Chapter 17:
Can you speak up over the sound of the blood rushing to my head?
“What just happened?” She said before realizing the warmth on her lips was gone and Alias was nowhere to be seen, but she knew she hadn’t daydreamed that. She pressed her fingertips against her lips.
“Alias?” She said to nobody. She wasn’t thinking clearly at all. She got up from where she was seated by the lake and walked back in the direction of school.
“Hey Moonlight, what’s the matter?” Sunny asked cautiously as she walked toward her.
“Nothing, why?” She answered trying to sound calm.
“Don’t ‘nothing’ me, what’s the matter?” she asked again.
“Well I was sitting by the lake and Alias showed up,” She said slowly. Sunny nodded.
“Then we were talking and he kissed me,” She Continued.
“He did what?! On Valentines Day?” Sunny yelled.
“Sunny, he said he loved me,” Amethyst said in a whisper. “He…damn,” Sunny said and then they walked into the building.
Of all the things she could see coming what never ceased to amaze her were these boys. “Ugh,” she groaned. What is it with these boys kissing me at random? She thought. I didn’t do anything to lead on Alias. He knows that I’m with Christophe…he’s seen it. Unless like that doesn’t matter to him. What am I supposed to do? She was supposed to being doing the warm up for gym class but she ended up daydreaming through that. She couldn’t think straight and she could see Alias staring at her from across the gym floor. He got closer to her and then her and sunny decided to go outside because Alias was the last one who needed to hear this entire confusing conversation…well except for Christophe that is.
“Well how did that happen?” Sunny asked quickly.
“I was sitting all peaceful and then he asked me a question and before I could answer, he was kissing me,” Amethyst explained.
“Why didn’t you push him off of you?” She asked.
“Before I could protest it was over, he kisses like…electricity…magnetism…I don’t know but then I opened my eyes back up and he was gone…” She answered.
“My Jewel,” Christophe says smoothly over by the entrance to the school yard. Her heart flipped for him and he came to kiss her three times.
“Fifty more to go,” he laughs.
“Hello Sunny,” He adds. “Do you still want your present, Jewel?” Christophe asks teasingly.
“Yeah! What is it?!” Amethyst asks.
“I already told you what it was Ami, a valentine,” he laughs.
“But a leaf could be a valentine if you cut it into the shaped of a heart!!” She argues.
“Aw man, how’d you guess?!” He says as he picks up a leaf off the ground and hands it to her, trying to keep a straight face. All three of them laugh,
“You’re a piece of work!!!” Amethyst says and then goes on the swing.
“I’m home mom!” She yelled and as she walked into her room she saw her bed was covered in rose petals. “What the….” She took in the sight. Christophe was sitting cross-legged on her bed with her guitar in hand. “What are you doing?” She asks quietly.
“I –uh don’t play guitar well and I can’t really sing and I don’t write songs but I want to sing your favorite song…is that okay?” he asks.
“You sound all vulnerable and shy, of course it’s okay,” she says as she skips over to him and lays her head on his knee. “How do you even know my favorite song?” She asks.
“You sing really nice and you sing it a lot, and it’s on your top twenty five played on your IPod,” he laughs and strums the guitar.
“the way that i acted, so irrational.
you saw me lying useless on the asphalt.
and that other girl, I’m pretty sure she didn't know.
played out with cables but I jumped it so it's not slow.
and was I everything you asked for now?
and was I everything you asked for now?
Take what you can get
so when a robot falls in love, we clap, clap.
i saw an angel from above, i had a heart attack,
and i awoke with blood on my nose,
'cause everyone's an enemy and everyone's a memory,
and i am so sick of this town.
so what would you say,
we leave just you and me?
and we can make some memories.
we'll drive to the south, live on some Texas beach,
our lives will be in perfect harmony.
so was i everything you asked for now?
under the floorboards, inside the walls, i am you.
the vampire's smile has got you here,
any last words now?
so when a robot falls in love, we clap, clap.
i saw an angel from above, i had a heart attack,
and i awoke with blood on my nose,
'cause everyone's an enemy and everyone's a memory,
and i am so sick of this
I am so sick of this.
if i could see you fall in love, I’d clap, clap
'cause you're an angel from above, giving me heart attacks.
and you awoke with blood all on your nose.
'cause everyone's a enemy and everyone's an memory
and i am so sick of this town.
don't give up anything you want,
'cause it all comes in time
lately i've been having these dreams,
i saved my spot in line
the only things i'm sure of, baby, you will hear right now
i'm feeling more than touch my words have said enough
i swear that what i love is what I’ll live.
sing with conviction, be sincere
So when a robot falls in love just clap, clap”
And then he stops singing and playing.
“Was that bad?” he asks.
“That was amazing!” She squeaks and moves the acoustic guitar to somewhere else on the bed. She sits up with a smile,
“that was a brilliant surprise, thank you,” she says.
“Actually, my jewel, this is your surprise,” He says going into his pocket and pulling out a charm bracelet.
“It’s so pretty…” she says in a whisper.
“I hoped you would like it, I love you and happy valentines day,” he puts it on her wrist and kisses her goodbye with a smile once he sees the time,
“I have chores to do,” and then he’s gone. He just said he loved me after making the day perfect, I love him- wait. She thinks. She remembers the thing with Alias and picks up her cell phone.
“Sunny…can you spend the night? Please?” she asks.
“Something happened didn’t it?” Sunny asks.
“Christophe and roses and songs and bracelets and I love you was said,” Amethyst replies. “That’s awesome! And I have to tell you what- wait what about Alias?” Sunny asks.
“I don’t know…can you come over?” She says.
“Ten minutes,” and then Sunny hangs up.
“Well what am I supposed to do? Like what do I tell Christophe? This isn’t a conversation that I ever planned on having and you get that. What do I say? Hey babe I know that you said that you loved me and all that and guess what!? So does Alias and to prove it he kissed me! Isn’t that fantastic!?” I say. “Well moonlight, you need to do something and as much as I hate to say it…it’s something along those lines because if you don’t say it than he’s going to find out from Alias and that might break you two up and I know you don’t want that so you should go and talk to him,” Sunny says.
“But, like, how? I didn’t do anything to Alias! He just levitated his face into mine…” She says. “Well you better tell him that then,” She says.
“Listen to what Angel did!” Sunny says. And even though she doesn’t mind it too bad she knows that this whole situation is going to be an interstellar headache,
Valentine’s Day was for confusion.