infinite

Part 14

"Why?" I ask. 

The room seems darker than when we came in here, the air feels thicker. 

"Because Jaina, I care about you more than I have ever cared about anyone in my life."

I look at him and smile,  I don't really know how else to react, this has never happened before. "Peter, do you want to watch a movie?" I don't know why that sentence came out but I'll go with it. 

"Sure," he smiles. I get up and grab the little T.V from the floor by my dresser and set it up. I pop in Grown Ups, then go and sit back next to Peter on my bed. 

***

About halfway through the movie, I get a knock on my door. 

"Who is it?" I yell. 

"It's me," I hear Jack say. 

I yell for him to come in and immediately he rolls eyes. Closing the door behind him he speaks, "This is twice now that he's in bed with you, is this going to be a normal occurrence?" 

I roll my eyes, "We are just watching a movie, what did you want?"

 He sits down on the edge of the bed, "I came to ask you how the party was."

 I shrug, "It was rather... eventful." 

"But did you have a good time?"

 I nod, "It was pretty fun, saw some people dressed up as Iron Man, Spiderman too," I glance at Peter.

 "Cool, so, Peter why are you here... in my sisters' bed... again?" 

Peter shifts uncomfortably on the bed, "Jaina and I, we didn't really want to stay at the party long so, she drove us back here so we can watch a movie."

I'm impressed, that lie was pretty unconvincing, but Jack seems to go along with it. 

"Whatever, I'm going back to my room, Peter," Jack looks at him with a deadly look, "Don't try me." He smiles and walks out of the room.

"I don't think he likes me very much," Peter says.

 "No, he does, it's just that he is very protective of me," I say while starting the movie up again. "Why is he protecting you from me then?" 

"Because," I look at him,  "you hurt me once already, he's just being cautious." 

"Of what?" 

"That I don't get too attached and you leave again," This is the most honest I've been with him lately. 

"Well... I will never leave you again, I just won't," he pauses, "but are you getting attached to me?" 

How the hell do I answer that? Am I? 

"I think we're especially attached because of today." 

He shakes his head, "No, not is Zera attached to Spiderman, are you attached to me?"

Why does he keep asking that? I don't have the answer he wants, I don't know. 

"Are you to me?" Moments like this I wonder whether I should ask certain questions, or if it is just better to let things be how they are. 

"I am," he says in such a soft voice, it's like he thought if he was too loud the world would break. "We're in this together... okay?" I say, and he nods his head. 

He moves to stand up, "I should head home." I nod my head, I kind of want him to stay. He decides to make an exit out of my window again. He climbs on top of my desk and opens the window, and climbs out of it. Before he goes down, he drops an envelope onto my desk. "Goodnight Jaina, sleep well."