Hero

Nineteen

Alice

"I haven't heard from him all night, why doesn't the want me to be one of them?" Speaking to Mark. He literally is the only person I can talk to about this

"Is it that bad that he wont?" he sighs "Look the one thing I do know about him is that he values life. He'll never do it without thinking it over first, that's just not him, so maybe cut him a break yeah? that dude loves the bones off you"

"Okay, I'll call him now"

"Good! I can't handle whiny Hero" I can hear the chuckle in his voice

"Mark? Thankyou"

Hero

"Hero can you come over?" She's crying, what is up with her? she's the one who threw me out

"Please" She's begging, okay she must regret what she did, finding myself feeling much lighter somehow.

"I'll be there in a few minutes, I'm not to far away" I've been walking around for hours clearing my head

"Okay" She says gently "See you soon"

Matteo

Keeping some distance from Hero I can hear him on the phone "Fantastic" he's talking to her. "Oh this is going to be fun" forming my plan, I follow him to her house. She's waiting for him by the window as he jumps up, and kisses her.

Hero

"I need to tell you something" Walking over to the stereo turning it up a notch "Come here whispering to her "My brother followed me here" she gasps possibly because I just remembered that I forgot to mention to her that I had an older brother who was incarcerated.

"I didn't know you had a brother" 

"Not one worth mentioning anyway. Long story which I will explain some other time but right now I need you to wear this" handing her an Emerald ring "It's not like that" noticing the look on her face "It'll stop him from controlling you, if he touches you with this on, his skin will burn"

"But...?" looking confused "How can you touch me then?" 

"I have Witchy friends" sliding the ring on her finger "Will you do me the honour of being protected at all times?" 

"Yes... Yes of course" laughing throwing herself at me planting a massive kiss. "Mwah"

"Lets get some sleep, it's late" noticing that it's 4am

"I have something for you" handing me a sheet of paper "It's not great, not on your level but I needed you to know how I feel, you know, about... us. You" 

Opening the sheet of paper I see a poem "You've written a Poem, you don't like Poetry?" she's looking away, possibly shy.

Until you

I never knew what real love felt like 
I never knew hope
I never knew arms around me
All I knew was how to cope

I never knew how to laugh happy tears
Or  how to be myself 
Until you, my Knight

Until you gave me life
Until you gave me joy

Until made me see outside of this void

Because of  you I love
Because of  you I'm me

Oh wow. I'm taken aback. walking over to her, wrapping myself around her embarrassed body, I give her the biggest hug. My sweet angel, sweet sweet broken girl.