Gabriel (Book 1)

The Archaeologist

A-N- Picture on the right is Rhoan!

June 22nd, 2011 

I am back home now. Going back a few nights though, Rhoan and I walked a bit after leaving the library and then said goodbye. Which left me free to run back to Valentina's house and visit for a bit. Tristan was out of his room and sitting in the living room with Max and Anastacia. It really was good to see him out....and not screaming. I stayed for another day and then said my goodbyes. Nothing fantastic happened on the plane ride home, nothing as bad as the first time anyway. I did see a couple ghosts but these ones obviously weren't out to torture me. 

It felt great to be home again, well, I was home alone. Sure there was Jordan not far away at her house but Alec and Faine were off with the Cullens doing....something. I could have gone and visited my niece, it would have been the nice thing to do, but I didn't want to let Jordan down with not having any new information. 

I decided that I might as well suck it up and visit my beautiful niece. One knock on the door and Jordan was standing there. 

"Oh, I'm glad your back! Good trip?" She asked as I came inside. 

"Mmmmm not really." I told her about Tristan and then about my quest for information, "The one book I wanted was missing, and I think it held the key to Sophia." 

"Well I just found out that Sophia is a witch and that her father wants to kill her-" 

"Josh?! Well, I knew Josh could be grumpy but I didn't think he would want to kill her!" I joke. Jordan lightly shoves my shoulder. 

"Not that father, her biological father." 

"Oh, eww. But hey, you seem to be taking it well, Sophia being a witch and all." 

"Yeah, well, I kind of don't know exactly what to do. Jez described this darkness inside Sophia and her father and I really don't like that." 

"My niece could never be dark." I say smiling as I sit on the floor next to her. She giggles and smiles. 

"You know, you visit with her and when she falls asleep I'll talk to you."  

Jordan leaves me alone muttering something about coming in second to the baby. 

"That's right. Nobody cares what you're worrying about. Its all about the baby." I laugh.  

I tickle Sophia's chubby legs and play with her stuffed animals. And I help her fall asleep with a fairytale that I grew up with, I guess that's goona be my thing; telling stories. 

Sophia had just fallen asleep when I started to feel this pounding in my head, right behind my temples. It wasn't like I was hearing a sound, not even like hearing a victim's heartbeat, it was just this terrible pressure. I stood up and went to find Jordan, it was getting worse and worse! 

I find her washing dishes in the kitchen and decide that standing isn't really okay. I pull out a chair and sit down. 

"Gabriel?" 

"Shhh. Sound bad. Quiet good." It really hurt even more when there was noise. Even the constant sound of water from the faucet became too loud. 

The room started to blur in front of my eyes and then there was this crystal clear image in front of me. It was Rhoan's ghost. 

"I am so sorry that I had to leave you like this. We had wonderful times together and I will never forget them. I want you to move on with your life, but please know that I love you." He said before disappearing. 

I closed my eyes, that might have been one of the freakiest things ever, and I have seen A LOT of freaky things in my life time! And did he really just say that he loves me?! Why me? I'd only known him for a day! God, this brings back the 'is he gay' question. Why do I attract the oddest people?!