Yours Truly[𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆]

Chapter Six

Chapter Six- Save yourself

*Pandora's Pov*

"It's dangerous caring about someone like me Pandora, the people I love often get killed." I hear John's voice in my doorway. 

"You don't think I know that?" He nods.

"I know full well that loving you could, get me killed. You know what I don't care because, I think it's worth the risk. I learned that from you John, that sometimes taking the risk is part of something greater." As I finished the last sentence John came closer and wrapped one arm around my waist and put another hand on my face. 

Our faces were inches apart, and he finally pushed his lips against mine finally breaking the eye contact. Our lips moved in a perfect sync. After deepening the kiss we both finally pull away. 

"I understand if you don't want to be all in because you think romance is for teenage girls."

"I've been in love with you forever Pandora Archer." when he admitted that, made me smile, so damn big. 

The Next Morning

I woke up and smiled knowing I was sleeping next to John, this time it was different. It actually meant something.  "Good morning, love." He said with his morning voice while kissing my lips gently and then proceeding to get out of bed. 

"I'm gonna go take a shower Johny, I'll be out soon." I said and he nodded while I walked away. 

As I stripped of my clothes I ran the hot water and after the water was finally hot enough for me to jump in I wash my body. 

After my shower I put my hair into french braids and put some clothes on. I finally get out of the bathroom and walk into the main part of the ship to hear terrible news. 

"Nate's dad was murdered by Nora Darhk" Ray informs us. 

"The funeral is going to be tomorrow until then we have no assigned mission." Sara added as we all nodded and headed back to our quarters. 

I know Nora, and there's no way she could've done this. She is nothing like her dad and I know that from experience.  I felt like I should be training with this time, just something in my gut tells me something is about to go bad. I just shrugged it off and was on my way to find John. 

I saw John was in the library standing at a shelf looking for a book to conquer. I went behind him and started rubbing my temples from thinking to much my head ached. "Love is everything alright?" He knew something was wrong just by my actions.

"I just feel like there's something deeper than Nora randomly deciding to murder Nate's dad. I feel like she's being framed." I confessed to John. 

"I'm not quite sure darling, she very well could've just murdered him, after all it's in her blood." I nodded and just dropped the idea right then and there. 

"Here I found my book, lets go sit down." He said gesturing to the couch and we walk towards it. 

I start inching my hand towards his free hand, he sees this and just grabs my hand and intertwines it with his. 

"I don't bite, you don't have to be afraid to hold my hand, love." His smooth voice says. 

As John read the book of some spells out loud, I was eventually put to sleep and laid my head on his lap as he played with my hair. 

3rd Person

After Pandora had fallen asleep on John's lap, he was left with nothing but his own thoughts. He thought to himself; "What if Pandora was right? What if she didn't kill Hank?". He later then just shrugged the idea off because he knew killing was in her blood. 

Constantine, had finally decided to take a break from the book he was reading and stretched out his legs and just let Pandora rest in between them while he tried to get some rest. He could never get to sleep anymore he just thought about his life and what was wrong in it. He had adapted to a lifestyle of alcoholism and chain-smoking.

Every morning when John gets up he looks at himself in the mirror for five minutes and imagines everyone that he loves is dead. This tears him up deep down inside because he knows he hates himself, he'd never admit that to Pandora because, how could he? He believed it would crush her because she believes that he is good and not a bloody bastard. 

Constantine, had grabbed his cigarettes off the side table next to him and lit one. He inhaled the cancer and then blew out a big cloud. Shortly after, Charlie walked into the library in search for John. 

"Oh sorry, am I interrupting something?" She asked scratching at the back of her head. 

"Since when do you care when you interrupt something?" John muttered, blowing out another cloud into the air. 

She snorted. "For a man, that takes and takes he never does seem to return. I want my powers back you wit." 

"Told you the spell is irreversible." John pinched in between his eyebrows aggravatingly, tired of being asked. 

Charlie then chuckled and proceeded to sound like she was constipated attempting to shape shift while saying "You see Constantine, that's where I think you're wrong." 

"If you call that abomination shape shifting, you're more of a loss cause than I thought." John replied smugly causing Charlie to stomp out of the library to pout. 

John began thinking of his and Pandora's conversation last night. He used to think romance was for teenage girls but then when he realized after increments of time past he felt less and less alone. However Constantine, still didn't have his hopes up that she would stay especially after she ends up getting hurt because of him. 

Putting out his cigarette, John began to feel sick knowing his anxiety had began to kick in from all his thoughts. He carefully moved Pandora off his torso, not to wake up and ran towards the bathroom in the hall and released whatever his stomach contained into the toilet. 

After he was finished he flushed the toilet and turned on the sink rinsing his face and brushing his teeth.  John's eyes had begin to look dark and the purple bags had already formed underneath from lack of sleep. He honestly can't remember when the last time he had a goodnight sleep.

Having Pandora sleep next to him, gave him a certain amount of ease but he felt like something had been missing or something in his gut was telling him something bad is coming.

"I guess that's what you get when you're a master in the dark arts." John muttered to himself while walking back to the library to be with Pandora.