Love, Death & Lies

Chapter 6

 “Do you think she’s dead” I heard a voice say,

“No I can she her chest rising and falling, she’s breathing” another said.

“But just to be sure lets poke her with a stick” the first voice said my instincts took over as I was regaining consciousness and my hand shot up and my eyes opened as I grabbed the stick before the person could poke me, I slowly stood up and yanked the stick from the persons grip and stood in one spot shaking slightly as my eyes adjusted to the sunlight. They were both males and they were obviously twins due to their similar facial features and the colour of their hair which was a dirty blonde colour. The one who tried to poke me said

“You are lucky we got to you before they did” I was confused,

“Before who did??” I questioned

“Before the um Dingos did” the other said

“Who are you??” I asked

“I am Carlos and this is my brother Nathan” the one who tried to poke me said

“If you wish to travel with us the way you can tell the difference is that I have a scar on my arm” said Nathan.

“I wish to travel with you, you seem kind enough but if you are to try and hurt me be warned my father is a F.B.I agent and will have the right to arrest you” I said firmly but inside I was hoping that they bought it, I felt my legs cave beneath me again but I got caught by Nathan and my eyes closed again sending my into darkness…

I woke up to find myself lying on the backseat of a car and my brain instantly told me to scream so I opened my mouth to do so only to get a hand placed over my mouth.

“I suggest you do not scream since we are in a town with police hunting around for a girl” Nathan’s voice urged, my eyes widened and I whispered

“Did the police mention a name??” Nathan nodded and my face grew a bit pale “well??” I questioned,

“Well what??” he replied which caused me to give him a funny look.

“What was the girl’s name??” I said

“I think he said Alexandria” he shrugged as he said it. I smiled and slowly sat up as I looked at the town which was quite busy. Carlos turned into a side street which led up to a massive mansion it was kind of gothic which was pretty cool with its darker exterior and some ivy neatly decorating a gazebo to the left. We parked at the front of the house,

“Come on dear this is where we stop” he smiled I smiled softly and got out of the car and stood by Nathan and Carlos as we entered the house.

“We’re here!!” Carlos yelled as we walked into the foyer of the massive mansion,

“You better stay close to me or my brother while we are here, just so you know” whispered Nathan into my ear and I nodded softly but inside I was questioning why I had to stay close to one of them.

A few moments later I heard thumping come down the stairs somewhere to the left and a boy that looked about 20 rounded the corner wearing nothing but gym shorts, then he and Carlos had one of those ‘guy hugs’ and the boy didn’t seem to notice me there at first but after him and Nathan shook hands he noticed me and smiled, he held out his hand so I held out mine to shake it but he took it in his and softly kissed it. I smiled politely as I pulled my hand away secretly wiping it on my hoodie

“Nice to meet you darling” he said seductively

“Nice to meet you too” I replied not really interested in talking to him, but luckily he turned his attention to Carlos

“Heyy bro how have you been??” he said

“Pretty good Tristan, yourself??” he replied

“The usual” Tristan said, Nathan suddenly wrapped his arm around my waist protectively, pulling me close. I noticed Tristan checking me out from the corner of my eye and shivered slightly, Nathan must have felt the slight shiver because he pulled me closer, I saw Tristan bite his lip

“Tristan haven’t we interrupted your workout??” asked Nathan which shook Tristan out of his somewhat of a trance

“Yeah I guess you have, you two are coming too though” he said, I felt Nathan shrug then start to walk off pulling me with him “leave the girl” said Tristan firmly, Nathan’s fingers closed onto the fabric of my hoodie

“No” he said and continued walking

“You know my rules, no girls in the workout room” he said firmly yet again, at this point I was maddened at his sexist ways so I pulled from Nathan’s grip and jumped onto Tristan tackling him, pinning him to the ground. I held his arm in a position that I could easily use to break his arm

“Don’t ever think a girl can’t handle working out” I hissed, Nathan quickly pulled me off Tristan wrapping his arms tightly around me with no hope of me to escape so I gave up and just stayed there. Tristan stood up in shock and stretched his shoulder out

“Nice move” he winked and I rolled my eyes “she can come” he said to Nathan and then we continued walking but before then Nathan let me go and I started walking behind him as Carlos and Tristan jogged over to a glass walled room filled with fitness equipment.

Once I got in the room I sat on the bench at the side just watching them work out unfortunately Tristan kept flexing his muscles to try and impress me, so I just rolled my eyes and looked around the glass room.

“Hey” said Carlos said coming over to me “you never told us your name” I looked at him and shrugged

“And??” I asked

“And I would like to know your name since you can take down my buddy in an instant” he smirked

“It was a lucky shot” yelled Tristan from the treadmill making me giggle slightly

“My name is Alexia, but you can call me Alex or Lexi” I smiled

“Nice name” said Carlos, I noticed Nathan freeze in the corner which I was confused about.

“Ok let’s leave the workout room now, we’ll get changed and go into town to get ice-cream or something” suggested Nathan nervously. I tilted my head but didn’t argue.