Lucy
My hand hurt. No, not just my hand; my hand, my head and my heart. I hated Nick! No, I loved him, no point in lying. But for the moment, I hated him. We'd been together for two years and I thought we'd gotten past the arguing, but I guess I was wrong. He doesn't even know what we're fighting about, not really. I tried talking to him about it but I must have confused him because he seems to think I'm cheating on him. He's an idiot, of course. I would never cheat on him. He's just so stubborn, and frustrating! By this point, I'd gotten to my car. I thought about going to talk to Bruno who I could see standing at the gate. He normally cheered me up, but today, I just wasn't in the mood. I opened the door and climbed into the car. I put the key into the ignition, but I couldn't bring myself to turn it. Instead, I placed my hands on the steering wheel, took a deep breath and let my frustration out in the form of a very loud, very angry scream. The dogs started barking and ran to the car, checking on me. I shut my mouth and got out to show them I was okay. I scratched their heads and showed them I was okay, but I wasn't. My legs gave out and I slid down the side of my car. Suddenly, I was crying, not just crying, weeping. Proper gut wrenching tears that hurt your head and came out with chocked sobs that rocked your entire body. That sort of crying. A few minutes later I heard running and Bruno was at my side.
"Lucy, what happened? Did someone attack you? Are you hurt?" he asked, checking me for any signs of injury, but when I shook my head, he stopped and just watched me. I couldn't stop crying, even with the dogs cuddling up to me and licking my palms. Bruno decided he couldn't do anything but pick me up and carry me into the house. The dogs trailed behind us, in pack formation, trying to protect me from an invisible enemy. When we got to the front door, I put up a weak protest, but it was ignored and I was carried into the living room where the family was gathered. Even Aunt Hyacinth came out of her room to find out what was going on. Once the saw me, drenched in tears and in the arms of the bodyguard, they shut up immediately. Solange ran forward to greet me as Bruno propped me up on one of the couches.
"Lucy! What's wrong? What happened? Bruno?" she crouched down in front of me and looked up to the security guard.
He scratched his head, trying to figure out what was wrong with me, "I don't know. The wee lass just started screaming. I found her outside her car, crying on the floor," he turned to the rest of the Drakes, "I thought she might of been attacked or something but when I asked, she just shook her head and cried some more." Nicholas walked away from his brothers and crouched down beside Solange.
He gently took my hand and looked into my eyes, "Luce, if this is about our fight, I'm so incredibly sorry; I never meant to hurt you. I love you too much to do that on purpose, you know that." Maybe it was just Nick or I had cried myself out, but slowly I came back to my senses. He smiled at me and Solange left to stand with her brothers again. I pulled him up next to me and hugged him as hard as I could. I sighed, knowing I couldn't put this off any longer. I pulled back and looked earnestly into his face and said, "I need to talk to Helena."