Suppressed (Suppressed Saga) (11 page)

Lance turned me back to face him. “Are you okay?”

“
Yeah,” I said absentmindedly.

“
Did he hit you?”

I nodded and touched my lip. I was out of it. The fact that Chris had actually attacked me was mind blowing. I never thought he would go that far. Sirens sounded out and I was brought out of my thoughts long enough to see two police cars skidding to a halt on each side of Chris’s Jeep.

The next two hours we all spent giving statements and I was checked out by a paramedic. I tried to tell them I was fine but Seth and Lance bullied me into it. Chris ended up having to be taken to the hospital because he was beaten so badly, his face wasn’t even recognizable. Eric didn’t get in trouble for what he did to Chris because he was protecting me. Chris on the other hand was going to be arrested at the hospital for stalking, battery, and assault.

Eric hadn’t said one word to anyone about anything. I imagined he was probably upset that his window had been shattered. He was never going to let me drive that car again.

There was a small crowd formed around all the commotion. It would have been nice if there were people around earlier to stop Chris from attacking me. It figures they show up now after everything was over.

Something caught my eye and I glanced over to see Ashley jumping up and down trying to get my attention. I made my way to her and she looked traumatized like she was the one who was attacked.

“
I’m so sorry! Maybe if I would have been home none of this would have happened.”

I shook my head, “It wasn’t your fault. Don’t even think that.” If it was anyone’s fault it was mine for dating a crazy loser.

“
I know but still, I’m your roommate.” It almost looked like she was going to bust out crying.

I touched her arm lightly trying to calm her down. “Ashley, I’m fine.”

Seth came up behind me and wrapped one arm around my waist. I felt a little better when he touched me and turned into him leaning my head against his chest.

“
Do you want to stay with me tonight?”

“
Yeah, let me go up to my room and get some stuff.” I started to walk away as Lance ran up beside me.

“
I’ll go with you to your room.”

I gave him a weird look but let him come with.

When I got to my room I grabbed a duffle bag and shoved some clothes, my tooth brush and something to wear to bed.

“
Can you not tell mom and dad about this?” I said giving Lance a stern look as he leaned against my door frame.

“
If you don’t want me to I won’t, but the school might call them anyway and tell them what happened. You know they’ll give me hell for not telling them first.”

“
Come on Lance,” I said stressfully. “I don’t feel like hearing their crap. It’s over now, Chris is gone. I don’t want to have to deal with all their drama.”

He let out a sigh, “Fine I won’t tell them.”

“
Thanks,” I leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. “How did you know what was going on to begin with?”

“
Eric called me.”

“
Of course he did.” I said heading out of my room.

He shoved me playfully. “If I didn’t know any better I would think he had a thing for you.”

“
Yeah right, we despise each other.” I laughed it off like it was the most ridiculous thing ever.

“
That’s why he beat the shit out of Chris, because he despises you?”

“
He beat Chris because he broke his window. Trust me, that car is the love of his life. He probably busted a vein when he saw the damage.”

He shook his head and held the door open for me to go back outside. “For a smart girl, you’re not too bright sometimes.”

I rolled my eyes and started back towards the parking lot. Ashley stood by Seth as they waited for us to come back. As we got closer I saw Eric was nowhere to be found and I noticed his car was gone.

Seth took my duffle bag and threw it into his truck as I gave my brother and Ashley a small wave. I leaned back in the seat shutting my eyes and felt Seth’s hand squeeze my thigh.

When we got to the house Eric’s car wasn’t in the driveway. I guess maybe he didn’t want to talk to me. Seth slung my duffle bag over his shoulder and came around to help me out of his truck. I followed him into the house and back to his bedroom.

As soon as we were both in the room my duffle bag slid from his shoulder and he grabbed me around the middle, pulling me to him. His mouth went right on mine and I almost lost my balance. I brought my arms around his neck holding myself to him as his mouth moved heatedly with mine. All that happened today was erased from my mind and the only thing I could think about was how amazing it felt kissing him.

He brushed the side of my face with his hand as he pulled away breathing heavy. “I’m glad you’re okay.”

“
If this is the kind of reaction I get from being attacked I might do it more often.”

He let out a sarcastic laugh, “I’d rather you didn’t.”

“
What were you all doing when I called you?” I asked remembering that he didn’t answer the first time I called.

“
Trying to find out what Declan wants with you. We didn’t find out much though, bunch of dead ends.”

“
Oh,” I bit my lip and looked away.

“
Don’t worry, as long as you’re with me or Eric you’ll be fine.” He brushed my hair out of my face and kissed me again. It made me feel a little better but I was still bothered.

“
I can’t be with you both every minute of every day. I feel like a burden.”

“
You are definitely not a burden to me. I care about you…a lot. I’m not about to let something happen to you and I’ll do everything I can to make sure no one comes near you.”

I smiled, “You care about me?”

“
Very much.”

“
Well I highly doubt Eric cares about what happens to me. He’d probably throw me under the bus in a heartbeat.”

“
Nah, trust me, he won’t let anything happen to you.”

He sounded so confident that Eric would do anything he could to make sure I didn’t get hurt. I on the other hand wasn’t as confident. I guess I would have to take another leap and hope that Seth was right.

