Chapter 7 -
Letting Go
“You got
that petrified look on your face again, don’t worry Nick I’d
expect you to say no” Jet sighed carrying on down the path
“What is
that meant to mean?” Nick questioned following her
“It
means, you’re the type of person that would rather
everything just stayed the same, you stay put, running isn’t
your idea of living” Jet said shrugging her shoulders as she
sat down
“How do
you know?” He pouted
“I just
do” Jet smiled patting the ground
Nick sat down
next to her.
“But that’s
why I'm here with you, I like that about you” she whispered
dropping her head onto his shoulder
“I like
everything about you” he quietly said his hand rubbing
against the side of her thin body
~ LATER THAT
NIGHT ~
“Nickolas,
where have you been?” His mother inquired as he walked in
the door
Her face was
red, perhaps with anger, perhaps with the heat.
“Out”
Nick shrugged making his way up the stairs
“Nickolas,
there’s something I think we need to talk about” she
said sternly
He spun around
and looked at her idly.
“What?”
he sighed annoyingly
“This
girl, on MTV who is she?”
‘Great’
Nick mumbled to himself, she’d seen that.
“Her
names Jet” he replied simply
“And?”
“And
what?”
“And are
you dating?”
“Yeah,
so?”
“Nickolas
there is no need to be so coy about this, I'm just trying to look
after your interests”
“Well
thanks, but if you’re going to give me a big lecture about
how money and fame changes the way people think and act, spare
it, I don’t need it, okay”
“I
thought you would have learned from the other girls”
“Jet’s
nothing like them”
“How do
you know?”
“Because
I just do”
“How old
is she Nick?” his father questioned walking around the
corner.
“What are
you both ganging up on me now?” Nick muttered “She’s
16” he added
“Have you
–“ his mother began, worry starting to show on her face
“Oh as if
that’s any of your business” Nick huffed
“Nickolas
Gene Carter, don’t you get it? If you and her have been
intimate, that counts as statutory rape, then how would that
look? Cant you see she’s probably only in it for the money,
fame, stature and once she’s used you to her hearts content
she will sell her story to all the blood thirsty tabloids who
will just eat this one up”
“You don’t
know her!” Nick announced loudly “Don’t you dare
say anything like that about her, you’ve never even met her”
“She
probably knows I can see right through her game”
“No, she
knows that you’re a cynical bitch!” Nick yelled
He stormed up
the stairs and slammed his bedroom door leaving both of his
parents shocked.
Nick picked up
his cell phone and dialed Jet’s number, angry tears were
spewing from his eyes.
“Hello?”
Jet answered
“I need
to see you” Nick sighed quietly
“Nick,
are you okay?”
“I just
need to see you, I’ll pick you up in 10 minutes” he
sniffed
“I’ll
wait outside” she whispered before he hung up the phone
He gathered
together some of his clothes, and accessories into a small bag
just as there was a knock on his door.
“Nickolas?”
His mother said quietly through the door.
“Go away”
Nick huffed, locking the door
“Nick
please we just want to talk to you” Bob sighed
“I'm done
talking, we both made our points clear”
Nick opened
the window, bag in hand and climbed out onto the 1st
story roof. He chucked down his bag first.
“Nickolas
open this door” Jane pleaded tugging on the handle
Nick took
another look into his room, as he backed down the trellis along
the side of the house. He ran across to his car, after picking up
his bag, got in and drove away.
“Is that
his car?” Bob questioned hearing the engine roar
Jane looked at
her husband then darted downstairs, just to see Nick disappearing
down the road.
~ 10 MINUTES
LATER ~
Jet stood
shaking in the dark night. Her eyes were drawn to the bright
lights of a car coming towards her. It pulled along the footpath
and stopped. She opened the door and hopped in.
“Wow, you
only just dropped me off like half an hour ago” she smiled
“Aren’t I lucky”
“Where do
you want to go, I’ll drive you anywhere, Georgia, Texas, you
name it we’ll go, I have enough money in the bank, and we’ll
never look back, he’ll we’ll even go to the airport and
fly out of here” he announced solemnly
“What?”
