Until I Awaken, Angel92296 [reading fiction txt] 📗

didn’t notice us and walked in the opposite direction. I began walking to my mother’s house. I needed to go back. There was things that I still needed to get. It was a twenty minute walk and the rain had picked up. Mitch walked beside me the whole time and he didn’t say a word.
When we got there, every light in the house was turned off. Mitch held me close behind him as he led the way through the house. The house was empty but it looked like someone was looking for something. I ran up the stairs to my room to find that it was completely trashed. I stepped over a whole bunch of books and clothes and went to my closet.
“What are you looking for?” Mitch asked as he came up from behind me.
“A notebook,” I said.
“What do you need a notebook for?” he asked. He looked around my room and I motioned for him to be quiet. After a few seconds of searching I found the notebook I was looking for. It belonged to my mother and she has given it to me on my sixth birthday. I also pulled my black suitcase from out of the closet. I began shoving clothes into my suitcase and I looked under my pillow where I hid my cell phone.I pressed the green button and waited for it to turn on. I had forty six missed phone call and a hundred and twenty six unread text messages. I grabbed the charger from the socket in the wall and threw it in the suitcase.
“Where are the keys to the car?”I asked myself. I tried to remember three months ago when I had to drive to get to places.
“Are these it?” Mitch asked holding up keys with a Mickey Mouse key chain.
“Yes,” I said jumping up and down. He handed it to me and looked around the room.
“Someone’s in the house,” he said in a whispered rush. He looked out the window and grabbed my suitcase. He dragged the zipper closed and tossed it out the window. I swallowed the scream that threatened to escape my lips. He picked me up and cradled me to his chest. He held me so that my mouth was covered by part of his chest for when I screamed as he jumped out the window. He placed me in the damp grass and was prepared when I began hitting his chest repeatedly.
“Why did you do that?” I said still banging on his chest. He grabbed my fist in his hand and held them. He looked past me as if he was trying to see something behind me.
“I need you to stay here,” he said. He looked at me with intensely serious eyes. He waited for my response.
“Ok,” I said. He let my hands go and disappeared. I listened to the noises in my house and someone jumped in front of me. I was relieved to see it was just Mitch.
“Are you alright?” he asked me.
“Are you? Is that blood on your face?” I asked reaching up to touch his face but he grabbed my hand.
“It’s not mine,” he said. He pulled me up to my feet and hid me behind his back. I followed behind him to the driveway. I didn’t see him grab my suitcase but he held it in the hand that was not holding me close to him. He reached for my other hand that was clutching the car keys. He took the car keys from me and the lights of the silver Lexus lit up as we approached. I heard a noise come from inside the house.
“Get in,” Mitch ordered. I climbed in quickly and watched him as he got in and threw my bag in the back seat. He quickly put the key in the ignition and turned it.”Seatbelt.”
I fumbled with the seatbelt and he drove off in full speed. I held on to the dashboard. I finally got my seatbelt fastened and I was getting car sick.
“Slow down,” I said clutching the dashboard with my fingernails.
“Sorry but I can’t,” he said in a rush.
“Oh god,” I cried out. He reached into his pocket and dialed a number. After a second of waiting, he was speaking in a rush to whoever was on the other line. I tried to listen in but he was talking to fast. I looked out the window and regretted it when I saw a giant grey wolf running beside the car. I screamed at the top of my lungs.
“Relax Jayde,” Mitch said. He closed the phone and was focusing on the road. I cringed away from the door as the wolf started pawing at it. “Open the door.”
“Are you insane?!!!” I yelled looking at him.
“Just get in the back seat,” he said. I looked at him for a second and climbed in the back. He reached over and opened the passenger door. The wolf leaped for the door and I screamed. I jumped back and closed my eyes. When I opened them again, Mitch’s brother was sitting in the passenger seat looking back at me.
“Hey how’s it going?” he said grinning.
“I think I’m going to be sick,” I said clutching at my stomach.

