Chapter 5

I wake up from the sound of my phone vibrating from the top of my night stand. I sling my arm over so that it lands directly on top and twist it to see I have a message from Alice.

'Good Morning! I was wondering if you could come over before noon. I need help with homework.'

I let out a groan of exhaustion but text back.

'Sure thing. See you soon.'

I sit up and see Rockie's gone again. My first assumption is that he's guarding the back doors again so I go to make sure.

I make it to the bottom of the stairs and correctly guessed to see Rockie there with his head down on the ground. I look over to see another presence joining Rockie as well.

"He's been like this since before I left." Dex says without looking back from the kitchen table, he must of heard me coming.

"Where did you go?"

He takes a sip of his water he had in his hand and says, "My morning jog. I left around seven."

I look over at the clock underneath the T.V. to see it read 9:35.

"When did you get back?"

"About half an hour ago. Since then, I've been sitting her watching him hoping he'd budge but he hasn't moved an inch. I even put a bone next to him."

I look at Rockie once more and notice he has a small bone next to his right paw. What's gotten into him?

I leave him be and go make some toast. After two pop out I smear peanut butter on one to give to Rockie so that he'll move or at least just eat. I walk over to him and call his name hoping he'd look at me. Not even that. I give off a frown and hand over the piece of toast so he could take it; still doesn't move. I now try to put it underneath his nose to tempt him even more and finally I see a sign of him still there.

I see his nose move a little and he begins to lick his lips. I got him now. I push it closer to his mouth and as I do so he takes it from my hands and engulfs the entire thing. I give him a pat on the head and smile and go get a bowl of water to put next to him to keep him hydrated.

"Next time I'll try the toast and peanut butter." Dex comments.

"Anything will work really. Guys are like dogs, they'll do anything for food if you tempt them enough."

Dex scuffs at me which makes me smile.

I head back to my room to get dressed for Alice and my study session. I quickly get dressed and head to Sophie's room.

'Knock' 'Knock' 'Knock'

I crack open the door and peek in to find Sophie still sleeping. I walk in and sit next to her on the bed.

I shake her shoulder, "Soph." she let's out a groan, "Can I use your car?"

"Keys are in the kitchen."

I get up and walk out of her room and head for the kitchen. Rockie and Dex are still in their spots that I found them in this morning. I grab the keys from the key rack and head for the door.

"Where are you going?" Dex asks from his bowl of cereal.

"Alice's house."

"The weird girl with the black hair that you hang around?"

I give him a frown, "She's not weird."

He lets off a shrug and continues to eat his cocoa pebbles.

I walk out of the cool 65 degree temperature house into the warm 74 degree sunshine weather. I get in the car and do whatever adjustments needed and I decide to roll down the windows to enjoy the fresh air.

The car ride takes about an hour and a half; Sophie's gonna kill me using this much gas. I pull up behind Alice's jeep then turn off the ignition. I make my way up to the door step but before I could knock, the door opens with Lucas behind it.

I'm completely frozen in place.

After seconds of gawking at him I finally have the air back in my lungs to say, "I'm here to see Alice."

"I'm aware. She wanted me to be the door keeper." he says in a soothing husky voice and lets off a small smile.

I try not to make eye contact because of what happened last time, the last thing I need is to be standing here for hours staring at the guy.

He lets out a chuckle as if he knew what I was thinking and steps back for me to enter.

I walk through and look over my shoulder, "Thank you."

"Do I get a tip?" he asks with a grin on his face.

"Are you serious?" I ask back with a raised eyebrow.

He gives off a devilish grin but before he could say anything he's cut off by Alice running down the stairs, "Angel!"

We look over at her. She grabs me by the hands and says, "Do you wanna go shopping first?"

"But what about studying?"

"Nahh, we have all weekend."

"Why not." I give into her enthusiasm easily.

She squeals with joy, "Let me get my purse." and with that she runs back up the stairs.

I then feel a warm presence behind me but not dare to look back, knowing already who it could be.

"Maybe a raincheck." Lucas whispers into my ear with a slight bit of humor in his voice. My whole body gets warm but I try to keep cool.

