The Day It Changed

Chapter Eight

Stefphan's POV:

Ayanna had finally began resting and Nikera was upstairs taking a bath. I didn't like keeping this from them. If I was in their shoes I would want an explanation too. I looked at Akiza who was listening to his music, something he always does. "What do you want Stefphan?" He said with his eyes still closed and his music still blasting. "We should tell the girls" I said, waiting for him to freak out. "What?" He took his earphones out. "What is there to tell them?! We don't even know the full story of all this" He looked angry. "We can at least tell them what we know, tell them who we are and who ordered us to protect them. They'll trust us more. They deserve to know after what they've been through so far." I said, now getting a little frustrated. "No its too risky" Akiza was now yelling. "Too risky?! what do you think they'll do? Tell everyone they know? They can't see everyone that they know because they are stuck with us... You can tell Ayanna about you and I'll tell Nikera about me. I don't care what you do, but I'm doing it." I yelled back. Akiza sighed as Nikera came down, fully dressed. "Everything ok? you guys are starting to wake Ayanna." She said softly. "Yeah we're fine. Make sure that Ayanna is still sleeping, just for a little while longer" Akiza said. Nikera looked at me to read my face and I smiled, to reassure her that everything is ok... For now.

Nikera's POV:

I didn't really believe Stefphan's smile, but I wasn't going to push him to tell me what's wrong. I checked on Ayanna to see if she was still sleeping, which she was and then I poked my head into Stefphan's room. I know that its rude of me to do what I am about to do, but he's giving me no choice. As much as I hate to admit that Ayanna was right, she was. My grandmother might trust them, but they're still strangers. If he won't say who he is then I must find out. I tiptoed into his room and looked around. It was neat and organized. A lot of things in his room were green, so I'm guessing that's his favorite color. He had a picture on his wall of his younger self and an older guy, not too much older than him. I walked to his computer desk to find a journal. It was black with yellow pages and it was old. No no do not do it! you can not invade his personal space... but its the only way to actually know him. I opened the cover of the book and found a note. oooo whats this? a love note? I read the note and fear immediately hit my heart while tears filled my eyes. The door opened as I quickly turned to face it. My tears fell when I saw Stefphan standing there. He ran to me. "Hey, what's wrong? Are you hurt?" He said while squeezing my shoulders as a way to comfort me. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to snoop. I wanted to get to know you better, but you weren't telling me anything" I handed the note to him. "Did you read it?" He asked softly.I shook my head yes as he pulled me into a hug. "We will not let anything hurt you two. You are my responsibility, I'm in charge of keeping you safe and i will not fail. Tomorrow I'll take you out and you cant get to know me, I'll tell you everything that I know, ok?" He said. I shook my head and then walked to my room. Ayanna was awake, so she followed me and shut the door. "What's the matter?" She asked. "I just read a note that threatened our safety... Stefphan was hiding it" I said while wiping the last of my tears. "I want to know what the hell is going on" She said angrily. "Go talk to Akiza" I responded.