In Love with a Kidnapper - Episode 7

 

Nathans warm lips pressed onto mine. I instantly pushed him back, and the breeze had ended, the flowers fell down onto my hand. I couldn’t help but blush.
” Um.” I began to stutter not looking straight at his eyes. I looked down at my feet and started playing with my fingers. It was awkward now. I couldn’t think right . I couldn’t think of the right words to put what just happened, all in my mind was that me and Nathan kissed…
” Looks like you win, I’ll tell you a story,” He said trying to change the subject of what just happened.
” Ye-Yeah” I said. He sat down on the side of the fountain, he had a compassionate look on his face. I sat beside him only a few inches away. I looked at Nathan at the corner of my eye. He was trying to figure out how to put it in words.
” Me and Daniel, are not really brothers, Daniel was adopted,” he began, ” At first,when Cole and I were kids and were happy to have a new brother to the family, we treated him like he was part of the family. The only thing was that Daniel was,” He paused, thinking of the right words, ” dangerous. When Cole played with him, Cole was changing slowly, and soon it was just the two of them. I noticed in middle school when girls would fall head over heels for Cole, Daniel would stop them.” I blinked at him, what did he mean by stop? He gave me a small glare and continued.
” In other words, Daniel wanted Cole all by himself, Cole as stupid as he is, didn’t even notice how people drifted away from him slowly.”.
” Did he do the same to you?” I asked

