One Direction FanFic- Protector of Mankind

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

LEXI’S POV

December 20…two days after arriving at the mansion…

I heard the faint sound of voices coming from down below, and decided it was time to get ready.

I reluctantly got out of bed, showered and got dressed. I threw on a plain black t-shirt, a pair of jeans and put on two pairs of socks.

I walked down the stairs and into the dining room. Everyone was sitting down, and there were plates and plates of food spread across the table.

They all said good morning to me and I took a seat next to Louis and helped myself to some pancakes and some strawberries.

Things had been pretty awkward around Simon, for me. I know none of this was his fault, but I couldn’t help but put some of the blame on his shoulders. He should have looked harder for me, he should have told me about all of the this, the first day we met, at Thanksgiving. I had a right to know, and so did the boys. He had absolutely no right to keep all of this from us for so long, but he did, so I blamed him for that.

I did my best to be nice, but he just got on my nerves with out even trying, I even refused to call him Conrad, his supposed real name.

The boys were making small talk, and I occasionally joined in, but stayed silent for most of the meal. Simon made me uncomfortable and I didn’t like talking around him.

When the meal was over, we had just started walking away when Simon stopped us.

“Wait! You guys have spent the past couple of days, inside. Why don’t you go outside? There’s a pond in the backyard, that’s frozen over. I ordered skates for all of you, and a few extras, just in case the ones I got don’t fit. They’re in the little cubbies, by the back door. If you like, you can go out there and do some ice skating”

“Ice skating?! YAY! I’ve never been ice skating!” Kayla said happily.

I had to admit, I was pretty excited too, I hadn’t been ice skating in six years, I hoped I still remembered how.

Kayla, Louis, Niall, Zayn and Liam dashed up the stairs, racing each other. I was following close behind when I felt someone’s hands grip me around my waist and sling me over their shoulder. Harry.

“Harry! Put me down!” I giggled.

“No!” he yelled back.

I looked down at the ground, to see it getting farther and farther away from me, we flew over the others and Harry landed at the top of the stair, next to Liam. He set me down and we waved triumphantly and Louis, Kayla, Niall and Zayn.

“You cheaters!” They huffed when they reached us.

We all headed off into our rooms to get ready. I pulled on the purple sweatshirt that Niall got for me, along with my black fingerless gloves and my black scarf.

Kayla was done, the same time I was and we walked downstairs together, to meet the guys. They had already started getting their skates on, when we got there. I pulled mine on, and Harry helped Kayla into hers.

When we were all set we opened the doors and headed outside. It was even more beautiful in the back than it was in the front. There was a little clearing, behind the mansion, and the forest line went about 150 to 200 feet back, it was roughly have the size of a football field.

In the center of the clearing was a pond, just like Simon had said. It was larger than I thought, and it was very pretty.

There were a couple of dead trees with branches sticking out, around the edges of the pond, but other than that, it was perfect.