Unlucky Fortune

5. Eat

I wake up feeling pressure on my arms and legs and me screaming. Opening my eyes I look at Will, Pat and Pete all holding me down. My breathing is heavy and my eyes are watery. I had a flashback. A flashback to that day. When I realize I sit up straight and Pat and Will who are holding my arms down can't stop me.

"Hal? Hally? What happened?" Pete asks slowly. I look at him in the eyes and he flinches a bit.

"It was a dream. Now get out." I say in a monotone. I feel my bed dip and look to see Pat sitting next to me.

"Hal, you can tell us. You can trust us." She says in a soothing voice. I also look at Pat in the eyes and she aswell flinches.

"I do trust you. I don't trust me." I tell them. Pete let's go of my ankles. And sits at the end.

"Hal... Why don't you trust yourself?" He asks,

"Because if I did I would become a monster." Is all I say. I stand up and stretch. I then meet Will's eyes but he is staring at what I am wearing. I look down to see I'm in his jumper.

"I forgot you had that." He whispers. He then shakes his head and turns around to walk out.

"Can you get out? I need a shower." I ask the other two. The hesitate before leaving me in my own room. I grab my towel that I was going to use yesterday but then didn't. I walk into my ensuit and put the shower on hot. I then strip and get in letting the hot water relax my muscles and calm myself from the memory. My long black curly hair falls straight down in thick blankets. This place... being back here is definitely not helping me, but they need me... I don't want to fail them more than I already have.

When I get out the shower, the cold crisp air diminishes every warm cell on my body. I chuck my clothes on and walk into my bedroom. I look at the time and see it is five pm. I must've slept in later than I thought. I walk downstairs and into the kitchen. I sit at one of the stalls and take an apple from the fruit bowl in front of me. I know someone else is in here but I ignore them and bite into my apple. A plate side across the counter and stops in front of me. A sandwich is on there with a few crips and some sausage rolls.

"Eat it or I'll force it down your throat." James says. I look up at him,

"I'm fine with just an apple."

"You might be... However you haven't eaten anything today and not much the last two days, so your body isn't fine with just an apple. Eat." He instructs me. I raise an eyebrow and take another bite into my apple. "Fine you asked for it." Is all he says. He rushes around the counter picks up my sandwich and squishes against my mouth forcing me to have to open it. He then stuffs as much sandwich as he can in before letting go. I take a bite of the sandwich and pull the rest of it away.

"I thought you didn't like killing people!" I say when I finally manage to swallow. He gives me a cheeky smile.

"Yes but you're not 'people'," he gives me a wink and pulls up in the seat next to me. I lightly punch his arm and take another bite of the sandwich.

"So have you found anyone yet?" I ask. He grimaces,

"There was this one guy, but he then turned out to be a creep. Apart from that I am still single." He sighs.

"Well don't worry... Your not the only one with relationship and love problems." I sigh.

"Oh come on! It is so obvious that you and Will will make up and have some really hot steamy sex and then finally declare your love for each other and have your happy ending. I'm still waiting for the right guy." He tells me. I look down.

"He already declared his love for me." I whisper. James's head turns around to face me at lightning speed.

"Well shit Hal. Why aren't you two doing it his room right now?" He asks.

"Because I don't want to be the one who gets in the way of his daughter and his relationship as well as Ellen's mother... She must obviously like him... I don't want to be more hassle. And anyway he moved on, he deserves to move on."

"That's Bullshit with a capital B. I dare you to say that in front of him! He will explain everything." He cries. I shake my head.

"No it's not. Anyway it isn't like when we were together we had a normal relationship... I guess I will just always be stuck with being his ex." I sigh and lean onto the work top.

"You love him... Don't you?" He asks me. I groan,

"So much it is unbelievable. I never once betrayed him when I left." I tell him. James's protective arm wraps around my shoulder and pulls me closer to him.

"Oh Hal. If this was a teen movie we would both be stuffing our face with ice cream and crying our eyes out over really cheesy romances." His comment causes me to chuckle.

"And we would then go shopping tomorrow to get a 'new look' to impress the boy who broke our hearts." I add on causing him to laugh. We both go into a silence.

"Hal? Why take the obliviscatur? Why not just leave?" He eventually asks. I sigh and sit up straight.

"Because there are somethings that I never want to remember. Too much pain." I reply. He nods his head and drops the subject. He then pushes the plate of uneaten food in front of me.

"Eat. And if you ever need to talk give us a call." He tells me and walks out.

"Thanks James. You're a good friend." I tell him and give him a hug. He hugs me back before walking off. A moment later Pat comes in and gives me a smile.

"Well that was certainly an interesting conversation." Is all she says. I give her a playful glare and she laughs. "Now I came in here to tell you that tomorrow we are going out on a scavenge because of the information we got from the vampire. Hopefully everything he said is true otherwise we are screwed." She tells me. I forgot about the vampire I caught.

"Well then I'm going to eat this and go and see him." I tell her. She stops mid step.

"Hal... I'm not sure that is a good idea. Um he said that you are as weak as you where when facing them." She says. A tornado of memories flash before my eyes but I blink it away.

"I'm going to kill him when the killing is aloud to happen." I say placing dibs on him. She gulps but nods her head.

"Sure thing. Now as James said: Eat."