What I Never Told You

Chapter 8: Again?

We end up going to the first ten places, it takes us three weeks to make sure there isn't anything there but we got them out of the way. I pinch the bridge of my nose as I look at the map in front of us. It is almost midnight and we still haven't found a new place to look at yet. My head pounds as I sit there, closing my eyes and listening to the others arguing about where they think we should look next.

"Enough!" I look up at Cyril, he normally doesn't raise his voice. The others look at him, staying silent, "Let's get some rest."

They slowly get up and leave to their rooms. Not wanting to get yelled at by Cyril again. He didn't really yell at them, he just raised his voice to get them to listen. It worked. They are doing what he said. It is rare for Cyril to raise his voice at anyone, he doesn't like doing it because it means that he has to seem mean and he doesn't like that. He is a cinnamon roll, a complete sweetheart. I'm going to regret comparing him to a cinnamon roll, aren't I?

I wait until they leave before looking at Cyril, "Took you long enough."

"You should get some rest too."

"I'm fine."

"That's not what those circles under your eyes say."

I look back at the map, "I can't sleep."

He lets out a sigh, "Dreaming about it again?"

I don't say anything for a moment, "The day's coming up..."

"What happened wasn't your fault you know."

"If I had paid attention I would have known it was a trap and no one would have gotten hurt."

"Hayden-"

I get up and stretch, "I guess we will pick this up later."

He nods his head and I walk over to the bed, "Try to get some rest."

I smirk, "That shouldn't be too hard."

Minutes go by and I am still staring at the ceiling. The silence is deafening in the darkness. I fall asleep after a few more minutes. Only to be placed back in the house. I look around and frown. Some things are missing or different but it doesn't calm me. I turn around and watch everything happen. All wrong but right at the same time. Still filling in and knowing what is going to happen despite what is different.

"Hayden... Something isn't right."

I look over to Madison, "Glad to know I'm not the only one."

We walk around until I find a wall with no pictures, hitting the baseboard to make sure it is the right place. It can't be, that would be way too easy. The wall slides back and we walk in, the little back up we have following us down into the darkness. Who would have thought that we would be going after one of our own? We get down there and walk to the light. I signal for the others to stay where they are so if anything happens they can get out or come to help Madison and me.

Just as we enter the room the door slams shut and I turn around. I knew that this was all off. I should have paid more attention. We can still get out of this. The others will be trying to get in here, especially Cyril. You know, if this all goes south and I survive this, I should tell him what I have been meaning to tell him for a while.

Allen steps out with two people by his side and a sick smile on his face, "Did your father send you here? I guess it will be a choice that he will regret for the rest of his life."

The fight breaks out and I am looking down, almost like it is a movie. When our guns are empty we are left to fight with what we can find. I want to look away but I can't, no matter where I turn it seems like I didn't turn at all. When I hear the banging on the door I am thrown back into my point of view. I struggle to get up and frown at Allen as he points a gun at me. I should have known that it was a trap. Just as the others get through the door Allen pulls the trigger. When Madison jumps in front of me I scream, everything moving in slow motion.

I jolt upright, trying to calm down. Not the best thing in the world but it could be worse. It could be much worse. I know that for a fact but I still feel like my heart is going to pound out of my chest and no matter how hard I try, I can't catch my breath. Give it a few and I should be fine.

As I breathe heavily I feel someone wrap their arms around me, "Hey... It's okay. Just breathe."

It takes a moment before my breathing slows back down and we sit there in silence. I am sure you know who it is. Hasn't happened for a while and I thought that they were gone. I really did. I didn't have them for a while. Thinking that I have finally gotten away from them but that isn't something you can get away from.

I pat his arms with my hand and he lets go, standing up, "How did you know?"

"Like I said... You talk in your sleep."

I look up at him and he looks at me, "Thanks..."

He nods his head and I get up. I get dressed and ready for the day. With my disguise on we head out to see what else we can find. When we get nothing by dinner time I sigh as we head back to the hotel. When Cyril makes a turn I wasn't expecting I look at him for a moment. When he doesn't say anything I look around to see what could have made him decide to take a turn that doesn't lead back to the hotel.

"Cyril. Where are we going?"

"To get dinner. Maybe we can hear something that will help while we are out."

"But we have-"

"Let's get something that doesn't come from a box for the night."

"And what do you have in mind?"

"I guess we will have to wait and see."

We end up stopping at a Chinese restaurant and go in. I find a booth to sit at while Cyril orders our food. When he gets back I smile at him as he hands me my food and a bottle of water. As I eat I watch him try to use his chopstick. When he fails at getting the food in his mouth I laugh. My laugh fills the small area. And here I thought that he was practicing.

"Did you forget?"

"Yeah... Will you show me?"

"Again?" He nods his head and I scoot over to him and show him again, "Okay, now try."

When he gets his food in his mouth I smile at him. He turns his face to me and I realize just how close we are to each other. Without knowing I lean closer to him. He does the same thing, slowly closing the distance between us. Are we going to actually kiss this time? Like is this happening or am I daydreaming about this again?