CHAPTER 5

Pardon me, please!

"Just breathe!" sighing multiple times, trying to register every moment that took place few moments ago I rested my head in my palms in restroom. "What's going on?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! Why did father reacted like that?"

Knock! Knock! "Yea!... I'm coming. Just a moment!" I startled. It took a moment to compose myself. "I'm sor... You?" my mind on reboot when Rowan showed up. "Are you okay? I heard a scream. Are you hurt...."

"No I'm fine! Thanks." he tried to get close but I rejected. "So your...."

"Any special reason to be here?" cutting him off I got to the point. He smiled displeased. "So you want me go?" he sounded defeat. "Okay, have a great day." he paced backwards to door. "Wait! Have you pissed off my parents in any way, I cause they're acting too weird?" I asked as he turned around to open the door. He stopped and turned back to me with bewitching face. "You call that people, your parents. That's furiously offensive!" my jaw laid on the floor. "Pardon me, please! Watch your tongue! Oh! Now I can get why they got so upset about you. Please leave! I don't wanna insult you more." my back turned on him avoiding his gazes on me. "Matty, you don't know who they are and what they've did! Please...."

"Rowan..... Please! I had enough today." suddenly there was dead silence in my office. "Darcy, get me a aspirin please. And a cup of coffee in ASAP!" it felt like this headache was kill me.

The stars aligned with moon, shining brightly across the dark sky. It was a very romantic as for love birds, not for me. It's not like I never believed in love. I did believe in all cliche things but I was running out of time for all my schedule. I was supposed to be at home on the dinner table with everyone but, huh... Darn it! Ring! Ring! My phone rang violently notifying me about Logan. "Were you an ant in previous life?" he barked. "And what about it, Logan?" keeping my cell phone a bit away from my ears to protect them being bursted. "Matty. By the way I'm here to inform you that your house seems empty cause everyone's out for dinner and they won't be back not untill midnight, so it's a great chance to relax at your house then to hide in your office." dinner! They never told me? "Dinner! They never told me?" it felt a frostbite inside my heart. "Like they ever do. Don't think about that, just go home an enjoy your privacy." I sighed heavily. "Okay. I'm leaving now."

Can anyone imagine a house being in full chaos because of a family, where it stood up in colossal silence in their absence? Well I was standing right in-front of that house. My home. I sipped in cool waves of the night as it started raining before entering inside. Click, click! My heels made sounds that echoed through out the house making it appear more isolated. No worries! I liked isolation. Playing my stereo system on, I started filling the bathtub with hot water and my favorite lavender bath soap. "Uh!" I sighed softly inhaling the fragrance that soothed each and every muscle in my body. Oh! This pop music, with slow beats and sweet voices. They can even sober up the boiling lava. After my bath, I moved forward to have warm chocolate milk in the kitchen but, suddenly the light went total dark in house. I felt my anxiety building up in my bones and my breaths getting heavier. Their was no one else other than me and I stumbled across the things in darkness in attempt to find the phone. "Oh shit!" my leg hit on table, breaking my toe nails. I cried for help but no one answered. "Aaahhh!" suddenly a big muscular hand carried me towards the living room. "Hey! Put me down! Who are you?" I tried my best to free myself but the person was too strong to held. The person settled me on the chair were a torch light enlighten the small space near the electric switch control. It was Rowan who bought me down. "Are you alright?" he asked me in worried, panted voice. His face was visible partially but the exposed face was as beautiful as half moon. I lost it for a moment, again, but held myself back when he inspected my wound. "Ouch! My toes hurts!" he caressed my toes lightly as I winched. "This doesn't look good."

"Yeah. I hit the table..... Ah! What you doing?" a sharp pain ran through my leg. "I'm tying it with my handkerchief so you won't infect it more. And the pain will slow down too." he gently tied my toes together and headed for the switch box. And in few minutes the lights were back. "How did you....?" surprise was written all over my face staining deeply, 'what the hell he just did?' "Oh that, just the basic stuff. The plug was lose. I fixed it." he looked back at it and shrugged like he did nothing. 'Did I gave him a chance to smirk on me?' My face frowning and red stains covering by anger. My eyes reflected 'how dare he?'

"Careful!" he helped me to reach at my backyard and made me sit on the nearest chair as he got inside to search for first aid kit. "It's up in that shelf." I navigated him. He came back and sat down on his knees with the kit. I winched as he opened the wound to find the blood flew through toe nails. Last two nails were hurt and bleed furiously. He carefully treated the wounds but my senses busted in so hard that no matter how hard I tried to contain the voice but failed terribly. A moment later everything was done but I was too scared to open my eyes. Still making up mind I open my eyes to find him staring at me with mystery in his eyes. My heart beat raced as the intense gaze got more serious. We were back to world by honks of my parent's car. "I'll take your leave. Good night." and he kissed on my cheeks. It took me by surprise but everything blurred as reality got in. "Hii....." an attempt to show it normal I struggled to walk and waved but non of the trio looked up. The emptiness buckled up in my whole body with aching heart as reality was more painful than the nightmares. But one thing never let me sleep, not even for a moment that, 'what was Rowan here for?'