Where are you going?

Chapter 25

Julia's POV

"So, you're telling me that you guys ran through the forest, jumped the fence and then got chased by the chops, while still being on the Canadian side of the border?". I laughed out loud trying not to spill the food in my mouth. "Yes, but you forgot the bees, that were everywhere.". "Oh, I'm sorry. That must have been the hardest part, huh?". I said sarcastically before Colby laughed as well and kept on taking in the spicy Chinese food. "But seriously, that's crazy. I can't believe you haven't gotten arrested yet.". I scraped the last amount of chicken and noodles down my mouth and threw the box in the trash before getting back on top of the kitchen counter. "Oh no we have, but that's gonna be a story for another time. I wanna listen to your life before all of this.". I was at first surprised but then I realized it made sense that they had gotten caught. Colby wasn't done eating the Chinese food we found on our way back to the apartment. Well I guess we stole it, but we knew nobody cared, and we were now just talking in the kitchen while the sun slowly set. "Well, my life isn't as interesting as your YouTube life with jumping fences and going to haunted places.". "Hey, I'm sure your life has been interesting, and if not, I still would like to hear. I mean you're also kinda stuck with me so go on.". He stood against the refrigerator with his smirk plastered on and his blue eyes piercing through me, sending a weird chock through me I had never tried before. I really didn't have a choice in this, but I suppose he deserved to know after he had told me everything about him. "Here you want some water to clear your throat before?". He handed me a glass of water in joking manner while keeping up his smirk, well knowing he had an effect on me. "Oh, shut up.". I jokingly said and smiled back as I ignored the glass of water in his hand and started. "Well you know Violette and I are from New York but got an opportunity to go to LA and start our individual careers. We both sing and play music, but I chose to dance instead. Was one of my mom's dreams too and I know some of her old friends still lives here, so I came to LA with dreams of dancing and perhaps work as barista or something, you know until I could build my own dance studio.". Colby looked surprised at me and kept on listening. "But before me and Violette went to LA our lives were quite different. After high school neither of us were expecting to go to LA and I was studying medical while working small jobs and Violette was having her jobs while just doing her thing, I guess. She actually has a friend from Maryland who had gone to LA and so she asked if we could stay at her place here in LA while we found our own place.". I readied myself to say more but Colby's voice interrupted this time. "Tara, right? Her name is Tara isn't it?". I looked surprised at Colby for a moment before answering him. "Yeah. How did you know?". I looked questioningly at him as he threw his empty Chinese box in the trash. "Because she's dating my other friend from Kansas named Jake. I think I have something to ask you, Julia. I also believe that Kiwi is my friend Katrina's dog, isn't it?". I then looked chocked at Colby and something I also had in the back of my mind suddenly bloomed and came out of my mouth. "You're right, and Katrina is Sam's girlfriend?". "Holy shit, yeah!". I began to smile while I saw the way Colby ran his fingers through his hair in surprise. "I guess we eventually could have met each other sooner than we ended up doing, huh Bambi?". He was all the sudden in front of me and between my legs again with his on the sides of my thighs. "I guess we could have. Life is crazy, huh.". I said as I grabbed his head and ran my fingers through his hair in the front and tried to style it while he became closer. "you know, you didn't tell me anything about your boyfriend back in New York, just saying.". he quietly said as our foreheads touched, and I closed my eyes. "Who says I have a boyfriend in New York?". I furrowed my eyebrows and opened my eyes to see his. His eyes were darker by now and flickering between my eyes and my lips, which I didn't mind. "Mmh, good.". He said before smashing his lips into mine. I immediately kissed back while running my finger through his hair and feeling his hands holding onto my waist. Once again, it felt like magic and yet so normal as if I couldn't live without it. His scent became so clear and the feeling of him warmed my entire body. Our lips moved in sync and our bodies screaming for each other as I straddled him and he all of the sudden lifted me off the kitchen counter. I was smiling into the kiss as he carried me towards the matrasses, but before he could do more, I pulled his hair to earn a sharp inhale and a bare neck for me to attack. I left kisses down his jaw and neck until he let go of me and I landed on the bare mattress. His lustful eyes pierced right through me and made me go crazy for a moment until he quickly had his lips back on mine and his hands roaming on my bare back under my shirt. I didn't mind him being the dominant right now and it was all going well until I felt it on my hand. I had touched him on his abdominal and felt a warm fluid likely blood. Fuck. At that point Colby was on top of me and leaving kisses on my neck and doing things to me I never expected, but It didn't feel right that he was bleeding from the wound. I was trying hard not to let out any moans, but it was hard with his lips on my skin and his hands everywhere. "Col...Colby?". I immediately felt his body slow down and his lips leave my delicate skin to answer. "Yeah?". He either didn't notice that he was bleeding, or he was ignoring it and focused on what he was doing to me. He then stopped in his tracks and looked me in the eyes from pure curiosity and I guess worry. "You're wound. It's bleeding.". I flicked my eyes down to his abdominal and the bloody stain on his white t-shirt he still was wearing and looked back up to his eyes. "Ah shit, sorry. I'm so sorry, did you get any on you?". He asked as he got of me and sat up for a bit giving both of us some time to catch our breaths and overcome the insane intimacy. "No, don't worry. You didn't feel the pain or anything?". I thought it was sweet of him to be so thoughtful, but he shouldn't be ignoring pain and especially not when it comes from the gunshot wound. "No, not at all. I guess I was feeling a lot of good things that helped with the pain.". He looked at me with a smirk and those damn eyes while I sat against the wall and tried to hold the mask but failed. I felt my face staring to heat up and my heart start to race, but in a good way this time. "oh shit, didn't know you could blush like that.". He said with a cocky facial expression. "Shut up.". I then threw one of the sleeping bags at him and walked away to get some air. The air was so still in the city like the one in New York but quieter. I guess I really couldn't say since I had no idea how it was in New York except for bad. I didn't know where Carlos or Alex was or if they were still alive. I felt powerless for once in a long time, with the thought of my brothers laying across the country in some alley in New York. I didn't like that thought and a couple of tears left my eyes before the shut and I headed inside again. Colby wasn't on the mattress anymore so I supposed he was in the bathroom fixing his wound since I couldn't find the roll of bandage. The sun was down by now and the room was dark, relaxing my eyes and body, making me slowly fall down the soft air mattress. My eyes closed immediately without even waiting for Colby to come, but I guess it had been a long day. It had been five days with Colby by now, and I wondered how many more it took before I shared my days with Violette and the others. I guess my mind went on with the thought of that. I dream if you could call that. The first time in a long time.

