Forbidden Creatures

Chpt.16 Nickalyia Riverson

It's been 3 months. Three months of being in a relationship with Jayden and i won't deny that my life is somewhat lighter, happier and more intriguing with him being apart of it. I have never experienced anything like this, so maybe that's the reason why I'm feeling this euphoric bliss. It's so bad that even when i kill, there's an pull, not the killing but at the thought that I'll be seeing him after I'm finished. For these three months, a lot has changed :

1. Am no longer living in the gang house - i decided it was time to start living on my again, to keep my intimate life private from the gang and especially from papa. The house i bought is just 15 minutes away from Jayden.

2. My feelings for Jayden have grown, "skyrocketed"  as Oli puts it. Sometimes i get scared though and start being distance but he always finds a way to prove to me that he feels the same way i feel about him. He treats me like an equal, a queen and i always relish in the little moments when he makes an extra effort in doing so. Sometimes he makes me forget that am the daughter of the most outlawed gang leader, a cold blooded killer. I am only Nickalyia, not Skinner or the other fearsome names i have been called ; am just his 'green eyed minx' or 'mí amor'  and ' mía cara'.

3. My whole behavioural pattern has changed, just a little bit. I smile more, my thoughts are little bit more on the positive side. People are still afraid of me but i have become somewhat approachable.

I don't know how much longer i can keep this from papa, he was suspicious, especially after 3 days of coming home from Chicago, i decided to leave. It felt nice - the independence, the freedom. It's nice knowing that not very gaze fixates on you when you step in the room and extremely nice not having to be always be careful about what you're doing especially your personal life. Papa visits every two days in a week - randomly, he's trying to lure me back but i am just as strong willed as him and since this infuriates him, he backs down and leaves me alone. Apart of me wants to think this is gesture is of parental concern, maybe but i know for definitely that he's doing this for his protection. Over the years i am feared more than my papa, he's still the Great Twister but i have somehow taken the spotlight. So as long as people know that i am still there, at the gang house, no one will dare try to infiltrate the area.

It's Friday night, date night as Jayden tells me. Since we are dating, every Friday and sometimes Saturdays when he isn't working, he'll take me out, somewhere, on a date. The places are always simplistic and alluring, it's always a surprise for me because he never tells me where we're going. Tonight is no different, the only information i got was to be ready by seven, that's it. I take out my black skinny jeans, red flannel, black tube top and my red converse. My hair is in a high ponytail, Jayden's favourite hairstyle (i have yet to know why), a little bit of mascara to enlighten the green in my eyes and blood red lipstick. I am always surprised at my appearance, i look nothing like the Nickalyia i have grown to accustom. This is a different Nickalyia, and I'm getting to like this Nickalyia. I hear the door being knocked and quickly yet carefully tuck my gun in the back of my jeans. I look at myself again, nodding in approval and quickly go downstairs. I swing the door open with a grin, standing before me was Jayden with a toothy grin. He's wearing a black and white flannel and a light blue jeans with a black converse.

" You never cease to amaze me mía cara. "

I blush and my heart swoons.

"You don't look too bad yourself Morris."

He chuckles and pulls me to him, wrapping his arms around my waist and breathes me in. I always relish in his embrace, especially when he does something like this.

" We're going to be late."

He takes my scent in again and retracts a little. I close the door and we head to the car.