Breaking the Rules

Chapter 4

I rushed out of the house knowing I was late and ran to the bus stop trying to get to the train station. I was on my own tonight. Catherine hadn't any idea I was going out and I didn't want her to know either. Every night this week that we went out, I used her invitations. I hadn't come to terms with telling her about Bastian and maybe I wasn't even ready to do that either.

He was like my dirty little secret. I shake my head just thinking about it. Who am I turning into! I'm sleeping with a complete stranger for crying out loud!

A sexy, hot more than desirable stranger that I simply can't walk away from.

I pray I still qualify for heaven after this!

I threw my jacket on feeling the nip of the night at my skin as I walked towards the building. I was hoping he was here tonight. He hadn't been there all week and I didn't know why and there wasn't any way to contact him. I took a deep breath extending the card to the security and he gave me a one over before letting me inside. I walked slowly going around a few Alpha's before stepping into hell. I started to count my steps as I've done countless times trying to find my way in the dark. Eight, nine, left, stop. I let out another breath and turned the knob walking inside. It was dark as usual except for the small lamp near the bed. I stood expecting to hear him call my name to at least touch me like he usually did. Nothing. Squinting I slowly made my way through the room trying to find the light.

"Bastian?"

Silence.

The light flickered on and I stood in an empty room for the fourth time this week. He wasn't here tonight either. The dress he had bought me the last time I saw him still laid on the bed where I had left it. I spun around a few times trying to understand what I was seeing, it didn't even seem like he came back since our last time together. Dejected I sat on the bed staring out at the door.

Rule number one: you don't exist beyond the door.

His rule: always be in time.

"Where are you?" I whispered

I got up after a while, knowing if he wasn't here yet, he wouldn't be here. In fact, he's always the first to get here. There was no one to ask about him, no one to tell that he wasn't where he should be and there was no way for me to contact him. I thought we had a simple enough relationship based on trust, if he lost interest I thought he'd at the very least explained that to me, maybe it was my breakdown the last time.

Confused I grabbed my coat heading out without taking a second look back. Irrespective of his reason for abandoning our meetings, he wasn't obligated to keep tabs on me and I wasn't obligated to be his omega for a lifetime. I proved to myself that I could be the type of person that a guy would enjoy, this wasn't the best way to go about it but that die was already cast and though the asshole wouldn't be privy to that knowledge at the very least I knew it was possible . If however I planned on ever doing this on a longer term basis I would have preferred having him along for the ride, but since he was gone, this was definitely the world's way for telling me it was time to move on. This was going to be my last time here, he was gone and the person I was in this room was gone with him.

The best thing to this Cinderella story was, there was no way we'll ever meet again. After all neither of us left a glass slipper.

****

"Luna"

I stood in the middle of the University hall trying to get my best friend to move faster as I tried to rush us to class. This was the third time I had to call out to her. She wavered me off still studying a notice on her iPhone.

"Luna!" I hissed again. "We're going to be late let's go! "

"Can't be late for a class that's cancelled" She mumbled poking away at the screen.

I paused mid walk. "What?"

She nodded confirming her words. "See?" She said turning the face of the device towards me. "It's cancelled until next week"

I groaned. This class was at eight in the morning, I could have more than made due with the extra hour in bed. I shrugged and walked on in the same direction. A cancelled class only meant I had more time to prepare and from what I've heard from seniors, the Professors were the devils from hell. A few more hours of getting myself acquainted with the outline from the previous year wouldn't kill me, even if a few things were different.

The library was much larger than the one at our last school which was all of five years ago. This wasn't exactly how I planned it but we all know what happens to best laid plans. What doesn't go up in smoke, takes years to fall in place. Med school however, even if it was five years later was my dream come true. I got to live two and a half miles away from home, earn my own money and do whatever the hell I wanted.

No, my home wasn't horrible that I'd run away, but my grandparents were rather overly protective; they already lost their son to some unfortunate event and they didn't want to risk losing me too. I didn't know how or why my parents died. No one ever talked about it and I was too young to ever remember anyway. Not that it bothered me though, I couldn't worry about things I had no recollection of; and unlike most children who seemed unable to function without their parents, I was fine. My grandparents were always around and what they couldn't handle my Uncle or his wife did and that was fine by me.

I jumped into my bed grabbing my laptop going through my classes for the week. Though it was only the first week of school, I wanted things to be perfect. Needed things to be perfect actually and after having that little pep talk with myself early this morning before heading to school, I only had one goal in mind. To keep ahead and never get distracted. My rule was very simple. Follow every rule in the book, don't get side tracked and save ourselves the embarrassment of having to pick up the pieces. This was my one and final chance at school. I was getting too old to be hounded by homework in my sleep to deal with any of this.

My phone rang and I rolled over picking it up from the other side of the bed. It was Catherine.

"Hey Cat, what's up?"

" I thought you promised you work tonight "

Shit, I'd forgotten all about that.

I laughed nervously. "Ah, did I?" I asked playing innocent.

"Khrissy, come on you can't just ditch me for Luna"

" I didn't, Luna isn't even here. I'm sorry I just forgot. I'll come over on the weekend"

"No, I'll be unavailable then"

I sat up. Cat never goes anywhere without us.

"Where could you be headed suddenly?"

I could tell she smiled by the sound of her breathing. "He asked me to come"

I rolled my eyes massaging the temples of my forehead. We had talked about this.

"Cat" I groaned. "You shouldn't be going to that place. Especially on your own. We both agreed that, that time was the last remember? You need to get yourself back into the real world and leave them alone"

"Yeah I know, but there's this rush you know. When you get there, it's not like anything outside"

Yeah I noticed.

"Yes well, that's not our life to live and you want to settle down don't you? With a guy to call your own and not share" I said hoping to pour some sense into her wandering brain.

"Not really, I'm perfectly fine with how it is now"

"Catherine!" I shouted. She made me paranoid just knowing she was left on her own. My friend sat giggling and a smile broke out across my face. "You're an i***t you know that? "

"You're such a nerd Khrissy, gosh climb out of your box once in a while and enjoy the wild side for a change"

I did crawl from my box to enjoy the wild side and I knew what the gusty wind felt like. It slapped me in the face a few times reminding me I was outside of my talent.

"Yeah I'm fine thanks. I'd rather be safe than sorry"

" Yeah, and I'd like to live a little sometimes"

"Catherine, trust me. Your not missing much except arrogant men with probably money hiding from their wives looking for a good time" I cringed thinking about Bastian. Was that where he had gone back to? His wife. I shook my head dispelling the thought. It doesn't matter. "You don't wanna get caught up in that"

"I guess your right. That would be awful"

I let out a breath feeling relieved that I had gotten through to her thick skull. "So it's decided then. Your officially tossing that invitation card"

"What! No. I'm going on Saturday"

"Catherine!" I said alarmed.

"Calm down Khrissy. I can take care of myself. Plus I don't wanna just disappear, they come to the restaurant everyday, it'd be bad for business"

" That has nothing to do with you" I said counteracting her.

"Bye Khrissy. Sweet dreams"

"You just created a nightmare" I groaned.

She laughed and I hung up.