Little Organization Mix: Book 1; The Beginnings

Chapter 6: Parting Ways

JESY’S POV

I woke up in the morning completely startled.  I had not dreamed at all.  Not once.  At all.  Woah.   After being tormented every night for almost a week with all sorts of weird stuff I finally slept like a baby.   I actually felt well rested. What happened? What did I do differently?

“No, I don’t wanna go to work today.”

I looked to my side and realized that sometime during the night Leigh-Anne had grabbed hold of my right arm with both her hands and was now mumbling into my shoulder.  It tickled.  She felt like a little cat purring into me.  I started debating whether I should wake her or let her sleep still.  I had no idea what the time was.  Besides the sooner I woke her, the sooner we’d have to part and having her around was a lot more fun than being on my own.

Then it hit me.  The reason I hadn’t had any horrible nightmare.  It was Leigh-Anne.  It must have been.  Ever since I met her I hadn’t had any visions except that one about the blonde which only happened when she left me.  It made no sense yet it was extremely logical.  Something about her was stopping all my horrible thoughts.

I was trying to work this out in my head when she suddenly woke up and let go of me.  She groggily sat up then yawned as she looked around at the surroundings.  She looked down at me as I started sitting up and smiled wide and I couldn’t help thinking that she must have been one of those girls in secondary school who boys must have fought over while I was one of those girls who hung with the guys even though I was quite girly and got picked on by the other girls.

LEIGH-ANNE’S POV

I felt well rested and warm as I looked down at Jesy smiling.  She was certainly a better source of warmth than that blanket and I was extremely grateful.  As she sat up she looked thoughtful like she had just figured something out.

“What’s on the mind?” I asked her cheerfully.  I had actually slept well as opposed to the past few days when my own dread kept me up.   I felt like my usual cheery self for once.

She looked at me then shook her head.  I could tell something was bothering her but I didn’t ask any questions.  It was none of my business and she’d tell me if she wanted to.

I got to my feet and started gathering my things and packing them in the satchel.  I could feel Jesy’s gaze the entire time as I folded the blanket.  I turned to face her then sighed when I saw how annoyed she looked.  Why was she being such a sourpuss?

“Come on let’s find some breakfast.” I said hoping she’d just follow me as I started walking.  I knew we had to split up but I was at least going to make sure that she had something to eat first.

JESY’S POV

I was sulking.  I know I should try to keep up my spirit but I couldn’t help my mood.  I was upset because I was going to have to leave Leigh-Anne.  I know it sounds dumb but the mere thought of being in these woods or whatever you call them alone again made me feel like crying.

I knew for a fact that as soon as we separated I would start having the visions again and I’d be right back to starvation and near death.  She seemed so capable of surviving here, so smart that I felt stupid in comparison.  She was also possibly the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen and I felt like ugly trash next to her.  She made rugged ‘haven’t showered in days’ look good while I was sure to resemble a natural disaster by now.  The only thing about her that was a disadvantage was that she seemed to be sort of a klutz.  She tripped over stuff a lot.

To add to it all, Leigh-Anne was possibly the closest thing I had ever had to a best girl mate that wasn’t a sister or cousin and the thought of never seeing her again made me feel sick.  I know I just met her but it feels like she’s been my best friend for years.

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Leigh-Anne had shown me how to tell the difference between the poisonous berries and the ones that were okay to eat so that I could actually have a food source.

I was struggling to keep back tears when we had finished eating a breakfast of berries and the rest of Leigh-Anne’s chocolate bar which she split for the both of us.  She was so sweet.  She also tried to make me eat some bug but I refused.  I’d rather starve than eat those slimy things.  They probably tasted more disgusting than sandwiches.

We were walking together both knowing that this was the end of our companionship.  I was staring at the ground and sniffling, hoping that she wouldn’t realize how upset I really was.

We came to a fork in the path.

“I guess this is it.” Leigh-Anne said with a tremble in her voice.

I looked up and realized that she also looked sad.  It warmed my heart that she’d miss me as much as I’d miss her.  The thought gave me the strength to smile.

“Chin up, Pinnock.” I quipped in an Australian accent, “I know you’re in love with me but you don’t have to make it this obvious.”

She cracked a smile too, “Whatever Nelson.” Then she sighed, “So I’ll go left and you’ll go right.”

I nodded and was about to start walking away when she grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me in for a tight hug.

“I’ll miss you Jesy.”

We both knew that we would never see each other again, that by the end of this one of us, if not both would be dead.

“I’ll miss you too Leigh.” I gulped as my next words formed at the tip of my tongue. “I love you.”  There they were they came simply like I’d said them to her a hundred times.  I wasn’t sure where it came from or what it meant but it felt like I could not go without saying it.

I heard her sniff, “I love you too Jesy.”  There.  She said it back.  No thought.  If I really thought about the whole scenario I would find it strange but I was too caught up in the moment to realize.

We ended our embrace and Leigh-Anne took a deep breath then turned away from me.  I did the same, giving her my back.

I started taking baby-steps wondering how long it’d take for whatever spell Leigh-Anne had over me to pass so that I’d start suffering through those visions again.

I had walked only about ten feet when I heard a scream that was undoubtedly Leigh-Anne.  She was loud.   Without thinking I spun on my heel and ran back to the fork in the path then started moving the way Leigh-Anne had gone.

When I finally caught up to her what I saw made me stop in my tracks and stare.

 A/N

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