Chapter 10 - The Expiration Date
Jordan's POV
"Okay we need to move on. I know this town, before I came to the school this was where I lived. We can go there and get some of my family's money. After that we can go wherever we want. It's enough money so that we could live fancy for at least a centry", Phoenix told us all. We were in his and Mason's room. It smelled weird and I could see feathers laying around. I chose not to ask about it and instead I tried to focus on what was being said. Jonas was also in the room, we were as far away from each other as possible. Neither of us were looking at eachother and I could feel the tension between us like a bolt of lightning.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go", Summer said. Everyone walked out of the room with just a few backpack in hand. Before I could walk out of the room Summer grabbed a hold of my arm.
'What is going on?', she mouthed to me. The other ones had left the room and we were alone but if we said something they may could of heard it.
'Just a fight, I don't know', I mouthed back. Before we could say anything else a huge crow flew out fom under the bed.
"Ahh!", both of us screamed. The crow flew past us and out the open door. I gave Summer a look and she smiled.
"Do we even want to know what those guys are up to?", she asked me with a laugh and I just schook my head.
"I don't. They're probably fullfilling some of their deepest darkest fantasies". I winked at her and she nudged me.
"Yeah probably. Phoenix even bribed me to change room with him so that he could sleep in the same room as Mason". Both of us burst out laughing and it only got worse when we steped out onto the parkinglot and saw the two guys standing next to each other. They both gave us weird looks and it seemed like they hadn't heard a word of what we had said earlier. My laughter died when I saw Jonas in the car. His cheeks were tense and he was staring straight ahead with a murderous look. I felt guilt come over me but it was also laced with some of that weird feeling from earlier. After the guys had made sure that everything was fine we got into the car. The guys had made sure that the minibus we had arrived in was hidden away from the public eye. When we left the town we were sitting in a seven seater car. Jonas was driving with Mason next to him. Phoenix and I was sitting in the middle with a seat inbetween us while Summer and Jack, Phoenix brother, was sitting in the back. We drove fast and Phoenix told us that we were just an hour away. I fell asleep after about ten minutes of the drive and I didn't wake up until the car stopped. I saw a lot of old houses made out of wood with signs that said different shops name. We all headed outside and we started walking down the street. It was an amazing town from what I had seen. It looked to have a lot of history and it didn't look like it was especially big. It was a really cozy place. Just as I was about to suggest that we should grab something to eat we got stopped by a man. He looked to be the same age as us and he had a huge smile on his lips.
"Guys!", he said and 'bro-hugged' Phoenix and Jonas. They were also smilng and they looked quite surprised.
"Nolan! What are you doing here?", asked Jonas with a smile on his face. I had to look away from him because the same feeling returned just as my eyes set on him.
"Jenny and I live here, come on let's head to my place. It's just around the corner." The guys agreed and told us to come with them. I had no idea who the guy was and I didn't think Summer did either. Mason and Jack looked like they knew the guy but weren't close friends. Summer and I shared a look but we kept quite and didn't ask any questions.
"So, you guys found them!", said the man, Nolan. He was talking to all the guys and mentioned to us girls.
"No, not exactly", said Mason and smiled. He walked in between Summer and I and put his hands around our shoulders. "These girls are the reason we're out here but it's not because they're our mates", he told Nolan. Slowly confusion set over Nolan's features.
"What?", he asked. It seemed like he was unable to say anything else and he started to walk faster.
"We're on the run", Mason replied with a smirk. I sighed at his behavior before stopping. Nolan had led us to a big, yellow house. He led us all to the front door and let us in. The hall was paited white with wooden floor.
"Jenny, honey, we have guests!" A woman emerged from an opening. She was wearing an apron which made me guess that she had been in the kitchen.
"Jonas! Phoenix! Mason? What are you all doing here?", asked the woman happily. She ran up to us and gave each guy a hug, even Phoenix brother which she hadn't mentioned.
"And who are you girls?", asked Jenny. I smiled and introdueced us. Nolan and Jenny led us to the livingroom and we all sit down. After we explain what's happened they told us who they were. Apparently Nolan was the friend that Phoenix had once told me about. They all seemed happy but I thought that the guys had told me once that Nolan had left while they were fighting. Maybe I remembered wrong.
"You guys are allowed to stay if you need a place to hide", said Jenny with concerned eyes. We smiled and Jonas agreed. I didn't look at him as he spoke and after the words had been said we were all quite. I looked down on the ground and focused on not looking at Jonas. I really didn't want to meet his eyes.
"Hey Jordan, could I talk to you for a minute." I looked up and saw Jenny looking at me. I got up from the couch and she walked me outside. We sat down on a bench and she looked at me with a small smile.
