Selena Rose, Daughter of the Moon

Chapter 18

Selena waves bye to Dwayne and all the kids before she eases off the brake to back out of his drive. Going through the barrier always feels a little odd and reassuring at the same time. Especially now that Gabriel was out and running loose somewhere. She puts the truck in drive and looks over to wave one more time, loving all those grinning faces. She is so very glad that the season is finally over for Linnette and Hayden. This will be their first time hanging out again since the whole creepy bindings issue. There have been messages back and forth but they seem to be looking forward to girls night as much as Selena. Thank goodness that Dwayne is willing and able to take Kya and Aspen so they can have this night.

Even better, their place is just a couple miles from Dwayne's. Selena pulls into a parking spot at the apartment complex they live in, happy that she found one so close. She looks around, taking in her surroundings. Extra vigilant now that Gabriel is so dangerous, she looks around one more time. Satisfied that he is probably not here she steps out of the truck and closing that door she steps to the back door, opens it and grabs a couple of green bags of supplies for the night. Let's see; wine, chips, dips, veggies, fruits.. I think we are good for the night. She turns to go up the stairs to Linnette and Hayden's apartment and Gabriel is standing in front of her! She screams and drops everything in her hands and he disappears right before her eyes. She looks around again, hoping no one heard her scream. It wasn't very loud... It looks like no one did hear her which is good and bad. She gathers her purse, phone and the bags. Oh shit! The wine! She quickly looks in that bag toward the bottom, the bottle isn't even chipped. Great wine company, got to remember to buy more from this one. Taking a deep breath she walks to the stairs and starts climbing for the third floor. She knocks on the door and it is almost immediately answered by Hayden. She pulls her in the apartment and hugs her tight, "We are so glad you are ok." She steps back keeping her hands on Selena's shoulders, "Wait, you look like you just saw a ghost. What's wrong? Wait, let me take those bags, follow me to the kitchen and you sit down to tell me. Lin is finishing some emails, class work never stops. So she will be out shortly. Here," she slides a stool away from the counter a bit with her foot, "you sit yourself here and I will try letting you talk for a minute. What's wrong?"

Selena smiles, "I am so glad you guys are back. I missed the whirlwind of you. What is wrong is out there in the parking lot I was getting the bags out of the back seat and when I turned to head to your place Gabriel was standing in front of me! Not even going to lie, I screamed a little and dropped all my stuff. Including that wine, those people are using the best damn bottles ever. Then he just disappeared, thin air. Nothing left, not even a footprint to mark the spot." Hayden froze during Selena's speech with her back to her, she turns now to look at Selena. "Gabriel was bothering you here?" Selena cocks her head to one side, "Well yes. But he rammed my truck at my dad's so I am not overly surprised."

Hayden now looks irate, "I knew we couldn't trust that slimy piece of filth!" She yells, "LIN! Get yourself in here, you need to hear this!" Linnette comes running into the room, "What? What happened?" Hayden looks at her, "He was harassing her in the parking lot! He did an astral projection thing and scared the crap out of her. She was pale like these fucking walls when she got up here." Selena looks at the white walls of the apartment with some skepticism as does Linnette. Linnette turns to Selena, "He really did that? Just appeared in front of you and then disappeared?" Selena is becoming suspicious now, "Yes, he did. Why is this so important? What don't I know?" The two women suddenly look guilty and Hayden says, "Well, we um, we actually know where he is because he is here." Selena bolts up off the stool knocking it back and looking around the apartment, "What do you mean he is here?" Linnette makes calming motions with her hands, "Not here as in this particular apartment. Here as in he is in this complex with his girlfriend..." Selena goes from angry fear to puzzled in one quick sentence, "He has a girlfriend? Then why is he bothering me?"