Chapter 4

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Well this is awkward I was just on that freak date with Ethan and now I'm sitting here with Ian. "So where were you today I didn't see you once and you missed chemistry." He pays too much attention. "It's just that I was worried." Did he noticed my irritation at his question? "No I just went back home because I forgot some of my books." The rest of the time went past in silence watching the clouds again. That is what is great about Ian we have a comfortable silence. "You are really sweet Analize." He said randomly. I rolled over on my side and looked at him. He rolled over on his side too. His green eyes were staring into my grey ones. "You are everything that Jasmine wasn't. I never even brought her here." Was he going to ask me out? I smiled encouraging, if he was my boyfriend I'd have a much easier time of keeping him close. "When she fell over you tried to help her and when you had to leave you made sure you were back in time. It means a lot and I just want to say that I appreciate it." He leaned in and kissed my forehead. What the hell was that, this guy has commitment problems. "Yeah that's me the reliable one, but only when it comes to you."I fake blushed and looked away while saying it. Flirting may help, I really hope so. "I'm glad to hear it." He kissed me on the lips and then turned on his back watching the clouds again. What the hell was going on he was closing up, did he see me and Ethan, did someone send in a tip to Churl. I have so many questions. This is supposed to be easy, he is just some stupid human okay not any stupid human, but still. They are supposed to be gullible. I think it's time I went to meet my stalker and get some answers. As if on cue the bell rang. I quickly kissed Ian and then left. 'Meet me at Churl's offices.' 'This is not good.' Seriena send back. 'We are suppose to lay low, he has bodyguards.' 'Yeah, yeah see you in five' I walked down the now empty halls, looking for his office. I saw the room 911 like a emergency number, but in this case a gossip hotline. I knocked 3 times. A big guy opened the door and I smiled at him. "Hi are you Churl?" He shook his head no. "Well can I see him please?" I nauseate myself when I have to be nice to humans and I've been holding out for three days, I dare this guy to say no. "Let her in I'm intrigued to meet her." The big guy stepped past me out the door clearly thinking I wasn't a threat. I saw a guy with brown hair sitting in front of a big computer screen full of small windows, yes the school video cameras. "I've been expecting you, it took you awhile to find me, but once I saw you walking this way I was so happy." He turned in his chair. He had brown eyes, he didn't look bad at all, but he didn't reach Ian or Ethan. "Yeah I need you to stop stalking me." He laughed in a snobby way you can see he likes milking the whole rich kid act. "No can do baby, I'm having to much fun, the last time I had this much fun was with Ian and Jasmine's relationship but that got old, fast. But you, you don't take crap and you have no limits to get what you want." "Yeah and that should be enough reason for you to know you should just stop when you are ahead." "Nah I have protection." The computer screen flashed and I saw photos of Ian and me at lunch. I was just about to jump the i***t when I felt my sisters’ hands on my shoulders again. "This is the second time they have stopped you, I guess you have strict parents at home." I wanted to slap the grin of off his face. "No we live alone. They are just stopping me from..." "Kicking my ass?" He repeated what I said to Jasmine. "I was thinking more along the terms of killing you." He raised an eyebrow. "Now that wouldn't be nice, who would write my obituary, oh and of course the truth of who was kissing where?" Now it was my turn to raise my eyebrows. "You see I got four messages that said it was you and Ethan that was kissing in that doorway." I had enough I was so over being nice. "Not a peep out of you." I closed my eyes and just concentrated. I opened it to see blood coming out of his arms as if someone had scratched it open. He screamed, but no noises came out. "Come on Analize, stop it!" Seriena said. I rolled my eyes at her. "You are going to have to answer a few things for me." He nodded. "Okay before Ian and Jasmine was together what was going on with him?" I stopped the pain so he could answer me. Just imagine how it felt if your blood pushed through closed skin. "He had girls one at a time he was never a player, but no one seemed to be able to make him become serious. He didn't like any labels, so when he finally asked Jasmine out after months of fooling around it was huge news. Now what the hell happened to my arm, what are you?" "Your worst nightmare if you don't shut up." "Oh kinky what will my punishment be?" I returned the pain. "That! You are going to stop writing about me or I'll inflict more pain on you do you understand me?" He nodded and I took away the pain and made all the blood disappear. "Veronica clear his memory, make sure he doesn't write about us or the four guys again." She nodded. "Seriena