Chasing Hell

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: I Really Hate How I Like That Jerk!

Chapter Fourteen: I Really Hate How I Like That Jerk!

I feel violated. I feel insulted. He kissed me, and I know he felt my response to his very kiss, but why? Why would he want me to forget about it?

Can’t he tell by how fidgety I am when I’m with him, that I have grown an attraction towards him? Yes! I admit it! I am attracted to that stupid jerk! I don’t know how. I just happen to have a certain feeling that he’s someone I can trust. That he’s someone who can be special to me.

Apart from all of this, I can see that he can be nice. He’s just too smug of his own abilities that’s why he acts so highly. He thinks so highly of himself.

But why? Why do I have to forget about the kiss? Why do I have to be hurt like this? How the hell can he inflict such pain to me when he’s just a mere boy from the hood?

It is quite a bizarre thing, right? That I can hate someone and at the same time, I can actually like him. It’s unusual for me to be attached to someone whom I really despised.

I didn’t know it could be this effin’ hard. And then again, problems just kept on piling up. I’m a problem magnet, folks. And it sucks. It totally sucks!

I ran and ran, though tears have been forming in my eyes.

Apparently, I stopped because of total exhaustion. I can hear my heart banging from my chest and it’s almost as loud as the night crickets.

I examined the place where I am. The familiar red-bricked pavement was lined by lamposts, the wind’s gushing and the leaves of the trees rattle along with it. It’s almost December so it’s no doubt that it’s a bit chilly.

I started walking because I recognized that I’m not far from my dormhouse. And because of complete exhaustion from the marathon I just did awhile ago, it is preferrable to just walk since the dormhouses were just ahead.

Looking around, taking quick glances at the back, and total alertness, was all I did. For every gush and sound that I hear, can mean danger. Like what the in-charge of the girls’ locker room said, anyone can be dangerous and can possibly hurt me.

Good thing I brought Mr. Pepperspray. God! I forgot about it until now. I could’ve sprayed this on that insensitive, uncaring jerk so that he can’t display those adorable dark eyes in front of me anymore! Damn it, Heaven! You’re really a stink-brain and can’t think normally once you are under circumstances that involves your emotions!

Suddenly, my senses went on full alert after hearing distant footsteps. I inserted my hand on my jacket’s pocket and secured the pepperspray. And as the footsteps grew nearer and nearer to me, I counted from 1 to 3. And on 3, I spun to face whoever that is, but much to my surprise, he took me by the waist and in almost a split second, I was pinned on the trunk of a nearby tree with a hand covering my mouth, preventing me from squealing.

The familiar musky scent fanned my nose. This guy’s body was so close to me that I bet he could actually feel my breast! Fudge this position! It’s quite awkward, you know!

“What do you think you’re doing?!” I mumbled. I don’t know if he can hear and understand the words I’m saying because I’m just mumbling them like my mouth’s full of marshmallow.

He hushed me down. “Stay still.” he said almost close to a whisper.

Oh God! Can I pick a more comfortable position than this?

I heard distant voices. There are two distinct voices, and since I am pinned against the trunk, I don’t know who’s voices those are.

“I told you, she’s someone worth keeping an eye out.” It’s a voice of a girl.

“But we have to dispatch her! She’s only getting in the way!” It’s a boy’s voice.

“No! We can’t do that! Not until we know who we’re dealing with. Right now, all we can do is to keep an eye out for her. We need to know if she’s really one of them.” answered the girl.

“But if we let this go on, she might discover it. You know, it can kill us both!” Said the guy with an angry voice.

“Yes, I know that. But if we act upon this ahead, this can get us both killed. You know someone’s protecting her. And we don’t know what its capabilities are. We don’t have to rush this out, babe. As long as she remains clueless about this, we are on the winning side. Let’s just be patient and wait for the right timing.” said the girl.

“You know I hate waiting. I’ve ben waiting for years.” said the guy.

“I know. But we don’t have to risk this one. We’ve come this far. We’ll have to wait until the fruit’s ripe. From then, we’ll plan the attack.” said the girl.

