We finally got to where he was taking us, it took us about thirty minutes to get there on foot.
It was a house,a very beautiful one. I wondered if it was his too.
It's even more beautiful than the one his family lives in too.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"It is obviously a house." He replied.
"Is this yours?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Yes,it is." He replied to me.
"It is actually my personal one or should I say my secret house. Trust me,my family does not even know about it. You are the first person I have shown and told about it." He added.
"Wow." I exclaimed.
"You even own your own house. It's so cool." I added and giggled.
He walked towards the front door and put in his passcode.
He entered inside, while I walked behind him.
"We can come here if things become very tough. No one else will know." He said.
"You will do that for me?" I asked and he nodded happily.
"I am touched. Thanks in advance." I added, thanking him.
"Anything for you." He said he was shocked the moment he said that.
I was shocked too.
He just said anything for me.
Did he mean it or was just joking?
Is he liking me already too?
Wow!
"How about I give you a house tour?" He asked and that made me remember Raymond.
No.
I can't think about Raymond now.
It is J.J that I want.
I can't like any other guy, there is no way.
He cleared his throat and said,
"I asked a question."
"Oh, I am so sorry about that." I said.
"Yeah, give me a house tour, please." I added.
"Okay." He said.
"Let's go." He added.
I nodded as he walked away and was leading the way.
We will become six if Raymond and Genevieve should join us and there will be enough room for all of us too.
He is very generous.
I was not sure if I should tell him about my house in the woods.
I will have to tell you.
"I have a house too." I said to him, as we began climbing the stairs, as he was done showing me everything he wanted to show me on the first floor.
"Really?" He asked,as he stopped walking and faced me.
"Yes." I replied to him, nodding too at the same time.
"Where is it at?" He asked.
"It's hidden too, just like this one. I haven't told anyone about it yet." I replied to him and laughed softly.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yes." I replied to him, nodding at the same time.
"So why are you telling me?" He asked.
"I thought we were telling each other a secret." I replied to him.
"Where is it?" He asked me, curiously.
"It's...The house…..Uhm….." He interrupted because I was stammering, as I was wondering if I should lie to him about the house location or not.
"Hey, it's fine if you do not want to tell me about it." He said, trying to calm me down.
"It's fine if you do not want to show me. I am not even asking." He added, looking at me with a very keen interest.
"No, I do want to tell you,but I do not know how to say it." I said to him,
"It's okay if you can't tell me now, you can tell me whenever you feel like." He said and walked away, he was obviously upset.
"No, it's not okay." I said, rushed towards him and stood in front of him,which forced him to stop walking.
"It's…. It's in…." I stammered.
I closed my eyes and quickly said it,
"It's in the woods. It's also made of wood."
"Hope you won't laugh at me." I added.
"Laugh at you?" He asked,but I didn't respond to him in any way.
"No,never. Why should I laugh at you?" He asked, with his hot gaze.
I blushed, faced down and said,
"Nevermind."
He pushed my face up to meet his and said,
"I do mind." He started to bring his face closer to mine.
I didn't want whatever that was about to happen to happen.
"Thanks." I whispered to him and took two steps back.
He cleared his throat and said,
"I am sorry about that." And sighed.
"It's okay." I said, smiling at him.
"Thanks." I said.
"Okay,let's go." He added.
We continued walking around.
When we came back downstairs, he asked,
"How do you see it?"
"It's very beautiful. I like it." I said to him,
"Thank you." He said, smiling.
"Let's go back before your best friend and her boyfriend wakes up." He said to me,
We came out, he locked the door and we started heading back to our new home.
When we got back, there was no sign of a living thing in the compound.
We opened the door, we saw Lizzy pacing around the living room, looking worried.
She saw us and walked up to us,
"Where have you two been?" She asked angrily.
"We….. we..." I was just short of words, I didn't know what to reply to her.
"We went out for a walk." J.J said to Lizzy, trying to defend me.
"A walk?" She asked.
"Seriously?" She asked again angrily.
"It was my idea." Hale said to her again.
"Your idea?" She asked.
"What if she got caught and snatched by the police?" She asked him again.
"Lizzy, wait." I said.
"He gave me a choice, he didn't force me to follow. I chose to follow him." I added.
"Oh, I see. I am sorry for interfering in your personal affair." She said, angrily.
"You are not interfering, you are protecting me." I said to her,
"I am sorry for not informing you before leaving." I apologized to her and started to pout.
"It's okay." She said,as she opened her arms for a hug.
I hugged her and apologized again,
"I am sorry Lizzy, for making you worry about me."
"It's fine. I have forgiven you." She said to me,
"So where did you guys go?" She asked me,as we withdrew ourselves from the hug.
