Jett just nods. “It’s your choice. A car will be here to pick you up at noon. Think about it, Ellie.” He puts his hand on my knee and then stands up.
“Are you leaving?” I follow his movements worried.
Jett nods. He looks the same—A shock of blond hair, turquoise eyes, and a quiet air of authority.
“But you just got here.”
“I did what I came to do. Now it’s time to go.”
I frown.
“If you make the right decision, you’ll see me again,” he says with one finger under my chin.
I look away. I have a lot of thinking to do, and not a whole lot of time to do it. I stand up and reluctantly walk Jett to the door.
He stops just before he leaves, looking at me with those with penetrating eyes. “This is his last attempt, Ellie. If you don’t show up, he’s disappearing, and this time it will be for good.”
I respond silently with a confused expression. He kisses me on the cheek then vanishes into the darkness.
Disappearing for good?
I WAIT IMPATIENTLY IN THEcar while Jett and Ellie’s silhouettes move slowly around her apartment. I can’t stop my leg from shaking or my heart from hammering. As soon as I saw her pull up, I wanted to rip her out of the car and crush her body against mine. I wanted to feel her lips and smell her skin and taste her sweetness. I want what we had back, every single thread of it.
It feels like hours have passed by the time Jett leaves Ellie’s apartment. He slips into the driver’s seat and turns on the engine without a word. I wait for a report, but he just throws the car into drive and pulls away. I burn a hole through the side of his head as he rolls the window down and plays with the radio.
“Are you fucking serious right now?”
“What?” Jett asks aloofly as his hair flutters in the wind.
“Are you going to tell me what she said, or do I have to beat it out of you?” I ask crazily.
“First of all, you wish you could kick my ass. Secondly, all you had to do was ask me nicely.”
“Jett,” I growl. “This is not the time for fucking around. Is she coming or not?”
“I don’t know,” he answers directly, and my heart drops out of my chest.
“She still doesn’t want to see me?”
“I don’t know that, either.”
“Well, what the fuck do you know?” I erupt.
“Jesus, chill out. I know if you keep acting like this you’re going to be minus one girl and one friend.”
I put my hand over my face and let out a frustrated sigh. I don’t think I can survive living one more day without Ellie.
“Please, Jett,” I say as calmly as possible. “Tell me what you do know.”
“Much better, cocksucker.”
I glare at him out of the corner of my eye.
“I think she wants to see you. She still seems conflicted. But she did ask about you.”
“What did she ask?” I’m starving for any morsel of information I can get.
“She asked if you were okay. And why didn’t you come yourself.”
