Fate (GXG)

Chapter 13

Logan’s POV

From the second I’d arrived at this party I just knew something was wrong. Now here I am broken-hearted all over again. Let’s back up an hour. So we had just arrived at the party. The boys and I went my own way. Not wanting to be here at all I just went to the theater room and popped in a movie. The boys came in complaining, calling me a party pooper when really I was tired from the trip. 

So after they leave I get bored instantly. I get up to turn off the movie and head outside when I see her. I couldn't believe the girl of my dreams was here tonight. She looked amazing, she had on a baby blue mid-length dress that was strapless. It was amazing on her. It was fleece, like showing her stomach through the material. She was the envy of every girl here and every guy I could tell was watching her like I was watching. Flawless she was. 

She and another female were sitting at the table with none other than my boys. I was about to approach when the other girl gave me the death glare. She hugged Domino as if she was letting me know ‘b***h back off she’s mine.’ I felt helpless. This went on for a few minutes. Me watching her from afar. Her friend watches me watch her from afar and Domino does not notice anything. I just got up to leave. I clearly wasn’t wanted and her friend's smile confirmed it. Did she finally move on? It’s been what?… well over seven years since I’ve seen her. Walking back into the house a few girls tried to stop me. I just brushed past them. I toured Jacob's house just walking around. It was five minutes till her birthday and my birthday as well. It was so hard to forget a person who has so much hold on me. That’s when I was led to the pool. My body led me here. It reminded me of those days where we would sneak out and go swimming in my pool and just talk. It was the closest thing I have to her. Other than the special necklace she gave me. 

I opened the door to see her standing there… 

“So what’s wrong with me?” She said to herself. Finally, she can see me. I’ve been waiting so long. Will she run to me?  Will she cry? Will she slap me?  Does she forgive me? 

“There’s nothing wrong, but probably something is missing.” That threw her off guard. She turned to me and looked completely lost. Her hair was tamed in a curly bun. Still, it was a deep reddish-brown like before. Her eyes I could never get enough of before still had me hypnotized. But this expression it wore had me worried. I could see she was becoming nervous as if I had scared her. I tried to soften my expression but I was anxious to see what she had to say. Soon she just looked at me up and down checking all of me out. I could tell. So she was still attracted to me? Well, that’s a plus. 

“I- um, well, I” she still stumbles over her words. She's still adorable. I wonder if she’s still clumsy too. Me gazing at her probably doesn’t help. “M-my name is Domino. Sorry I didn’t know anyone would be here. I’ll just leave.” 

Why would she introduce herself???! I knew who she was already. I knew there’s no way that she could forget about us... I mean me. f**k. I had to know. She was about to go when I grabbed her hand to stop her. 

“You don’t have to. I want you to stay.” Which was truly more of I need you to stay. I need to know why you don’t remember me or why you’re doing this on purpose. 

“Why would you want me to stay? We don’t know each other. I mean not to be rude.” She looked blankly at me. 

There’s no way. No f*****g way… A f*****g stranger? I’m a f*****g stranger to her? This girl is the love of my life and I’m a stranger? I’ll make her remember... 

Since I was a kid I’ve always hated my middle name. My full name is Logan Alexandria Selene Hendrix. When I first met Domino she absolutely loved my name. She loved my middle names, especially Alexandria. So I’ll just introduce myself as such maybe it’ll jog her f*****g memory. 

“Well stranger. My name is Alexandria… and it’s nice to meet you. I kind of don’t want to be alone but not surrounded by a lot of people at the moment. I was thinking you wanted that too. However, I did just invade your thoughts but I saw you and a girl so beautiful like you shouldn’t be alone.” There was no change in her face, just more confusion. 

“I’m honestly speechless... Since I’ve been here I’ve seen nothing but models and so on. Why does everyone keep calling someone like me beautiful? There are girls far more beautiful.” That hurt me because never have I seen a girl more beautiful than her. She was the reason why I kept going on. The reason why I enrolled here. I felt nothing but pain. She could tell too. The way her eyes connected with mine has always been able to find the truth. 