I felt a strong gush of wind and the I can no longer hear voices.

Kohell took his hand off my mouth and boy was it a relief to finally be able to breathe freely.

“Hey!” I punched his chest. “Why did you do that, huh? You think you’re some kind of a kidnapper who can snatch a girl from her moment of drama?! Why do you even have to pop out of nowhere?! What are you? A psycho mushroom?! You can’t just do that to me! I—” I wasn’t able to finish my ranting because of the touch of his soft lips on mine.

I pushed him away with all my might. “What the f**k is wrong with you! And now you’re kissing—”

“If you don’t f*****g shut the hell up, I’m gonna kiss you again.” He said effortlessly and almost sounds like a command.

“You’re not—”

His lips shut me up. But this time, I failed in protesting and has begun responding to his kisses. As he deepened the kiss, I responded with equal measure and with equal desire. The desire to be with him has annoyingly grown into something new. The feeling like I need him. The feeling that I can be safe whenever he’s with me. The feeling of complete security. I know it is hard to believe that for someone like me who is new to this school, I am sensing that my safety’s guaranteed when I’m with him. It is an undescribable feeling but my girl instincts says so.

His one hand was cupping my cheek and the other one’s resting on my waist. I am trying hard to subdue my feelings regarding this, but it seems so hard.

We are still in the middle of a not-so-romantic kiss under a tree, when things started to flash inside my head. I can’t seem to catch up with it because all the scenes are flashing so fast. And all was nothing but vague scenes.

I pushed him once again and recoiled from the kiss as my head started to ache. I can feel a seering pain from my head and all I can do was to grasp my hair and scream in pain.

“Heather!” A voice called out my name. All of my focus now was the seering pain in my head.

I felt a soft touch on my arm.

“Don’t touch me! f**k!” I cussed under my breath. I can’t take this anymore. The pain’s just too much.

I screamed in agony as the scenes continued to randomly flash inside my head. I don’t understand a thing. Nothing but overwhelming pain.

Slowly, as the scenes started to fade in my mind, the seering pain started to subdue and I can almost tolerate it. Yet, after all, I felt so weak. I felt so helpless. I can feel the numbness.

“Kohell...”

And darkness...

***

Darkness...

An endless, soulless, lifeless world has again dominated in me.

“Welcome to the Void, human.” said a voice not far from me. It’s a voice of a woman.

“What am I doing here?” I asked.

She’s wearing a hooded cloak and so I couldn’t see her face clearly.

“I should be the one asking you that. What are you doing here?” She asked back.

“Quite honestly, I do not know. But this place has been inside my head for quite some time now.” I answered.

“This is no place for a human!” she said in a loud voice.

“What do you mean?” I asked out of curiosity.

“If you are in this world, you are in grave danger! The Void is a place in between life and death! You must stay out of this place, human! If you stay long enough, you might never come back! The Void is a forbidden place! Go! Before you totally succumb into darkness!” She said in a fading voice.

Light slowly crept its way through my eyelids and as I opened my eyes, the blinding light mercilessly assaulted my vision.

“Having bad dreams?” Said someone right around the corner. “I can hear you moaning and it’s so uncomfortable to hear.”

I directed my eyesight to where the voice came from. And right there on the window, stood a brown-haired guy who’s crossing his hands over his chest as if waiting for something or someone.

I got up and comb my hair with my hand. God! My head feels so heavy.

“W-Where am I?” I asked after I recognized that this isn’t my room since the blanket’s dark blue in color.

“You’re in my room.” he answered calmly as he took a seat on the couch just near the bed.

“In your room.” I continued massaging my head until it dawns me. “WHAT?! I’M IN YOUR ROOM?!” I said aloud.

“Yes. Don’t make me say it again.” he answered coolly.

“W-What? H-How... Oh my God!” I lifted the blanket to check if I’m still wearing the same pair of pyjamas and jacket, gladly and with so much relief, I still am.