can you please clear his computers completely. Clear the whole hard drive." I checked his mind. "He has back ups in the drawer destroy that too." "Veronica you need to take care of the big guy, he doesn't need to know that we were here." She nodded. And as for me I jumbled with his mind writing my own story. When we were done we left for our last period. I had art, I only had it once a week. Art was one of the things I liked. I loved to express myself with it. The art class was amazing. The walls were full of color. It looked like someone had taken balloons filled with all sort of color paint and threw it at the walls. I saw a big A+ where the board should be and around it names of kids. I guess it was a class project. Except for that the wall was full of paintings like in a gallery. On the back wall there were racks with other art work. Then there was the floor since there wasn't any tables or chairs. It was painted black and metallic blue with stars painted in silver and white. It really looked like the night sky. I saw the kids grabbing pillows that looked like clouds white or blue and fluffy. "Hi are you Analize my new student?" A women, I guess the teacher said. She was wearing a long skirt that went down to her ankles and a loose shirt that hung over her one shoulder. Her face was surrounded with black curls, which cascaded down her back up to her ass. "Yes that's me." She smiled and actually hugged me. "Okay let me explain a few things quickly. Okay so as you've seen we don't have chairs or tables. They only get in the way. Then you should know that this class is filled with all ages, because we are only a few art students and the principle just put it all together to save time for more important subjects." She smiled again. She pointed to the pillows then she twirled away. She'd make a great nature witch. I grabbed a blue pillow and sat down around where all the kids were sitting. "Hey." I looked to my side and saw Ian sitting there. "You like art?" I asked because clearly I wasn't expecting him here. "I take it and I don't love it because I'm no good, but a few of the jocks took this subject because it's hard to fail it." I get it if you fail a class you can't play football. And taking a easy subject gives them more time to study for their other subjects. "Smart plan, did the coach come up with it?" He nodded. Everyone was settling in as the teacher stood in front of the class. She was just about to talk when the door burst open and in came Ethan. You got to be kidding me. "Sorry I'm late." "Oh no Ethan it's no trouble, just get a pillow and join us." She was friendly most of the teachers would have send him to the principles office. He sat right next to me and I know he did it on purpose. "Okay so I decided we are going to do a trust exercise. Now what does this have to with art well, you need to trust yourself not to let someone down like your adviser, gallery or boss and trust breaths trust so I'm going to pair you up in two's." She started saying names and I knew I'd be last because I'm new. "Okay and then Ethan and Analize." My heart stopped right there. I looked over at Ian and saw him scowling. He already saw us looking at each other and he knows we know each other and now this. I have to get his trust so he can ask me out and not in a few months, no more like in a few weeks or days. "Okay so here is the plan. We are going to do a few trust exercises and the couple who wins will get to leave earlier." Ian was clenching his fists at the word couple, maybe this isn't so bad he needs to be jealous and see it's easy to lose me. "You are in pairs of boys and girls to even it out. Boys would be strong and girls flexible." She clapped her hands and I saw everyone walking to their partners. "Boyfriend jealous?" "He's not my boyfriend...yet." He rolled his eyes at me, his big blue eyes. "Okay first the girls will fall forward into the guys’ arms from a considered far destination. Your knees shouldn't bend and you shouldn't hesitate." She clapped her hands again. I wasn't afraid of landing on my face, so this should be easy. I started falling forward but Ethan grabbed my top quickly and pulled me into him, making it look like I faltered and landed in his arms. I turned and saw Ian staring, no glaring like death itself. "You have three tries dears." The teacher said when she was passing us. It seems that everyone was struggling. "You did that on purpose." "Of course I did, I like seeing Ian all ruffled and tense." "Okay whatever, let's just do this I'm competitive and I want to win." "I bet that isn't all you want..." I didn't wait for him I just fell hoping he would catch me and he did right before I hit the floor his arms caught me. "I should know right?" He continued. "Be good." If he got to tease so did I that's why I used a line from the dream. He clearly noticed. "Wow Analize that was really good." The teacher praised me. We stood there watching the other kids who didn't really trust their partners. I notice Ian and Jasmine was paired up and finished just after me and Ethan I guess they trust each other. "Admit it you like being in my arms." Ethan whispered in my