[4 days later]
Jemisha was home and was recovering well and her speech improved very well, she was almost back to normal.
She was outside playing with Spike and Mouse.
Although she wasn't all too happy about the amount of people who were staying with her for now, she knew it was for her safety and started to get used to it.
Jack and the nurse walked up to them while talking about how she has been the last few days.
"Well before all this, she was pretty affectionate towards everybody and she like to hug us, but two days ago it changed a lot, she became pretty picky who could hug her and who couldn't."
'What was the cause?'
"Blake thought it would be good for her to get out of the house and took her shopping."
"But because of his appearance he was getting quite a lot of stares from women and she didn't like it, even though he told her he wasn't looking back and only had eyes for her, she didn't believe it and demanded he bring her back home and he could go shopping himself."
"Ever since that day she gives him a cold shoulder."
"Toward me she isn't any different from before, she thinks of me as a big teddy bear and still feel secure and comfortable, Hugo she perceives as a good friend, and Loki… she will talk to him but she keeps her distance."
"As for Chris…she seems very interested in him and likes to spend a lot of time with him, you could say she is flirting with him a lot."
"I told him not to take her actions all too serious and keep a health boundary for now."
"Yesterday she went shopping with him and everything went well and didn't seem she was displeased in anyway."
The nurse giggled a little.
'But what if she genuinely like him and want's to date him? Are you still going to tell him to keep his distance from her?'
"No… I have no say in that matter."
'Well let me see if she is willing to talk about it, but seeing their interactions I can tell she likes him more than a friend.'
"Black Rose! Look who came to visit you!"
Jemisha looked up and saw the nurse 'Shane!'
Jemisha ran up to her and pounced at her.
'Well you are close with my name, my name is Shanna.'
'Shanna can we go out and have some fun, just us?'
Shanna looked at Jack
"Sure you can, you have surrounded by men for the past few day, you need a girls only day don't you." Jacked patted her head.
'Hmm, Shanna is my friend, and I can't talk about girls stuff with men, because you wouldn't understand.'
'Pfft.'
'So true, even if they tried, they can't fully comprehend.'
'Let's go shopping!'
'Alright any particular place you want to go?'
'Let's go to the big shopping mall.'
'You don't have to wait for her for dinner, we will be eating out and also watch a movie.'
Jack nodded.
Jemisha was happy and pulled the Shanna by the arm and left.
[Mall]
Jemisha and Shanna shopped for new cloths for Jemisha and bought a few gifts, for her 5 guardian angles.
'Jemisha?'
'Hmm'
'I heard you keep you distance from Loki, why is that?'
'Well…because he yelled at me when I bought a gift for a friend of his, because his friend helped me and Mouse when we were followed by some people.'
When I got back from the hospital I apologized to him, but he didn't say anything back so…if he talks to me I talk back but…'
'Well maybe he needs time so I leave him alone as much as I can.'
'Does it bother you, you can't be like you were before with him?'
'A little…but you can't force your feelings on other so I have to wait for him.'
'Then what about Blake you have given him the cold should recently.'
'That's because I can't go anywhere with him… all the women will stare at him and I feel uncomfortable, I can fight of one women no problem but so many I can't.'
'He always use flirtatious words, he did from the beginning, but how am I supposes to know if he means them and like's me that way? I think I got used to his way of talking to me like that.'
'Then what about Jack and Hugo?'
'Jack is like a big brother to me, although he is like a big teddy bear, I feel like he treat's me as a little sister, but he has a hard time to accept his little sister is becoming an adult.' Jemisha smiled.
'I sometimes wish I was born his real little sister, then maybe my life wasn't so bad growing up.'
'The best part about Jack is that even if he is mad, he won't yell at me, his voice does turn stern.'
'He is probably the only one I listen to the best.'
Jemisha and Shanna stopped by a little restaurant and continued their conversation.
'Hugo…is a good friend, while we mainly talk over the phone and stuff, I think he sees me the same way as I do, close friends with similar interest.'
'And Mouse?'
'Mouse is special to me…'
'Special in what way?'
'Humm, I like him a lot and we grew a lot closer, after the sniping incident in America.'
When Loki yelled at me that day, I ran off to Mexico, and Mouse chased after me.'
