Audrey James (Lucado) and her friends, second year BSc students at Houston University have already had enough number of encounters in their first year with HER. As Audrey fights to keep herself and her friends alive, more new people get involved in...
"He was the most attractive person I've ever laid my eyes on." Mom started to speak, finally after four hours of continuous sobbing.
"Do you know Audrey? He wanted the two of us to have the most precious mother-daughter memories. He wanted to fulfill something he couldn't do with you through me. So, he used to take photos of me and you dressed in the same outfits."
"What?" I whispered.
"Do you know why I kept you away from my parents?" She asked. I don't know why, but she started asking this random series of questions.
"Because, after I moved away with your dad, the werewolves got angry. They saw my action as a crime. They took out their rage on my small town. Ever since then, my little town of Cyan is under attack. It's always under protection."
"So, Audrey has never seen your parents?" Niall asked.
"Never." She said. "And neither have they. The war started because of me. And ever since then, I've been trying to find a way to stop it."
"Is there something we could do?" Zayn asked.
"No honey, I think all this will end on its own." She said, wiping her tears. Her face was bright red from crying so long. "I need to have some time to myself."
"I'm coming with you." Zayn said, getting up immediately after mom said that.
"No I'll be fine." She said, getting up, pushing him to the side and walked out of the room.
"No I'm coming with you." He repeated, and followed her. I turned around to see her pushing him away, but Zayn just kept pulling her back. He then held her by her shoulders and pulled her back to my room.
"Sit here. I need to keep an eye on the two of you." He said.
"Niall will stay here with her." She said. "Let me go Zayn." I could see the look on Zayn's face while he was trying to pacify her. He was trying to hold back his tears. He seemed to be very good at it. I could see him crying inside. Then he leaned forward, hugged her, and kissed her on her cheek.
"I don't wanna lose you." He whispered, and apparently I heard it too.
"Never." She whispered back. Then moving back from him, he wiped her tears, tried to make her smile by making faces. He seemed to be pretty good at it.
"I think I have some pictures that your dad took. Let me try to find it." She said.
"How is it that I don't remember any of this? Like, I don't even remember how he looked. Even in that vision I had with him, I only remembered while I was with him. I instantly forgot how he looked. Why is it so?" I asked. Niall heard the whole thing by sitting closer to me, and told mom what he heard.
"I knew you'd ask me this one day." She said. "Okay look, I am not allowed to show you how your dad looks. Your grandma has actually banned me from showing you how he looks. And so, your memories with him had to be erased completely."
"No." I whispered, as a tear escaped my eye.
"I'm so sorry, but, those memories can never be brought back. They're, they're gone." She said.
"Okay, let me go looking for some pictures now. I pretty sure they're in your dad's cupboard where he kept his bigger trophies.
And as I watched her rise and leave, Zayn followed her to the opposite room. Niall was about to get up from beside me and walk away, but stopped half way when he heard me cry.
"Hey, Audrey no. It's alright." He said, trying to console me, but I just kept crying. What is wrong with me grandma?
"I wanna see my dad." I protested.
"Ask me anything in this world but that." He said, wiping my tears.
"I wanna see me dad." I repeated.
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I could hear them practicing downstairs in the hall because mom was busy looking for my childhood pictures, and ended up cleaning the entire room. Despite her search, she didn't find anything.
After what seemed to be hours, she came in running with two photographs in her hand. She was loud enough to let the people downstairs know what had happened.
"The princess and the queen." Niall said, showing me one photo.
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"Oh my, mom you look so gorgeous. Audrey, you look so cute oh my God !" Zayn said. "And mom, you had pretty long hair at that time. Why did you keep it short now?"
"Ah, I didn't really like the struggle. It was James who did my hair that day, and got us the same dress. It was a surprise." She said, smiling at the picture.
"What as the occasion?" Harry asked.
"Nothing, just like that. He wanted to see us happy. That's all." She said. "Oh, and Audrey had a little brown hair at that time, which looked amazing on her. I don't know how her hair's color changed. Although I like how you look now, I still miss that hair you had."
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"I don't even remember I had hair like that." I said.
"What?" She asked, leaning towards me, and I repeated.
"You may not remember how your dad looked, but he's always there, standing right beside you, no matter what. You just need to look for him." She whispered.
"Will he answer me?" I asked.
"Why not?" She asked.
"What if he doesn't answer me? What if he doesn't want to talk to me?" I asked.
"Just remember this honey. He loves you just as much as I love you." She said.
Okay guys, I'm sorry for not being regular with my updates. It's just that my studies are becoming hectic. But don't worry, I will update as regularly as possible. VOTE and COMMENT for more chapters to come :)