He walks off into the other room and just then I see Alice coming back towards me with her purse and keys in hand.

"Let's go!" she grabs my hand and leads me out the door to her car.

We drive into a different town, which must be in a different city, and go find a parking spot. This place is somewhat the same as ours but bigger, which I don't mind. We go into our first shop which has a Gothic ego to it. Not even ten seconds of us walking in Alice instantly finds a shirt in the back of the store. She runs to it, and I follow behind, and starts to reach until she gets her hands on it. She eventually gets it down and examines from a better view. After seeing nothing wrong with it she skips over to the dressing rooms to try it on.

"I need you to be my critic!" she shouts from behind the door.

"I'll be here."

It takes her maybe thirty seconds to change then she opens the door to let me see.

She's wearing a dark blue loose peacoat blouse that fits her well.

"It looks great." I say with a sincere smile.

"Really?" she asks with a smile. I nod in return.

"Great, because I love it!" she goes back into the dressing room to change back into her normal clothes.

She walks out with the blouse in hand and goes straight to the counter and I go outside to wait for her.

I rest my body against the building and lean my head back.

"Hey."

I turn to see Daniel walking my way, "Hi." I respond.

"What are you doing here?"

"Shopping with Alice."

He looks through the door and sees her at the counter with his face expressionless.

"What are you doing here?" I ask in return.

"I work here." he says looking back at me.

Before I could say anything Alice walks out and sees Daniel before her. They look at each other with no sign of expression and she grabs my hand and walks the opposite way he came from.

"You okay?" I ask when we're out of hearing distance.

"You need to stay away from him Angel." she says in a serious tone.

"What's wrong with him?"

She stops walking and looks at me, "He'll hurt you."

I stare at her in bewilderment, "How?"

"Just trust me, okay?" she looks at me with sorrow. Could she of had a past with Daniel?

I give her a nod and she sighs in relief.

"Do you just wanna go back to my place and hang out?"

"What about studying?"

She rolls her eyes, "Forget about it." she smirks.

"I'd like that."

We walk back to the car and head back to her house.

When we get back no one's home but her brother's Hummer is still in the driveway.

"Where did they go?"

She must of knew who I was talking about because she answers carefree, "Oh, they're around."

I walk over to the couch to make myself comfortable until shortly Alice speaks up again.

"Do you wanna go to a party tonight?"

"I'm not much of a party person." I say sheepishly.

"But I need a dance partner! What if I told you Lucas will be there?" I feel myself begin to blush and right then both Alice's brother and Lucas walk through the back door.

"Lucas! You're coming to a party tonight with me and Angel."

"What party?" Both him and I stare at Alice in confusion.

"Doesn't matter 'What Party'. She said she would go if you would go." Lucas looks over at me with a grin and an eye brow raised.

"I didn't say anything!" I say in defense.

"You blushed. That means yes." she says with a wink.

I shut my mouth in defeat and peek over at Lucas. He looks back at me with all white teeth showing with his smile which makes me blush even more.

I cover my face with my hands and lay them on my lap and try to reduce the redness on my face.

"Then I'd love to go." Lucas then says.

"Ohhhh, Lucas gonna lose the V-card!" Alice's brother shouts.

I look back at him in anger and Lucas punches him in the arm and glares at him.

"OWW! Shit dude relax." He says while holding his arm in agony.

"Alex!" she gasps. So that's his name. She moves towards him and grabs him by the ear and drags him into the other room and closes the door.

You can hear the muffled sounds of them screaming at each other.

"You don't have to go if you don't want to you know." Lucas says as he makes his way over to my side on the couch.

He plops down without making any sound which was unusual to me but I don't make it a big deal.

"I'm just not a party person." I try not to look at him so I don't go into the crazy trance that's been happening lately.

"I'm not either." he lets out a sigh, "How about this, we show up to make Alice happy then we ditch. I'll buy you ice cream."

I can't but smile and peek at him, "I'd like that."

He smiles back then we hear the door open where Alice and Alex were. We look back as they look at us.

"I'm sorry for my potty mouth." Alex says in flat tone.

