darkest hour

CHAPTER 6

  I walked down the hallway,  and I could  sense Raphael close by,  his divine voice calling my name.  It almost made me stop walking- almost.   I was beginning  to wonder where I was  walking  to.  Suddenly,  I was pulled into the space between two room.  I looked up and saw raph staring  at me. The look on my face probably told him I wasn't comfortable  with the distance  between  us.

"what the hell"i screamed,  and he placed his index finger on my lips.  Electric  shocks tingled my lips at the sudden contact.

"what are you doing" I asked in a low whisper.

"how could  you leave me in the hands of that  witch" he asked,  peeking out to look if anyone  was coming.

"well am sorry,  she didn't exactly look like a witch while you guys were kissing." I said

"wait,  are you jealous  right now?" he asked scooting closer. His bewitching  cologne wrapped  around me,  slowly depriving  me of the ability  to think straight.

"of course  not,  w-w-why would  I be."

"I think your totally jealous of tasha"

"whatever" I said looking away.

"what's  your  take on me having a face surgery?" he asked after a long silence.

"and would  you do that"i asked in return.

" cuz you said that I couldn't possibly  beat the ugliest  of guys in England." he said and I did my  best to hold the laughter that threatened to escape.

"Raphael,  I didn't mean what I said.  I was only kidding,  I wouldn't have said it if I knew that you were going to take it to heart." I said

"soon... You don't think am ugly" he asked.

"no,  I don't,  if anything,  I think you're actually pretty good looking" I said,  and blushed at my own comment.

"really? Good looking enough to earn a kiss?" he said and moved until  our chests were touching.  Okay, I did feel like kissing him,  but I couldn't do that.  At least not yet. It won't hurt to play a little. I stood on my tiptoes and brought my lips to his ear and breathed a few times before whispering.

"No." I said simple.

"what?" he asked. Okay maybe I had risen his hopes a bit too high.

"am not going to kiss you."

"why not" 

"no reason".

"oh". he said and walked away.  I guess his not used to rejection.  I followed slowly behind,  stopping at his door,  unsure of weather he was going to let me in. He stood in front of his vanity table and opened the  third drawer.  Everything it held were either gold or glittery.  When he pulled my necklace from the midst,  I almost fainted. I walked into his room and stood in front of him.

"when did it get here?" I asked,  still in shear surprise.  It looked even better than when it was originally given to me by zephyr.

"am sorry" he said and I realized he had it even before I got here.  My surprise slowly turned into anger.

"you had it all this time?"

"am sorry"

"why didn't you give it to me" I asked.

"am sorry"

"Damn the apologies Raphael and tell me why you didn't give it." I asked,  screaming on top of my lungs.

"it was the only way to get you to  stay.  If I had just given it to you as soon as you came,  you wouldn't spend another minute here" he answered.

"what's up with  you and me spending more time."

"I want to know you,  there's something about you,  and I really want to find out what it is."

"why do you want to know me... Do you like me?" I asked and his expression changed.

"wait wait,  that's not it,  I don't do those kind of this,  and even if I did,  your not my type of girl.  Sure,  your kinda cute,  but you exactly cut out as beautiful,  your fashion sense is sorely lacking,  I mean just look at what you have on right now.  Oh and you don't exactly have the kind of figure that makes a guy think things. So give me one reason  why you would  think I would ever look at somebody like you." he said and my mouth dropped open.

"I don't know how much you think you know about me to talk to me that way,  but it's really not your fault.  I think I gave you too much opening.  Thanks for breaking and fixing my necklace".  I said and stormed out.  He called my name about three times, but I didn't dare stop.  I made my way out of the building  after maybe ten minutes,  only to be welcomed with the screeching of tyres.  I looked up at the car that almost crushed me,  and watched as the driver hilighted.

 
"You should really look where you're going" he said "did you get hurt?"

"N-No"

"we meet again beth"

"excuse me?"

"Scott, we met on the stairway"

"yeah.. I remember"

"where are you going,  and why we're you  looking so lost?"

"home"

"hop in,  I'll drop you"

"no,  thanks.  I'd rather walk'

"really? I'll walk with you then" he offered.

"no,  I can walk home alone" I declined.

"we aren't arguing about this.  How long is your house from here?"

"up about twenty minutes walking distance. "

" give me a minute,  I'll go Park my car.

"okay". I said and he drove off again. In exactly 3 minutes later, he was back. We started the silent walk to my house.  We'll it was silent until he decided to speak up.

"wanna tell me what's on your mind?"

"nothing"

"are you seriously lying to me right now? Come on,  u can tell me.  I promise not to snitch" he said pouting.  I sighed and told him everything. He looked at me for a while before smiling. 

"don't take his words to heart.  Raph is really bad at admitting personal stuff like that,  so don't feel bad"

"I don't,  I was surprised at how he turned one question into a lecture"

"okay,  how about you tell me  a little bit about you before we get to your house"

"I'd love to,  but we are already at my house" I said opening the gate. We walked in and stopped at the door.  I turned around with a  smile,  hoping he understands my message.

"you aren't going to let me in?"

"I don't people in my house,  especially guys".

"why? Do you live alone?"

"no, I just don't entertain visitors"

"even if the extremely good looking ones?"

"yes,  even the cutest of guys." I said and he nodded understanding.  There was an awkward silence between us after that.

"so... " he started

" so.."

"I'll see you around?"

"I doubt that"

"we'll see".  He said and turned around to wave.  I waved back.  I turned into the house to find tori staring at me.

"tell me everything,  and don't miss out a single word" she said and I sighed. This was one hell of a bothersome day.