Chapter 10
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I turn to Jared who is still standing next to me, “Can I call Melissa please and let her know I’m okay?”
“Sure but where is your phone?” He asks, lifting his eyebrow.
Damn that is hot! Focus Jessica. I slap a smile on my face and reply, “I don’t have one. I hate them actually they are so impersonal.”
Jared shakes his head and chuckles as he pulls his phone out of his pocket and hands it to me. I dial Melissa’s number, it rings exactly once before she answers, “Jared you piece of s**t! If you touched her I will put my six inch heel through your thick skull!”
What? “Mel, it’s me.” I manage, turning to Jared smirk of course he heard every word she said.
“Oh thank God, Jess” She breathes relieved. “Where are you?”
“I’m fine. I just wanted to let you know I’m still breathing and that I will see you later.”
“Jess, don’t stay with him, you can’t trust him, whatever he has told you is a lie!”
“He has told me more than any of you had besides I don’t think he wants to hurt me.” I say looking into his beautiful green eyes then I move down to his mouth. Oh I want to kiss that mouth. He smiles but I have no chance of returning it. Michael is on the phone, “Where are you? You are not safe with that thing! Tell me where the hell you are so I can come and get you!”
I don’t want to talk to him at all so I hang up. I really don’t like being shouted at or told what to do. I hand Jared back his phone and our hands touch briefly I pull away quickly. Holy s**t! I felt that tingle shoot through my entire body. I take my plate to the couch avoiding any eye contact. I sit near the fireplace and dig in. The hamburger is amazing. I feel so much better. Stronger even. He takes the couch opposite me and doesn’t eat.
“I didn’t realize just how angry I am at all of them for keeping whatever this is from me.” I stay staring into the fire.
“They had their reasons I suppose.” He replies stiffly.
“What happened between all of you anyway?” I ask still staring into the fire like it is going to give me all the answers I want.
“What do you mean?”
I turn to him, “I get the feeling that you don’t like each other that much.”
“It’s a very long story and I am sure their version differs from mine.” He replies. I notice his eyes becoming darker and wonder if this is a sad story.
“I’m not in a hurry to leave.” I smile encouragingly, I hope.
He studies me for a moment, “Well it was about two years ago, Michael had been dating this girl she broke it off, anyway I meet her a few months later not knowing who she was but I liked her so we started dating and when Michael and Dean found out they accused me of forcing her to be with me and break up with Michael. She couldn’t take it anymore I guess and the one day she was all packed up and gone. I never heard from her again.”
“That’s terrible.” I can’t imagine what he must have gone through at that time.
“It’s all in the past but after that I don’t think that I will ever be able to like them.”
“How long were you together?”
“For about six months before they found out and two months of absolute hell. I don’t blame her for leaving.”
“I am so sorry.” I can’t believe that Michael and Dean would do something like that to another person.
“It’s not your fault.” He says.
“I’ve been meaning to ask you. How did you get Melissa out of the house during the day?”
“Hired help.” He simply says.
I nod, “So how did you know that they wouldn’t hurt her?”
“They are more scared of us than they love money.”
“So it couldn’t have been them trying to kill me earlier?” I ask myself out loud.
“Kill you? I swear to you that they were told not to go anywhere near you. When did this happen?” He asks angry. Wow! He seems genuinely upset that I almost died.
“Earlier at my house, they missed. sort of.” I reply standing up. I pull my jacket over my shoulder and bite down on my lip as the pain shoots through me. I don’t know why I am exposing myself so easily.
“That wasn’t us. I promise.” He says walking over to me, he gently touches my shoulder and that tingle makes me forget the pain. Perhaps his cold hands soothes the throbbing.
He is right there is a spark. He steps back and I fight to control the urge to touch him.
“Still scared of me?” I tease trying to lighten the mood as I pull my jacket back on.
“No. I’ve told you things that I would have never told anyone else. It's strange.” He admits walking over to the window. I think I see a tear run down his cheek as he is deep in thought. I don’t know what to say so I sit back down on the couch.
