Promise you won't leave...(Nick and Jojo)

Part 17

Jojo pov:
I found Nick rocking Aileen(who had apparently woken up before) to sleep and smiling at her. I sat down next to him, making sure to keep some distance between us. 'She's really beautiful', Nick said, still looking at her. In a calm voice, he added,'...just like you.' He looked up when he said that and stared into my eyes. I looked away and blushed. Was that boy even real? Like how the hell does he do that? How does he make me feel so shy but protected at the same time? When I looked at him again, his smile dropped,'Jojo, are you feeling alright? You're face looks very pale.' I don't know why but at that moment, I couldn't help but cry. I started sobbing and put my arms around my knees again. 'Jojo? Hey, what's the matter?', Nick put Aileen (who was now sleeping) back into her bed and turned to me. He wanted to put his arm around me but hesitated because he didn't want to hurt me. I don't know what was wrong with me but everything just came back to me all at once. I guess it was to much for me to handle. 'Nothing, everything's fine', I said, hoping he would just let it go. But of course he had to care about me. 'No, everything's not fine, Jojo. Do you want to talk about it?', he said, sitting next to me kind of helplessly. I whispered 'No, not really, I'm sorry' and shook my head, a little calmer than before. Nick nodded understanding.'Nick, let's go to sleep', I said and lay back onto his bed, after putting Aileen's bed onto the cupboard next to the bed. Nick lay down next to me, I could see that he was worried about me. After he had turned off the light, I somehow brought up a little bit of courage and grabbed his hand, whispering'Thank you so much for being there for me, Nick. I don't know where I'd be without you. I'm really glad that I have you in my life.' Nick put some pressure on my hand and stroked over the back of it. 'I'm glad that you are in my life too, Jojo. All I want is you to be happy.' I smiled. He smiled too. No one thought about letting go of each other's hand. I felt so save. I wasn't afraid of Nick. He would never hurt me. After a while I fell asleep, Nick still stroking over the back of my hand, right over the scar from my uncle.
'Jojo I fucking hate you. How stupid you are to think that I like you! Hilarious!', I heard Nick screaming.Then he laughed evilly. I was just lying on the floor. Crying. A dark shadow came towards me. Nick. He held a knife in his hand. He came closer and closer until he stood right between my legs. He rammed the knife into my stomach until my guts came out. I was still lying there, crying, blood coming out of my mouth and eyes.
I woke up sweating and shaking. Another nightmare. I quietly started sobbing. I didn't want to wake Nick so I tried to be very very quiete. But of course Nick had some kind of Sad-Jojo-Sensor and woke up. That boy was so magical. 'Jojo?',he whispered sleepily. When he noticed that I was crying he quickly sat up and put his hand onto my shoulder. I was still shaking. Nick stroked over my arm and asked 'Another nightmare, huh? What was it about? You want to talk about it?' 'Y-you', I whispered sobbing. 'What did I do, Jojo?',he asked, still stroking my arm. 'Y-you stabbed me. Told me that you hate me. That I am stupid to think that you really like me.' He looked at me, shocked. 'Jojo, I would never do that. And I can tell you that I mean it when I say that I really like you. I could never hate you. Ever.' 'Are you sure? I mean, everyone else does. Why wouldn't you?' 'Jojo, stop. You are not a bad person. You don't deserve to be hated. And I don't hate you because I think that you are an amazing unique human being that is stronger than all of the other people together.' 'I'm not strong, Nick.' 'You survived, didn't you?' 'Surviving doesn't mean being strong.' Nick sighed worriedly and put his arm around my shoulders, carefully. We lay back down after Nick made sure that I was calm again. 'You just gotta know that I really care about you, Jojo',he whispered before I fell asleep again.

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