The Hooded Beauty

Waterfall

Back to Kady's POV:
I begin to hear and feel stuff around me.
I can tell you one thing, what ever I'm laid on is not comfortable.
Well obviously, I fainted on the school floor.
That's it Kady, faint where everyone walks.
This doesn't feel like a floor.
It's softer than a floor.
I hear rustling outside of the car.

I'm in so much pain.
My neck is killing me.
I feel like a bus has hit me.

Oh yeah, I remember, my mother beat me up.

I open my eyes and I'm surprised to see that I'm in a car. Strange.
Wait.
Have I been kidnapped?
Who's fucking car am I in?
And just as I think that, the door opens.
I shoot up.
Ready to defend myself.
Well ready to try to.
And I see a Jace Nash.
So he's the one who stole my unconscious body?

"Hi, so I may have put you in my car while you black out" he says nervously and laughs a little...
"I have rang your dad, he said we are to stay here until the school day is over" he says and holds his hand out as in to say 'here'
It's in the middle of the woods.
But I hear water.
I grab his hand cautiously.
He helps me get up and we walk for a little while.
The water sounds gets louder.
And then in view is a beautiful waterfall.
I never knew this was here.

"Yeah, it's pretty hidden I like to come here to think" he says.. ah must have thought out loud.

So he must not come here often then if this is his thinking spot. The boy doesn't think a lot.

He sits down on a rock and dangles his legs like a kid which is actually kind of cute.

I don't really know what to say.

"How are you feeling?" He asks

"Honestly, I feel like shit" I say brutally.

"You know you don't have to have your hood up around me right?"
I slide it down. He has already seen my face.

We begin to stare at each other.

"Why do you do this?" I ask him vaguely.

"You're going to have to expand that one"

"I mean, this, you are an ass to me and hurt me, then you're suddenly nice to me, I don't get it. What do you want from me?" I say
I begin to throw little rocks into the river below.

"I don't know, I don't want you to fall for me like they all do because I'll just end up hurting you like I do with the rest of them" he says

Why does he try to say the right thing but manage to say the wrong thing at the same time?

I nod, pretending like I understand.
There's a silence that fills us and I climb up onto the rock and I lay back and just relax.

We end up talking about mediocre things like, favourite foods or drinks and hobbies.

Then, he gets a text from my father that it's time to take me home.

He stands up and holds his hand out for me to take.
I'm a stubborn bitch though, so I stand up on my own. I don't need your hand.
I stumble as I stand up and he grabs my hips to stabilise me. He moves his hands after realising what he did.
We have an awkward silent car journey home.
And he weirdly pulls into my driveway, and not his, that is next door. So he will have to drive out of my driveway just to drive into his.

"How are you feeling now?" He asks, hoping for a positive answer.

"I still feel like shit" I laugh.
Was he expecting me to say I'm fine?
Does my face look fine to you?
We just stare into each other's eyes and I see that same guy I danced with and kissed that night at the party, not the asshole he seems to have been the last few days.
I begin to fiddle with my sleeve. It's something I do when I'm nervous.
"Thank you, for looking out for me today. And you know, not leaving me unconscious in the hall" I say trying to shed a little light on the events.
He nods.
He seems like he wants to say something but he doesn't.
He just turns around and grips the steering wheel.
He mutters an "It's okay"
I decide to get out of the car.
I begin to walk to the door.

When I notice my father standing in the window, he was watching us the whole time.

I run upstairs and lay on my bed.

I sigh very loud.
I am exhausted.

Jace, you are a very confusing person.
I will figure you out.