to me that I might just start to think of him as a friend. Not that thinking of him as a friend is a bad thing though. You can never have too many friends! My thoughts say, betraying my warrior mindset.

Jett doesn’t notice me watching him, but he might be able to sense me. I need him to trust me. I want to know where we’re going. If I don’t know than all my thinking will have gone to waste. Oh, poo. Jett has darker hair than even Zane does, not that I care though. As well as eyes and markings that change color. His markings look more like miniature stars, but all are different shapes and sizes. They go to his feet I’m guessing, not that I need to check though, and a trail of markings that go to the edge of his jawbone. All of their features are sharp, but also softer in a way if that makes any sense. Jett’s fairly tall, so he makes me feel short, but I guess all of us feel that way, even back home.

His ears are pointed as well, which make him look adorable, but me grabbing his face and pinching his cheeks would make him uncomfortable. I remember slightly what he reminded me of, a younger Derek. Although Derek had never kidnapped me. Pandora has some family, but she doesn’t have any brothers or sisters, to which I’m sure she’s glad. I guess that’s why I’m part of her family now. I don’t really mind, and Derek is also welcome to the family. Their family has been so nice to us, so it pains me to think I’ll never see my brother, or Pandora’s family again. I don’t care about Ethan; honestly, the guy can rot away in jail. I’ve never told Pandora this though; it would hurt her. Eventually, she would see it too. See that Ethan is nothing but trouble. Only problem with Pandora is that she tries to see the good in everyone.

Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing of course, I know how she feels about him. She had voiced it after tons of me poking her and begging for an answer. To which she answers, Pandora also needed to tell her. I know about how she likes Ethan, but guys like that are all bad news. After all, I had been the one to comfort her with raspberry sherbet after a hard breakup. Surely she must see that Ethan would do the same thing to her? But I suppose she doesn’t, which is why I just sit and wait until it goes wrong.

Jett doesn’t notice me until he turns around, almost dropping a hot plate in the process. I see his burned hands, which instantly heal. My hands drop away from his, shock appearing in my eyes. “Your hands! They aren’t burned!”

“Its’ called regenerating…”

“But, they were burned and they just…. Went away…” My voice trails off, still looking at his hands. Curiosity overwhelms me and I see amusement in his eyes. I didn’t know amusement was yellow. How odd. I have decided to like Jett after all. I don’t think that he’s going to hurt me, or be mean to me. But I worry about Pandora; she’s always so gloomy. Although I bet that I was too when we first met. I worry too much for others, or at least that’s what Pandora said. You know, when I think about it, Pandora has always taken care of me. Through rain or shine, no matter how much I told her to go away, she just ignored my wants and stuck with me.