when the darkness fades

Chapter 15

Jax POV

I walked to the library after grabbing my bag and locking up my car. I made my way to the usual spot, lucky no one else was there and I could get my bearings before they arrived.

What the heck is going on, did my wolf just say that Indy was our mate. It would be great if she was, only problem is she has a lot to handle before I casually walk up and be like, ‘hey Indy we are mates let me mark you so everyone knows you are my’ I thought to myself out loud. My wolf hearing lets me know if someone is too close to hear me.

I think I may have to see if mum can have a chat to Indy and she if she can help Indy remember her lost memory before I lose control of my wolf. Who is struggling at the fact Indy is now in another part of the college. I settled him slightly by telling him we would be seeing her soon. But soon I would have to block him as I can not risk Axel scaring her off before she knows everything.

It became too much for me, so I grabbed my bag and sent Indy a message.

‘Hey, Indy. Got a horrible headache so I am going to head home. Sorry I will not be able to give you a lift home.’ Send. I didn’t reply to her message, I couldn’t I didn’t know how to. How can you tell the one you love and who is your mate that you don’t want to be around them, even though she has no idea what I am going through?

But I will not reject her, I want her but I want her to remember the real life before all this, I need her to remember. I thought as I pulled into my driveway.

Indy POV

I got this strange warm fuzzy feeling just before I walked into the building, I also felt so alone like I wanted to run and get back into the car with Jax, but when turned around to look for him, he was already gone which made me confusingly upset because I have never gotten upset like this before. ‘what is ging on’ I thought to myself as I continued into my class.

The class went pasted in a blur, I needed to get out, I needed to see Jax. He is the only one who helps keep me calm now days, even if it’s just sitting in his presence. He just radiates calmness. He is like the calmest person I know; I enjoy being around him, just watching him. Gee I sound like a creep. What the heck, I mentally slap myself. He is way out of your league and is only being nice to you because you’re his best friend’s niece.

Then my enteral voice piped up and scowled me for thinking like that. ‘What if he likes you the way, you like him’ she said, I replied by shaking my head. ‘He might’ she added back. ‘you never know, give him subtle hints you are interested and see how he reacts and go from there’ I smiled to myself in agreement. I must like a complete fool but I am pretty sure everyone talks to themselves; they have.  

I didn’t see Jax for the rest of the day, I got a message after lunch saying he was heading home with a horrible headache, I replied ‘hope you feel better soon, it feels really strange here without you. XX. He did not reply back with hurt a little but I do get it, where the headache knocks everything out of you so I let it slide.

‘Drake, can I get a lift home with you please, Jax went home with a horrible headache’ I asked, ‘is that what is wrong with him, I seen him walking back to his car, I called him but he must not have heard me’

Drake POV

I knew he heard me we have wolf hearing and can hear extremely well, but it kind of makes sense if he had a really bad headache as it blocks out our senses as we can not focus on anything else. I am hoping that is all that is wrong with him.

We got into my car and headed home, we chatted about how Indy had been coping with her work load, she answered that she was doing ok, but had to have afternoons with one of her teachers which I thought was weird but it only got weirder when she told me she had passed out with him, she waved it off by saying that the doctor said she might experience it due to her trauma. It freaked me out, I may have to look into this teacher as I don’t like the fact she was only passing out in his classes when all the teachers know not to overload her with too much work.

I will get to the bottom of it. I reached for my phone and scrolled until I found who I was after and pressed the call button, ‘Gabe, it’s me’ silence ‘can you do me a favour, man’ silence ‘great, can you do some digging for me’ silence ‘name Professor Malcom’ silence ‘I know that you will have to do that, but it is important or I wouldn’t be asking’ silence ‘Indy’ silence ‘when you can will be great’ silence ‘great thanks for this man, talk to you later’ silence. I hung up feeling a little better knowing I had my best tec guy looking into this for me.

Indy POV

I made the mistake of telling Drake that I had passed out in my after class, class with one of my teachers. He is not going to let this slide. He never does sometimes it’s a good thing but other times it gets a bit much. But that’s what an overprotective uncle is.