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Ch. 10 I Wanna Know You Like That
I wanna be the first thing on your mind in the mornin'
One who knows it's you when you're callin'
Girls who dries your tears when they're fallin'
I wanna know you like that
I wanna be the one you run to when things get crazy
The only girl that you call your baby
One whose always got your back
I wanna know you like that
I Wanna Know You Like That by Nikki Flores
I awoke with a groan, my arms tightening around the pillow I was laying on. My first guess was that Scourge had left. The second was that he wanted to go make a sandwich or something but didn't want to wake me so he put this pillow here. I rolled over to see him at my desk, twirling one of my colored pencils between his long fingers. His ice blue eyes were already staring down at me so our eyes connected effortlessly. Blush stretched across my cheeks under his intense but gentle stare. Without warning, he threw the pencil at me. Fucker got me right in the forehead. I glared at him in which he smirked. "Morning sunshine," he said.
"Was that necessary," I asked, rubbing my forehead.
"Yes," he said before widening his smirk. I rolled my eyes, getting out of my bed. He tilted his head at me as I slipped into my slippers and threw on my silk black robe. "Where are you going?"
"Bathroom," I said with a bit of blush on my cheeks. His smirk became lopsided. Amusement lied in his eyes but I knew that the smirk was to make me laugh. He looked younger when he did that though, more his age. I mean, now that I knew he was older mentally I could see how time had affected him in his eyes. Other than that, he looked like a normal hot teenager.
"Hurry back." I blushed deeper before heading out of my room. On the way back, I peeked into Auntie's room to see her fast asleep in her bed. A part of me felt the need to tell her everything that's happened these past couple days. I didn't know if she knew about any of the things that have been going on but she had the right to know. She was my guardian and as my guardian, she should have knowledge of what's going on. Leaving her in the dark may be safe for her but if I disappeared for longer and she noticed then that could cause a lot of trouble. Guess I was just going to have to ask Scourge. He'd probably know more about what to do and what benefits her safety.
When I returned to my room, Scourge was lounging on my bed with my phone in his hand. "What the hell are you doing," I asked, storming over to the bed. I was about to snatch the phone out his hand when he basically flew over to the opposite side of the room. In shock, I blinked a couple times. Did he really just move that fast? I barely saw him move at all. I only felt the wind from the speed.
"Looking through your pictures. You take beautiful pictures by the way. These selfies are amazing," he said, amusement laced strongly in his voice although his mouth remained a straight line.
"Can I have my phone back, please? I have to call Cody." Scourge looked up at me in a heartbeat, a muscle in his jaw jumping.
"Why," he asked, his voice hard. I had almost forgotten that he had already lost one girl to Cody. I guess he thought that he might lose me to him too. But the thing was with me and Cody is that we've known each other for years. Victoria met Cody suddenly when she fell for him. I only see Cody as my brother while Victoria saw him as a hot guy. Big difference there. I could still understand his cautiousness though.
"He said that he had to take care of some things but he'd be back with Chinese food. I want my damn food." Scourge chuckled at me. "What? I'm hungry." My stomach growled loudly in evidence for my statement.
"How about I take you out to get some food? I'll get you whatever you want."
"Okay. What time is it?" Scourge looked at my phone. "Will you give me back my phone?"
"It's noon." He looked up and threw my phone at me. I ducked so it hit my headboard on the bed instead of colliding with my face. "Nice dodge." I glared at him again.
"What is with you and throwing things at me today?" He shrugged.
"I'm just bored." He walked over to lay beside me on my bed. "Where do you want me to take you for lunch?" I blushed lightly as he started to wrap one of my long pink curls around his finger.
"Well there's this really good pizza place on 6th and Main. We could go there if you want." Scourge shrugged.
"Whatever you want." His hand left my curl to lightly graze my arm. My cheeks darkened even more. Why did he always feel the absolute need to touch me? "But first there's something else we gotta do." I raised an eyebrow.
"And what would that be?" He smirked up at me.
"Come here." A small smile went up my lips as I bent down toward him. One of his arms went to wrap around my waist while his other hand came up to cup the back of my neck. The distance between our lips was closed quickly as was the distance between our bodies. He pressed me up against him tightly as he kissed me passionately. I melted against him, letting each kiss take me further into a sweet bliss. He licked and sucked at my bottom lip which confused me a bit. I didn't know if he was asking for permission to enter my mouth or if he just felt like kissing me that way. When he rolled, pinning me underneath him, I moaned. He took the opportunity to slide his tongue into my mouth, causing another small moan to escape me when his tongue began to wrestle with mine.
