My Jade

ch. 7 sinking

Ch.7

                "Jade. Jade. Wake up!," Charles frantically shook me as I lay there thrashing around. "Its ok, please wake up!"

                I couldn't figure out where I was. All I know was that i couldn't breathe. Someone had tied my hands, and I was now sinking into dark pit of water. This was it I knew I was going to die. Im probably in the backyard somewhere and no one knows im missing. Why would they. Till I hear sounds, muffled by the water. It sounds like shouting. I start kicking my bound feet but I still keep sinking whatever is tied to me is heavy. Still I hear more shouting it seems to get louder and louder until I can no longer see and I black out, only to wake up in my bed gasping for air.

                "oh my gosh are you okay? I was shaking you for almost ten minutes." Charles was leaned over me. Did he fall asleep in my bed with me? He looked frantic, "I thought you weren't going to wake up there for a minute. Did you have a bad dream?"

                "no, she had a vision. I kept getting glances of it every two seconds because she still hasn't learned to keep her mind shut. Thanks for waking me up," clara ann said standing in the doorway in her pink sleep pants and tank top. "ill see you at 9 am sharp in the library, we have some work to do" she added as she turned around to leave, "and make sure your only sleeping until then, my brother has stuff to do tomorrow and your mind will need its rest before hand." Only  she didn't say the last part, she sent it through her mind to mine. She probably didn't want Charles to hear her insinuating we were having sex or something.

                "wow, isn't she a basket of joy when she gets woken up," I say to Charles as im glancing around the room still trying to get my eyes focused because he had turned the light on, when my eyes land on my tea area he had fallin asleep on my lounge chair the remnants of his being still there.

                "sorry I just wanted to watch you sleep," he said sheepishly like he was embarrassed. "I can go to my room now if you'd like" he started to get up to leave and I grabbed his arm.

                "no I would like it if you stayed, just in case I have another terrifying vision like that again. It felt so real. I wasn't even sure myself if I was going to wake up or not."

                "okay, ill stay. Only because you want me to."

                I just smiled at him as I grabbed his hand and pulled it around me. Why is it that as hard and muscley as guys are, they are so nice to lay on and so comfortable. We lay like that until I fell asleep. It was nice drifting off to sleep with his arms around me. I felt safe, like nothing could get to me or harm me. I knew he would always keep me safe.

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                "Ugh, I've told you already, I'm never going to figure this out!" I couldnt help but yell that time. We had been going at this for hours. It was already noon and I was so ready for lunch. "You've been prying into my mind all morning. Can you at least tell me something, other than the words I can't pronounce, that will help me?" 

"You are helpless I swear. Just keep saying them over and over until you finally do it right." Clara-ann kept saying, I could tell both of us were exhausted by all this pointless practicing.

"fi ghidul meu, fi lumina mea. Tine mintea mea la vedere."... well that was how it is written anyways. "who actually speaks Romanian anymore?"

                "look, you have until I get finished eating lunch and my daily ride to have this figured out. Then we are going into town, I need to go to the mall, and it will be a great place for you to practice." She stormed out of the room, just as Charles was entering.

                "she is such a witch. Literally."

"I know," he replied, "you just have to learn how to outsmart her like I have. Or just don't let her know she is getting to you."

                Yeah that's so easy for him to say he has known her practically all his life. Ive only known her less than two days and she already knows my whole life story from the time I was three years old, thanks to her picking my brain all morning. On the plus side, I really need to go shopping, and see what kind of cash I have in my account.

                "Can you speak Romanian? Because I am definitely going to need some help with this before we go."

                "its not hard, come on I'm sure I'm a better tutor than my sister."

                Wow, so he is hot, and, now he can help me with my homework. Could he get any better?

                "Oh, I'm pretty good at other things to" he said with a sly smile.

"wha- I thought you couldn't read my mind?" great, now he knows what I've been thinking about ...well, hopefully just what I've been thinking.

                Well, it took me about forty-five minutes to get the spell right, or say it at least. I can now keep Charles out of my head for about a whole five minutes. He said the more I use it the better it will get, and the more willpower I put into it the stronger it will be. I'm just glad I get to go shopping finally. And in down town New Orleans, with Charles. I am so going to have to have him help me pick out some cute outfits. Oh and I definitely need to find a phone store because my phone totally doesn't work down here, stupid T-mobile service.