They Are Not Ordinary

CHAPTER 48

ASHTER STARR

"Come one tell me"

"I told you it's a surprise! If I will tell you it won't be a surprise anymore" Damien chuckled

"Now come on" He tugged my hand and we both walked outside.

When we got outside Damien stopped and bend down a little.

"Hop on" He winked.

I looked at him as if he was a crazy person.

"Uhh no, I'm not doing some spider monkey twilight shit." I crossed my arms, unwilling to do it.

"Oh come on, this will be more fun" He tried convincing me with a smile.

"No." I stood my ground with my arms still crossed.

"Fine, I'll do it the hard way then." He sighed and in an instant, I was scooped up as I let out a squeal.

"Hold on tight spider monkey" He winked, jokingly quoting twilight just to piss me off.

Before I got to answer back, Damien had already jumped up into the tree and started climbing and running at his vampire speed.

I grabbed on tightly and buried my face in Damien's neck since it felt like I was gonna throw up from the speed we were going in.

Even though it was a matter of seconds, I still felt like it was an eternity. I was dizzy and felt like vomiting. My body is obviously not used to moving 500 miles per second.

"Oh sorry, f**k, are you okay?" Damien asked worriedly, still holding me in his arms.

"I am fine, uhmm I just need a minute to rest" I breathed out and recomposed myself. f**k, we should have taken a car. This is so not what I am expecting to feel.

"If we use the car right now we wouldn't be able to reach our destination by time so this is the only option I have in mind sorry" Damien shrugged as I was still trying to breathe properly.

After a few minutes, I felt okay and nodded.

"Uhmm okay, I feel much better now" Damien gently and carefully, let me down. Keeping an arm around my waist making sure I could still stand properly

"Okay, the next time we are going to do this please remind me to bring some medicine and some water" I sighed.

"Sorry, I didn't know that it would have a very bad effect on you. I promise I will go slower next time." He said guiltily, it was obvious to his face. I immediately felt bad. I mean it was just a simple fast running but this s**t does feel like I was going to pass out. If my immune body is not that strong I would have been dead by now.

"No, it's okay, to be honest. It was actually kind of fun minus the nauseous part" I said and he let out a small laugh. Making me instantly laugh too. His laugh was so contagious.

"Okay, spider monkey, let's continue our journey" He grabbed my hand, sending chills of how cold it was but I will suck it up since I wanted to enjoy this moment with Damien.

Then in a few running and jumping in a few trees I finally noticed that we are near to a beautiful view of the mountains and the big lake. The sky looked amazing, especially this night. It was a mixture of purple, dark blue, pink, and small hints of green and white. Looking at it was so breathtaking. The stars were scattered all around and each of them is twinkling brighter than ever. The cool breeze of wind makes the trees move delicately.

Everything is just perfect and amazing.

Now I really felt like I was in the movie. Like the one last in the twilight where Edward brought Bella to the trees just like this one. The only difference is that its night.

Everything at night is much more magical than the day.

"This is... So astonishing... I'm honestly speechless" I whispered in awe. Damien looked back at me with a smile.

"I know right? I figure that this place is perfect for us, it's quiet and no one is around" He tugged me a little more as we made our way near it.

"Are you sure this isn't some kind of bait?" I said, forcing myself not to laugh.

"What do you mean?" He looked at me confused. I just let out a small laugh.

"You aren't going to kill me are you?" I teased, giving his hand a playful squeeze. When he realized that it was just a joke. He chuckled and shooked his head.

"Nope. I kinda like you, that's not gonna happen. It's your lucky day" He winked, sticking his tongue out like a little kid.

I love this side of Damien. The one who wasn't so shy and distant. He is just so cute. Who knew that this arrogant and fierce boy is actually a really soft and caring person inside.

"Wow so you just 'kinda like me' that's great to hear. At least now I know that you don't hate me" I mumbled while chuckling.

Damien's laugh echoed through the trees making it sound heavenly.

"Oh shut up you silly" He nudged me "Come on we are almost there"

After that, we continued hopping into the trees. I was feeling kinda dizzy again but I honestly didn't mind though. I enjoyed looking at the beautiful surroundings.

Then suddenly Damien came to a stop.

"We are here" I heard him say before he gently let me go. I fixed my hair for a little bit before I looked around and to say this place was even freaking more breathtaking in a closer view.

"Holy fuck..." I breathed. Letting go of Damien's hand to go much further for a better view of everything. The lake is so clear and clean, if it wasn't freezing as hell and I am not 100 feet off the ground I would definitely jump in that lake. A few animals scattered around in the lake which it makes is so cute. "This... Is... Perfect... Just wow"

"You like it?" Damien's small laugh was heard behind me.

"I like it? Are you kidding me? I freaking love it so much" I looked over at him and smiled, I felt like my cheeks are gonna fall off any moment now. I've been smiling since we got here. Well, scratch that I've been smiling since Damien showed up again.

