Her House, My Rules

Chapter 28

"I'm playing, Hawk." Jack gave me a friendly punch as he started to explain himself. "Hazel just wants to know everything. I hate her brother. You and I both know that I don't date crazy girls. Jessica is not my type." He laughed as he advanced on Hazel, jokingly. "But Hazel is."

Hazel laughed.

Close your mouth, Hazel. I'm the only one who can make you laugh.

"Back up, brother." I pushed him slowly. A smile played on my silly face. "Over my dead body." I kissed Hazel's forehead.

"I think, I'm going to get coffee downstairs." Jack opened the door. "Hawk?. Behave yourself, brother. It's a hospital, not a hotel." He closed the door after him.

How do I start Hazel Brown? How do I tell you the truth? How can my secret not hurt and break our relationship?

I didn't want to hide things from Hazel anymore. She deserved the truth and I didn't care anymore. I thought I lost Hazel for good when I heard about the accident. I decided to tell her everything about the past but I was trying to find a different way to put it. I didn't know what else to tell her. She was the only good thing in my life. I didn't want to lose her too. My feelings for Hazel was strong and real. I didn't want to break our good souvenirs by telling her my dark secret.

How would she take it? Is she going to leave or stay? What if she hates me after everything?

Hawk! Stop thinking! Just do it! Do it! Tell her the truth! The truth! Nothing but the truth!

"Hazel?" I sighed, nervously. "I think I'm ready to tell you everything. Well, I'm not really ready to do this but I don't want to hide anything from you." I grabbed her warm hands. "How do I start?" I paused.

"From the beginning." She stated, urgently.

"When I was a little baby..." I started explaining everything to her.

Hazel's eyes were focused on me. She was listening to every word, every detail. Her face was full of confusions and scary desires. Deep down, I knew that it was the right thing to do but at the same time, I was scared of the future consequences. There I was, in a hospital room with Hazel, telling her everything about my past and my future.

It felt good but I didn't know if it was going to last. I felt free, I felt guilty for poisoning her life with mine. She didn't deserve me. I was a dangerous creature. She was close to danger and far from safety. I had two sides. A good and a bad one.

I was one of a kind. A Hulion.

Half human, Half lion.

Was I dangerous? I was. Was she safe around me? Of course not.

I didn't know what was going to happen next or how to control this other side of me. I just couldn't look into Hazel's eyes and tell her that she was not in danger. A terrible lie, if you ask me. I had to stay away from her. I wanted a life far from her sight. I wanted to test my power and my weaknesses.

She was one of them.

"Are you saying that you can't control it?" Hazel continued, gently. "When do you have your episodes?" Her question revealed an impossible effect.

"I don't really know, babe," I stated. "It just happened. Sometimes, It kills my human side. It happened a long time ago and now it's happening again and I think I'm dangerous. I can't really be by your side if I can't figure how to control it." I sighed, desperately. "I don't want to hurt you."

"I don't want to leave your side. I really like you, Hawk and I don't want our relationship to end this way." Tears fell upon her face as she leaned in for a kiss. I declined. "What's wrong? Don't you want to kiss me?" Her perfect eyebrows questioned.