ear. "In your dreams." I threw back. "Oh yes remember I told you I dreamt of you last night." "Okay kids now you have to do the same thing only facing forward. Now you have to trust them, because you won't see them." I got ready and Ethan just looked bored. I had a feeling that I would be hitting the floor. I took a breath and just fell backwards. I was nearing the ground, but I wouldn't bend my knees to stop me from falling. Just on the last second Ethan caught me. "Ow Ian!" I looked over to Ian and saw him watching me and with that I saw he was too distracted to catch Jasmine. "Analize dear how do you have so much trust?" The teacher asked. "I use to do multiple sports and trust and skill is really important there." She nodded and moved on. "And flexibility too." Ethan whispered in my ear. I turned to him and was about ready to kick him, but I felt eyes on me so I just turned back and saw Ian looking at us again. He almost let her fall again. "Ian." I whispered and he looked down and caught her. Why did I help him, oh yeah because he needs to think that I'm a good person. "For our next exercise we need to go outside. The girls are going to be the eyes of the guys since they will be blind folded. The couple that lasts the longest wins and gets to go home." She handed each girl a blindfold. I tied it around Ethan's eyes. "Now Ian won't see, just our luck now we can have some fun." He tried grabbing my hips, but I side stepped him. This guy is so up and down. First he kisses me, then he insults me and my sisters, then he carries me out of school and in the end we are at some fighting club, then we have a normal food date and he makes sure I get back in time and now he is his jerky self again. "I wish we could tie your mouth closed too." I sighed. "Okay take three steps forward and then two side steps left." He followed my instructions. "Okay eight steps forward, small steps." He started walking. I was leading him in zig zags even though there were no obstacles in front of him he had to avoid up to now. "Ethan stop!" He froze. Jasmine had lead Ian right into Ethan's path. She wants to play dirty so be it. "Jasmine they could have gotten hurt you can't use Ian like that." I faked shock. "I...I.." Ian pulled his blind fold of and looked at what was happening. He saw how he and Ethan nearly touched and then my words made sense. "Jasmine you are so despicable." The teacher called them over. "Okay there is a tree in front of you take a big step to your right then only one step forward." We were in a tree maze now. "Okay now one big step to your left and then three steps forward." As we finished that the teacher stopped us. We won. "Before you go I want you to try something else." You got to be kidding me. "Okay so stand with your backs against each other. Now this is highly impossible but, since you two work together so well I want you to try it. Now what you're going to do is take steps forward, but your backs should stay together. So basically all the more your legs go forward, all closer your butts will get to the floor." Everyone was looking at us, she just had to say stuff like how well we worked together I can just imagine Ian's face. "Give me your arms. If we entwine them our backs will stay together." He did as I told him. "Okay on three we take a step. 1...2...3 ." We took our first step. "Why are you so grumpy?" He asked me. "Step." "You intrigue me, with your vixen body, pink lips, big grey eyes, long hair and that dangerous side of you...Step!" He said step loud the rest he whispered. "What if I want you to leave me alone? Step!" I whispered back. "Afraid of what Ian will think if he found out? Step!" He argued back. "Maybe I'm just bored by you? Step!" He laughed. We were pushing our heels into the ground trying not to slip and fall. "I..." He started. "Step!" We were a step away from the ground, but we slipped landing on our asses. "Wow that was almost!" The teacher was really excited. "Can we leave now." I asked. Her face dropped immediately, but she nodded yes. I grabbed my bag and stormed out. 'I'll see you at home I'm going to exercise a little.' I send to my sisters through our mind link. I walked into the gym and saw some clothes popping out of thin air on the floor. 'Thanks Seriena.' I send to her. I put on the baby blue sports bra and short gym shorts and started running. I just wanted to release some of this frustration I was feeling. This is just a mission, then why is it so damn hard. These two guys are going to drive me insane. I have juggled two guys before, it took Drake about a month to figure out that I was cheating and we all were living under the same roof. But here it has only taken me three days and I'm caught in this maze of confusion. Ian notices everything and has commitment issues. Ethan likes being private, but still he isn't safe enough. The looks he gives me, the soft whispers and the teasing and warnings. He also likes screwing with Ian. To him it's just a normal high school relationship, but to me it's so much more it's an important mission for my dad. It's times like these where I wished I still had my mom. She would have had the right answers. All