Demon Beside Me

Chapter 16

I did say I needed a Break

He gave me a ride home, and I was happy that I didn’t live that far from Steph’s house. When we finally got to my house, I got off of his bike and looked at him.

Krad seemed upset for whatever reason. He was just fine a few minutes ago so I wondered why he was upset now.

“What wrong?” I asked him eyeing him carefully.

Krad just kept looking ahead, not evening trying to look my way. I frowned at him. Why was he acting like this?

“I hate this.” He began, still not looking at me. “I hate that you’ll even-” He paused and then looked hard at me, with his stormy blue eyes looking as if he was ready to jump right on me. I moved my left foot back, and put my hand on my neck staring at him. “You love me right?”

The question seemed dumb to me. I wanted to hit his arm for even asking me a question like that.

I loved him. I loved him a lot.

“Krad is this about the whole, I need a break thing.” I asked him taping my foot.

“No it’s about something else.” His voice was soft and quiet. I was surprised I had even heard him. “Are you going to be alright with the whole Stephenie thing?”

I didn’t like how he said that but chose to ignore it. “I guess I will be. I just need to think about all of this. I need to sleep it off or something. I mean she’s dead now. What am I going to do when I go to school?”

“Act normal.” He chuckled.

Again I didn’t like how he made it seem like nothing was wrong. It was as if, just because Stephenie had just died his life wasn’t going to stop.

He should feel saddened by this. He was after all there when she died. I know he didn’t know much about Stephenie, and then only the bad things that I may have told him, but she still was a person none the less.

My eyes looked hard at him, and I saw that he now finally tuned his head to look at me. His eyes looked happy now.

Why was he so happy all of a sudden?

“I’ll see you later, love.”

I opened my mouth to say wait one minute, but he just drove off.

Sighing I walked up my walk way and right up to my house door. I unlocked it and walked in closing, as well as, locking it behind me.

My mom was sitting down on the sofa with Henry. I saw that Amanda looked like she was falling asleep on the floor with her cartoon on the TV.

“Minnie did you have fun on your date?” My mother asked smiling as she got up off of the sofa to walk to me. “Did you two kiss?”

“Mom.” I yelled shocked.

Amanda jumped up as if being hit in the head. She looked over to where I was and happily got up smiling and running to me. She jumped up and down trying to get me to pick her up, but my eyes left hers only to look back at my mom.

“Mom I can’t believe you asked me that.” I told her.

“Min-ie.” Amanda cried pulling on my shirt.

“Hey I know you are sixteen, and you may want to kiss and what not.” She began and I rolled my eyes sighing loudly. “We haven’t had that talk.”

“Mom!”

“I don’t think she needs the talk. She knows what to do.” I heard my step father say as he looked over at us. “I want to meet this young man as well.”

“My mom already met him.” I told him trying hard not to roll my eyes.

Amanda pulled at my shirt again this time stomping her feet.

“Min-ie, up-up.” She said trying to gain my attention.

“Minnie be nice, you dad just wants to meet him.”

I picked up Amanda and she smiled happy at getting what she wanted.

“I’m going to bed. I am tired.”

“Me to, Min-ie.” I shook my head knowing she wanted to sleep with me.

I needed to sleep with someone today. I needed to hold someone, even if it was my little innocent sister.

We went up stairs and into my room.

“I need to go change my cloths and I’ll be back ok.” I told her getting my clothes from my closet. When I turn to look at her I saw that she was already making my bed her own.

She shook her head and closed her eyes.

Amanda could go to bed when she wanted. I thought with a huge smile. I loved the little girl so much, but it worried me that she was looking up to me. A killer.

What would she think of me when she got older and found out? What would my mom or brother think? What would people at school think? What would Henry think?

I shook my head at what Henry would think. I didn’t care too much about what he thought. He was just some guy my mom married. That was all.

By the time I got back into my room, after changing into my sleeping clothes, I saw that Amanda was sleep already.

I lay down with her and closed my eyes hoping tomorrow would bring something happy.

A ring from my phone woke me up. I looked and saw that Amanda was now turning in her sleep at the ring.

It was the weekend so I had planned to sleep in late. I was trying to forget Stephenie and what happened.

I reached for my phone and opened it.

“Hello?”

“Minnie you won’t believe what happened.” Mindy’s voice sounded like she was crying.

She knew. I closed my eyes knowing what she was about to say. Stephenie was dead. Please let her say something else. Please.

“It’s Stephenie she’s dead, Minnie dead.” I heard her say through whimpers. “She fell off of her stair case. They say she must have her slipped because she was wearing socks on their newly waxed floor. I always told her not to wear socks on the floor.”

“Oh Mindy are you going to be ok?” I asked her feeling so sad that I was the one that had done this to her. I was the one that made her cry.

“I’m going to be fine. I just need to get out.” She said I just knew she was on the break of breaking all the way down soon. “We need to do something. Ok. Jake called me and said that he and Drake would take us out to talk and stuff.”

“Mindy, I am kind seeing some in a way.” I explained.

I knew that Krad and me where taking a break because of all of the things that were happening, but I kind of felt like I was cheating on him if I went out with Jake. Even if it was with Mindy and Drake.

