(A/N the picture on the side is Alison; I do not own the picture, I found it on Bing.com)

I woke up on a sofa I didn't recognise. I looked around and saw that I was in an unfamiliar room. The walls were white, with some sides made out of wood. The floor was also made out of wood, but a white, furry rug covered the area where the sofa I was lying on was located. Most of the furniture was also made out of wood. The room additionally connected to a kitchen which was covered in white walls and floor, with black furniture.

"You're awake," a familiar voice said from the kitchen. James.

"Yeah, um, where are we?"

"My house," he replied, coming over and sitting on the edge of the sofa, "I figured you wouldn't want anyone to see you like you were after your vision. My house is always empty, so this was the best solution I could come up with."

"Thank you."

He nodded in acknowledgment. I realised then that he was looking at me cautiously.

"What's wrong?" I asked before even thinking.

His eyes flashed with anger for a single second. "What's wrong? Alison, you should have seen yourself during your vision!"

I felt something cursing through my veins. Anger. "Well I couldn't watch some mumbling and shaking because I was too busy living it! Can you even imagine what I went through?"

"Of course I can! I watched the result of it!" His voice broke. He put his head in his hands and leaned forward. His shoulders started shaking. He was crying.

I sat up and put my hand on his shoulder. "James?" I asked worriedly.

He suddenly hugged me so hard that all the breath was knocked out of me.

"I thought I'd lost you Ali."

I hugged him, then let my head rest on his chest. We stayed like that for a while, me curdled into a ball, my head on his chest, him stroking my hair and crying.

"Talk to me about it," he said after a while, "I promise I will listen patiently."

I shaked a little and his arms tightened around me. "It was so bad," I whispered, "Pearl's father beat her up for being with Finch. Then he-he-" I began sobbing.

"Is ok, is ok," James whispered, holding me close.

"Is not, though. James, he said he would kill Finch," I said, clutching his shirt and looking up at him.

James' face turned pale. "Ali, you mentioned something like that just before you fell unconscious. Just after your bru-" he stopped tears flooding his eyes.

"My what? James, I need to know what happened."

He nodded and took a deep breath. "Ok, here's everything that I saw happen. I was watching over you when a finch bird caught my attention. Then I looked back at you and you were covered in bruises. So many bruises, Ali. I thought you had died," he whispered, then continued, "you then began mumbling some stuff, I couldn't tell what. But then your eyes opened and you stared at me frantically. You called me Finch and warned me to run. Then you passed out. But the most scary thing, apart from the bruises, was that your brown eyes had disappeared. They were replaced by blue ones. Or should I say sapphire ones."

I stared at him dumbfounded. I remembered warning someone to run, but I couldn't remember whether it was Finch or James I had seen. But only one thing mattered right now.

I hugged James, who was shaking. "Is ok. I'm here and I'm fine."

"You're alive," he whispered, burying his face in my hair.

"Yes I am," I whispered back.

I wanted to remain as we were then forever. I wanted the ability to freeze this moment in time. I wanted to tell James how much he meant to me.

James was not just my crush now, he was so much more. A friend. A good friend. But I wanted more. My feelings for him were only deepening.

"Ali, what happens next?" he asked.

I shussed him. "Let's not think about that now."

He moved over so that he could stare at me.

"Ali," he whispered, taking my face in his hands.

My eyes widened, but I could feel myself leaning in towards him, my head angling to the side.

He did the same. Unlike last time I thought we might kiss, this time we were just a cm apart before he stopped.

I blinked at him. Didn't he want to kiss me? Was I that ugly?

"Ali, I'm sorry I got carried away," he said, pulling back. A sharp pain ran through my heart, "I know you are too busy with these vision things to have time for this. That's your main priority now, I understand."

"James, what on Earth are you talking about?"

He took a deep breath, then rushed to say, "Ali, I know you are too busy with these visions and finding out about Pearl so you have no time for a boyfriend but I really like you but you only see me as a friend and I know that and I will always be here to help you but I just wish we could be more than friends and is so darn hard to hide my feelings for you anymore and sorry this will ruin our friendship but-"

"James, stop." My head was spinning. He liked me? He liked me?! HE LIKED ME?!

I was crying. "James, I will not let these visions dominate my life. You should know that I love our friendship, but I really like, um, well, you know," I said, blushing like mad and staring down at my lap.

"Like what?"

I took a deep breath and looked at him in the eye, "I like you James. More than like you." Then I ruined the brave admission by jumping to the other side of the sofa and shaking embarrassment. Tomato face, kept ringing through my head.

James came over and kneeled on the floor to talk to me. I closed my eyes, too embarrassed to make eye contact.

I got the shock of my life. The warmest pair of lips were against mine. I opened my eyes to confirm that James was kissing me. KISSING ME! My eyes slowly closed again. I began kissing him back, and oh it was wonderful.

After a while, James pulled back and leaned his head against mine. "You should know, Alison, that I am in love with you."

Author's note

Hi everyone!

So here is a semi- cliff hanger! A very sweet Jali (do you like the ship name?) moment!

Ok, I wanted to ask everyone if they have any ideas they would like to see me write in here about. If you do, then comment it here, and if I like your idea I will dedicate the next chapter to you!

Thanks for reading!

Katherine
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