My stomach was tingling with tons of tiny butterflies as was my heart beating as fast as a humming bird's wings. With Scourge's body pressed on mine, pinning me down to the bed, I could barely think. The only things I could think about were kissing him and where making out could take us. I'd never been in a situation where you're making out and things just escalate. A part of me hoped that the situation wouldn't happen right now either. I mean, my aunt was still in the house and could walk in on us at any minute.
I pulled away from Scourge with a sad sigh. He tilted his head at me. "What's wrong? Do you not like where my hands are?" I could have laughed at his question. His hands were in my hair and gripping one of my hips. They hadn't moved from there since he first kissed me. Then again, he did know that I was a virgin and understood that I may get uncomfortable quickly.
"Your hands are fine. I just don't want to get too carried away." He nodded once before moving down to lightly graze kisses at my cheek and neck.
"Just tell me when you're ready to get dressed and I'll get off you," he whispered in my ear before kissing it. My face had to be as red as a tomato at this point. No one has ever kissed my neck like he's doing and damn it felt good. The way his tongue poked out in the kisses, causing them to be a bit wet. Damn, this boy was going to be the death of me.
"Well I am pretty hungry…" He chuckled, picking his head up so that it's hover over mine.
"Alright." He pecked my lips. "Meet me in the lobby when you're done here." I nodded. He smirked, kissing me softly one last time before finally getting off me. I watched as he opened my window and jumped out. For a second, I wanted to run over and make sure he didn't make a pancake of himself but I remembered that he did have wings. I got up and got into the shower. Once I got out, I threw on a pair of black jeans, a black tank with a design of a colorful flag on it and a pair of my black converses. I threw my pink curls up into a pony tail on the way out the door. Auntie was still asleep so I had just left a sticky note on her forehead to let her know that I was out with Scourge.
Speaking of the Dark Angel I was dating, he was leaning casually against the wall near the door. His ice blue eyes stared blankly out the window, sparkling as the sunlight hit them. He was wearing a plain fitted white V-neck tee shirt that made his eyes look lighter than they actually were, ripped light wash jeans and a pair of black boots. He looked to me as I walked up to him. "Hey," I said. He nodded to me. "Ready to go." He motioned for me to lead the way. I wanted to reach for his hand but thought better of it. He didn't want to hold my hand back at the Hell Tower when we were going to Lucifer. I get that maybe it was because he didn't want to show affection in the presence of the Devil but I was still afraid of being rejected. He walked beside me in silence as we hiked through the streets to my favorite pizza place. Cody and I have been coming here since we were kids. Even now as I looked around the rock n' roll theme of the restaurant, I felt relieved as some sort of my life still felt normal. Scourge and I sat in a booth near the window.
I stared at Scourge with a look of concern. He hadn't uttered a word since I'd come down to the lobby. That seemed strange to me. Scourge usually always had something to say. Even if it wasn't much, he'd still say it. I opened my mouth to speak when a pretty blonde girl with a tall skinny body walked up to our table. "Hello, my name is Ashley. I'll be your server today. May I start you off with some drinks," she said, her voice peppy though you could hear her chewing gum in between her words. The warm look she was giving Scourge pissed me off a bit.
"Rosy," Scourge murmured. I looked to him, seeing that he was oblivious to the Ashley's obvious interest in him.
"Um, I'll just have a root beer," I said. Scourge looked up at Ashley who almost jumped five feet in the air just from making eye contact.
"Two root beers, please," he said, letting his Hispanic accent show more. Ashley could have fainted.
"Coming right up," she said with a huge smile before walking off to get our drinks. I glared after her. Stupid little skinny bitch.
"What kind of pizza do you want," Scourge asked as he flipped through the menu.
"Um, pepperoni's fine. Why are you so quiet?"
"Okay. Do you want ice cream afterwards? I kind of want some ice cream."
"Scourge," I said, noticing that he was trying to avoid the question. He sighed, looking up at me.
"I was just thinking, that's all."
"About what?" He hesitated, letting his eyes gaze off to the outside world.
"Victoria…" My heart took a little stab. Of course he'd be thinking about her. Why wouldn't he? She was his first love after all and quite frankly, she did break his heart into tiny little pieces. But why would he be thinking of her when he's here with me?
"What about her?"
"Well, I was thinking about how I was so vulnerable around her. Like I put her on top of a pedestal only for her to knock the whole thing down. I'm trying to convince myself that it's okay to give you my all because you're not her. You're not going to betray me." His eyes hardened as he looked back over at me. "You're not going to betray me, right," he asked, his voice becoming a low growl.
