Toxin

chapter twenty-five

School starts in a month and a lot has happened over the past month.

Sarg and Regina are my "parrents" Sarg is still Sarg and Regina, Regina. I'm the only one for the second time changed my name. I didn't die my hair just let the brown grow out it looks weird because bright blonde hair is growing where my red hair used to be. Sarg said is has to do with Jezebel Void leaving my body and that this is what my hair was always meant to look like. My eyes are a gold brown but mostly gold and that's how Sarg can pass as my father.

Regina looks like she is 25 or around that age and Sarg looks his age of 47 so many people thought Regina was my older sister when we moved in. After them being all lovey with eachother the neighborhood knew that they were an item and many stayed away because they believed that she was just a gold digger and we were no good snooty rich people.

After my run in with Luke at the grocery store I bumped into him a lot in the ice cream isle and at other various places. One thing I learned is that he isn't very popular at school and that he is one of my neighbors. There's a few other families with teens in my neighborhood and after living here for a week a tall blonde girl knocked on my door with a champagne bottle and four glasses welcoming us. That blonde girl is now my best friend, Caroline.

I've been accepted into her friend group which according to Luke are the equivalent of the plastics from mean girls and I'm the Kady and Caroline the Regina George. However I don't think they are that bad.

Speaking of Luke we have been hanging out a lot inbetween my training sessions with Sarg. I am really beginning to like him and if we blossom into a relationship I would be very happy with that.

"Rachel what are you doing?" Sarg said as I knelt by the deer we had accidently hit driving home from picking me up from a party.

Sarg and Regina both began using my new name so that I was used to it and they wouldn't slip up when I had friends over.

"I'm practicing... I've never healed something so close to death before." I placed my hand on its head and chest and stared into its wide pitch black eyes. I did what Sarg taught me and felt the power flow from my heart down my arms and into my palms.

My palms began to glow a gold color while my eyes glowed white and the deer slowly began to squirm under my grasp regaining it's strength. Once it was fully healed it went to go get up but before it did it bit me.

"Damn it" I grunted putting pressure on the bite mark as the deer scampered away.

"Rachel let's get you home you're obviously not thinking clearly." Sarg grabbed my arm and dragged me to the back seat of the Mustang he bought.

"I didnt know there would be alcohol and drugs there dad! I swear Caroline said it was a get together!" I argued with him for the hundredth time.

"Damn it Tessa... I know I'm not your actual father but do you have to act like such a rebellious little girl! Your turning nineteen soon grow the fuck up" he yelled and the speed we were going went from 35 to 50 to 90 to over a hundred and climbing as he was yelling at me.

"Sarg slow down Hunny your going 180..." Regina said calmly reaching over touching Sarg's thigh.

"Sorry." Sarg immediately calmed down and took his foot off the gas. "But you Rachel should be more careful" he repremanded pulling into our long driveway.

"You called me Tessa before." I mumbled.

"That is and will forever be your birth name however..." he trailed off as he parked the car in the 6 car garage.

"However I should be more careful because my secret could come out and yada yada ya" I mimicked him.

"See you know this Rachel!" Sarg yelled infuriated.

The hood of the car began to curl inward and the car began to crush us inside it.

"Sarg stop you need to control it." Regina stepped in, again at the right time, and calmed him down.

He took a deep breath got out of the car and slammed the door closed. Regina looked pitifully at me and exited the car. I gathered my jacket and heals and walked shamefully into the house and up to my room.

The first thing I did was text Luke.

Me: sorry I couldn't stay.

Luke: it's okay I understand is your dad mad

Me: yeah but he'll get over it... are you still at the party?

L: no after the most beautiful girl left it wasn't any fun so I walked home.

Me: Oh...

I got a little saddened by that. It could have been because I thought he liked me or because I was quickly falling for the boy next door. My phone vibrated and I quickly looked at it.

L: yeah she has these amazing gold eyes and is so little you could just squish her in a big hug.

Me: Hmm I wonder who...

I threw my phone on my bed and went to go get ready for bed. I know Sarg is going to want to train me hard tomorrow morning. I got in the bathroom and turned on the shower making sure it was freezing cold to hopefully get the little alcohol out of my system.

After my quick shower I went into my room in just a towel and looked at my phone 5 new messages. Two were from Caroline and three were from Jamel.

Caroline: Ray I can't find you anywhere! Did the big bad wolf find out we were having fun again!

C: the cops were called party's over :(

I replied to her with:

Me: yeah the big bad wolf blew my house down and that was probably him I'm sorry Caroline next time my parents are gone for the weekend party's at my house okay?

I wonder why I have three messages from Luke..

L: that girl is you Rachel.

L: you there?

L: I really like you Rachel we should go to the movies or have a night in with moose tracks... your beautiful and I hope you had a good night before the wolf came to get you... Goodnight little ;)

My first thought was to scream however I don't think I want Sarg to burst in here while I'm in just a towel.

I quickly texted back:

Me: I'm not that little...

L: yeah you are.

Me: nuh uh

L: Mhmm

That little argument went on for a while before I told him I had to go to sleep and he ended up winning because his argument was that because he is almost a foot taller than me I'm now perminantly nicknamed little.

I properly bandaged my deer bite and went to bed.
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1232 words woop woop I wrote half of this before my lax game and the other half after there will be one more chapter before the next book is published.

Caroline on the side/top!

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