The Hybrid

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

When we all finished the pasta Liam cooked for us everyone headed to bed. Olivia and Liam shared a room, Sam took the sofa and Alex and I shared the room. I was nervous about sharing a room with him even though he said he would sleep on the floor. Never being close enough to anyone and feeling uneasy about sharing a room with him, my hormones and heart were telling me something else. I wanted to feel him around me and wake up in his embrace.

"I need a shower" I exclaimed, as I grabbed my bag from the floor.

"The bathroom is over there" Alex pointed to the other door. I nodded and grabbed my pyjamas.

Once in the bathroom, I flicked the lights on and walked towards the sink to place my clothes there. Glancing at myself in the mirror I gazed into my orange fiery eyes. They began to slowly line with tears. The images of the slayers and the thought of Markus kept flashing in my head. I felt disgusted by myself. The guilt within me grew every second knowing they were dead. All those lives lost could have been prevented. Only if Alex would never bring me into the Base or I didn't try to escape. I wiped my eyes free from the tears that blurred my vision. My facial expression hardened as the thought of killing Henry swirled in my mind. He will pay for everything. I promised to myself.

Turning away from the mirror and switch on the shower, I took off all the clothes I wore and stepped into the spacious shower. I closed my eyes as the heat of the water seeped into my skin to my bones. The hot water relaxed my tense body. Slowly I washed my body and hair with shampoo and shower gel I found in the bathroom. The smell was masculine, the scent of oranges and cedarwood filled the bathroom.

After finishing my shower I dried myself with the fluffy towel that was on the shelf and then got dressed into sleeping shorts and a tank top.

When I entered the room Alex sat at the edge of the bed doing something on his phone. His eyes shot to my face and smiled widely at me. Then slowly roamed over my body and then back to my face. We both stared at each other for a few seconds. Desire flashed in his eyes before I tore my eyes away from him and I felt the heat rushing to my cheeks in the process. He cleared his throat as I walked over to the bed then stood up and disappeared into the bathroom. I crisscrossed my legs as I sat in the middle of the bed and covered myself with the large soft duvet. My eyes roamed over his room. There was a picture of him, Liam and Markus in the small library along the wall. It looked like he lived there. I noticed a pillow and blanket neatly folded on the floor along the library.

Ten minutes later Alex came into the bedroom. My eyes tore away from my phone to him. He wore a white plain t-shirt and shorts. I could see the outlines of his bulging muscles. His hair was wet cascading around his face and pointing out in all directions. It made him look boyish. The corners of his lips raised slightly when he noticed my eyes on him. Heat rushed into my cheeks once again when I saw the smile and tore away my eyes.

"Good night", I mumbled placing my phone on the nightstand and lied down covering myself with the duvet up to my shoulders, trying to hide myself from his emerald gaze.

"Good night" I heard his deep voice.

I turned off the lamp that was right next to me and closed my eyes. I hoped I would fall asleep straight away since I felt my eyes heavy with exhaustion, but no matter what I did I couldn't fall asleep. The events of the day and the thoughts of everything that happened kept me awake. And the fact that Alex slept on the floor in the same room as me, didn't make it better.

I turned on the other side hoping I would get nice and comfy and finally fall asleep but nothing. I changed my position a few times, I was restless. And so was Alex as I heard him moving the whole time guessing that he couldn't get comfortable. When I couldn't take it anymore I sat up on the bed and looked in his direction, irritated at my own mind. The blanket was far too small for him, his legs were sticking out from underneath the blanket. I felt bad for taking over his large bed. He moved to his side and I knew he wasn't sleeping when his emerald green depths landed on me through the darkness in the room.