Buried trust

Chapter 10

(Songs; Catch me-Rubert Pope, Cut-Plumb, Alive-Gabrielle Aplin, As you-Ficci, Stubborn love-The lumineers, Heal-Tom Odell, Medicine-Daughter.)

My life has become such a mess in four weeks. I don't know what to do anymore. Everything is too much. Jenny left a few days ago and I have so many questions left. I have to know who the vampire is and protect my friends from it. I know Jenny said that I could call her when I need her but she has to be with her pack right now. I don't know what to do. I have read everything in the history book but I still want to know more. Tomorrow I can get the books I want from the library. I have to figure out what everything means. I know a lot but not everything and that is bothering me. I have to find out what I am because that the worst. Not knowing what I am. My life shouldn't be like this. I want to believe everything but it still seems so unreal. It feels like I am a stranger in my own body. I have to set all my thought away otherwise I will go crazy.

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I wake up from one hour of sleep and look outside. It's still dark. It is four in the morning and I can sleep for another two hours or more. My head is too full of thoughts. I hear my dad walking from the bathroom to his room. Why is my dad still awake? I hear his voice talking to someone. Is he cheating again? I open my door as quietly as I can and walk to my dad's room. I press my ear to the door and listen. "I know mom, but she can't know yet. She is too young. I wish she wasn't just like you." What I was like my grandmom. The girl in my dream was my grandmom. The girl next to my dad in the picture was his mom. My grandmom. Why had she a book linked to her? Some more thoughts are coming to my head and I hear my dad talking again. "She can't go to France. She has to go to school, here in Maryville. No way she is going to France just you can explain everything." My dad is saying things about explaining stuff to me. I don't get it. My head hurt because of all the things going around in my head. I have to go to sleep.

I wake up for the second time but it is now light outside and six-thirty. I step out of bed and grab a flower-patterned crop top and a denim skirt. I walk to the bathroom and take a shower. I put on my clothes and think about what will happen today. Something weird is going to happen or it is just a normal day. I hope that it is the second because I can't take any more of the weirdness going on. I apply make-up and brush my hair. I tie it in a ponytail and walk downstairs. I hesitate to make yogurt or waffles. Waffles it is. My dad walks downstairs and grabs a late with waffles that I just baked. I make a scene up in my head when I confront him about yesternight. But that scene didn't end well so I keep my mouth shut. My dad walks to the living room and turns on the tv. The newslady informs us that there was an animal attack again. "Why does the police never find that mountain lion." My dad is arguing with the newslady. I laugh because my dad always talks to the tv. He knows it isn't going to talk back but I think he like that. I grab my bag and walk outside. The warm sun is burning my skin. I love the summer. I know it isn't going to be long before the summer ends so I enjoy every moment.

When I stop in front of Alex's house she is waiting for me and running to my car. I missed her a lot. I know she apologized and I did to so everything is okay again. "Hey, Mads." Alex jumps in my car and smiles brightly. "Alex, I do have a problem. You can't drive home with me after school." "Oh okay. Alright, then I have to convince Andrew to drive me home."Why Andrew?" "Natalie is by her dad again. Some emergency with her and her dad or something." "Okay, then Andrew it is for you." I laugh and we drive past Jenny's house. I see Ethan stepping into his car. He stands still when he sees my car and waves. Why does he have to wave when I am in the car with Alex? I quickly wave back and hope that Alex didn't saw it. "So you guys are still talking?" I hear Alex her voice almost breaking. I know she likes him. I think they are a great couple actually. "Yep, we're just friends. I think you two will match." Alex opens her mouth but nothing comes out of it. She is blushing heavily. I like to see her so vulnerable.

We arrive at school and walk to the first class. I see Luke and Niall talking and when I walk towards them they stop talking. "Hey babe, what's up?" Luke asks me. I hug him instead of giving him an answer. We all walk to class. At the end of the day, we have PE. I am planning on skipping it so I can go to the library but it is our first PE lesson so I can't miss it. I think I am trying out for the cheer squad again. Last year I was also a cheerleader but I did that so I could be at every game when Luke was playing. "Alex, should we join the cheer squad again or not?" I ask Alex and she looks at me. "Yeah, that would be fun." I'm surprised by Alex her reaction but I'm excited to go on cheer again. School is done and Alex and I signed us in for tryouts. I walk to the library and ask the lady where I can find the books. She directs me to a path full of bookshelves. All the books are about mythologic character or stories. I look for the vampire one who was connected with the witches. I search for the name of the book about Marion Moreau. My grandmom. I can't find it so I go back to the lady and ask if the book is still in the library. "The book you want is in a special place because it is very old. You only can get it if you have an important reason." The lady is getting on my nerves because I just want the book. "I need it for a town history project," I say and the lady lightens up. "You have the best book then because this is a book that goes a lot about the history of mythologic creatures in this town. It was written by one of the local townies." "Great to hear, can I now get the book so I can make the best history project about this town?" The lady looks at me and walks to the back and a little later she comes back with the book. It is an old book, I can see it. It isn't a large book but it is very thick. I think there aren't any pictures in it. I grab it and thank the lady. I put the books in my bag and walk out of the library. When I get home my mom isn't home. I hate it that I have to live with my dad alone till Sunday. My dad is in the kitchen preparing soup for dinner and reading some of the documents for his work. "Hey sweetie, how was your day?" my father asks. I don't want to talk with my dad I want to read the books. "It was fine. I signed up for tryouts." I say and I almost reach the stairs but my dad says something back. "Witch tryouts, cheer again?" "Yeah cheer. But I have to work on my history project now, you can call me when we have dinner." "I have to go somewhere this evening so I'm going to eat right now. You can eat later." I am thankful that I don't have to eat with my dad again and walk upstairs. I put the books and grab my notebook where I wrote all the stuff down about vampires. I begin to read the first book about the connections that witches have with vampires. Vampires often ask witches for something. Apparently witches can create jewelry from black onyx, and that stone with a spell can create a daylight spell. So vampires can walk in the sun. Great now I have to watch out for everyone in this town. Black onyx is a black colored stone. I can recognize it when someone has a piece of black jewelry on. I see luke's hand in front of me. He has a ring with three black stripes in it. I always liked that ring because of the black aspects and the silver. He said to me that it was a black onyx. No way. It can't be. I try picturing Niall his hand and see the same sort of ring on his finger. They had it since they came into our friend group. It was something they had together as brothers. I won't believe it. Luke and Niall are vampires? I have to get answers first before I tell Ethan or Jenny. Am I going to tell them? Luke and Niall are my friends. They have never done anything wrong. What am I suppose to do?