“Katelynn, stop that, stop it…!” Jack reached for her hands and managed to tear them away from her hair without ripping any hairs out with her fingers. “Six came by? What, what do you mean danger? What happened, where did he go…?” he asked, unsure of anything and feeling so lost. Something he was beginning to feel a lot of, lately.
She tried to take a calming breath, tried to stop shaking, but thinking about Six made it difficult. “He..He came to see me..” she began, not looking at the blue man before her or risk whimpering some more. “He saw me..and I told him what happened with Hot Flash..and he went running after her..” She shuddered, the tears still falling. “He said he was going to go after her because of me..He’s going to get hurt Jack and it’ll be all my fault!”
She moved gently against Jack, wishing for his strength and understanding. She felt so weak and felt so guilty for worrying everyone all the time. And poor Jack..he always had to be at the receiving end of all of her tears, making him feel so many negative feelings.
She always seemed to cause everyone pain and she hated it. All she wanted to do was make her friends smile. That was all.
“Hey.. shh, Six… Six is a tough guy isn’t he? I mean. Look at him, he’s. He’s obviously strong. And he’s smart, too. I don’t think he’d go after a woman he knows he can’t beat…” he tried to calm her, but he couldn’t help but worry too. The things Hot Flash had done the day before… the hospital ward, the children and the teacher… could Six really stand up to her? He wrapped his arms around her gently, holding her against him. “I’m… I’m sure he’ll be fine. He will be.”
Jack Maple 