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It was blank. All black until I heard a voice. A voice of a little girl lost in the dark. She yelled, screamed in pain and all she said. 'No. Don't! Please.' Her voice broke in the end and it crushed me within.

I slowly opened my eyes. Panic plastered in my mind and fear impulsed me. Fearsomely, I took a deep breath before opening my eyes and suddenly my fears evaporated as I looked in the face that sent chills down my spine. His peaceful face helped me with my breathe. He still seemed to be in deep sleep.

I slightly lifted up my head to see what time it was but he tighten his arms qaround my waist more. But despite it, I successfully managed to catch a glimpse of moon from the barred window. A scintilla of merriness ravelled In my veins bringing a small smile on my face. My mind finally functioned that it was a dream but why it felt so real? I almost thought that it was me lost in the darkness.

I closed my eyes and fell back on the bicep of Leo which worked as a pillow for me. Not caring for my dream anymore, I lifted up the covers to my shoulders and snuggled in his chest. His redolent made my eyelids heavier and soon, sleep came again.

Sunlight intruded in my blankness. I opened my eyes to meet a ray of light piercing my eyes. I immediately shut them. After a few blinks when my eyes finally adjusted, they landed on the figure sleeping next to me ; Leo.

The lucent light filtered from the barred window and patterned on Leo's face. His eyes were peacefully closed and he breathed evenly. His voluminous hair spread on the pillow exposing his forehead which adorned a cut. It reminded me of the fight he had with Jake. His rage and dark eyes frightened me to death at that moment. It was true Leo was cold in the beginning almost for a year. But I never saw him this furious before.

We never talked much. We'd discuss our mission and would divert to our own paths. We never had much in between and it felt like I'd never be able see happiness again but as time went by, he exuberantly enjoyed everything , opening a little for someone else too . And so did I.

He told me what happiness is. He showed the beauty of my own and pushed me past the limits. He believed me and I never felt more alive than I did then.

When I saw him that day, fighting —almost killing Jake, I thought I lost him. I thought the old Leo was back and that I lost his new form again. But I was wrong, he was there, always. I just needed to look past the cold , bad boy. And I'm glad I did.

I looked at our position. His one arm was a pillow for my head and other  snaked around my waist. Our nose tips touched so I placed my head a bit backward . Our legs roped and tangled in one and another We were in the same position as we were before when I woke up in the middle of the night which I still couldn't make up why I did.

I landed my eyes on his face again, thinking why the hell is he so handsome? I wanted to caress his face , ran my hands through his hair but I didn't. Rather I decided to get up or I won't be able to exercise.

'Are you watching me sleep?' Leo's raspy voice caught me off guard. I looked at him but his eyes were still closed.

'No.' I stated. 'Why would I?'

'Cause you like me.' He commented and I rolled my eyes.

'You wish Black.' I said and was about to get up when he pushed me back to bed and instantly wrapped his body around me , shoving his face in the crook of my neck . My neck hairs stood up but I stilled myself. My heart was in my throat tightening it and hurdling in my breathing.

'You're not going anywhere.' He murmured in my neck and snuggled. I giggled trying to push him away but he didn't even budge.

'Why? It's already 8:00 in the morning.' I said amusingly.

'Cause it's your birthday today. So we'll sleep for long.'

'It's my birthday not yours.'

'And it's ball too. That's the only day we get a day off.' He told me. 'And I'm enjoying it wholesomely.'

'With me?' I asked him half expecting the desired answer.

'With you.' He repeated as quickly as words escaped my mouth. 'And the first stage is , you have to sleep for two more hours. So close your eyes and go back to sleep.' His hoard voice sounded too demanded and inviting as well.

'What if I don't?' I challenged him and he instantly lifted his head up to meet my gaze. Our eye melted in each others' . The gleam of joy in his green eyes twinkled in the intruding  sunlight. His eyes were primed to melt me down any second if I dare look in them for another second. His face was fresh and and even with the a cut on his forehand, he still managed to look handsome.

And by handsome mean, the -your-looks-can-melt-me-in-a-puddle.

I started laughing hard as his fingers contacted with my stomach moving in random shapes in order to tickle me. Butterflies erupted and joy waved in the air. Suddenly all the tension dissolved . 'Say you'll obey me.' He commanded but I shook my head still wrestling to get away.

'No. I won't.' I tried to keep my tone stern but failed terribly. Somehow I managed to probe myself up the bed. The covers hurdled in my running as they were tangled in my legs. Leo chased me as I ran around the room finding a hole to escape from. I climbed up the bed and threw a pillow to him which he caught as easily as I expected.

He immediately stopped laughing and stared at me. 'Oh girl you'll pay for it.' He warned and I threw him another pillow. And one more. And one more. His defences were up and he caught each and every one of them easily. And now I was out of pillows and Leo had a whole army of them pooled around his feet.