"Better be sorry." Lucas says in a joking matter.

Alex scowls at him and sticks his tongue out.

"Will both of you be coming?" Alice asks innocently. She puts on a puppy dog face so we could give in to her more.

"We'll be there." Lucas says while looking at me.

"Yes!" Alice shouts in happiness, "I'm gonna go ahead and get ready then." and with that she runs to her room.

"I'm guessing she'll be pulling me along too." Alex says in a mopey attitude and makes his way to his room as well to go get ready.

I get up and go to the door guessing this is my que to go home and get prepared.

"Wait, where is it at?" I look back at Lucas who makes his way to me.

"I'll pick you up." he stops to take the front door in his hand.

"Do you know where I live?"

He hesitates to answer but eventually does, "I'll get the address from Alice. Pick you up around 5:30?"

I nod at him in approval and turn to make my way to Sophie's car.

I get into the car and start the ignition and can't help to look back towards the door.

He's leaning against the door frame casually with a soft smirk on his face. God damn he's handsome I think to myself.

I put the gear in reverse then pull out the driveway and make my way home.

I get home around 2:15, so that's definitely enough time to get ready.

I walk in the door to be welcomed by Jess who's coming out of the kitchen, "Hey! How was Alice's?"

"Fun. She invited me to a party tonight, is it okay to go?"

"Are you talking about the one at the Evan's house?"

I gave her a shrug not knowing whose party it is.

"I think it is. Well that good then cause Sophie's going as well." Jess says.

"She never told me about a party."

Jess gives off a frown then heads to the stairs but before she walks up she turns to me to say, "Go ahead and get dressed hon. Is Alice picking you up?"

"No, a boy named Lucas is."

"Lucas Living? Ohhhh he's cute." she says with a wink, "Do you need any help with hair or makeup?"

"I'll let you know if I do."

She smiles then head up the stairs, I'm guessing to Sophie's room.

I go to my room and start to look through my closet for a simple party outfit.

I pull out a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a salmon pink blouse to go with it. After trying them on I examine myself in the mirror.

'Knock' Knock'

"You dressed?" Jess peeks through the door then lets out a gasps, "That looks adorable."

She runs over to me to get a better look while spreading my arms out.

"Heels would look good with that." she wonders over to my closet and pulls out my black stilettos.

I put them on and go back to my mirror for another examination.

I smile at my reflection from what I see, "I love it." I tell Jess.

I take the heels off so I'm able to wonder freely before I get picked up, what does Lucas drive anyway?

"Come with me." Jess takes me by the hand and takes me to her bathroom downstairs.

She sits me down on a stool and gets out some hair and makeup supplies. She starts off with doing the hair and puts small curls.

Once she's done with that she then grabs all my hair and puts it into a loose bun with some hair strands moving freely.

Now she moves on to the makeup and begins to apply the base coat and some blush along with mascara and eye liner.

The whole procedure takes up to almost an hour and Jess and I are happy with her work.

We walk out to the living room where Dex and my dad are watching hockey. After hearing the sound of my heels hitting the wood floors they turn around.

"Woah." Dex says.

My father stands up from the couch and comes over to examine the work of art Jess created, "Is that my little girl?"

I give off a little smile and my dad tries to tuck the strand of hair behind my ear.

"No." Jess slaps his hand away, "It's suppose to look that way." she says as she fixes it then goes over to his side.

Momentarily, we hear another pair of heels walking down the steps. Everyone looks over to see Sophie in a one shoulder sleeved red dress that goes down to her knees.

When she hits the bottom she looks up straight at me and covers her mouth.

"You look beautiful."

"You do too." I say with a smile.

"Hair and makeup?" Jess asks Sophie.

"Please." Sophie answers back with a pout face.

They go back to Jess's bathroom then I go over to the couch to join Dex and my dad with the hockey game.

It was 5:20 when Sophie was finally pampered enough. Her hair has larger curls than mine with some strands pulled up and she has a heavier amount of eyeliner than me.

She skips over to me and grabs my hands, "I'm so excited! I heard you were going with Lucas, not bad."

