| CHAPTER 63 : THIS JUST GOT INTERESTING |
Days flew by.
My routine consisted of me aimlessly watching Netflix and lounging on Jade's bed.
I didn't immediately start going to school. I didn't want to.
Jade's parents were more than okay with anything I did. I bet they'd even bring me the best quality of blades if I tell them I wanted to suicide.
I just couldn't get over this feeling of emptiness that I felt in my chest. Sometimes I think I would start crying. Sometimes I think I would start laughing. Sometimes I think I would start screaming.
Is this how mentally disturbed people felt?
Cold blue eyes kept haunting my dreams in the middle of the night. I couldn't rest properly that led to me being tired and lazy the entire day. I had pretty much lost my appetite too and would eat only dinner when Jade's mom forces me to.
Jade would occasionally punch my gut as hard as she can since she found out I had abs and I would chase her in return then punch her just as equally.
She never skipped school because of her being a school scholar and the star student even though she'd stay with me in bed all day and watch Netflix with me. I pretty much stayed like a black cloud all day.
I tried baking, reading, writing, drawing and all sorts of normal things but my hands would twitch for something more. I found myself gazing at the knives fondly when Jade's mom would cook, and my hands yearned for holding one and taking a swing at someone.
Am I turning into a psychopath?
Maybe if I went out for a run, see the outer world and remember how's it like to be outside then maybe it would refresh my mind a bit.
So I changed into one of Jade's sportswear that consisted of a tank top and joggers and threw my hair into a ponytail, strapped on my shoes and took off in a run around the neighbourhood.
I almost forgot how everything looked like from being in the mansion for so long.
I reminisced the children around, the houses, the familiar streets.
If only I could truly forget about everything that happened then maybe I could move on from my dull state.
After an hour or two of running, I got back home, completely pouring and dripping in sweat. I stripped my clothes in Jade's bathroom and got into the shower, turning the water all the way until it was freezing.
After my cold shower, I changed into a t-shirt and sweats and strutted down the stairs. I guess I'll grab something to eat.
A scream almost left my lips at the ghost-type figure, standing in the living room.
"Diego?" I asked, my mouth dropping open, "What are you doing here? I almost shit my pants!"
No one was at home except me. Jade was at school and her parents were at work.
A greeting smile came on his red lips, "I'm extremely sorry but I had something to tell you."
"What?"
"Please sit down first." He motioned to the couch in front of him.
I reluctantly went ahead and sat down.
"What happened?" I asked, gazing at his tall and muscular figure which made the living room look ten times smaller.
"We had a deal remember," he stated, "I'd let you bond with me and instead I'd get your brother back for you?"
My heart clenched at the thought of Collin, "Yeah."
"Well, I did go to the Derek Towers to retrieve your brother and I did try my best, despite you haven't been able to give my vampires and I, our venom back, but the problem is..." he scratched the back of his neck.
"What? What happened?" I asked.
An uneasy look crossed his face, "Collin seems to have escaped a long time ago and is now missing."
My heart drummed faster. My mouth parted open, "What?"
"According to the warlocks there, Collin managed to escape and is now disappeared."
I blinked in shock at first, then because I didn't know what to say, "How long did he escape?"
"Say about...a week?"
"A week?" My voice sounded empty.
He gave a nod.
Collin was out for a week? And he didn't come to find me...?
A feeling of sadness washed over me as my chest hurt.
"I just thought I'd inform you," Diego said, "are you okay?"
I gave a nod, not meeting his eyes.
"Well then," he stood up, "I better be leaving."
"Don't let the sun burn you on the way out," I mumbled half-heartedly.
He gave a small chuckle, "The sun doesn't burn me anymore, dear." With that, he was gone as if he was never here in the first place.
I sat in the living room all alone to myself in the silence. I didn't feel like eating anymore.
Collin escaped and didn't come to find me? What if he did and I never knew about it? But he would come to Jade to ask her if I had been here or not. And he did not.
I sat on the couch, wallowing to myself about this whole thing.
Maybe I should just really leave everything behind and start new.
No Collin. No King Alpha. No Saludom. No witches. No nothing.
I got my amazing best friend here and her supportive parents. I'll start going to school, get a job, graduate to college and start a new happy normal life.
Drew was right, I should start enjoying my life.
I should just really leave everything behind and start new. Whatever happens at Saludom, whatever happens at Derek towers, whatever happens at Bloodlust is really not my concern in any way.
A sudden sickness washed over me, and I had to rush into the nearby bathroom to throw up into the toilet. I didn't even eat anything. My head started dizzying and I remembered the same feeling occurring to me during the party the warriors had when King Alpha had left.
