Don't Be The Hero

Five

Jack pov

After a few hours, the realization that she's actually back has sunken in. Just the idea of knowing that she is back, makes me smile. After lunch we went out to the training field and she watched me do some flips. She did a couple. Then we just laid there. She looked like she needed to sleep. I suggested a nap, bit she refused. Something's going on that she's not telling me.

Nina pov.

I am tiered. It takes a lot out of you when you don't sleep. But I haven't heard of anyone dying from it. Yet.

It was almost time for bed. We just finished dinner and I was going out to practice a bit more. And Jack had followed. "Where are you going." he asked trying to keep up. "I'm gonna do some stuff..." I answer. "What kinda stuff?" he asked finally keeping up. "Running. Exercise." My plan is to try and tier myself out so I could get some sleep. "How much running?" he said stopping next to me as I start stretching. "A lot of running." I say taking off my boots and jacket. "Wait, your running barefoot?"

"Yep. Now sit here and count the miles." I start running along the gravel path. A while later Jack yells out "that's three miles. You might want to stop there it's getting dark." I stop in front of him. "I'm almost done. Hold my feet?" I say getting down to do some sit-ups. He sits down next to me. "Why are you doing this again?"

I move to my hands to do some push-ups. "Because. I have to be able to fall asleep. Can you sit on my back?"

"Ok. if you want me to." He says laying on my back, using his arms as a pillow against my head. He looked up at the stars. I start doing my push-ups and he counts for me. "Can you stop at fifty?" he asks rolling off me and into the dirt. "Fine." I say getting up and brushing the dirt off me. I help Jack up and brush the dirt off him. We can hardly see, and Jack is half asleep. Grabbing my stuff, I put one of his arms around my shoulder, and hauled him up to the mansion. A few kids looked at us but looked away when they heard Jack snoring. It was like before they heard the snoring, they were making sure he wasn't dead. I opened my door and slammed it closed with my foot. I throw my stuff by the window.

"Are you done with your push-ups yet?" he said in a slurred voice. It was like he was half awake. "Yeah I'm done." I say dumping him on my bed. I remove his boots and set them by he end of my bed. I push him over to one side and tuck a blanket around him. I find my gloves by the clock and strap them on before getting in next to him. He, still half awake, puts an arm around me, and I put my head on his shoulder.

Jack pov

I had this horrible dream. I was running and then something about a waterfall. After I woke up, it took me a while to realize that that was Nina's dream. I've never seen other people's dreams before. I feel bad for Nina. This dream seems horrible. I sit up and notice that Nina isn't next to me. I look around and find her sprawled out on the nearby couch. With two holes in the wall next to her. I should probably just keep her there. She's actually sleeping. And we all know she needs it.

Nina pov.

I wake up with a pain in my shoulder. I sit up in my... bed? I'm on the couch aren't I. I glance at my clock across the room. 5:03. Jack would be waking up in around an hour. I could probably get a head start on the day if I get up now...

Stretching, I swing my legs over the side of the couch and stand up. As soon as I was up, I was on the floor with a thud. My foot hurt. I hope I didn't wake Jack. I hobbled on one foot to my bathroom and set my foot on the edge of my tub. My right foot had at least ten long splinters in it. I they were at least an inch. I wince as I pull them out one by one, and watch the wounds almost instantly heal. I took a shower. A nice long shower.