Burning Ruins

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve

Delaney

I felt the side of the bed sink in and I saw the clock on the wall show three in the morning and Axel just finally gets into bed.

I left him outside around eleven. What has he been doing for the past four hours?

He sighed frustrated and was quiet for about five minutes until I felt the bed go back up and the bathroom door open and then close.

Three seconds later and the shower came on. Five minutes went by and the sound of water pounded in my ears.

I slowly sat up and rested my head against my knees as I looked at the light shining under the door.

Axel didn't know what could easily tigger my fear spilling out, my past cracking past my facade. There are few people that know what happened. Veronica, Elias, Hunter and Steve. No one else knew, I didn't and still don't want anyone to know because it's something I don't want anyone to look at me differently. I'm still the same girl I was before, I'm just more protective of myself.

I heard the shower shut off but I didn't move. I just sat there quiet gazing at the light.

Time passed and I heard the clock on the wall tick.

I got up, grabbed a jacket and walked out to the balcony right outside the bedroom and just looked out and watched the city lights twinkle.

My eyes got heavier and I suddenly fell asleep. 

    "Are you sure?" Veronica said and my eyes slowly opened.

    "Fuck yes I'm sure." Axel whispered.

    "Well what did you say to her?" Veronica asked.

    I yawned and wrapped the blanket on me before getting up off the balcony chair and stretched.

I felt eyes land on me and Axel's was the first ones I caught.

"Hey Stormi." Axel smiled at me as he opened the door a little more.

"Good Morning." I smiled before walking into the warmer room than outside.

"How'd you sleep hun?" Veronica then asked.

"Perfect." I responded before going into the bathroom to find my hair less so perfect.

I grabbed a brush and tried to untangle my hair.

Giving up halfway through and just pulling it up. I looked at the makeup from last night and decided a shower would do me wonders. 

"I wanna go on a hike." I said out of the blue.

But I did. I felt like I was still suffocating on my past, of him, of everything wrong that's been going on in my life. I needed air and not from a city view. I need pure nature. Something to refresh my mind.

"Right now?" Veronica gave me a look like I had to be joking. But I was being dead serious.

"Yes." I nodded. "Or a jog. Somewhere with trees and barely any civilization."

"So fucking Antarctica?"

"Something like that but with trees." I smiled at my best friend who probably thought that I was having a mental break down and I probably was.

Axel disappeared as I tried to fix the mess on my head.

"Ready Stormi?" Axel asked.

"You have to be kidding. Guys it's like six thirty."