Storms in Many Realms

Jojo managed to call me at work today saying he wanted to meet me after work and I tried to put him off but he was having none of it and it was obvious he was determined to speak to me. When I finished work I stepped out into the parking lot to discover him waiting there for me and without a word I got into his car and we drove off into the drizzling rain.

For a second I wondered why it was always raining whenever I drove off with Jojo and was this going to be a bad portent for us. Jojo drove to the local lookout which was often a lovers meeting place for kids and I half expected to find the place littered with their cars but the drizzle managed to fob off those seeking romance. He stopped the car, turned to me and I thought he was going to tell me what was so important he wouldn’t even let me drive my car but instead he leaned over and started to kiss me.

I wish someone would teach guys how to have a conversation because kissing all the time does not solve problems, ok maybe I used to think it would but that was before I had taken on the Dubois family. I pulled back and told Jojo we couldn’t do that just yet and he scowled before turning to stare out the windscreen with his hands gripping the steering wheel. He looked really unhappy and said that he didn’t blame me as he had really messed up with Lynx. I wanted to say something mean to hurt him the way he had hurt me but I didn’t because I wanted to be with him more. I told him that when he went off with Lynx I thought that I was not the type of girl he wanted, that any chance we had of being together was over and I had no hope left at all. He looked at me surprised and said that when I had pushed him away he felt the same way.

For the first time I understood how he had felt because if he was feeling what I was feeling that could explain how he wound up with Lynx and me with Gervais. His voice got all sad and he asked if there was still no hope of us being together and I could not hold in my feelings anymore. What happened to the easy life of being a girl, shopping and flirting with guys at clubs? What happened to playing with friends, planning a future and being carefree and young? I broke down sobbing while I told him I really wanted to be with him and his face lit up as he grabbed me and started kissing me again. For a minute I thought, so what if I had made an agreement with Gervais, I will just go off with Jojo and Gervais can start tormenting someone else in life. Of course that was never going to happen as Ladonna, Caspar and Liselle’s warnings flooded into my mind and I knew that I had to get rid of Gervais if Jojo and I were to have any chance at all.

I pushed Jojo away and told him that I couldn’t just yet causing him to give me a puzzled look so I explained that I had some stuff I had to work out before we could be together. He asked me if I was afraid he would sprackle and run off like an idiot and I could not let him know the idiotic place I had got myself into so I lied and told him it was some personal stuff I needed to clear up. I said that I had done some things which were not too smart because when he left I didn’t care about anything and his face started getting that black look it did when he was angry.

No matter what I said to him he was going to be pissed at me until I told him the truth but I couldn’t tell him the truth because he might leave me if he found out I gave him up or worse he might go after Gervais. I put my hand in his and said that as soon as I could clear this up we could be together, and he gripped my fingers for a minute before dropping my hand. He turned to me and said if I couldn’t tell him about what was wrong then I didn’t want to be with him which made me really upset and I told him he was being unfair and to just give me one day to fix it. Jojo turned the engine on and let the jeep idle for a minute before speaking , keeping his eyes straight ahead he said I had one day or I had to tell him what was going on as I nodded in agreement the skies opened up and the rain pelted down fiercely.

We drove back to my work silently and once there I got out of his jeep to get to my car. Jojo drove off without a backward glance and I was left standing in the downpour staring at him driving away. The weather and my life were the same, stormy and miserable.

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