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Chapter 20: A New Threat
The first class of the week. Sam and I were sitting right next to each other in the classroom. Sam was glancing at me now and then whenever the teacher wasn't looking towards us. He was really worried for me. Sam didn't know the real reason of course but he knew inwardly that something was bothering me terribly. Last night the letter shook me very hard from inside. It didn't lessen any of my problems moreover only increased it further.
"Are you okay?" Sam whispered to me, concern dripping out of his voice. I nodded my head with a small smile at him but Sam wasn't convinced a bit. And I knew that he wouldn't leave my side until he felt that I was really alright. That was one of the reasons, I felt safe with Sam. Knowing that he cared for me genuinely and that he would be there for me whenever I need him. It was quite a mental relief actually. I planned on telling Sam today after the school that I wanted to be with him and be his girlfriend. I was ready to start a new life with Sam but something wasn't feeling right though. I couldn't calm down my mind because I was getting a feeling that something bad would happen very soon.
After the end of the second class Sam and I had to go separate ways. I was walking down the corridor when suddenly a pair of hands grabbed me from behind and pulled me into an empty classroom. I couldn't scream because whoever attacked me put a hand over my mouth. I was struggling against my attacker but apparently he was a lot stronger than I was. I realized that fighting wouldn't help me, so I tried to calm down and once I stopped struggling, my capturer released me rather quickly. I quickly turned around to look at the person and found him standing in front of me. He was looking at me with his intense blue eyes but had an emotionless expressionless mask plastered over his face. However, that face didn't make me hesitate to glare at him dangerously.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" I asked with a bitter and venomous tone of voice. My blood was boiling inside me at the moment. How dare he touch me?
"We need to talk." Came a voice from behind me and I knew immediately that it was Caleb who spoke up. When I turned around to look at him, I found Pogue and Tyler standing there with him as well. Everyone looked serious, worried and tensed up.
"About what?" I asked nonchalantly but with an edge of annoyance in my voice. At first I was desperate to talk with them. That was the only reason I came back to Spenser in the first place. I needed their help but they avoided me intentionally. But now I knew that they couldn't help me even if they wanted to. They probably wouldn't even want to help me out if they could. So there was no point in talking with them about my problems. Therefore, I wouldn't.
"Who was that little girl with you yesterday?" Caleb asked though he knew very well who the girl was but still he wanted to confirm his suspicion. But I didn't want to discuss anything about Rosalie with him or anyone else anymore for that matter.
"That's none of your business Caleb." I said now showing my annoyance openly about their presence around me.
"But we think it is Rayna" said Pogue, speaking up for the first time and earned a glare from me right away.
"Look Rayna, we need to know about your daughter" said Caleb straight away while running a hand through his hair. I could tell that he was really frustrated and worried. I thought for a moment about it and decided to at least inform him that Rosalie had the same powers as them or maybe more developed powers.
"She can use, Caleb." I said sighing out heavily to myself and squeezed my eyes shut for a moment. When no one responded, I began to walk towards the closed door only to find my way blocked by Reid. I looked up and we stared at each other for a moment without blinking. My heart was beating like crazy in my chest suddenly. Maybe because it was the first time we came face to face with each other since I returned to Ipswich.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked me with a very low voice. I could barely hear him but his words hurt my ears nonetheless. Did he really forget about what he said to me that day when I walked out of their lives never to return again? The way he reacted that day, hurt me so much. He may have forgotten but unfortunately I remembered everything very clearly and every time I would think about that day, it would kill me all over again. Each and every time.
"Why should I tell you anything? You wanted nothing to do with me. And now I want you to stay away from my baby." My eyes were getting teary but I kept a strong look on my face. I didn't want to look at his face anymore so I tried to walk away from him but he grabbed my arm and brought me closer to him.
"I am her father." I visibly flinched at his voice. It was strong and commanding and it scared me to some level. I felt an unspoken threat by his action which led me to lost my temper too. I pushed him away from me aggressively.
"Don't you ever dare say that again? She is my daughter and mine alone. She doesn't have a father, got it?" Saying that angrily and hatefully; I ran out of the room and went straight to the washroom. I was bound to have a break down right then and there. Why was this happening to me? I really should have stayed away from Spenser. I couldn't handle the sons of Ipswich again in my life. They had already destroyed me once but now I have my daughter with me. She needs to be protected. I couldn't let them play with me and my daughter's life.
I learned that Reid would ascend next week. Caleb, Pogue and Tyler were really worried about him. I often caught him looking at my way after that confrontation between us. Specially whenever I was with Sam in classes or in the cafeteria. But I ignored him and the others like plague. I didn't want to do anything with them. I even considered going back to Boston but Sam and I were spending good times together so I reconsidered my decision. With Sam, I found a new hope that maybe my life wouldn't be so bad in the future after all. Sam had moved in with me in my house because I requested him and he didn't like the dorms anymore. His new roommate was giving him a hard time and since we were a couple so it was okay to live together.