"Let's go, spider monkey" He grabbed my hands and lead us to the nearest tree from the lake.

"Don't call me that you dummy" I laughed, hitting his arm. Obviously having no effect.

"Do you want to do down to the ground to check the lake?" He asked.

"No it's alright, I like it better up here because I can see everything," I told him and he nodded.

We both sat on a huge and strong branch of the tree, just enjoying this moment. The sound of the leaves and the trees swoosh were just relaxing. Everything is just perfect. The smell of the lake made my body feel at ease and the dusky sky that covered above us looked so surreal. And the moon shined so bright.

"I feel like I'm dreaming right now" I breathed out, still not believing this place existed. I said this before but I will say it again, maybe I should explore the whole town soon. "If this was a dream I would never want to wake up ever again and stay here forever"

"Well, it's your lucky day, it's not a dream, this is all real Ashter," Damien told me, I was so speechless that I just nodded at him. It was like God himself created this place well he did. It's just he made sure not one flaw was allowed.

I felt Damien look at me and I knew he was smiling.

"I'm glad that you love this place as much as I do" I turned to him with a smile.

"I don't think love is enough to describe what am I feeling right now," I said, obviously still awed by this wonderful place.

We stayed silent after that. Enjoying each other's company without verbally saying anything. I leaned into Damien's arms and I never felt so happy before.

"Hey, Ashter..." I heard Damien break the silence. I turned around to face him.

"I... I just wanted to tell you something and I need you just to listen, no interruptions or whatsoever because I might chicken out and run away again" He laughed nervously "Can you do that for me?"

I grabbed his hands and kissed them. I nodded with a small smile.

"Yes, of course"

"So I'm not usually too fond of opening up to people because I'm, not really good at expressing them. I just couldn't find the right words..." He laughed nervously again. "So I will just start to why I brought you here"

I watched him as he swallowed hard and closed his eyes for a moment trying to ease himself.

"I found this place a while back when I was going through some really bad things. I just wanted a place to call my own, you know? where I could escape peacefully where there is no one to judge me and without fearing I might hurt someone or someone accidentally find me here. I just wanted to find a place that felt safe... felt like home... I was so lost for so long. I felt alone and just different. Even though my best friends, Zach and Claude are there for me every time. I just can't remove the feeling of loneliness. I've always wanted to go out and bond with other people and do normal things to make my life fun. but I just can't. I am not normal. I can't be around people for so long, because I can't control myself around them, their scent is killing me. I lived in a fear of hurting them, I will live in regret for hurting someone. I lived in fear my whole life. It's just my life is so empty. It was like living in hell. Well, scratch that, my life is really a never-ending hell, it's so... So hard, sometimes I just want to die but I can't" His voice cracked at the end that I felt my heartbreaking. I wanted to comfort him so badly but I restrained myself from doing so.

"Everything was so hard, so I left home for a few years to find myself, to feel somehow normal again, and to bond with other people, but I ended up still empty. After a few years of just running around, I decided to just go home. My best friend and our dad still accepted me of course, but they are scolding me every day." He laughed with tears in his eyes remembering the moment.

"So for me not to leave the house again our father decided to enroll us in school, he did that so that we could feel normal somehow and because he knows the principal so we can just get enrolled quickly. At first, I really thought that it was a stupid idea but I guess it's okay. I loved it at first, so did Zachary and Claude. Everyone loved me and most of the girls were attracted to me and everyone just wanted to be around me, everyone wants to be my friend and they always want to see me. But then... Something just happened... I- it's hard for me to say what happened... But that's when Zachary and Claude stepped in. They talked to me for a long time that if we should still continue school or not because it's hard for us and the reason why our dad enrolled us is because of me so I can feel happy and normal somehow. I said I wanted to continue so Zachary made a compromise with me saying we will continue to go to school if I agree to stay away from people and keep my distance. Obviously, you knowing Jane, we couldn't ignore her even if we tried" He giggled slightly at the mention of Jane.

"Of course I agreed. I would do anything not to feel alone again. So I did as he asked and I stayed away. Zachary used his powers to make people's obsession with me go away so nothing bad can happen again. But that's when things kinda got worse. The thing I once like so much. School. Suddenly became something I hated. People began calling me names like freak, loser, weird, strange, and monster. It was hard. So hard, I just want to punch everyone calling me that. So that's when I started to disappear a lot. To let myself calm. This is the usual place I would go to when I disappear because I felt a lot safer in here, I felt free. No one is around here calling me ugly things. So this is the only place I don't mind being all alone for once"

"Actually, it's quite funny to think about I thought I would never find another place like this, but I was wrong. I actually ended up finding something better" Damien finally looked up at me and met my eye intensely. His once sad eyes turned to a bittersweet gaze.

"What did you find?" I whispered gently. A small smile was placed on his lips as he look at me with so much intensity.

"I found you"