Jet questioned as Nick pulled onto the Freeway
“I want
to run with you” He sniffed
Jet could tell
his eyes were red and sad.
“You
wanna tell me why?”
“They don’t
know you, but they still think they can tell me what you’re
like” he sighed
“Who? You’re
parents?”
He nodded
slowly and turned his attention to her.
“That’s
why you wanna run?”
“I want
to be with you”
“Nick
pull off at the next off-ramp”
The car pulled
off the Freeway and down a road, Nick veered right down another
darkened road, which seemed to be deserted.
Jet’s
hand ran gently down the side of Nick’s face, her thumb
wiping away a stray tear.
“Nick I
want to be with you to, but not like this. It seems to me that
your parents have always been there for you, they’ve always
stuck up for you, wanted what was best, that’s not something
to run away from, that’s something to cherish” she said
quietly
“But you
wanted to run”
Jet bowed her
head – perhaps it was time to tell him everything about her.
“I want
to run TO what you have, not from it. When I was growing up the
only father I knew was a drunk who when he wasn’t picking on
me and Devin, was throwing my mother around the room. The only
life I knew was one filled with sleepless nights just waiting for
dad to come home, and all heel break loose, and when he wasn’t
slapping us around, the house we lived in was been raided by the
police, or people I didn’t even know in our living room,
getting drunk. I would lie in my bed just waiting for one of them
to venture upstairs to my room, I would hide in under my bed, in
the closet, anywhere, or I’d run into Devin’s room,
where he’d tell me that one day we’d get away from
this. He was right, but not the way we wanted to be. Dad got real
drunk one night, he was like this monster, I was cowering in the
corner of the lounge when he without a second thought plummeted a
knife into my mothers chest, because she wouldn’t give him
the money he wanted, it was for the rent she kept yelling, but he
just stabbed her, took the money then left. I don’t know why
he left me there, perhaps he was too drunk to notice I was there.
Devin came home to find the ambulance and police surrounding our
house. My father went to jail for that, but he’ll be able to
leave one day. We took what little money we had and the life
insurance mom had, and moved here. Devin was awarded full custody
of me, and so the story begins. But you see Nick I would die to
have two parents that cared about me, It’s my dream to be
able to sleep at night without one eye open, whether or not you
see it you’re parents love you, and I would give anything to
be a part of that”
Jet leaned in
and hugged Nick, her own tears going through his shirt.
“Are you
saying I should go back? I wont let them keep us apart”
“This isn’t
the way to show them how we feel”
“Then
what is?”
“They may
not like me now, but that’s because they don’t know me.
People judge other people because they’re scared, and they’re
scared of loosing you, they probably think I'm a mean wolf just
waiting to carry their son away. Trust me on this one, we’ll
show them” she smiled
“Where
did you learn to be so right?” he smiled starting the engine
She took his
hand away from the key, and turned the car off.
“Let’s
just stay here for a while” she whispered kissing his neck
Her lips
worked their way up to his, devouring his skin with love. His
slid his hands across her body, the very feel of her stirring his
body members.
“Do you
want to?” he suggested nodding towards the backseat
Jet climbed
over to the backseat tugging Nick along behind her. She felt his
hands roaming her body, as she touched his. Their lips met in
unrestrained passion, gliding across each other in an amorous
rhythm. He pulled her top up over her head, his lips never
relenting form the kiss for a moment, her hands fumbled with his
shirt but soon enough she’d removed it from his body. He lay
her down onto the soft leather of the back seat, a slight chill
went careering up her spine, but the touch of his lips on her
bare skin, soon warmed her.
Infatuation
entwined the two as their bodies came as if one. She felt him
inside her, surging, begging for release. Her hands groped at his
back as he pushed himself deeper. She arched her back, encasing
him. The air around them became hot and heavy as they melded
together in crazed passion.
Lips met with
skin, as they continued exploring each other without restraint.
Exhausted and smiling, they parted, though still in each other’s
arms. He kissed her forehead gently, his warm breathe pushing
hard against her.