"I see that you and Jonas have some problems, want to talk about it?", she asked me with a smile. I smiled back sadly and nodded.
"We had a fight and it was totally my fault. I was feeling really weird and then he came and I was just mad and I just acted really weird. Even if I know that it's my fault I just can't get myself to apologize to him. The feeling just gets worse". I had looked down and when I looked up again I saw that her eyes had turned huge.
"Are you and Jonas mates?", she asked carefully. I frowned confused at her.
"What? Why are-", I didn't get farther before she interupted me.
"Are you mates? Just answer me!" She looked serious and it got me worried.
"No, why?", I asked her. She took ahold of my hand.
"You can't be with him. If he isn't your mate then that feeling will just get worse until you will feel so mad and then you will start hating him. There is nothing you can do to stop it. The faster you brake up with him the faster that feeling will leave you." I felt myself freeze. I started to feel a pain in my chest and I could feel a lump forming in my throath.
"Is there nothing we can do to stop it from happening? Is everything ruined?", I asked silently. She looked at me with a smile that reeked of sympathy.
"I'm sorry but there is nothing we can do. That's the way it works. I can tell you one thing though, you have met him." That only got me to pale even more. If I had met him then why didn't I know who he was? Why couldn't I tell that it was him? Suddenly Jonas comes out and walks up to us.
"Nolan said that he wanted to talk to you", Jonas told her. She gave me a nod before walking back inside. When she had left, Jonas and I just stood there without saying a word. He turned around and started to walk back but I stoped him at the last second.
"Jonas! We have to talk", I said just as he started to walk up the porch. He turned around and slowly got back to me. He didn't say anything and neither did I at first.
"Jenny told me something and I don't know what to make of it", I started. I couldn't meet his eyes and it was hard breathing.
"Why do you need to tell me this?", he asked harshly. I cleared my throath and tried to look up at him though I failed.
"The reason that I was acting so weird before was because I had this feeling. Jenny asked me if we were mates and when I told her that we weren't she told me the thing. She told me that because we aren't mates I will get this feeling and it will only get worse. In the end I might-", I stoped, unable to finish the sentence. Every word hurt to hurt to say and I wished that I could just look at him but it was impossible.
"You might what?", he asked me. He didn't sound mad anymore, he sounded sad and confused. I took a deep breath and finally looked up to meet his eyes. Just seeing the cofusion in them made me want to cry.
"I might end up hating you", I whispered. My breth was uneven and I could feel the tears in my eyes. It looked like something inside Jonas broke.
"But we can get through it!", he said determined. I had to hold the tears in as I heard the fear in his voice.
"We can't control it Jonas, it's impossible. I don't know what to do but I don't want to hate you. I can't stand just thinking that one day I might wake up and hate you. I can't do that, Jonas. I can't stand thinking about it", I spoke desperatly. He looked both sad and mad. I didn't know what to do and when he grabbed my arms I felt the tears fall from my eyes.
"How can you say that? How can you just give up? Don't you think that we're worth fighting for?", he asked fiercly. I cried openly and shook my head. My heart broke and I didn't even notice that the feeling was gone. It was like it aproved of me breaking up with him and because of that, everyhting was okay.
"Jonas, I-I can't- I just", before I could finish the sentence the porchdoor opened and I ripped myself pout of Jonas grip. I turned away from the door and dried away my tears.
"Are you guys okay?", I heard Phoenix asking. I took a few deep breaths before turning around and facing him.
"Everythings okay", I told him even though anyone could of told that it wasn't. "What did you want?", I asked him.
"He seemed kind of uncomfortable and quickly got into why he came.
"We've got the money and we're leaving. Figured it was best to get out of here as soon as possible", he told us and without a word Jonas walked past him back inside. After a while of silence I started to walk back myself. Before I could walk past Phoenix he stoped me by grabbing my lower arm.
"Whatever it is, it will be okay. You guys will fix this", he told me and I smiled sadly up at him. He had no idea.
"This time we wont", I said and then walked back inside. We all said ou goodbyes to Nolan and Jenny. She smiled sadly at me but I wouldn't meet her eyes. I knew that it wasn't her fault but I couldn't help but feel like if she hadn't said anyhting I would of been happy. When we got back outside, our group divided into two cars. I was thankfully not in Jonas car. When we drove of I turned out the others and cried silently by myself. No one asked anything and I didn't tell them. I had just ruined my own life because of that stupid mate-thing. As we drove away I couldn't help but feel that I wished that I had never should have come to the damn school in the first place.
A/N: Whoop whoop longer chapter!!!!!