Chapter 9
"Your going to pay for this, Mathew," Stormy said, once he came out of shock.
He stood up, grabbing my art supply kit, that I had left at the end of the table, and headed for the door.
"Oh, hey, Stormy, wait up," I called as I chased after him.
"Isn't the Guardian suppose to follow his charge around and not the other way around?" Ashley asked, as I rached Stormy and we walked out.
Stormy didn't stop as he made his way around people's rooms. There was a bark in front of us. It stopped Stormy in his tracks. I went to go and stand next to him. There was a Huskey standing in front of us with a fierce and authoritized look on his face. Then he shifted into his human form. He had grey hair and puppy dog eyes that showed deeply.
"You younsters are up pretty late. Were you in a meeting, Stormy?" The man asked.
"Yes, Brandon, Elizabeth was with us," Stormy said.
"Ah, Elizabeth, off to bed then?" Brandon asked.
"Yes sir," Stormy said.
"No," I said, "I'm not."
"What?" Stormy asked, looking at me with a look of irritation.
"I'm tired, even if it is..." I took out my phone, "10:45pm."
"Some of us didn't a five hour nap," Stormy said, coldly.
I scowled at him.
"Well, if your not going to sleep or be in your rooms, then you need to out of Pack Central," Brandon said.
"Okay," I said, going toward the exit.
"Halfa!" Stormy yelled, "Halfa get back here, now!"
I didn't listen as I was out and walked into the forest. I found a good tree that I could climb. I was a pretty good climber and not just because of the Vampire in me. Practice makes perfect.
I was about ready to jump up and grab the closest branch when Stormy was behind me and said, "Your not seriously going to climb that tree, are you?"
I looked back at him with a devilish smirk, "I am a Vampire, aren't I?" Wihtout waiting for an answer, I jumpted up and caught the branch. I swrung up around the branch and landed on my feet as they hit the tree branch. I grabbed the next branch and climbed up on that. I kept going up until I reached a reasonable high and thick branch. I heard Stormy right bellow the branch as I was on. I sat down and rested by back against the trunk.
"I bet you ten bucks that your not going to last that very long on that branch," Stormy said, "Your going to fall."
"One, I don't bet and two, I'm not going to fall. I've been climbing after my parentws died. Just like drawing," I said.
I moved quickly as I grabbed the branch I was sitting and swung onto the branch that Stormy was sitting on and landed right in front of him, with my knees bent. I noticed the look of surprise on Stormy's face, but it only lasted a second. I sat down on my butt with the palms of my feet presseded together.
"How are we going to sleep together?" I asked, gently.
"What do you mean? You sleep in my arms. It's not that hard to figure out," Stormy said, "You had no problem with Mathew."
"I know how I'm suppose to sleep with you?" I said. God, I'm so glad he's not taking this the dirty way, "I was talking about the fact that I'm a nocturn animal and you are not," I said.
"I thought your parents taught you about Shape-shifters. Before the age of eight, we need to fall sleep, with or without the night sky. After, though, we don't have too," Stormy said.
"So were going to switch after night?" I asked.
"No," Stormy said, "I'm stuck with you. Were lseeping in sunlight, no night sky."
I scowled at him and made my way to my branch. For the first time, I took a look at the land in front of me. Oh, I so love this tree! The medow I had been in earlier wasn't that far from the Pack Central, but a lot of trees in between. The Pack Central was over to the right. We could see both very clearly. The moon shinned all around. I could see a man sitting in the meadowhidden in the shadows. Only Vampire eyes could have noticed him. Alexander had his eyes on me and the stupid band was starting to pull.
Tacking my mind away from the stocking Vampire and bent down on my stomach and peeked at Stormy with my head and arms down.
"What the Hell are you doing?" Stormy asked, once he gave a startled jummp once he noticed me.
"Asking for my drawing kit and sketch pad," I said.
In stead of handing me any of those items, he opened my note book and started looking at random pictures.
"You said you've been drawing sense the age of five, right?" Stormy asked.
He was looking at one of the drawings and I couldn't see which one.
"Yes," I stated.
"Hmmm, your very good," He said.
"Thank you," I said, causessly.
Seeing as he was wasn't about to give it to me, I sat up and went a little took fast and lost my balance. I slipped off the otherside I had just been leaning over. I wasn't thinking enough to grab onto the trunk, like I normally would do, what a wise person would do, as I fell. I could feel the wind pull up at me and gravity pushing my top half down. I felt a hand grab my arm and pull me towards the tree and onto their lap.
I look up at Stormy.
"Thanks," I said, slightly embarraced that I just done what he said I would do. Fall.
Stormy snorted, "Told you," He said, smirking at me.
I loked away, not falling for the temptation to slap him on the arm. I felt his breath on my neck and for some odd reason, my Shape-shifter gene kicked in to sstiffen. Not knowing what the heck was going on, I relaxed into Stormy's arms that were around me. The next thing I know, Stormy's arms tightened around me, and his lips were on my neck. Stormy's body stiffened then, he pulled away from me completley.
Stormy put his knees to his chest and have me my art supplies.
"Here, take them," He said, voice unsteady.
"What just..." He cut me off.
"If your going to draw, draw. If not, then lets go," Stormy ordered.
I nodded and climbed back onto the branch above us. I got confortable and then I looked over at Alexander. He was now standing with a look of attack mode set into his features.
"Are you still not trusting of Vampires?" Stormy asked me.
That was a weird question.
"I wasn't until a Vampire told me that my parents were killed by rogue Vampires and that they don't seem to hate Shape-shifters, like Shape-shifters hate Vampires," I explained.
Stormy was quiet for a minutes before saying, "Ha! I knew you were with a Vampire when I came to you earlier."