Deciding to just sleep it off, I dragged myself to the couch and forced myself to sleep.
A few hours later, the slamming of a door jolted me from my sleep and I turned my sleepy eyes to Jade who entered the house.
"Yo!" She greeted.
"Hey."
"Did you eat my chips?" She narrowed her eyes at me.
"They're as safe as ever," I responded reassuringly.
"Good." She rushed up the stairs and rushed back down without her bag.
She grabbed her large packet of chips from the pantry and flopped beside me.
"You look sick," she noticed.
"It's from sitting all day and doing nothing," I reassured.
"When are you coming back to school?" Jade asked, crunching her chips between her teeth, "I miss walking around the hallways with you."
I shrugged, not meaning to look blank, "I'm thinking of joining soon."
She nodded before going silent.
"So um..." she looked down at her chips, "when is this Levi guy coming again?" She inspected one of the chips as if trying to find a tiny rabbit living on it.
I shrugged, "I don't know," I answered, "Why?"
She shook her head, "No reason."
A second passed.
Another.
Then another.
I pounced on her with a battle cry coming out of my lips that sent us rolling off the couch and tumbling to the ground.
I pinned her with my hands gripping hers to the ground. Lucky for the fluffy carpet below or else someone would have been seriously injured.
"Tell me!" I demanded, straddling her body now.
"My chips!" She yelled.
"Tell me!" I demanded again.
"You killed my chips!" She avoided my eyes.
"Do you like Levi?"
"I like my chips and you killed them!" She glared but didn't meet my eyes.
"Tell me!" I forced a stricter tone.
"You will pay for this!" She scowled.
"DO YOU LIKE LEVI?"
"I LIKE MY CHIPS AND I LIKE LEVI."
"I KNEW IT!"
"GET OFF ME!"
I rolled off her before laughing hard to myself while Jade picked up her crushed packet of chips that we rolled over while falling off the couch.
She scowled at me.
"He's a hundred-year-old werewolf just so you know," I said, smirking.
"Says the one who shagged a seven-hundred-year-old one."
I glared, "That was uncalled for."
"Oh right," she looked almost apologetic, "you're trying to forget him. Got it."
"Levi's a nice guy." I teased.
"Mhmm." She started observing her chips again.
"You met him only once though. He almost gave you a concussion by jumping on you."
"Oh yeah? I wouldn't know 'cos I wasn't the one under him." She replied dryly.
I slapped the back of her head which she returned by slapping my face in return.
"So when is he coming back?" Jade demanded, looking like an angry troll now.
"I don't know." I threw my hands up, "his timing isn't scheduled in my head."
She gave a nod and started eating her tiny pieces of chips.
Jade has always been serious about her crushes and whenever she has one it usually lasts for a lifetime. I remember her having a crush on Cole since forever. And now Levi?
This just got interesting.
I turned to Jade with a teasing look and wiggled my eyebrows at her. She grabbed a handful of chips and launched it at my face. I closed my eyes as the chips hit my face then fall to the floor.
This is the reason her house is never clean.
I grabbed a pillow from the couch and smacked her face in return.
The following hours went by us talking about nonsense and nothing in particular, followed by another round of slapping and smacking each other.
I was feeling sick again and Jade made soup for me and forced it down my throat even if I yelled at her that the damn thing was freaking boiling hot!
Her parents were back home showering their daughter and me with kisses and hugs.
At the end of the night, Jade was snoring beside me on her bed with me wide awake, unable to sleep a wink.
I caught my finger tracing the tattoo on my arm and cursed. I would often catch myself absentmindedly tracing the tattoo on my arm and would snap myself out of it.
I would catch myself thinking back to Saludom and thought what must be going on right now over there? Is everything still the same as ever? Are the warriors still training and bickering like they do?
A deep sigh came out of my lips.
I should really stop thinking about everything.
I'm no longer a part of that. I'm exiled and threatened never to be seen again.
I need a really good distraction if I really want to stop thinking about King Alpha and everyone else.
A hand smacked straight on my face. I grimaced, before peeling Jade's hand off my face and placing it beside me. I turned on my side and looked at her small figure huddled in the mass of
pillows and blankets.
Jade was the type of person who would always say 'if people give you a hard them, you pinch them on the butt'.
I would like to pinch myself on the butt because I'm the only one giving myself a hard time by unsuccessfully forgetting about everything.
A sudden motivation washed over me with the realization that I definitely did need a really good distraction.
That's why I'm joining school. Tomorrow.
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Date: 3rd September 2021