Chapter Nine

The car pulled up in the hotel parking lot and I was the first one out the car. I bent over and hurled. I felt a hand rubbing my back. I stood there bent over for a minute until I knew that I was done.
“Are you ok?” Mitch asked me.
“No,” I said wiping my mouth at the corners. He held my waist and guided me to my hotel room. He laid me in my bed and covered me with the blanket. I closed my eyes but didn’t fall to sleep.
“So that’s Lance’s daughter?” I heard Mitch’s brother ask.
“Yeah,” Mitch answered.
“I thought she would be more-,” he began but was cut off by Mitch.
“More what Felix? More like Veronica?” he asked angrily.
“Well yeah Mitch. I figured she’d be more like Veronica,” his brother said.
“Give me a break,” Mitch said. I heard the sound of my guitar being strummed.
“You say that like you hate Veronica,” Mitch’s brother.
“She tried to kill me the other night. Did you forget that already?” Mitch asked.
“I don’t know what to tell you little bro,” Felix said.
“Veronica is not my concern anymore,” he said. I heard the guitar stop playing and the door open and close. I opened my eyes and saw Mitch staring down at me. He stared me in the eye without saying a word.
“Your brother seems nice,” I said sitting up.
“Yeah, a real knight in shining armor,” he mumbled. I patted the space next to me and he sat at my side.
“Who did you call earlier on the phone?” I asked. I leaned my head on the bed rest.
“Lance. I had to tell him about the people in your house,” he said.
“Who were they?” I asked.
“Hunters,” he said.
“That wolf. Was that…” I said letting the question hang in the air.
“Yes, that was my brother. So much for keeping that a secret,” he said shaking his head.
“You can do it too?” I asked. He nodded and watched me carefully. I nodded and shut my eyes.
“We have to leave this hotel tomorrow,” he said.
“I know,” I said sighing. “Who’s Veronica?” I open my eyes when he didn’t answer. He looked at me and shook his head. I shrugged and closed my eyes again.
“Why did you grab that specific notebook?” he asked. I opened my eyes and stared him in the eyes.
“My mom gave it to me when I was six. She said it was the only thing left of my dad. What a lie that was?” I said trying to smile.
“I have known Lance for a long time. Every day he wished that he could be by your side. I remember running with him to watch you when you were little. He always had to fight his temptation to pick you up and hold you in his arms. You were very special to him. I could see that. Lance was my closest friend and because of all that he has done for me, I vowed to protect you with my life. I vowed to be your guardian for him,” he said. I stared at him and he stared back. I smiled.
“That’s sweet,” I said.
“He would do the same for me,” he said looking away.
“What does being my guardian entail?”I asked.
“I am sworn to protect you for the rest of my life. I have to be where ever you are at all times or at least very close by,” he said.
“Anything else?” I asked.
“Not that I can think of,” he said.
“Can you be released as my guardian?” I asked.
“No. It’s permanent,” he said. “Think of it as a bond we have that will get stronger very soon.”
“How could you bond to someone you don’t even know without hesitation?” I asked.
“It was easier than I thought. It was like the bond made itself,” he said shrugging.
“ Wow,” I said closing my eyes.
“Did you know that you barely cried as a kid?” he asked me.
“No,” I said.
“Even when you were sad you didn’t cry,” he said. I opened my eyes and saw him shaking his head in disbelief.
“I don’t remember my child hood,” I said. I hopped off the bed and went into the bathroom. I took the glass of the sink and filled it with water. I rinsed the bitter taste in my mouth out and wiped the corners of mouth. I looked in the mirror at my reflection. I turned away from it quickly and left the bathroom.
“Are you ready to eat?” he asked me. I nodded and headed for the door. I ran down the stairs and into the lobby. Felix was sitting in the lobby with a girl sitting by his side. I walked past him but he grabbed my wrist.
“You look better,” he said letting me go.
“I feel better,” I said walking away. I looked at Mitch who was concentrating on something. He saw me looking at him and his attention was on me.
“Where do you want to go?” he asked me. I looked around at all the restaurant and looked at the Italian restaurant.
“I guess we can go there again,” I said pointing at the place. He shrugged and we walked across the busy street.
“Mitch!!” we heard Felix yell from behind us. We turned around and saw Felix with the girl he was with at his side. She wore stilettos and her jeans hugged her waist tightly. Her shirt hovered just over her belly button. Her brown hair fell in waves around her face. Her dark brown eyes stared at me blankly and she smiled. “Can we join you guys?”
“Ask her,” Mitch said nodding to me. Felix’s eyes turned on me and I nodded without thinking.
“Great,” Felix said, grinning. I followed Mitch into the restaurant and was happy to see the waitress from the last visit greeting us again.
“Nice to see you two again,” she said smiling.
“Likewise,” Mitch said. I smiled at her.
“Table for four?” she asked him.
“Yes,” Mitch said. We followed her to a booth and I picked up the menu and scanned threw it. Nothing seemed to catch my attention.
“What would you guys like to drink?” she asked us.
“I will have a coffee,” I said looking at her.
“Light and sweet?” she asked.
“Yes please,” I said putting the menu down.
“I’ll have