Love by Angels

Chapter 11:You're cooking

Chapter 11: You're cooking

     "Aunt Lisa! Aunt Lisa!" I ran through the house looking for her.

     "Adrene, I found her." Lucas said from the living room.

     "Aunt Lisa! I need to tell you about Camron." I ran down the steps to see Lucas by the phone in the living room. I tried to push past him but he just held me by my shoulders.

      "Adrene she's right here." I followed his eye and there lay Aunt Lisa's cold body.

     "No, Camron he did this. I thought that on his shirt was some rustic design but is was her, her blood." I began to cry again and Lucas held me close trying to avert my eyes but I couldn't  they were glued to that spot, I stood there frozen. Aunt Lisa was dead, murdered. Lucas called the police department and the ambulance, they had declared it suicide.

     "Lucas I'm scared, I can't live like this." I said to Lucas as I sat on my bed.

     "Adrene I know. It's going to be alright." Lucas held Adrene close.

     "But what if it's not, what if it is never safe?"

     "You just have to believe that I will make it safe, for you."

     That night Lucas nor Adrene slept, instead they lay in each others embrace comforting each other of their fears.

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     "Do you really think we should be going to school?" I asked Lucas as he made breakfast.

     "I do, there is only two days left of school then it's summer."

     "But Julia."

     "We will stay clear of her." Lucas said and I smiled as he kissed my forehead.

     I went to the bathroom and got dressed, my cell phone had rang. It read unknown name unknown number. 

     "Hello?" I asked.

     "Adrene thank god."

     "Dad?"

     "Yes sweetheart it's me. I called because we were told Lisa had killed herself yesterday." I hesitated for a moment.

     "Yeah she, um did."

     "Well are you alright?" Dad asked trying to make me feel better.

     "Yes I'm fine."

     "Alright I just wanted to make sure."

     "Dad I'm fine, so are you coming home then?" I asked.

     "Er, I don't think so sweetheart we are still working."

     "But Dad Aunt Lisa just, just DIED. She is your sister!"

     He sighed. "I know and we wish we could come, but work--"

     "Whatever Dad, that is your excuse for everything. 'I know we wish we could come but work.' You obviously just don't care!"

     "No sweetheart we--"

     "No Dad you don't!" I ended the phone call and went downstairs where Lucas was waiting.

     "You heard?" Lucas nodded and handed me my bag.

     "Come on we're going to be late for school." He said.

     Second period was over and no sign of Julia. Everyone still glared at me and I felt timid, but I still didn't know why they were  staring. Was it the bruise or the fat lip? Thankfully Lucas took me away from everything at lunch.

    "Do you think Camron will come back?" Lucas' face went hard and his eyes seemed to be someplace else. You could see he was worried and didn't know what to think next.

     "I don't know, but if he does I won't let him hurt you." As Lucas kept saying that line over and over again I was brought back to where Camron almost slit my throat but Lucas came.

     "Adrene are you alright?" I've heard that line so much this week.

     "Yes, I'm fine." They both took a deep breath and Lucas' hand tip-toed across the table into Adrene's as a sign that he knew she was not fine, just like he was not fine.

     At the end of school Adrene clung to Lucas like a magnet still taking in all the stares, and at the end of the parking lot was Julia. She looked relatively different she wore skin tight leather pants and big black biker boots, with a leather jacket done up far enough that you could tell there was nothing undernieth.

     "Well, well if it isn't the perfect couple." Julia said.

     Lucas stood in front of Adrene and spoke deeply. "What do you want?"

     "I thought Adrene would have told you. I want you baby, and I thought you did too after our little kiss."

      "I never wanted you, and that little kiss was nothing. I'm still trying to get the vile taste of your lips out of my system."

     "Juila smiled and took a few steps forward. "Ouch. Speaking of ouch how are you Adrene? You still sore from our little UFC fight in the bathroom?"

     "What do you want Julia?" I asked now standing beside Lucas.

     "I told you, and I intend to get it." With that Julia flipped her hair and walked away.

     "Don't believe her sshe's just messed up." Lucas said.

      "Lucas will you stay with me tonight?" Lucas ran his fingers through my hair and down the side of my face leading to the gentle kiss he gave me.

     "I'm not leaving."

     I smiled happy he wasn't going." So are you cooking?" Lucas rolled his eyes and smirked. "I guess I am."