In the Wave

Chapter 19

It's been a week since that all happened and right now I'm boarding a plane to Greece to see my aunt Chistene and have a small vacation. I got in my assigned seat, I was by a window in the back of the plane. Soon there was a person who sat next to me. I looked at them and saw captivating grey eyes and a muscular build the guy had was probably not too much taller than me. Suddenly I saw him looking at me. That's when I noticed I was staring at him. I quickly looked away and felt my face heat up from pure embarrassment. I couldn’t believe I just stared at him not only was it super rude, but it was creepy of me to do. Ugh now I’m gonna feel bad about that for the rest of my trip. Why do I always screw everything up?

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After we landed at the airport I saw my aunt waiting for me. I quickly ran over to her, giving her a hug. With her I saw my two older cousins Christian and Alec, Christian is actually a twenty six year old teacher, while Alec is a twenty one year old college student who just so happens to be an i***t. After hugging both of them we walked out to the car after getting my bag of course. When we arrived at their house Chrisian got my stuff for me and put it in the room I’d be staying at. They lived on a farm so every time I ever visited them I would always go see the horses. As I was petting my favorite horse Comet I remembered the summer when I was seven it was before my mom died. We had come here to visit my aunt, her sister. They were always so close. It was a nice spring day and my dad was helping my uncle mend the fences out in the fields my sister, my three cousins, and I were all told to pick a spot for a picnic while our mother made food for it. At the time Christian was sixteen, Alec was eleven, and my sister was nine, and my younger cousin Jane was three. So Alec was letting Jane ride on his shoulders while holding my sisters hand as Christian gave me a piggyback ride. The reason my sister was the only girl actually walking on her own was because she was actually big enough to not fall and get hurt, me on the other hand was a different story. I was so short and small I could've easily tripped and hurt myself just by stepping in a hole. And of course Jane was three, so she didn’t need an excuse. We had found a perfect spot by the pond on their property. It was nice and peaceful. Then Alec and Juliet had gone back to tell our mom’s where we were gonna eat. And I’ll never forget the conversation Christian and I had and the advice he gave me.

“So you're gonna be in second grade this year squirt, how are you feeling about that?” He had asked me.

“Hmm I don’t wanna go!!” I had told him.

“Well why not shorty?” He asked me even though he knew I had hated the nickname he had still chosen to use it.

“Well,” I said as I figited around the on blanket on the grass. “It’s just second grade is probably gonna be a lot harder than first. Plus last year I got picked on a lot for being small.” I explained to him.

“Jess let me tell you this. Those mean kids who were picking on you were just trying to make you feel inferior and the best way to ignore them is to let it all go, and just focus on being yourself, because that is the one thing nobody can ever take away from you.” After he had said all that to a seven year old he realized I didn’t know what it meant, but what I did the next moment is what shocked him.

“Thanks Christian!” I said as I gave him a big hug.

 And to this day that is one of my best memories at this farm. While I was petting Comet and reminiscing on my old memories I couldn’t help but to be drawn to my thoughts of Alexander. I started to feel a single cold tear stream down my face, before others began to drip down as well. I began to think it was something I did that drove him to rip my heart in half. I wondered how life was going for him, but I guess since he and I aren’t together anymore it’s not my business.

Alexander’s P.O.V

Ever since I broke up with Jessica I’ve been having all these nightmares of her dying and it being all my fault. It first started off with a dream I had of her trying to drown herself in the ocean, followed by her getting shot at in some far away place. I got up from my desk and walked down stairs only to see a lot of my gang members except one Biran aka Jessica’s father. Although I can’t blame him I did break his daughters hea-before I could even finish my thoughts I saw Brian walking in through the door. I saw he had bags under his eyes. It looked as though he wasn't even taking care of himself. And it made me wonder if Jessica was taking care of herself. He usually was better dressed and more lively, for an adult anyway.

After I gave all my men assignments I walked over to Brian.