"Of course not," I said, reaching out my hand to grab his. He looked at our hands and smirked. "Look, I know that we may not have known each other long but Cody and I have. He's like my twin brother. I would never leave you for him."
"What if it's not romantically? What if you just trust him more," Scourge asked, ripping his hand out from under mine. I frowned, not having an answer for that. I trusted Cody more than anything. That doesn't mean that I would leave Scourge's side. I liked him way too much to do anything stupid.
"Just trust me, okay," I said, looking deep into Scourge's ice blue eyes. I could see the hurt and the pain that my past doppelganger had put him through. I didn't blame him for being cautious and angry with everything but I needed him to understand that my intentions were not to hurt him or any of that nature. I only wanted to be with him.
"Okay," Scourge said with a sigh. Ashley came back with our drinks, shooting a flirty smile at Scourge.
"Are you ready to order," she said, not even glancing at me. Scourge barely spared her any attention since he was still staring at me.
"A pepperoni pizza please," he said politely, though I could tell he was annoyed with her. Blush covered my cheeks as he reached his hand out to intertwine it with mine. Ashley looked at our hands and her face twisted up into anger. She huffed before walking away. Scourge still didn't acknowledge her. Wow, he must be really into me. Ashley was a lot thinner than I was and a lot prettier. "So, do you want to know anything about me?"
"Well, how do you become a Dark Angel? Is there like a ritual or something?" Scourge looked down at our hands, rubbing his thumb against the back of my hand.
"Yea, but it's not a pretty ritual. Pretty disturbing if you ask me."
"Well, what goes on?" Scourge sighed.
"Do you really wanna know?" I nodded. "Okay, well, Lucifer has to break the mortal's neck and then has to give him His blood. Another Dark Angel – the Original Dark Angel – is present to also give blood to the mortal. At first the dead body can't take it so it twitches and does all this exorcist shit until its eyes become black and red and black wings tear out from its back." I grimaced. "Yea, it's not a pretty sight."
"Who's the Original Dark Angel? Was he at your ritual? Is he like old and wise?"
"You ask a lot of questions, you know that." I opened my mouth to defend myself but he spoke up. "Don't worry, it's cute." Ashley came back with our pizza, dropping it down in front of us before storming away. We both took a couple bites of our first slices before I spoke again.
"So who is he? Or she?" Scourge looked down, his chewing becoming a bit more tight and precise.
"Me." I almost choked on my bite. Scourge looked up at me, his ice blue eyes watching me carefully. "Are you scared?" I shook my head as I started coughing. Scourge pushed my drink toward me. I swallowed like crazy, trying to get the small bite down my throat. "Whoa, are you alright?" I nodded, wiping at my mouth.
"Yea, sorry. I just wasn't expecting that. How did you become a Dark Angel if you didn't do the ritual?"
"Lucifer kidnapped an Angel and mixed its blood with his and gave it to me after he tortured and killed me." He shrugged. "Once Lucifer has his mind set on something, there's almost nothing there to stop him."
"So you're the first one?" Scourge nodded. "Are you proud of it? Does it make you special?"
"To the other Angels, yes but not to Lucifer. To him, I'm just the first success of his creations," he said with a disgusted expression. It softened though once he spoke again. "Am I proud of it? Somewhat. I get respect from it. There's nothing more to that."
"Do you ever think about your family? Do you miss them?" Scourge looked away.
"The last time I saw my family was during the war when Victoria was still alive. They tried to destroy me since they were Angels now and I wasn't… I try not to think about them often but I don't miss them. I didn't really know any of them. My siblings abandoned me, my parents got murdered. I have no reason to miss them when honestly they have done nothing for me. All my parents did was give birth to me. Lucifer has taught me spun back time so that I could watch the past. My family was one of the worst ones you could think of. Honestly, I'm surprised they got into Heaven. It's no place for cruel people like them." His voice had taken a bitter turn, his eyes glaring out the window as if there was someone standing there that he wanted to shoot.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked."
"No, it's alright. You were curious. I understand. I don't really talk much about myself, do I?"
"No. Well not since you told me how much you wanted me," I said referring to the night before. Scourge chuckled, shaking his head as he looked back over at me.
"It's true, Rosy. I can't help it. You're beautiful and tempting. The only thing keeping me from getting what I want is that I like you and I don't wanna hurt you."
"So you've raped girls before," I asked lowly before taking a sip of my soda. He nodded, looking down in shame.
