Him
1033 Words
As I walk down the quiet winding road towards home I can feel the sun on my face as it pops in and out of the clouds, it feels nice being outside with the thoughts of what just happened playing on my mind." Who was that guy? Why can't I get that scent out of my head? I Did he look at me or was I just hoping he did? " I push the questions and pathetic thoughts to the back of my mind as I cross the road to my house. Dad is in the front garden cutting the lawn, Hi I say as I walk in the gate, he barely looks up so I just go straight in and up to my room.
Plonking my bag on the floor I sit at my desk and open my laptop. It's not long till summer I don't have much homework but I hate to get behind with it so I fly through my maths work and start to watch some vids on YouTube. Iv always been into my music but I'm not one that goes to every concert or anything like that, I'm just happy chilling with my headphones on and singing along with no one else in the room to obviously hear how awful my singing is."LUCE" my dad shouts from down stairs knowing full well that I had my music on I just about hear him. Il be down in a sec I shout back before shutting off my laptop.
I close my bedroom door and the scent hits me again like a freight train oranges and spice and a slight musky smell that I didn't notice earlier and just like that I knew who was downstairs, the Mercedes guy from school ( ok maybe I shouldn't name a guy after his car but hell we haven't even spoken and for some reason he is in my house and talking to my dad from what I can make out).
I slowly make my way down the stairs trying to listen to what they maybe talking about when I make the most ungraceful entrance of slipping on the last step and thudding to the floor straight on my ass.
Oh my gosh my butt hurts is all I can think as two hands reach around me and pull me up to my feet but instead of embarrassment which I would normally feel all I felt was warmth and a tingly sensation where those hands held me and as I looked up I could see those hands belonged to Mercedes guy who was looking at me intensely with eyes that looked almost black, I instantly looked away the embarrassment finally kicking in an looked straight at my dad who had a disapproving look on his face " Lucinda nice of you to come down we have a visitor, this is Mr Blackwood" and an older man who I had not seen stepped into view he was probably very handsome when he was younger but he looked weathered as if he had seen a lot but he had a kind look in his pale grey eyes as if he was almost smiling at me he spoke. " I believe you have met my son Evan" he said gesturing to Mercedes guy who still had a hand on my arm. Errm sorry was all I could think to say as the scent of this guy was filling my nostrils and making it hard to think, I'm Lucinda was all i could manage before my dad said "shall we sit in the lounge". Grateful to get out of the hallway and have his eyes off me I went in and sat on the single chair so I wouldn't have to be next to anyone, my dad offered the three seater to Mr Blackwood and Evan who sat but kept his eyes on me which at first I thought looked dark brown, black even when I looked at him in the hallway but now they look a light grey colour similar to his fathers. Hmmm maybe I was just in a daze I thought as my dad spoke again " Lucinda Mr Blackwood has come tonight because he asked me to work for him and in doing so we would live on his land which is not far from here but is better money than what I would be earning doing the mundane cleaning job at the local store.I frowned at him "but we just moved in here and my room is only just finished" I stated folding my arms accross my chest to show I hated the idea. "Luce honey we don't have a choice this time" my dad stated with sad eyes he pleaded with me." What do you mean we don't have a choice? " I questioned, thats when Evan spoke to me for the first time and I will never forget those words he said with his grey eyes darkening he said " because your mine".
Mine, Mine what is that supposed to mean? You don't own me I snapped, I don't even know you as we have just met err in my hallway about a minute ago. I could feel my blood coursing through my veins as I tried to make sense of what they were telling me when Mr Blackwood halted my rant and turned to my dad saying "Does she not know?" Know what I demanded not thinking about whether or not I wanted to know the answer. My dad now looking more serious than I've ever seen him said " I should have told you but I was waiting till your seventeenth birthday next week to see if you changed". Changed dad what do you mean changed I spat the words out in a rush needing to know what the heck he was trying to tell me. " You are a wolf " Mr Blackwood stated as if it was obvious as if it was normal to just tell prople they are animals. I looked at him then, what do you mean I'm a wolf? Do I look like some hairy beast? Err No how could I possibly be.
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