Beast's Heart

Chapter 11

Nelly POV

Today is the first day of the month, so I don't have to go to the bar. We have a promotion the first day of every month, so of course, the bar is always full of drunk people. Many fights happen on this day also, after facing many harassment incidents on that day Timothy decided that I wouldn't have to go to work and the steward would replace me.

Last night I didn't have any nightmares so I woke up refreshed. I had breakfast & took Jack on a walk to the park. I sat on the grass and watched Jack chasing a butterfly, then some kids came to play with him, and he was so happy running around with them. There were couples in the park also, they were eating, drinking & chatting, just enjoying the good weather and each other's company. I longed for those feelings. Having someone with you, someone you could trust, love and spend the rest of your life with, but still this fear deep down was keeping me away from pursuing it and stopping me from giving someone a chance, giving Timothy a chance. After my talk with Garry, I started paying attention to Timothy's behavior towards me and I could see what Garry was saying. I try to clear my head and think what I'm doing is not surviving, surviving is not letting what happened to me dictate my future. Timothy clearly has feelings for me and if I give myself a chance, I could also feel something for him. He's a nice guy.

Nelly:"Jack, let's go get something to eat buddy, let's go"

Jack came running to me, I smiled and waved at the kids who were playing with Jack and go to my favorite dinner. The restaurant owner is a nice old lady and her husband. They lost one of their sons in the war and the other son decided to deal with his grief by moving to another city. We arrived at the restaurant and Jack immediately ran to our usual table. Luckily, it was empty. Last time we came, and he found other people sitting on our table, he growled at them and I had to run and catch him before he decided it was a good idea to attack them.

I took a seat and waited for Lilly the waitress to come and take my order. Lilly is almost my age, she's a blond, cheerful girl. Although she lost her fiancé in the war, she still keeps a smile on her face and can brighten any place she walks in. I can say that Lilly is the closest thing I have to a friend.

Lilly:"Hey stranger, long time no see, do I have to wait the frst day of every month to see you?"

She hugs me and pats Jack who's more than happy to get the beautiful girl's attention.

Nelly:"You know how crazy work is. I work all night and sleep all morning. I told you many times to pass by on your day off and every time you say you would but you never came"

Lilly:"Guilty hahahaha, your bar gives me the creeps, but I guess I can gather my courage and come check out your hot boss, huh" she says while wiggling her brows.

Nelly:"Hhahahaha, yeah you do that"

Lilly:"You'll take the regular?" I nodded and she goes to get me my order and I relax in my seat take out my phone to check on Garry.

Garry:"Hello, Hey sweetheart, Enjoying your day off?"

Nelly:"Hey Gar, Yeah I went with Jack to the park, and now we're at the dinner grabbing lunch, I was thinking, why don't we come pick you up from the bar after work. I'll even bring you one of those cold sandwiches you love so much from here"

Garry:"Tempting, but no, the streets would be so empty at the time darling"

Nelly:"Oh come on Gar, Jack will be with me and I'll be walking back with you, if you don't agree I'll call aunty Martha and tell her that you ate my lunch yesterday"

Garry:"Oh no, the betrayal, I can't believe you would be so heartless"

Nelly:"Hahahahaha, I'll see you after work Bye"

I hang up laughing before he could say anything. Lilly came with the food, we sat and chat for a while, then I went back home to get some sleep before I go to the bar.

At night I strap the knife to my thigh and put the gun under my pillow like usual and lay down. I can't shake the feeling that something big is about to happen. My heart keeps beating fast, I roll around in bed till finally I fall asleep.

Morning came, thankfully, no nightmares again. That's great. Maybe I'm finally getting better. I get out of bed got ready and left for the bar with Jack. Once we are close to the bar Jack leaves my side and rushes there, I laugh and follow him, I swear one day he'll give Timothy a heart attack, my hearts starts to beat faster the closer I get to the door "What's wrong with me?!" I pat my chest, put a smile on my face and get in. As usual Garry greats me with a hug and some scolding for coming although he told me not to, I hug him back laughing and when I look behind him I see some guy standing with Timothy. I look at his face and when I make eye contact my racing heart suddenly stops and I lose my breath.

He is so handsome but those olive eyes... It's like they're holding me hostage, daring me to look anywhere else, I break free from his gaze and look at all of him. He's tall, muscular with tanned skin and short hair, he looks like a soldier maybe, he looks so tense and nervous. I woke up from my dream world to a tap on my shoulder. I turned to Garry and looked like he had said something earlier but I hadn't replied. Of course, I was busy checking out the demigod with olive eyes, I blushed so hard and held a strand of my hair.

Nelly:"huh, what was that?"

Garry looked at me suspiciously with a raised eyebrow.

Garry:"I said where's my sandwich? you blackmailed me into coming here. The least you could do is give me my sandwich"

I nervously open my bag to get the sandwich and I can still feel the olive eyes on me, which is making me more nervous. "Get a grip Nelly, you're making a complete fool out of yourself."

Nelly:" Yeah, the sandwich, I have it right here, just a minute"

I finally find the sandwich and give it to a very happy Garry. He eats half of it in one bite and groans.

Garry:"I swear Sally makes the best sandwiches in the world, I've tried to get her to tell me her secret, but she keeps refusing to share it". Then he turns to the hot guy who, by the way, looks like he's minutes from having a heart attack. "Dan, you need to check out Sally's dinner if you're planning on sticking around, best food in the city, not better than mine, of course hahahah, but those sandwiches are to die for"

His name is Dan, he doesn't look like a Dan... what am I thinking?!

He scratches the back of his neck nervously "Yeah of course I'll check it out"

Even his voice is hot. Could someone have a hot voice? I want to hear him saying my name... What's wrong with me seriously?

Garry:"Oh by the way Dan, This is my baby girl Nelly, Nelly This is Dan he helped us a lot last night as a bouncer"

This is the first time I regret not working on the first of the month, I imagine him breaking up fights and kicking troublemakers outside, imagine seeing all those muscles in action. OK I'm defiantly losing my mind, I need to calm down.

Dan reaches out his hand for a handshake and I want to run away.

Drake/Dan:"Nice meeting you Nelly"

Nelly:"Likewise"

The moment our hand touches I gasp a little at the tingles, I feel electricity running all over my body. I look in his eyes and I swear they dilate so much they became almost black with a thin olive ring. He quickly snatches his hand back.

Drake/Dan:"I..It has been nice meeting all of you, I..If you'd excuse me I'm beat and need to get back home, bye"

He quickly rushes outside like a bat out of hell and I freeze in my spot thinking "What the hell was that?!"

Timothy:"Huh, Weird guy"

Garry:"Yeah, He looks like he has seen a ghost hahahaha, anyway let's go darling"

I force a smile on my face and nod at Garry, on our way back home, Garry talks to me I don't talk much as those olive eyes keep hunting me.