Then her phone rang. “I have to go… I-“ she said after looking at it. I just couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t watch her walk away from me. I couldn’t lose her here. I needed her. My chest clenched and the tears were threatening to fall. I felt like I lost it all. I began to beg her. 

“Please… I- I’m not ready for you to go yet. Just please…”

She reached up and touched my face. “I’m here Alexandria... I won’t leave.” This was just all too real for me. She called me by my name and it sounded like the first time I’ve heard it. Her being in front of me with such compassion was so much. It warmed this hardened heart.  

I couldn’t control myself. I needed to tell her. That I’m Logan and we’ve met before. “You’re really here with me… I just-“. Suddenly her alarm went off. I looked at the time on my watch. It was her birthday, also mine as well. I looked at her as she was trying to turn it off. Then I felt a hard pulse inside of me.  Causing my body to Instantly react and take hold of her. I wrapped my arms around her waist feeling the electricity move through. My hands are drawing her near me. I wanted to kiss those lips I knew too well. I craved her like a carnivore. She wanted me too. Her body responded by coming to mine. Her lips moved to meet mine. 

“Domino!!” A voice shouted out. She let go of me to look at her friend. Her friend looked at me with anger. I’m sure that’s her girlfriend. So why does she look familiar? I study her face as hard as I can to find the answers. I can’t find them. The woman moves over to me and Domino so swiftly I didn’t have time to react I just let her go with her.

“I’ve been calling you. We have to go right now. The police are on their way.” She said as she pulled us apart. I just kept watching. I watched her take her away. 

Now here I am stuck in this pool room. My body feels like it’s on fire. I don’t know what’s wrong but I’m just frozen in this place. Another hard pulse to the chest makes me clench my chest. “What the f**k…” I said out loud. I suddenly don’t feel too well. I need to get the f**k out of here. f**k the fact that the police are on their way. My body feels like it’s rejecting me. 

I hastily move my way throughout the house to find the boys. My body keeps experiencing these pulse actions that make me feel like I’m dying. Am I dying? The boys are still in the same spot by the pool. I walked over to them. 

“We have to go right f*****g now,” I said. Jayson just stood up like he saw a real ghost. I guess I look as bad as I feel. He instantly comes over to do his natural doctor things. 

“You look like s**t. What's wrong? What happened? Where have you been?” He questioned. I couldn’t answer them. My body was starting to betray me even more. I felt like I was going to fall over. I grabbed my keys from my pocket and tossed them over to Chad. Thank f*****g goodness I drove a car he can actually drive back. 

I focused my hazy vision on Jayson, he was checking my pulse. “Take me home now Jayson.” He looked at me pissed off. 

“You need to go to a hospital.” He said 

“No hospitals. Please… just please take me home…” my voice didn’t sound like mine anymore. It sounded faint. My vision fully faded and I completely passed out. 

All I see is darkness... It was so dark and cold here. “Am I dead already?” I said to the endless dark space. I don’t know why I expect an answer. I paced around the dark world just walking around. 

“Do you want to die? Human?” A voice echoed throughout the dark realm. The voice sounded so close to me. I searched throughout the dark space seeing if I could pinpoint the location of the voice. “Answer me? Or would you rather die?” 

‘Did I want to die? Of course not? Right?’ I thought to myself. The voice laughed “You sound so unsure. It’s not like you don’t have another human back there for you. Do you? Or did you forget her already?” 

“Domino? What are you f*****g saying? Don’t hurt her! She has nothing to do with this. I’ll give you myself to save her, just leave her alone!!” I screamed out. 

“Oh no, I’m not going to hurt her. You will if you let yourself die. You worthless human. So fight! Fight for your life now!” 

I woke up in a pool of sweat in my room. I frantically touched all over my body to make sure I was indeed alive. I was breathing so hard I thought I would have a f*****g panic attack. I looked over the room for my phone and found it. It was three in the morning and it was still my birthday. 

