Chapter 24

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In homeroom the next day I was alone. Luke hasn't showed up yet and Melody is still sick. Grimm keeps staring at me and he's making me so uncomfortable. I mean, he's been staring at me all class period and class is over in like, five minutes.

"Okay your assignment is due Wednesday everyone! Have a nice day." The whole class stood up and I was left packing my things.

"Need some help, Hood?" He rested his hands on my hips and rubbed them up and down.

"Uh, no thank you." I turned and faced him. "Sorry." I said. 

I tried to push passed him but he grabbed me, "Why do you always do this?!" He asked. 

I spun around, "What do I do Grimm?!" I asked. 

"I try to take a step forward but you keep taking two steps back!" He said. 

"Because we're just friends!" I shouted. 

"We're mates !" He said. 

"I don't want to be your mate!" I said. 

His face dropped, "No please don't say that." He pleaded. 

"I'm sorry Grimm. I told you this before. I don't want to be your mate ever again. I don't want a mate." I said. 

"You'll always have a mate, but now, you'll just have a different one." He said. 

"A different one?" I asked. 

"Someone else.. Go to your next class Hood. I don't need this right now." He said. 

"You don't need what?" I asked. 

"Your bullshit!" He snapped at me.

"My bullshit?! You'd do the same thing if you walked in on me fucking someone else! Wouldn't you?!" I said.

He pointed to the door, "Get out." He said. 

"Gladly." I smiled and walked out the door. He makes me so angry.


I walked into second period and sat down, alone again. Always alone, I keep telling myself. I touch the charm Luke gave me, I hope he's okay. I don't know why or how, but I feel like he's hurt or in trouble.. I just can't shake this feeling .

I laid my head down and felt my eyes close automatically. Finally. I can get some sleep. I stayed up all last night thinking about Kyle.


Dream :

 I was walking through the woods when I heard a growl. It wasn't a warning growl but it sounded like this animal was ready to pounce. I quickly shifted and looked around. Nothing. But I smelt him, Luke. I followed his scent but it led me to a lake.

"Hood?" He whispered. His face was all bloody.

"Shit, Luke. Are you okay?" I shifted back and ran to him.

"Save me.." His body faded and I was left with his scent again. Save him? What did he mean save him?

Another growl erupted from behind me.

"Nice to see you and your little thing getting along, eh? "

I turned and saw some guy standing in front of me. His teeth stretched out and he had wings. "Hood, is it?"

I nodded, "What do you want?! What are you?"

He tapped his chin, ""It's not what am I.. It's what are we?"

"We? I-I'm normal."

"Quite the contrary my friend. Now, hurry on. He's hurting." He laughed and vanished . I was left alone with my thoughts. He's hurting?

Tears started falling down my cheeks. He's hurt!!


"Hood!" I heard someone yell and shake me hard. "Hood! It's okay!"

I lifted my head up and Luke was standing in front of me. He had a busted lip and bruises all over him along with cuts. He pulled me into his chest and hushed me down as I wiped the tears from off my face.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Vasquez. She's going through a lot right now, can I take her out of class?"

She nodded to him and he walked me out, "Okay Hood, what's wrong? Why'd you wake up screaming and crying?"

"W-When'd you get here?"

"I got here 30 minutes ago. You were peacefully sleeping do I didn't wake you up. But then you started crying and screaming and you were moving a lot I had to wake you up."

More tears fell, "It felt so real."

"What did?"

"T-The dream.. You were on the ground. B-By a lake and you were bleeding everywhere and covered in bruises. You asked me to save you but then you dissapeared. Then.. then some animal showed up.. He had fangs and wings. He told me I'm like him and that I should hurry and save you.. "

He wiped my tears away. "It's okay.." He looked so scared and worried. "W-what did the guy look like?"

"He kind of looked like you but older. He was wearing black pants and a black button up shirt. His hair was like yours but it had blonde tips. He had a chain hanging from his pants. and—"

"Stop! Please stop describing him!"

"Y-you asked me to.."

"I know. But stop."

"I-I'm sorry."

He pulled me into another hug, " Lets go home okay?"

I nodded, "Your house. Not mine."

"Anything for you."


As we were walking to his door he kept looking around us, making sure nothing or nobody was here.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry Hood. Just, precautions. "

"Okay then.. Now will you tell me what happened to your face?"

"I-I fell down the stairs. I'm clumsy, oops."

I sighed, "Okay.."

He quickly pulled me inside and upstairs to his room.

"We can chill in here if you want."

"I'd love to. But I'm thirsty.."

"I'll go downstairs and get you a drink. Okay?"

I nodded.

"Don't move." He left the room and I got up looking around the room at his stuff again. It was all so pretty.

The door opened and shut again, and I'm pretty sure I heard him lock it, "That was fast."

I turned around and ran into a hard chest. My eyes scanned his body, he was wearing a black button down and black pants with chains hanging down them. My eyes finally met his crystal blue ones. His hair black and tipped blonde.

"I'm Luke's brother, Caleb."

"I-I'm Hood. " He was the guy from my dream. Just as I dreamed him to be.

"Oh trust me, I know." He winked at me and I swear I almost melted.

Older guys have always had this thing on me.



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