Parallels- an MCSM AU [COMPLETED]

TWENTY- When Parallels Meet

wow are we really on chapter twenty already?? holy shit, it's been awhile

this chapter is another from Lukas's pov, and yes, i know that's weird. i had some major reservations while writing this, because it felt very strange to have two chapters from him so close to each other since the others were so spaced out.

unfortunately, there really wasn't another way if i wanted to do  these chapters the way i planned.

so in short, i'm sorry for the weird pov switches, but i didn't have another option

with that said, i hope you enjoy >:]

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I jolted awake, yanked out of sleep by something I didn't know.

My heart hammering, I rolled onto my back and stared up at the ceiling. I couldn't remember what I had been dreaming of just a few moments before, but it hadn't been pleasant.

The night was completely silent, though that could've just been my sleep-dulled senses failing to catch on to anything suspicious. I reached up and shakily pushed a lock of hair away from my face, then let my arm fall thoughtlessly to the side as I closed my eyes again.

Maybe it had just been my dreams that woke me up. There wasn't anything else around that could've shaken me awake.

I was just barely starting to doze again when I realized something, my eyes snapping back open.

I sat upright, my mind spinning into uncomfortable possibilities and my fingers curling into the blankets on top of the empty bed beside me.

Empty.

Where the hell was Aiden?

I scrambled out of bed, my bare feet making only the smallest thump as they hit the floor. I'd basically been using his chest as a pillow when we fell asleep, so I'm not sure how he'd managed to get up without disturbing me.

But he had.

The place where he'd been was still fairly warm, so he couldn't have been gone long. The door was still slightly ajar, and I pushed it further open as I stepped hesitantly out into the hall. I wasn't sure where he would've gone.

I already knew that he was a light sleeper. Not as bad as Jess, but he tended to still be pretty alert. Even if he had heard a noise or something, though, why would he have left? If had been something he'd thought was suspicious, wouldn't he have woken me?

Unless there was something completely different going on.

My nerves were very on edge as I crept down the stairs, nervous hands toying unconsciously with the ties of my sweatpants. The inside of the Order Hall was not very well-lit at night, especially now that Jess was the only one consistently sleeping there. There were torches here and there, and the faint light of the moon came in through some of the exterior walls, but it wasn't enough to eradicate the long shadows that hid ominously in the corners.

It made me even more uncomfortable than I already was, and I rubbed my hands along my upper arms, listening hard. I thought I heard...what sounded vaguely like whispers?

This was too ominous for words.

I saw Aiden as soon as I stepped off the stairs. He stood in the hall that stretched along the north side of the building, with his back partially to me.

"Aiden?" I called in a whisper.

He whirled around, his eyes bright with fear and his handsome face going deathly pale. "Lukas...no. Go...go back. Y-you didn't see me, alright? Go back."