Cannibal (Book One of A Bloodline's Saga)

Partying With the Sister

I cannot take this anymore 

Let me writhe in my own gore 

Smashing my head off the concrete floor 

Hoping that my blood will pour

Aphotic 

Arriving at Molly's place, it's more in town than I thought and not far from the festival when you think about it either. 

The streets are lined with houses of similar structure and style about them that states "we have money but we only flaunt it a little". 

Taking in the bone white stone work with deep mahogany trim around the windows and doors as well as a matching tiled roof, I find a different shade of mahogany is for the door with beautiful glasswork in the middle of its oval frame, I only marvel in what it has to offer in means of rich yet homely. 

After admiring the nicely trimmed lawns and beautiful gardens that are on display, we succeed it up her driveway with a few stumbling along the way yahooing and yelling out song lyrics. 

Wiping our feet on the welcome mat after trekking up the gravel pathway, we are toured around and informed of what room's what and who can stay where. 

On the inside is the same stone like walls, yet different colours to suit the modern utensils and whatnot they have around the house, the thick curtains a nice soft eggshell colour to match the deep chocolate carpet, alabaster L shaped lounge and circular coffee table in the middle. 

Strolling down the hallway to her room while passing artwork along the way we make before heading back out after grabbing the alcohol, heading past the laundry and toilet along the way and reaching our destination of hangout, a shed at the back of her property might I add. 

With the lawns as nicely trimmed as the ones out the front, we're then greeted by more people I don't know only Luke does, Lucy losing herself in conversation with more than one girl now and sharing what looks like a joint. 

Letting it go considering it will be something only the both of them will be able to remember, I check my phone as Mum and Cam come into mind and see that nothing has been sent yet. 

"You okay?" Luke questions, his voice scaring the s**t out of me and almost dropping my phone in the process of turning to meet his gaze. 

"Yeah, I was just seeing if Mum or Cam texted but they haven't yet." I explain with a big smile, Luke matching mine then both lose our s**t at each other and make our way around the party, eventually encountering more people I would class as friends now and wishing I met them sooner. 

Not getting over how warm and welcoming they all are, I see myself not wanting to leave considering I don't get to have fun like this where I am, I constantly find myself working and discovering my money gone before I can even save to get the f**k out of there. 

Pushing the frustration aside while Luke's Mum makes her way into my mind and how welcoming she was, it only wigged me out when they would speak a different language and wonder where exactly the Mum is from. Like Luke speaks perfect English with the Australian accent and so does his Mum, but they sure can look like a couple of foreigners if they wanted to. 

"Alright, but now you seem to be thinking about something else." he chuckles nervously, my eyes eventually locking onto his with the question out in the open before I can halt it.

"So what other language do you actually know? Like I didn't want to be rude at the time and ask then I forget, because you haven't spoken it around me again since your Mum." 

"Well, that's a little random."

Feeling embarrassed considering it was out of the blue, but then again alcohol brings up weird memories for me and that happened to be one of them. 

"Sorry, I was just thinking about the time with your Mum, that's all." 

"Okay, well my Mum comes from the Greek side of Cyprus but I grew up learning the language because it's what she did I guess. But anyway, I choose not to speak it because there's no point due to no one else knowing Greek." 

Nodding as I absorb it all in including his goofy smile, I end up giving him a kiss and pat on the head then going over to check on Lucy and how she's holding up. 

"Dude, I don't think Mum and Cam care we're not coming home considering they still haven't texted us." she explains as Luke and I approach her.

"What makes you come to that conclusion?" I question with a quirked brow. 

"This." is all she states while showing me her phone screen.

Reading the message after a second or two of skimming it, I'm able to make out that we have to at least be home before eight o'clock tomorrow, due to that being the time we start getting our s**t together to get going home. 

With that bringing me back to me leaving, I only feel a glimmer of hope that Luke might come down or I am able to come up again sometime soon. 

"Well f**k yeah; I don't think I was honestly planning on going home." I laugh, Lucy joining in as well as the others then eventually, I lose myself in my surroundings.

