a different kind of love

a different kind of love;chapter8

Waking up early as someone shakes my body. Opening my heavy eyes to find myself peering into Harrison’s gorgeous eyes once more.

“Hey, morning you, the school bus will be here soon, so you’d better get ready. Ok?”  

“Yeah, ok” he then gets up and leaves his room, and me to get dressed. While I’m getting dressed, my mind wanders to my dreams and the warning that Lucas issued me with before I ran to Matt. I haven’t told my brother’s; they’ll become too worried and protective. No, I was right not to tell them, my life is so much easier if they don’t know, and theirs. 

Suddenly there’s a car horn and a knock at the door, both drawing me back to reality.

“Lucie! Time to go!!”

And with that I grab my coat and run down the stairs, jumping the last two and throwing open the door, trying to look as normal as possible to my friends. With my brothers in toe I head out to the bus and my waiting friends, who are all outside the bus.

“Lucie!! I’m so happy you’re ok!! Image what I would have done without you!!!” Sophie comes running from the front of the group and throws her arms around me.

“Soph! Soph, I can’t breathe! Sophie!!” I manage to gasp as my best friends arms squeeze around my throat.

“Oh! Sorry” she giggles as she lets go. No matter what might happen to me, if my dream comes true: I can’t let her die; the world would be so much darker. She shines too brightly for me to let go. That’s when I made the promise: the promise that no matter what, if my dream comes true, I won’t let anyone get in my way or hurt. I would give my life a thousand times over for these people. I promise.

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School goes as usual; it’s nice to have something else to concentrate on. But my thoughts still wonder back to that night. To that threat and my dreams. Was there really a link? Before Lucas came back I had dreams, like a warning. Maybe my dreams are my own personal warning system. But if that’s true, that means Sophie is in danger!! Oh god! What have I got my friends onto?!

“Lucie? You ok?” we’re in the middle of English and Edwards voice brings my attention back to class.

“Huh? What?”

“Are you ok?”

“Oh, yeah. Sorry”

“Are you sure? I mean you’ve been acting a bit weird all day. Are you sure you’re alright? I’d understand if you weren’t, I mean, with what you’ve been through? It’s understandable”

“I’m ok. Really. I mean, I’ve had a few nightmares but doesn’t everyone! And like you said: it’s understandable” suddenly he reaches over and pulls me into his arms and holds me there.

“Don’t cry. Please don’t” if he hadn’t of said that I wouldn’t have noticed the traitor tears that sneaked down my cheeks. Raising my hand to wipe away the tears, our hands collide and stay there. I look up into his eyes and for some reason can’t look away. I seem lost behind the secret veil of his eyes. We both lean in a bit more and the jump out of our seats as the bell goes. But he lands in his chair, while I end up on the floor.

“Oh god. Lu are you alright?” he leaps down onto the floor with me and puts his arm around my waist to help me up. Just as we’re standing one of the windows slams shut against the wind and we both jump again. But this time we both fall to the floor and I land on top of him. My face falling against his and our lips brush. I suddenly jump up and look at him intending to apologise, but fall into the trap of looking into his eyes. I can’t imagine how long we stayed there for, just staring into each other’s eyes before Edward finally moved. But it wasn’t to move away, and I realised I was moving in the same direction. We both moved even more closely together and then our lips met once more, but this time on purpose. And we kissed. And we kissed. His hands came up behind me and to my head. One resting on my back as well. I felt like I belonged there, like I’d been waiting for this ever since I laid eyes on him.

Suddenly the door opens and whispers can be heard coming from the door way. We stop kissing and stand up holding hands. Matt and Tim are at the door goggle eyeing us.

“What?” I ask as innocently as I can manage.

“Um, nothing. I suppose I was waiting for this, but um, Harry’s not gonna like it” Matt admits to me while Tim stands next to him with a huge grin on his face,

“I knew it!! I knew you two would get it on!!”

“Yeah, thanks Tim”

-

For the rest of the week school passes me like a breeze and me and Edward are never seen without each other. After school on that day Edward walked me all the way to my door and kissed me again on my doorstep. When I get indoors Harrison is waiting at the dining room table, with a look of confusion and understanding.

“Sit down please Lu” and I do as I’m told, I know better than anyone not to disobey him when he’s like this.

“I heard about what happened after English and just saw you two on the doorstep”

“I was gonna tell you, if you had given me a chance...”

“Lulu, you seem to think that I won’t like it? I do. In fact, I love it! If it makes you happy Lu, then it makes me happy too, silly” then he gets up and walks around the table and pulls me into a hug. Its then that all my fears disappear and I forget all about what’s happening in my life.

-

Even looking back on it now brings tears to my eyes, not sad tears but happy ones. Happiness had entered my life once more. But it won’t last long. As soon as I shut my eyes tonight, all of those fears will come crashing upon me again.

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Once more I’m running. Running through the school corridors, the number two everywhere again. Sophie’s screams echo through the empty halls and rooms. But tonight there’s someone else, a figure is following me through the darkness, calling to me at times. In a voice I recognise but can’t place. Only concentrating on saving Sophie, not bothered by the voice or shadow. Knowing that I should find out, that it’s important, but still not caring. Sophie comes first.