Make it a sweet, sweet goodbye
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Jack’s POV
*3 weeks later*
He didn’t know who she was. How could he not? She was the love of his life. What I didn’t get was he knew who everyone else was…just not Rebecca, it seemed like his memory had completely erased back to before Rebecca joined the school. I felt so sorry for her, you could see by the look in her eye how upset she was by all of this. This had affected her in a big way. I shake my head as my thoughts run amock, really this was all my fault, I shouldn’t have given a shit about Kendra, I should of just told them…but then Rebecca would have found out the
truth.
But then again…I nearly told Rebecca the truth, I was so close before Kara interrupted us. I don’t know what made me think it was a good idea to tell her, it was an in the moment thing, but to be honest I’m quite glad we were interrupted…what if I told her? What would have happened, I would have told her my true feelings just for her to go and find out her own boyfriend didn’t even know she existed? Now that would have been fucked up.
I’m suddenly snapped out of my thoughts by a knock at my bedroom door.
“Come in.” I yell from the bed where I lay with my guitar strumming simple riffs.
“Glad to see I remembered right about you playing guitar.” Mumbles Alex as he enters my room.
“Hey man, how you feeling?” I ask as he sits down opposite me on my bed.
“I just…I don’t know mate, why can’t I remember anything?” he asks, his face drained of colour.
“I don’t know dude, Kendra did a number on you.” I reply shrugging causing him to nod in return.
“So tell me about this girl Rebecca?” he asks staring at me.
“What can I say mate, you met her on her first day, you hit on her and she turned you down, something you wasn’t use to, then you two went off somewhere after school, talked and next thing I know you two are bestfriends, then you started to have feelings for her and asked her out.” I reply, giving him a short version of the story. He shakes his head as he thinks, the room being quiet for a few seconds.
“She just doesn’t seem like the kind of girl I would go for.” He replies sighing.
“What you mean slutty? Easy?” I inquire laughing, causing Alex to give off a small chuckle.
“She seems out of my league dude, I mean I would be an idiot to not admit how beautiful she is.” He responds staring off into space.
“What’s the problem?” I ask, “I mean you could just get to know her again.”
“I don’t know Jack, I just wish I could remember…” he mumbles hanging his head.
“You loved her you know.” I blurt out causing Alex to look up.
“Me? Love someone?” he questions with disbelief.
“Yeah.” I laugh “Even I was surprised by that, you also told her about your brother…”
At this he looks straight at me, a mixture of emotions on his face. “I must have really trusted her.” He replies.
“Yeah, you did.” I agree. After the topic of Rebecca seemed to dwindle and we spent the rest of the time together playing guitar till Alex stood up announcing he was gonna head home because of school tomorrow, I agreed before saying night as he left my room.
I was lying in my bed when I received a text message from Rebecca asking me to meet up with her at the park, I quickly agreed before jumping out of my bed and sneaking out the house, my destination being the little park down the street.
Rebecca’s POV
I had been sat on the swings for what felt like an hour now, having sneaked out when my mum had fallen asleep. I just couldn’t be in that house, my urges were beginning to take over.
Ever since Alex had forgotten me I had felt so alone…like I had no one to talk to, I had ended up slipping back into my bad habits, causing a new couple of cuts to appear on my stomach making it a little difficult to breathe. I looked up into the distance to see a lanky Jack to appear in my line of sight, I smile a bit as he jogs over, bless him…he’s been like my rock with everything happening.
“Well hello there Mr Grumpy Gills.” Smiles Jack, referencing my favourite movie of all time; Finding Nemo, causing the biggest smile ever to appear on my face. Jack plops down on the seat next to me, before giving me a questioning look. “So what did you need me for?”
“I…I just….I needed to escape Jack, to escape the bullshit, everything that’s occurred.” I mumble glancing up at him.
“I understand.” He nods before leaning over and pulling me into a hug, accidentally brushing against my new cuts causing me to inhale in pain.
“What? Whats wrong?” he questions with a look of worry on his face, his eyes searching down to my stomach.
“Nothing.” I lie, my hand absent mindedly going to my stomach pressing down on the pain.
“Rebecca please tell me you didn’t...” he asks, his eyes searching mine causing me to start crying.
“I’m sorry Jack…I just couldn’t take it anymore…he was the only person who ever truly loved me…and now I have no one.” I choke out between breaths.
Jack pulls me tighter into his arms, whispering soothing words calming me down. I don’t know what it was about him, but he was always there for me, always my rock when I needed him, it’s like I had to just seem upset and he would come running, like he wanted nothing more in the world than to take my sorrow away.
I looked up into his big brown eyes, the eyes that showed how much he cared… with worry set so deep in them. Being in his arms right now made me feel safe, like everything would be okay. He stares at me for a couple of minutes before leaning closer to me.
“Let me take the pain away, Alex is not the only one who cares.” He whispers quietly.
Slowly he leans forward and before I know it, he does it…
He kisses me.