girls get to turn to their mothers for advice. I'm left with no one. My father has forbidden us to talk about her. I can't even talk to my sisters because this is their first time dating as well. I stopped running and went over to the boxing bag. I hate how unfair this was. I have to deal with so much and it all just builds up in me. Punch. I have so much responsibility on my shoulders and still my father isn't proud of me he only pushes harder and harder. And every time I think I'm about to get close to him he pulls the rug out from under me. Punch. He is closer to Drake and they aren't even related. I've been working really hard since I was six. I was a small girl when I started in that arena. He had me trapped in with all kinds of measures. I had to escape fire, water, coldness. At the age of 7 I was able to fight of 30 humans with little injuries and all I got was a nod of approval and more challenges. Punch. If my mother was alive things would be different. When she was alive we lived in the middle of the woods in a big wooden cabin. We would wake up by the smell of her cooking. We would sit down as a family. We'd share laughs. Punch. Afterwards we'd get ready and just explore the outside. Mom would play with us. We'd wear white dresses and she always put a flower in each of our hair. Mom was a nature witch she fed on it. We would run in the sun. Punch Play in the creek, have picnics. At night we would enjoy our dinner and afterwards listen to stories and memories. At night when I had nightmares my mom would come in and make everything better. Punch, then the memories started to hit back. I heard the chants and ran to the window still in my white night gown. Mommy had tucked me in just a few hours ago. I looked out the window and saw faint lights in the distance. The voices became louder, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. Punch. All the different people talking at the same time hurt my head. I had just gotten my gift and all their thoughts and memories were buzzing around in my head. I took my small hands and covered my ears. A scream erupted from my throat. Punch "Sweetie what's wrong? Why are you screaming?" I ran over to her and pressed my face against her night gown. "Mommy make it stop, tell them to be quiet!" My tears were staining her dress. She pulled her fingers through my hair trying to calm me down. Punch. "Who honey?" I just pointed to the window. She bend down and kissed my cheek. "I'll go tell them." She walked over to the window and looked outside. When she turned back to me she was pale. She rushed over to me. Punch. She grabbed my hand and pulled me with her I tripped over my white night gown so she picked me up. Punch, kick. "Girls wake up." We had ran right into our bedroom. My sisters woke up and looked at us in confusion. "Come with me girls." We went back to the living room. She put me down with my sisters. Punch, punch, kick. "Mommy it's getting louder!" I yelled holding on to my ears. "Shh baby it's okay." She rubbed the tears of my cheeks. My sisters through their arms around me. Punch, punch, kick. My mom fell on her knees in front of us. She bend her head down closing her eyes. I tried to shut out the noises and focus on her. Punch, punch, punch, scream. "Oh please hear my plead, oh goddess be with me. Wind come and shield them hide away their sent. Trees, plants and grass camouflage them." I saw tears running down my moms cheeks. "Everything pure, everything nice be with them tonight. Protect them from the unstoppable. No evil should be allowed to touch them." I was so confused. Punch, punch! There was a big bang against the door. My mom started to sob again. "Oh goddess protect them against any harm taking place! I call upon fire, wind, air and water to do my bidding!" There was a big bang again and this time the whole door flew off and in came a group of men. Two grabbed my mom by her arms and one grabbed her by the hair. Punch, punch, punch. "Where are they witch!" She kept quiet. I tried running to her but it was like an invisible wall was in front of me. "Search the house!" The guy who was talking started dragging my mom out of the house by her hair. Punch, punch, punch! I ran to the window to see what was happening. "No Annie don't look!" Veronica pulled my arm, but I got loose. I saw everyone walking out the house after searching it through. "They are not in there!" The one human said to the one that had my mom by the hair. He slapped her hard across the face making her lip bleed. Punch! "Where are your children!" She kept quite and he slapped her twice her nose was bleeding too. I kept banging against the window yelling "we're here!" But no one seemed to hear me. Punch! My knuckles were bleeding by now. "Search the wood around the house!" He grabbed her chin and looked into her eyes. "You better tell me witch!" He used his fist this time she fell backwards. It looked like she was laying there counting stars. I yelled "no!" But still no one heard me Punch! "No nothing they couldn't have gotten as far as we looked." The man turned back to mother and kicked her side. I could see she was holding in a scream, but the tears