“Do you want me to take you home?” He asks a few minutes later, still staring out the window.
“I don’t really want to go home.” I rely softly but I know he can hear me.
“You can stay here if you want.”
“Only if you’re okay with it.” I reply. I don’t really want to go back to the empty house and be alone, so much has happened and I’m afraid of being alone.
He grins, “Let me just tell everyone else that they can leave.”
He leaves the room. I finally have a moment to think. My head's a mess. I go and sit crossed legged in front of the fire and I stare into it. Why me? I start to relax and then I see the flames dancing around, they turn into shapes, I can recognize this as figures of people and they are smiling and dancing around. When out of nowhere more figures appear and they grab the happy people and drag them off. I want to see what happens next so I lean forward when I’m suddenly pulled back landing on Jared’s lap.
“What the hell are you doing?” He demands.
“I saw something.” I reply confused. I’m not entirely sure what I saw or why. He still has his arms tight around me and I don’t want him to let go.
“What?” He asks as he helps me up.
“I’m not sure. I tried to see more but they disappeared.” I say looking back at the fire. I cross my arms over my chest. I feel cold.
“You nearly burnt your face off. Don’t do that again. You almost gave me a heart attack!”
I can’t help it. I burst out laughing, “Can you even get a heart attack?”
“That’s not the point.” He replies frowning.
“I’m so sorry. That was mean.” I apologize, trying to keep a straight face but I fail miserably. I begin giggling uncontrollably. It feels amazing.
Still frowning Jared says, “I just got scared when I saw you so close to the fire.”
“Why do you even care?” I blurted out.
“I just do.” He replies walking over to me. He stops in front of me and our bodies are almost touching. I wonder if he is going to kiss me. I want him too. He inches closer and I feel a swarm of butterflies invade my stomach; my heart is beating so fast that I think it’s going to burst out of my chest. He steps back suddenly. I’m disappointed. I stay quite pretending not to sulk.
“According to what I know if you are no longer pure then you will lose your gift.”
“Pure? You mean a virgin?” I ask feeling my cheeks redden. How does he even know that I am one?”
“Yes. It’s not a bad thing that you still are one.” He says quickly.
“It’s not like I want this ‘gift’ as you call it.” I reply, shaking my head and start to pace. I feel so exposed. I desperately want to change the subject but what do I talk about, the only thing I can think of is not really changing the subject but he started it and I want to know, “You were ready to kiss me at the club. That wouldn’t count as taking away my purity.”
“Any form of intimacy would count.” He replies. I flush. He knows that I haven't even kissed a guy yet. Crap! Can this be anymore embarrassing?
“I thought I could end it for you and you would never have to know this world. You would only remember me as the random guy you had your first kiss with and not the thing that I really am.” He tells me.
“You are not a thing.” I say frowning. He turns around and has a strange look in his eyes. He gives nothing away about what his next move will be. I see the images in the fire in the corner of my eye and like a moth drawn to the flame I walk over to the fire in a trance.
I can see the same figures as before being dragged by their tied up feet. I sink to my knees. They are hung upside down from tree branches, I can’t make out if they are male or female. They are beaten and stabbed. I feel tears roll down my cheeks. The victims are dead. I gasp. The image disappears and I am staring into a normal fire. I start shaking.
“What did you see?” Jared asks concerned.
“It was awful!” I cry. I feel sick.
“Want to talk about it?” He asks kneeling beside me.
“It felt like I was there, those monsters killed them all and they enjoyed it.” I say and close my eyes, “It felt like I was one of those monsters.”
“Could be your ancestors.” He offers but I don’t like that idea of there actually being such evil people in the world and that I am related to them in any way.
“Is that what I’m supposed to be doing? Kill people like you?” I ask hoping all of this is just one big misunderstanding.
“Yes. You are the one who has to rid the world of all supernatural creatures. We are not human and shouldn’t even be here.” He replies.
“That’s wrong. I don’t want any of this.” I say shaking my head.
“And that right there is what makes you different from them. They just killed everything in sight whether or not they deserved it.” Jared replies lost in thought.
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