*3 weeks later*
He didn’t know who she was. How could he not? She was the love of his life. What I didn’t get was he knew who everyone else was…just not Rebecca, it seemed like his memory had completely erased back to before Rebecca joined the school. I felt so sorry for her, you could see by the look in her eye how upset she was by all of this. This had affected her in a big way. I shake my head as my thoughts run amock, really this was all my fault, I shouldn’t have given a shit about Kendra, I should of just told them…but then Rebecca would have found out the
truth.
But then again…I nearly told Rebecca the truth, I was so close before Kara interrupted us. I don’t know what made me think it was a good idea to tell her, it was an in the moment thing, but to be honest I’m quite glad we were interrupted…what if I told her? What would have happened, I would have told her my true feelings just for her to go and find out her own boyfriend didn’t even know she existed? Now that would have been fucked up.
I’m suddenly snapped out of my thoughts by a knock at my bedroom door.
“Come in.” I yell from the bed where I lay with my guitar strumming simple riffs.
“Glad to see I remembered right about you playing guitar.” Mumbles Alex as he enters my room.
“Hey man, how you feeling?” I ask as he sits down opposite me on my bed.
“I just…I don’t know mate, why can’t I remember anything?” he asks, his face drained of colour.
“I don’t know dude, Kendra did a number on you.” I reply shrugging causing him to nod in return.
“So tell me about this girl Rebecca?” he asks staring at me.
“What can I say mate, you met her on her first day, you hit on her and she turned you down, something you wasn’t use to, then you two went off somewhere after school, talked and next thing I know you two are bestfriends, then you started to have feelings for her and asked her out.” I reply, giving him a short version of the story. He shakes his head as he thinks, the room being quiet for a few seconds.
“She just doesn’t seem like the kind of girl I would go for.” He replies sighing.
“What you mean slutty? Easy?” I inquire laughing, causing Alex to give off a small chuckle.
“She seems out of my league dude, I mean I would be an idiot to not admit how beautiful she is.” He responds staring off into space.
“What’s the problem?” I ask, “I mean you could just get to know her again.”
“I don’t know Jack, I just wish I could remember…” he mumbles hanging his head.
“You loved her you know.” I blurt out causing Alex to look up.
“Me? Love someone?” he questions with disbelief.
“Yeah.” I laugh “Even I was surprised by that, you also told her about your brother…”
At this he looks straight at me, a mixture of emotions on his face. “I must have really trusted her.” He replies.
“Yeah, you did.” I agree. After the topic of Rebecca seemed to dwindle and we spent the rest of the time together playing guitar till Alex stood up announcing he was gonna head home because of school tomorrow, I agreed before saying night as he left my room.
I was lying in my bed when I received a text message from Rebecca asking me to meet up with her at the park, I quickly agreed before jumping out of my bed and sneaking out the house, my destination being the little park down the street.
Rebecca’s POV
I had been sat on the swings for what felt like an hour now, having sneaked out when my mum had fallen asleep. I just couldn’t be in that house, my urges were beginning to take over.
Ever since Alex had forgotten me I had felt so alone…like I had no one to talk to, I had ended up slipping back into my bad habits, causing a new couple of cuts to appear on my stomach making it a little difficult to breathe. I looked up into the distance to see a lanky Jack to appear in my line of sight, I smile a bit as he jogs over, bless him…he’s been like my rock with everything happening.
“Well hello there Mr Grumpy Gills.” Smiles Jack, referencing my favourite movie of all time; Finding Nemo, causing the biggest smile ever to appear on my face. Jack plops down on the seat next to me, before giving me a questioning look. “So what did you need me for?”
“I…I just….I needed to escape Jack, to escape the bullshit, everything that’s occurred.” I mumble glancing up at him.
“I understand.” He nods before leaning over and pulling me into a hug, accidentally brushing against my new cuts causing me to inhale in pain.
“What? Whats wrong?” he questions with a look of worry on his face, his eyes searching down to my stomach.
“Nothing.” I lie, my hand absent mindedly going to my stomach pressing down on the pain.
“Rebecca please tell me you didn’t...” he asks, his eyes searching mine causing me to start crying.
“I’m sorry Jack…I just couldn’t take it anymore…he was the only person who ever truly loved me…and now I have no one.” I choke out between breaths.
Jack pulls me tighter into his arms, whispering soothing words calming me down. I don’t know what it was about him, but he was always there for me, always my rock when I needed him, it’s like I had to just seem upset and he would come running, like he wanted nothing more in the world than to take my sorrow away.
I looked up into his big brown eyes, the eyes that showed how much he cared… with worry set so deep in them. Being in his arms right now made me feel safe, like everything would be okay. He stares at me for a couple of minutes before leaning closer to me.
“Let me take the pain away, Alex is not the only one who cares.” He whispers quietly.
Slowly he leans forward and before I know it, he does it…
He kisses me.
Notes
DUN DUN DUN! Okay I feel like just leaving you all there tonight on this cliffhanger, how do you all feel about that ;)Please comment and let me know what you think, ta guys :D
11/10/13