Somewhere only we know

Chapter 22 :)

Sarah stared blankly at Michaelle. Why was she acting like a total bitch? This guy just saved her life.

The guy, Jayden, was trying to help her sit up but she dismissed him and pushed him away.

"Don't touch me, you cocky prick," she grumbled. Jayden hung his head down in shame. Sarah sighed and looked over at James. He gave her that WE SHOULD RETREAT TO THE KITCHEN NOW look.

But Sarah shook it off and looked over at Michaelle, but she was being too much of a bitch to notice.

"Michaelle, he saved your life," Valentino said quietly.  She thought about this and then looked over at Jayden, who lay his head resting on his arms on the foot of her bed.

"How did you find us?" she asked coldly. "How did you find ME?"

He raised his head and looked at her. " That doesn't matter now. Please, I'm sorry. I'm, just... will you please give me a second chance? I tried to call you so many times but you wouldn't answer-" 

"That was you?" Sarah asked. "Calling on Michaelle's phone all the time? This past week, she's been getting mysterious calls she wouldn't pick up, and they'd blow her phone... so why?"

"Because he's a COCKY BRAGGING FOOL that's why-"

"Michaelle," Valentino shushed gently. Jayden looked like he wanted to give up, but no. Not yet and not now.

"Please," he pleaded. "If you really wanna know how I found you, I tracked your phone and I followed you into that cave. See, when you weren't answering those calls, I thought something horrible happened, so just to check, I flew over to Italy and I followed you and-"

"you WHAT?!" Michaelle seethed in rage. "Oh my gosh... what next? You put cameras when I poop too? Huh?"

"No," Jayden was rather disturbed. "Please, really, if you just forgive me. Yes, I was-am still- a cocky, selfish, arrogant little prick. I have a big head and a bad attitude and I have a shrimp dick... I let swimming.. and my pride come between us and I'm sorry!"

Michaelle turned the other way so her back faced him and she scowled. "Hmmp!"

"Damn it, Michaelle, the man's on his freakin' knees!" Sarah yelled.

"Yeah," James spoke for the first time tonight. "And he admitted he had a small dick. No guy in his right mind would ever admit that! It takes... guts to say that."

Sarah looked at him and grimaced.

"Forgive and forget," Valentino said kindly. Michaelle went over to look at him. Then she looked at Jayden and sighed.

"It's been a long night," she said. "And I don't need you to distract me from my priorities, especially this life/death situation."

"If you want my help... If you NEED my help," Jayden corrected himself. "Then I'll be there."

Michaelle stared down at him and then looked over at Sarah.

"So what next? Where do we go from here? And where the heck is the circular pendant?"

"Oh!" Jayden reached into his pocket. "Here. I saw you holding on to it and I figured it was important." He handed her the pendant and she took it without a thank you.

Sarah noticed and continued to talk to make it less awkward.

"So we have the triangle, fire, the line which is air, and the circle, obviously water... so we need the square, earth."

"Well," James said. "We can dig up every forest we come across?"

Sarah shivered at the thought. There weren't forests in Rome. Were there?

"OR," Valentino suggested with a smile. "We can check out the Roman Forums. There's plenty of earth there."