“I wont
let anything keep us apart” he whispered into her air, and
for once in her life she believe somebody, whole heartedly she
believe his words.
~ AN HOUR
LATER ~
Nick pulled
into his driveway, still unsure if he wanted to be there.
“It’s
for the best” Jet smiled touching his hand softly.
They both got
out of the car and walked hand in hand to the front door. The
door was yanked open as Jane’s worried face starred back at
them. First to Nick, then to Jet.
“Where
have you been? God Nick I was worried sick about you” she
sighed as she gestured him to come in.
Nick looked
his mother squarely in the eyes.
“This is
Jet, the girl I love, and if you cant accept that tell me now,
because she means everything to me, and if you cant cope with
that, then it’s best I leave” he said strongly
Jane’s
eyes focused on Jet, who was smiling nervously. Nicks hand was
clutching to hers tightly reaffirming what he’d just said.
“Why don’t
you both come in?” Jane suggested
Nick looked
across to Jet who nodded.
Bob soon met
them in the lounge as the four sat down on opposing sides.
“Nickolas
you shouldn’t have run off like that” Jane remarked her
eyes darting back and forth between Jet and Nick
“Well I
needed to” he replied simply “Look Mom, and Dad, I'm
sorry for any worry I caused you but I needed to be with Jet, I
love her, why is that so hard for you to see?”
“You’re
two young to know what love is”
“How can
you say that? You don’t know me, you only think you do”
“Nick,
please think about this, I'm sure she’s a lovely girl, but
for two people so young to say they’re in love, it’s
just not true”
“She has
a name! At least give her the respect of talking to her”
“Nick
please” Jet pleaded touching his arm “Mr. And Mrs.
Carter, I think I know what you’re thinking right now, that
either I'm only in it for the money, or the fame, or just for the
sheer experience of it all, but I can assure you’re wrong,
none of that matters to me, and it never will”
Jane sneered
at Jet, as though laughing at what she’d said.
“I cant
ask you to believe me, but I can at least ask you to reserve your
judgment on me, till you know me”
“I'm
sorry you were pulled into this Jet, but you see I’ve seen
girls like you before, they are a dime a dozen”
“Stop
right there mother, don’t you dare say it” Nick
announced bounding to his feet
“Don’t
raise your voice at me Nick”
“But it’s
okay for you to blatantly harass Jet, when she is trying to get
along with you?”
“No Nick,
that’s what you don’t see, she’s trying to
manipulate you, that’s why you ran off tonight”
“No
mother, Jet is the reason why I'm back here, otherwise I would
have just kept on driving”
“Please
don’t fight on account of me. Mrs. Carter it’s obvious
that you like things direct and straight to the point, so here it
is, you don’t know me from a bar of soap, you’ve never
met me before but you think you can easily judge me based on what
other people have done, I respect the fact you’re trying to
take care of you’re son, trying to protect him, but cant you
see all you doing is creating a rift between the two of you. I
bet you’re thinking that if I wasn’t in the picture
then everything would be perfect, till when? Till he meets
someone else? Till his head gets so screwed over with ideas he
doesn’t even know what the world is? Don’t you see, I'm
not the problem here, I'm just showing it for what it is, your
lack of wanting to let go. You have to see that Nick is going to
grow up, whether you like it or not, he’s going to make
mistakes, but that’s how we learn. I care for Nick deeply,
and perhaps you’re right, maybe we don’t know what love
is, but how do we know unless we try to find it, like you did,
you found your husband, you confessed your love for him, let us
find ours. I'm not in this for whatever materialistic reasons you
think I am, I'm in it for love. You don’t have to like me,
but at least reserve judgment, for Nick’s sake”
Silence hung
in the air, she’d obviously hit a spot.
“If you
cant accept us mom, tell me now and we’ll make it simple, we’ll
leave”
“I do
everything to try and make you happy Nick, if this makes you
happy, then okay” Jane sighed
For once she
saw her son, growing up before her very eyes, she’d always
sheltered him, she’d taught him, and now she had to let him
go it alone.