C H A P T E R - X I V

"She's dead?!" I blurted out and my eyes widen as I realized my mouth has, yet again, embarrassed. Great. I face palmed and peeked from my fingers to see Elijah looking back at me with a small smile and amusement dancing in his now light eyes.

"Yes, Angel I think that's what I meant, yeah" He nodded to himself teasing me and I blushed a little in embarrassment and hid my face with my hands.

"I'm sorry" I whispered twiddling my fingers nervously and pulled my bottom lip between my teeth.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about it Angel" He murmured in a low raspy voice and then he brought his hand freeing my lip out of my hold.

"And don't do that either" He whispered clenching his jaw and fists while I looked at him with a confused frown.

"Why?" I whispered back and pulled my lip between my teeth again, it is my lip he can't tell me what to do with my own lip.

He groaned clenching his fist again as if he were trying to control something and ran his hand over his face before looking at me intensely. He started to lean in a little making my breath hitch and my heart started to beat crazily as he leaned towards my ear, extreme shivers ran down my spine as his breath hit my ear and shoulder. Inhumane and abnormal voices threatened to escape as his cologne engulfed my senses.

"Because it drives me crazy Lara, it makes me think of not-so-nice things" My eyes widen and I gasped blushing at what he implied, and shoved my face in the pillow. Did I listen to him correctly? Did I understand properly what he meant or I just have a dirty mind? Did he imply at...canoodling right?

He brought his hand up to my hair ruffling them while I gave him a stinky eye in return and sat up properly to mess his hair up as well. I laughed as I roughly ran both my hands through his luscious dark hair, goosh, they were soo soft and silky. He chuckled shaking his head letting me play with his hair.

"What conditioner do you use?" I blurted out again and he chuckled again.

"I don't" I gasped and shook my head, how on mother earth is that even possible?

"How is your hair so-so soft then?" I narrowed my eyes at him. I know what he's trying to do.

He pretending as if he doesn't use it so that I don't ask him to give me it, smart I admit, but ha! I'm smarter.

He shrugged running his hand through his hair, "I just use a shampoo" I nodded and made a mental note to ask him for his shampoo tomorrow. I felt exhausted all of a sudden and stretched my shoulders, I yawned loudly and before I knew it, it was getting hard to keep my eyes open and I fall into a dreamless sleep.

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I was wrong. It wasn't a dreamless sleep, it was asleep full of terror filled with nightmares, or do I say bad memories. I sniffed and knocked my chest in an attempt to calm myself and my breath down as I muffled all the sobs with my other hand. I was no longer on the floor but my bed, Elijah probably put me in my bed, and he even draped a blanket over me.

His bed was blank, so I think he probably went to his secret place. I wiped my tears with my sleeve and took off the blanket my body screaming in protest, I was extremely tired but sleep was the last thing on my mind. I grabbed my blanket and made my way towards the large window in the center of our room.

I hiccuped and opened the window letting in the cool air and the moonlight, I climbed over the desk to sit on the window sill and draped my blanket over myself. I screeched in frustration as my tears kept falling from my eyes and my lip quivered, my eyes burned when I kept wiping it with my sleeve, I clenched my fit and shift my focus towards the sky that was shimmering and glittering with stars, the beautiful stars dancing in the dark endless sky surrounding the half-moon.

Sniffing, I closed my eyes again, counting in my hand to keep the horrific memories at the bay hoping to fall into a truly dreamless sleep this time.

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I frowned and grumped when I felt my shoulders shaking back and forth and a voice but I groaned and turned around but I forgot I was laying on the window sill and not a fricking bed and the next thing I know I hit my head on the wall, lost my balance and fell from the spot.

I let out a scream and closed my eyes but someone grabbed my waist and neck before I could. I opened up my wide eyes to see Elijah holding me and keeping me from falling. His face was just inches apart from mine, and I gulped nervously. He snapped out of his trance and made me stand up properly.

"What were you doing here?" He asked curiously raising his brow as he crossed his arm. I looked at the alarm clock and it was an hour before school started. I twiddled with my fingers and rocked on my heel back and forth thinking of a way to avoid answering his question.

"Alara?" He raised his voice a little and his eyebrow.

"I-I got sweaty in the night, yeah, so I just came here" I shrugged like it was no big deal and started to make my way towards our closet before I was stopped by his hand on my arm.

"Ahan, and why do your eyes look like you've cried?" His jaw was clenched as drilled holes into the wall.

"Oh really? I don't know-" I tried to play the fool act but I failed miserably since he gave me a blank look. I didn't know what to say so I just looked down staring at my shoes like they were the most interesting thing ever and played with my fingers.

He sighed and let go of my arm, "Go, grab your bag, we'll go together" I smiled at him gratefully before running inside the closet.

I leaned on the closet and released a deep breath I didn't know I was holding and sighed in relief. I think I fooled him, he looked convinced.

Shrugging it off, I grabbed my bag and the uniform and paused when I caught my reflection in the mirror and cringed. My brown hair was messy and everywhere falling out of the pathetic bun I put it in, the night before, my forest green eyes were bloodshot and eyelids surrounded by red all over, and were also sore and my whole face reflected exhaustion and pain.

Yeah, I don't really think he is convinced.