Bait // Thiam

Chapter 28

I splashed my spoon around in the soup, and watched as the parsley floated on the top. I slurped the soup up, and felt it run down my throat. It was warm and creamy, so it was satisfying when ran down my neck. From memory, it was chicken and corn soup, and it tasted delicious.

I placed the spoon back into the bowl, and swirled it around, watching the little whirl pool I was making. Ever since I saw Theo, or at least, ever since I thought I saw him, I haven't been hungry. I feel sick to my stomach, and eating just makes me want to throw up.

"Still not feeling well?" Hayden asked me, placing her bowl down and feeling my forehead. "You don't feel warm."

"I feel fine, just not all the hungry." I placed my bowl down, folding my arms and leaning back into the couch.

I made sure I didn't make any eye contact with her, to make sure she couldn't pick that I was lying. I concentrated on the movie, and took a deep breath in. I could see Hayden looking at me from the corner of my eye, but I didn't want to look at her. It's hard to look at her when I'm lying, but I can't tell her the truth.

"Liam, what's wrong? You haven't been yourself these pass couple of days, and it's worrying me. What's going on with you?" She asked me, grabbing my hand. I had no other choice, so I looked at her.

I might be lying to her, but I don't need to push her away. She's the only good thing I have left, I can't afford to loose her as well. It would destroy me.

"Hayden, I need to tell you the truth." I told her, taking a shaking breath in and looking into her eyes. "I can't stop thinking about something Jessica said, it's be-"

"Why are you talking to, Jessica?" She cut me off, anger rising in her voice.

"Don't worry, it's what you think. Anyways, it's been on my mind all day, and I can't get it out of my head. She said something about Theo having a special place, and he goes there quiet often. She said he was spending a couple days there, and I can remember him mentioning something about a river. I think that's where he is, but I don't know where it is." I told her, looking up and seeing the look on her face.

She looked pissed off, but also sad. I don't know if it's because I spoke to Jessica, or if there's something else on her mind. I grabbed her hand, but as soon as I touched it, she snatched her hand back.

"Of course." She whispered, looking at me and shaking her head. "It's always about Theo, and I'm over it. Even when Theo was here, all you did was talk about him. When I wanted to make plans with you it was always, 'sorry, I'm with Theo. Sorry, Theo's over. Theo and I are doing stuff today'. Don't worry Liam, you and Theo can have all the time you want together, because I am done. I'm done hearing about him, and having to act like it doesn't hurt me. You pay more attention to him, than you do to me!" She yelled, standing up and storming over to the door.

I furrowed my eyes, and shook my head, confused as to why she reacted like that. I understand that I talk about Theo a lot, but not as much as she made to seem like. She knows that Theo and I got super close in those couple of days, so she should understand. It's not that I'm paying more attention to Theo, it's just I'm worried about him.

She doesn't know everything that's going on, so she doesn't understand why I'm so concerned, and worried about him. She doesn't know about the hunters, werewolves, people getting hurt and all that stuff, so she wouldn't understand why I'm acting like this.

I pushed myself off the couch and ran after her, closing the door, just as she started to open it. I grabbed her hands, softly and looked into her eyes, giving her a soft smile and shaking my head.

"I'm sorry you feel that way, it's just I'm worried about him. One day he's here, next day he's gone and no ones heard from him." I explained to her, lifting her head up as she looked down to the ground.

She looked into my eyes and I could see how hurt she was, and that's when I knew, I had to let him go. If he wants to run away, and leave me, that's his decision. I can't destroy my relationship with Hayden, because of him. He's the one who wanted to leave, so that's his chose. I can't keep running around, trying to find him.

"I love you, Hayden. I love you, so much." I told her, cupping her small face with large hands.

I leaned down slowly, and waited to see how she would react. She looked into my eyes, and smiled, pushing her lips onto mine. I smiled into the kiss, and ran my hand through her hair, feeling how soft and smooth it was.

I felt her hand run down my back, sending shivers down my spine. I opened my eyes, and pulled away slowly, trying to catch my breath. I looked down into her eyes, and ran my finger down her face, watching as her cheeks went a bright shade of pink.

"You are so beautiful." I whispered, before kissing her again.

Even though I wanted to forget him, the whole I was thinking about him.