The Hybrid (Updated Version)

Chapter 13 - Fake smiles

Me and Asher ran into the mall, crowds following behind closely. I had forgotten about my fame whilst on vacation. Asher seemed panicked, looking around at the people. "You alright?" I nudged him. He looks up at me and smiles.

"Yeah, I'm good. I'm just not used to crowds." He says with an unconvincing smile. I look away from him and greet some of my fans. I feel a tug from my sleeve and turn around to see who it was. A short little girl looks up at me.

"Wow! You are so pretty! Could you sign my book please?" She asks me. I smile and take her book to sign. I hand it back to her. She gallops away to her parents. I look back over to Asher. "Can we go now?" he asks.

"No, I still have more fans to tal-" He gives me a glare and I stop. I feel a weird sensation comes over me. Before I know it, I'm walking away from the disappointed crowd of fans. We walk towards a jewelry shop.

I look mindlessly at the jewelry. I don't feel any emotion. What is going on with me? "Hey babe." Asher calls me over. I walk towards him. In his hands is a friendship necklace, made for couples instead. It has two wolves on it.

He takes one half of it and puts it on my neck. He puts the other half on his wrist. "Do you like it?" He asks, though it doesn't look like he cares. "I love it!" I smile widely feeling my emotionless state go away.

A little while later Asher comes up to me. "I'm hungry!" He whines. "We could go out to eat." I reply not looking at him. He growls and looks at me. "I want you to make me something." He says with a glare.

"Yes I will make you something from home. We just need to go to the grocery store to get supplies." I answer back, a feeling of emotionless once again rushing over me. "Thanks babe!" he says with a smile, almost too real.

He drops me off at the grocery store. "See you at home, babe." He says before driving off. I grab things off the shelf that I know he will love. I grab money from my pocket and pay for it. Once i've gotten all my bags I start my journey home.

The walk takes twenty minutes before I finally arrive at the door. I immediately I walk to the kitchen and put everything down. Asher is sitting on the couch, watching a T.V. show with his feet propped up. I smile a turn away to start on the lemon peppered chicken.

I feel my emotions running through my body. I look over to Asher and feel anger towards him. "Hey, wait a minute! You just dropped me off at the store and left! I had to walk twenty minutes home!" I yell at Asher.

He looks up at me in hatred. "You needed the exercise anyway." He says rudely. I walk over to him, about ready to punch his face. I stop right in front of him as he glares at me. "Go make my dinner." He commands.

"Okay honey."