Unexpected

chapter 12

"Tara?" I hear too the all familiar voice...

I look up to see Harry, in his usual black skinny jeans and white T-shirt.

"Harry!" I beam at him.

"What are you doing here?" He asks.

"I'm following you... I go to school here, you idiot!" I push him playfully while he chuckles.

"Oh hey Jake, what's up man?" Harry says, acknowledging Jake's presence.

"Nothing much. I haven't see you in a while, how is Gemma?"

"Yeah, I went to Australia." He smiles at me. "And Gemma is great."

'Tara' I hear Alex say before I feel a huge pain in my stomach.

"Tara, are you okay?" Harry asks.

"Y-yeah I-I have to go," I stutter while standing up. I then rush to the nearest toilet and lock the door. I don't know what is happening.

I am sweating... my tank top is sopping wet, It's as if I were dancing in the rain, my nose is bleeding and my eyes are a brilliant gold colour, like they're on fire. Never in my entire life have I seen my eyes gold! I mean, who has?

The pain in my stomach makes me want to tear my hair out. I collapse on the floor when I hear a loud ringing in my ears and I start to feel dizzy. I begin panicking so bad that I start to cry. I want to scream but I can't, I don't have the strength to or the energy.

'Tara, I'm scared' Alex cries in my head.

"Tara!" Someone calls out but it feels as if the person is miles away from me. I feel myself being lifted in the air, like I'm floating. I can feel myself slipping into the darkness but it's another moment before it claims me.

*

When I wake up I find myself in my bedroom and its already dark out. I climb out of bed and make my way to the bathroom. The pain I felt is gone and I see that my eyes are back to their normal color but I sense an emptiness deep within me.

"Alex, are you okay?"

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"Alex?"

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"Alex, it's not funny"

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" I'm sorry. I love you okay please answer me "

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" Alex please "

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"Dad will know what to do," I say to myself as I'm heading downstairs.

When I get downstairs I find dad on the phone in the living room, his back facing me.

"I can't, it has already started." He says to the person on the other line. But as he talks I can only wonder what has 'already started'. A few seconds later he hung up.

"Oh sweetie... how are you feeling?" He asks when he notices me.

"Dad..." My vision becomes blurry due to the tears. "What is happening to me?" I can't help but let out a sob. He walks over to me and pulls me in for tight hug.

"I tried to talk to Alex but she won't answer. The last thing I heard her say was 'Tara I'm scared.'" My sobbing becomes harder and louder with each minute that passes.

"Shhhh it's okay sweetheart, I bet she's just tired." He says, while trying to reassure me.

"And what happened to me this morning? My eyes were gold, dad! " I cry.

"I-I don't know yet," he says brushing my hair. I can tell he is lying. I know it and that makes me 99% sure that he was talking about me when he was the phone.

"Dad..." I sniff as I look up at him. "Yeah?" He replies.

"What has already started?" I ask, hoping to get the truth out of him.

"What?" He plays it off as if he's confused.

"When you were on the phone, I heard you say 'I can't, it has already started.'"

"Oh that...nothing to worry about sweetie," he brings my head over to rest on his chest.

We all know that when parents says 'nothing to worry about' there's always something to worry about. You know the feeling you have when you know someone is hiding something from you but you can't prove it? Well that's exactly how I feel. They've been hiding something from me since we left Australia. Like who would leave their pack, job and country for no freaking reason, huh?

It bothers me so much, almost to the point that I feel I'm going to explode at any moment.

"Where are Mom and Mick?" I finally speak.

"Your mom went food shopping and Mick should be upstairs."

"Okay," I say pulling away. "I'm going upstairs."

"Okay." Dad says sitting down and turning on the television.

I hear a light knock on my door before Mick appears in the doorway.

"Hi," He says.

"Hey." I reply.

"How are you feeling?" He asks while taking a seat on the end of my bed.

"Okay. How are things between you and Meg?" I ask, genuinely curious.

"Great, we have a date on Friday," he grins.

"That's cool," I say, without any emotions.

"Please don't overwhelm yourself with all of your obvious excitement." He says, trying to be a funny-man.

"It's not that I'm not happy for you Mick, I really am happy for you and Meg. Trust me I am, I'm just scared. I have the feeling that something bad is going to happen. I don't know what exactly but it scares the hell out of me." And again I start cry.

"Tara..." He tries.

"Leave." I say, trying to keep my voice as steady as possible.

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"Please leave Mick, I just want to be alone right now."

"Okay," he replies, leaving but looking very unwilling about doing so.

I feel bad for kicking him out. He is such a sweetheart and I thank god everyday for giving me such a caring brother. But with what happened to me earlier and Alex not talking to me, I want to be alone with my mind for a while.

*~*~* Michael P.O.V *~*~*

I'm worrying about Tara. She's one of the most important people in my life and I love her to bits. Of course it hurts me to see her falling apart, but what hurts me the most is that there is nothing I can do about it. I know that dad wants to protect her but I think he's making a big mistake by not telling her the truth.

"How is Tara?" Her sweet voice speaks through the phone. I still can't believe that I find my mate after all this time. I know for some people two years isn't long but it is for me.

I know that I've only known her for fourteen hours and two minutes but I'm already so in love with her. She's the most beautiful girl I have ever met and never in a million years will I let her go.

"I don't know she won't really talk to me," I sigh.

"So a movie Friday, yeah?" She says.

"Yeah," I reply.

"Wh-"

[SCREAMING]

What the actual fuck!

"What was that?" Meg asks.

"I don't know." I say to her.

[SCREAMING]

'Wait... Oh my god... Tara!'