Lost

Chapter 26 (Zac)

I pull her into my room, there is one thing I need to know, what was it that she had with James, how is she coping. She sits on my bed that beautiful smile lighting up her face, here goes nothing, I turn my face from the window "How are you going?" She looks at me inquisitively "What do you mean..." her voice drifts off, realisation hitting, "About James?" I nod. Her eyes lock with mine "It's difficult but I'm beginning to deal with the reality..." she pauses, walking over to my desk, her hand drifting over the smooth surface, "It's hard because slowly my friends are leaving me, I know it's hard for them seeing me so upset but they don't really understand anything about grief and little do they realise that it only makes it that much harder." Her voice drops to almost a whisper, "That's why I prefer spending more time with you, because you understand what it feels like and you won't abandoned me." She looks up at me longingly, "Will you?" I reply, "Never." She wipes her curls out of her face, no longer like flames, when I finally notice the crystal tears lining her cheeks, I reach my hand out to her, she takes it, I pull her in to give her a comforting cuddle, she rest her head on my shoulders, "Thankyou for staying by my side." It had only just come to mind how much I enjoyed her company, how much I could rely on her, how easy it was to talk to her but now I finally knew why James loved her company so much. She looks at me, "How are you coping?" "Pretty similar, but life still feels empty." She gives me a quick reassuring hug round the waist, her head buried in those beautiful curls. She quickly grabs my hand and pulls me down the stairs "I want to show you something!" I follow her down yelling out, quickly "Be home soon Mum!" I follow her through streets, bushes, parks and across the beach till she finally stands on top of a cliff. Flames licking at the edge of her face "This is where I met James." "Wow, this is...amazing." She smiles as I wrap my arms around her waist. We sit there, legs over the edge, the twinkling stars above, we sit there for hours, talking about everything and anything, it was almost like old times. Except for the lack of James's presence. I walk her home to her house having a quick cookie and milk supper, from which her Mum calls mine, letting her know that I was staying for supper. After we finish her Mum drives me home, I say good bye and go to my bedroom, spotting James at my desk, "I'm sorry" I whisper, he looks up from the photos on my desk, probably of Ally and I. "I'm glad she has you instead of that nasty Alex guy." I can't help but smile at the 2 things we both share so deeply in common; our hatred for Alex and love for Alice, her company (for me) and her lips (probably for him). All of a sudden I think about what James might be thinking, oh no "It's not what it looks like! I promise." He chuckles, "Brother, I would rather you have her than any other guy," As he says that it makes me think... Do I love Alice? He continues "Does she talk about me, what we had?" "She talks about you a bit but not what you two were." He chuckles again, "That is so like the Alice I knew." I've never been jealous of anything that James has had but maybe now I have found something to fight for. He looks over "Don't be jealous brother, she was never going to be mine," That's not true, "If you had just waited she would of, Talia is with Alex and her friends have left her, other than Tyler." He shrugs it away "It still wouldn't of changed anything, and why are you defending for me?" He browses over the photos "You love her, even if you don't quite know it yet." How does he know if I barely do myself? He answers, like he already knew the question "It's all in your eyes." He walks over to me "Promise me one thing," I reply, "Anything." "Keep her safe." And then he was gone.
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A/N: This is my favourite chapter :)