~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A little bit about Kage~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RECAP:
"Oh, right. Well, you remember what happened last year?" I asked. He nodded, waiting to hear the rest. "Well, I had a dream about it and then in my dream I woke up and I had cuts on my arms. Then when I really woke up, the scar on my head was opened and I tried washing the blood out then I was loosing too much, I felt light-headed and dizzy, then I collapsed. That's what happened."
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MY POV
I finished, all in one breath.
"Do you know why you had that dream?" Kage asked, trying to piece this all together. He got up off the bed and started pacing. He has always been the one to try and think logically. He thinks there has to be an explanation for everything.
"Ya Kage, I made myself dream that so I could wake up to have that cut open and start bleeding. I totally wanted that." I said, sarcastically. "Kage, I don't know why I had the dream. I just did. Besides, it's over and done with. Not like that'll happen again." I said, trying to calm Kage down.
"Jess, I'm just trying to see if there was a purpose to that dream. I don't want you getting hurt." Kage said. He always does this. He tries to protect me from things that will probably happen no matter how much protection I have.
"I know that. But you have to learn that I'm growing up and I don't need protecting anymore." I said.
"I'd beg to differ." He muttered under his breath.
"Hey! I heard that! And I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself!" I said, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Oh ya? Well what about that knife incident and the "guy troubles"?" He asked, making little air quotations when he said guy troubles.
"So I made some stupid mistakes. Doesn't everybody?" I said, like it was nothing. Once you accidentally almost cut off your finger you're labeled for life. Not my fault I'm not coordinated with sharp things.
"Not as big as yours." Kage said.
"And what are you? Mr.Perfect?" I asked, suddenly getting mad.
"I'm not saying that-" He started but I had to cut in.
"Sure sounds like it." I said.
"Jess, I'm trying to do what your parents told me to do. I'm looking out for you." Kage said.
Since when did my parents tell him to take care of me?
He sighed then sat back down on the bed."Jess, before your dad left and your mom died, your dad wrote something. He asked me to take care of you. Your mom signed that as well. They thought it was what was best for you." He explained.
"What was best for me? What was best for me was to be raised by them. But, no. Dad just decided to leave me and mom alone, let mom go into depression, make herself sick and die. Ya, that's definitely what was best for me." I said, I'm tired of being told what's best for me or what I should or shouldn't do. It was infuriating.
"Okay, so maybe he didn't exactly make the right choice-" He started, but again, I cut him off.
"He made the worst choice ever." I stated before letting him continue.
"So maybe he did but he was just trying to keep you safe." Kage said. "He was trying to be a dad."
"Trying. But not succeeding. He could've at least kept in touch before he died." I said. I hold a grudge on that man. Wait. Scratch that. He's not even a man. He drove my mom to death for Pete's sake!
"Yes, he could have but he thought that you hated him for what happened to your mother." Kage said.
Damn straight!
"Obviously you did and still do. But did you really have to agree so quickly? You could've at least thought it over." Kage said, trying to reason with me. Like that's gonna change my mind.
No.
"Oh, well, fine. Be that way. Jeez." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. Did I forget to mention Kage could read minds? After living with him for a while a girl picks up on things. Like the fact that Kage isn't human and that he can appear in places and he can also learn your deepest, darkest secrets from a word that comes out of your mouth. Freaky? Maybe. Totally kick ass? Definitely!
Except when it's your deepest, darkest secret he learns.
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Author's Note: Here's to make up for the short chapter. I MADE IT LONGER! GO ME!
