"I know emotions can be hard" he jumps as he hears me say those words then he reaches over to my arm and tugs on the sleeve like a little kid. I just sit there trying to comfort him and then all of a sudden he leans toward me with no warning and plants his lips on mine, as I go to push him away he puts his arms around me and doesn't show any sign of letting me go. Before I know it I'm starting to get light headed from loss of air and pull my head away from his and gasp for air, he loosened his grip while I breathe air into my lungs then suddenly pulls me back to him and kisses me a lot rougher than before I try to stop him but his strength outmatches my own.
Before I know it he is pushing me down on my own bed and I start to scream for help and he seals my mouth with his, slipping his tongue into my mouth, I can't do anything to stop him but it doesn't seem like he is going to do anything else to me and I feel bad for him thinking about how upset he must be and with that thought I decide he must be doing this because he is in a emotional rage so I stop resisting and let him hold and kiss me. Luckily it doesn't last much longer, he finally sits back up letting me go. As if realizing what he had done with tears in his eyes he quickly gets up and leaves the room.
I just sit there in shock staring at the floor in front of me. Next thing I know I hear the front door slamming and see Paul coming into my room with a cup of orange juice in hand. Paul slowly walks up to me and lets out a sigh seeing me still in shock
"Hey, you don't have to tell me what happened but I am here for you" as he says that he sits down next to me on my bed and I quickly go to rest my head on his lap still staring ahead. He looks at me with kind eyes
"That bad huh?" I nod my head and wind up hugging him while I lay down on his lap, we didn't say a word and I slowly drifted to sleep holding onto Paul's hip. I wake up to find myself still resting my head on Paul's lap and see that he fell asleep laying across my bed, as I looked at us I realized we made a T shape. I looked at Paul to see his head leaning against the wall in a painful position, I take my head off his lap and go to wake him up and see a note in his hand and as I read it is a checklist first thing on the list was "Call Jack" with a checkmark next to it then "Take day off (both)" and that also had a check mark next to it the last thing on the list was scribbled out to where I couldn't read it. As I'm sitting there I think about how grateful I am to Paul and how kind he's been to me ever since the beginning, while I am sitting there I hear him start to talk in his sleep. He sounds kind of angry as he mumbles a couple times then I finally hear the name he has been saying over and over again "Jack".
I didn't realize he was that upset about it so I reached over to wake him up but quickly felt a ping in my chest, it was something I've never felt before. I pause for a second and try to get rid of this feeling but can't seem to shake it, as he lays there on his back I curl up next to him just leaning my back against the side of him. Just as I did that the feeling I had vanished and was replaced with a warm glow, I drifted to sleep once again laying beside Paul. A couple hours later I feel my shoulder being shaken.
"Wake up, hey Max wake up" I groggily open my eyes and see Paul smiling at me "You feel better?" I stretch and nod at him in response just then he stands up and heads over to my swords with a worried look. He looks back at me with a pained expression
"I feel like I haven't been completely honest with you Max" and let out a sigh, I wait patiently to hear what he has to say then he continues "Do you remember how I said I was Christophers best friend?" I look at him with curiosity and nod my head "Yes, I am his best friend but I am also his son. Please don't be rash just let me explain!" as I hear him speak those words I feel betrayal, hurt and rage all at the same time. I grab my purse and run out of the house not knowing where I was going or what to do, my first thought was to go back home and forget all this happened and as I think I should do that I remember I have no car and nobody wants me to come back. As I am running down the sidewalk I have tears streaming down my face, then suddenly a memory pops into my mind. I can't help but have it replay in my head. I hear Professor Creak at the door of my old home crying saying
"My son left me, I have nowhere to go, nobody to go to" As he said that in a pleading voice all my hate for Paul just comes rushing back. I find myself holding my phone dialing Jack's number, no answer. Then I dial Mark's number still no answer, just then I remember Drew took the day off and I go to dial his number but find myself receiving a call from him instead. I quickly answer the phone and hear him asking if I'm okay and where I am and other rushed words, I stop in my tracks hearing him sound like that I respond in a quiet voice
"If I tell you, will you keep it a secret?" He is silent for a second but then he agrees. I look up at the street sign and tell him a nearby address, he hangs up the phone and makes it to me pretty quickly. He practically jumps out of his car and hugs me and whispers into my ear
"What happened? What can I do for you?'' Over and over again holding me the whole time soon after we finished our hug I noticed Paul's red car coming down the street, without thinking I let go of him and hid in his car. He goes to the driver's side and asks "I'm guessing you don't want to see him?" I nod my head and he starts to drive off. I finally speak up
" I think he is following us" with a dry voice and Drew speeds up and heads into a neighborhood on the outskirts of town
"I don't know what happened but I am taking you somewhere he won't legally be allowed to enter without my permission, okay?" I nod and see him pull into a fancy fenced in house. He rings the doorbell and the gate opens. When we pass by the gate it closes behind us with a clunking sound. As I look around there seems to be a lot of unused land with some beautiful grass and plants just randomly spread out as I am looking out the window I jump as Drew breaks the silence
"My family is not very good at landscaping so please don't mind the unusual scenery" with that I go back to look in front of the car as we pull up to a ginormous house that's pure white with some bronze snake statues on each side of the entrance. We finally come to a stop outside of the huge house and my door suddenly opens without any warning, just then a very dignified voice speaks up
