Mr Blue Sky by Isla Olsen

Author:Isla Olsen [Olsen, Isla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moonwalker Press
Published: 2023-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jackson

I don’t remember falling asleep, but I guess I must have because my iPad, which I’d been using to scroll through information on asexuality, is no longer in my hands and there’s an annoying as hell crick in my neck. Probably because unconscious Jackson decided Skyler’s pillow would be more useful as a snuggle toy than neck support. Makes sense.

I also have a blanket covering me, which I don’t remember using earlier, and I don’t think that’s something my unconscious self can take the credit for.

Glancing around, I see a familiar figure sitting on the coffee table and a wave of relief washes through me. Skyler. My Skyler. He must have been home for a while—long enough to shower, at least—because he’s wearing nothing but an old pair of sweats and his hair is wet. Predictably, Rocket is curled in his lap, purring contentedly as Skyler gently strokes his fur.

Lucky fucking cat.

“Is that my pillow?” he asks me upon realizing I’m awake.

“It smells like you,” I tell him, hugging it tighter. “Why did you leave me? You didn’t even answer my texts, or call me back. And Deacon and Drew had no idea where you were either. What if something happened to you?” I’m aware of how whiny I sound right now, but I can’t help it. There’s been a gaping hole in my heart since yesterday and I need to understand why Skyler did that to me. I understand, logically, that him being attracted to me is territory we’ve never had to venture into before, but I still don’t understand why it has to change anything.

He casts his eyes downward, averting his gaze. “I just need some space, Jax. That’s why I got Charlie not to say anything. But he would have if anything was really wrong.”

Charlie. Fuck, why didn’t I think of that? Of course he went to Charlie. Drew is too loyal to me, and Deacon wouldn’t have it in him to lie when I asked. The fact that Skyler chose to stay somewhere I’d be unlikely to track him down is making me feel like my entire world has been ripped off its axis. It’s like everything is just turning and tumbling and I’m slipping all over the place with nothing to hold onto; nothing to stop me from falling into oblivion, because my tether to solid ground is moving out of my reach.

I sit up and swing my legs down, feeling myself settle by just a tiny sliver as the tips of our bare toes touch on the carpeted floor. He doesn’t move his feet back like I’d half expected him to after the way he flinched away from me yesterday, but it still doesn’t feel right… It still doesn’t feel like us.

“You want space…from me?” I ask, my voice cracking with the inability to keep the hurt and confusion out of my tone. It’s not like I’m unaware of why he didn’t come home last night, but I still don’t understand it.

Anguish and regret mar his features and immediately all I want to do is take that pain away.

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