I bit my bottom lip considering my mistake and Leo flashed me a beguile smirk. I shrieked as he armed a pillow on my face but I dodged it. I crouched down as he threw another pillow that hit me on my thigh.

'Stop!' I yelled but of course he didn't. I climbed down the bed and picked up a pillow from the floor to fight with him. The pillow was poorly worn out and soon the buttons of pillow case popped open and feathers flew out of it.

Leo's pillow had the same condition. I dropped the diffused pillow and picked another one as my weapon. I laughed hard as I caught him off guard and hit him on his face. The pillow exploded and feathers covered him from head to toe. My laughter increased and but soon enough, I too was covered in feathers from the pillow that Leo exploded on my head.

I ran away from him but he caught me easily from my wrist and pushed me against the wall. My back hit hard as I and Leo laughed our hearts out. 'P-please d-don't tickle me.' I begged him in between my laughter.

'Why?' He asked in a amused tone.

'J-just don't.'

'Give me a kiss then.' My laughter died out and the smile from my face faded away. My face became stern and blood rushed up to my cheeks. My stomach did funny jolts and as much as I tried to tore my gaze away from Leo , the intensity of his gaze prevented me too.

Seeing my face , Leo burst out into laughter. I had never seen him laugh like this before. He fell back on the bed and I could see real tears in his eyes. 'Oh man!Jewel ,you know how to make a face.' He commented before losing himself in another pit of laughter.

I stood there, too dumbfounded to understand. I pushed my body off the wall and traipsed towards him. A small smiled danced on my lips. My knees made contact with his and that's when he realised I was watching him. His laughter decreased but not instantly. It turned into deep chuckles as he wiped away the tears.

He stood bolt upright on the corner of the bed and my body hovered over his. I traced every inch of his happy face to ram it in my memory forever. I never saw him laughing this easily and heartily before and it made more happy knowing that probably his happiest moment since last year was shared with me.

A smile involuntarily grew on my face. He stood up and I stepped back to give him space. He planted a deep and prolong kiss on my forehead, holding my face gently. I closed my eyes to embrace the feeling of surety. After a while, his lips parted away from my skin and I already started missing the warmth.

He looked into my eyes and said those words because of which my heart pumped the blood rather too fast up to my cheek and my legs felt feeble. 'Thanks for being in my life.' A wide grin spread a crossed my face and I wanted to hug the life out of him.

Affection thronged in his eyes which crinkled with his oddly handsome smile. His hands slipped down from my face down my arm and my skin burnt everywhere he touched. 'I'll see down at breakfast.' He said and winked. I nodded too flabbergasted to utter a word.

After a while of burning holes in his eyes, I recovered from the lost and said. 'Oi! What about the mess?' I rested my hands on my hips as I watched him picking up his shirt.

No, he wasn't shirtless before. Keep your dirty minds clean.

'You clean it.' He stated. 'Since it's your room.'

'What? You created the mess too.'

'I know.' He simply said and walked up to the door. 'But you'll clean it.'

'I hate you.' I grunted and a smile grew on his face.

'I hate you too, love.' He winked.

Soon the door closed and I fell with my face on the bed. God what is happening to me?

I quickly changed in my morning outfit and guess what it was? Yes , you got it right. A white crop top with a pair of jeans. I told you , I have nothing else. I slipped my feet in slippers and let my hair down cause according to Leo, I didn't need to tie them.

I walked downstairs to find eight pair of eyes burning holes in me. 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' they all chanted and laugh escaped out of my lips.  Dave popped a party popper right on my face . The materials in it hit me hard on my nose and I held it as tears welled up in my eyes. Stephen and Dave took me off the ground immediately. One of them took a hold of my hands and the other with the feet and they both started swinging me in yeh air chanting 'Our birthday girl! Who is she ? ELSA!' My hands and legs felt as if they were being scratched and my nose still hurt.

'Stop this shit!' Just as yelled , they both immediately let go of my hands and legs, letting me fall hard on ground. I groaned as my back almost broke but that didn't stop them. The next thing I knew that many arms wrapped around me hurdling my breathing.

'O-okay guys-I c-can't b-breathe n-n-now.' I tried to tell them as they all parted away one by one giving me small kisses on my cheek wishing me happy birthday. 'That's the dope one yet.' I murmured. However when it was Leo's turn, he gave me a little peck on my lips and winked , heating up my cheeks and letting my heart run wildly.

Chattering started among the table and soon everyone was busy in talking and making plans after the ball except for Dave who was making smooching faces whenever he got the opportunity.

I didn't gulp down even a single bite as Leo had one of his hand on my thigh the whole time.

