Chapter 6
It’s only then that I noticed the shadowed figure above me, with my head clearing up I realised he was carrying me, his breath was heavy, his expression was of absolute worry, eyebrows furrowed sweat dripping down his face…
” You’re going to be okay, don’t worry we will be there soon”
“Aiden, wha…what is going on, why are you carrying me, where are we going?”
“Nurse, please help…she fainted, and she is burning up” he said bursting through the door and laying me down on the bed,
“Let me take a look, you can take a seat, I will take it from here” the nurse said taking my temperature, and measuring my heart rate,
“Yes, I will be right back okay” he said walking out to answer his phone.
“What is the prognosis?” I asked feeling a bit embarrassed
“Well, from what I can see so far, your eyes are dilated, your taking short quick breaths and your heartrate is a bit erratic, have you ever had panic attacks?”
“Is everything okay?… I mean are you okay?, she is okay right?” Aiden asked looking back and forth from me to the nurse,
“Well, I can’t really divulge a patient’s information to someone other than a family member” she said looking at him knowingly
“It’s okay you can speak freely” I said wanting to get this over with…
“Well in that case…she’s fine you did good bringing her here when you did, I just need to give her a shot to regulate her system, she needs to rest, drink lots of water, and make sure she takes these vitamins” she said giving him the prescription
“twice in one day huh?” she said to Aiden shaking her head, he looked away feeling embarrassed that I heard.
“What did she mean when she said …twice in one day?” I asked trying to break this awkward silence that has been like a dark cloud hovering over us since we left the nurses office,
“She was just kidding” he answered shrugging his shoulders
“Okay then” I said letting it go, honestly I am not in the mood for chit chat, I’m almost home…I’m almost home I said over and over to myself. If I couldn’t break the silence around us I can at least break the silence in my head.
“I guess you were affected by what happened between us weren’t you?” He said taking my hand and making me stop dead in my tracks, there we were staring into each other’s eyes for what seemed like an eternity.
“That’s why you collapsed today right?” he squeezed my hand as though willing me to say yes, the desperation in his voice pierced my heart, every part of me wanted to say yes, I desperately needed him to be okay again,
“Aiden…I…uh…you see…it’s like this…I…uh…”
“Why don’t you get it…when I say you’re mine…it means...” he stammered taking my other hand in his
“damn it, why is this so hard?” he said almost screaming the words
“it means” he took a deep breath and the world seemed to calm down and everything seemed to make sense to him in this moment
“I’m also yours” the words came out like a whisper yet so dense like his soul was laid out in front of me.
“Scarlett are you alright, we heard what happened, you fainted and went to the nurse’s office and apparently you caused some kind of scene in class, and to top it off you’re not answering your phone we tried to call you, you know, but…”
“She's fine, the nurse took good care of her” Aiden said stopping Lisa’s rant. She looked shocked to see Aiden next to me, she must have been really worried to only notice him now, her eyes travelled to our hands, and I realised that Aiden was still holding them, I tried to nudge them free, but his grip was tight.
“Please give us a second, we were in the middle of something” he said through clenched teeth.
“Oh, sorry I didn’t realise, I will see you at home Scarlett” she said walking away
“Lisa wait don’t go” I said finally finding my voice, I tried my best to get free
“No, it’s fine…I will see you at home okay.”
“Scar we are not done, we still have things we need to talk about”,
Scar, only my wolf calls me that, who does this guy think he is?
“Look Aiden I don’t understand why you keep talking to me like that, it’s not like I’m your mate or anything, the sooner you move on from this fascination with me the better it will be for both of us, and anyway the more time you focus on me the longer it will take for you to find your mate, I mean seriously this is so not how I wanted collage to go and please don’t call me Scar, only those close to me get to call me that”
He looked at me, his eyes soft, his grip on my hands loosened, his thumbs brushing against my knuckles sending electric spikes all over my body, I felt a shiver running up my spine,
“What was that?” my wolf said wide awake now.
“You might get mad at me for asking you this, but I have to take that chance, this is just too important” he said with a serious look on his face
Okay calm down, just let him say what he needs to say and hopefully this conversation will be over soon, and I can still grab lunch at the cafeteria,
“Okay…ask” I said trying to sound as calm as I could possibly be.
“When was the last time you shifted?”
“What… why is that important? And besides it’s none of your business” I don’t know why his question annoyed me so much, I mean it’s just phasing, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about there really is no need to hide it but I hadn’t Shifted in so long that it hurts just thinking about it.
“I can tell that you haven’t Shifted in a long time, and if you Shift it would make this a lot easier…if you Shifted in the last month you would…”
“What the hell is your problem? Why do you keep intruding like this?” I asked somehow finding the strength to pull myself free from him.
“You have no right” I said walking away from him
“you have no right!” I have to run, I have to get somewhere other than here, I felt the tears well up in my eyes and my feet just took off carrying me to safety, they seemed to know where to go, my head was in a daze.
I found myself in the woods I guess it makes sense, this place is a lot like home, where else would I get comfort from. I sat there letting all the emotions flow free, I missed my mom, I missed my home and most of all I missed my dad. The tears flowed like a spring, and I couldn’t stop them, then again I didn’t want them to stop.
