The Hooded Beauty

Them Again

I zone out and replay the scene in my mind, then Jace's voice interrupts me and I snap back to reality.

"At the party when the rival gang tried to kill me, he was there. Willis was dragging me outside and I looked into a room, he was stood over a body, he was covered in blood and he was holding a gun. All he did was stare at me until I was pulled out of vision" I say as I look at the floor envisioning the scene in my mind, it replays it all so easily, it's a crisp memory. I feel a pit in my stomach as I finish my sentence.

I look up at Jace and I don't think he knows what to say, he looks slightly confused. He pulls me in for a tight hug and he rubs my back, I feel safe in his arms. It helps me. He sighs "I don't know who he is but he's in the Phallen gang. I'll try to find out who it is" why do I feel like this is the beginning of a shit show?

Jace stays with me for another hour and then he leaves to go talk to my father, which I know is not a good thing. Is my life in danger again? Is my life always going to be like this? He pops back into my room half an hour later to say goodbye to me. I get ready for bed and go to sleep.

I didn't sleep as well as I did when Jace was next to me. I didn't see him much today, he didn't tell me what he was doing either. We worked out together again, he was a little quieter and more distracted than usual. Am I being too needy or is he being suspicious?

I'm not hurt over the 180° change in his attitude, I just know when something is bothering him, I don't know what it is though. Have I done something? Has he changed his mind about me? Has he realised that he doesn't love me? Before I know it, it's 11pm so I decide to go to sleep as it's school tomorrow.

The disgusting blare of the alarm clock wakes me up, abruptly stopping my amazing dream of being in the Bahamas, it was bliss. I lazily roll myself out of bed, I walk over to my sink and splash my face with some cold water to wake me up, it works. I stare at myself in the mirror. I decide that I'm going to make an effort in my appearance today. I walk into my wardrobe and can't decide between two outfits. I flip a coin that I find on my shelf, the coin tells me to go with the left outfit, I decide I actually don't want to wear that one, so I pick up the other one.

It's a black and white checkered pinafore dress with a skater skirt flare. It hits just above my knees, I pair it with a normal black long sleeved shirt to put underneath. I accessorise with some medium sized silver hoops, some black Dr. Martens and some white socks. I do simple makeup, I go with my classic bold eyeliner with minimal eyeshadow and some light mauve lip gloss. I throw my hair into a high ponytail and pull the stray hairs down for definition.

I grab my bag and waddle my jolly ass to the kitchen to get myself some breakfast. Alejandro is concentrating on making pancakes into the shapes of different dinosaurs for Asher as he watches eagerly. I ruffle Asher's hair and kiss his cheek and tell him good morning. Alejandro only just realises that I am in the room, he does a quick glance up to say good morning and does a double take then opens his jaw dramatically.

"By golly, if I was straight I would explode merely at the sight of this wonderful goddess. Aphrodite hasn't got shit on you babes" he says with such enthusiasm. I absolutely love his way of words, I blush so much and walk over to him.

"But nothing is sexier than a man who can cook and look this damn good while doing it. My ovaries are calling for you" I practically shout at him as I make him spin around, we laugh as we hug and he kisses my cheek.

Asher brings us both out of our morning hype trance, "Hi Jace!" He squeals and I have no idea how long he's been stood in the doorway for. "Hey buddy" he says as he grabs my bag from the countertop and slings it over his shoulder. Most guys refuse to hold a girls bag, but here he is doing it without even being asked, this boy is stacking his brownie points up.

But I need to ask him what's up because I don't want there to be something wrong, I want to help him. I grab 3 croissants and one of the mangled attempts of a dinosaur, Jace grabs some too. I walk up to him and he drapes his arm around me and pulls me into a side hug, as he's using his other hand to shovel pancakes into his gullet. He tries to speak but he can't as he has a whole T-Rex in his mouth. He swallows his food and tries again.

"We're gonna be late, we need to go"