The Dragon Shifter and The Bookworm

Chapter 8

Eliza's P.O.V.

Adrian parked in front of my apartment building. Before I got out, I zipped up my coat and then I opened the door of the truck and stepped out. I shut the door and began walking to the apartment building. I slipped on some ice and began falling backwards when I was caught by someone. When I was helped back up, I turned my head slightly to see that Drake was the one who caught me. 

I thanked him for catching me and we walked through the building. My apartment was on second floor so I went over to the staircase and began climbing up, Drake and Adrian were following up behind me. We got to the second floor so I began walking through the long hallway when I got to my door and put the key in. I heard noises coming from inside the apartment and then when I turned the key I heard a scratching noise on the door. 

I opened the door to see my cat sitting there. We walked inside and Adrian closed the door behind us. My cat brushed up against Drake and then she brushed up against me. It was very weird to see my cat acting like that, usually when I had company over, she hid in my bedroom underneath the bed until they left. 

"That's weird." I mumble.

"Why, what's wrong?" Drake asks. 

Drake bends down and my black cat Midnight walks up to him and brushes her body against his leg again.

"Usually when I have friends or family over, she hides in my bedroom." I tell him.

Drake strokes Midnight's back and her purring is loud. When she felt like she had enough of being touched, she swatted at his hand and walked off towards her water fountain. Drake pushes himself up and he looks around my apartment. 

"Guy friends or boyfriends?" Drake asks.

I could detect a hint of jealousy in his voice. 

"My bedroom is down this way." I say completely ignoring his question. 

I lead the two men towards my bedroom and I went towards the closet door. I opened it and grabbed a duffle bag, I tossed it on the bed and began looking through my clothes, trying to pick out what I wanted to bring with me. 

"So how much do you think I should pack?" I ask.

I turned around to look at Drake who was currently staring at the picture frames that were hanging up on the wall. I noticed that Adrian wasn't in my bedroom like I thought he was. 

"Where's your dad?" I ask.

"He wanted to check out the rest of your apartment." Drake replies. "And to answer your first question, however much you want. We can always come back here if you need more." 

I grabbed a handful of shirts and I tossed them onto the bed, I then went to my dresser and pulled out a few jeans. When I turned around to toss them on the bed as well, I noticed that Drake was putting the shirts into the bag. I thanked him for helping out and then I handed him the jeans. 

After Drake put the clothes into my duffle bag, I decided to have him leave to join his dad so I could get my undergarments in without him seeing what they looked like. After I loaded up the bag with clothes, I grabbed a book bag out of the closet and then I grabbed the duffle bag and make my way out into the hallway. 

I got into the living room and saw that Drake was sitting on the couch with Nightmare sitting on his lap. I shake my head with disbelief, I swear this cat is making me rethink everything I thought I knew about my own cat. I placed both bags on the couch and I grabbed Nightmare's carrier and I placed it beside the bags. 

"Should I put her in?" Drake asks.

I nod my head and then I proceeded to grab some of her toys and other items that I knew I would need for my cat. After I had grabbed enough toys, food and cat litter I went to the hallway closet and grabbed a spare litter box. I turned around to walk back to the couch and put the litter box on the floor.

"So you didn't answer my question earlier." Drake says.

I figured that would come around again. "Which question was it?" I ask playing dumb.

I went into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. I opened it, turned around to look towards the living room and I took a drink. I noticed that Drake was staring at me.

"You want a drink?" I question.

He shakes his head no. "I had asked if the friends you invited here were guy friends or boyfriends." He replies.

"I'm going to take your things to the truck." Adrian says. 

Adrian grabs the two bags and the litter box and he leaves the apartment. I sigh and walk back to the living room and sat down on the couch near Drake. I noticed that he hadn't put Nightmare in her carrier yet. 

"Just guy friends." I say.

I opened the water bottle and took a drink of it. After putting the lid back on the bottle I noticed that Drake hadn't said anything yet. I turned to look at him and he just smiles at me. I thought it was very strange that he didn't say anything more. I hear a knock at the door so I got up and went to see who it was.

It was Adrian who apparently locked the door behind him when he left. I opened the door and let him in.

"Are we ready to go?" Adrian asks.

I glance over at Drake and I notice that he's putting Nightmare in her carrier. 

"Yeah, let's go." I reply.

Drake stood up from the couch with the carrier, Adrian turns around and walks out the door. I was finding that it was very hard to leave the comfort of my apartment, I wanted to stay and I felt like I didn't want to leave it. Drake came by and ushered me out the door, I thought about putting up a fight and telling him that I was staying here but I didn't want to scare my cat.