Tangled Hearts.

~Chapter 9~

~Raelyn~
 
~Wednesday, September 10th~
 
I woke up to make me and Blake some breakfast, then I got both of us dressed for the day, "how's your waffle baby"? he nodded sweetly. "Hmm"! I laughed.
 
"How about I get you ready for school I don't want you to be late." "But I don't want to go to school"! he said pouting. "Hey, don't give me that face. I'll see you tonight after school ok."
 
He sighed, "You promise"? he said hugging me.
 
"Of course, I promise," I said as he buried his head in my neck. "I don't wanna lose you, I love you," he said sweetly. 
 
"Aww I love you too, here, how about you go pick out some clothes for school."
 
"Ok"! he said excitedly.
 
He came back dressed in cute black pants and a cute dinosaur t-shirt.
 
"Aww, you look cute, did you pick that out yourself"? he nodded and giggled.
 
After I got dressed and got Blake to school, I drove myself to school. I parked in the parking lot and gripped my steering wheel as I leaned my head back into the headrest.
 
Hope today is better than Monday.
 
~
 
When I got to English, to my surprise, Colby was already there which almost gave me a heart attack. Colby's eyes were fixed on his notebook when I walked in, my steps hesitant.
 
His greeting was a low, almost inaudible "Hi." I was taken aback as I stopped in my tracks.
 
"Seriously? You're still sitting here after yesterday? Why, if you hate me so much?" Colby's grip on his pen tightened, his voice cold.
 
"I've been sitting here since the first day, Raelyn. I'm not moving just because you showed up from your Coven."
 
"But why next to me?" I pressed, my tone a mix of defiance and curiosity.
 
"So, I can keep an eye on you," Colby retorted, his eyes finally meeting mine.
 
I laughed, a harsh sound. "Keep an eye on me? What, are you scared I'll bite?" Colby's face flushed with anger.
 
"No, but I don't trust you, or whatever you are Little Bat."
 
My eyes flashed red for a split second. "Whatever I am? Really, Colby? I'm not trying to be you bloke."
 
"You could've fooled me," he shot back, his voice rising.
 
"And what's that supposed to mean?" I challenged him, leaning closer.
 
"It means I don't want to be turned into a blood bag!" Colby accused, his voice a harsh whisper.
 
My face contorted with frustration. "You're being ridiculous!"
 
"Am I? Or am I being cautious?" Colby's words were pointed, sharp.
 
I shook my head, my voice laced with anger. "You're being an ignorant asshole!"
 
"And you're being a secretive, undead bloodsucker!" Colby's accusation hung between us, heavy and unforgiving. The room had gone quiet, all eyes on us now.
 
My voice was a venomous hiss. "You know nothing about me."
 
Colby leaned in, his tone biting. "And I don't want to."
 
Our eyes locked, a silent battle raging, until the professor's arrival cut through the tension. We turned away from each other, the fight simmering down but the hostility lingering, a tangible thing that neither of them could escape.
 
The teacher cleared his throat. "Mr. Brock, and Ms. Young since the two of you enjoy disrupting my class with your confutation, I'm pairing you two together for the project...due Monday, I expect as from both of considering you find each other more interesting than my lecture." He said strictly.
 
We both looked at him shocked. "Wait...but"! I said frustrated. He interrupted, "No buts, get it done." I sighed in frustration.
 
Great...just fucking great.
 
For the rest of the class, we waited for the bell to ring. The rest of the students left to go to the next class while I stayed behind to talk to Colby about the project.
 
"So... what now"? I asked in the politest voice I could muster. 
 
"Well, I don't know about you, but I plan on talking to Mr. Reynolds about this." I chuckled unamused.
 
"Oh yeah...go ahead, blab to the teacher about how much you hate my entire race... that should fix EVERYTHING"! I shouted annoyed.
 
"Well, what would you suggest fangs"?
 
"Oh, I don't know captain obvious, maybe grow a fucking pair and deal with it, I want to do this just as much as you do"! I shouted at him.
 
"Nothing I can do about this, just suck it up, work on the damn project and get it done." I said showing him my favorite finger on the way out.
 
"Meet me in the library after school Friday to work on it." I said walking to my next class. He rolled his eyes and slammed his hands on the table.
 
In the last thirty minutes of the day, I started getting cramps in my abdomen area. "Shit." I raised my hand.
 
"May I be excused please"? the teacher sighed.
 
"There are only thirty minutes left of the day." The teacher started.
 
"I'm having really bad cramps and-."
 
"Ok fine you can go." I got up and walked out of the school. I got a stabbing pain in my stomach. I grabbed my waist in pain.
 
Later that night, I put Blake to bed early when I got home earlier so I could feed without him worrying. I then quickly changed into my hunting clothes and went to the woods. When I got there, it was dark and eerie, there was a thick layer of grey fog that dangled over the top of the trees.
 
It was dark out and the sky was a grey hue due to the lack of light. I quickly waded into the tree line then fed on an animal. I sat down on a rock and sighed with my head in my hands once I was finished drinking the blood from a deer. Then I heard a twig snap behind the trees in front of me. I stood up panicked and looked around.
 
"What the hell was that"?!
 
That's when eyes met mine.
 
They glowed amber and stared straight into my soul. Black and grey fur and ferocious eyes. I inhaled deeply. That scent. Woods, campfire...and wolf.  I instantly knew whose scent that was a minute it hit my nostrils. I inhaled harshly. I slowly started to back up nervously...
 
"Colby?" I said holding my hands in front of me nervously. My hands were maybe two feet from his snout. 
 
"Colby back up..." I said nervously. He started to ante toward me a little faster.
 
"Oh, fuck this." I said as I hauled my ass out of there.
 
I ran into my house and slammed the door. I barricaded my body against the door. I heard him aggressively growling and slightly scratching at my door.
 
"Go away"! I shouted. I just prayed that he would stop.
 
About five minutes went by and I got up to see if he was still there. He was gone...I looked at my door seeing that it had many scratch marks on it.
 
"Oh, bloody hell." I said rubbing my face with my hands. I rolled my eyes and sighed as I shut the door.
 
I left my hand on it as I leaned my forehead onto it. Blake came out of the room worried.
 
"Mommy, what was that"? he asked scared. I looked at him and gave him a reassuring smile.

I knelt to him and caressed his cheek.  "Nothing love, I was just out for a walk and a coyote chased me back here." I said ruffling his hair.
 
"Let's go to bed, yeah"? he nodded as we headed to the bedroom.