Bloods Gem (36 page)

“
Why do you hate him so much? Hes
never done anything to you!”

“
Well, you see Love…things are a
little bit more complicated now. You are not his to control. And I
don’t hate him, I just would rather he understand how the world
really works. You see this world is never very…shall I say
fair?”

“
So you want me to end our
relationship, why?”

“
Because if you don’t I will kill him
which in turn will kill you. You will go and marry that boy… What’s
his name Chris?” I punched Adrian in his face and tried to run away
but he was too quick. He pinned me down on the ground, crawling on
top of me. His hands around my throat choking me.

“
Girl, you want to die? Do as I say or
I will kill everyone that you love. Your mother, Your sister.
Killing them slowly in front of you. Making you live out your days
reliving their gruesome deaths!” I sobbed, cussing him.

“
You will know what to say. You must
hurt your dear Daniel to make him let you go. You better do this
when he returns and that will be oh… in about an hour. He can sense
when your in some sort of trouble. So you better get moving!” He
stood me up and pinned me against the wall again. “Oh and one more
thing…” He forced his lips on mine and kissed me. I kneed him in
his junk and he laughed as I ran off.

I ran back to the car and began crying. I
had no clue what to do. Adrian was going to kill everyone I loved
if I didn’t do as he said. And why did he want me to marry Chris?
What does he have to do with anything? There was no one I could
turn to. If I told Daniel everyone would die… I had no power, no
control, nothing. I smashed my hand into the steering wheel and
screamed.

I decided to call the only person I could
call who's name was mentioned, Chris… I quickly dialed the numbers
and let it ring.

“
Yeah?” He answered. “Chris! Chris!” I
yelled.

“
Faith, you okay? What's
wrong?!”

“
Chris, where are you? Are you okay?
Do you know anything?”

“
Wait, slow down Faith, what do you
mean, know anything?”

“
Well you left You were missing what
happened?”

“
Oh, Faith it was nothing. I just
needed some time.”

“
Did anyone get to you?”

“
Faith, what are you talking about?
Please just tell me where you are. I'll come get you.”

“
No, you can’t I'm in
London.”

“
Then I'm coming now!”

“
Chris wait.You wont have to come I'm
coming there soon.”

“
Um, okay.What's wrong Faith? Just
talk to me. Are you okay?”

“
No, I'm not okay!” I yelled, crying
again.

“
Okay, what do you need me to do? I'll
do anything, just tell me,” he said, worried. “Just stay there. I'm
coming home Chris. You can pick me up at the airport when I land.”
“Okay. Just call me.”

“
Okay, Chris. I will. See you
soon.”

I thought about it, sitting there in the
car. Ever since I became apart of Daniel's life, I’ve caused so
much chaos. I didn’t want to hurt him anymore, maybe this was a
good idea so he could live a peaceful life without our lives in
danger all the time. If I was to just disappear from his life… I
wouldn’t have to worry about him getting hurt or killed anymore. I
had to let him go but I knew I had to hurt him and bad… for him to
let me go forever…

I went back to the castle and ran up
to my room. I tossed my bag on the floor and fell on the bed. I
heard Adrian's voice in my head.
You
better go through with it. Don’t tell him anything or give him any
clues, or you will suffer the consequences… I'll be
watching.

I slammed my fist into the bed and yelled,
“Stay out of my head!”

As soon as I said that I heard Daniel
downstairs yelling, “Where is she?!”

I stood up, hearing him stomp through the
hallway. He busted the door open and flew to me. He grabbed my both
sides of my arms. “Are you okay?”

I glanced down, trying to stop myself from
crying. I thought of a few different excuses to leave. I looked up
at him and pushed his arms off me.

“
I'm fine!” I yelled.

“
No, something's wrong,” he said
coming closer.

I closed my eyes, blocking Daniel out of my
head.

