Meet me Halfway (Slymau)

Chapter 2- Sensitive

Jess's POV (1 hour later)

I begin up the stairs again to go to my room, just as I hear the front door opening. I book it across the landing and into my room, frankly not exactly in the mood to talk to anybody right now.

I quietly close my door and take a deep breath before walking back to my closet and hiding the picture frame in the back, trying not to trip over anything. I really need to do a clean out, it's a mess in here.

Closing my closet door, I walk over to my desk and continue what I was doing while listening to the sound of the rain hitting the window. By this point, my clothes and hair have dried, so I don't need to change, at least not right now. Maybe I will in a little while.

Picking up my pencil, I continue writing out the song I have been working on for the past few days. I'm not a singer in any way, although, The Few would disagree strongly, but I like to sing in my free time. This is the 2nd time I've written a song and I want it to be perfect, a lot better than the first one.

I can hear one of my roommates walking up the stairs, the quiet humming makes me think it's Kawaii~Chan, but she would be singing a little louder than that, so if anything, it's probably Katelyn.

The room door opens and in pops the familiar light blue haired female, "Hey Aph" she greets me.

"Hey" I say simply, turning back to look out the window. "You okay?" she asks, "Laurence said you were sitting outside without a coat earlier" she tells me.

I sigh inwardly, "I'm fine". I'm breaking inside, but of course, Katelyn doesn't know that. Nobody does.

"Okay well, just, don't do that, okay? Put a coat on if you're going out in the rain" she orders me. I roll my eyes, "Mm-hmm, sure" I lightly growl.

She walks out, closing the door behind her. She definitely knows that I'm not in a very good mood, and knowing Katelyn, she's most likely going to snoop when I'm least expecting it.

"I really want to give her a piece of my mind" Willow growls. I smile lightly. Willow has always been protective of me, and always is keeping me aware of what's going on around me.

"I know you do Willow" I say quietly, "Just give it time, if it gets out of hand then I'll deal with it" I tell her.

I hear her grumble slightly, "Fine" she gives up.

I smile again. Phoenix has been quiet. "Hey Phoenix?" I ask.

"Hm?" she asks. "You okay?" I ask her.

I hear her sigh slightly, "I'm fine, just thinking to myself" she sighs out.

My smile drops. She must be thinking about her sister, the sister that she died protecting.

"Thinking about Astera?" I ask her. I can feel her nod, "Yeah" she says.

I let out a breath, "I'm sure she's fine" I say confidently, or the best I can, "Who knows, maybe she's trying to figure out where you went after you passed away" I say.

"I don't know Jess. We didn't get along the best" she sighs. I sigh too. Phoenix and Astera may have been sisters, but they didn't get along a lot of the time. It sucks. Still, Phoenix did save Astera from a world of hurt from what she told me

"Well you know Willow and I are here to listen to you if you need to vent or let out your emotions on somebody" I tell her.

She doesn't reply, but I can feel her appreciation.

I continue writing my song. I really want it to reflect on my pain after being forced to leave my friends behind me, but I also don't want to make myself upset. Tomorrow though... tomorrow will be different, I am going to find a way back home. I don't care how long it'll take, I just need to find a way back.

Loki can try and stop me all he wants, but he won't be able to. I won't give up. I'll NEVER stop until I get home.

I don't know if they're listening to me right now. If they were, Willow could be kind of aware since she can sense that kind of stuff, no idea how. Maybe she's psychic and she never told me.

The sound of the rain fills my ears as my pen dances across the paper. I can't hear anything else except for rain and the writing, my thoughts and my heartbeat. My thoughts are split. Most of my thoughts are on The Few and my pain, but the other quarter is giving me ideas for this song I'm writing.

A tear suddenly falls from my eye and hits the desk. I snap back to reality as I see it. When did I start crying?

"Shiro?" Willow asks. My eyes snap open completely, it's been a while since anybody has called me by my royal name.

"Yeah?" I ask, wiping my eyes. "You may want to look at what's in front of you" she tells me.

My eyes look forward to the window sill where I see a picture frame, this one was black, and in it was a picture of me, Sly and Lake. When did that get there?

I reach forward and pick it up. I don't remember putting it there.

"You put it there when you zoned out" Willow says, "I think that's why you began crying. Since you were so focused on your song, you don't remember standing up and taking that photo out".

My eyes scan the picture. It was taken just 2 weeks before everything happened. Sly has his right arm around my shoulders and Lake is in my arms, hugging me. If it's not obvious yet, Sly and I were... together... we were dating. We had only been together for 3 months. In fact, the 5 year anniversary of us being together is in a week...

More tears fall. God damn it, I'm so sensitive! Buck up Jess, you'll see them soon!

There's a big smile on all 3 of our faces. I can see Kala in the background, grinning like the fan-girl that she is. I think Lily took that aspect from Kala too, because she also shipped Sly and I together.

A sensitive smile etches at my pale lips, twitching a little, tears falling so softly that I could barely feel them, my jaw twitching too.

God damn it... I need to grow up... I've become so sensitive ever since leaving them.

"I think you need them more than you care to let on" Phoenix tells me. I raise my eyes to look out the window. It's getting dark outside, and Kawaii~Chan will be home soon to make dinner. That's not me just saying that, she actually said that she'll be making dinner tonight.

"You're right Phoenix..." I sigh.

It makes me wonder... am I on their minds half as often as they're on mine?

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You know what, screw it, I'm just going to post this story whenever I feel like since I can't keep to my word. I don't have the patience to wait another 5 or so days, haha. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter anyway.

See you all later!

-Amber