You Arent Alone

Chapter 10

James POV

The eggs make a loud hissing sounds as I poor them into the hot pan, I mindlessly stir the eggs in the pan thinking of Fray.

I wonder what she is doing right now? I haven't seen her for a few days, maybe if I go hiking again I'll See her, it's Saturday and it's not abnormal for me to do this kind of stuff so no one would notice. Maybe if I go she will come out unless that guy shows up again, man I hate him.

I hear the back door open, I freeze for a second looking at the clock, 6:42 AM. to early for mom and dad to be home. I slowly turn around placing my hand on the egg pan ready to swing it into someone's ugly face if I have too. I stare at the hall that leads to the back door listening to the footsteps coming closer.
Suddenly willows head pops around the corner "boo!" She says laughing. The sudden appearance makes me jump .

"For the love of God!" I yell leaning on the counter. She laughs walking to me. she's wearing one of my heavy winter coats that she stole from me, the light green color of the jacket makes her hair look darker, a pair of black pants and some hiking boots. Her hands are behind her back as see walks towards me.

" I didn't know you were stopping by" I say turning back to my eggs. "Why didn't you text me"

"I'm surprising you" she wraps one of her slim arms around my waist leaning on my back. The corners of my mouth twitch into a grin.

"Is that so" I turn the stove off so the scrabbled egg don't burn. " it's early for surprises I'm surprised your alive" i turn so I can look at her, I look down her, she's smiling at me. Her eyes look huge when she is this close to me.

"Yes well," she says "as much as I hate being awake this earlier, I wanted to catch you before you go hiking" I notice she is wearing makeup, that doesn't happen to often.

" I didn't say anything about going hiking" I say.

She raises an eyebrow "I have known you how long? You don't think I know you go hiking every Saturday"

Well when she puts it that way.

"Annnnyway" she says bringing her other hand out from behind her back holding a small red box with a dark blue ribbon wrapped around it. "I found it and I had to get it for you" a large grin goes across her face as I pick up the box from her hands.

"You didn't have to" I say smiling at her.

"I know but I wanted too" she sits on the counter next to me as I pull on the blue ribbon out of its knot and open the box.

A dark black leather bracelet sits on the inside of the box. I smile picking it up looking at it closer over the leather is a peace of metal in the shape of intricate web of rose vines with many thorns sticking out in different directions and in the center is a white rose made out of what looked like ivory and small red jewels making it look like blood splatter on the flower, it looked vary gothic and expensive. But it is masculine looking and I do like it a lot.

"Wow Will's" I say smiling big "this is amazing, how much was it? It must have cost you a fortune" I look at her, she smiles at me taking the bracelet and my right arm putting it on.

"Don't worry about it" she smiles as she admires the bracelet on my arm "consider it our best bracelet, except mine is a necklace" she smiles and pulls the collar of my jacket away from her neck, a single rose vine is around the lower part of her neck and a rose that looked just like the one on my bracelet hung from the necklace.

I smiles "your the best" I wrap a arm around her waist hugging her, she hugs me back "thank you willow" I say into her neck. A laugh comes from her as she hugs me tighter. I love this girl she is perfect in every way, I wish I could tell her this.

A wave of betrayal hits me hard like a truck.

What about Fray? A voice whispers in the back of my mind.

I pull away forcing a smile for willow before I turn and go to the fridge to grab the milk letting my mind wonder back to the night in the woods.

"So, uh what's going on today? Any plans?" I say while my head in in the fridge looking for the milk behind all the Chinese take out boxes.

"You forgot didn't you?" She say, I hear a hint of annoyance when she says it.

Crap. what did I forget? I must have promised her something but what is it? My mind goes into a panic as I try to figure it out. I turn and look at her.

"Um yes" I say forcing another smile. She glares and her eyes shoot dangers at me. "I'm sorry" I say looking at the floor.

"I have a dance concert tonight" oh that's right she told me about it Monday during lunch when I stole her jello. She has been practicing for two months, she has been in dance sense she was in kindergarten.

Willow and I met when we were in second grade, she didn't like me vary much back then, well maybe it was the fact I poured a jar of glue onto her hair as a dare and they couldn't get it out so she had to get a pixie cut and everyone made fun of her. I felt pretty bad after that because no one wanted to be around her after that, she did everything alone for about a week before one day during lunch I sat with her and told her I was sorry. She said she would forgive me if I gave her my bag of fruit snack. I gave them to her and ever sense then we have be inseparable, and I have gone to every single dance concert she has had in and out of state.

"I'm sorry" I say again setting the milk on the counter "I'm still going I promise" I give her a small half smile. her hard look softens and she jumps of the counter.

"Good" she goes the Cabinet getting of two glasses and a plate out setting them on the counter "the solo I'm doing tonight is beautiful" she hands me the plate and takes the milk from me.

I take the plate and go to the pan of eggs putting them on the plate. A bing goes off from willows phone as she sits down taking her phone out. I walk to the table as she looks at it.

"Who is it?" I sit down across from her as she looks at the phone. She face turn hard and angry as she stares at it.

"My dad sent me a picture of a dog he hit this morning" she turns the phone so I can look at it. The picture is of a white wolf laying in the road, eyes closed and blood coming from its mouths.

"Fray" I mumble taking the phone from her hands.

"What?" She questions looking at me.

"Is your dad going to help it? He is right? He's a vet he has to right?" I say looking at her, panic is hitting every nerve in my body.

"Hey hey calm down. He said he is about to start working on it and it might take a while so he might be late tonight." She says taking my free hand " James what's wrong?"