Angel Knight (On Hold)

Chapter 12

         "Ugh!" I had the worst nightmare ever. It all felt so real, I mean like these things just keep happening to me. This isn't the first time I had a nightmare. Once I saw my mother's ghost while I was sleeping in the hospital with my brother. Can you imagine how bad it was, she was trying to tell me something but I woke up out of fear. From then on I've never slept at the hospital.

I placed my hand on top of my forehead, it's aching a bit. I opened my eyes and saw the unfamiliar surrounding. Where was I? My hand felt heavy so I looked down at it, but instead of looking at my hand my eyes settled on Jack.

He was sleeping on the floor. He had covered his eyes with his arm. In that position it looked like he was deep in thought, he looked kinda cool. There are so many different sides to him and I want to get to know all of them. A small smile made it's way on my face. I will get to know him for sure. I promise. I let out a heavy sigh and turned to look at his shirt, hmm... so it wasn't a dream after all. The blood was still there on it.

I felt so tired. I looked at my hand why does it feel like....?

He's holding it. Jack is still holding my hand!!

Aww.... he didn't let go, but why? If I just shake off his hand, it'd just be plain rude. But I'm sooo touched by his gesture. I wonder if he's been holding my hand since I fainted. I blushed furiously at that thought.

"You awake?" Jack asked in a low, soft, a little pained tone. He was awake but I thought he was sleeping. So I was right he was thinking about something. I looked in the opposite direction, I didn't want him to see me blushing that would be embarrassing. I wonder what kind of expression he has right now.

"So you are awake."

I looked at him, his hand was resting on his forehead, his fist closed. He looked really cool! His black eyes held warmth in them and he smiled at me, it's a half hearted smile though, it did not reach his eyes. I melted under his gaze but at the same time felt sad because he was not his usual self. Our eyes meat and it was difficult for me to look away but he didn't avert his eyes either. It's like our eyes had been locked on each other. Are we having a moment here?

"Hey", he said. "Hey", I repeated.

Then there comes this long pause.

"Umm..." he began, his cheeks turning a light shade of red. Is he blushing? Am I making him blush? If that is so I really feel proud of myself for some reason.

"Could you... um..."

Yes yes go on I'm listening.

"Could you let go of my hand?" He asks.

"Huh?" Is my only response, really really Lacie can't you do better than that. His eyes moved in the direction of our hands and I looked down immediately. What is he talking about? He was the one holding my hand. I looked down.....

????

"Eh!!!!" I shout in realization, crap crap crap, I'm the one who was holding his hand. I turned bright red with embarrassment. What have I done? Why can't I just fall unconscious normally. I let go of his hand quickly. What was I thinking? Idiot! I mentally slaped myself a number of times. Hey, but wait why didn't he just let my hand go.

"Why didn't you just shake it off?" I asked him in a high pitched voice.

"Well that would have been rude and besides you were holding my hand in a death grip, I thought if I tried to remove my hand, then it would just break off." He laughed at his not-so funny joke, and just like that he was cheerful again. Ask him to ruin a moment, also that was very rude of him to say something like that to me. My grip is not that strong, he's just a plain meanie.