Chapter 6 - Formed Friendship
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" Dear You,
To say that I am shocked is an understatement. I am freaked out! You were not supposed to find my letter.
I was only writing it to let my emotions out. My previous therapist said it's a good outlet for me so that I won't feel suffocated.
I don't know if I should be thankful or be scared. For all I know, you might be a stalker or a serial killer who roams the cemetery to hunt for their prey.
Hey, could you not laugh at me? I am serious. My life is in danger as long as that lunatic stepfather of mine is still at large.
As I've said in my letter, he was one crazy son of a b***h, and I know it won't be long for him to find me.
I am still unsure how we ended up with him and why he was trying to hide us from other people.
I was always scared that I couldn't fully understand what my mom has been telling me.
She told me about my real dad, how much he loved her and me and that he will come and rescue us.
But that asshole must have forgotten about us because he never came. Nothing is more painful than the thought that your birth father might have abandoned us, that he never really cared.
It is worse than the beatings I received, but I tried to be strong for my mom and do what that lunatic man asked me to do.
Me and my mom, have been planning the day we will escape, but unfortunately, our plan failed, and it cost her her life.
I can never forget the state she was in when we found her. It was like a wild animal attacked her.
That brutal man opened her chest and took out her heart. It was a nightmare for me until this very day.
I have lived in fear all my life. Although I found a new home, I have a new life with a loving father, but the past shadow will always follow me wherever I go.
I want him to pay for what he did to my mom, I want him to rot in jail, but he was gone. Left without a trace, as if he never existed.
Thank you for offering to help but what you did is good enough for me. It's nice to know that someone out there is looking out for me aside from my dad.
He tried his best to hide my identity. He made up a lie that I am his distant cousin's daughter, who was orphaned at the age of 9, to protect me.
I am not only scared for my life, but his as well. We don't know when this crazy bastard comes and find me.
Thank you for giving me hope.
P.S. Can you tell me about you? Why did you say you were in the same place I was in? Did something similar happen to you? Did you lose someone you love?"
I didn't know I was crying until I've finished my letter, reminiscing the past always breaks my heart.
The thought of never knowing who my real dad is and why he didn't come and looked for us hurts a lot. I put the letter in my backpack and turned off the light, but sleep evaded me.
I spent my night tossing and turning hence the bags under my eyes, great now I will look like a zombie going to school.
Well, I got no choice but to get up and get ready for school. I put on cut-off jean shorts, a grey shirt, and my black vans took my bag, and went down for breakfast.
When I went down, my breakfast is ready, but a missing dad. I found his note on the fridge saying he went to the shop early because he had a client meeting.
So I'll be walking to school today then, which is fine with me since I needed the walk anyway.
It's still early, so I have plenty of time to get to school. I just took a bite of my pancakes, drink my milk, and grab an apple.
Then went out to start my morning walk. The weather is beautiful today, not too hot and not too cold.
I was enjoying my surroundings when suddenly a truck pulled over. It was that guy's truck, Mr. Blue eyes, he rolled down his window and smiled at me.
" Good morning Gabby, where are you going?" He asked, smiling, lowered his sunglasses, and that intense blue eye is staring at my soul again.
Why is he here? Where is he going so early in the morning?
" Morning, Mr. Crawford, ahm, I'm heading for school," I answered him awkwardly. It is so difficult to look at him.
He is so intimidating although he's friendly, it's just that he's so hot I can't help but feel nervous.
" Walking? That's too far! Why don't you hop in? I'll drop you off since I'm going in that direction as well." he offered, still smiling.
" Uhhhh, that won't be necessary, Mr. Crawford. I don't want to waste your time or bother you. Anyway, it's a great day for walking, but thanks though for the offer," I declined respectfully and started walking again.
His truck followed and called me again. He doesn't take no for an answer.
" Come on. It will save a lot of time and energy. I don't mind. I'm not in a hurry, please?" He begged and showed that cute smile again and perfectly white teeth.
It seems he's never going away if I won't get in, so, might as well accept his offer.
I stopped and said okay and get in his truck, which pleased him. I presume because he's grinning when I climbed in and fastened my seat belt.
He looks like a kid who got his present from Santa. My dad is right.
He is weird.
It's that smell again, that intoxicating, sexy smell. God, what is happening to me?
Why is this man had such an effect on me? I hardly know him, and why is he so nice to me?
I need to find a way to keep my distance from this man, or he will be my destruction.
Alaric's POV
Shit! That smell. It's driving me crazy! It's making my hormones go wild. It takes a lot of self-control not to jump her, especially that she's wearing shorts.
She got long and tone legs, which doesn't help at all with my hormones. She looks gorgeous, with her long brown wavy hair, big beautiful green eyes, and that pink, kissable lips are driving me crazy.
Alec, my wolf, is losing his control and wants to come out. He's going to need a long cold shower when he goes home.
She's just so beautiful, even if she seems aloof and shy. I looked at her and ask.
" Why do you seem so scared of me? You know my cousin. She will have my balls if I do something bad to you, so relax, okay? I don't bite unless you ask me to." I asked her and chuckled when I saw the look on her face.
She is trying very hard not to react to what I've said, but I can see a ghost of a smile on her lips.
" Sorry, I'm just not good at mingling with other people, especially strangers, although you're not a stranger anymore since we've met a couple of times already. I'm just really not comfortable, sorry." She explained and looked at me with that shy, sad eyes.
It took all my strength to control myself, so I won't stop the car and put her in my lap and kiss her sadness away.
Those innocent mesmerizing eyes of hers will be the death of me. It just fueled my desire to protect her, make her happy, and keep her away from all the evils of the world.
We arrived at the school, and the students who are still outside looked at us with awe and confusion in their eyes.
They are probably wondering why she's with me. Well, they will soon find out when the time comes for me to introduce her as their Luna.
After unfastening her seat belt, Gabby turned to me and said, " thank you for the ride," and smiled shyly.
I smiled back at her and told her to stay put. I went out of my truck to go around the passenger side and opened the door for her.
She was dumbfounded, I can see. She must have never expected that I would treat her like how a lady should be treated.
" You didn't have to do that and come down from your truck Mr. Crawford. I can do it myself." She stated with a frown on her forehead, which I find so darn cute.
" Well, too bad, Gabby, I wanted to do it. It's how a real gentleman should behave. And for the record, it's Alaric, not Mr. Crawford. I don't look that old, am I?" I asked her, smiling.
" Nooo... " there goes her frown again.
" So stop calling me Mr. Crawford from now on, okay?" She nods reluctantly but never said name.
"See you around, Gabby, and you take care of yourself."
" Th-thank you, Alaric," she replied timidly. The way she said my name was so sexy it didn't help my raging hormones.
She turned around and walked fast inside the school, which made me smile and love her even more.
Soon my love, soon.
- Writer
