The blood secret

Chapter 14

It's been a whole week since I've been at Nick's house, Finns injuries have all healed up, as well as my own. It's been a few nights since i last had a nightmare, now that we've worked out that someone is putting these nightmares into my head, we have a slight chance of stopping them. For some reason they think it's going to help them find the box but to be honest i'm not even sure i know where it is and if i do, it must be in a deep memory somewhere.

Every night, i go to sleep with the thought of a nightmare on my mind but i never seem to have one and that seemed to scare me more than actually having one. Last night was bad, i woke up in a rush covered in sweat; my body was shaking and all i could see was black. Finn had said i was screaming in my sleep but i when woke up, my throat felt fine. I tried to tell myself that it was all in my head but deep down i knew that wasn't true.

My mother had rung me five times every day since I've been at Nicks and once again i had to lie to her.i told her that i was staying in a hotel for a few more days, that i couldn't stand being in the house with Sue and Blake. I told her i was finding it hard, that it upset me. It hurt her when i told her this, i had to use my dad as an excuse, saying i found it hard because it bought back memories of me and Blake playing with him when we were young.

I walked down the hall to the kitchen and found Nick cooking something, it smelled amazing but i couldn't guess what is was. I walked to the fridge and grabbed a glass of orange juice, taking a seat on one of the bar stalls as i watched Nick cook.

"Morning, how'd you sleep?" He said as he placed the food on a plate and sat down opposite me, he slid a plate over to me and i looked down to find a small omelet and a peace of toast on it. Since being here, Nick has been a good friend to me and always seems to know what i want or need. Sometimes i think he can read minds but i knew he couldn't. Well i hoped he couldn't.

"I slept all night once again but i still woke up in a hot sweat. You don't think there doing this to me, do you?" I asked as i took a big mouth fall of food, the heat of the omelet burnt my tongue but i quickly washed it down with some orange juice.

"No, this isn't the work of a Nephilim. They don't have that kind of power but we can't rule them out, they may have hired someone to use some type of spell on you." He sighed and looked down at his plate, i could tell something was bothering him but i didn't want to pry..

"Nick." I said looking him in eye, "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah, it's just. A lot happened in that last, i'm just trying figure out whats really going on." He looked down at his food and shoveled a big spoon full of eggs in his mouth.

"Yeah a lot has happened but we'll sort it out and hopefully not get killed in the process." I said with a small laugh, Nick laughed back but we both knew it wasn't a funny joke.

"I'm also worried about you, you almost died. What if something like that happened again, i know we've only known each other a couple of weeks but your kinda like a sister to me." He said looking away from me.

"Well you won't be able to do much, since i'm the only one who knows where the chest is." 

"You think that's funny." Finn said from behind us, startling me to death. He was leaning against the door frame, watching us. "Do you think your death is funny?"

"No. It was just a joke, chill out." I got up from the island and put my plate in the sink, i started heading towards the door but Finn was still blocking it with his body. "Please move." He sighed heavily but moved to the side without saying anything, i made my escape before he could stop me.

I spent the rest of the morning in my room reading a magazine i had found and taking yet another bath but i knew i'd have to go talk to them sooner or later. I got dressed into a plain black T-shirt Nick had given me and the same pair of jeans i'd been wearing all week. Nick hadn't had a chance to go get me some clothes from my house, so i was stuck in these ones for now.

I walked back into the kitchen and found them both were i had left them earlier, i walked over to the sofa and put the T.V on, i wasn't a fan of watching T.V but there wasn't much else to do around here. I put a random show on and carried on flicking through through the magazine i was reading, i saw on one of the pages that the amusement park on the sea front had been all done up and that they had created a whole new roller-coaster there.

A thought popped into my head that maybe a evening out would be good for all of us, we've been cooped up inside this house for ages now and one night wouldn't hurt anyone. Hopefully.

"Hey guys, you know that amusement park down on the sea front?" I said walking over to the kitchen, where they were still sat.

"Yeah,, what about it?" Finn said, an annoyed tone to his voice. Guess he was still made at me for earlier.

"Well, i thought maybe it would be a good idea to go there tonight. We need to get out of the house and your fully healed now, plus with the amount of people that are going to be there, there's no way Ace and his friends are going to attack us. I doubt anyone would even know we're there." I waited for his answer but he just sat there staring at me.

"I think that's a great idea, we could all use a night out." Nick said breaking the awkward silence.

I looked at Finn with pleading eyes and he let out a soft sigh, "Fine. I'm only saying yes because you've been through so much and you deserve to have some fun. We all do and it might be the only chance we get to relax for a while." He said as he rubbed the back of his neck, "But the minute something goes wrong, we're getting you out of there."

"Yes, thank you. I promise, i'll do whatever you say." Without thinking i kissed him on the cheek, i immediately took a step back from him and then smiled as i walked back to my room, my cheeks a deep shade of red.