"Like I said before: as a Dark Angel you sometimes have to do things you don't want to do. After a while, you just get used to it and start to do it unconsciously. I don't mean to hurt girls but that's just in my nature." He gave my hand a squeeze. "Just know that I would never hurt you, okay?" I nodded, returning the squeeze.
"Okay."
"So I guess you're also probably wondering about your parents?"
"Yea. I mean, they're safe right?"
"In a way yes. They're not in danger or anything if that's what you mean."
"Yea, that's what I mean…" Scourge tilted his head at me as a small frown took over my lips. "Is there any way that maybe you can take me to go see them one day?"
"If that's what you want."
"Yes, it is." He nodded once.
"Then I will do my best." I squeezed his hand again.
"Thank you." He responded by bringing my hand up to his lips and kissing it softly. "Okay, now can we talk about normal things and have a normal date?" Scourge grinned.
"Of course." And that's just what we did. For once we didn't talk about anything that was going on but instead about ourselves, sports, hobbies and other normal topics. We spent the whole day talking as I showed him around New York. To my surprise, he had never been here before. Since he had been alive for so long, I had assumed that he must have been here before. He shrugged it off and said that he had spent most of his time in Puerto Rico, Mexico and other Spanish places because he just liked it better there. He promised that he'd take me to his hometown in Puerto Rico someday when the war was over. He didn't want to risk taking me there and then something breaks up. He told me that he was more worried about my life than his existence.
At the moment, it was around 8 o' clock and we were lounging in the grass in Central Park. "I can't believe you think you can beat me in a fight," Scourge said with a laugh.
"Don't underestimate me, Delgado. Just because I'm short does not mean that I can't kick your ass." He raised his eyebrow into that perfect arch of his.
"Bring it on, chica." Before I could try to jump on him after sitting, he tackled me back down to the ground. He settled on my hips before starting to tickle me. I laughed under him, trying to grab his hands. "Still think you can beat me now, huh," he asked, a smirk on his lips.
"So unfair," I got out from between my laughs. He stopped tickling me to playfully slap my thigh. "You cheated." His smirk grew.
"And what are you going to do about me cheating?" He leaned down onto me, our lips inches apart. "Because I think I need to be punished for being such a bad boy," he said, his voice low and seductive.
"Mmm, I guess the punishment would be no kissing me." He poked out his bottom lip.
"Aw man." I smiled.
"I never said I couldn't kiss you." He smirked again before I kissed him softly. We kissed for a little while until we heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. We both looked up to see Cody standing above us, his arms crossed and his face in a glare at Scourge. I scrambled up from under Scourge, my cheeks burning red. I felt so awkward. I mean, how else was I supposed to feel when my best friend who is supposedly in love with me walks in on me and my crush making out? "Hey Cody," I stuttered out. He shifted his glare to me.
"Where the hell have you been? I've been looking all over for you," he told me, his glare softening. The anger was replaced by concern and worry.
"I went out for pizza with Scourge and then we kind of just wandered around."
"Are you okay? You're not hurt right?"
"No. I'm fine."
"Relax your boner," Scourge said, standing up beside me. He looked unconcerned about Cody's silent accusation that he would hurt me. "Don't you have better things to do besides stalk a happy couple like preaching to the poor or something?" Cody's eyes went up in rage.
"Listen here, you good for nothing piece of filth-"
"Ohh, I almost forgot you can't curse. I think you meant to call me an asshole, correct?" Cody's glare intensified.
"You'd better shut up or I'll-"
"Or you'll what? You know you can't beat me. I think we established that years ago. I'm stronger than you'll ever be."
"Wanna bet?" Cody made a move toward Scourge but I got in the way.
"No fighting," I said firmly, looking between the two boys who were glaring at each other.
"Move, Rosy," Scourge said just as Cody told me "Step aside."
"No," I said to answer both of them. "You two are not going to fight each other." Scourge grabbed me and pulled me against him, pressing his lips against mine. Like any other time when he's kissed me, I melted against him. The kiss didn't last long since Scourge's lips were ripped away from mine. I looked to see Scourge and Cody rolling down the hill, throwing punches at each other. "Shit," I said, as I started to run down after them. When they stopped rolling, Cody was on top of Scourge. My best friend pounded into my crush's face with what looked like no mercy. I'd never seen Cody angry before so I was actually a bit scared of the rage in his eyes. "Stop," I yelled, feeling a bit helpless. Compared to their strength, I probably would just be an annoyance if I tried to separate them.