she couldn't hold in. Punch!! "We hate the different species as is and witches we hated least, but combining species is sick and we will not take it!" He kicked her again and again and again. She had blood coming out her mouth by now and my screams were silenced by my uncontrollable sobs. He picked her up and hit again really hard. She fell to the ground not moving, but still alive just sleeping. Punch!!! Kick! "Take her inside and finish it of." A guy picked up my mom and brought her back inside. I kept yelling for her. She opened her eyes once and then sighed closing them, it was clear that she was in pain. Punch!!! Kick!! I smelt the smoke before I saw the flames. They were burning the house down with us in it. It was getting closer and closer. I saw the smoke going around me and my sister like a bubble was around us. Punch!!! Kick!!! The flames didn't go around my mother. We watched as she burned. She never screamed once, but she did mouth that she loved us. When the flames started going away I was tired from crying and I fell asleep in Veronica's arms. Punch! I fell to the ground and pulled my knees to my chest and cried. The next thing I knew I was woken up by my father yelling at first he didn't see us, but after awhile he did. He checked if we were okay and then he picked up my mothers burned body. Her magic had protected her from not burning to ash, but it didn't save her life. My dad walked into the woods and we followed him in silence. I kept on crying until I couldn't anymore. I looked outside and saw it was getting dark I also noticed the clouds darkening. I put on the black hoodie that Seriena had left me and started walking. My heart was still aching from the memories and my knuckles were still bleeding. I was only focusing on walking. At first I didn't even notice the rain until it was raining harder and getting really dark. I only pulled the hoodie over my head. I heard a car, but I didn't dare stop even though I could beat the person up if they tried anything, I didn't want too because now I'd kill the person. "Analize get in the car! Come on! I'll take you home." I looked at the car and saw Ethan. I wanted to keep on walking, but he pulled over and got out of the car. "Come on you'll get sick." I nodded and followed him back to the car. He turned on the heat and drove on. "Where do you live?" "At the end of town the last street." He nodded. "Why didn't your sisters come and get you?" I looked at him. I can just imagine how I looked: red eyes from crying, soaking wet in skimpy clothes and bleeding knuckles. "I didn't ask them I wanted to walk." I said in a flat tone without emotion. He kept quiet for awhile and kept on driving. He looked over at me again and suddenly stopped. "Analize who's blood is on your leg?" I looked down and saw the smeared blood. "Mine." I answered flatly again. He looked shocked and scared. I saw the panic rushing through him and in a second he would be freaking. "I was boxing without cloves." I showed him my knuckles. He just nodded and started driving again. He pulled up to my house. I looked at him and just said. "Thanks." I got out of the car and went inside the house. I heard him pull away. Once inside my sisters stormed towards me. They took one good look at me and started directing everything. Seriena went up stairs and got a warm bath running and Veronica went into the kitchen. When Seriena was done she came and took me upstairs. I got out of my wet clothes and got into the bath. She had put in lavender bubble bath and burned lavender as well. Burning lavender induce sleep, rest and attracts love. I was relaxing when Veronica came in with herbal tea. They sat on the counter and drank their tea as I drank mine. "So what happened?" Seriena asked when we were all sitting in my room. She was busy cleaning up my knuckles. "I just broke down after all these years and I couldn't keep the memories at bay so I saw moms death as if it was happening again." Each of them took a hand of mine and each others. "We are here for each other just remember that. You shouldn't go through all this alone." Veronica said. I nodded. "So what brought all this on?" She asked. "Ethan and Ian. Ethan keeps on playing with me and Ian is beginning to notice, he doesn't trust me and as you know he has commitment problems and that damn art teacher who I love by the way she could be a great nature witch, in any case she kept on saying what a great team or as she put it couple Ethan and I was, while Ian was right there. I just didn't know what to do anymore." "Annie that's the whole point. You were only in a serious relationship before, this is different. They are jealous hormonal boys, you use it against them sweetie, this is high school. Not one of them is your boyfriend so you flirt around even with other boys until one of them wants to make you theirs." Well that settled me down. I thought I was losing my grip on them, but instead I was only getting closer. My sisters and I fell asleep on my bed. And for once I didn't have dreams or had to talk to my father or Drake. The lavender kicked in and really worked.
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