Colby's POV:

"Oh shit, didn't know you could blush like that.". I said as I looked at her with surprise. If this stupid wound wasn't stopping me, I could've taken her right there and then. I would've taken her far away from this shitty apartment and the rotten mattress, to somewhere perfect for the two of us. I knew that was the most fucked up thing about it all. What were you doing, Colby? What were you thinking would happen? I felt ashamed to think that this was real. That this was normal and that I generally was looking for my friends with her. You're kidnapping her, you idiot. You're lying to her and manipulating with her. I couldn't believe how this could've turned out if none of this shit had happened and it was just me and her in LA with all the others. I wondered for a while as she was standing on the balcony which I guess we both liked to do sometimes. She really wasn't like the other girls I had met in LA. I couldn't think about that for longer before I heard the ringing tone from one of the rooms I once used as a closet and quickly grabbed the bandage and grabbed it before Julia Could hear it too. Shit, I couldn't let her find out what was going on, so I at once answered and went inside the bathroom and locked the door. "Good, is she asleep right now?". I recognized his voice and wanted to punch him in the face just by hearing his voice. But I couldn't. I was saving Sam not hurting Julia. "Yeah, she fell asleep twenty minutes ago.". I said, well knowing they had been watching over us the whole day. I wasn't blind to the men in the hoods walking around the shelters. And I wasn't and idiot. I guess I kinda was though. "You know, that's funny cause I hear that my men can see her pretty awake right know.". Well fuck me. "Look Colby, you did a fantastic job today making her trust you and what an amazing actor you are. I'm impressed, so just keep doing that and don't lie to me will ya.". I heard how proud he was of me, but I didn't feel proud at all. I lied to Julia, but I guess I should get used to that. "I have everything under control sir. Why did you call?". I did it again. I was acting like I was kissing his ass, but inside I felt my blood boiling and my anger rise by every word. "I'm sure you do, I just wanted to remind you of the plan, and where you're going tomorrow and the next couple of days. And oh yeah, it's probably gonna be more than just a week. Something went down in San Francisco and ehm... well, you're gonna have to keep her for two weeks if you ever want to see your friends again.". He then ended the call and left me with a rage and an uncontrollable anger I never thought I would have. One day he would suffer for what he's making me do. I had the picture in my mind though. The pictures of Sam in chains and bruises all over his body, I saw Jake and Corey too. I guess they really knew how to mess with my mind. 

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