The Missing Warrior - ON HOLD

Chapter 5

I was making my way to Ruby's thinking about tonight. That was the most intense 3 hours of my life. What the hell is wrong with me? I have just met him and I am throwing myself at him. He hasn't stopped me, in fact, he's flirting back. Maybe he likes me. 'Yeah right' like he would actually like me. I'm a nobody. I was too busy thinking about the way he looked at me when I took my t-shirt off, the way his roamed my body. When he stopped at my piercing, that was nearly my undoing; I wanted to jump him there and then. 'God Savannah, what the hell is the matter with you' I've never paid this much attention to boys before, well no one has really caught my attention before until now. I don't know where these thoughts were coming from however, I welcomed them. Maybe it was time I had a relationship, I mean I'm almost 18 years old and I have never had a boyfriend. How pathetic of me don't you think? I haven't even had my first kiss.

These thoughts of Noah were driving me wild and I hadn't noticed the body walking up to me and I banged into a hard surface, it was a chest. 'Oh god, not again'.

"Sorry" I said quickly then walked away. I walked as fast as I could but I could hear the footsteps keeping up with me. I really didn't want to run especially after that workout I just endured. But, looks like I'm going to have to. I picked up my pace and was very surprised I was able to out run the man. I was quite pleased with myself and I made it to Rubys in less than 20 minutes. I stood at the gate; I took a deep breath and walked up the path.

I knocked on the door quietly and Ruby stood there all smiled. Her smile is so contagious that I couldn't help but smile back; I still can't believe she has done this for me; it warms my heart knowing that someone wants to take care of me. I have always looked after myself; it's always been only me. I don't do well with new emotions.

"Come on in dear" she stepped aside to let me in. As soon as I stepped inside, the warmth gave me a happy feeling in my belly. I could smell the food coming from the kitchen, it smells totally amazing.

"You must be hungry dear, please make yourself at home, I'm just going to take your dinner out the over" she smiled at me and walked away.

"Thank you" I smiled at her and walked in to the livingroom. Her wall were covered in pictures, that's funny, I thought she told me that she has no family. Well apart from her niece that had dies a long time ago. The pictures were full of families and children. One picture caught my attention though. It was of a beautiful couple holding a baby; it must be a girl as the blanket was pink. The woman looked familiar but I don't know how. I shook my head and sat down on one of the chairs. A few minutes later Ruby came in with a plate full of food. I will never be able to eat all that. She put the plate down in front of me.

"Here you go sweetie"

"Thank you so much Ruby. This means a lot to me" I wiped the tear from my eye that was threatening to fall.

"No problem, I'm happy to help" we sat in silence while I ate. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence. I kept staring at that picture.

"That's my sister and her husband, and remember I told you about my niece dying, that was her. The picture was taken a few years before she died; she died when she was 5 years old. My sister Lydia hasn't got over it yet and it's been 12 years now. How does one get over something like that? She went on to have another baby, another baby girl".

"Did she have another baby to fill the void in her heart?" I couldn't help but ask.

"I don't think she did it to replace her little girl as Lydia for some reason thinks her daughter is alive and will come back to her" I could see the tears in Ruby's eyes as she spoke. I stood up off my seat and went to sit beside her on the couch. I took her in my arms and cuddled her. I didn't know what to say to her, so I just held her. I let her cry until she had fallen sleep.

"Ruby, you need to go to bed" I shook her gently to get her awake.

"Savannah? Is that you?" she wispered softly.

"Yeah, it's me. Come on I will help up you to bed" I pulled her up to her feet and helped her to bed. I laid her down and pulled the covers over her and left.

"Savannah sweetie, the door on the far left if your room" she said sleepily. I walked out her room closing the door quietly and made my way to the room where I will be staying.

I opened the door and the room was huge. It was painted in my favourite colour Yellow. Yellow made me feel safe, reminds me of the sun shining down. I looked around the room and seen the biggest bed I had ever seen. I ran and jumped on it. So soft. So much better than the ground anyway. I looked to the left and there was another door 'where does that go, am I allowed in there?' I slowly walked over to the door grabbed the door knob and twisted it and opened.

"Holy hell, I have my own bathroom?" the walls were painted in a baby pink, really light. Its was really nice. Everything was gleaming white. You could probably see yourself in the sink. There shampoo and conditioner and all the other things that was needed for girls. I walked to the double mirrored doors and opened. I gasped at what was in there. This was a walk in closet and it was full of clothes, the shelves were stacked with shoes, there were units full of underwear and socks.

"This is far too much, she has given me too much" what was this feeling I was feeling. My stomach was clenching up, I was getting butterflies. I noticed I was crying, why am I crying? Is this what it feels like when someone cares about you? I was starting to feel dizzy; I walked over the window and opened it. I let the breeze cool me down, I stood at the window admiring the view, and it was stunning. Trees, hills, there were a few ponds scattered about the place. What was weird through is that there were houses scattered around the place, surrounding the woods.

I closed the window and saw a flash of yellow or were they gold dots on the tree line; they looked big enough to be a pair of eyes. Well a huge animal, surely though no animal can be that big. I closed my eyes for a minute thinking I was just seeing things. When I opened my eyes the dots were gone. 'Just my imagination then' I closed the window and walked over the closet and got out shorts and t-shirt I got changed and jumped into bed. The warmth was amazing and in no time I was sleeping and having the best sleep I have ever had.

Authors Note ~NOT EDITED