“
I can’t do this…” I said, opening my
eyes, looking into his. He touched my arm, squinting his eyes
trying to read me. “Why? You're blocking me out now?”

I shook my head.

“
Faith. What is it? You can tell me
anything.”

I wanted so bad to tell him but I knew if I
did everything in my world would be turned to… ash. I looked back
up at him, trying to stay strong. “I'm leaving, I'm going back
home!”

“
What? Why?Did I do
something?”

“
You're always leaving me and I can’t
do it anymore, this is just too hard.” I heard his voice
again.
Not good enough!

“
I'm just…”

“
You're what?” He asked.

Gritting my teeth, I knew how bad I was
going to hurt him.

“
I'm not in love with you anymore!” I
turned around trying to hold my tears back.

I heard Adrian laughing.

I immediately felt Daniel’s pain. “No…
you're… you're lying”

Turning around, I stared into his eyes. “I'm
sorry Daniel. I should have told you before. I'm… in love with
Chris.”

His eyes bulged from his head, his fist ball
up. He looked around the room and quickly hit the wall. “How? When
did this happen? Have you been seeing him?”

“
No, I haven’t. I’ve been for awhile
now. I denied it to myself, but I can’t any longer.” I took off my
ring and walked closer. “Here.”

He pushed my hand away. “No! This isn’t you…
I know this isn’t the real you… Why are you doing this to me?!”

I sat the ring on the bed. “I'm sorry.”

I packed a few clothes and looked back at
him. His hung his head down.

Feeling his emotions, I couldn’t stay any
longer before breaking down.

“
Goodbye Daniel” I said, walking out.
He didn’t come after me. I had to walk out in front of everyone.
They stood silent staring at me. I walked out with my head down
trying to push them out of my head. A few of their thoughts were
pretty harsh and I didn’t want to listen to any of it.

I waved down a taxi to take me to the
airport. I cried the entire way. I held my chest and began
screaming, rocking myself back and forth. The pain was
unbearable.

In order for my plan to work, I had to make
Chris believe I was in love with him. I had to go along with
Adrian's plan and marry Chris. I knew if Daniel came to look for me
and saw Chris and I married, he would then believe me. I had to do
everything in my power to keep everyone safe.

I had to lock my pain away, but I didn't
know how. I had to leave my soul mate and make him think something
that was completely untrue and lie to Chris, making him believe I
wanted him forever. I was hurting everyone in the process, but had
no other choice.

I purchased my ticket and called Chris,
telling him what time to meet me. He sounded worried but agreed to
pick me up. I had to act, as though nothing was wrong. Pull off the
best acting job anyone has ever done. I can do this, I have to. I
thought to myself.

I realized my new look might not go over
well with everyone I knew. I would claim to have contracted a rare
sickness over seas, explaining that it changes the appearance of an
individual in the process. And it last indefinitely.

I finally made it. I stepped out of the
terminal and Chris was standing there nervously waiting. He ran up
to me and took my bag.

“
Hey.” I said, smiling trying to act
normal.

He hugged me. “Are you okay Faith?” He
whispered in my ear.

“
Yeah,” I whispered back.

We walked to his truck and got in. He stared
at me before starting the truck. “Are you sick? You look kind of
pale.”

“
Oh, I uh, kind of caught some rare
sickness when we were on vacation and it’s permanent but I'll be
fine.”

“
Shit. Did you go see a doctor or
anything?” He asked worried.

“
Yeah I did, they said I’d live. They
put me on a special diet,” I said, smiling. “Huh…” He mumbled,
starting his truck up.

“
So do you want me to take you home
or…?”

“
Um, well no. Can you take me to a
hotel or something?”

“
Why? You don’t want to go
home?”

“
No, not yet. If my mom see’s me like
this she’ll freak out. I need to stay somewhere else for
awhile.”

“
Just stay with me. You know my
parents are rarely home and I'm fixing to move out
soon.”

I nodded. “Okay, thanks Chris.”

