Hunted

Chapter 28: First Fight

I was floating in the air like a cloud…I had to be dreaming.  I could feel the wind in my hair and the cool breeze on my face. I could see the clouds flying by me. They felt cold….but then suddenly I got very hot. I felt more like a volcano that was going to erupt. What was happening? Slowly my eyes blinked open and I realized why I thought I was floating. I was being carried. I didn’t even remember falling asleep. How long was I asleep for? I looked up and nearly screamed when I saw it was Colton who was carrying me. “Excuse me….” I whispered. Colton stopped walking and froze. “Shit.” He looked down at me. “Please don’t freak out… I don’t want your dad to kill me…” I gave him a confused look. Why would my dad kill him.

“Can you please put me down?” I asked wiggling in his arms. He let me go making sure my feet touched the ground softly.

“Why the hell did you not tell me where you were going?” Colton asked, he looked a little bit upset.

“You don’t want to be around me so I was trying to help you out…I was done my work. I knew you’d send me away.” I bit my lip and looked down at my shoes. I heard Colton sight.

“Why do you think I don’t want to be around you?” He asked before continuing to walk.

“You have canceled every plan we had together for the last month, you moved to the other side of the chair when I sat down, and when I get close to you you stop breathing and look away.” I don’t know what I did to make him so upset. I couldn’t help the frown on my lips.

“That’s… come on Emmry.” Colton was sputtering. It was like he didn’t know how to respond. I mean if I all of a sudden thought someone was disgusting I would probably not want to be around them too.

I saw Colton step towards me and it took everything in me to not step back. I had become so comfortable with him and now I was terrified. I knew deep down Colton wouldn’t psychically hurt me. He’d be dead most likely before he tried to run the minute my father found out. Or Hope. I think Hope would do more terrible things than simply killing him. I adjusted slightly moving just the tiniest bit backwards so I could peek up at him.

Colton was staring at me with a frown. “Don’t deny…this Colton. Please I’m not stupid.” I begged him looking away again. I couldn’t seem to keep his gaze. It looked as if my behavior made him more upset.

“Deny what? That I don’t want to be near you? That’s not true…” Colton reached out to grab my hand and I slipped it behind my back. I knew that there was the potential he would get upset about that but it wasn’t like I owed him anything plus I was a bit mad at him at the moment.

“You heard what I told Hope that day. You know how I was attacked….and then the next day you stopped being alone with me.” I finally looked up at his face. I watched as realization melted over his features.

“That’s not what happened….” Colton said quickly. I sighed and shook my head.

“Colton it’s exactly what happened. You know now what happened and you either think I’m dirty or wrong or nasty in some way and you don’t want to be near me or you feel pity for me and you don’t know how to handle being around me anymore because you feel so bad.” I spilled out how I had been feeling. I couldn’t look up to see his reaction this time.

“So that’s what you think of me? That I either would pity you so much I can’t be near you or that I think you are disgusting for being attacked?” I could tell by his tone he was upset.

“You stopped talking to me for a month.” My voice was now barely above a whisper.

“That didn’t answer my question Emmry.” Colton was growing angry now. I was starting to get a little worried.

“I didn’t want to think that of you. I didn’t even know you knew till a few days ago.” I took another step back.

I saw Colton shake his head. His hands were slightly shaking and he looked like he was fighting for control. “You’ve been keeping a secret from me and you’re ignoring me.” I told him giving a nice finger point towards his chest.

“You don’t know anything Emmry.” Colton looked over at me his expression softening. I guess he could see I was a little scared.

“Tell me you weren’t avoiding being alone with me?” I asked him crossing my arms over my chest. If he could honestly say he wasn’t avoiding me maybe we cold solve this right here.

“Emmry you don’t understand.” That was his last chance.

“Wrong answer.” I shook my head and started walking towards the pack house. I could hear Colton behind me but I was ignoring him. I didn’t want to hear him or anything he had to say. He was supposed to be my friend. He was supposed to want to help me and be there for me just like I was supposed to do those things for him. Instead he was avoiding and lying to me. I was halfway up the stairs when he yelled my name.

Slowly I turned around and looked at him. His face was full of emotions, there were so many I couldn’t really pick one out. “Yes?” I asked him making it to the top of the stares.

“I wasn’t doing it out of pity or because I think you’re disgusting.” He sighed. “I promise.”

I gave him a few minutes to explain to me what meant but I was met with silence. I wasn’t going to sit here and deal with a friend who was lying to me or at least omitting things.

“That again was the wrong answer. I’ll see you around Colton.” I turned and walked into my house. I heard his footsteps on the stairs. I turned to the security shifter who was always stationed at the house.

“I don’t want to see him.” I said quietly and walked straight up to my room. I could hear Colton yelling from the stairs but I didn’t turn around. I thought we were friends. I thought…well I thought many things but I guess I was wrong. I curled up in my bed and did my best to try to keep it together. I was not going to cry myself to sleep over someone I thought was a friend. I won’t do it.