Life Is The Bubbles 8

As I kissed Jack in the dimly lit waters of the ocean something strange began to happen. His lips they got colder. And his eyes, they changed from the usual blue I loved to a dark dark black. His skin became an olive tone and his grip on me got tighter, so tight, it hurt. "J-jack, your hurting me." I sputtered out. My tail started flicking around trying to escape is grasp. "Jack!" I couldn't get his attention. His eyes weren't even looking at me, he was looking right above my head and clutching me tighter and tighter. His eyes focused on something I couldn't see. His grip was getting unbarebly tight, I thought I was going to pop in half. I hit with as much force as possible on his shoulder to get him to let go, but his hold would always get tighter. "jack, I-i can't breath." My voice came out in a sad, hoarse murmur.

"Let her go!" a voice yelled behind Jack. I peeked over his shoulder to see Belita, her eyes a flaming red reacting to her emotion. "I SAID! Let. Her. Go." she hissed. When he didn't agree she raised her finger and shot a glowing ball of fairie fire straight at Jack. It hit him right in the shoulder. He let out a pain filled roar and dropped me in the water. I swam away and crawled onto shore. My fin shriving away.
I coughed and coughed and noticed a bit of blood come up with it. "Nixie, hun you ok?" Belita was stroking my back. I nodded, still coughing and wheezing trying to reclaim my breath.
"What wrong with her..." Jack was back to normal, running on shore at full speed. "What happened!?" he demanded. He reached out for me, and by reflex I crawled away and leaned against a rock breathing hard.

***Jack's POV***

Everything had gone black and my back was aching something terrible. When the black disappeared I could see I was still in the water, only, Nixie was not in my arms. Her lips not on mine. I turned to see Nixie coughing up blood, Belita comforting her. I ran at full speed towards her my arms ready to scoop her up, but when I got to her, she...scooted away. Her eyes were filled with absolute fear. Her face pail, her lips purple from what looked like lack of oxygen. To see her eyes filled with fear from me...killed me. "W-what wrong..Nixie..what did I d-" I reached my hand out to her but she whimpered and backed up against a rock.
"Don't hurt me." she pleaded in a murmur, her voice hoarse.
"Nixie...I would NEVER hurt you!"

"Your eyes...they..they turned black and you..you about broke my back Jack!" She lifted her shirt and in a circle around her waist was a giant bruise. There was one shaped in a hand print, right on her lower back, were the fingers were, were deep bleeding cuts.
I stared at them in shock...... I had let my curse come over me in front of Nixe. The power that has been hidden in my family from generation to generation has unleashed itself and I did it to Nixie. Nixie, the one I love with all of my heart and soul. I looked down at my trembling hands at the drops of blood under my fingernails. The sight made my stomach churn. Tears started to blur my vision at the thought of me doing that to Nixie.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered shaking my head. I started to back away slowly, Belita and Nixie staring at me with wide eyes. The tears started to trickle down my cheeks.

***Nixie's POV***

As soon as I saw those tears, all fear disappeared in a snap. It was like I had never felt it. My physical pain was not even hardly noticeable. Just the emotional pain I felt for Jack that he was crying. In a flash I jumped up and was cradling Jack as he cried.
"Shh..Jack..w-what happened...what was that?"
But he couldn't answer me. All he did was lift my shirt, and put his hand tenderly on the hand print bruise on my back. It matched perfectly. His silent tears fell faster, harder. "I didn't mean to Nixie..I didn't!"
"Oh baby I know you didn't. I know you wouldn't do that. Ever. Are you going to tell me what that was though?" I held him so I could look him in the eyes. "Baby...what. was. that!?"
He ducked his head as his body shook with sobs. Instantly I welded his body to mine as he shook. "Come on, your staying with me tonight." I whispered.

Belinda flew Jack to my house using her super fairie like strength, Belinda ain't no Tinkerbell! The lights were off and door was locked so we just went down to my room which was really the pool house that I turned into an apartment. She layed Jack on my bed and then went home. I changed, showered, brushed my teeth, etc. the crawled next to Jack on the bed, careful not to wake his angelic sleeping state.
I brushed the curls out of his face and kissed his tear stained nose. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled lightly then sat up. "Where are we?' he whispered.
"My apartment/pool house." I grinned.
"Its nice,"
"Thanks. How are you feeling baby?" I said stroking his hair.
He shrugged and there was a long moment of silence as I studied his grief stricken eyes. "I'm ready to tell you what happened," he whispered. I got on my knees and looked him in the eyes, ready to hear the story.