“I know what you’re thinking. Nope. We didn’t have s*x. And I wanna spare my virginity for future use.” He said effortlessly like those were just normal words to say to a girl.

Without hesitations, I began to throw the pillows onto him.

“What the heck! My God! Can you act upon decency?! I’m a girl, for Pete’s sake! God!” I fumed. I swear to God, I wanna strangle him to death!

God forbid, I might go full throttle and transform myself into an Axe Murderer!

“What? I know you think I touched you or something, but no! If I’m going to do that thing, at least it will be with someone that is awake.” He commented.

“Shut up, will you?” I said harshly.

“Or what? You’ll kiss me too?” He said and a smirk slowly carved on his lips.

The kiss...

I remember.

I remember clearly! We kissed, again! God! How can I allow that thing to happen to me twice that night? Jeez!

Apart from that, I remembered something.

“Last night... There were voices. A guy and a girl. They are talking about someone. Do you know who they are?” I asked.

“No.” He answered quickly.

“You could’ve seen their faces.” I said.

“I didn’t. They’re hooded. They also picked a spot that’s not well lighted by the lamposts.” he answered.

“How did you get over to me so fast? You were on the field and—”

“I followed you.” he butted in.

“Why did you follow me?” I asked with a raised brow.

Well, he couldn’t have felt guilty about telling me to forget the kiss and the dance that night. Right?

He didn’t answer. I waited for an answer but I received nothing. So I decided to got out of bed.

“Thank you for letting me stay.” I said and was about to go out of the room when he spoke.

“Look, I am sorry. I apologize for acting like a stupid jerk, telling you to forget about the kiss and the dance. It’s one of te stupidest things I’ve done.” He said and I don’t know how he managed to come to me and hold my hand in a swift motion. I spun and faced him.

“You’re sorry?” I asked.

“Yes.” He answered.

“Well, that insults me more.” I said then tried to break free from his grasp. Tears, again, threatened to escape my tear glands. But I thought better, I’m never gonna let him see me cry again. So I held back the tears.

“Heather, please. Don’t make this hard for me.” He said out of nowhere.

“Hard for you? How can this be hard for you when in the first place, it’s my ego being stomped on?” I scorned.

He didn’t answer.

“Tell me, did you ever regret kissing me?” I asked.

“No. The only regret I have was making you forget everything.” he said meaningfully.

I remained silent. And the pain, once again, resurfaced. But I tried to supress it.

“You know what, you are right. You are actually damn right. Let’s just forget that that night ever happened. Let us just forget that I went down from the dorm and willingly let you drag me to the field and let the stars witness the romantic kiss we shared. Yes, let’s just forget about that s**t and move on.” I sounded so sarcastic.

“Heather...” He called out.

“What Kohell? What else? I am humiliated right now, and you know that. Let’s just forget that this ever happened. Okay?” I said half-heartedly. It hurts.

He remained silent for a while after saying the dumbest answer ever, “Okay.”

Tears really are threatening to escape from my tear duct. I turned my back from him, squeezed my eyes shut to let the tears forming in my eyes fall.

“Text me when you find a suitable song for the P.E dance performance.” I said with a heavy-heart. I broke-free from his grasp and headed out the door.

I really hate how I like that jerk!

***

Awww. Heart-breaking! Kohell! You’re getting meanier and meanier every update! Heaven cried again. Why am I fond of making Heaven cry? :((((( Sorry folks.

A heart-breaking #KoVen moment.

Do you like it? :) Or not? Please don’t throw things at me. T.T

As of January 14, 2015, Chasing Hell earned slot #53 in Vampire genre. And I send out my thanks to all of you that has been supporting me and this story. I’ve never felt so proud of myself for achieving this. Thanks to you! I really hope you’ll support me until the end.

For my question:

What song will you suggest for the dance performance of Kohell and Heather? It will be a formal dance, like waltz or something like that. Make sure it fits the “thing” that’s going on with them.

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Love and Sweet Pickles,

Chachi