I let out a chuckle.

'Knock' 'Knock' 'Knock'

Sophie runs over to the door with a big smile on her face until she opens then lets out a sigh of disappointment, "It's for you."

I walk over to the door to see a handsome Lucas dressed in solid white flannel shirt rolled up to his elbows with faded blue jeans that fit him just right.

He looks me up and down then makes a cat call then I blush and look down at the floor to try and hide it.

"Ready to go?" he asks lending out a hand.

I smile then take his really warm hand into mine. When he turns around he comes to face to face with Daniel who's wearing a dress shirt and sweater vest along with jeans.

"Long time no see buddy." Daniel remarks.

Lucas sets a stone hard face and squeezes my hand a little harder, they must have been through something Lucas isn't happy about.

"I see you're going to the party as well. Maybe we can dance together."

Lucas stands in perfect position while Daniel looks layed back about the whole thing.

"Or maybe I can dance with this little flower." Daniel reaches down to take my hand intertwined with Lucas's but in reaction, Lucas quickly moves me behind him.

"You're not gonna touch her." Lucas says in a pissed off 'I'm not taking shit from you' tone.

Daniel chuckles from Lucas's threat, "Better calm down boy, you don't wanna get yourself too heated. I'm just here to pick up my lovely date."

Sophie must of saw him at the door because she suddenly runs past us and into Daniel's arms and plants a kiss on his cheek.

"Let's go!" she squeals.

"Alright my darling." He takes her by the hand then leads her to his white mustang parked at the end of the driveway as if nothing happened.

I reach up to touch Lucas on the arm to feel his muscles tensing and untensing, "Are you alright?"

He takes a deep breath then turns to me, "I'm fine."

He takes my hand once more then leads me over to a navy blue and silver Harley Davidson bike parked across the street.

I stop in my tracks then Lucas turns around to feel my sudden weight stopped moving.

"You okay?" he asks in concern.

"Never would of thought of you as a motorcycle person."

He comes closer to me so that I can feel his breathe against my face, "Do you trust me?" he smells like pine and water from after it rains. I take a quiet intake of his scent then I'm instantly in his power.

I look up into his light brown eyes eyes and I can feel myself going in that trance again but I try to overpower it.

"Mhm." I moan with a nod.

He reaches his hand up so that it's soothing my jaw, now I feel as if I'm being seduced.

I close my eyes from the soft touch and focus on his scent.

Suddenly I hear a soft humming sound coming from either his chest or deep down in the throat which makes me wanna through myself onto him. He let's out a soft chuckle and drops his hand back to his side.

"We better get going, I'm sure Alice is wondering where we are."

I turn around hoping no one has witnessed what just happened and once I see the coast is clear I follow him to the bike.

He climbs on and kicks back the kickstand in order for me to climb on back.

"I feel really bad that I'm gonna have to mess up your well made hair."

I look at him in confusion then he unlatches the seat I'll be sitting on to pull out another helmet like his own.

He hands it to me and I grab it slowly. I put it over my head securely then snap the buckle in place underneath my chin.

"Suits you." He says with a grin.

I climb on behind him then notice how close I am. My thighs rest against his with my body just an inch away.

"You might wanna hang on to me unless you think you're capable of not falling off."

I wrap my arms slowly over his torso with my heart beating fast; underneath his shirt I can feel the lining of his abs flex and unflex when he breaths. I take a gulp when he starts the ignition.

The whole bike rumbles to life and he slowly starts to take his hand off the clutch.

We make out way down the street. I hold onto him tighter for dear life as it feels we're going a hundred miles per hour. The breeze is overpowering and now I really feel like I'm gonna fall off. Thankfully the party is in line of sight and he begins to slow down.

He pulls over to the side of the road not to far from the house, knowing we'll only be here for a second.

He switches off the ignition then takes his helmet off then helps me with mine; to my surprise the helmet didn't do much to my hair.

After putting down the kickstand he takes my hand once again then leads me to the entrance of the party.

There's definitely a lot of people here. A few I actually recognize from some of my classes.

