Trouble ||l.h||au

10~

"I've never lit a match,

with intent to start a fire,

but recently the flames,

are getting out of control."

KIRA POV

"How bad was he?" I questioned, leaning on the kitchen bench in an effort to feign casual interest. When in reality I was holding my breath, worried for Luke. How messed up was this kid? I didn't know why my sudden curiosity was so overpowering. Luke was an idiot and quite clearly he didn't care what people thought of him. Considering the fact that he was new and already in the hospitable, waisted and cut up.

I knew that mum was going to question my sudden interest. I should've thought of that before I opened my mouth....

"Why the sudden curiosity?" She questioned, as if on cue.

God damn it. I thought to myself. Now what? I couldn't exactly come out and say,

Oh yeah he's just this new guy that 's been following me. He's a major dick but you know that's ok.

Ahhhhhh

No. If I said that mum would most likely file a restraining order on him. That's just the kind of parent she is.

So I settled with this instead,

"New guy at school. He's in some of my classes." I said in a 'I don't really care' tone.

I honestly was proud of myself, my cover was pretty impressive. However, Mum was still looking at me skeptically. I knew she didn't believe me. There isn't a lot I could do to change that. Once she believed something she stuck by it, much like myself.

So I decided to try and change the subject, a risk I was willing to take.

"Anything else eventful happen?" I asked as I began walking back towards my room.

"Nothing much. Some girl had eaten some bad chicken. That was a whole new level of ugly." She groaned.

I shuddered, that was disgusting.

"Alright, well I'm going back to bed." I announced, not waiting for a reply as I ran back down the stairs, trying my best not to trip over in the process.

I'm coordinated, just not when I can't see anything.

I crept down the stairs and slipped into my room, quietly closing the door behind me before literally jumping back into bed and on top of Jadea.

She let out an annoyed hiss before scurrying away into the corner of the room, her round yellow eyes glowing in the bright moonlight.

The rest of the weekend past without much entertaining news. I had my usual shift at the coffee shop down the road, serving hot drinks to middle aged slightly perverted men. I swear I was the youngest person there by at least 20 years. Some guy even slipped his number into the front pocket of my black apron. The memory itself is enough to give me shivers. I didn't hear a single thing on social media about Luke or any form of sketchy business. It sounds bad that I've put him into that box of 'bad guys' already but sometimes looks is enough to go by. I know I haven't really 'gotten to know the guy' but I honestly don't think that that would be necessary.....

Monday morning came around like the bitch it usually is way to quickly. I woke up thinking it was Sunday and almost rolled over to go back to sleep when I heard my phone start to ring from my bedside table. I groaned, rolling over beneath the dona to reach out and grab the phone before I missed the call.

"Hello?" I answered, not bothering to look at the caller ID. I startled myself, my voice sounded horrible. Like I'd swallowed a small handful of nails.