"Hey, can we talk?" I ask him.

"About what, if it's work that's fine, if it's my daughter, than you have no right to even ask about her." He tells me knowing that I know he's right, but that doesn't stop me from trying.

"Look I just wanna make sure she's doing okay, or at least better than when I saw her in the hospital." I tell him, which was true. I did wanna know that, but I also wanted to see if she was over me yet.

"No she's not better, she's worse, how does that sound? Physically she's fine but mentally she's a wreck, you broke my daughter and for that I will never forgive you and you can sure as hell bet I won't forget it either!" He tells me angrily. He walks away still reeling from the conversation. I try to follow only to be stopped by Jonas.

“Leave him be.” He tells me.

“He has a point you’re broken up you have no right to know anything about Jessica.” Dominic tells me before walking away.

“Face it Alex you’re just gonna have to forget about her.” Jonas says as he makes his way over to follow Dominic.

 Jessica's  P.O.V

 When I was done unpacking Alec asked me if I wanted to go tour the city since it's been forever when I was last here. That is why right now we are in his car and on our way to a club and for some reason I can't help but feel like I should be concerned. When we pulled up to the parking lot I was relieved to find that he meant a country club, not the other kind. We got to the front desk and there Alec was greeted by a man, he had brown hair and eyes. He was very handsome but he looked kind of young.

 "Hey Alec, how are you?" the guy asked Alec.

 "Oh hey Zion I'm good what about you?"

 "Oh yeah I'm okay I'm just back at work again my mom is back at the hospital with cancer again, so I'm just trying to get ahead of all the medical expenses." Zion told him

 "Oh man it sucks that her cancer came back is there anything I can do for you guys?" Alec asked.

 "Not really but on a less depressing note how's school going for you?"

“It’s going okay, I doubt I’ll be a top student or anything, but I could be the best at partying.” Alec said.

“Please tell me that isn’t the only reason you actually went to college.” Zion says.

“If I did say that I’d be lying.” Alec says, as Zion and I both shake our heads at his stupidity. When Zion and I both looked up our eyes caught each other. We gazed into each other's eyes for what felt like an eternity. When we both finally looked away we both started blushing. Then Alec decided to finally introduce me.

“Oh Zion this is my little cousin Jessica, Jessica this is my highschool friend Zion Ross. Zion this is my cousin Jessica Maverick. Jess, Zion is eighteen, Zion, Jess is seventeen.” 

We shook hands then Zion helped Alec check in, when Alec finished checking in he went to go change clothes into golfing clothes. While he did that Zion and I just stared at one another. It wasn't The awkward kind of stare, it was more intense than that. It wasn't complicated, but it wasn't simple either; we just kept staring at each other, and before we knew what we're even doing, the intensity just stopped, all because Alec had to walk out from the changing room. And in that moment we knew what we had been so close, that we both jumped away from each other in an instant.

“Okay guys how about instead of staring at each other you just go make out in a corner or something, watching you two drool over the other is pathetic.” He tells us before walking away. Suddenly I felt a deep blush on my cheeks. I couldn’t believe he said that now I’m gonna be extremely embarrassed.

"I swear sometimes Alec is annoyingly immature." Zion says as he clocks out.

We looked over and saw Alec flirting with a girl, like a five year old would.

"Only sometimes, I believe the word you're looking for is all the time." I say, causing us both to burst into a fit of laughter. When we stopped laughing he opened his mouth only to stop and look away.

“Hey do you maybe want to go out to dinner sometime?” He asked me.

“Uh,” I started to think about Alexander, oh what am I even doing, we aren’t together anymore. “Umm actually, yeah I’d love to have dinner with you.” I tell him, causing his face to light up.

“Alright I’ll pick you up at ten, at Alec’s house, I'm assuming that’s where you’re staying.” 

“Yeah it is, I’ll see you then.” I say before walking over Alec and dragging him back to the car so we could go home, so I could get ready.