'He hugged me when he found me and told me how worried he was, he even helped me to get away from the Mexican Cartel.'
'But he always seem to go an extra mile for me. Even when it was decided we meet each other when I turn 18, he came to visit me on my 17th birthday.'
'Humm, but do you know what his feeling are for you?'
'No…but I get the feeling he is holding back for some reason, like he can't really do what he really wants and feels, so I test him by teasing and flirting, but every time it's noticeable he is holding back.'
'Jemisha do you know the difference between friendship and love?'
'I think so…'
'Than what do you think the difference is?'
'Friendship is doing fun stuff with the person but you there is no intimacy involved.
'Love is similar to friendship, but there is intimacy involved like hugging and kissing.'
'Then what do you feel when your with Mouse, do you want to be intimate with him?'
'Do you want to kiss him?'
Jemisha blushed a little 'I want to…'
'Humm, but love is a tricky thing…why you love him he may not see you in the same way.'
'I know… while I may love him we can never be together…'
Jemisha started to tear up a bit.
'Jemisha… why do you think that you would never be together?'
'We are from different world, and I have to live with horrible scars…what man would want a women who has bad scars.'
Shanna hugged her to comfort her.
'Oh Jemisha…if a man is like that they are not worth it, but medicine these days are advanced and we can treat scars. While they will not be gone fully we can make them less visible.'
'Don't you have you first check up tomorrow? Why don't you ask doctor Crane about it?'
'Girl regarding Mouse. Just tell him how you feel about him…in my opinion it's better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all.'
Jemisha whipped away her tears and nodded.
'What kind of movie would you like to watch?'
'How about an action movie?'
Jemisha smiled and nodded.
'Do you like action movies Shanna?'
'I do, because the actors are always drop death handsome.'
Jemisha started to laugh, 'A friend of mine in America said the same thing when we were going to the movies.'
They laughed and when tot the cinema, when the movie was over it was already 10 in the evening.
'What time do you have your appointment?'
'It's in 12 hours.'
'Then I will bring you home and I see you tomorrow in the hospital well rested.'
Jemisha nodded.
'One her way back she fell asleep, she was exhausted but it was all good.'
Shanna texted Jack and told him to help Jemisha out of the car and she needed to talk to Chris for a little bit.
Jack came to the car and saw her sleeping peacefully.
"Did she have fun?"
'She sure did and she talked a lot, why she currently is distancing herself from Loki, why she gives Blake the cold shoulder, and why she act the way she does to Chris.'
'Since you'll be with her for her first check-up you come and find me.'
Jack nodded and took Jemisha inside.
"Is there something wrong?"
'Not really, but I just want you to know, the reason for her current behavior, she told me she is in love with you, but she also noticed you were holding back and not act on your own feelings.'
'So I asked her if she knew the difference between friendship and love, while she has a good grasp on the difference between them.'
"Well that's true because Jack wasn't sure if this was because, she was recovering from her stabbing incident and that it was just a side effect from the blood loss."
'Well I do understand that much…, but at the same time she is insecure, she said you both were from different worlds, but what bothers her the most is she will be left with ugly scares because of the stabbing incident.'
'You men may think it's nothing, but for us women our world will collapse if we suffer from imperfection.'
'I advised her to tell you how she feels about you, but I want you to be honest to her, if you see her the same way that is great, if you don't then please tell her, not telling her clearly is worse in the long run.'
'It may be a little awkward in the beginning if you turn her down, but when time passes you could be good friend again.'
'And don't worry about big brother Jack, I'll talk to him tomorrow and tell him to butt out of her business.'
Chris started to laugh.
'Just like I told Jemisha early, it's better to have loved and lost then to have never have loved at all.'
'Yeh you may break up down the road, or you end up marrying each other, who knows, I think wat matter is what you feel for each other now.'
'Now be a dear, and can you take her stuff with you inside?'
Shanna opened the truck of the car and Chris was surprised by the amount of bags.
"Did she carried them all day?"
'She is stronger than I thought but I carried half of them.'
Chris took all the bags "Well seeing this amount she had a lot of fun today."
"Having you as a friend is a good thing for her, thank you Shanna for being her friend."
'Well of course, she is a sweet girl who knows how to have fun.'
Chris bid her goodnight and went inside.