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With the music coming to a close for the night with some vomiting and others passing out where they sit, Luke and I finally make it to our appointed room then collapse on the bed still buzzed from the party, giggling and carrying on but also trying to be quiet.

"I seriously do not want to go home tomorrow." I sigh while running a hand through my locks, Luke grabbing my hand and meeting it with his lips. 

"Trust me, I will find a way to come and see you, regardless of how far you are and hopefully I'll be able to take you up here for long periods of time instead of small trips." he suggests when I can feel a lump forming in my throat. 

I still can't believe that the guy next to me is actually saving me from a life time of hurt and betrayal, and I find myself falling I guess for him more and more each day. I don't think I even fell this hard for Jake, though when the weird breakup happened it felt like I did.

Like I put all of my love into him and ended up with nothing left, then Luke came along and I seem to have mustered more yet it's a bit on restricted side, which is now chipping away each time I spend with Luke. 

Though I seem to find shock in this considering I didn't expect to find I my second major crush so soon let alone soul mate. Then again some would say I have clung on to the first guy that looked at me, but mind you there have been others before him and no interest had been shown. 

Yet something with Luke hit me even when Jake was hanging around, I just couldn't stop looking or hearing out for when he talked. Would he have talked to me that first night or was it just a mutual look between the two of us to suss out whether you can fall for someone at first glance. 

Though something still pulls me back to the morning I overheard Luke's conversation with his Dad on the phone, even though I kind of put it to rest with my own theories it still stirs curiosity as to what he was on about. 

Like I know I was in a broken relationship, Jake and I could see that, but did you see me going and getting myself pregnant behind his back, no, but he went and knocked someone up didn't he? 

Not the point, point is I guess I lost a lot of love for him and what pained me was losing the one person I used to love, and had around because I hoped that one day it would become better. But I guess it was the universe's way of saying he wasn't the one for me. 

Giving him a kiss, the simple kiss turns into one of want and urgency, my lips returning the exigency before we're once again naked under only a different set of sheets. 

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Waking up to Luke shaking me awake, I discover my alarm going off and demanding my attention, my mind alerting me that it's time to get going before Mum and Cam find out what really happened. 

"Sorry, I have to get ready to go now." I yawn as I slowly pull myself out of bed and from his warm embrace, him groaning in protest then he's up with me. 

Giggling at his half-opened russet eyes, stirred up mocha hair and a few yawns coming out in the space of a minute, I set off to find Lucy passed out in one of the spare rooms with a girl I recall as Grace, sleeping in the same bed as her. 

Waking Lucy up and telling her we have to go, she has a minute or so to get herself sorted then gives me the thumbs up to go. 

"I'll make you a coffee when we get back to the cabin alright?" I mumble due to my voice still waking up, Luke giving me a cute sheepish smile and kiss on the forehead as thank you while Lucy talks away on her phone. 

With the walk being silent between Luke up until halfway and Lucy's off her phone, we all begin talking about what happened last night, my voice eventually dropping from the conversation in favour of listening instead. 

Finally with the walk reaching us to our destination, we discover that it took us only twenty minutes to get back, the walk feeling much longer when I recall it last night, though a lot shorter today because the world knows I have to go home. Then again I guess it is because I memorise certain surroundings and know exactly how far we are from town. 

Unlocking the door with the cabin keys I have safely secured in my bra, the musky yet pine smell of the cabin hits me before the crisp air from lack of heating. 

"So go in, make yourself comfortable and stay for a bit, I'm sure Mum and Cam won't mind if I make up some excuse that Molly couldn't make it and that-" 

Though I'm cut off when the door sweeps open and both Mum and Cam come waltzing in with happy conversation in the air, yet it stops as they land their gazes on Luke.

"So, I see you guys made it back in time." Mum observes smugly, my smile fighting against it's restraints to match Mum's smug grin though I play like nothing happened.

"Yeah, Molly and the others went to get coffees and whatnot for us. Luke stayed behind because it was only Molly, Matt, him, Lucy and I." I explain as Mum and Cam shoot me a stare as if to say they aren't buying it, only I brush it off as nothing before hearing the kettle click.

Ah s**t, they would have heard the kettle boiling the whole time.