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. He looked at me straight in the eyes.
” Yes,” he whispered and clenched his fist. Did that mean Daniel do something to Lucy? But Aunt Marie said that Lucy made Nathan heartbroken, not Daniel. My opinion on Daniel began to change, I thought Daniel as the mysterious crazy hot athletic type, but now it was hard to find the right words to describe him.
” Then what about Lucy?” I asked.
” None of your business,” He chuckled. My eyes widened.
” But you said-” I complained.
” I said I would tell you A story , you really think I was going to tell you about Lucy? Shes none of your concern,” he smiled, I flinched, even though I was a little curious about what Daniel said to me back then about him and Nathan don’t commute, I was more curious about Lucy. I glared at Nathan who was giving a small smirk, I sighed, I wasn’t going to get the real story out of him. My body felt more disappointed than before. It was quiet now.
” Sorry,” He whispered. I looked up at his face, his face was depressed, what did Lucy exactly do? I turned away.
Without warning a large bang startled me. I looked above me, the clouds were dark, and a raindrop soon hit my eye. I closed my eyes, I loved the rain ever since I was a little child. Jake had told me that when your in the rain it can wash all your miseries away, that is why he loved the rain so much too.. But I had a different theory. I loved the rain because no one can see me crying.
” We should get going, now” Nathan sighed and got up. I followed along. I felt something brush onto my legs and skimmed into a rose bush, it startled me and made me scream, unknowingly I jumped into Nathans arms.
” Whats wrong?” Nathan said panicky from my reaction, the rain started to drizzle down more making our hair wet, it was cold but gentle.
” I-I felt something brush against my legs and it jumped into the bush,” I said still holding onto Nathan. The bush began to rustle, I clenched onto Nathan harder.
” Look again,” He sighed. I turned at the bush, and a cute black cat had popped out of the bush, it had small yellow eyes and a red collar with a small bell tied to its neck. It was drenched in water.
” A black cat? ” I blinked, and I looked back at Nathan who was looking away from me.
” Could you let go now, its hard to breathe,” he said coldly, I immediately let go.
” S-Sorry,” I began to blush, more embarrassment coming my way again. The black cat walked up closer to me and nuzzled onto my leg. It was cute.
” Aww,” I cooed and bent down to pet it, ignoring that it was now pouring outside. Nathan scoffed, hes not much of a cat person is he?
” There you are, Poe!” a voice had shouted in the background. A shadow figure rushed towards us. It was Cole, he wore a soaked green sweater with baggy jeans and his hair was drenched from the rain. His blue eyes glistered against the rainfall. He scooped up the black cat; apparently named Poe, he gave a slight smile at me. He totally ignored Nathan, did they fight? I remembered that they whispered something back in Nathans room during the confession, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.
” You have a pet cat, Cole?” I asked, ignoring the weird vibe that is being sent by him and Nathan. I am going to interrogate Nathan on whats going on between him and Cole.
” Well, sorta, I found him this morning, he strayed near my window and I couldn’t help it but keep him, hes so cute” He smiled holding up Poe in a gentle manner. I giggled, and turned around, Nathan had left. I looked around, how could he leave so swiftly? Cole gave me a small grin.
” Do you want to go back to Nathan now?” He whispered in a small tone.
” Eh? No that isn’t it,” I smiled.
” Oh!” His face brightened, “Then, come with me, I wanna show you something,”. I gave him a confuse look and we ran inside before we got more soaked. Poe jumped off Cole’s arm and wandered around the kitchen. He meowed and purred at the fridge, Cole and I looked at each other and laughed. I still felt awkward around Cole, after hearing that he is falling for me, should I just stay away from him? I shook away that thought, Cole was great friend, even if he was a kidnapper he was comforting it was hard to let go of a friend like him.
” Something wrong?” Cole asked giving me a worried look.
” No,” I gave a small smile. Cole looked at me curiously, then smiled.
” Follow me,” he whispered and took my hand. We tiptoed upstairs while our clothes dripped onto the carpet leaving puddle marks on the ground. We walked in a unfamiliar hallway.
We stop in front of a strange door, it was different than the others in the hallway, for once. It shone dark scarlet red and the handle knob was golden. A music note was engraved on the corner, a music room perhaps? Cole opened the door and inside was a small room it was scarlet red. On the sides of the room were small book shelves with picture frames and piano sheets. In the middle of the room was large grand piano. It was clean and smooth, it had no finger prints what so ever.
” My mom, use to play on this piano when we were little,” He began, ” Whenever we were all fighting, mother would bring us to this room where she would play a gentle soothing melody, and suddenly we stopped fighting and listened to the melody, ” He chuckled remembering a moment. She sounded like a wonderful mother. Cole opened the piano and sat down. He then played a melody that was amazing, I closed my eyes.
I imagined myself in a dark room, there was a dim light showing at the top. A boy stepped out onto the light, he wore a black tuxedo and a red tie. I couldn’t see his face, but my face brightened when I saw him. I wore a long velvet dress that went up to my knees and my hair was tied up and hanged down onto the side. He held out his hand and I placed mine on top of his, he pulled me in closer and we swayed around slow dancing.
” Well?” Cole answered, he stopped playing.
” It was amazing!Your so talented! ” I exclaimed coming back from imagination world. I smiled.
” Thanks,” He said blushing.
” You and Nathan should make a duet together! It would sound awesome!” I shouted, then realized what I had just said. Cole’s eyes went into disappointment. I forgot they were in a fight. But what was the fight about? It was a little awkward, for some reason I wanted to go, like I was missing someone. I stepped back a bit. Cole looked at me with straight eyes, was he going to confess? Then he turned away. I had to set him straight that I think of him as a friend. But did I have the guts to do it?
” Where did you get that scar?” he whispered, changing the subject. Not a great subject to talk about though.
” What?” I asked confusedly, when did he ever see my scar? I looked onto my shoulder, I forgotten that I was wearing a one sleeve top, I covered the top with a laced poncho. I didn’t think people could see the scar through it.
” Oh…” I said in a worried tone, I felt tears forming in my eyes, I tried to suck them back in. Cole walked closer towards me. ” I’d rather not talk about it,” I said stepping back, Cole’s face was straight it was haunting to me. I wanted to get out of here.
” Tell me,” He whispered in a stern voice. Why was he like this? I looked away touching the doorknob, Cole walked in closer.
” Please?,” He gave me a worried look, then he placed his hand behind my head and pulled me closer almost making our lips touched. A sudden flash of all my memories in the forest came, I flinched.
” Sorry! I don’t think of you like that! I’d like it if we stayed friend, ” I shouted and pushed him back and ran out the door, I could feel some guilt follow behind my footsteps. What has gotten into Cole?
I turned and immediately walked into the first door I saw. I closed the door quietly, and swiped away the tears, panicking. I looked around the room, the room was carpeted red and elegantly as usual. It was dark the only light came from the lit fireplace at the front and on the sides of the room were tall book shelves. A record player was on the side playing a tune. In the middle was a long couch which laid a figure. I walked up closer. Someone laid there sleeping with a book over his head. I stepped back and headed for the door.
” He’s still looking for you out there,” a voice said. I flinched and turned around, judging from the voice I knew instantly it was Nathan. My face brightened when I saw his face. His hair was messy and he wore a black sweater with a red t-shirt underneath with his usual baggy jeans. He looked at me curiously, he gave a compassionate face and I ran towards him. Tears flowed down my cheeks. He simply put his arms around me and hugged me. I felt relieved and safe. The record music soon skidded to a stop and Nathan let go of me and went towards the record, It was a old fashioned record, he lifted the needle and changed the record. He looked at me with weird eyes. I gave him a confused look. He held out his hand.
” Do you know how to dance?” He smiled. I nodded in and unsure way.
” Well, then I’ll teach you,” He said, pulling me towards him.
” Ah, but I’m really bad,” I complained.
” And stubborn too,” Nathan added. I sighed. He put his hands on my waist and I put my arms around his neck, I looked down at my feet. However it was hard to keep track at what I was doing.
” Its better to look up,” Nathan chuckled. I looked up and I saw his cute charming face. His jade green eyes shined mysteriously towards me, it was hard for me to turn away. I began to blush and look the other way.
” Ow,” He squinted, I stepped on his foot.
” Sorry!” I blurted stepping back, sadly Nathan was still holding onto me, making me trip backwards dragging him along down to the floor. A felt a small sting at the back of my head, I flinched and opened my eyes, Nathan had his hands beside me, he was in the plank exercise position except his face so close to my face and I was under him.
” Your still clumsy as always,” He smiled, I began to blush and I turned me head to the side.
” Are you and Cole in a fight,” I asked, ignoring the awkwardness. Nathan sighed, and he rolled over beside me, and sat up. I sat beside him. From afar it would like two random kids sitting on the floor next to each other.
” I’m guessing that is a yes,” I sighed, ” will you tell me what you were fighting about?”. I felt like some therapist trying to solve some sibling problem. It was silent then he gave me a small glare and faced me.
” You,” he whispered, my eyes widened.
” Me…?” I asked shocked. They were fighting over me?
” After he confessed about loving you, I told him well he is going to have competition because I -” Nathan stopped, noticing what he was saying, which made me curious.
” You what?” I asked. He looked at me straight in the eyes.
” I love you,” He confessed.
Tbc