The breakfast was over soon and all of us picked up the dishes and did them. When everything was finally over , Leo's phone's  chimed in the Hall. He picked it up and said some words 'Yeah, Fine.' Before hanging up.

He rose his face to address everyone. 'Guys we need to go.' It seemed like everyone was waiting for Leo's command. They stood up at one and exited waving at me. I simply stood there , watching as everyone left. Leo turned around to face me , 'Sorry Jewel but we have to go.' He said.

'Where?'

'For the arrangement of the ball. I know Marie can handle this but we don't want to burden her so we'll be helping.' He explained before shoving the phone in his pocket and picked up keys for his bike.

'I wanna help too.' I told him.

This created a smile on his face. 'Oh no you don't want to. We don't want to ruin our surprise by bring you there.'

'But what I'll do here? Alone.' I tried to reason with him.

'Chloe's staying.' He said simply and my jaw dropped. Did he really think that I'll stay with Chloe?

'I guess you know our history.'

'Yes, I know but you see sometimes you need a fresh start. And this  is the perfect time.'

'You sound like a mother advising her babies.'

He chuckled before planting a small kiss on my cheek. 'What ever you think jewel. I'll be off now. Bye.' He said and walked towards the garage.

'Bye.' I whispered hours after he left crying inside for the time I had to spend with Chloe.

I made eye contact with Chloe who just came out of her room in her pj's. She looked at me. I looked at her. We both groaned and rushed back to our rooms.

The end.

The next three hours, I remained in my room trying to be productive as I cleaned the mess out of my room. The dry and boring closet made me hate every single moment I refused to buy something fancy and now I had nothing.

I walked downstairs to see Chloe sitting on sofa with less makeup. 'Chloe are you okay?' I asked her.

'I'm fine.' She replied harshly. 'Why?'

'No you look sick with less makeup. If the makeup's finished then tell me I'll buy you something. I'm going anyway.' I remarked her earning a eye roll from her.

'I'm fine.' She repeated more annoyingly. 'Also you are the one who told me to "embrace myself" and if I'm doing it why is it bothering you then.' Her remark made me create  a perfect 'O' with my mouth. Somehow , it made me happy inside thinking that she actually considered my advice.

'I didn't know you'll take that seriously.' I said as I picked up the keys. 'By the way, you're looking...' I cleared my throat , coughed , sniffed , took a damn long breathe and then said. 'Good.'

She forced a smile which seemed to be too forced as the lips were on their limits. 'Thank you.' She said through gritted teeth . I began walking towards garage.

'Where you're going?' She asked.

'Shopping.'

'You can't leave the house.' She ordered and I turned around.

'Girl , you're right. But the only problem is , this Is not your house and you can't dare order me.' I said.

'Elsa you should stay home.' She commanded again and I turned around to answer her the way her ears will always remember it but my eyes landed on the window as I glimpsed a silhouette.

I  ran outside opening the door with all my mighty as it crashed against the wall.

Maybe it'll be my chance to catch the freak who had been threatening me. I thought.

I checked the surroundings to find him and soon my eyes landed on a figure running towards the corner of the street.

Without telling Chloe anything, I ran too. 'Elsa come back!' Chloe yelled behind me but I didn't care less at that moment.

My eyes were desperate to see my stalker and my hands itched to strangle him. My legs used all it's mighty to chase him. The stalker turned at the end of the street and went out of view.

In a while, I reached there turned around the corner too but none was there. I greeted my teeth and observed my surroundings. I knew he can't ran away that quickly so he must've been hiding here. And that gave me an ideas of what I should do.

I as quietly as my feet managed to, tip toed to the corner of the street.

My instincts turned out to be true. The stalker did think that I had gone away as so climbed up a wall of a house. He looked around to make sure I was really gone, just as he came to the corner, I gripped his hands and revolved them around him. I kneed the back of his legs with enough force that he fell on the ground.

I did this so hastily that his reflexes failed to act. He was on the floor with his face down , hands around his back and I pushed my knees on his back preventing him further to find an escape.

'Who the fuck are you?' I spat and waited as he slid his mask down his face.

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped as if someone stabbed me.

'Jake?!'

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Helloooooooo! A cliffhanger huh? I know, it hurts seeing your maybe favourite character like this but what happened has to.

Here is the chapter! I'm sorry for a not-a-day-after update. My intentions were too but someone messed up with my calendar. I know it sucks to have a stalker just like Elsa has or maybe...

Well so let's have some questions here which I'd love you to answer them down. You know in The comments sections which they specifically created to motivate your writer and guess what? You're gonna do it and you should cause I ain't have much motivation.

- So What do you think about Jake?
- Was he really the stalker?
- Do you still ship Elsa and Jake?
- What  do you think about Leo?

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