What's Your Eye Colour (ON HOLD)

Quiet

~Jacksons P.O.V~

"Jack...son." the next thing I knew Valentine drops to the floor and goes limp. I drop my stuff and rushed over to him.

"Val... Val wake up!.. shit!" I felt his head to find. a high temperature on his damp skin. He's burning up... I start to think of a way to deal with the situation, just then a phone goes off from Val's bag. I dig through the bag to get a black phone with a blinking flash. I look at the contact to see the name 'Jane' on the screen. I answer.

"...Hi, Vally~ just calling to tell you I won't be back for a few months. The meeting was absolutely painful to sit through but I got out alive." She laughs. Before she continuous, I spoke up.

"Ms, Jane your nephew just fainted and has a high temperature." She stayed quiet for a second before answering in a serious tone.

"Who is this?" shit! i hissed to myself.

"Jackson... Jackson Donovan madam. I'm a classmate of your nephew." I spoke in a nervous tone. She sounds like someone not to mess with.

"Ooh you the boy he keeps telling me about! Thank you for looking after him in biology. He didn't know what he was doing haha." He talks about me?

"Oh!.. And why are you on the phone..?"

"Uhh... your nephew fainted...?"

"Oh yeah, you said that oops..." Out of the whole conversation and that's not the first thing you pick up on? I thought to myself shaking my head. "That rarely happens... just take him home and put him to bed."

"I don't know where he stays Ms." a long pause came from her end.

"Ok plan A failed umm..." she clicks her tongue as she thinks. "Whats your age Donovan?"

"19 Ms." I heard a quiet 'ooh polite' from her end and made me release a silent laughter in my throat.

"Can you look after Valentine, Donovan?"

"What?" A giant wave of responsibility went through my head as she continued.

"I know you only knew each other for a few weeks but I don't want him alone for the next few months. I want you to take him to your place until I finish my work. What do you say, Donovan?" I look down at the sleeping boy in my arms and start to feel a sudden urge to protect him. Isn't he from a military Academy?

I took a breath and said. "I'll do it."

•  •  •  •  •

After the call, I took Valentine to my house preparing a bowl of water and cloth in my private bathroom. The sound of the pouring water was all you can hear as it echoes within the walls of the marble white room. It was always quiet in this house. With parents that are out twenty-four seven for the family business and being the only child of this so-called 'family'.

And being rich doesn't help it. It gave me too much attention from the classmates from school. Knowing that my family company is well established they want to become a part of it as a lover or as a close friend. Don't ask how many times I met a girl that only wanted me for money.

I shut the tap and brought the bowl and cloth to the bedside table next to Valentine. Ringing out the access water I drape it onto Valentine's head which was starting to cool down. He might wake up later on. I can ask about staying then. But first dinner. I leave the room quietly and made a salad, ham dinner for two and kept it in the fridge. In the mean time I did some research for bio, finished off homework and watched a bit of television.