Stuck In Reverse (#wattys2018)

(34) ASHANTI WILES

I hate maths... I really really hate maths... I really really really hate maths... Who the hell invented that subject?!!!!

ASHANTI.

I smiled Gayly, touching my lips and relieving the memories again.

He finally kissed me... Finally!!!

I giggled at the thought and crashed on my princess sized bed, stuffing my face in the pillow with sheer happiness.

Dillian was my personal bodyguard... And yes I was an over rich-pampered daughter of the town's Mayor so, I needed ultimate protection and it wasn't like Simeon: my right hand man(so he calls himself) could kill a Roach so, we both needed protection. By this, I was glad and grateful that I didn't follow his advice when we found Dillian on our way to my school on morning, beating the whooping shit out of three guys who he claimed were staring at my butt.

I giggled again at the memory and at my face when he'd said that.

I was certain he was crazy because, who the hell beats up guys because they were staring at a strangers butt??

I'd taken a huge liking to him right that moment and had given him the school fees that my poor father had given me to pay, much to Simeon's disapproval though.

It seemed he hated Dillian, for no reason if I might add.

Just to spite him more, I'd bunked school and invited him to our house where I took him to meet my father, who after hearing the story made him my personal bodyguard and sacked the big for nothing idiot (former guard) who never smiled.

In months we'd become closer and more friendly to each other, still earning my servant's disapproval.

I never understood why he hated Dillian.

I sat up straight on my bed, frowning at the sudden harsh voice at my door and I tiptoed to the wooden barrier, pressing my ears against it.

"Don't you fucking go near her!"
I heard Simeon's voice seeth and I almost shivered in fear due to the hatred his voice harboured.

Who was he talking to??

"You don't... Tell me what to do..." Dillian's voice rang out so calm and angry at the same time and I sighed.

What was wrong with both guys?? Couldn't they just become friends?? Look past whatever grudges they had?

"You're a nightmare! You've always been a nightmare to her! You've always brought bad luck to her and trust me, this time I won't allow any of you near her... Never! So get that into your thick skull and go away when you have the chance!" He yelled and almost immediately I heard a loud thud and a painful grunt coming from Simeon.

I gasped in fear, I would have run outside to separate them and given both men the lectures of their life if... If I hadn't heard the next sentence.

"You can't take her away and I can't go away because we will always find each other... It's our curse... It's our blessing. How do you think I always feel whenever I find out that the love of my life had died?? Again and again?? Without having any chance at all to save her?? While I get to live many more years without her??" He seethed angrily before continuing. "No... You don't. Do you know how many years I've been looking for Leonard that bastard? So I would get my revenge? Almost three hundred fucking years Simeon, and even if I am her nightmare... I'm too selfish to let her go... I'd rather we are both stuck in a nightmare to her being happy with another man, why? Because she is my mate.... Not just that!!! She is my forever-mate, heaven wrote our story... Our lives are woven together and if one gets cut off, the other get cuts off automatically too. I can't leave her... Never."