Taming Of The TOMBOY!!!!

Chapter 9

She was running and running using all her energy to escape him. She had been running like this for God knows how long and now her body was giving out. It was very hard for her to even move let alone run. She was panting really hard with her head spinning, her vision unclear, her heart thumping and her legs trembling. She was at the stage of fainting but she still kept running with all her might. She had to escape him or else he was going to kill her too. He had killed everyone else and she was the only survivor left. And he was determined to finish her as well. She felt their distance decreasing and trembled with terror. She ran frantically but felt him got more close to her. If only.....if only she could just reach the gate she would be safe. He could do nothing to her once she crossed the gate. If only she could. She was so near. She felt him got closer to her and that's when she lost all hope. She won't make it. Her body couldn't support her, she can't run anymore. He is going to get her and she was going to be killed eventually. So it's better to just surrender right now and accept her fate and die peacefully rather than hurting her body more. She almost gave up in surrender and stopped running when she saw the gate. New hope sparkled in her and she started running with a new spirit. She has almost made it. She has nearly reached the gate. A few more strides and she will reach the gate. But it didn't slip from her mind that he was dangerously close behind her as well. Fear and hope were working simultaneously on her mind. Finally, she reached the gate. Now all she has to do is open it and get on the other side and she will be safe. She struggled frantically to open the gate as she felt him almost reaching her. She finally succeeded to open the gate and started to put her leg ahead to cross it when he grabbed her hand and.......

Jenny sat up on the bed jumping. She was trembling with fear. The dream, it was so real that she almost expected the killer to approach her right now. Then she felt someone shaking her shoulders and she screamed thinking it was the killer from her dream. She started struggling frantically to break free from his grip with her eyes closed with fear and continued screaming. "Hush honey. Calm down. It's alright. You are safe. It's just me. Jack. Come on honey. Open your eyes." Jack said soothingly. As soon as she heard Jack's voice she opened her eyes and saw him shaking her shoulders and trying to soothe her by assuring her with a very soft and caring voice. Immediately she hugged him tightly and he hugged her back wrapping his hands tightly around her. He patted her back and whispered assuring things softly into her ears. Gradually she started to calm down into his arms and hugged him more tightly. She felt so safe there in his arms. She felt like nothing could happen to her when she was in his arms and she never wanted to let go of his arms. She felt jack leaning towards the bed and then they were laying in the bed with their arms still wrapped up in each other and him still trying to soothe her. She got closer to Jack's chest and tightened her arms around him. And then feeling safe and protected she closed her eyes and was soon fast asleep.

Jack stared at her sleeping form and felt his chest tightened with love for her. She was sleeping so peacefully in his arms. He had never seen her so vulnerable or so afraid. He had seen her many aspects. He had seen her fighting him, he had seen her being stubborn and childish, he had seen her being brave, he had seen her being sarcastic, he had seen her being angry. He had also seen her being kind, sacrificing, caring, loving and protective of her family. But all the time he had known her, he had never seen her being afraid. He didn't know this part of her exists. And seeing her so vulnerable like this had made him want to destroy every single thing that could hurt her even a little. Though he knew it was only a bad dream that scared her he couldn't help but feel protective toward his angel. He patted her hair softly and kissed on her head. And then tightening his arms around her, he closed his eyes.

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Jenny woke up in the morning and discovered herself in Jack's arms. Again. But this time instead of feeling annoyance she blushed. Then she frowned and got mad at herself. What's wrong with her? Why was she blushing? She should be annoyed. And then she remembered the events of last night and got madder at herself. Seriously what's wrong with her? She can't believe that she got so scared just over a silly dream. Alright, she admits that the dream was really scary and it felt too real but it was still only a dream. And she had made a complete fool of herself over it and that too in front of Jack. And now she had given him the perfect opportunity to tease her and embarrass her to death. She was sure that he will start teasing her the moment he wakes up. She wanted to kill herself for her own stupidity. She was so embarrassed! Then she thought over his actions, his efforts to soothe her last night and her heart softened. She slowly unwrapped his arms from herself so that she wouldn't wake him up. Then she propped herself up onto her elbow and looked at his sleeping face and thought "well that was kind of cute how he soothed and supported her last night. That was really nice of him." And then she again frowned at herself getting mad. Ok. It's official now. She has gone totally crazy. Cute? She just called JACK COOPER cute? And nice? Seriously? She definitely needs some mental treatment. Alright so last night he treated her really well but .... but..... urgghhhhh ..... she didn't know what but all she knew that she was supposed to hate him and she couldn't get soft on him. And anyway he is going to make this easier to hate him again when he will start teasing her about last night when he wakes up. Wait! What does she mean by hating him "again"? She has never stopped hating him right? Right. Then she stared at his sleeping face again. He looked so......innocent, so.... beautiful in his sleep. It's not like she hasn't noticed his handsomeness before. She knew he was hot. Smoking hot. But in his sleep, he looks... angelic. And she couldn't avert her eyes from his face. And then suddenly he smiled twitching his lips with his eyes still closed and asked in a seductive voice "Like what you see?"

