Eternal

“As I have said before Darren, I am not yours, I am a human being, not something that you picked up in shop. I am not going with you which you should be quite happy about because if I did, I would tell the cops how you manhandled me, how you have left bruises on my shoulder, how you pushed me and then punched me straight in the mouth. I mean all Lawson did was defend me, he was only doing what was right. So, no I will not go anywhere with you.”

“You are nothing but a dirty little whore, it’s no wonder you are always alone. Your dad abandoned you as a baby, your mum killed herself and you have only one friend to your name. The only reason Adrianna is even your friend is because you stopped her from getting bullied in school, that’s no foundation for friendship. You are going to die miserable and alone, I bet you wouldn’t even have a single mourner at your funeral.”

I saw Lawson clench his fist, and although I didn’t really care what happened to Darren, I knew that I couldn’t let him defend me for a second time. I’m just not the damsel in distress type.

“Darren, I want you to turn around and walk away and while you are at it, I would also like you go and take a running jump off of a very high cliff.”

I turned around for the final time and stormed off to Lawson’s bike, I could have sworn that I had heard Darren reply “Okay” to my command but I put it down to my imagination.

Chapter Six

Lawson

I’m not sure what drove me to dislocate that jerk’s arm, but man did I enjoy it. Hearing it crunch and then the pop of finality, it was my type of ecstasy. The only problem was, Unya was proving her abilities more and more every time I saw her. I knew that I had to report it, but for some reason I kept putting it off. By the fact that her face was completely void of any bruises, just proved that she could heal fast. Then on two different occasions she had said something to Darren to make his eyes glaze over, maybe she could manipulate people as well. Whether it’s anyone or just men have yet to be shown, but she definitely possesses it. The only thing is would it really be strong enough for her to be able to make someone end their own life at her command.

I also wondered if she was even aware of what she could do, but by the way that she acted I had a feeling that she really did believe that she was just a regular person.

I contemplated telling her what I knew but decided against it. I knew that I was at risk of getting in too deep with this girl, but I just had to fight it, I had a job to do and nothing was worth the risk of angering my boss.

So, I strolled over to my bike and stood next to her, I only had one helmet and decided that it would be better for her to take it.

“Look just forget it, I’ve got my car over there, I am more than capable of taking care of myself. Besides Darren’s gone now so your reason for wanting me to go with you is now obsolete.”

I knew I should have let her go, but I found myself actually wanting her to come with me. Soon I would have to betray her in the worse way, and I’d probably never get the chance to utter a single word to her again. This was the only time for me to get to know her and probably the only time that she would want to even know me.

“Love if you want to go then just go, live your boring life and forget all about me. But if you are tired of always doing what you’re supposed to do then come with me and actually experience some fun. I promise that I will even return you to your car at the end of the night.”

I could have pushed her too far but was pleasantly surprised when she took hold of the helmet and slipped it on.

I climbed onto my bike and told her to hold onto my shoulders to gain some support while she climbed on. I was quite Impressed with the way that she could just swing her leg over the seat, and then she was straddling my bike with her arms wrapped around my waist.

I tried to pretend that I was completely unaffected by the feel of her pressed up against me, but I’m really not that great of an actor. I knew that she wouldn’t be able to pick up on my warring emotions, so I felt myself relaxing under that knowledge. I finally kicked the bike into gear and sped off, all the while contemplating exactly what would happen if Darren did wind up dead in the next couple of days. If that was to happen, then I really would have no choice but to report it.

Z

Unya

The bike ride was definitely fun, I just found myself wishing that I was able to enjoy it. The only reason I knew that I should enjoy it was because my adrenaline was pulsing through me. I had my body pressed up against his and it definitely did not feel horrible, it also got me thinking about all the times that we had made physical contact in the last two days. It had definitely come up a lot, but not once did our bare skin actually touch. There had always been clothing or bike gloves in the way of that actually happening. I found myself wondering if he would feel warm to the touch or cool, just like the exterior that he portrayed.

We pulled up outside a nice looking house, which was separated from the main road by a rather tall wall and an electric gate. Lawson was obviously known, as we didn’t even have to wait before the gate was opening to allow us entrance.

I hopped off of the bike once we came to a stop, and just stared at the property.

It was a brown two story house with a brick façade and grey wooden shutters open either side of all of the windows. There was a two car garage off to the side and a gravelled walkway leading round to what I assumed would be the back of the property.

I suddenly realised that Lawson had come to stand beside me, and was waiting patiently for my attention to return to him.

“Sorry, I was just shocked by the fact that you would even think to bring me to your house. Did you really think that I would just hop straight into bed with you because you decided to jump in the middle of an altercation between me and Darren? You must really think a lot of yourself. I mean I should have known that something was up when you said that you would take me back at the end of the night, hell, it’s only eleven in the fucking morning.”

I tried to portray outrage, but I honestly did not believe that I could fool this guy with the act that I’d been perfecting for the last three years.

“Unya dear, you really need to stop jumping to conclusions, it’s going to become very embarrassing for you if you keep doing this. The place that I am going to take you too is only accessible at night, so until then I thought we may as well just relax here, the last thing I was thinking about was getting you into my bed. But if you are offering, I may be persuaded to accept.”

“I wasn’t offering, it just seemed highly suspect, if you ask me.”

“Look chances are my roommate will be here anyway, so you do not need to worry about being alone with me, I hope she is anyway, cause you are certainly not going to be allowed in dressed like that. You need to look the part for where we are headed, oh and one last th

ing; you really should work on your trust issues.”