"Juuulie" I heard Beyond attempt to wake me. I rolled over in the bed he let me sleep in, reliving me of my arm and back pains. I was skeptical at first, reminiscing on the horrible events that had occurred there when I was first kidnapped. "Five more minutes , Mom" I replied. "Get up, it's noon" he chuckled. "You told me to wake you up, remember?" "Mmmmhmmm" I exaggerated. "Well get up, I made lunch" I sat up in bed and stared at his bright red eyes. "Awww, look at you all domesticated" I teased. He rolled his eyes and threw a pillow at me. "Whatever" he sighed "now come on, I have something special planned today." "Oh god, what could you possibly have planned now?" I sarcastically groaned inching off of the bed onto the floor. "Just get dressed and come to the kitchen, okay JulieBear?" he said softly standing up and heading for the door. "Okay" I replied half-heartedly smiling from the nickname he used. He left the room leaving me to prepare for whatever he had planned. I walked to the attached bathroom and turned on the water. I was still slightly sore from the struggling I had done against Beyond the night before. I opened the shower and set one foot inside to test it.
Everything seemed so casual between us. I kinda liked it.
"Wait my towel" I thought aloud. I was always lost in thought whenever a shower ran. I walked out of Beyond's room and upstairs to my room, or the room I was staying in. I searched around my dark room for my towel. I finally found it sitting on the vanity. I grabbed it and ran back downstairs. As I reached the final step I heard a telephone ring.
"I didn't know people still owned landlines." I chucked to myself. I walked nearer to the sound, thinking Beyond was in another room. I heard him pick up with an anxious hello. "Is everything ready?" He hastily questioned.
What is he talking about?
The person on the line spoke. "Yeah, she's getting ready right now, she has no idea" he chucked in reply. I felt my hear speed up. I had become slightly comfortable around him, I completely forgot this man is fucking insane. "I don't know" he replied "She is a fragile thing" he chuckled.
I'm not fragile...
"She may notice once she is in the box though" he continued. My eyes widened, my heart flew.
He's going to kill me! Oh shit, oh shit he's going to kill me.
"I think she prefers black, but it's not like she will notice, or care. Hell, she won't ever see it" he said with a pretentious chuckled.
Upon hearing this I ran into the bedroom ad sat on the bed, I could hear my heart pounding in my chest loudly, as if it was trying to escape from behind my ribs.
"JulieBear" I heard him call from the hallway. "Are you getting ready?" I quickly ran into the bathroom with my aforementioned towel and closed the door. I slid down the door, tears brimming my eyes. I don't remember crying this much before I was kidnapped. I felt like a pansy, but what the hell else was I supposed to do? Yell?
"Calm down Juliana" I told myself. "He may mean...I don't know. He's going to fucking kill me." I sobbed.
"Julie" I heard Beyond call, simultaneously knocking in the door. "Yes?" I managed to compose, attempting to stifle my tears. "You okay?" He questioned. "You've been in there a while." "Yeah B, I'm fine." "Okay then, just come to the kitchen whenever your done." I saw the shadow move from the other side of the door, signifying he had left. I sighed in relief.
I moved from the door walked into warm the shower soothing my sore muscles, secretly wishing I could scrub my brain free of the recent memories. After cleansing myself I walked out of the shower into the foggy bathroom. It seemed bigger when it was foggy. I wrapped myself in my towel and looked for my clothes. I then remembered I didn't have any. "God Dammit" I muttered to myself. I opened the door to the bathroom, checking to see if anyone was present. Luckily no one was.
I walked into the cold air and shut the door. "What am I going to wear?" I asked myself. " I certainly can't go out in a towel, especially recalling what happened last time" I inwardly shuddered at the thought. I walked over to the set of drawers in the corner of the room. I hesitated, fearing I would find a head, or human heart or something of the sort. I slowly, cautiously opened the top drawer, discovering no anatomical parts, or grotesque forms. Instead I found boxers. "Aww" I said picking up a rather whimsical pair of panda bear boxers "These are so cute!" I exclaimed to myself.
He won't mind if I wear these.
I threw them on the bed deciding to wear them. I less hesitantly moved down to the second drawer. I found shirts, many many shirts. Mostly black, but some red and one light blue jean flannel. I picked up the flannel and put it on my damp body. It was huge. I doubt Beyond could wear this it went down to right above my knee. I threw on the boxers and left the room. I walked into the kitchen to find Beyond whistling a cheerful tune while rummaging through the refrigerator.
That bastard doesn't even care. He's going to kill me and he is acting as though everything is fine.
Beyond soon retreated from the refrigerator and looked up at me. "There you are" he said with a pitcher of an unidentifiable light brown liquid in his hands. I faked as smile as he set the pitcher down on the counter and walked towards me. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me. He smelled...different. The first time we had been that close he smelled of blood, but now he smelled like a light cologne, not the stereotypical smell of a guy, it was different. It was almost like a personification of every quality of a criminal, so good yet so bad for you. I liked it, and I kinda didn't want the hug to end. I took a deep breath, encasing the scent of Beyond into my memory, forgetting the terrible memories I had acquired earlier erasing them from my mind completely, I didn't want to remember that, but this was the same man that was plotting to kill me, all of true bad memories seemed to melt away in his arms.
