04~ Pains

I was so scared about the fact that my car had stopped in the middle of nowhere. I had no place to run. I had to call Xavier but he wasn't picking his call. This was the first time I ever called him and he wasn't replying to me. I tried to mind link to him and it's as if the reception of this area was so blank that I couldn't even call and I couldn't even mind link either.

I didn't want to witness what was actually going on between the giant beast and the figure that came to save me, so I did my best to flee from this very place. Then for a while I don't know why, but I found myself stopping. I couldn't leave without saying thank you to who-so-ever it was. And not just about saying a thank you to who-so-ever it was, I wanted to know who my savior is. Or could it be some kind of random guy who has decided to save me?

I stood from afar watching, I didn't say a word. In my mind I was still contemplating whether or not to leave and call this night my lucky night. The giant fled, not wanting to be defeated. The stranger who had saved me slowly transformed back to human figure. From where I stood, I tried to get a glimpse of what he looked like, but he backed me, making it much impossible for me to.

"Hello." I said, walking closer to his direction. "Hello, I just wanna say thank you for saving my life. I really appreciate it."

The stranger slowly turns to my direction to look at me. I won't say I was scared, because I was freaking the hell out of my intestine right at the moment. But when he fully turned to my side, my heart skipped a beat. I could feel it pounding against my throat. I was speechless, nearly mindless of my environment. I don't want to believe that I was actually staring at him.

I thought he left. Xavier did say it too. I was so shocked to see him standing right in front of me, looking ever young and handsome. I know I shouldn't be saying those words but, they're honestly the truth. "Xender?" His name slipped out of my mouth as I tried hard to question my thought. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "How do you know I am here?"

He was quiet, he refused to talk. All he did was walk closer to me, his gaze never leaving mine as he kept approaching my way. "What are you doing here?" He asked in his deep voice.

"I was going to meet my friends." I replied.

"Alone?" He asked.

"Yeah, alone. What happened to that? Can't I have my privacy without Xavier?" I snapped.

"That's not what I meant." He defended.

"Then what do you mean?" I questioned.

"It's dangerous outside at such time of the night. Plus, you're stuck out of nowhere, don't you expect such a tendency?"

"I was. How do you know I am here?" I asked again.

Again, he was quiet, like he was avoiding my question. "Are you gonna ask me some thing different to by-cut my question again?" I said, trying to let him know that I did understood what he did at first.

"I found you through your scent." He finally said.

"You were following me?"

"If that's what you think." He said, a bit less concerned. "You should go home now." He said, turning his back against me. "It's not safe out here."

"Why did you save me?" I asked.

"Does it really matter now?!" He turns, throwing an angry glance at me.

"Of course, it does!" I yelled in reply. "It matters to me."

The frown faded immediately as he tried hard to calm himself down. "I wouldn't want my brother getting hurt when he learns his mate is dead. You should go home now."

"Excuse me, how am I supposed to just go home? My car is fucking stuck!"

He looked at me like I was being so annoying. I might be, but he can't just expect me to leave just like that? On foot over a mile away from home?

He went to my car, opening the burnett. I don't know what he touched, but when he asked me to start the engine, it started in one touch. He closes the burnett, walking to the driver side. He didn't say a word for a moment, then when he did, he left.

I was trying to understand why he was acting differently towards me. I don't remember offending him or any thing, but then he's been acting strange and that sucks. "Xender?!" I called.

He stopped walking. "I don't know what Xavier told you that night, but whatever it is, it shouldn't be the reason why you have to act like you don't know me."

"I saved your life doesn't mean any thing to me. And that night has nothing to do with this. With us."

"Then why the attitude?"

"Just trying to keep my space. Look, Ashley, whatever happened that night between us is a mistake. It shouldn't have happened in the first place." He said the words without emotions, like it never meant any thing to him.

I felt a hard hit on my chest, like some one had stoned me. I couldn't find my breath any more, I silently prayed the ground would swallow me in halves and get me out of here. I couldn't believe I was actually hearing those words from him, I never for once in my life expected such. 

"Have a nice night," he dashed out of my sight.

I entered my car, taking a few breaths to calm myself down. The pain I was feeling was more like I just got a heartbreak. I started the engine, zooming off. I texted Brenna and Nicole, telling them I wouldn't make it to their place any more. I made a turn back home.