Chapter 14

"Wake up!" Ruby heard someone saying as they shook her hard "You need to wake up girly, you are scaring the shit out of me!"

Ruby suddenly saw the lights around her, the dream disappearing as she saw a guy in front of her with so many piercings she couldn't count how many he had. It didn't help also that his hair was crazy looking and his eyes were glowing...but she had weirder things happen within the last two days.

"You okay?" he said looking at her with concern.

Ruby realized she was drenched in sweat and whoever this guy was was holding her down on the ground, as if he were trying to stop her from doing something. She had been dreaming...about him...and...

"I'm sorry" she said quietly as he let go of her "I didn't know where I was..."

"Hey it's alright" he said helping her up "I heard you crying and didn't realize all the lights were off."

"I'm...I'm sorry" Ruby said holding her head that was now throbbing. Jesus...she had a horrible migraine.

"It's alright" Lassiter said looking her over "Just don't ever do that again, you almost gave me a heart attack."

Ruby looked at him strangely, trying to decide what the hell he was, and trying to shake off the horrible dream...or should she say memory, from her mind.

"So who is Jay?" Lassiter said cocking his head to the side.

"Jay?" Ruby said, the name bitter in her mouth.

"You screamed his name" Lassiter said trying not to go into her mind.

"He was..." Ruby said as her body started to shake without her knowing it "A bad memory."

Lassiter shut his mouth as Ruby rubbed her arms up and down, staring daggers into the ground as if she were battling herself internally.

Suddenly Faolan busted into the room, his chest breathing hard up and down.

"I...heard...screaming" he said looking at the two.

"I had a nightmare" Ruby said quietly, trying to make her face placid "He just woke me up that's all."

"Alright" Faolan said breathing deep "Good. I was eating lunch and heard you and just ran straight up."

"Well thanks" Ruby said looking at the male wolfen "Hope I didn't ruin lunch."

"Well..." Faolan said looking around "I need to...excuse myself...lunch...is coming back up."

Lassiter made a face as the male ran into the bathroom and the sound of hurling was followed close behind.

"Uh" Lassiter said looking back at the girl "You want to take a walk for a minute? He's blowing chunks and I've never been fond of hearing that."

"Sure" Ruby said following him out of the library "We are leaving Faolan!" she shouted behind her. She only heard the gurgling of understanding from him in the bathroom and quickly left before she too started throwing up.

"So" Lassiter said putting his hands into his leather pockets "Bad dreams huh?"

"Lately" Ruby said as her arms crossed over her chest "More often this last week, just can't seem to shake them."

"You know what helps my bad dreams..I mean...well if I slept that is" he said smiling at her.

"What's that?" she said ignoring his little statement.

"TV" he said "Bad reality shows and talk shows. Care to join?"

"Sounds good to me" Ruby said following him along.

"The name's Lassiter by the way" he said looking at her with those glowing eyes.

"Ruby" she said looking up at him "My names Ruby."

They walked into a living room with a big television already playing something or another. Lassiter swiped up the remote and started flipping through channels till he hit a show he seemed to like by the smile on his face. Ruby simply watched the male, studying the way he moved and looked at things, at least what she could tell he was looking at.

"Can I ask you a question?" she said.

"Shoot" Lassiter said still looking at the TV.

"What exactly are you?" Ruby said looking at his blonde hair with streaks of black perfectly highlighted in his hair.

"I'm a lot of things" Lassiter said smiling "I'm an asshole, a TV junkie, and a constant annoyance to everyone who lives here, but in general I guess you could call me an angel."

"Angel?" Ruby said picturing what she had always thought those celestial beings looked like "You don't really look the part."

"Neither do you" Lassiter said getting up for some snacks that were always hidden somewhere in this room.

"What do you mean?" Ruby said confused.

"You don't look the part of just being an ordinary human" he said as his back was turned to her.

"How?" she said.

"Well for one thing" he said turning back to her "You have a very unique scent."

"Scent?" she repeated "Do I stink or something?"

"No not exactly that" Lassiter said popping a M&M into his mouth "You have a very unique blend of scents around you. Usually only a mate smells it, and that's what makes them so attractive. But you carry it with you, which is unique. Everyone picks up on your scent, and it has almost a relaxing effect. Hell I'm relaxed just sitting next to you."

"Well that's comforting" Ruby said a little amazed.

"It should be" Lassiter said smiling "Also,your aura is off the charts. I didn't see it at first but in the dark you were practically glowing. Or course nobody sees that but me, so don't feel too bad if the others didn't see it."

It was true, Lassiter had noticed it the moment she started moving around. He had watched her standing there, judging whatever light her body was giving off even though she didn't know it. Everyone had different auras that he saw, but none like this...it was almost like she was from the Other Side, because the only other one that registered that kind of light was...

"So I'm a little glow worm is what you are telling me?" Ruby said looking over at him skeptically.

"Pretty much" Lassiter said popping more M&M's into his mouth. He needed time to figure this female out, because he was almost sure she was more than what she seemed.

"Well maybe to you I'm not ordinary" Ruby said looking at the TV "But I can assure you I am."

"Nothing is ordinary around here" Lassiter said smiling at her "Just take a look at me."

Ruby laughed and went back to watching TV, letting her mind get consumed by the show for a little while. Lassiter wasn't lying when he said he was relaxed around her, his body almost seemed to be floating in warm water in her presence, something that had never happened before. Her aura right now was humming in front of him, the white glow in her body that vibrated with warmth and comfort, a very mothering presence.

Lassiter sat and enjoyed it for as long as he could, but questions were plaguing his mind about what had happened in the library.

"I need to ask you, because I don't think I can hold back anymore" Lassiter said calmly "What were you dreaming about?"

Ruby stared into the TV, her eyes getting dark and vacant. All of a sudden, her aura shifted, the light blinking on and off with darkness, like a strobe light or a fast heartbeat.

"It was just" she said trying to not say much "Just a bad memory. That's all."