Her Price (on hold)

Chapter 2

Friday, July 5, 2012

I was sitting in a meadow laying on my back enjoying the breeze. The sunlight was dancing across my skin and it felt like heaven. I was surrounded by yellow and blue flowers and there were butterflies everywhere. It was so beautiful.

I heard a strange noise. When I sat up to look around I didn't see anything. So I sat still for a moment and went to lay back down and that's when I heard this awful scream accompanied by a terrifying growl.

I froze....When I began to look around again the sun had gone down and the temperature had dropped. I jumped up and started running towards the direction of my home.

The growling was getting louder and closer.

I kept running just trying to get away. The next thing I know something knocks me over and I'm sprawled out on my back. When I look up I meet a pair of eyes that have me frozen in place. They were black with blue swirls. I scream my head off and then......"

I jerk upright in bed, I'm sweating and breathing heavily. I place my hand on my heart which is beating like a drum... "Oh, It was a dream".

After calming myself down I look over at my alarm clock it reads 5:05am. There is no way I am going to sleep after that... I get out of bed and trot to the bathroom wearing my spongebob fuzzy shorts and guy Harvey tee. Don't judge. I may be 24 but spongebob rocks!

After doing my business I sluggishly make my way down the stairs to the kitchen. The house is quiet. Mom and Dad are still asleep due to the fact my dad doesn't go to work until about 8am. We have a big Kitchen with French doors which lead to an outside barbeque directly across from the stairs. A slate island in the middle of the kitchen and window in front of the sink.

I go to the fridge and pull out the milk and chocolate. I lean against the sink and drink my delicious treat. After finishing it I wash out my glass and look out the window.

The woods look peaceful and when I look to the tree line there I see a Doe at the edge. I watch for a moment and the Doe suddenly looks towards the woods as if something captured her attention. The doe then runs off quickly. I think nothing of it because deer are jumpy creatures and will run away at the sound of a twig snap. I gingerly make my way up to my room to try to go back to sleep even though I know it isn't gonna happen.

I crawl under the cover and close my eyes. Just as I'm dosing off those black/blue eyes pop back into my head and I jerk.

"Shit".

Why can't I forget those damn eyes! Nightmares don't usually bother me this much.

I give up on going back to sleep and I grab some clothes to put on. A pair of black dress pants, A black undershirt and a see-through black flowery sleeveless button up shirt. I have to be at work by 8am. I currently work a secretary for my father's company.

I get in the shower, wash my hair with my coconut shampoo and conditioner. Once I get out I dress and scrunch my hair and let it dry naturally. I look at the clock and it is now 6:45am. Damn, Time is going slower than I thought. I put on a little eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss. I put on my 4in pumps and make my way back downstairs.


When I reach the Kitchen I smell these wonderful smells. Mom is cooking breakfast.. Scrambled eggs, bacon, grits, and toast..Yum


"Hi mom" I walk over and give her a kiss on her cheek.


"Good Morning Sweetheart, What are you doing ready so early?"


"I woke up early and just couldn't go back to sleep".. I tell her. I'm not really ready to explain my dream to anyone.

I hear a deep voice then say " Well I'm glad your up early. Normally you sleep as late as possible and give yourself about 10 min to get to work". I look over at the kitchen table and my dad is there eating breakfast looking at me.

"Hey, I love my sleep and you can't really scold me because I always make it to work on time don't I?"..I stiffen my shoulders and give my dad a scathing look and he replies with narrowing his eyes at me.

He then breaks into a big grin. Which makes my shoulders kinda collapse from release of tension.

"I know you do Darling but make sure you don't be late, It will look bad on me if my secretary who is also my daughter doesn't make an effort to be on time". He finishes his breakfast and gets up, puts on his suit jacket and gives mom a kiss. Which is when I turn my head and gag..."Gross".

He then addresses me and says "Lexa I've got an early meeting this morning".

I'm filling up my plate at this point and look to my dad. "Why haven't I heard anything about it? Do you need me to be there?"...

"No, It's a private meeting with just me and a CEO. I'll fill you in once I get to work later today".

I give dad a kiss on the cheek and say " Ok Dad, Be careful on the road and I'll see you in a little while."