We walk through the crowd of people hovered by the door to enter the living room smelling of weed and alcohol. In the living area, it's surrounded by people dancing and grinding on each other to techno music.

I move closer to Lucas so I don't have a chance of getting separated from him in the unknown place.

We walk through further so that we reach the kitchen area and he pulls me off to the side so that I'm tucked in the corner of the room.

"I need you to stay here for only a second. I need to look for Alice real fast to just tell her we're here."

I give him a nod then he's off for his search. I look at my surroundings, two girls are making out on the island bar and a few guys are cheering them on with a beer in each hand. I look over to the back door to see people smoking blunts and laughing. I hug myself so that I feel secure and hope that Lucas gets back as quickly as he says.

I look over to the living room and see Sophie dancing by herself drinking beer. Right as I'm about to walk over to her I get stopped, "Hey pretty lady." Daniel says with a wacky smile and takes a swig of his beer.

"Aren't you supposed to be with Sophie?"

He looks over to her, "Nah, I think she's got it on her own." he comes closer to me and starts to trap me in the corner I was put in.

"How about we go in the back and chat a little?" he asks. My body hits the wall and Daniel's body is blocking the way out. I try to push on him to make him back off.

"Please get off me." I'm overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol that I'm now having to hold my breath.

He comes closer so that I'm completely pinned up against the wall and his body. I try to squirm out of it but he's built like a tank, not even budging.

He grabs both of my wrist quickly and holds them above my head so it doesn't get in the way of whatever he's about to do.

"I've been wanting to do this since the first day I saw you." he throws his bottle to the ground so that it smashes and begins to travel his hand underneath my shirt.

"Stop!" I squirm some more so that he'll resist but to my luck he just finds it as a game and enjoys it more.

"Stop!" I shout louder but nothing happens.

"Stop!" I start to feel tears running down my face as he reaches the back of my bra to try and unhook it.

Suddenly he's jerked back. Lucas has him at the back of the neck and throws him across the room into the refrigerator. Before Daniel could attempt to get back up, Lucas grabs him again but by the shirt and pushes him onto the counter. One hand still gripping his shirt he uses his other hand and starts to punch in the face.

First punch sounded like he broke Daniel's jaw. Second punch started to draw blood. And third punch made Daniel fall to the ground.

Lucas picks him up once more then pins him against the refrigerator. His hand grips his throat then he gets closer to his face.

"If you ever touch her like that again, I will kill you." Daniel looks at him with the same seriousness as Lucas then replies.

"Then you better watch her real close then."

With that Lucas gives him one last punch across the face and sends Daniel back to the ground.

I look at Lucas when he looks up at me. I noticed his eyes turned brighter than normal and he must of known I notice that too because he closes his eyes for a moment and begins to take deep breaths.

He opens them back up and then his eyes are back to normal, how did he do that?

He walks over to me slowly testing to see if I would move away from him. When I stay in my spot he out-stretches his hand inviting me to take it. I look at his hand and take it willingly. He lets off a small smile then leads me out of this crazy house. When we get back to his bike he turns around to take both of my hands into his own.

"Did he hurt you?" Lucas asks with a sad face.

"No." I look up and just stare into his brown eyes.

He shuts his eyes then says, "I shouldn't of left you there. I should of just taken you with me and none of that would of happened."

"I'm not blaming you for what happened."

He looks into my eyes again. I then hear a pair of keels behind me and I turn around to see a furious Sophie walking our way.

"Who the hell do you think you are to just go around picking fights with people!" She directs towards Lucas. He doesn't say a word so he won't have to worry about saying the wrong thing.

"You stay the hell away from Daniel or I swear you will not like hearing from me." She pushes me aside then slaps Lucas right across the face then turns to go back to the party.

I attempt to go after her and ask her what her deal is but Lucas grabs my wrist and shakes his head in denial.

I give him a frown then he reaches for both of his helmets indicating he wants to go. I grab the helmet then put it on and climb on back of the bike.

We leave everyone behind in speed. I rest my head against Lucas's back and hug him tighter thinking he may need it. I feel his hand rest on mine and rubs his thumb against my wrist shortly until he puts his hand back on the handlebar.

