CHAPTER 13

Lela's POV

I spent about 5 minutes in the forest thinking of where I would go, then it hit me I remembered back in the good old days where I had no cares in the world.

I was going hiking on my own for a while, while my parents and siblings were still asleep in there own tents. I had been hiking for 20 minutes and I almost got lost a couple of times but I had put a mark of white chalk on the trees to mark my way so I wouldn't get lost awhile I heard a waterfall nearby and curious as I was I went and followed the noise, I had never in my life saw a waterfall well other then Niagara Falls of course but this was different it probably never had been seen by other humans. I stepped into a small clearing with a beautiful waterfall I saw a little opening in the side where you could go inside without getting wet, being me I just had to go inside and when I did it was pretty cool I decided that this was going to be my secret place I wouldn't tell anyone about it unless I wanted them to know. Me and my family would go camping there every summer for at least 2 weeks and every single day we were there I couldn't help but go into my secret place I had decorated it as much as I could, I had put some photo albums that I secretly brought I liked looking at pictures I even sneaked a deflated air mattress in without my parents noticing It got a little dark in the cave so I had brought a lamp that run on batteries it was my little haven. I always left those things there since no one went in the cave.

I knew where I was to go now all I had to do was go home, pack, and tell my dad.
When I got home it was already pretty late but my the lights were open inside

"where were you young lady?" papa said in a stern voice

"I just needed to some time think for a while" I replied

"what's wrong sweet heart?" papa said after taking one good look at my face

"daddy I need to go away for a while" I said simply not looking at him

"what happened sweetheart don't you want to stay here?"

"I do but I just need this daddy it's only for awhile I promise I'll come back"

"If that's what you want just make sure you come back to us safe and sound" I ran and hugged him

"thank you daddy I will, I'm going to go early tomorrow Kay?"

"whatever you want"he said giving me a slight smile " you should go rest now"

"Kay I will" I said

I went to my bedroom packed my things that I was going to need and crashed into my bed and right away I went to sleep.

The next morning I awoke with someone jumping on my bed

"Lele can you take me to the park" asked Sammie I winced when he mentioned the park

"Sammie, I can't I'm going away for awhile OK but I will be back I just don't know when alright" I said

"b-b-but you can't leave me Lela you just can't" then the waterworks began and all I can do was hug him close to me

"shh baby it's alright I'll be back I promise ok?" he nodded against me but still continued to cry I had to go before I changed my mind and stayed but if I did then I would make them suffer because I knew I was going to be in a deep depression.

"I have to go now OK but here I wanted to give you this" I handed him a locket with a picture of me, him, Jr., and papa "I'm giving it to you because I may not be here but I promise that i'll always be here for you and if your scared and lonely then you would have that to remind you that I'm always here for you" he took it and put it in his pocket, with that I left him in my room got my bag and went down stairs where I was met by Jr.

"so you're really leaving ay?"

"ya I am" and before I could even blink he hugged me tightly knowing he didn't want his little sister alone in the middle of nowhere.

"stay safe alright and when you're in trouble don't hesitate to call me ok?" I nodded and walked to the door where papa was I hugged him

"bye daddy I love you"

"I love you too sweet heart" I went to my car and drove out of the house driveway and kept driving I only saw Sammie running out the house crying and waving at me.

I drove for hours on end I already passed the border, only stopping when I needed gas which was only twice then I went to go to a restaurant which one of my best friends owned and my other works as the hostess it was on my way to the cave so I decided to go I hadn't seen them for awhile sure I called them but it wasn't the same as seeing them in person I hadn't seen them in awhile 3 years to be exact they wanted to move from Paris so they went to Canada.

I stopped at the restaurant called Twilight Bite it was a very funny name since the owner was a vampire, I laughed at her when she told me the name. I had entered the restaurant and already a couple of guys were staring at me not that I cared I was use to it every where I went people stared because of my vampire beauty and since I was a witch I was more beautiful than any vampire or witch. I snuck up behind the hostess and scared her she jumped a couple of feet in the air I started laughing.

"I thought that you could hear me when I went to sneak up behind you" I said still laughing a bit

"Lela it's good to see you I missed you so much" she said while hugging me"you are just so damn stealthy jeez" I laughed knowing she was right it came with what I was Erica was a shape shifter a cheetah to be precise she could science a human, vampire, and other shifters from a mile away it came with her instincts.

"Hey Erica It's nice to see you too now can you please let go your crushing me" she smirked knowing she wasn't strong enough to crush me but hurt me she can, she obliged to my request "Where's Katrina I haven't seen her in a while" she was the owner of the restaurant

"I'm right here lee" she said from behind and pulling me into a bone crushing hug

"Like I said to Erica please let go before you actually make break something" I said she was just a bit stronger than Erica

"ok ok jeez I just miss you so much we should go to the gym I go to it has a basketball court there" Katrina said she was very athletic

"Ooh I want to go to" said Erica I looked at her with surprise unlike Katrina, Erica wasn't so athletic sometimes she could even be clumsy. She must have seen the surprise on my face "I just want to see some muscular guys jeez" oh that made a lot more science I thought as I laughed typical Erica she was always into hot strong guys.

"sure you guys but I may have to go in an hour or two OK"

"I guess aslong as you stay to hang out for a while" they both said spontaneously they tend to do that sometimes

After 2 hours hanging out with them I had to go. I a lot of fun with them they almost made me forget about him, Almost, I couldn't even say his name without the feeling of my heart being torn out of my chest. It would only take 5 hours getting there so I decided to go visit my sister and brother, I still called them that because I grew up with them and to me we are family no matter what, I had kept in touch with them as I had promised but I hadn't seen them in awhile so I guess now was as good as any other time. I really had missed them and my aunt and cousins. I was ecstatic, maybe the would help me forget about him, maybe.