7 years later
"How is she?" Cole asked as my fingers twirling the phone cord.
"She's okay but her anger...I'm worried about her, Cole," I sighed, "What should I do? I need help here."
"Keep an eye on her, she needs you and tell her about Gracie, tell her she misses her and that she loves her," Cole said, "I'll call Thursday, well Gracie will."
I smiled and said, "She'd like that, stay safe, I love you three."
"We love you too." Cole said and I could hear the smile in his voice, "Stay safe too."
"Will do." I smiled
"Gracie, come say bye to your aunt Luce." Cole said at the other end. The phone switched over, "Bye Lucy,"
I grinned, "Bye Gracie."
The phone disconnected and I put the phone on the holder that sat on the wall. I wiped my tears away as the door opened and an arm wrapped around my waist, "Miss them?" Penn asked and I nodded, "You'll see them soon. Aren't they coming at parent's night next month?"
"I think so." I said nodding
"Should be good," Penn smiled, "Let's go up to the dorm, we still have an hour until classes and I so don't want to bump into the new ones." Penn said, dragging me out the phone room and down a white washed hall. We came to the front office and Penn opened the door and the both of us stopped. Randy, still to this day I have no idea what her job title is, stood with a crowd of people.
"Ugh, the new ones." She groaned, "Come on let's go out and around."
I didn't say anything, I looked at the new ones. One stood outside the group, wearing all black, his hair black and pulled in a small ponytail. On the base of his neck was a sunburst tattoo, his build was slender but strong, quite strong to be honest. A dark skinned man stood next to her, his hair was notted into dreadlocks and endless black like the other two. He was an inch smaller than the sunburst guy. He dressed like him also. On the other side of the sun burst guy was a blond haired girl, she was a foot smaller than the two guys and she wore a white dress. A blond haired guy stood next to her, he was just as tall as the sunburst guy, wearing a black leather jacket and navy jeans.
"This way." Penn pushed me around the group and towards the door to the dorm rooms.
"Lucinda!" I cringed inside. I threw open the door pretending I didn't hear her and bolted down the hall, Penn at the back of me. I unlocked my dorm room at 308 and collapsed into my twin bed that sat against the wall. The bathroom door opened and Emmie walked out in a towel that was fraying at the ends.
"You came in here like a bat out of Hell." Emmie said as she crossed the room to her bed that was across from mine.
"Randy wanted me." I sighed
"What the hell did she want?" Emmie asked turning around after pulling her jeans on.
"Don't know we got out of there before she could ask anything." Penn said, leaning against the door way.
Emmie looked up at Penn then shrugged. She threw her towel off and I saw all the scars on her back. My heart clenched every time I saw them. They were all deep, red and sore to look at. Emmie had a lot more than I had, mine were bad but not as bad as hers. Emmie threw on her bra then her polo shirt. She threw her towel on the radiator that sat behind our drawer.
"How you feeling, Emmie?" I asked
"Fine, why?" Emmie looked behind her at me.
"Cole phoned." I said and she stared at me with no emotion in her eyes, "He said that Gracie is okay, that she misses you and she loves you."
Emmie sank down on the bed and looked at the floor. This is what I didn't want. She muttered, "I'm never going to be okay, I'm never going to see Gracie again."
"Of course you will. There's always parents night." Penn said and I watched as Emmie clenched her fists, trying hard not to lash out. Anything to do with parents and she lashes out whether its violence or verbal abuse, she lashes out.
"Emmie?" I sat down beside her and grabbed her hand, "Gracie's going to phone you on Thursday to speak to you."
Emmie let out a breath and nodded. Penn sat down on my bed as the door was knocked on, Penn got up and answered it, "Make me wait outside!"
I rolled my eyes as Arriane pushed past Penn and jumped onto my bed, "Hey." She smiled at Emmie who just stared at her.
"What are you doing here?" Emmie asked lying back in bed
"What do you mean, 'what are you doing here?' I'm here to see you." She smiled, "Besides, I was worried about you."
"I'm fine." Emmie muttered, Arriane sighed then got up and sat on Emmie's bed, her legs lay on her lap, "Honestly, I'm okay."
Penn and I took the opportunity to leave. Emmie needed someone else to talk to besides me, she needed Arriane even if she didn't admit it to herself. Penn and I headed down the white washed hall and turned the corner, I slammed into a broad chest collapsing on my back side seconds later. I looked up as the blond guy glowered down at me.
He wrapped his arm around my neck and pinned me into the wall, squeezing off the oxygen to my lungs. He leaned in and snarled, "Watch where the fuck your going?!"
The blond guy was thrown from me and I slid down the wall, my entire body shaking with fear. A pair of arms wrapped around me, a hand touched my cheek forcing my head up. When the skin of the hand connected with the skin of my cheek I shivered with instant electric shocks. My eyes locked on to a pair of green emeralds and my heart thundered loud in my ears.
"Are you okay?" He asked and all I can do is nod.
