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| She turned her face away, casting her eyes to the ground. In those few brief moments she shut herself off from him entirely, she panicked in her mind, her expression contorting with confusion. There were a million things she wanted to say. The first thought to cross her mind was to let him know she didn't feel sorry that he kissed her. But the urge to kiss him again overpowered that, leaving her speechless. She kept her eyes to the ground as she fought this internal battle. She had had a boyfriend before. Just once. It was just after the Tragedy, and he had been there for her when no one else was. She had grown up with him, in a way. He had attended Elanifa Elementary with her. But back then he had been a bully, mocking her endlessly. She didn't know why she began to date him, but after she broke up with him when he cheated on her, she realized she had been in shock, and he was the only person that had been willing to care for her. It wasn't until weeks after she recovered from the nasty break up that she realized he had only wanted her so that he could save himself from whatever the depression the Tragedy had brought. She had never been fully into the relationship. He had been a nasty piece of work, and Jaida had been too lost in her own lonely world to notice the way he treated her. Her heart was never in it. But now, as she stood before Keaton, she felt as though her broken heart had been rekindled. She thought again how one good thing had come out of all the disaster. One person she had thought she'd lost forever. Until now. The shock hit her again, this time harder. He was here, in the flesh, alive, the boy that saved her from death. The boy that could have left her to die, but risked his own life to bring her to safety. Her somewhat brighter heart swelled with affection and, forgetting all about her previously felt confusion, she lifted her eyes back to his and took a step toward him, no hesitation hinted. She lifted her hand and placed it slowly and gently onto his cheek. Her eyes glistening with tears, she exhaled softly. 'Thank you.' Nothing else seemed adequate right at that moment. Nothing could sum up everything she wanted to say. There was just so much. |
