fragile | jelix

chapter 38

we entered his room quickly and quietly, making sure we didn't make too much noise in case we woke his aunt up. i shut the door behind us cautiously, before turning to him and snickering. i had taken him to the park again and it had been so much fun. we aimed to do that every time his parents weren't home. we were getting away with it after all; his aunt had no clue that we were sneaking off to the park together.

jack tried sitting down on his bed, but he was finding it a bit difficult, so i rushed over to help him. i lowered him down onto the bed and sat next to him, kissing him gently on the cheek. we discussed our night out and how much fun we had together, how much we wanted to go again sometime. about half an hour passed before the conversation changed subjects.

"oh, i never told you, but before my mom left today, she was acting super weird." jack stated. i raised an eyebrow.

"in what way?"

"she's been telling me pretty much all day that i won't have to worry about my condition for much longer, and that i won't be in pain anymore. i think she's taking me somewhere for some form of treatment." a huge smile appeared on his face and my own when he said that. that information really was music to my ears. i would be thrilled if he could get treatment. he wouldn't have to suffer from this horrible condition anymore, i'd be able to touch him without being terrified of breaking him, i'd be able to visit him with his parent's knowledge, and who knows, maybe he would be able to come to my school. everything would just get so much better for the both of us.

"it'd make sense. we've been saving money to get me treatment for years. i think we've finally got enough."

"i really hope that's true. i'd be so happy if that happens. it'd be amazing!" i chimed in eagerly, getting nearly as excited as him.

"i know! i really hope i'm not just getting my hopes up...but i'm pretty sure i'm right."

"like you said, it would make perfect sense." he smiled and batted his eyelids, looking down at his lap.

"i just hope i'll be able to live a normal life...oh, there's something else i forgot to mention.."

"what's that?" he turned around and opened his top bedside drawer, pulling out a piece of paper. he shut the drawer and faced me once more, placing the piece of paper in my open hand.

"what's this?"

"it's just a little something i thought about last night. if you ever feel sad or lonely or scared or whatever, then you can read the note, and hopefully i'll be able to cheer you up. no matter how far i am." i looked down at the piece of paper in my hands and smiled. i wrapped my arms around my significant other gently and thanked him, before pulling away to put the note in my pocket.

"i love you by the way. that's something else i forgot to say." he said whilst giggling, making me laugh back. i grabbed his hand and held it close to me.

"it's fine. you've said it enough already."