Scourge kneed Cody in the ribs, knocking the breath out of him before kicking my best friend off him. His mouth was a bit bloody but nothing anyone couldn't handle. At my bet, Scourge was probably used to worse pain than that. Scourge took the opportunity to get on top of Cody and give him blows that even I heard from the few feet away I was. Cody tried to hold up against them, punching Scourge in his ribs and jaw but that didn't seem to faze the Dark Angel one bit. Cody then resorted to choking him. Scourge did seem fazed by that, so in return, he twisted Cody's wrist that was on his neck. My best friend yelled in pain.
"Stop," I yelled again. "Scourge stop," I yelled. Tears started to stream down my face. They were fighting as if they wanted to kill each other. Maybe they did but that doesn't mean that it wasn't traumatizing. Cody slapped Scourge off him before elbowing him right in his ribs. I heard a crack just before Scourge cried out in the pain. "STOP," I yelled at my loudest before one of the two could try to get an upper hand on the other. They both looked to me, surprised. Cody's face crumpled up a bit at the sight of my crying while Scourge just looked like he felt bad. "Please stop," I whispered, my voice starting to crack. Cody scrambled up and I was in his arms in a second.
"I'm sorry, Rosy. I'm so sorry," he whispered gently in my ear, stroking my hair. I knew this tone of his voice. It was the one he used whenever I was upset and scared. He'd always hold me close and comfort me. Another bit of familiarity of my normal life again struck relief in me.
"Angel," Scourge said as I felt a hand stroke my arm. My head shot up to look at him. I was about to question how he knew that nickname until I remembered that he said he'd watched me all my life. Usually I would snap if someone had called me that but the way he said it. The tone of his voice when he said it. All of it felt right. "I can take you home," he said, extending his hand out to me.
"Rosy," Cody said causing me to look up at him. He shook his head. "Don't," he murmured. "I can take you home. I can get you there safely."
"I'm not going to hurt her," Scourge snapped.
"You said the same damn thing about Victoria and what did you do? You killed her!"
"Rosy's not Victoria! She's not going to choose you over me! You wouldn't do that now would you," Scourge said, looking down at me for the last sentence.
"Right now, I just wanna go home," I said weakly. Seeing them halfway kill each other had practically traumatized me. If I thought that was bad then I'm really not looking forward to the war they both keep talking about.
"Who do you want to take you?" Cody asked, running his fingers through my curly ponytail.
"Neither of you have to take me. I can walk there by myself. I'll be okay."
"You can't go by yourself."
"And why not," I asked, looking up at my best friend in confusion.
"I'm sure you know there's more of creatures like him running around here. If they see you unprotected, who knows what they'll do." I nodded once before looking down. "Come on," he said, scooping my legs out from under me so that he could hold me bridal style. I looked to Scourge who was standing there with a sad look on his face.
"Will you be there when I get there," I asked him.
"Do you want me to be there," he asked.
"Yes. Please." He nodded once before shooting Cody one last glare and flying up into the sky. I watched after him as his wings came out from his back and he flew down in the sparkly night sky.
Cody took me home in silence, not scolding me or questioning me about Scourge. Honestly, it took me by surprise. Then again, he must know that no matter what he says, I'm still going to do what I want to do. He's known me for long enough to know that fact. When we arrived to my apartment, he set me down onto my feet. "Be careful," he told me before kissing my cheek and walking away.
"Cody," I called after him causing him to look back at me. "Thank you," I told him. He nodded.
"I love you, you know that don't you."
"I love you too." Cody smiled softly before walking away. We both knew that those words weren't romantically meaningful but yet in a more friendly, brother-sister kind of way. Auntie was making dinner in the kitchen when I came in. She told me it would be done in a couple minutes before I wandered into my room. Scourge was there, lounging on my bed casually. When he saw me, he got up to kiss me.
"I have to go run an errand real quick. I'll be back when you're done eating," he told me. I nodded. He kissed me again before going out through the window. Surprisingly he was back by the time I got done my spaghetti tacos in which I had to force down my throat since my appetite had been ruined by the fight. I didn't ask what he did or where he was. I just went in the bathroom to change before laying on his chest in the bed. He fell asleep before I did. He looked peaceful though. A lot younger too. I couldn't help but to trace his facial features with my hand gently. He opened his eyes after an hour and looked at me through slits. "Go to sleep," he told me, pressing himself even more against me.
"I can't with your sexiness so close to me," I said with a smile. He shook his head before kissing me softly.
"How about we make out for a bit and then go to sleep?"
"Sounds like a plan."
"Hm," he said before pressing his lips onto mine once more.
Whoa, this chapter was long as I don't know what! But that happens when you're home in the summer haha. So I'm kind of dying to know: Who do you think is better for Rosy? Cody or Scourge?
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