I stood up and felt like s**t. But not as bad as I felt at the party. “It was just a bad dream.” I couldn’t believe what just happened. Four hours ago I was with Domino. Then I felt like I was dying. Now I’m up and I just feel different. I walked into my bathroom, I needed to shower. I’ve been sweating badly like I was working out. I looked in the mirror and was shocked at what I found. My body had changed. It looked stronger than it did before! My body's muscle mass grew. I could tell that I only had maybe one percent of fat on my body. I was just toned before this. Now I am stronger. I looked more into my appearance. My eyes were now similar in color. Both were now grey with golden brown. No longer specs but a fused color. 

“No way.” I pulled the dial to turn on the sink and broke the knob. “What the entire f**k is happening right now… why am I so strong?” 

“Well come back to the living human.” That voice… that voice was the same voice from the same realm of darkness. 

“What the f**k did you do to me?” I said to it. I looked around for it. “Where the f**k are you?!” 

The voice just laughed. “I am you in a way. But time will show you exactly what we are.” 

“What does that mean?” I asked and got no response... “WHAT THE f**k DOES THAT MEAN?!” I yelled out. Someone rushed to my bathroom and knocked loudly on the door. 

“Logan?! Are you alright?” It was Jayson. s**t was I alright? I’m hearing s**t. My body had changed. Now I can’t control my strength. 

“Yeah, just got frustrated with the sink.. the knob was stuck.” 

“Alright, I’ll be downstairs if you need anything.” He left. I easily turned on the shower trying to gain some control. After mastering that I stood there in the water trying to regain my thoughts of the events. There was no doubt something in me was different, completely different than yesterday. Almost after the clock struck midnight I felt sudden changes in me. Pain. Then darkness. Then the voice. But what drove me back was her. My need to protect her. I don’t know what this voice meant but it played over and over again in my head… ‘I’ll hurt her if I die..’

***

It’s been two weeks since I’ve left my house. Jayson and the boys would knock just to make sure I was alive. They would come to visit or just call me. I pushed all the meetings that required me physically there back as far as I could. Kai kept requesting to see me but, of course, I declined. I needed to figure out what was going on. Jon and James both called me as well and asked me if I was feeling okay. And asked me if anything had changed. I lied to them both and told them no. I didn’t want to seem like an incompetent CEO. 

Speaking of the changes, my eyes had reverted to normal with them being how they were before. My body still was the same from that night. I was still impossibly strong. I went to my weight room and put almost all the weights on the bar as I could and lifted it with ease. As far as the voice I never heard it again but I felt its presence around me. 

I sighed after making my way from my room to the kitchen to get something to eat. One thing was sure I was going crazy because I missed Domino. I’ve always missed her but this feels like I’m dying because I don’t see her. I have to see her. But my rational thoughts tell me a few things, one she could have a girlfriend already… not that I really care but I want her to be here with me legitimately. I don’t want to steal her from someone making her happy. Two, that voice saying if ‘I die she dies’ was getting to me. That alone wanted me to bring her to me and keep her away from anyone and anything. Three and the most important… I don’t know what I am anymore. Am I even human?

This thing that was happening needed to be under control because this Monday was the official start of school. Meaning the official start of offseason basketball. I needed to gain more information about Domino. I hated to seem like I was stalking her but it was for her good. 

I got up and dressed to finally step outside. I went down to my garage and picked my favorite car. My Mustang GT. I started the engine and let it roar out before speeding out to the campus.

After arriving at the campus. I needed to know her major, her schedule, and who her advisors were. I had to make sure she was in good hands. As soon as I got into the building all eyes were on me. People were whispering but I didn’t pay them any mind. I walked up to the front desk. 

“Hello, how can I help ma’am.” The front desk operator said. 

“Dean Jackson. Tell her Hendrix needs to see her immediately.” She began typing on her computer. 

“Dean Jackson is currently-“ I cut her off, losing my patience with her. 

“I don’t give a f**k about a meeting. Tell her I need to see her now.!” The girl looked horrified and began to stumble over her words, irritating me more. I took a deep breath calming myself. 

“Now, Miss Hendrix, that isn’t how you treat a lady now is it?” I heard Dean Jackson’s voice. Finally…