Chapter 4: The first favour

 For some reason, I thought that maybe he wasn't physically there. But the moment his skin touched mine, it all became very, very real. I felt embarrassed that I even felt a trickle of lust in my body when he touched me. 

 

Shrugging it off, I looked at the spot where he just stood in front of us. Nothing remained of the guy that just dominated our home. I quickly gathered all the candles and blew them out, erasing all evidence of what we had done. "What do we do?" I asked my friends.

 

"What do you mean? What can we do? He's gone." Elyse answered but she nervously looked around the room. I sighed. I guess that was true. "He was hot though." Fay added in. I let out a grin. "I feel like I'm dreaming. Did this guy seriously just appear in our living room?" I asked out loud while rubbing my head. I definitely had a lot of wine. The best thing to do right now is get to bed. "We have school tomorrow. I'm going to bed." Anna said while already walking to the bathroom.

 

"No! Dibs on the bathroom!" I quickly intervened and I raced to the bathroom, past Anna and tried to close the door behind me. Anna got her foot in-between and the two other girls rushed themselves in the room as well. We fought for the space like almost every night but after the argument that I was almost sacrificed for good grades, they caved in and left me alone to get ready for bed. After a long shower and using the entire time to scrub my arm where the monster touched me, I crawled into bed more tired than ever. It was already 3 o'clock. Tomorrow was going to be hell.

 

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After a shower and changing into one of my favourite summer dresses, we walked out of our dorm right into the arms of Reggie and Dante. "Hey crackhead, what's hanging?" Fay said to Dante, who flipped her off with a smirk. "A lot of stuff at the moment. What were you guys doing yesterday? We wanted to watch a movie with you guys." Dante replied with narrowed eyes. Pictures of yesterday flashed through my mind and I forced them out immediately.

 

"Nothing. Just having a girl's night." Anna replied quickly. "I call bull. We have been part of your girl's nights before." Reggie said with raised eyebrows. "Well, you were not invited to this one. We would like to keep our dicktalk private." Fay responded to him and she quickly walked off. Reggie rolled his eyes at her back but didn't comment on it further. We followed her quickly and waved a bye to Elyse and Anna who went to their class.

 

We got ready for class and the teacher walked in with a sombre expression. She told us to get our things out but was silent for the entire two hours. I sat next to Dante who shrugged at my questioning looks. At the end of class, she stood up and we all fell silent at her look.

 

"Class. We had to wait for the official report before we could announce this news. Last night, Mr. Stevenson had a heart attack in his sleep. Totally unexpected. His wife luckily was still awake and she could call the hospital. He's in critical condition."

 

My face drained of colour. My heartbeat tripled. My hands were sweaty in an instant. Mr. Stevenson, Anna's teacher who wouldn't let her pass, had a heart attack last night. No. No, this was a coincidence. This couldn't be us, we didn't do this. My breathing picked up and my vision blurred. I reminded myself to breathe and not to panic. I turned around to Fay who was looking at me with a shocked expression. "Babes. You okay?" Dante asked me with a nudge. I nodded my head and looked forward again, focusing on the sad teacher.

 

"Do you think he's going to make it?" A classmate asked. "We don't know. But don't expect him back at the school if he does. The doctors said it's very likely he has some lasting brain problems, he was out for a long time." She answered. The whole class was silent. I tried to swallow and blinked the blurriness away. This wasn't us. It was a coincidence.

 

"I would like for everybody to send a card to the hospital. It will put Stevenson in great spirits. The address will be put online. Class dismissed."

 

We all stood up and slowly gathered our things. I glanced at Fay a few times and she caught my eye every time. We met up with Elyse and Anna straight away.

 

"Did you hear?" I asked them. Elyse nodded and Anna looked as calm as ever, but I'm sure she was a nervous wreck. "It can't be us, right?" Elyse whispered to us, even though nobody stood close enough to hear us. "No. We're being ridiculous. Of course it's not us." Anna answered. "We haven't even 'paid' so I'm sure it's nothing. No payment, no favours, right?" Fay whispered in return. We all nodded and Fay looked at me with worry. I gave her a weak smile. My wrist, where he touched me, was tingling. I ignored the sensation and turned my head into the direction of Dante and Reggie, who were walking in our direction.  "Dorm party in our dorm on Saturday! You guys ready?" Dante excitedly shouted at us with his thumbs up. 

 

I gave a small smile in response. Maybe this is what I needed. Some time with my friends, having fun and being distracted from my evil thoughts.

 

We all gathered together for lunch and I eagerly opened my lunch box to reveal a mouth watering stir fry. Dante made it for me, he knew what my favourite food was and he loved cooking, so he often made us lunches. The glee on his face when we enjoyed his food always brought a smile to my face as well. I took my first bite and let out an audible moan while closing my eyes. Dante next to me grinned and pulled me closer to him. "I knew you would like my stir fry, Elle. Only the best for you." Dante said in my ear with a grin.

 

I froze on the spot when I heard a voice in my head. His voice.

 

'Little human. Do I have to break someone's hands?'