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10 months later…
Ever since the night Crowley brought Theia's family back from the dead, Theia had lived normally. Things were back as they were supposed to, her siblings played, and her parents went to work; her life adopted a sense of normalcy again. Despite being happy they were back ever since Crowley had left she felt different, almost as if she wanted something she couldn't quite place. She wore the necklace he gave her all the time; he said it would protect her if she was ever in danger.
She had graduated a month ago from high school and while she knew that her life span was limited by the deal, Theia still wanted to go to college. She had been accepted by Universities across the country but she wanted to stay close to her family so she had picked one in the town over to be closer to her home. Since it was still summer Theia hadn't finished packing up her room yet, it was a slow process that was only inhibited by her procrastination to put everything in boxes. She would be moving into a flat that she already signed a lease for in the town over; the landlord had given her a discount price on it because he knew her mother.
Theia looked around the sky-blue room she had lived in for most of her life. She wearily folded another item of clothing and placed into a box when she felt her phone buzz from her jeans pocket.
"Hello" said Theia
"Hey" it was her mother, "Your father and I just got off of work and picked the twins up, Do you want to meet us at the diner for dinner?"
"Uh, yeah I'll walk over"
"Theia just take the car in the driveway"
"No no it's fine, I don't want to drive and it's only a 10-minute walk, 15 at most" said Theia, not wanting to drive. She hated driving ever since her parents had been in that accident, she felt that if she could walk somewhere then she didn't need to drive there.
"Fine, but be careful" warned her mother "See you soon"
"Yeah be right there" she said before hanging up the phone
Theia happily stopped packing up her things and threw on a dark blue cardigan over her black t-shirt and light washed jeans. She locked the house door before heading out onto the streets. She would miss it in her town, she realized as she walked out of her suburban neighborhood and headed onto the business streets. Theia unconsciously touched the red stone on her necklace as she walked.
She had two months before she was scheduled to see him again, he just wanted to be an arse and force her to kiss him, she knew. She didn't mind particularly, he did fascinate her; although, she had only met him for one night she felt curious. When something interested her she usually investigated it and pestered it with questions until her curiosity was sated. She walked slowly, she didn't see the three men approaching her from behind until it was too late.
"AH, WHA-" she started but was quickly cut off as one of their hands was placed over her mouth and the two others grabbed her legs as she tried to kick them. They swiftly moved her down an alley way all while she tried to wiggle free from their grasp.
They turned the corner in the alley, she could see that they were nearing a van at the end of the corner. She needed to get out of their hold before then, if they took her into the van she knew that there was no chance of escaping. Theia noticed that one of the men holding her legs from kicking had a limp and the other appeared to be swaying in his walk as if he where drunk. The one holding her mouth covered she couldn't see from the angle they were holding her at but she knew it didn't matter she had to try her plan now. She went lax for a few seconds to give them a false sense of security before she kicked the man who was limping's leg quickly. He stumbled back, releasing one of her legs which allowed her to push off the other man holding her legs and then slip sloppily out of the third man's grasp. Theia fell to the ground with a hard 'thump' which she knew would bruise later. The men seemed to get their orientation back just as she was standing back up, they were all bigger than her in both height and weight and she was scared. They didn't look like they'd done this before, maybe she was the first attempt. They all circled around her to trap her; she kicked the drunk man in the groin which caused him to stumble back. The other two men tried to grab her again; the limping man coming in front of her while the other brown-haired man grabbed a fistful of her hair. While that man held her hair the two others came up in the front and started to kick and punch her in her face and stomach. She tried to kick at them but the man holding her hair just pulled harder every time she did. She felt her head start to go fuzzy as they delivered another blow to her head. Suddenly she felt the necklace around her neck heat up before she felt the man's grip on her hair loosen completely, letting her fall to the ground. She couldn't move her body, the last thing she saw was the blurry outline of the King of the Crossroads and she couldn't tell whether it was real or not. Theia felt her eyes close and she let herself succumb to the darkness, too tired to fight it.
The first thing Theia felt when she woke up was soft sheets beneath her. She tiredly opened her eyes, she wondered if it had all been a dream but then she realized she wasn't in her room. She had never seen this place before, it was a bedroom of dark colors, black sheets, curtains, etc. Theia sat up slowly, so I hadn't dreamed it all, Crowley was there.
"Finally, you're awake" said a voice beside her suddenly, causing her to jump slightly.
"How long was I asleep for?"
"17 hours" he answered simply, shrugging
"Oh, god my parents will be worried sick" she said running a hand through her hair. Only then did she bother to see that she wasn't wearing the same outfit. Instead of the jeans and t-shirt she was wearing earlier she now was clad in a long, black, thin silk night dress. "Did you change me?" she said glaring at him
"Magic, love, no need to see anything you don't want seeing" he said simply before adding "not yet of course"
"oh, you Bastard" she said hotly, annoyed with him.
"oi' I'm the one who saved your arse back there" he shot at her
"Yeah Thanks for waiting so fucking long before helping" said Theia, usually she would have been grateful for his help but she was too irritated to care right now.
"I saved you and this is the thanks I get. It wouldn't kill you to be FUCKING GRATEFUL"
Theia seethed and glared at him "I'm not the one who acts like a fucking perverted bastard"
"You, little girl, are such a pain in the arse" he said, their faces close a few inches apart, both glaring at each other. Crowley finally stopped the little staring contest they had and said "And for the record I didn't do anything to you"
"Not yet" quoted Theia but her glaring stopped "But I am grateful for your help"
"There you go, a little gratitude."
"How did you find me?"
"Your necklace" he said gesturing to the red stone which was till around her neck.
"You gave me a GPS danger alert necklace?" she said, she wasn't upset just curious
"In a way, yes"
"Interesting, how does it work exactly?" she asked curiously.
Crowley sat on the edge of the bed and turned to face her "I had a spell put on it so that anytime it senses danger it'll summon me"
"Thank you" she said nodding, taking in the information.
"You really should have driven to that diner" he said leaning back
"Thinking about it- wait how did you know about that? Where you following me that whole time?"
"Maybe" he said laying on the bed "I pop in every once in a while, check on my dealings and then when those men grabbed you I thought it'd be interesting to watch your reaction"
"Well, I failed miserably" said Theia with a forced laugh
"You did better than I thought you would" he said
"What did you think would happen?" she asked curiously looking at him, he had his eyes closed but she sensed that he could probably sense if she was going to do anything bad.
"In all honestly, Love, I thought you'd get gutted"
"Thanks for the vote of confidence" she said sarcastically, he opened his eyes to look at her.
"How am I not gutted by the way?"
"I saved you remember" he said flatly
"I meant how am I not bruised and bloody?"
"Healing" he said simply before sitting up.
"Thank you" she said before touching his arm like the last time she thanked him.
"Oh, don't go soft on me love" he said standing up
"Can I go home by any chance?" she asked before he could leave
He nodded and silently walked over to her touching her shoulder and transported them to her house. It was night now of the next day, her parents were probably asleep.
"Your parents think that you cancelled and went on a little night out with one of your friends" said Crowley, he looked at her oddly, she interested him and he wasn't quite sure why.
"Thank you" she said opening the front door, she turned back to tell him something else but he had already vanished. She touched the necklace around her neck See you in two months I suppose Crowley.
Hello, this is the second chapter. Cheers.
