Fire And Ice

Chapter 3 - Am I in love?

IVORY'S POV

We stepped inside the house and the smell of cinnamon and honey greeted my nose. It smelled amazing!

"You can just sit here on the couch. I am going to go talk to my mom to see if you can use the guest bed room and ask her what we should use on your leg."

"Y-y-you mean I can stay?"

"Of course! Why not? Unless you don't want to." When he said that his face fell.

"No! I would love to it's just there has only been one person in my entire life that has been kind to me. So, I'm trying to get used to you being nice to me. It's just something that I am not used to. Sorry."

"Why was nobody nice to you? I mean look at you, you're gorgeous, kind, and sweet."

I blushed and looked at the floor. It suddenly became very interesting.

"Just an easy target I guess?" I replied without looking up.

"I will not let anyone hurt you ever again." He sat down next to me. "I promise." His hand found its way to my cheek as his thumb stroked it. He was staring into my eyes and it was making me feel all giddy inside. "I'll be right back." He got up and walked down the hallway into another room.

I stayed on the couch seeing that I had nowhere to go. The door suddenly came flying open and I jumped from where I was sitting and screamed. Not just any scream either, it was an ear-piercing scream. I thought that it was my father or mother who had followed us. I put up my fists ready to defend myself, there was no way I was going back with them alive. Instead of my parents a girl my age came walking through the door.

She had beautiful golden hair that settled just a little past her shoulders in perfect curls. Her eyes were an extremely dark brown that they almost looked black.

"Where's Mason?" She said with a sneer as she looked me up and down with a disapproving look.

"He's in the kitchen I think."

She started off in the direction that Mason had gone. "Oh baby." She yelled. "Where are you?" You could totally here all the lust that she was trying to put into her voice. Personally, I thought it was gross. And did she really just call him baby? Seriously? I sat back down on the couch and started to rub my sore leg. It seemed to be feeling a little bit better since I have been moving it. I can stand and walk but only slowly.

It felt like Mason had been gone for forever, but I checked the clock on the wall and he had really only been gone for thirty minutes. He was probably making out with that girl or something. There's no doubt that he has totally forgotten about me. I stood and walked towards the door. I opened and stepped out onto the porch. Maybe a walk will do me some good and allow me to clear my head. Figure out what I was going to do. There was a hotel not too far away from where I was that I would go to whenever I could to get me away from my parents. I could go there for now but I was not going to be able to stay there forever.

I had made it three houses down before I heard a door slam against a wall. I turned around and saw Mason with panic written all over his features.

"Oh Ivory." He ran over to me and wrapped his bulky arms right around me. "I thought that your father had found you or you had run off. You scared the shit out of me."

"I'm sorry Mason, I thought that you had forgotten about me." I lightly wrapped my arms around his stomach.

"How could I have forgotten about you?" He leaned back just enough to look at my face but he didn't let go. I'm not afraid to say that I was really enjoying this just like yesterday. I hoped that he would never let go.