Everyone was happy for us. Troy and Sam became very good friends in short time. The rest of the group was happy with Sam too. He was the perfect boyfriend for a girl like me but sometimes I felt guilty. Unlike Sam I wasn't the most perfect girlfriend in the world. Sam could have had someone loads better than myself. He deserved someone who wasn't so broken, and who wasn't drowning in problems from head to toe. But I was being selfish at the time and didn't want to deny myself the little happiness that Sam provided me.
The day before the weekend, we planned a triple date in the evening after school. Me and Sam, Troy and Angela, Michael and Jessica the six of us went to Nicky's for our date. As usual the Sons of Ipswich and their girlfriends were there too. But we didn't pay them any attention and were enjoying ourselves very much. I was a little worried about Rosalie though. I left her with Melody who gladly wanted to baby sit her for the evening. Suddenly Sam asked me to dance with him when others left for the dance floor as well. I denied at first but then thought about giving it a try because Sam was giving me his puppy dog look. We went to the dance floor and caused the others to cheer out loudly. It drew some unwanted attention to us as well but we didn't bother about that and began to dance anyway. We danced on a slow romantic song that Michael selected from the jukebox especially for me and Sam.
While dancing closely, for a moment Sam and I got intense and leaned into each other without knowing. Our lips were almost brushing when suddenly we heard a loud crushing noise as if a glass broke somewhere. We looked around and found the source of the noise immediately. Reid was thrashing Aaron Abbot like a mad man. The other three were trying to stop him but he was way out of his control. I feared that he would use in public and expose themselves but thanks to Caleb, he dragged Reid out of there.
Aaron was bleeding badly from the head injury. His friends quickly took him to the hospital while everyone else got back to their own business. But I already lost my fun mood and asked Sam to take me out of there and somewhere else. We said good byes to the others and walked back to the parking lot where Sam had his car parked. He drove us to the cliff of the Dells. The night sky was very clear and the stars were shining brightly above us. We lay on the hood of the car beside each other to enjoy the moonlit night.
"You know Sam, I've been thinking for quite sometime now, how my life would be if you would have come in my life at the beginning. I bet it would be a lot nice and easier to live." I said that more to myself than to him. Sam sighed out heavily as well.
"I am here now and I would always be with you." We looked at each other straight into the eyes and got lost in the moment right away. Sam got closer to me and kissed my lips. But then stopped to see my reaction. I smiled at him and pressed my lips to his for longer this time. I felt him smile in the kiss. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me over his chest. We kept kissing and completely lost the track of the time. We realized how late we were when Melody called me. Sam drove us back to the house fast. I thanked Melody and Sam drove her back to the dorms. However, Rosalie wasn't very happy about my being away from her for too long. She refused to look at me at first and didn't even bother to acknowledge me when I tried to scoop her in my arms. Getting Rosalie upset was really not a good thing. It took me almost half an hour to cheer her up again.
The following week went fairly well. I didn't encounter any problem at all. I was relieved to some level that the sons of Ipswich didn't give it a damn about me or my daughter. They were in there own world with their own problems. No one tried to talk with me again. At the end of the current week Reid would ascend and everyone was looking forward to it including me. Though secretly. I'd never admit that to anyone; not even to myself if I could. Unfortunately things didn't stay the same.
One afternoon, I was walking out of the school building all alone after the last class ended. Sam was waiting up for me at the parking lot. I was just passing by the library when I heard voices coming from inside the room. Though no one was supposed to be in there at that hour. I thought about ignoring it at first but then curiosity got the better of me and I got closer to the door to listen carefully. I couldn't hear much; only whispers. But what I heard at the end scared me terribly.
"They will all die. The sons of Ipswich will pay..." The voice belonged to a male, and it was stranger to me. I suppressed the gasp that threatened to come out of my mouth. I hid myself quickly and waited up for the man to come out of the library. But after a while Reid's girlfriend Bianca walked out of the library alone but there was no male inside with her.
An unwanted gasp escaped my mouth but luckily she didn't notice me and walked away from there. When I looked inside the library I couldn't find any one else in there as well. Who was that other person whom she was talking to? And where did he go? I thought to myself but couldn't figure out anything. Should I inform the sons of Ipswich about this? After all their lives were in danger. How could I not tell them? Though they hurt me a lot but I didn't want to see them dead. I didn't hate them that much. But Bianca was Reid's girlfriend. There was a huge possibility that no one among the group would believe me. But I had to try and at least warn them about Bianca even if that caused me some more trouble.