“I need you there with me Minnie. You’re all I have now.” She sounded like she was begging and pleading with me at the same time.

I owed her this. I knew. So I told her I’d go.

We were in Jake’s car, parked right outside of the park that was close to my house. Since we were on the other side of the park, it would be a few more blocks to get home then normal. Mindy and Drake had walked off somewhere on their own, and because of that I was here in the car with Jake, looking at me like he was in love or something.

I stared at him and saw that he clearly wanted to do more than just look at me. I felt my heart beat harder looking at him like that.

How many times had I dreamt of him looking at me like that? I had lost count a long time ago, but knew I was happy that he was looking at me like that.

I should have never allowed myself to be in this car alone with him. Here I was temping myself with him here. I was still kind of involved with Krad.

“So tell me Minnie, what’s your real name?”

I stared at him. Didn’t he already know it? I shook my head at that. Duh he knew it in my day dream not real life.

I told him and watched his face smile at me.

“You have a lovely name.” He said touching my arm. “But it’s not as lovely as you.”

“Wow Jake getting cheesy?” I asked him laughing loudly.

“I just wasn’t you to laugh.” He began with a grin. He must have been happy that I was laughing. “You have been so uptight since you got in the car. You can talk to me. I am here for you.”

His voice was just above a whisper, and I felt right then that I could trust him. That he would listen and try to help me.

“Jake it’s just that well I killed Kate and Stephenie. I didn’t mean to kill them. They were accidents. It all happened so fast. Now I don’t know what to do. Krad keeps telling me that going to the police will just get us in jail or something, but I’m starting to feel like jail is the only place I will feel safe.”

Jake eyes looked calmly at me and he touched my face lightly with his right hand wiping away my tears. I didn’t even know I had begun to cry.

He whispered my name and put on a friendly smile.

“It’s going to be ok. I’m here for you. I’ll help you with everything. Just tell me what you need. I’ll support you in anything you want to do.”

My eyes lit up at that. He was going to help me. He was going to be there for me. Even after everything.

‘Don’t cry, Minnie.”

I jumped at his voice. I stared at him. I had been day dreaming?

His dark eyes stared into my eyes as if he was worried about me.

I just shook my head again. I had been day dreaming?

“Jake I-”

“Hey Jake, Minnie, me and Mindy are going to leave now.” I heard Drake say when he got to the car. “You two will be ok?”

“Wait how are you two getting home?” I asked all of a sudden.

“I live right up there about a few blocks from here.” He smiled and then looked at Mindy who looked to be trying to wipe her eyes.

I stared at her trying to see if she was alright, and she smiled at me as if she was, so I just smiled back telling myself to call her when I got home.

“I guess we should leave too.” I said then the thought of getting out and walking with Mindy, to make sure she got home safely came to mind. “Maybe I should go with them. I do live on the other side of this park.”

Jake’s eyes looked at mine quickly. “No I’ll take you home.”

“Yeah he’ll take you home.” Drake said and then looked at Mindy quickly then back at me. “Me and Mindy are going to my house, so we aren’t going your way.”

I knew what he was trying to say. Don’t mess this up for me. I wanted to roll my eyes at him, but I saw how Jake was looking at me. He looked like he wanted me to be safe. I looked at Mindy and saw that she did look ready to leave.

Would my coming along mess up her night?

I sighed and said ok.

“Good, I’ll see you two later.” Drake told us. He looked at Jake briefly as if telling him something, and then walked off with Mindy who had now grabbed a hold of his hand laughing.

She wanted to go with him. I guessed.

Jake looked back at me when they had walked off, and I looked at him with a grin.

“So what do you want to do?” He asked me with a smile.

“I would like to go home.” I told him knowing I could never tell him about Kate and Steph. I just felt like going home, now that Mindy was gone and not coming back.

“Come on, Minnie.” He replied. “Let’s talk or something.”

I stared at him knowing talking was not something on his mind. The or something was what he wanted to do, but I wasn’t too sure how far the or something was. Was it a simple kiss, making out, or more?

That’s when he leaned down and kissed me.

My first reaction was surprise, but I recovered from that quickly and tried to move away from him, but he tried to move me closer to him.

“Stop.” I yelled at him trying to push him.

He said my name while trying to pushing me even closer to him. “I can’t! I just want you.”

I moved my hand on the car door and was able to open it but fell out. I hit the cold ground and begin to get up.

“Minnie stop.”

I heard his voice call to me when I got up and started running away.

“Leave me alone.” I yelled back at him.

How had I let myself get here? I had just killed Stephenie, and now the guy who I had liked since I moved to this stupid place, was now trying to hurt me.

Was this pay back for what I had done to Kate and Stephenie?

I kept running but I felt him getting closer to me, and I fell over a tree root that was sticking up out of the ground. I cursed the tree and I looked up only to see that Jake was now standing up over me.

“Minnie I want you so badly.” He said getting down on his knees so he could get on top of me. I pushed at him.

“Stop Jake.” I yelled. “Why are you doing this?”

“I don’t know. I just really need you.” He said and tried to kiss me again.

I tried to fight him, but then I stopped because I saw him. Krad was standing above us and his eyes where glowing red. He looked ready for blood and I hoped right then and there it wasn’t my blood he wanted.

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