"That's actually for me if that's what you're wondering." Lucy intervenes with a grin when Cam starts to get a little funny around us all. 

We all observe as Lucy heads into the kitchen and come out with a cup of tea, a shared look between the both of us while I telepathically thank her a million times over for the cover.

"Alrighty, well we were just coming over to tell you two to start packing, Luke you're more than welcome to help." Mum smiles as Cam's out the door, her grin lingering though I give her a look that confirms I will tell her later. 

With the door closing and leaving Luke, Lucy and I, mum pokes her head back in before asking if she can borrow Lucy for the moment. Exchanging looks of worry as well as assurance, she is gone with mum to leave Luke and I alone. 

My heart's racing with the knowledge that, in only hours to come I will no longer be with Luke. Like I have his number but it isn't the same considering I'll be once again forced to endure sleepless nights until I'm able to sleep alone again.

"So, what do we do now?" Luke questions while we both stare at the ground then taking our seats back on the couch. 

"I don't know." I squeak then seconds later we're trying to take each other's clothes off, only to no avail due to both restraining from each other in the end, in fear of people walking in. 

"This f*****g sucks, why does this s**t always happen to me?" I growl more to myself when we straighten ourselves out and upright on the couch. 

"Trust me; it's happening to me to." Luke murmurs while latching onto my hand and pulling me down so that I'm resting my head in his lap. 

Pondering in silence for a bit with the thoughts of coffee out of the window, we're once again blessed with Lucy's presence, a smile on her face telling me that s**t went well considering Cam isn't here trying to throw his authority down.

"So, what the f**k was all that about?" I question with a frown when she can't drop the smile. 

"Oh nothing, just Mum and Cam know about the both of you. I mean he saw the way the both of you were eyeing each other off that night at the pub, then again on that walk and then again at the festival thing with his friends. They aren't angry, they understand now why you are going about this the way you are, thanks to me." she explains as it is just her and I talking while Luke is now making himself that needed coffee. 

Well s**t, heart attack for the day confirmed and the award goes to Lucy! Everyone give it up for her because she certainly made some bowel movement. 

"Thank you so much I mean how was Cam about it all, was he pissed?"

"Yeah a little because he has a feeling you guys had s*x already which I lied and said you haven't considering you had been with me the whole night."

"Oh God, we all know what he's like once he gets that idea, but I hate it when he is right from time to time. But others he couldn't be anything but further from the truth."

It's true though, there have been some guys I legit brought around to smoke joints with and have a good time while doing our homework, but Cam always took it as something else and assumed they were here for one thing.

"I know so in other words you're off the hook, thanks to you I actually had fun last night and told them that. But they already could see that you were able to look after me and bring me back in one piece, even if I am still minus a few." she grins while tapping the side of her head. 

"Oh my God dude, you're a knob but I love you." I laugh and give her a tight hug then getting started with the dreaded mission of packing my things. 

"I know you do, now hurry up and pack, Mum and Cam are giving us an hour or so but you know what they are like, they end up taking another hour." she tells me, my mind a little confused as to why she is telling me this information before it clicks, she wants me to spend as much time with Luke as possible before we go. 

So doing just that, I don't even care what's dirty or what's clean, I'm just shoving everything and anything in bags and deem the room to be clean enough for me to leave. 

Checking the time and summing up that it took me less than five minutes thanks to Luke's help, we're now perched on the edge of the bed, the light off and curtains closed though thanks to the cracks in the curtains, the sun is able to dimly light the room up. 

"Well, I don't have to leave for another hour or so." I inform as the silence gets too much, the TV from the living room making a muffled sound through my door though I cannot register what's playing.

"I know, I bet you any money that hour is going to feel like five minutes." he sighs while falling back on the bed, me joining him before we're once again locked in each other's arms and meeting lips with lips. 

With the bedroom door now locked considering it would be awkward if Lucy caught me doing this, we're again, under the shitily made covers and concur that this will be the thing to keep the long distance worth it. 

Though I'm nagged again by that feeling of me not having to wait long to set eyes on him again, yet when I try and brush it off, it returns with more force. 

It could be me just hoping that I do see him and overthinking things, but it is something that's deeming impossible to shake right now.