Chapter 2-Confrontation

He was in a private room of the strip club where he had seen her. He reclined in a red plush chair and looked around the room. It was dimly lit and every movement created a shadow on the gold trimmed wall. It was a small space, but had a feeling of luxury. In the middle stood a tall shining silver pole, great for giving a private show. But that wasn't what he came to see.

He heard a click of the door and saw it begin to push open. A stout burly man with tattoos covering his arms walked in. Following behind him was a blind-folded young woman. She had long raven locks and pouty red lips. She looked lost and uncomfortable. He felt the urge to rip off her blind-fold and see the emerald eyes that he knew lay underneath.

"Where do you want her?"

"Just sit her down on he couch over there." He pointed to a chair opposite him.

As she was seated he heard her whisper, "Thank you, Alcide." The man presumably, Alcide, gave a little bow of his head and let himself out. It became quiet. The only thing that could be heard was the slight sound of her inhaling and exhaling. He moved his chair closer to hers. He reached out to hold her hands which were clenched in her lap. She tried to pull them back but his grip was too tight. He began to run light circles over them with his thumb.

"How are you?"

"I'm fine, sir. Can I take off the blind fold?"

"I would rather you not. You may not like what you see."

"Do we know each other?"

"Do I seem familiar?"

"Yes."

"Tell me about this person I remind you of."

"I do not wish to discuss this. You asked for me, so that I may please you. What would you like me to do?"

She had avoided the conversation, the same way she did back then. He released her hand and relaxed more in his chair. He looked her up and down admiring her; the stress of being a mutant hadn't affected her at all. Her face looked more mature, but so did her body. She looked just as beautiful as the day she walked away from him. He found himself creating a list in his head of the things that were the same about her. She had grown a lot.

"Did you care for him? Who was he to you?" The questions flowed out his mouth. He could feel the strings of his heart pulling. His eyes were trained on her face. For a second he thought he saw a flash of hesitation cross her face.

"Who are you?" she asked

"No one special."

Julian was taken aback by the conversation. He had thought that he had put this woman behind him. However, he could feel all his emotions coming to the surface as he saw her. He looked down at the floor, his mind running of into thought. The Laura he knew avoided any situations requiring emotion. He heard a gasp and looked. up. Laura had taken off her blind-fold and her big doe eyes were looking straight at him. She began to rise from her seat. He reach out to grab her but she backed away.

"Why are you here Julian?"

"I wasn't stalking you or anything. I just came in one day and saw you and I wanted..."

"You wanted what?"

"I don't know what I wanted. I just couldn't turn away."

Before he knew it Laura had turned and ran. He jumped out of his seat, ran out the room, and looked in both directions trying to see where she had gone, but he had lost her. He decided against asking her management where he could find her, knowing that would only get her in trouble. He came to the resolve just to head back home.

Julian took his time walking home. The air was cold and nipped at his skin. Though his jacket was old and tattered he pulled it closer to himself in hopes of getting warmer. Laura was following him. He could just feel her, her catlike eyes creating holes in the back of his head. However, he acted calm so that she wouldn't detect that he knew. It was just like back in the old days when she would follow him around the institute. At the time he just thought she was weird. But later, he realized that was just her way of showing her interest. He wished that he would have realized it earlier, so that he wouldn't have had to lose her for so long.

Julian decided it was time he caught Laura. He began to fly around corners. He could hear her fast behind him. The minute she turned the next corner he quickly slammed her into the wall. She looked angry. His smirked clearly showed his amusement.

"Let go of me, Julian."

"If you going to follow me, you might as well hear me out. Come with me."

"Where?" she asked

"Somewhere quiet. I just wanna talk."

"Okay."

Julian grabbed her hand and began leading her. He began to feel nervous. He didn't think he would get this far and now that he did, he had nothing to say. He looked down at their interlocking hands and couldn't help but smile. He let go of her hand, wrapped his arms around her waist, and began to fly them away. Within minutes they arrived at his apartment.

"Where are we?"

"My apartment."

"I thought we were going somewhere private."

"My apartment is private."

Laura was skeptical on whether or not she should go into his place with him. But his eyes seemed to be pleading with her to follow him in. She decided to take the risk and enter.

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