when the darkness fades

Chapter 16

Malcom POV

Sweetie informed me that someone was looking in to the school’s data base regarding my qualifications, what they didn’t know was they had all been doctored but only a clever hacker could find that out and I am pretty sure that family does not know any. But I will ask Sweetie kindly to keep a watch on it and make sure the firewalls are strong enough to keep prying eyes out for now. I need a little more time but I have to change my angle. And put my plan into action sooner but it should work out.

A few weeks went by and every chance I got with Indy, I used it to my advance. I wanted her to see how the real bad guys where and if my sense where right it would not be long before she came to me. And then she would be all mine like she was meant to be all along.

Indy POV

My sessions with Professor Malcolm became stranger because every time I was with him I would dream about my mother accident although the details became a little clearer with each dream or nightmare depending on how you looked at it on the other hand I was catching up with my work so I guess that was a plus but it didn’t leave much time to hang out with Jax even though it feels like he would rather not be around me, he has been acting stranger than usual lately. I was sitting on the grass under a larger tree, when I seen the boys walk out of the cafeteria, I drew in a deep breath and slowly released it while I gathered my belongings. Enough is enough I want to get to the bottom of this now. I thought as I walked in their direction.

I was about 10 feet away from them when I called his name ‘Jax’ he turned to face me ‘can we please talk’ he just nodded and then walked towards me. When he got to a foot in front of me, he stopped, he could hardly look at me. ‘I just want to know what I have done to make you act this way with me? Have I done something wrong?’ I questioned him. He just shook his head ‘No you have not done anything wrong to me’ well why are you pushing me away, I thought we were getting along great.

‘We here but’ he stammered ‘but what’ I stated. ‘Its nothing’ was his answer. ‘I don’t believe you, one minute you and I are flirting and all that, and now you can’t even look at me, why is that? I almost screamed at him. ‘Look at me’ but he keeps looking away so I walked up to him and grabbed his face, ‘Look and answer me’ I screamed this time. I really wished I had not. I seen in that moment something I cannot unsee. I had seen those golden eyes before. I let him go immediately and started backing away slowly.

‘I never meant for this to happen, Indy’ he said after me. ‘It all happened so fast’. I couldn’t think, I was trying really hard to remember those eyes, where have I seen those eyes before.

Jax POV

Indy asked me to go and talk to her, I wasn’t sure what to say to her. I had been kind of avoiding her for the past couple of weeks but today she decided to pull me up. ‘Jax’ she called, I turned to face her. ‘Can we please talk’. I nodded and walked over to her, I stopped when I got about a foot in front of her, I couldn’t look at her, I didn’t want to see the pain in her eyes because I could definitely hear it in her voice as she spoke.

‘I just want to know what I have done to make you act this way with me? Have I done something wrong?’ she questioned me. I just shook his head ‘No you have not done anything wrong to me’ well why are you pushing me away, I thought we were getting along great’, she continued

‘We were but’ I stammered ‘but what’ she stated. ‘It’s nothing’ was my answer. ‘I don’t believe you, one minute you and I are flirting and all that, and now you can’t even look at me, why is that? she almost screamed at me. ‘Look at me’ but I kept looking away, next thing I knew her hands where grabbing my face, ‘Look and answer me’ she screamed this time. I really wished she didn’t scream, Axel open his eyes which in turned, turned my chestnut colour eyes golden.

She dropped my face immediately and started backing away. ‘I never meant for this to happen, Indy’ I said after her. ‘It all happened so fast’. When I focused on her, her face had gone all pale like she had seen a ghost. I went to grab her hand in case she passed out. But she moved out of the way. Now I feel sick to my stomach and Axel is whimpering that he has scared her off. What am I going to do now? I watched her turn and walk away. I was keeping myself standing there but only just. I had to let her go for now. Axel shut me out for not following her.

When I got back to the guys they enquired about the conversation, crap what was I going to say. So, I had to make up a little lie and hope one day they will forgive me. ‘I told Indy I was not interested in her as I was interested in someone else.’ They all had the ‘O’ expression on their faces all expect Cliff. We gather our stuff and started heading out, Clint and Drake had another class where as Cliff and I where finished for the day so we went our separate ways.