Sorry about how weird the chapter was before but it's all fixed and I hope that you all enjoy it! Thank you for reading and still a huge thank you goes out to freudianprincess. Such an awesome writer. Now enjoy!
Jayce sighed once more before speaking. "Alright. Leila and I were sitting at a table, trying to decide what we were going to do since our singer had just decided to split on us with no notice when you walked in. Well, you stumbled more than walked."
"What are we going to do, Jayce?" Leila asked, throwing her tan arms on the table while her head fell onto them, golden brown hair falling all around her.
"Don't freak out about it Leila. We'll figure something out. We always do." Jayce told her, running a hand through his blonde hair.
"But, we don't have a singer!" Leila cried from arms.
Jayce sighed and took a swig of the beer that was in front of him, the dim lights of the little pub they were in causing his skin to look much paler than it actually was. He was about to answer when someone came through the doors, causing quite a commotion as they did so.
"What the bloody hell is all that racket?" Leila inquired, finally lifting her head up to look in the direction of the entrance.
Jayce didn't answer, as he was too busy trying to figure out what exactly just came into the pub. A girl who had to be only seventeen had stumbled through the doors as if she was wasted, which could have easily been the case, Jayce thought, noticing how slender she was. Her hair looked black in the light but Jayce saw the chocolate brown there when she walked directly under the lights. She had a hand over her eyes, covering up the color but also hindering her vision as she ran into various chairs and tables and she tried to find a seat. Quickly, Jayce noticed the way the men in the pub were looking at the confused and defenseless girl and Leila noticed, too, as she stood up and went over to the girl, grabbing her by the elbow.
"Oh there you are!" Leila announced loudly as she dragged the girl over to where she was siting.
The girl barely seemed to notice that a stranger was dragging her off as Leila sat her down in the circular booth between herself and Jayce.
"What exactly are you doing?" Jayce asked eying the pub to make sure nothing looked suspicious.
Leila kept her gaze on the girl whose head kept moving on its own accord threatening to fall forward at any moment. "You saw the way those guys were staring at her! I'm not going to sit by and let something happen to her."
Jayce couldn't argue with that logic. He first thought that this girl looked drunk but now that she was sitting closer, she looked as if she might have been drugged. Her eyes were the same deep brown as her hair, having highlights of amber in them, almost as if they were the color of mahogany, were so big he was afraid that it was causing her pain.
"Hey, what's your name?" Leila asked quietly, trying to get the girl to look at her. "I'm Leila and this is Jayce. We're here to help you."
The girl looked up and her mouth moved but no words came out. She looked shocked that no sound came out of her mouth and grasped at her throat, eyes getting wider.
"I'll get you some water." Jayce said, standing to make his way over to the bar.
"Do you know where you are?" Leila asked, keeping her voice light and airy, trying not to startle the girl.
Jayce returned to the table to see the girl shake her head to whatever question Leila had asked.
"Do you know how you got here?" Leila asked, her eyebrows knitting together in confusion.
"Here." Jayce pushed the water towards the girl who eagerly took it, drinking half of the glass in one gulp.
Trying to speak again, nothing came out of the girl's mouth. Pursing her lips together, she looked down and shook her head. Immediately, the girl's hands flew to her temples, signaling that shaking her head was causing pain. The girl looked up at the two, eyes starting to shine with tears. Leila scooted closer to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"It's okay. Do you have anywhere to go?" Leila asked, turning her head to see the girl's answer.
She shook her head slightly, tears starting to stream down her cheeks. Biting her lips, she squeezed her eyes shut and Jayce watched as she tried to keep her emotions at bay. The water seemed to help clear whatever fog that was in her head but she still looked in bad shape and she kept a hand at her head at all times now.
"Don't cry." Jayce pleaded, not knowing how to react when someone was crying.
"You can stay with us tonight." Leila offered, looking towards Jayce for confirmation.
"Yeah, you can stay with us and hopefully in the morning you'll feel better and be able to talk." Jayce said glancing sideways at Leila to make sure that he had said the right thing.
With a small nod, Leila got up from the booth, helping the girl stand as she got up as well. Jayce waited until the two were up to stand, walking protectively behind them to make sure none of the drunks in the pub would follow. Once out of the pub, the three made their way to where Jayce and Leila lived. The two lived with their singer but they decided to up and leave, it was just the three in the shared apartment. Living on the second floor, Leila helped the girl up the flight of stares and into the dark apartment. Jayce went ahead and got some clean bed sheets and made the bed that their singer once resided in. Leila helped the girl get into bed and almost as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was asleep.
"What are we gonna do now?" Jayce whispered, glaring at Leila.
Leila put a finger to her lips and motioned for them to exit the room. Once they were both out, Leila pulled the door to where it was only opened a sliver.
"Well?" Jayce asked impatiently.
"Jayce, you know very well that we couldn't have left her alone. She didn't know where she was, how she got there, what if something had happened to her?" Leila reasoned.
"I know that. If you hadn't of gone over and gotten her, I would have. The way those men looked at her was sickening. What I meant was what will we do when she wakes up?" Jayce asked as he now as pacing around the small living room.
"We see if her voice returns in the morning and try to get her back to wherever she came from." Leila said as if were the most obvious thing in the world.
Jayce sighed, running a hand over his face. "Fine. I just hope we won't be suspected as part of a kidnapping or anything."
"Let's just try and get some rest, okay?" Leila put a hand on Jayce's shoulder, giving it a squeeze before making her way to her room.
Her room and the one the girl was in had an adjoining bathroom so if something happened, Leila would know. Once out of her clothes and into something more comfortable, Leila walked through the bathroom to stand at the door that connected to the other room. She quietly watched, as the girl was sound asleep only it didn't look as if it was peaceful. The girl's eyebrows were knotted together and she had a look of pain on her face. Leila's heart ached for this girl that was in front of her. She wasn't that much older than the girl but she could tell that whoever this girl was, she had been through something terrible. Making her way to her own bed, Leila just hoped that the girl's pain would end soon.