He pulled me to my feet and kept me in his arms. For the first time in my life, I felt safe. He glared over at the guy who was lying on the floor, his head rolling from side to side.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!" The sun burst guy roared, I could feel his chest vibrate with anger. For again the first time, that kind of anger wasn't directed at me.
"Teaching her a lesson." The guy smiled and surprisingly, I felt a strange sort of pull towards him. It disgusted me.
"Come on, I won't let him hurt you again." The sun burst guy whispered down to me gently and I nodded, "I'm Cam."
"L-Lucy." I whispered back and I watched his red tinted lips stretch into a smile showing off perfectly straight teeth. I swallowed down my fear just as the both of us fell to the floor. My head smacked against the tiled floor and my vision blackened.
"You fucking dick!" I heard Cam roar just as I heard fists against skin. My fear took over I was locked away, festering in my memories...
Cam's POV
I pinned Daniel's shoulders against the tiles, my fists mashing his face into the floor. I didn't understand this, more to the point I didn't understand him. I was at the top of the hall when I saw him pin Luce to the wall, something inside me took over and all I saw was red. I didn't think, I raced down the hall and floored the angel.
I glanced over at Luce who was sitting on the floor having what looked like a panic attack. I got up from Daniel and slid across the floor in front of her. I touched her cheek and tipped her chin up for her to look at me. I was horrified, Luce had a skin mask over face but I could make out a thick, nasty scar that ran down across her face but her eyes were the worst, terror broke a light I knew from her previous lives.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I helped her to her feet. She nodded and I wrapped my arms around her and brought her against my chest. She relaxed against me and I tightened my arms around her.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!" I roared causing her to flinch.
"Teaching her a lesson." Daniel smiled and I looked at him as if he had horns growing out of his head.
"Come on, I won't let him hurt you again." I brushed her hair and she nodded. I smiled, "I'm Cam."
"L-Lucy." She whispered as I smiled. I loosened my grip on her and the both of us fell against the floor. I moved away from her and slammed Daniel into the floor again. I roared, "You fucking dick!" I punched and punched until my fist was bleeding into his minced up face. I didn't stop until he was passed out and his limbs weren't jerking.
I got to my feet and looked over at where Lucy and I fell and found an overly curvy girl screaming for Lucy. I fell to my knees beside her as Randy and someone else came running down the hall. One stopped at Daniel and the other stopped at us.
"Penn, go to class." Randy ordered, she looked at Lucy then sighed.
"I'll stay with her." I told her and she nodded. She left and I brushed a short, brown lock of hair from her face and she whimpered.
"Lift her up and come with me." Randy ordered and I did. I pulled her into my arms and staggered down the hall. I walked past a room just as the door opened, "Luce!"
A girl walked out, her face was horribly scarred. I swallowed when I saw the murder in her gaze. I looked beyond her at Arriane who looked at Lucy in my arms with shock and anger.
"What happened?!" The girl growled, her anger scared me and I was demonic.
"She got in a fight!" I said as Randy snapped, "Emmie, Cam lets go!"
The three of us headed down the hall and Randy opened the door, "put her on the table." I did.
I was pushed out the road by Emmie who took Lucy's hand and silently seethed beside her. I couldn't help but wonder what happened to them? What would make Emmie so angry and Lucy so terrified? What caused those scars?
"What exactly happened?" Emmie demanded in a low voice.
"I don't know, I turned the corner and found her pinned against the wall." I explained and she looked at me with rising anger.
"Who?!" Emmie roared
"A guy named Daniel!" I forced down a snap.
"What does he look like?" She asked, she leaned against the table, her hand stroking Lucy's.
"Blond, violet eyes." I explained
Lucy let out a whimper then started screaming. Emmie jumped around and said, "Your okay, he isn't here."
"He-I was so scared." Lucy whispered, "Cam?"
"Hey, how are you feeling?" I asked,
She shook her head then sat up. Lucy let out a shaky breath then hugged her knees.
"What happened?" Emmie asked
"I just walked into him. I didn't even get to apologise because he strangled me." Lucy shivered then buried her face in her knees. My heart clenched for her, I wanted to find Roland and get a Starshot from him and kill Daniel for hurting her.
"He's dead." Emmie snarled
"Come with me, Emmie." Randy said but the girl made no move with her. She didn't even acknowledge Randy.
"What are going to do?" Lucy asked Emmie
"I'll kill him." Emmie shrugged then left. Lucy let out a sigh then looked up at me.
"Why did you stop him?" Lucy asked,
"Because he was hurting you." I shrugged
"Thank you." She said timidly then said, "Could you please like turn around, I need to take my mask off?"
"Emm, sure." I turned around as clasps echoed in the room. I tried to give her privacy but when I glanced over I saw her head bowed and her shoulders shake.
"Lucy, he won't hurt you." I said, "I won't let him hurt you."
"Classes are about to start, we should go." Lucy sniffed then quickly clasped her mask back on.
I walked over to her and wrapped an arm around her waist. She wrapped an arm around my waist and the both of us headed out.