We finally come towards the town so he begins to slow down. We turn into an ice cream shop and park along side the building.

When I take my helmet off I can smell a sweet scent coming from the shop which puts a smile on my face.

We walk into the ice cream shop and get greeted by the cashier.

"What can I get you two this evening?"

I look over the menu and decide to get the bubblegum flavored ice cream in a waffle bowl; Lucas decided on just the simple vanilla flavor in a cup.

We pay the lady then head to an upstairs part of the shop and sit on the balcony.

It's a perfect cool night and surprisingly I'm spending it with Lucas.

"So what made you come to this town?" He asks with a spoon full of ice cream up to his mouth.

"My mom died in a car accident and my dad wanted to take me in."

He looks at me as if intrigued to know more but doesn't push it.

"Hmm. I'm really sorry about that. My mom died at child birth so I never got to know her."

"You must have been one hell of a delivery."

He laughs, "I guess so."

"How long have you lived here?"

"All my life."

"Do you like it here?"

"I do. It's quiet and peaceful."

Out in the distance a sudden howl cries out. I try to hear where it's coming from but can't seem to position it. I look back at Lucas to see him frozen in place as if listening really hard himself.

"Quiet huh?" I snap him out of what he was hearing and he looks back at me.

He gives me a nervous chuckle then says, "Most of the time."

He continues to feast on his ice cream.

"So what are your hobbies?"

"I like to hunt."

He looks up quickly then smiles, "So do I."

"What do you go for?"

"Bears and deer are my main priority. They have the most meat on them around here."

"I've never noticed any bears?"

"I just know where to find them." He gives me a devilish grin that makes me melt.

"May I know such a secret then?"

"Maybe one day young grass hopper."

I shake my head with a smile and he smiles back.

He finishes his ice cream before I do the waits patiently for me to finish.

I think about the past two days; we've only met yet it feels like we've been friends for years.

"Why is this happening?" I realize I say this out loud when I meant to say it in my head.

"Why is what happening?"

I look at him sheepishly, "Why am I here?"

He looks at me puzzled, "Do you not want to be?"

"I meant..why did we start off the way we did to end up here?"

He leans closer to me so that I'm able to smell is sweet scent radiate off his body.

"Curiosity."

I widen my eyes and wrap my mind around that one word. What would make him so curious to be around me?

I stare deep into his brown eyes, "What makes you curious?"

Before he could answer his phone goes off. He reaches for his phone looking annoyed but then gulps when he sees the caller ID.

"Hello?"

'Pause'

"I'm on a date."

I look down at my hands and blush on the word 'date'.

"Okay."

He hangs up then sighs.

"I gotta get you home." He looks at me in sadness.

"Who was that?"

"My father."

I nod in understanding. We get up and throw away our remaining's and head back to the bike.

He takes me back home in less than twenty minutes thanks to his dare devil speed.

I get off the back of his Harley and hand back his helmet; he puts down the kickstand so he's able to put the helmet away underneath my seat.

After that procedure he turns to me and takes hold of my hands.

"I really enjoyed tonight, besides the shit that happened with Daniel." He spits out his name.

I look down at our hands conjoined and say, "I did too."

He brings one hand up underneath my chin to force me to look at him then starts to lean down.

My heart picks up speed when I feel his breath hit me.

"Back so soon!" I hear my dad shout from the front door.

We both stop and look back at him, "Yes sir! Just didn't want her staying out to late." Lucas shouts back to him.

"Eric! You just ruined a perfect moment!" Jess shouts.

"I did not!"

"Get your ass in here and close the door!"

I look back at Lucas in embarrassment as he chuckles, "Don't worry about it. I'll see you tomorrow?"

I nod.

"Good" he says with a smile, "Sweet dreams doll." he leans down and kisses me on the cheek.

My whole body grows warm as he gets back on his bike and heads home.

I wonder back to the house feeling lightweight. I look at the clock to read 7:45. Might as well start my day early tomorrow.

I go to my room and head to bed. It takes me about twenty minutes to finally go to bed as I keep replaying my night with Lucas.