I wanted fall back into love with him. I feel as though our past were connected, I wanted to remember how I felt about him. It felt real when he held me, when he spoke softly into my ear, when he bore into me with his beaming red eyes especially if he was going to off me tonight. I should just bite the bullet, allow myself do fall completely and utterly in love with him.
"You look so sexy in my shirt." He gruffly whispered in my ear, snapping me back to reality. I shivered at the sensation of his breath on the sensitive skin of my ear. He released me from the embrace and turned back to his pitcher. "Sooo" I started, "what do you have planned today?" He poured the liquid into a glass and passed it to me. I took a quick sip, Green Tea my favorite.
"We're going out." He spoke monotonously.
I nearly did a spit-take. Out?! Is he out of his fucking mind? He must WANT me to leave. Wait, why is this a bad thing? I want to go back to Lawli, right? I miss him...right? Yes, Julie you do. You love him and you miss him. I think I may miss Beyond if I leave...
I smiled nervously. "That sounds like fun" where are we going?" I enquired. "That's for me to know and for you to find out." He teased with a wink. I smiled at his flirtation, he was so damn cute. I don't know why, maybe it was because of his resemblance to Lawli, or it could just be the Stockholm Syndrome kicking in. I HAD been here for 3, almost 4 months, it was. It was bound to start sometime.
Seriously?! You have been taking a behavioral class for 5 years, for god's sake, Juliana you should know this!
I took another sip from my glass absentmindedly, I hoisted myself onto the counter and proceeded staring straight ahead. I contemplated our outing, were in the hell were we? We couldn't be in England anymore, and definitely NOT Cambridge. Lawli probably has cameras and spies all over Europe so he can find me.
"Beyond, where exactly are we?" I inquired. "We're in Perth" he chuckled.
Perth...Perth...that's in Australia. How the fuck did he get me to Australia with me being unconscious and all. Must have stuck me in a suitcase. Ugh, how the hell did he manage that?
"Oh" I absentmindedly replied taking another long sip from my tea.
"Yeah, I remember when you were younger, you used to talk about Australia all of the time." He informed me. "You used to want to move there."
I nodded staring straight ahead. I always found it eerie when he talked when I was at Whammy House. It was weird to hear my past come from someone's lips other than my own. "I did?" I questioned. "Mmhmm," he replied "you wanted to go there and see Ayers Rock, you had posters in your room and everything." I paused and stared blankly at the wall in front of me.
Dammit why couldn't I remember anything?!
"Oh" I responded, even emptier than the first time. "Well, I'm going to go shower up" Beyond informed me while putting his glass in the sink. "Would you like to join me?" He raised an eyebrow. "You know," I began sarcastically "as delightful as that sounds, I just got out of the shower, so I'll decline."
"Damn" he joked, leaning against the doorway. "Maybe next time" he flirted winking at me. I giggled at his remark, no matter how many times I had been flirted with, or made the butt of a sexual joke I still blushed and giggled like a schoolgirl.
"Food is in the oven, sweetie" he informed. "I'll see you when I return." I smiled dumbly at him as he left the kitchen. I hopped down from the counter and head over to the oven. "He made pizza" I thought aloud. I grabbed a plate from the cabinet and served myself a couple of slices. "It has all of my favorite toppings!" I exclaimed. I say down on the counter again and ate. After i finished eating my amazing pizza. I refilled my cup and stared at the lime green pitcher while contemplating the conversation I overheard earlier.
What else could he have possibly meant by 'she will be in a box'? God dammit I've got nothing. I'm going to end up in a coffin. I'll never get to see Lawli again. After what Beyond told me, do I really want to? I won't be able to find out.
"Why me?" I sighed, leaning back to lay on the counter. "Why couldn't I have a normal life?" I looked up at the ceiling and connected the dots, attempting to form a picture. "Hehe, it's a boat" I slurred.
Soon after I felt a hand on my thigh, and I felt myself slide closer to the edge of the counter my heart rate increased, flashbacks of my first days here sprang into my head. I felt my entire body tense up at the movement. "Yooou have been spending too much time by yourself" I heard Beyond mutter from above me, he was shirtless and had a towel around his waist, which wasn't helping my venerable position. I relaxed slightly and sighed at the sight of him. "I haven't been out in public for almost 4 months," I explained "what am I supposed to act like?"
"Touché" he replied. I chuckled at his sarcasm. "Did you eat?" he asked. "Yep" I replied "that pizza was okay."
"Haha, I know I'm a talented cook" he teased. "Whatever" I replied, rolling my eyes. "Don't try to brush it off you know it was the best thing ever" he taunted. "Mmmhmm" I sarcastically hummed." I felt Beyond's hands creep up to my waist. He tickled my stomach. "Stop!" I shouted, attempting to kick him off. I thought I heard his towel fall to the floor, but I was too distracted to be sure though.
I relaxed until I noticed how our bodies were positioned, and Beyond's lack of (ahem) coverage . My legs were wrapped around his waist, I immediately tensed again and felt my cheeks heat up. I looked up into his eyes, they were looking down at me with lust. His face drew closer, a mere inches from mine. I interrupted "I better go get dressed, don't want the day to go away do we" I promptly say up and ran upstairs to my room. I closed the door and laid in the floor. "I can't do this to Lawli, he loves me, and I love him. Right?"
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