Zoophobia:Tears to blood

Chapter 3: The Night Out

Jack was walking towards his locker when suddenly he got his face shoved into a locker door and heard the familiar laugh of Rusty as he popped his nose back into place and he saw Rusty continuing to laugh at him and for a brief second Jack's eyes glowed red with fury but he just put it behind him and opened his locker when Zill came over "Hey Jack, Rusty giving you a hard time?" Zill said with Kayla by his side "Yeah but it's fine, I'm used to it at this point, besides I guess I don't really have to worry about getting hurt when I'm literally immortal" Jack said shrugging it off but Zill frowned and decided to change the subject "So I heard Jill came over?" and at this Jack was instantly in a better mood "yeah but I do feel bad since her boyfriend cheated on her" Jack said, his face betraying the worry he felt for the shapeshifter "so that's what happened" Zill said rubbing the back of his head "oh poor thing" Kayla said frowning "that must've been hard on her" she said worriedly "yeah that's why she came over to my place, and she said that she felt terrible about not talking to me for so long" Jack said looking to the side "So when are you guys going to make out?" said Damian who appeared above Jack's head and Jack sighed "Damian no I'm not going to give you any more money" said Jack rubbing his temples "Damian why do you keep on going to Jack for money? You've been doing it more often than normal, the fact that it's a normal thing is a bad thing" Zill said crossing his arms "ah come on! A guy can borrow some money once and awhile, ain't that right hun?" Damian turning towards Kayla on the last part she backed up and then squealed running away "Dame you're my friend but if you keep on hitting on my girlfriend" he said before turning and running off towards Kayla. Damian smiled at Jack "so, whaddya say?" he said with a grin on his face "No Damian I'm not giving you anymore money" Jack said before walking back towards music class with Damian following behind him grumbling. They walked into the music room and Jack sat down on the stage as everyone else was waiting for Jackie to arrive but he was thinking about what he had done the night before 'Why did I kiss her?' he thought silently but his thoughts were interrupted as Zill put a hand on his shoulder "hey Jack, you ok man?" Jack looked at his friend, almost a brother to him, and sighed "I kissed Jill last night" he said quietly so that only Zill could hear "so you guys finally hooked up?" he asked but Jack shook his head "no She was asleep, Zill I don't know what came over me" Jack said his head drooping in shame but Zill smiled "hey there's nothing to be ashamed of actually why don't you take her out not on a date but just as friends or something so you can both calm down?" and Zill's suggestion didn't seem all that bad "I just hope I have enough money with Damian trying to rob me every five minutes" Jack said jokingly and Zill slapped his back which caused Jack's head to fly off his shoulders and land in one of the seats of the music room "sorry!" Zill said as he picked up his head and screwed it back onto him "it's ok, but I think I know what I'm gonna do tonight" Jack said smiling.

When school was over Jack walked out and was greeted by Jill outside "Hey Jack!" she said as they begun walking side by side to his house "so hey Jill I was wondering if you wanted to go out or something?" he said a bit nervously "L-Like a date?" Jill said suddenly taken aback "no no just as friends, I figure you'd want to do something to cool off from this whole Drake thing" Jack said quickly and Jill smiled "yeah, maybe we should I'd be nice to see more of this place" Jill said which reminded Jack that Jill had never really been on the surface. they arrived at the door of Jack's house after he had tripped twice and got hit by a car that went off road "hey mom, I'm home!" Jack said and his mom came out and squeezed him in a hug "Hey mom, you mind if me and Jill go out for a bit tonight?" his mom let go and looked between both of them looking unsure for a moment "ok but stay safe and try not to be out too late" she said smiling a bit as she hugged her son.

Jack had taken Jill to a nice restaurant just two blocks away from his house and they hadn't done much there except eat, talk, and make jokes but now they were taking a walk in the park and Jack had deliberately chosen to go out a little later so that Jill could see the peace fish for the first time but right now they weren't out so he had to bide time but they had only just gotten here so they had plenty of time. "so Jack, what do you do nowadays?" Jill asked walking beside him "well I cook as a hobby but I never really have anyone to cook for so take the food I cook to the foster home that took in Zill for a while and I work part time in the Safe heaven observation center" Jill smiled "I knew you'd do something nice like that" Jack tilted his head at her response "Jack you may be a little frail, cursed, and have unnaturally bad luck but there is one thing you have that outweighs all of that" she said smiling and Jack asked "what is it?" they both stopped walking and Jill put a hand on Jack's chest "your great big heart" she said warmly and a huge blush appeared on Jack's face but as he looked to the side he saw a glimmer of light and knew, the peace fish would be showing themselves soon enough "hey Jill, I wanna show you something" he said lightly taking her hand and leading her to a bench which they both sat in with a perfect view of the sky and for a second Jill seemed confused and she turned her head to Jack "Jack what are you trying to show me?" and Jack pointed to the sky "That" at his response she turned her head back to the sky and was speechless at the sight that was before her, The Peace Fish, she stared at the sky amazed at the sight that lay before her "It's beautiful" she said mesmerized by the sight of the spirits in the sky and she turned to Jack and hugged him "thank you Jack" he smiled hugging her back. Jill let go after a while and just stared at Jack for a second "what's wr-" but Jack's words were cut off as Jill's lips collided with his and he was genuinely taken aback but then began kissing back. After a while they both parted and stared at eachother with huge blushes on both of their faces "S-Sorry Jack I-I didn't...I don't..." Jill stumbled across her words trying to find an explanation "hey, it's ok" said Jack putting a hand on her shoulder "you don't have to explain" and with that they both got up and began to quietly walk out of the park smiling and Jill grabbed hold of Jack's arm as they walked back to his house for not a word needed to be said to explain what they were both feeling.

When they arrived at the house they were greeted by a strange sight, the front door was wide open and Jack walked in cautiously with Jill behind him with her hand turned to a scythe. Jack saw his mom knocked out on the floor and he quickly ran to her "mom!" but as he looked up he saw something that almost scared him right out of his fur, a tall gargoyle stood in the hallway with his stoney wings folded behind him and Jill seemed furious "J-Jill do you know him?" and with a start he realized who it was but Jill answered him anyways

"It's Drake"

(hey guys! so this chapter was a handful and sorry if it seems I'm dragging this on too much but the whole dark turn will come into play in two or three chapters plus in the next chapter Jack is going to show you what he's got, but until then I hope you nice days/nights! And I'll see you all in the next chapter!)