"Welcome miss Kokio, we are pleased to have you visit us" and I can't help but sit there with concern. When I go to look at drew he smiles and that reassures me it's safe, I step out of the car to see a man who looks like he is in his late forties standing there with slicked back black hair I look at the man with confusion but muster out the words
"Thank you" Just then Drew sneaks up behind me from around the car
"Don't worry about all the butlers, they're just here to support my family". I turn around to see him lay back as usual then he grabs my hand with a gentle touch and takes me inside, all of a sudden,
"Welcome home master Drew '' comes from the open kitchen on the other side of the door. Drew smiles at the woman that is cooking and continues to pull me along with care and I finally seem to say what's been on my mind this whole time
"W-where are we going?" he quickly puts a finger up to my mouth and whispers
"Shush, my family doesn't know I came". I continue to follow him thinking of all the possibilities for those words but can't seem to come up with a solid reason in my head, as we finally come to a halt there is a light pink door with white framing around it. Drew slowly opens the door and walks in with caution, as I enter behind him I see a relieved face. The first thing my eyes wander upon is a huge bed in the middle of the lightly colored room with dark green soft bedding then I quickly turn my gaze to a tv mounted on the wall at the perfect height to watch it while sitting on the bed, as i am taking in all the features of the room Drew is going through some drawers looking for something frantically. I go over to see what he is doing but just as I do he looks at me
"Hey, I know it's not my place to ask or anything but what happened with you and boss?" I looked at him and was surprised he didn't ask about Jack. "Boss said you ran out of the house with just your purse, he had no idea where you went or what you were doing. Frankly he seemed like you were going to do something rash but wouldn't say what happened" as he started to talk my gaze quickly met the floor. After he went quiet he sat on the side of his bed and patted the spot next to him and I knew there were no chairs in the room so I slowly walked up to the bed and sat down keeping my eyes on the floor. After a few minutes of sitting in silence I started to explain how I held Professor Creak so dear to my heart and that at one point he had come to my house practically begging to stay with me until he got on his feet again. Then I go to tell him that it was all his son's fault and for that I hold a huge grudge, and with that Paul had just come out to tell me that he is that son that I hated for so long
"So as soon as I heard him say it all I could do was run out of there with my pent up emotions'' as I finished talking Drew looked like he was thinking about something but stayed silent. I finally look up at Drew with tears in my eyes and he looks back at me and says
"If Creak asked him to take care of you doesn't that mean he forgave Paul and actually entrusted him to you?" In that moment I feel another ping in my chest and burst out in tears again, Drew starts to rub my shoulder in a friendly way and continues to speak "Since Creak forgave him, shouldn't you?". As that realization came into my mind my whole body trembles for a moment
"Thank you, thank you so much Drew '' with that Drew gives me a smile and opens his mouth to talk when he is interrupted by a harsh knock on his door. We suddenly hear a screeching woman on the other side of the door
"I know you're in there Drew, why didn't you tell me you were coming back? You'd better open up this door right now" and as she says that I let out a small giggle because the door hadn't been locked at all. Drew gets up to go to the door then he turns around to give me an evil smile and turns the lock on the door so that now it is locked. As soon as the woman hears it she goes to walk into the room with meaning but winds up smacking herself into the locked door, me and Drew let out a loud laugh at the same time and just wait to see what she says next "Do you have a woman in there? You'd better not be keeping secrets from me mister! I know I heard someone!" the lady lets out with a shriek. Drew rolls his eyes at the door then opens it with exaggeration and shouts
"You better leave me alone sis! I'm not in the mood to deal with you!" As I'm sitting there on the bed and red eyes from crying so much I get up to walk and see what his sister looks like but as I get closer he holds up his hand and points to the corner of the room. I quickly make my way there as if I was a dog obeying his master, just thinking that I can't help but giggle as I remember that butler calling him master Drew. Drew steps away from the doorway and lets his sister in, I quickly hold my breath as I see a beautiful young lady with long blonde hair that shimmers in the sun. the girl quickly turns her gaze to me and gasps "I knew it you did have someone in here! Why would you let her in here and not me just look at her she's got wretched black hair and shaggy old clothes!" just then Drew grabs his younger sister by the wrist and in a loud voice shouts
"Don't talk that way about someone you don't even know, she is a good friend of mine and you will treat her with just as much respect as me little miss" me and the girl just stare at Drew in awe not knowing what to say. I couldn't believe my ears, I had never heard him talk with that voice to anyone before and I'm sure she thought the same thing. The young girl looks at me again and revengefully says
"I can't wait to tell everyone you've got a girlfriend!" and with that she runs out of the room, me and Drew just watch the door and sigh
"Don't worry about her she doesn't know what she's talking about, besides I've gotta get you back home". I look at Drew and nod my head in agreement, by the time we got to my house it was already 11 at night
"Geez the day flew by huh?" he lets out a hearty chuckle and smiles
"If there is ever anything you need don't hesitate to give me a call" I reach over the seat and give him a tight hug and whisper into his ear
"I won't hesitate …master Drew! *giggling*'' and as I pull away he stares at me with agitation but doesn't say anything.