I wasn't sure if I could tell her or not, I glanced at J.J for a go ahead.
"Don't worry, you can tell her." He said, smiled and entered his room.
"What's the time?" I asked Lizzy.
She brought out her phone and checked the screen.
"It's seven thirty two a.m." She replied.
"I didn't even know the time we went out." I said to her,
"Let's have our seats." She said to me,
"Okay." I said to her, as we both sat down together.
"So where did you two go?" She asked, curiously.
"He took me to his house." I replied to her.
"His house?" She asked and I nodded.
"Woah!" She said and cleared her throat three times.
"What's that for?" I asked and rolled my eyes.
"Tell me the truth." She said,as she shrugged her left shoulder to push me slightly and laughed softly.
"What truth?" I asked her, glaring at her, as if my gaze would pierce through her skin.
"Have you been deflowered already?" He asked, mockingly.
"Stop. You are so fucking dirty minded." I said to her and hit her on her back lightly.
"Yeah, thank you. It's my pleasure." She said, grinning.
"So did you…you know.." She said and raised her eyebrows.
"No, we didn't.Eww, that's so gross You are so nasty." I said to her and hit her slightly again.
"So, what did you two do?" She asked as she looked a bit serious this time.
"We just strolled around the house, like a house tour." I replied to her.
"Oh. I see." She said, nodding at the same time.
I didn't want to tell her the remaining part of the story.
I then decided to change the topic.
"Do you remember that house we saw inside the woods about two years ago?" I asked her.
She nodded first and then responded by saying,
"Yes."
"What about it?" She asked.
"That's where all my stuff is." I replied to her.
"Which stuff?" She asked.
"My clothes, laptop and money."I replied to her.
"Really?" She asked.
"You left money there?" She asked me and I nodded in response.
"Won't it get stolen?" She asked, concerned.
"No." I replied to her.
"How sure are you?" She asked.
"I don't know,but am not sure that anybody will steal it." She asked.
"Who even knows about that house's existence?" I asked.
"Okay. If you say so." She said and shrugged.
"Lizzy?" I called out her name.
"Yeah." She answered me.
"There is something I would really like to talk to you about." I said to her,
"Okay, what is it?" She asked.
"Am all ears." She added.
"But promise that you won't freak out." I said to her,
"Freak out?" She asked.
"How?" She asked again before I could even respond to the first question.
I shifted closer to her and whispered in one of her ears,
"I think I have something that has to do with Wolverine's quick healing power." I said to her,
"What do you mean?" She asked, as she was very confused.
"Yes, when I was cooking yesterday, I cut myself when slicing onions."
"You are lying." She said and laughed softly.
"I am fucking serious about it." I tried defending myself.
"And why should I be lying about something like that?" I asked her.
"I don't know." She replied to me and shrugged.
"You do not believe me, do you?" I asked her.
"No. Why should I believe a shit like that?" She asked and laughed softly.
"Should I show you, so that you would believe me?" I asked her.
"Yes." She replied to me nodding.
"Okay wait here. Let me quickly grab a knife from the Kitchen." I said and left for the Kitchen.
I returned with the sharpest knife I could find in the Kitchen.
"Here." I said, as I handed the knife to her.
She collected it and asked,
"What should I do with it?"
I sat down again beside her, stretched out my hand to her and said to her,
"Slit my wrist."
"What?" She asked and I nodded in response.
"No, I can't do that." She said,
"You don't believe me, right?" I asked,but before she could respond I quickly added,
"Slit it and see for yourself."
"No, I can't hurt you. You know I can't do this." She said to me with teary eyes.
"Just fucking do it already." I said to her,
"I can't." She said and started to whimper.
"Okay, I will do it." I said and snatched the knife from her hand.
I brought the knife to my wrist, swallowed and was about to cut myself when Lizzy snatched the knife away from me and threw it away.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" She asked me, but before I could reply to her she asked again.
"Are you out of your fucking mind?"
"I wanted to show you, you don't fucking believe. I do not know what the fuck is wrong with me." I said to her, shouting at the top of my voice.
"I do not believe you, but still do not do it." She said to me, as she reached for my palm and squeezed it softly.
"You keep saying that you do not believe me, why?" I asked.
"Because it is not possible. I guess you are just seeing things. I know that you have been through a lot recently." She said to me,
"That's why I want to show you." I said to her,
"I have to show you please." I added.
"No. I understand that you are currently going through a lot, you have been thinking a lot and now you are seeing things." She said,
"Go take your bath and I will prepare something for you and then you will rest after eating." She added.
"Okay?" She asked me and I just nodded in response.