Running from the Past
Summary: Payton Macdonald is a 22 year old teacher. She was adopted when she was little, but when her parents found out she was gay, they kicked her out at the age of 16. Her cousin Kristen then took charge and adopted her. However, she had an abusive partner who put her through hell from the age of 16 to the age of 19. At the age of 19, she discovered her partner was a demon and also discovered her powers. Paige Mathews-Halliwell became her whitelighter, but has felt a much bigger connection to her. Will Payton ever be able to run away from her past and put the confusing pieces of her identity together so she can move on to a better future? Or will the past overcome her so she has to do all she can to stay alive?
Chapter 1:
I opened my eyes and turned on my side, trying not to wake the beautiful girl lying next to me. A smile played on my lips as I watched her sleep. It still astounded me that she was mine. And what I had go through to finally get her.
After five minutes of me staring at her, she slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes, searching the room for a minute, rested on what they had been looking for- me. She smiled, making my heart beat faster. Only she had to power to do that to me.
"Morning babe. Have you been up long?" Melissa asked
"Mmm…five minutes or so. I was too busy watching my beautiful angel sleep." I replied, my smile widening.
She laughed, which of course caused my body to tingle. God she was beautiful.
"You know, with anyone else, that'd be creepy. But because it's you…" she said playfully, knowingly teasing my hormones.
I looked at the clock besides our bed. 5:30. I groaned.
"What?" She asked
I pouted pathetically, giving her my best big pleading eyes, beginning her not to make me go to work.
"Oh…that. Oh no you don't. Don't you start- as much as I want to stay home and lie around in bed with you all day, but we both have our jobs to do." Melissa ordered
I sighed "You're sexy when you get bossy." I said, trying to sucker her in to letting me stay home.
"Seriously, Payton. I know you want to stay home, but…we got stuff to do." Melissa said, pushing herself up into sitting position. I wrapped my arms around her waist, determined not to let go.
"Pay-Pay, I know, I know, please don't make this any harder than it already is…" Melissa was the one begging now. I smiled into her chest.
"No. Don't wanna." I replied. Then the phone rang. Damn that stupid thing. "Let it go to the answering machine." I pleaded
"No, baby…come on. I have to get it. Please?" She asked. I sighed.
"Only if you get right back into bed." I bargained, knowing it was weak. She just shook her head and grinned.
"Hello?" She asked into the telephone. "Oh hey Kristen! How's it going?" She asked. This made me sit up.
"Alright, yeah were good. Would you like to talk to your cousin?" She asked, grinning evilly at me.
I stuck my tongue out at her.
"No, no. We're already up, don't worry." She replied. "Sure, here she is."
She held the phone out to me. "It's for you." She sang.
I held the phone up to my ear and walked out into the hallway, her smacking my butt as I went out.
"Hey Kris. How is everything?" I asked my cousin.
"Pretty good, sweetie! So, I was wondering…what are your plans for next week?" Kristen asked
"Umm….we're actually off work for spring break. Why?" I replied
"Because I'm planning to be in town for a few special cases Joe wanted me to look at, and I was thinking I haven't seen my baby cousin in a while, so it might be nice to go and visit her and her girlfriend." Kristen explained
I exclaimed "YES! That would be awesome! You know, I was just thinking about you the other day and how I hadn't seen you in a while. Perfect timing."
"Awesome! That's great. So, I should be up next Monday, if that's alright with you?" Kristen replied
"Sweet! Can't wait." I said
"Alrighty then, I will see you soon!" Kristen replied
"Awesome! Well, I gotta go. Duty calls." I said
"Yeah… well, talk to you later." Kristen answered, and hung up the phone.
I put the phone back on its cradle. Melissa came into the room with her towel wrapped around her.
"So, what did Kristen want?" She asked, while selecting her outfit for the day. I started to get ready for my shower.
"She's coming up next week to visit us." I called from the bathroom.
"Awesome! Why?" Melissa asked
"Because she wants to see us. Plus she said she had a few special cases to work on in town, so she actually does have an excuse to be here and she doesn't have to take off time for work." I explained, running the water.
"Cool, sounds great." Melissa replied
"Yeah. She'll be here Monday." I said, and then got into the shower.
Ten minutes later I was out of the shower and dressed. Melissa already had breakfast out on the table when I walked downstairs to our kitchen.
"Mmmm…" I inhaled deeply. "Thanks babe, smells great."
Melissa wrapped her arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. "Anything for you, baby doll." She said
I had just begun to dig into my pancake when my cell phone rang. I picked it up and asked, "Hello?"
A voice on the other side of the phone answered, and it was a voice I had hoped to never have to hear again.
"Hey baby. Miss me?" The voice whispered
I dropped the phone in shock. Melissa looked at me, concerned. "What…?" She started to ask
I didn't say anything but pressed the speaker button on my phone. The voice spoke through in a tone that echoed through my head.
"Hey baby. Miss me?" The voice repeated.