Him

Hurt

I approached my first class, skipping the cafeteria. I entered the class and Mr Caid eyed me up and down, I chose to ignore him as I made my way to my seat. Moments later Evelynn sat down beside me.

"You're here early, and without Andy?" she asked.

"Yeah, we broke up." I mumbled, my chest went tight.

"What? You broke up? What the fuck?" she asked shocked.

"He dumped me." I said as tears welled up in my eyes.

"Oh my God Scar. Are you okay?" she asked as she placed her hand on my arm.

"Honestly, no." I said as I dabbed my eyes with a tissue to prevent my make-up from smudging.

The rest of the class piled in to the class in a group as the bell went. Andy was at the back of the group. He made eye contact with me, an unreadable expression on his face. I looked down at my table and didn't look up as he passed me and sat down in his seat. 

He placed my flask and a brown paper bag on my table and then leant back into his seat. I turned my head to look and him but he didn't look back at me. I looked forward again as Mr Caid spoke.

What the fuck? He got me breakfast? I could smell the faint scent of the butter of the croissant in the bag. 

I reached for my flask and took a sip. Orange juice. I felt tears well up in my eyes and I did my best to try blink them away. I could feel Andy's eyes on me but I chose to ignore him as well.

The lesson flew by quickly and I practically ran out of the class as the bell went. I walked speedily across the courtyard heading to my English class. I felt a hand grip my wrist, forcing me to halt.

"What do you want Andy?" I asked him without looking back at him.

"We need to talk." he said, his voice deeper than usual.

"I don't want to you talk to you." I said, a lump forming in my throat.

I tried to pull my wrist away but he held me firmly.

"You think you can dump me like that and expect me to want to talk to you? You said we should stay away from each other, yet you still buy me food. Leave me alone Andy." I said with venom.

I pulled my wrist out of his grasp and turned to face him. He looked sad. I felt tears spring into my eyes. I stepped away from him and he stepped closer. 

"Whose scent is all over you? I don't recognize it." he said as he stepped closer.

I put my hand on his chest, preventing him from closing the distance between us.

"Don't you dare come any closer Andy." I warned him.

"Who were you with last night?" he asked me, a slight panic evident in his eyes.

"We're not together anymore Andy. You aren't entitled to that kind of information anymore." I said as I backed away from him again.

"Scar..." Andy said, his face showing his hurt.

I turned away from him and walked to my class.

English and Science class felt it dragged on forever. It physically pained me to have to sit next to Andy and judging by how his fists were balled up the entire time, I could tell he felt the same way.

After classes were done, I headed back to my dorm. Today had been too much. My chest hurt and I needed to cry. I entered my room and shut the door right behind me. I slid down my door and sobbed into my knees.

"Oh Scarlet." Zion said as he dropped down next to me.

He pulled me into his chest and I broke down, sobbing into his chest as I gripped onto his shirt. He wrapped his arms and legs around me, nestling me close to him. 

"I could wipe your memories of him. Let me take your pain away." he said softly.

I shook my head and he gently put his hand under my chin and lifted my head to look at him.

"I could also give you new memories." he whispered.

"How?" I asked between sobs.

"Like this." he said as he pressed his lips down onto mine.

I froze and pushed myself away from him, breaking the kiss.

"H-How old are you?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"Which age do you want to know. My Vampire age or my human age?" he said with a grin.

"Human age, duh." I said and he laughed.

"I'm 29. Does that bother you?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"Oh... no. I guess it doesn't." I shrugged.

"Then why ask? Do I look older?" he asked with an amused look on his face.

"You speak like you are older." I said and he smiled.

"I grew up in a different time, Scarlet. A time where men knew how to treat and please a woman. So now that we have established that our ten year age gap doesn't bother either of us, let me take your pain away." he said as he stood up, holding his hand out for me.

I hesitated for a second before I placed my hand in his. He pulled me up and against his body. He placed his hand under my jaw forcing me to look up at him again. He ran his thumb over my bottom lip.

"Tell me now if you want to stop. Once I start, I will not be able to stop." he warned me. 

I gazed into his now lust-filled green eyes as he looked back and forth between my eyes and lips. 

This man is Andy's master and infinitely more dangerous than Andy. What kind of path am I going down if I allow this to happen? What will happen after this? How will Andy react if he finds out?

Why do I even care what Andy thinks? He dumped me because I wanted to live as a human. He is the one who decided I'm not good enough for him. He is selfish so why can't I be?

Fuck it.

I wrapped my arms around Zion's neck and pulled him down to meet my lips. I felt his lips curl into a smile.

"So, you've decided then, Scarlet. There's no going back now." he said as he pressed his lips to mine again.