In Between

Chapter 2 - The Text

Queen Helena stormed out from King Robert's room, stumbling upon Jasper on her way. She looked at him with contempt and spit her words. "Good Luck in there! Jasper!"

Jasper smiled and walked in the room, not acknowledging the despite as she said his name. She was upset and he always was one of her favourite punching bags, so he didn't give her the pleasure of him returning the rudeness and entered the room.

King Robert was at his desk reading what appeared to be a newspaper, without even facing Jasper he asked. "How many surveillance cameras are around the library?"

Jasper took a moment to think, "If I recall right there are three, each one facing one door. May I ask why your Majesty?"

King Robert smiled and still not facing him said. "Yes you may ask but that doesn't mean I have to tell you! Mind your manners Mister Frost. You can go!"

Jasper felt the heat in his stomach burn, the king was trying to get on his nerves since Eleanor left. But Jasper was not going to give him reasons to fire him so he turned his back before he excused himself and left closing the door behind him but King Robert added a last order. "And call Mr. Hill here please!"

Jasper didn't give himself the bother to answer him, just nodded and left the room.

It's had been two days since Eleanor left, two days that Jasper didn't sleep for more than three to four hours. He kept playing in his head ideas on how to keep in touch with her. He wanted her to enjoy this time of her life but the memory that she was with that Sebastian guy just make him sick. And she did send him that text that he read and read so many times. He answered back but she didn't return. "I will fight for US" he texted her but he got nothing in return. Basically, he felt like a school girl for the number of times that he checked his phone, day and night. But she had been radio silent since she left.

Jasper was looking at the monitors, feeling his body go numb. The lack of sleep was finally taking over him, he let out a yawn and didn't notice Mr. Hill enter the surveillance room, making him jump in surprise when he asked, "So how long are you not sleeping? Four, five days?"

Jasper rubbed his face hard trying to look more awake. "More or less, yes!" Releasing a sigh he added, "Basically I spend the nights tossing around the bed trying to figure out a way to make her accept me back."

Mr. Hill smiled at his commitment. "you have to give her time mate! She needs it!"

"Yeah, I know!"

"Did you even tell her how you feel about her before she left?"

Jasper smirked. "Yes, I did! I said I loved her and that I was the one for her!"

Mr. Hill nodded, "Bold! And?"

"And what? I watched her leave with that prince or something and did nothing because she will hate me even more if I did something to stop them."

"Look I'm still not OK with the way you handle things..."

"I already said I'm sorry!" Jasper cut him off.

Mr. Hill paused and faced him before speaking. "Jasper at this time a sorry is not enough. Not for me and apparently not for the princess either. By now you were supposed to trust us, but you don't learn and I assure you that you are lucky if she is even talking to you! But as I was saying I'm still not totally ok with you and your manners but I'm a soft heart and a big shipper of your love so maybe, just maybe you should keep with the letter thing."

Jasper stood silent for awhile. "I don't know, she said she send me a letter on Christmas but there was no letter in our secret spot. Lost me completely when she told me what was in the letter. And guess it gets on my nerves the fact that I will not be able to read it."