Jenny gave a start and then recollecting herself exclaimed accusingly, "You are awake! Ok for how long have you been pretending to be asleep?"

"Just for a while" he replied smirking and opened his eyes and fixed them on hers.

Jenny then crossed her arms over her chest and looked at him with determined eyes ready to face his teases. But he just stared at her with a gentle smile. She furrowed but kept waiting, knowing they will come eventually. But he just kept into her eyes with that same smile. She got impatient. Why hadn't he started teasing her yet? What does he want? She then narrowed her eyes at him and he raised one brow at question? Jenny couldn't hold her patience anymore. "What? What are you waiting for? Come on. Don't make me wait." she snapped.

"What am I waiting for to do what?"

"You know what! Stop playing games with me!"

"No I don't..." and then suddenly he widened his eyes as if he just remembered something. "Oh sorry...I forgot. I'm so silly. Don't worry I won't make you wait anymore. I'll do it right now." And then he took her in his arms kissed sweetly and softly on her lips. Then he pulled away and smiled at her and said "Good morning honey. I'm so sorry that I forgot to greet you earlier."

She glared at him and said, "You know that's not what I was talking about!"

"Then what were you talking about?"

She sighed. "You really love this, don't you? Playing innocent? Fine then. I will ask you clearly. Why don't you start teasing me for last night right now? What are you waiting for?"

He furrowed and asked "Why would I tease you about last night? You just had a very bad dream and got scared. It's only natural. Why did you think I will tease you for that?"

This got her off balance and she asked him with a surprised voice "You mean you were not going to tease me? You were not going to make fun of me for reacting like that?"

"Of course not." He said softly. "Everyone has bad dreams and everyone gets scared at some point. So there's nothing wrong with reacting the way you did. So there's no need for you to be embarrassed. "He then cupped her chin and gazed into her eyes deeply.

She got lost in his gaze. Then suddenly pulled herself together and averted her eyes and said uncomfortably "Ah.. well ...thanks...umm....for understanding."

"There's nothing to thank me for. "He said and then whispered softly "You know I am not as bad as you think I am."

Though she would never admit it to anyone at that moment in her mind she agreed with him.

"So?" he asked suddenly giving her a huge grin "Don't you think you've forgotten something?"

"What?" she asked in confusion.

"You didn't greet me back yet, "he said slyly.

At that, her eyes widened and in a swift movement, she was out off the bed. "You are not getting any kiss from me this time." She said and ran into the bathroom.

Jack shook his head chuckling to himself.

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Two weeks later

Jenny closed the file angrily and banged her head on the table in frustration. No matter how hard she tries she just can't get Jack out of her mind. For the past half an hour she had been trying to concentrate on the file but couldn't as thoughts of Jack would continuously invade her mind. The last two weeks had been hell for her as she was fighting her emotions every second. Her hatred for him was vanishing and she was terrified of it. She didn't want it. She didn't want to stop hating him so she tried her best to hate him. But her stupid heart would hardly listen. And that's not even the worst of it. No, she had bigger issues. Jack was stirring new emotions in her. Emotions she was totally unknown of, emotions that were never a part of her, emotions that made her confused and terrified at the same time and she wanted to run away from those unwanted emotions. She could feel her resolves slipping away, she could feel her heart warming up to him and she just couldn't allow it. So she hung onto the only weapon she had, her temper. Whenever Jack does something nice for her she gets mad at him. She yells at him, screams at him and even throw things at him but does that affect him even a little? No, it doesn't. No matter what she did instead of getting angry he would just smile at her as if he was extremely amused at her actions! And she would get more mad at him. But inside she was melting. She just could neither control her mind nor her heart anymore. Both her mind and her heart seemed to willing to give in to the emotions Jack was creating within her. So to distract herself she decided to drown herself into work. She has always loved her job and once she entered her office and started working she forgot the rest of the world. She was sure she would not think about Jack when she would be working in her office. So she was really excited two days ago when she joined her office after her long vacation due to her wedding. But now she knew how wrong she had been. But she was not going to give up. If people knew anything knew about Jenny that was she was stubborn as hell. And she wasn't about to change the fact.

While Jenny was thinking all this in her office Jack was also thinking about Jenny in his office. Only he wasn't frustrated like Jenny. If anything he was beaming with happiness.