“
No problem babe.”

We entered Chris's house and he sat my stuff
down by the door.

“
So you going to tell me what
happened?” He asked.

“
Yeah, give me a minute,” I said,
thinking of how I was going to convince him.

I went into his living room and he
followed.

I sat down on the couch. “Come sit here,” I
said, patting the cushion next to me. He sat down, watching me.
“Why do you still got your glasses on? Faith did he hurt you?” He
snatched my glasses off my face and noticed my eyes. He jumped
back. “Whoa!”

I stood up. “It’s nothing… it’s just that
sickness I got… it’s part of it.”

He put his hand out in front of him. I knew
I needed to place my hand on his head to make him feel at ease, use
my ability on him, before he freaked out on me. I drew closer and
he backed away.

“
Chill, I'm not going to hurt you or
anything.” I closed my eyes and put my hand on his arm holding it
in place. I thought of my rare sickness and it’s effects vividly
and placed it into his mind. He stood there still staring at me, as
I opened my eyes.

He rubbed his arm. “My arm is on fire,” he
said.

“
Are you okay?” I asked. He shook his
head. “Yeah, I'm good. So this illness you have. You said it wont
kill you right?” I smiled knowing my ability worked.

“
No, it wont. Plus, I'm over the worst
of it. I just need to eat strange things to make sure my body stays
healthy.”

“
Oh. So what were you going to tell
me?” He asked.

“
I broke up with Daniel.”

His eyes widened. “Whoa. Why would you do
that? I thought you were infatuated with the dude?”

I walked over to Chris, looking into his
eyes. “No. Chris I'm not… I'm completely in love with you.”

He swallowed hard and looked down at his
feet. “Your joking right?” Peeking up at me. “No, no jokeAs soon as
I realized I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I couldn’t pretend
with him anymore. I want to be with you Chris and I hope you can
forgive me and take me back.”

He slowly walked back to the sofa and sat
down, putting his head in his hands.

“
Give me a second… am I hearing this
right? You are in love with me and not that… guy?”

I sat down next to him, taking his hand into
mine. “I love you Chris,” I gazed deep into his eyes, trying to get
him to believe me. I could see my ability working on him, as his
face drew closer to mine. We kissed and I almost puked in my mouth.
I had to make him believe me. He pulled me on top of him.

I stopped him as he tried groping me. I knew
eventually I would have to go through with it but I wasn’t by any
means ready and if I could help it, I would never be with any man
in that way. I was still Daniel’s heart and soul and figured I
could use my abilities to make Chris think we made love,
eventually.

“
Hey.” I said, pushing his hand off my
breast.

“
Oh, sorry,” he said.

“
It’s okay, this is all new Chris.
Let’s take our time okay?” I said, giving him one last peck. He
nodded, following me with his eyes as I got off of him.

“
So, will you stay with me then?” He
asked.

“
What do you mean, like live with
you?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I'm about to buy my own
house. Would you come live with me?” “Of course!” I said, trying to
act excited.

He picked me up and hugged me. “You don’t
know how long I’ve waited for this moment. I'll love you forever,”
he said.

I felt sick to my stomach. I couldn’t
believe what I was doing, this was so wrong… But I knew there was
no other choice. I had to continue this act. My life didn’t matter
anymore. I was trading mine in for the people I loved and I didn’t
mind, as long as they were safe.

In that moment, I wished I was dead but I
knew if I tried or went through with killing myself, my Daniel
would die too…

I was at Daniel's favorite mountain top. I
sat in the snow and cried. I began singing trying to calm myself,
then I heard someone behind me laughing. I stood up.

“
What do you want?”

He stood there his eyes intense on mine.
“Nothing, you did exactly as you were told and I'll hold up my
end.”

“
Then why are you here? To harass me
some more?”

He drew closer. “No, believe it or not I
love you. I don’t like seeing you hurt but this is necessary.”