Vampire Academy

Chapter 26

Sky

  The day was dull and cloudy.
The sky darkend as I stared out the window, tracing my fingers over the foggy glass.

Slow breaths left my parted lips. Noah sits beside me in the drivers seat, glazing the road in silence. We rode in a sleek red Chevy, something a teenage girl would be ecstatic to receive on her sixteenth birthday.

I brought my knees to my chest, wrapping my arms around them. The dread sunk deeper in my heart. I didn't want to face my parents at all.

I just couldn't understand how two people could just lie about a person's entire life and then once they find out, they expect them to just except it and move on. 

No. I couldn't do that. I just couldn't.

"What are you thinking about? You look awfully sad?" Noah asked grabbing my attention.
I shook my head grimly.

"It's nothing don't worry about it" I dismissed.
He gave me that serious look making me sigh.

"I don't know how I'm just suppose to go back to them and pretend that everything is alright" I expressed.

Noah's face balled up.
"Sky you sound ridiculous" he scolded.
Making me frown.
"Excuse me?"

"Babe, you have two parents who love you to death. They'll do anything for you, including lie so that you'd have a normal life. A lot of people don't even have one parent that'll do a quarter of those things" He crooned.

I crossed my arms across my chest.
"Noah, I'm so sorry that your mother isn't here with you, but at-least you know who you are!"

"And you think I like it!?!"
"Noah I just killed someone you think I like that !"

The car fell into a deep silence.
The tension that began to build up seemed possibly thick enough to cut with a knife.

"Well, your better than me, You sure made his last moments memorable" Noah growled.

My eyes grew wide, lips quavering. I was shocked that he would even say that.
"It was a distraction, not a love moment " I mumbled.

He gripped the steering wheel tighter and I could hear the leather crunching.
His marble jaw set tight.
"You think that makes it hurt less?" He asked in a hurtful tone.

I turned to him with guilt in my eyes. My heart ached for him.
Why was I so stupid. This was I cycle I realized.

No matter where I went or who I met, I just couldn't stop hurting people. What was wrong with me.

"I'm so s-sorry" a burst of burning tears sprung from my eyes.
The feeling of shame washed over me.

Noah's scowl softened before he reached over and intertwined our fingers, kissing every knuckle. He was always so sweet and kind to me even when I clearly didn't deserve it.

"Just forget about it ok, we don't have to talk about it anymore" he bargained.

"You know I don't deserve that" I said grimly.

"Hey. It was your first kill, that's something to be proud about, even if you did seduce him to do it" Noah smirked causing me to laugh.