Bitter Sweet

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 - Day Two

That night, neither Travis or I slept at all. We sat in comfortable silence until morning. We sat in a trance until we both were brought out of it by the alarm clock going off. The clock was on my side so I started leaning towards it but my action was cut short by Travis leaning over me and doing it himself. Before he went back to his original position he kissed me on the cheek. "Ya know I can smell Luke on you." I wonder why I only spent three hours with him. *note the sarcasm* "What happened last night?"

I sighed knowing I couldn't avoid it so I started telling him the story about how I felt uncomfortable in the room and that I just wanted to walk around a bit and how Luke found me and how we made some progress and then how he ruined it. He nodded and without saying anything else, he climbed out of bed and made his way to the shower.

Was he angry with me?

It only took ten minutes before Travis came out with wet, dripping hair and clean clothes on. "Are you angry with me?" I was still sitting in the same position as I was before but now I had my head in my hands. I felt the bed dip in front of me and a pair of hands remove my own from my face. I looked into those goddamn beautiful eyes and waited for an answer. He looked at me thoughtfully and a smile creeped onto his face, "Of course not, Cade. How could I be mad at such a cute lil face." I broke out in a giggle and smacked his chest lightly. "Come on, and shower. I'm makin you breakfast." With that he laid back onto the bed and grabbed the TV remote flipping through the channels to settle on American Horror story yet again. I noted that that must be his favorite show.

I took my time in the shower, taking care to wash off all of Luke's scent. When I was finished I stepped out, dried myself along with my hair. I picked out a pair of soffe shorts but I couldn't find a clean shirt so I borrowed on of Travis' black ones, tucking it in. I didn't bother with my hair so I let it down in a tumble of a mess and combed through it with my hair. I was about to step out of the bathroom when I heard a knock at the door and something possessed me to stop and put my ear to the door.

I heard Travis jump off the bed and yell, "Comin" He soon reached the door and opened it. "What the hell are you doing here?" Hmmm

"Hey Travis, I know my sister is a prude and I thought you might, ya know, wanna talk about it." Kathrine, of course. Something in me wanted to see how he reacted so I stayed in the same position.

Travis was about to say something else but was cut off. Pretty soon I heard a slam of a door and some quiet smacking. Was he really going to do this with my sister while I was right in the bathroom? unintentional tears cam to my eyes and I slid down the door. I held myself for a moment. Pretty soon I heard a huge boom and a growling. "Did you really think I would do that to Cade?"

"Come on, Travis. She will never know. I know you want me..."

"Ya wanna know what I really want?" He said this in a hushed voice. I heard another boom I could just imagine him pushing her into a wall. "I want to rip your throat out and drink your blood. I also want your sister. I love her, now get out of my sight ya whore." I waited a couple more seconds before I heard a door open and slam once again. I slowly stood up and put my hand on the door nob before slowly turning. I immediately found Travis and ran to him and wrapped him in a hug. He also wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on my head. "Thank you, Trav..."

"For what, baby?"

"Not giving into her..."

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That day's training was uneventful. However, that night, was a different story.

All of the warriors were back in our tents due to my former pack giving everyone trouble. I slept peacefully through the night, well almost. I was woken up by bangs, growling, and the crackle of fire. When I opened my eyes, I was met by a very panicked looking Travis and Kenneth both crouching by the door of our tent. "What's going on?" I asked this in a groggy voice I tried to get up so I could look out the door of the tent but was gently pushed back down by Travis. I looked up into his panicking eyes.