We spent the rest of the day at the house. After all the drama we had been through Seth thought it would be better if we just stayed in. I agreed. Eric didn’t show up all day either.

It got dark out and I was starting to get hungry. Seth didn’t cook and I didn’t either so we ordered carry out and went to get it. I forgot what it was like to just sit home and do nothing. Since my junior year of high school I had been constantly going nonstop. Now my mind was plagued with thoughts of demons and other creatures that Eric mentioned. I never wanted to meet any of them and hoped I wouldn’t have to.

Another good thing about staying in the house all day and night was how close Seth and I got. He seemed more comfortable around me and I was just as comfortable around him. I got in a few questions about demons and he gave me the best answers he could. Apparently you could die if you were bit by a demon. I jokingly told him not to get kinky and bite me but inside I was a little freaked out.

“
What made you want to do this?” I asked randomly. We were lying in his bed watching TV and I was sitting between his legs wrapped up in a blanket.

“
Do what?”

“
Be with me. It can’t be easy for you to have a girlfriend.”

“
Yeah, it’s hard. I’ve dated a little. I do have an ex-girlfriend who’s also a demon but that wasn’t anything serious.”

“
She’s not psychotic is she, because I think I’ve had enough crazy ex’s trying to kill me for a lifetime.”

“
No, I don’t know where she is. And as to why I want to be with you; you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen in my entire life. That’s what drew me to you. Then I talked to you and instantly knew I wanted to be with you. Everything about you amazes me.”

I stiffened a little in his arms at hearing everything he was saying about me.

“
Is that not what you wanted to hear?” he said in my ear.

My voice was a little off as I spoke, “No, that was what I wanted to hear.”

Chills ran through out my body as he kissed my neck and worked his way down my shoulder. My breathing got shallow and I turned my head to meet his mouth. I shuddered as his hands made their way inside my blanket and up my shirt, rubbing back and forth over my stomach.

I turned and straddled him as he sat up to meet me. My hands slowly ran down his chest and lifted his shirt up over his head.

His soft mouth moved up my neck as he rolled me over till he was above me. He tackled my mouth again and that’s when his phone let out a loud ring. I groaned as he leaned up off me and stood on his knees to pull his phone out of his jeans. He answered the phone in a huff while running his hand through his hair.

I like to have died right there seeing him shirtless before me. His skin was so smooth and muscular. I had to fight the urge to break his phone in half and snatch him back down to me.

Because I was so transfixed on his body I missed everything he said on the phone.

He ended the call and gave me a frustrated look. “We have to go.”

“
Where?” I asked disappointed.

“
To find Eric. He’s in trouble.”

I thought the point was to keep me out of trouble and safe. “And I have to go with you because…?”

“
You’re probably going to have to drive his car back here and plus I’m not leaving you alone.”

I let out a whoosh of air and turned over, smacking the pillow. Seth threw his shirt back on and I changed into jeans and a t-shirt. I flipped my hair out of my face and headed out the front door with Seth in front me.

“
Does he get in trouble a lot?” I asked on the way to God knows where.

“
He’s a hot head. But even when he tries to stay out of trouble it seems to always find him. He kind of reminds me of you actually.”

“
Me?” I was slightly offended by his comment but tried not to let it get to me.

“
You’re a hot head, I can tell. You might not get set off as easy but if someone pushes the wrong buttons you’ll probably tear them a new one. And trouble seems to find you a lot.”

“
I’ve only had trouble since I met you.” I said poking him in the arm.

He pulled into the parking lot behind a club and I saw Eric’s Mustang parked crooked with its driver window busted out. Seth reached in his pocket and pulled out a set of keys, they had to be the spare.

“
Here,” he handed me the keys. “Get in the car and drive around the block a few times. I’ll call you and tell you when to head back to the house.”

“
Okay?” I said a little confused. I jumped out in a rush and hopped in the car, starting the engine. As I pulled out of the parking lot I realized I didn’t feel very safe driving in a car with a busted out window. It was also freezing so I cranked up the heat to full blast.

I was on my third trip around the block when I saw something lying in the road that hadn’t been there the last go round. I got closer and the head lights shined on what appeared to be a body. I guess the lights scared whoever it was because they jumped up, but it was in slow motion like they were hurt. As I got a closer look I realized it was Eric and slammed on the breaks. When I got out and he saw it was me he collapsed back to the ground. I suddenly panicked and ran forward kneeling down beside him.

“
What’s wrong?”

“
Get me in the car.” He said in a strained voice. His hand came up to me and it was covered in blood. I let out a small gasp and touched his black shirt, it was soaked. When I brought my hand back up it was bloody.

“
What happened to you?”

“
Just get me in the car.”

He tried to stand back up and I grabbed a hold of his arm as he leaned against me. I reached forward to open the passenger door and he collapsed again. A painful groan escaped him as I got behind him and dragged his body into the car. I had to crawl over the center console all the while dragging him to make sure he was in all the way. After I closed the driver door I reached over top Eric to close his door. As soon as his door was shut I heard a whole bunch of yelling. Looking up I saw the noise was coming from two men who were running towards the car.