Chapter 10: Foggy Memories
Balo tore a piece of cloth off of Josette's shirt and dipped it in the bucket of water near them.
"Why did you do that?" She asked him.
"I don't know...you would think I would have let her do what she wanted and not even give a damn...after what you did." He said.
"What did I ever do to you?" She sighed.
"Oh don't pretend like you do not know what I am speaking of." He stood up and looked her in the eye.
"You tricked me! You pretended to love me and then you trapped me!" He yelled.
"I did no such thing!" Josette yelled back.
"4,000 years ago when I found out that you were...what you were...I was hurt and confused. You lied to me, but I staged your death and released you. I could not find myself to do otherwise."
"Lies! After the war I was beaten and tortured! Until one day Selene came to me and told me that you despised me and ordered for me to be killed. She also said that she couldn't see me die, so she helped me escape."
"Selene did this. Selene was the one to lie. After I killed Gregan she blamed me for her sadness. I had no choice, if I would have let him live he would have killed the entire vampire race. She wanted to get back at me...she wanted revenge!"
"How can I believe you? After all of these years? How?" Balo's face turned sad.
"How did she help you escape? Did you ever see her get you out?" Josette raised an eyebrow.
"Or do you just remember waking up...in the middle of no where?" She said slowly.
Balo stood in silence.
"Selene used me...to get back at you." He mumbled.
"And she still is. She needs you, for you are a very important step in whatever she is trying to do. Balo, you are half vampire half wolf. A half breed that was never meant to exist." Josette said.
"I never ordered for you to be slaughtered. I loved you. But as year after year past...and I never heard from you I thought you had left for good. I gave up on you...so I taught myself to forget." She continued.
Balo put his hand on Josette's cheek and wiped away the blood.
"I loved you too." He said.
Suddenly he pulled off her chains and looked at her.
"We need to go." He said.
"What?" Josette asked shocked.
"Now! Come on!" He pulled her up the stairs, but when they reached the top Aria was blocking the way.
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked.
Josette walked past Balo and looked at her. She briskly grabbed Aria and snapped her neck.
"Match." She looked at Balo.
He handed her his lighter. She dropped it on the body as she stepped over it.
"Bitch." She said.
"Get in the car." Balo said.
"I'll drive." Josette looked at him.
"No I'll drive." He looked back at her.
Josette smiled.
"Fine."
As Josette was about to open the car door Balo walked over to her in a flash. He grabbed her chin and pulled her lips to his. They were held in a passionate kiss that, they felt, was meant to have happened those many years ago.
After what seemed like an hour they looked at each other.
"I've wanted to do that again for over 4,000 years." Balo said as he tilted his head and pushed a piece of hair from Josette's face.
She smiled and quickly walked to the car door. She opened it, sat down and rested her hands on the steering wheel.
"Ya snooze ya lose." Josette winked.
"You have changed a bit." Balo laughed.
"It has been three days. We should have heard from her already." K-mart looked at Charles.
"If I know Josette, she will be here soon." Charles put his hand on Luke's shoulder.
"She's a fighter."Luke gave a small smile.
"We can't just leave her! What if she's hurt!" K-mart looked at them both.
"We already searched and tore apart the old house that she found you in. There is no other place where she would be." Luke said trying to calm her down.
"Still I can't help but-" K-mart started but was interrupted by the sound of a car pulling into the driveway.
Everyone ran to the window. There they saw Josette get out of the car.
"Ha-Ha you see! What did I tell you!" Charles bounced up and down like a child with a huge grin plastered on his face. He ran to the door, but when he got there he saw something that he was not expecting to see. Josette was standing next to Balo.
"J-Josette?" Luke said confused.
"He is not who you think." She said walking into the house.
K-mart got one look at Josette and came running.
"Oh my god! What happened? What did they do to you!" She screamed trying to look at her wounds.
Balo froze when he saw K-mart.
"You." She said looking up at him.
He stayed silent.
"He will not hurt you love." Josette said pushing Balo away from K-mart.
"And I am fine. They are healed...I am going to go upstairs and change. Balo you come with me." Josette said walking up the stairs, Balo followed her.
Josette opened her bedroom door and walked over to the closet. She undressed herself as Balo looked at all of her books. She put on a white tank top, gray skinny jeans, and a pair of black leather mid-calf biker boots.
Josette then walked over to the book case and poured herself a large glass of scotch. She drank it all in one big sip and turned to Balo, who was starring at her.
"Come on...we have a lot to talk about."