He knew that Jenny was developing feelings for him. He could feel that she was getting more and more attached to him. Though she tried her best to guard her emotions by feigning anger he could feel them. He knew she was fighting her emotions very hard but at the same time, he knew that she was losing the battle. He could feel the walls around her cracking. He knew that she could feel that too and was terrified of that. So she was trying to her best to push him away. Little did she knew that all her efforts were in vain as she could never push him away from her. He was not a bit discouraged by her antagonistic behavior towards him. If anything it only made him hopeful as he knew that she was using her temper only to guard her emotions. Which meant she had feelings for him which she didn't want him to see. Then there are times when her grip on her emotions slips and she gives herself away completely. But that doesn't last long. No. He smiled to himself. Stubborn as a mule, she soon pulls herself together and regains control. But he could feel that she was loosing her grip for good. He smiled hugely. He was sure that he secured a place somewhere in her heart. Now all he has to do is wait for her to realize the fact and accept it.

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Jack got home early so that he could give Jenny a surprise by cooking a special dinner for her and also by his presence before she gets home. He was working in the kitchen humming happily. One hour later he was finished with his task just when he heard the front door open. Just in time he chuckled to himself and rushed to the living room. As soon as he saw her he took her in his arms and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "Hey sweetheart, how was your day?

Jenny pushed him strongly away and then making a very angry face she threw the bouquet on his face "Didn't I forbid you to send me flowers in my office."

Seeing how hard she was trying to look angry he almost escape a laugh but regain control at the last moment. "Yes, you did. But why can't I send you flowers?"

"Because I said so."

"But I like to send you flowers."

"But I don't like to receive them!" she screamed in frustration.

"Okay okay, honey come down. I won't send you flowers anymore if you don't want."

Jenny relaxed a bit before he added: "I will send you chocolates."

"What! No!!!"

"Why? Come on I know you love chocolates."

"NO!"

"Hey don't lie to me. I know that you love chocolate."

"I meant no you won't send me chocolates either. You won't send me anything alright?

"But why?"

"Because I don't want you to send me anything."

"And why is that?"

"Because I hate you!"

"Come on now. You and I both know that you don't hate me."

"Yes, I do."

"No you don't." he said getting closer to her.

"Yes I do," she said backing away.

"No you don't." he said closing the gap between them.

"Yes I do." her voice losing its strength.

He pulled her to his chest by her waist and gazed into her eyes. He then kissed softly on her hands and whispered: "You don't."

"I ..... I........." she stammered forgetting what she was supposed to say, forgetting what they were arguing about when she got lost in his eye. Those eyes that make her feel so many things. Those damn eyes that could hypnotize her and captive her into their depths. His eyes were so beautiful, so.... she couldn't think anymore as she felt his warm lips on hers. As lost she was, she didn't even bother resisting and just kissed him back automatically. That came as a surprise to jack as she never submitted to him that easily. But it only made him more happy that her control over her emotions was slipping and he kissed her more passionately. After what seemed like an eternity they broke apart to catch their breath and after filling enough oxygen into their system Jack smirked at her "See you don't."

She blinked in confusion still dazed from that kiss."Wh...What?" She blinked some more and shook her head and asked "What?" this time more sharply as she was getting back to her senses. Then she realized what they just did and got embarrassed and mad at herself for not resisting him and losing control so easily. So to cover her embarrassment she yelled at him "You manipulator! How dare you distract me like that?"

This time Jack couldn't hold his laugh at her childishness. "Really? What have I done?"

"You kissed me!"

"And you kissed me back."

"It's still your fault," she said childishly.

"I fail to see how it's anyone's fault," he said chuckling. "Anyway, I just made my point."

"Which is?"

"You don't hate me."

"Nonsense. Of course, I hate you."

"So you just go kissing around men you hate?"

"It's YOU who kissed ME!"

"Yeah but you kissed me back without any protest."

"That's because you manipulated me into kissing you!"

Jack burst into laughter. She was so cute when she was childish! "Really? And how did I 'MANIPULATED' you into kissing me?"

"You just did."

"Come on now. Why don't you just admit that you don't hate me?"

"Whatever. I don't really have time for this nonsense."

"That's because you know that what I'm m saying is true and you don't really have anything to say to prove otherwise."

"Yeah right." she said rolling her eyes and said, " Just remember to not send me anything in my office anymore."

"Actually I will send you both flowers and chocolates from tomorrow."

"What! I just told you......." she started screaming when he cut in.

"You just told me that you don't want anything from me because you hate me. But

we just proved that you don't hate me. So now you are getting everything from me."

"I'll throw them away."

"You can do whatever you want to do with them. But that won't make me stop sending them."

"God! What do I do with this man!" she screamed in frustration.

"I can suggest a few things," he said with a wink.

"Huh, in your dreams!"

"We do that all the time in my dreams sweetheart. But if we are as good in real life as we are in my dreams then I can't wait to do that in real life."

"YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE." She fumed.

"Did I ever tell you that you look really cute when you are mad?"

"Many times. Though I'd rather get impressed if you told me that I look really ugly when I'm mad. At least it would be something new!"

"Now sweetheart you know that I'm too honest to lie. I can't lie even when there's a chance that my sweet wife just might get impressed by it." He said making an innocent face.

"Yeah right." she scoffed.