He leaves and I sit at the table starting on my breakfast. Mom then joins me. We have a little small talk and then mom says. " You know Sally Martin's boy has been asking about you".

"Ugh! You mean Joe Martin?" I close my eyes and shiver in revulsion.


Joe Martin is our neighbor about 3 doors down,physically speaking a good looking guy. He's about 5'9 with dark blonde hair, he has a gorgeous 6 pack, ( the only reason I know that is because he likes to wash his car, a 2011 Dodge Charger, shirtless.....a lot). He has bright brown eyes.But personality wise, he is a pervert and an asshole and a major player.

You see, me and Joe went to high school together and I wasn't exactly a nerd bit let's just say I didn't really develop until later in my senior year. Well Joe on the other hand has looked that good since he was 16 and took well advantage of that fact. He has slept with almost all of the girls he went to school with, excluding myself,my best friend Anna and maybe a 1 or 2 other girls who were smart enough to know better.

He never dated any girls, just lead them on and when they finally slept with him he dumped them like a bag of rocks. Now if that was all he did it wouldn't be that bad, he was just be a player, but no, During out Senior year if you were in the superlatives you had to do kinda of a presentation for the whole school explaining what you would miss about high school and what you enjoyed the most. Me,Joe,Anna and about 5 other people were on it and my during my presentation I basically stated that I would miss my friends and the school's "valuable" experiences I was taught. Anna did pretty much the same.

But Joe took the cake! During his presentation he had pictures on a projector that he would change as he gave his speech. Every picture was of a different girl in the school and they weren't naked pics or anything like that. He would bring up a pic of the girl and say something like " I'm gonna miss the "deep and dirty"conversations we had or I had such a cherry popping good time with my fellow students". He got away with it all because he never actually came out and said anything vulgar,but after he did that we all hated him...he showed pics of every single girl he hooked up with and had a different comment for everyone. It was awful. Most of the girls in our school were crying and Joe and all his friends were just sitting there laughing.

After I "developed" you can say. Joe started to show interest. Which scared the hell out of me. Like I said Joe is a great looking guy and when he is trying he can be very charming. I avoided him at all costs and sometimes he would catch up with me and say things like "Lexa you're so beautiful when are we gonna go on a date" or " hey, why don't you come to my house today and help me study, you know my mom loves you and would like to see you" . That part is true atleast his mom Mrs.Sally is wonderful, I never met Joe's dad. But there was no way in hell I was hanging out alone with Joe Martin. Everytime he would ask I would lie and say I had something to do. I almost hated Joe Martin but I didn't want to get on his badside.

Joe had a really bad temper and I never actually saw him hit a girl but when he first started his player ways he started pursuing a girl named Jenna Nofe. She came to school one day with a black eye,split lip, and a splint on her wrist. When people asked what happened she would say she fell down the stairs. I didn't buy it for a minute because she was incredibly jumpy,nervous and I would see Joe looking at her like he hated her. She ended up moving away her Spohmore year.

I managed to stay away from Joe ever since and my mom and Mrs.Martin were friends so I did see them occasionally but when I did my dad was always around and I stuck to him like glue. Joe maybe a little intimidating but my dad had him beat by a mile. Joe was smart enough to not cross my father and I thanked god for that.

Coming out of my memories I look across at my mother and say"Mom, Joe is bad news and I am definitely not interested".

My mother looks at me for a moment and I know she is about to try to persuade me to give the "nice guy" a chance, but then she surprises me and says "Ok Sweetheart, if you say so".

I sit there with my mouth open watching my mother begin to clear the plates off the table and clean the kitchen. My mom has this thing where she tries to "marry off" her daughter and have lots and lots of grandchildren, so by dropping the Joe thing I feel like I'm in another dimension.

And then my world gets put right when she says "You know if you're a lesbian you can tell me and I won't get mad. Just bring the nice girl home and you can adopt and I can still have my grandchildren!"

"Mom! I'm not a lesbian!" I shout. "I just haven't met the right guy yet, but when I do, you will be the first to know."

"Ok,good to know" she replies.

I roll my eyes, grab my purse, kiss mom on the cheek bye, and jump in my jeep grand Cherokee and head to work.

Wow this day has started off weird! I wonder what else can happen, I think to myself.....

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I dedicated this chapter to Katrocks247 because her "Death" series is one of my favorites!