Light Me Up

Chapter 2 : Broken Parts

3 months later

Bonnie's POV

After I got settled in the cabin things ran pretty smoothly. Me and Enzo bickered a lot but I feel like now, after 3 grueling months we've finally gotten used to each other. He didn't stay here all the time,  and when he did he stayed on the couch, giving me full privacy as promised.

"Ah here I thought college students knew how to feed themselves" Enzo complained

He scavenged through the cabinets in the kitchen looking for god knows what. I ignored him, sitting on the couch with the guitar. I played around with it when I was bored, which was pretty much always.

"And here I thought all vampires were arrogant and glib" I retort "Oh wait...."

I sneer at him and he rolls his eyes

"When's the last time you went grocery shopping" He asks "And what do you even eat on a daily basis there is literally no food"

"There is plenty of food" I snark "You apparently can't see"

"What this rubbish?" He laughed crinkling a bag of chips "No one with half a brain would eat this"

I glare at him before turning back to the guitar and strumming it loudly

"I am begging you to please keep your guitar practice limited to when I'm not around" He pleads "I can't stand to see such a beautiful instrument be so terribly played"

I scoff

"Fine" I mutter

I put it back on its stand and pick up one of the books Enzo brought from the Armory. My first plan to find out why I was wanted was to look for the most probable reason.... my blood. I had been looking for the word Bennett in every one of the books for months, to no appeal.

***

I breathe heavily, desperate for air. Nothing was wrong, I was in the open, but I couldn't breathe. It was midnight and I was lying on the bed restlessly.  I couldn't stop shaking. I squeezed my eyes close, trying to wipe my brain of all the unnecessary thoughts. But instead I was back. I was back in the prison world again. Kai's arms around my neck as I tried to struggle free. I gasped for air sitting up on the bed, my body still shaking.

"You're ok. You're ok." I whisper to myself

This wasn't the first time I had a flashback and I doubt it would be the last. I climb out of bed and walk into the kitchen to get water. I notice the lamp on by the table and see Enzo sitting there flipping through one of the journals.

"Hey" He says looking up

"Hey" I reply "What are you doing up?"

"I have trouble sleeping sometimes" He admits "Figured I could use the time to help you with some research. You?"

"Same. Trouble sleeping sometimes"

I fill up a glass with water and down it, before walking over to sit at the table with him.

"Still nothing?" I ask

"Nope" He replies "No mention of  'Bennett' anywhere"

"And we're already halfway through" I sigh

"See that's where you're wrong. We're only  halfway through"

"That's what I said"

"No, you said we were already  halfway through" He remarks "If you put it like that it sounds hopeless and pessimistic. Saying you're only halfway through means you still have a chance"