"Yeah, I was with her then," That was Alexanders voice. I jumped a good as I realized he was in front of Stormy, crouching. Stormy had jumped too and heard him hit his head on the tree branch bellow me.
"Owe," I heard Stormy curse.
I grabbed a hold of the branch I was siting on and hung from it.
"Alexander, what are you doing here?" I asked.
Alexander was staring at Stormy, distrusstfully. Then he looked over at me and his face showed shock and worry.
"Elizabeth," Alexander said.
"What?" I asked.
"Do you want to kill yourself?" He asked. He turned towards Stormy, "And you... your suppose to be her Guardian. Why are you letting her do these things?"
"I don't let her do anything," Stormy said, defensively, now that he's done being shocked, "She does whatever she wants. Telling her what to do is not my job. Protecting her and doing whatever she wants is."
"Then why take the job?" Alexander asked.
"Because I had no choice!" Stormy yelled, "Mathew's Alpha, what he says, goes."
I swung my legs on to the branch they were on and stood right between them.
"Enough," I said, "Your getting eachother wild up and I don't a fight."
"Ha! He's not even suppose to be here!" Stormy almost yelled again.
I froze. He was right. Alexander could get killed.
I turned to Stormy with a pleading look on my face, "Please don't tell, Stormy."
"Why shouldn't I? He's endangering the Pack," Stormy said.
I froze once more. Stormy could be right. I had no idea what Alexander was thinking or planning.
"Alexander?" I aksed as I looked at him.
"I told you why I was here and if you want to know waht I'm thinking, then I'll lowere my shield. Maybe you can catch some of my emotions and thoughts. Your friend will be open to everything then," Alexander said.
"He's not my friend," I said.
Alexanders exspression did not change. Stormy didn't comment on my words. I looked over at him. He was looking at Alexander with a look of thoughtfullness with his head tilted to the side.
"E..Elizabeth, put your shield down," Stormy said.
"I don't have a shield," I said.
"Have you kept yourself hidden and protectivly, mentally as well as emotionly?" Stormy asked, in the same voice, without moving.
"I don't think so," I said.
"Then your doing it subcousessly,. Now put it down," Stormy ordered in a strict voice.
I tried to do as he said. I opened my mind and emotions. I opened myself up to the tow people here as well as the trees, land, and sky.
Stormy's eyes widden as he looked at me.
I wonder what he's getting so worked up for? Alexander thought, I can feel Elizabeth's mind, but she knows how to keep her mind blank. That's rare. I don't even think she knows she doing it.
I don't. I thought.
I felt the stupid bind give an exstra tug and moved closer to Alexander. It was happy to have reading eachothers thoughts, though, that little slip cuased me to love my balance. I start falling left off the branch. Both boys go to grab me, but I'm smart this time and catch the branch above us. THe boys and I freeze.
There was silence fore few seconds. I groaned, breakiing the silence, "I so hate that stupid bind," Out of fustration, I jumped from the branch and caught the one bellow with my hands. I looked up at the two boys. They were looking down at me. Alexander's face was expresionless, but hist thoughts were, She.s a dare devil, that's for sure.Hope she doesn't get herself killed in the process. Stormy looked irritated, but I could not read his thoughts, wheather that was my own fault or he was blocking me.
I jumped down onto the next lowest branch until I hit the ground. I straightened up to find Alexander standing in front of me. He moved over me and I had to step back and igrnoed the stupid pull.
"Do you want to get hurt?" Alexander asked.
"Thank you, God," Stormy said, now standing next to us, "Someone who also thinks the girl keeps doing dangerous things."
"The only person who disagreed with you on that, is me. You've never discussed it with anyone else," I said.
"Maybe I should," Stormy said.
I scowled at him and he scowled back.
"Stormy... is it?" Alexander asked.
Stormy stopped the starring conest by looking at Alexander, "Yes."
"What was so curious to you back there when Elizabeth and I opened our walls?" Alexander asked.
"Oh, you guys have the soul pull," Stormy stated.
"Is that why it what it's called?" I asked.
"I don't know," Stormy shrugged.
"But you know it is," Alexander said.
"Yes." Stormy said, "Never saaw it in real life, though."
"What is it?" I asked.
"It's not an it. Theres no it, period. It's you guys. Your two souls are what's doing it, nothing else. You guys are soulmates," Stormy said.
There was sielnce and it was long. Then I scowled at Stormy, "Nice try," I said, "I know you hate me, even if I don't know why, but you don't have to make up lies."
I started walking back to the clearing.
"Elizabeth... I'm not..." He stopped, "God that girl."
I heard him start to follow me. He had caught up to me and walked next to me, but didn't say anything. I could feel that my walls were up again. Hmmm wonder when that happened?
We walked though the halls of the Pack Central. I think Stormy was planning to take me to his room.
I heard Justin's voice and it made me stop in my tracks.
"Are you crazy, Kevin?" Justin asked.
He was just around the corner. I headed there.
"Your the one whose crazzy if you actually think I'm going to fall for that," Kevin said.
Justin had his back turned towards us and there was Kevin, basically hidden in the shadows.
"I'm not, nore have I ever been, Elizabeth true friend. It was my job and now it's over with. Thanks to Mathew and Stormy, I'm done with her," Justin said.
My eyes were filled with tears and my heart felt like was being stabbed with a knife.
"Good to know," I said.
Justed turned toard me, face with shock, horror, and guilt.
"Elizabeth, I..." I cut him off.
"Shut it. I'm done with you too," I could back the tears any longer and ran.
Like the last time I ran, I wasn't watching where I was going. Someone caught my arm. I turned to see Stormy. Sympathy and sadness showeed in his eyes. He wrapped an arm around me and held me close, "Come on."
I had no idea where he was leading me, but I let him.
