Chapter 35- Masen?
Masen's POV
I watched as the trees flew by me in a blur. When some people are upset, they may cry, scream, settle the matter with violence. Me? I run. I didn't know exactly where I was headed but it seemed to calm me as the cold of the night collided with my skin, sending a chill down my spine. I didn't feel like running home. For some reason, it made me feel vulnerable to be that close to them.
The main thing that shocked me was that my mom had forgiven him. I remember being very young, maybe a year old, where I would just lay in bed, listening to her sob about how much she missed him but eventually her sadness turned to anger. Obviously, she never took it out on Nessie or I, but the way her face would turn from joyful to anger at the mention of his name, would make you think that he could only be described as a monster.
I remember being two years old, sitting in my bedroom with Nessie, and us making a pact that if we ever met him, we would tear him apart and burn the pieces. So much for that thought. I stopped running and looked at my watch. I had been running for around 15 minutes. I decided to just start walking rather than running. It gives me more time to think.
The only disadvantage of being out walking in the middle of the woods at night, was the fact that I was still wearing this stupid, flimsy dress and it was fairly cold. I'm sure glad I decided to wear sneakers rather than the four inch heels Nessie had suggested. I heard a branch snap from behind me and I quickly turned around. I saw a little girl with light brown hair who looked to be about 7 years old. As soon as she saw me looking at her, which was about half a second later, her eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Oops." She had a high bell-like voice that suited her appearance. She stepped back a little with a guilty expression on her face.
"Nice going, Ky-" A boy that looked about a year older than her walked out from behind a tree. He had black hair and dark eyes.
"Don't tell her our names, what if she's an evil one?" She responded.
"She doesn't look evil." They kept arguing back and forth and eventually attacking each other until a girl with straight, shoulder length, brown hair stepped forth and pulled them apart. She looked to be about my age, maybe a little older. She was talking to someone on a cell phone while trying to pull them apart.
"Stop it!" She whisper yelled to the kids. "No, Mom. We're fine. No, Really! Mom, I gotta go. Bye." She hung up the phone and after failing to get the kids to stop fighting, she sighed and just let them continue.
"I'm sorry if they were bothering you. They're my little cousins and I was supposed to be watching them. I'm Kori by the way." I shook her hand and smiled a little.
"I'm Masen. And I didn't even notice them until the girl stepped on a branch." I said. I heard the pitter-patter of feet about half a mile ahead. "What is that?" I asked.
"Probably my mom or my aunt. They were just hunting, and according to your scent, I take it you know what I mean." She smiled. I nodded. Two seconds later a young woman appeared from behind a tree. She was a little shorter than me and looked a little older than me. No older than twenty though. She had bright red hair that was obviously dyed and she was petite. She looked at the kids and rolled her eyes.
"Ky, Ty, Stop fighting." She said calmly. They obeyed and she smiled.
"Ok, Mommy." Kylie said. She turned to look at me and smiled widely.
"Oh, I love meeting new people!" She ran over so she was right in front of me. "Hello, I'm Olivia but please call me Ivy." I couldn't help but smile. She was sorta like Alice but you know, not evil, as far as I knew.
"I'm Masen. It's nice to meet you."
"You look very familiar. Have we met before?" She asked.
"I don't believe so." I responded. The wind blew again and I shivered.
"Oh, my. Please come to our home. You look so cold. We would be more than welcome to have you." She grabbed my hands wich were now as ice cold as hers. I couldn't read her mind but she seemed like such a nice lady, I couldn't help but say yes. She lead all of us toward a medium sized cottage in a small meadow.
We walked into trhe house and were greeted by 3 teenage boys playing very noisy video games on the couch.
"Hey, turn that thing off. We have a guest." Ivy motioned toward me. They looked over and hopped of the couch, stumbling over each other and walked over to me.
"So, Kori, who's your friend?" A boy who looked very similar to Kori asked.
"Back off, Luke." She said annoyed. She turned tro me. "I doubt you would really care but this is Luke, " She pointed to the one that was just speaking, " Jett," She pointed to a tall, lean boy who was smiling like an idiot, " and Blaze." She pointed to a blonde boy who was smirking.
"That's Uncle Blaze to you." He pointed out to her. She rolled her eyes.
"And guys this is-" She bagan to talk but was cut off by someone.
"Masen?" I heard a familiar voice say. I looked to my left and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. My jaw dropped, as I couldn't believe what or more specifically, who, I saw and soon enough, I was in the center of a bone crushing hug.
Sorry I haven't updated all week. I've been thinking about future events that I could add in "What's Next?" now it's just a matter of how I can twist the plot so I can actually add them in. I added more pictures to my profile, so check them out. Review!