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Chapter 36--- Memories

Hazel's POV

I'm standing on the edge of a high cliff. I'm scared to death as I stay frozen on the spot. It's not the distance that scares me... it's that eye.
Red, growling sounds emanating from the hole within which the eye is piercingly watching me from.
I try to scream but it's like my head is buried under water.
Then suddenly, something shoves me hard.
Not something, someone...
I saw myself falling like I'm two persons now. One watching as the other fell deep.
Just when I hit the deep, I'm standing in the middle of a loud club.

My eyes are fixed on the two people arguing.
I know those two people, it's my sister and my boyfriend.
Why are they arguing?.
What are they saying?.
Then suddenly my sister has her lips locked on my boyfriend's.
I'm hit by it.
I'm so confused.
Where's this place? Where am I?
I turn to run away but I see my other self  standing by the bar, talking to a man I couldn't make out.
I walk carefully towards them and gasped as my lips are suddenly pressed into the man's.
" Angel"... The man murmured. I still can't see his face.

I yell when someone grips my hair hard, pulling.
" Wake up you fucken bitch!"

My eyes teared open suddenly, I'm panting like I just ran a marathon.
My entire body feels numb and there's pain everywhere.
" Outch!" I lay back down as a killing pain shot through my head as I tried to sit up.
Why the hell am I in a hospital?.

I pulled the IV cannula tube out of my arm and tried to move my hand muscles but something is holding to it.
Someone....Hagel.
My breath hitched at the sight of him, clutching to my hands , his face a disturbed beauty as he slept, making no sound at all.

I watch him silently, trying not to wake him up.
Though my entire body is aching, I find much peace in watching him sleep.

What happened?.
I'm thirsty and hungry.
Thank God there's a glass of water sitting by my bed side. So as soundlessly as possible,  I try to reach over and grab it. But it's almost impossible since Hagel's gigantic body blocked the way.
I stretch my free hand, making little effort noise as my index touched the tip. I tried to grab it, making it fall and shatter loudly.

A sharp pain shot through my head as a memory hit me.

Someone pushed me down the fucken stairs!.
Hagel is awake in a second, watching me, perplexed.
" You're awake and what are you doing" his voice is raspy from sleep but he's fully awake now.
" I'm thirsty" I mumble silently as I watch him watch me.
" Ohh, sorry" he grabbed a bottled water I didn't see sitting by his leg and opened it for me.
I tried to take it but...." Don't move" was the reaction I got from him as he placed the bottle to my lips.

I took in hungry gulps, stopping only when the bottle was empty.
" Let me get you something to eat, don't move" he says commandingly, exiting the room a second later.
Okay so someone definitely pushed me down the stairs.
But who? And why?.
And why did Hagel have that look?.
Like he's scared....or?

Funny, watching the back of Hagel's head to his profile looks so much like that of the guy from the scary dream I just had.
Was it Hagel in my dream?.
Is it a dream or a nightmare?.
And what's that about Bethany and Jayden kissing?.

Uggh.
My head hurts already, better not think of that now.
But I need to know.
Oddly, this dream feels like the closest thing I have to my past.
To what happened to me.
Does that mean Jayden was seeing Bethany before I was shot?.
Does that mean I met Hagel in the past too?.
Wait what?!

No , no no.
That's ridiculous!. It's not possible. Then that would mean they've been lying to me....
Oh my God....
Wait do they know how I got shot?
How the fuck did I even get shot !.
Oh my... Jesus.