Winter Jackets

Chapter 18 - The Leaving Stage

I was worried about Lisa. She seemed oddly fine with my leaving, and wasn't trying to convince me to stay. Maybe she's really good at hiding emotions and thoughts, but I suspected something else...

The day of my departure came, and everyone, including Lisa, looked despaired at my leaving. God, it hurt so bad to be loved so much.

I took a deep breath, hugged everyone in my family and then walked out the door, carrying my bag on my shoulders. I understandably felt like something was missing the moment I left the doorstep, but there was also another feeling, of unease...I shrugged it off. Obviously, a lot could go wrong, and I knew that well enough.

So why was it bothering me so much?

Reaching the airport and finding my seat on the plane, I still felt the sense of unease, only now I could also feel a pair of eyes on me occasionally.

This time, I couldn't brush it off, and so I pretended that nothing was wrong, while keeping my luggage close to me.

I really didn't want this mission to fail.

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Lisa

I wasn't sure how well I was doing with the whole following-watching-hiding thing, but Jack hadn't spotted me, so I couldn't be too bad. We were now on the plane, and I was two rows behind and three seats to the left of him, so I could still see him.

Now that we were all buckled up, I finally had time to think about what I was doing...big mistake.

My conscience had woken up; about time, honestly.

To sum up the entire conversation, I was basically second-guessing all my actions, plans and ideas, but I was able to push them aside as soon as I looked at Jack and found him ogling at something on the flight magazine.

He deserved to live, and I was going with him to ensure that he got what he deserved. Okay, that sounded like it's a bad thing, but you know what I mean.

Throughout the rest of the flight, I mostly read a book while also keeping watch over Jack.

He was completely fine. Although he did seem a bit fidgety, probably because of how dangerous the trip was!

!!!

I really hope he considered the risks before going on this trip...yeah, he probably did.

Anyway, the plane landed, we got off, boarded a train, and all was fine.

Until...

A/N: Heyyy

Sorry I haven't updated recently! And yes, this is an extremely short chapter, sorry again...

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- Fox