chapter 12

¶¶¶ Tiana ¶¶¶

'Hold up

No you didn't bow, bow

I ain't the chick to walk

Behind you 'round town

Just 'cause you're packin', packin'

Whoop, down south

That don't mean I'm ever

Gonna take it lying down, baby, oh...' Giselle sang, using the broom as a microphone. We were sent to clean the roof top, got bored and they decided to sing along with one other nice girl. I wasn't in the mood, I was thinking about Lucian. I was expecting him to come around, not leave me alone but it had been a week.

You told him to.

I told him to, he wasn't suppose to! Why don't he come around, I miss him.

Oh brother.

'I'm a machine when I do it

I'll be catching fire

Gasoline when I do it...' Rina sang.

'Just 'cause you're packin', packin'

Whoop, down south

That don't mean I'm ever

Gonna take it lying down...' That was Giselle. I was wallowing and they were singing that stupid song, whatever it means.

You're saying that because you don't know how to sing like them. All you know how to sing is our old language songs.

Shut up Lona.

'Baby, you're the man

But I got the

I got the

I got the power

You make rain

But I make it

I make it

I make it shower

You should know

I'm the one who's in control

I'll let you come take the wheel

Long as you don't forget...' Holly, the girl sang.

'Who got the power?

I got the, I got the power

I got the, I got the power

I got the, I got the power

Hold up!...'

'tiana, this is your part.' Rina said excitedly.

'I don't know how to sing that,'

'But I taught you all-night,' Rina whined. 'Come on!'

'I'm not in the mood,' I sighed.

'Are you okay?' Holly asked anxiously. 'You look like you are going to faint,'

'She has been here for almost a month and she is yet to eat anything,'

'Are you kidding me!' Holly exclaimed. 'Elle, tell me you are lying!'

'Can't you see how much she is emaciating? She looks like a walking skeleton.' Elle replied.

'I don't feel like eating,' I sighed again.

'Until you drop dead, you won't feel like,' Rina huffed. 'Let's ignore her.

My turn

I make this look easy

Tick-tick boom like gasoline-y

Yeah they call me Lamborghini

'Cause I know just what I'm worth

Zero to a hundred

B-b-body make 'em stutter

Start my engine, push the button

'Cause I'm gon' be coming first...' I walked to the edge to do the final sweep since they were busy. I looked down, my vision spun. I shook my head and looked up. The dizziness suddenly came, took over abruptly.

'Baby, you're the man

But I got the

I got the

I got the power

You make rain

But I make it

I make it

I make it shower

You should know

I'm the one who's in control...' Their voices droned out, I couldn't see again. I was swaying dangerously, trying to get my balance. I felt his presence; Lucian.

'Alpha,' I heard one of them greet.

'Why is she cleaning the roof? Don't you know it...' My eyes shut as my body lost the will to stand. I fell the wrong way, plunging down the building. I could hear them shout my name. I hit something before I rolled over in the air and continued falling downward, the wind rushing against my skin right before I drowned in the darkness.

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Once again, I'm alive. My eyes were open, angry eyes staring at the ceiling. How am I still alive? How? How? How?! Urgh! The back of my head and spine was aching, like it was hammered on.

You promised him you won't kill yourself... Lona said chidingly.

Not intentionally, I wasn't dying intentionally. Why did I faint anyways?

When last did you eat?

When last did I feel like?

'tiana!' I flinched, almost jumping out of the bed. I held my heart and turned my head to the boy that jumped into the bed. 'How do you feel?'

'Angry, I wanted to die.' I grumbled.

'So you intentionally threw yourself off the top of the freaking tall manor?!' He shouted.

'I fainted,' I sighed. He grinned.

'I know, Taylor said you lack nutrient and you haven't eaten anything for weeks. You'll keep fainting until you die if you don't get something to eat.'

'Wow, sounds like a plan,' I chirped.

'tiana,' he whined. 'What about me? Lucian got hurt saving you.'

huh? What happened to my Lucian?

Rolling my eyes at my thought, I looked at Rick for answers. 'When you fell off the building, you knocked down a griffin statue that was sure to compress you when you fall. You would have died either way but he jumped after you. Lucian was able to catch you before you crashed on the floor and used his body to shield you, the griffin statue fell on him and cracked his spine and head. Even his legs suffered from the fall. That annoying boy won't take treatment until he is sure you are okay...' I jumped out of the bed, yanking the drips off me. 'Hey! Where are you going?!'

'To see him!' My legs ran itself to where I don't know. No wonder I was feeling pain from my head and spine, it was his. Before I knew it, I was barging into a Taylor's office. Lucian was sitting on a table and glaring at the Dr. Taylor who looked like he was begging him to get his head treated.

His glare averted to me. He frowned deeply. 'You promised me you wouldn't kill yourself if I stayed away, I stayed away.' He said with a tone of accusation, hurt and disappointment.

'I told you, she fainted unintentionally.'

'She could have died Taylor, she could have died. What if I didn't see her on the roof and went there to yell at her? What if I wasn't there when she fell? What if...' He couldn't finish his sentence as his body shook violently. His wolf must be howling in there.

I hate him, but I'm not heartless.

I shut the door and walked to him with a smile. He eyed me suspiciously. 'Please, I'm okay now, get yourself treated.'

'No.'

'But why? You are hurting, please...'

'You are only saying that because you can feel my pain and you don't wish to feel that. Since you want to die, then fine, we'll both die.' I face palmed myself.

Do something Tiana, he's hurting badly.

What am I suppose to do?

You calm down and follow your instinct.

Instinct, you mean your instinct.

Anyone.

'Doctor, please treat him.'

'Taylor, if you touch me, I'll kill you.' He threatened.

'You are a blessing to me Tiana' Taylor said with exaggerated gratefulness. 'Since you came here, he never forgets my name.' He wiped his imaginary tears and sniffed.

I rolled my eyes, regretting that action because it made me stagger forward, losing my strength as a faint wave of vertigo hit me. Lucian rushed to me, holding me from falling. ' I should let myself get treated, what about you?'

'I'm fine,' I murmured weakly, my face on his chest.

'You are not,' he whimpered, his voice coming out lighter. 'I know we are not in good terms and we hate each other, but my wolf loves you. Killian doesn't want to see you get hurt, please don't give him an heart attack. I don't want you to die, please, eat something for his sake.'

Killian? That's his wolf's name? I love it!

'I don't feel like eating,'

'Please. If you eat, I'll treat myself, I promise.'

'But I don't feel y eating,'

'Please tiana' I shuddered as my name left his lips. I sighed with contentment.

'Thank you, for saving me.'

'Your gratitude would be accepted when you eat...' His voice was echoing from his chest, it sounded like music to my ears. My body slowly became limp, my eyes sealing short as I fell into another .