Forgotten (Book 2 in Jessie Celestia)

Chapter 3

Hi minna-san~! I'm sorry for being so late in posting this chapter! I had to finish a couple chapters in Jessie Celestia's Past for this to make sense! I suggest reading it before you read this chapter!!

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~Jessie's P.O.V.~

As I walked towards the park, I regretted wearing high heels. My feet were killing me by the time I could see the top of the huge tree. When I finally reached the park, I leaned on the big tree itself and waited for Sting to arrive. I was a bit early so I wasn't surprised that he wasn't here yet, but I started to get bored. Where is he? I thought to myself as I glanced at my watch. It was five minutes past the time we agreed to meet.

"Jessie?" I heard a voice say my name. I looked around for the source of the voice. That wasn't Sting's voice.. "Jessie?" The voice was closer this time. I turned to my right to see a rather tall man with messy black hair, a white shirt covered by a green coat and dark blue jeans with black sneakers. I looked at the man more closely. He couldn't be more than...three years older than me?

"Mark?" I whispered, tears starting to sting my eyes. I saw tears flow down his face as he ran towards me, and I ran towards him. As soon as I was in arm's reach he picked me up and twirled me around, and I let him.

~Sting's P.O.V.~

"Crap! I'm late! I'm late!" I cursed under my breath as I ran as fast as I could towards the park. "How the hell did I become late??" When I finally reached the park, I stopped for a few minutes to rest. Okay, next thing you need to do is find Jessie.. I scanned the area around the huge tree for any signs of her. What I saw next shattered my heart into a million pieces. W-why is Jessie hugging a boy like that? Could it be that she has a lover..? I walked a couple steps backwards, and started to run away. H-how could she do something like that..? I ran as hard as I could away from the park, tears threatening to come out.

~Jessie's P.O.V.~

"Mark..." I whispered when he put me down. "Is it really you...?"

"Yeah, it's me little sis.." he whispered back, stroking my black hair. Oh, how I've missed his signature warm smile and his caring voice calling me little sis...

"H-how'd you find me..?"

"Well, I'll admit it wasn't easy, but I had finally heard rumors about a certain famous multi magic mage here in Fiore."

"Wait, what do you mean 'here in Fiore'?" I asked. How far away did they drop him off?

"I searched everywhere for you and for the Skull Knights guild, but I could gather no information on either for a couple of years.." he answered.

"Oh.."

"By the way, why are you dressed so fancy?" he asked, looking at my purple dress. My eyes widened. I pulled away from Mark and sniffed the air. Crap! He was here a couple seconds ago! I hope he didn't... I sighed. Nope, he did, I have to set him straight! "Um, what are you doing Jessie?" asked Mark, confused as to why I was sniffing the air. Being a Dragon Slayer, I had super sharp smelling, but I couldn't explain that to him right now.

"I'll be right back!" I yelled at him before running towards the faint smell. I ran as fast as my aching feet could endure. Why did I wear stupid high heels?? "Sting!! Sting!" I yelled his name, having a fleeting hope that he would answer, but of course, the only answer I got were the echoes of me calling him. For what seemed like just an hour, I searched for him all throughout Magnolia, but with no luck. I finally stopped when I heard Mark calling for me.