I Never Knew

Chapter 15

***Heya! Make sure you read this chapter to the end. There's some important material there. Also, this cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Alyssa Baker is absolutely amazing, so I decided to link to it. I included the original song, too - I know a lot of Elvis fans :) ***

***(Jay's POV; song for this chapter: "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley; cover by Alyssa Baker)***

"Jay? Nya?" someone calls from far away.

I shake my head. I'm in the middle of the most wonderful dream, with the most wonderful girl in my arms, when –

"Jay! Are you here?" shouts the voice again.

I crack open my eyes, but all I see is darkness. And...

Pain throbs my arm, and I moan. I must still be down in the basement with Nya. I guess we both fell asleep at some point.

"We're down here," I yell back sleepily.

Nya stirs in my arms. I hear her yawn. "Jay?"

"Yup, still me. I guess the others must've gotten back."

She suddenly latches onto my shoulders. "You can't tell Lloyd we're really together yet," she begs me.

"Why? He deserves to know, since he so obviously has a crush on you."

"Yes, but – he just figured out about Harumi's wicked side. He needs someone to lean on right now, and he'll be really upset if he figures out about us."

"But won't he be upset if he finds out we lied to him?"

"It's not lying," she promises. "We're just withholding the truth. And I won't cross any friendship boundaries with Lloyd, since you and I really are together. Um, we are official, right?"

I laugh. "I'd like us to be." We talked for an hour last night about how long I'd liked her and how quickly she'd developed feelings for me. I'm more than ready to date her for real.

"Then of course, we are."

Someone opens the basement door. "Are you guys down here?" The voice sounds like Kai's.

"Yes," I answer, a little more awake now.

Feet come rushing down the stairs. "What on earth are you two doing stuck down here?"

I inhale and launch into the story. "Well, we were watching a movie when the power went out, so we both came to check the generator. The problem is, I fell down the stairs and probably dislocated my arm, then it turns out somebody had broken into the monastery, and – "

"Wait, you lost me at the power outage," says Kai. "You can tell the story later. Have either of you heard from Wu? And – where on earth are you?"

I hear Kai pushing boxes around and can't contain a small chuckle.

"We're over here, Kai," Nya informs him. "And be careful. Jay hurt his arm pretty bad when we fell down."

"What about Wu?" her brother questions, finally locating us.

"I haven't heard from him, but then again, does he even have a cordless phone? Oh, and master of fire, would you mind giving us a little light?"