Demon Beside Me

Chapter 8

More than meets the eye

I walked down the hall not understanding what was going on. Here I was just afraid of the fact that I was going to have to have sex with Mark and try to keep Kate to be my so called friend to me being the new Kate.

This had to be a dream….it just had to be. How many times had I wished for Kate to just vanished how many times had I wanted to be her. Now here I was the new Queen Bee of the school, even Mark was kissing my butt.

I wanted to laugh, smile and while jump all around.

It was weird just seconds ago I was upset at thinking that I could be the new Queen Bee, but now it felt good. I could make sure that people like me didn’t get teased all the time, that people would be treated right, and that the students here could be their selves-not have to listen to what the Queen Bee said.

When I was done there wouldn’t be any more Honey Bees and there wouldn’t be a Queen Bee.

Stephenie and Mindy followed me down the hall while I had the watch as everyone else eyes followed me as they once followed Kate’s. It was weird how the power flow had change in just one night.

Since I was the Queen Bee that meant Stephenie and Mindy where my Honey Bees and I knew that many people thought that I may want to add someone just like Kate had did for me, but I wasn’t going to do that. I was going to stop this entire popular thing.

By second hour I was ready to leave, but by fourth I was ready to roll my eyes the way Kate did when people said things that annoyed her, and by the time school was over I didn’t know what to think other then I like being the new Kate. I was the one everyone was now going to be acting like they liked when really they didn’t.

This made me smile. I was the most popular person in school now. I would have everyone eating out of the palm of my hands. I liked this thought a lot.

This was what I wanted, but I kept telling myself that I shouldn’t get too involved with acting like the Queen Bee, but I couldn’t help but act like a snub for just a bit.

“Minnie I love your hair.” I heard a girl say and this made me stop only to turn to look to see who it was only to see it was Amy. The short red head who thought ugly Betty was my name all the way up until Kate made me one of her Honey Bees. She was running right up to me and I glanced at Mindy only to see her smile, then I looked at Stephenie who was rolling her eyes.

“It’s so thick and pretty.” She continued as she stopping right in front of me. “What kind of shampoo do you use? Do you know what your question is going to be for this week vote?”

“Damn can she breathe for two seconds?” Stephenie asked rolling her eyes at Amy. “Don’t speak to us unless spoken to first.”

Well I didn’t know rather to be shock that Stephenie of all people was trying to help me or wondering if she was doing this for herself.

I chose the latter.

“Steph.” I begin just as Kate did when she wanted her to listen closely to her. “She can talk if she wants.”

I smiled smugly at Stephenie and saw her green eyes look as if she was shooting fire right at me.

“Fine.” She replied and looked at Mindy. “I am getting a ride with my boyfriend see you girls later.”

I watched her go then turned back to look at Britney.

“Thanks Minnie.” She was smiling. It was like I had just told her she had just won the lotto. I tried my hardest not to roll my eyes at her but I know it would be only a matter of time. She had after all teased me none stop when I first got here and even though I knew she had stopped with Kate making me a Honey Bee and all I still could not help but remember the teasing and the fact that she had even tried to make me fall outside on the ground.

“Just hurry up and say what you wanted to say.” I told her with my voice holding no true emotion. I got Mindy face out of the corner of my eyes and saw she looked shocked at my tone but she didn’t say anything.

“Sorry, you must be very busy.”

“Very.” I replied shocked myself at how much I sounded like Kate.

“Well I just want to say I am here for you if you need to talk. We all loved Katelyn so much. It’s so sad that she is gone.” Amy shook her head.

“Yup see you later.” I told her and started to walk away.

“Bye Minnie.” She yelled after me and I knew she had wanted others to know she had been talking to me.

What a fake! She was as bad as Stephenie.

“You ready Mindy.” I asked looking back at her. She looked like she wanted to say something but was too scared to say it. “What is it?” I asked wondering why she thought she should be scared of saying something to me.

“It’s just that….well….you are….” She put her hand on the back of her neck and looked into my eyes. “Nothing.”

“Mindy you can tell me. We are after all always tell each other the true right?”

She smiled and shook her head. “Alright.” She began and let out a breathe. “Ok I just think that you shouldn’t be to mean to everyone. I just don’t want you to be mean like Kate was when she felt like she had to be.”

“You mean like she was all the time.” I corrected her.

“No I mean like when she felt she had to be. Minnie you didn’t know Kate like I did neither did Stephenie for that matter. She may have thought she did but she really didn’t and you didn’t, you really just meant her and you only knew what she showed you.”

“What do you mean?” The question came out like quickly it was almost like I really didn’t what to know what she meant.

“I mean Kate only acted that way because she was scared. I mean don’t get me wrong she has always been her mean self, but it didn’t get out of hand like this until after her parents and she and Jena….well anyway just don’t try to be mean like she was. She just had a lot of things on her plate and I just wish I could have been there for her more, before this happened.”

I wanted to ask her more about what she had meant about Kate parents and Jena, but close not to when I saw the tears coming in her eyes.

Pulling her to me in a hug I told her it would be ok. I knew Kate knew she loved her.

“It’s just hard you know. I have known Kate since I was four.” Mindy said pulling away and wiping her eyes. I felt like I should be sad right now. I had killed Kate and had hurt the girl who was honestly like my best friend. Even though I knew now that she loved Kate more then she loved me, I still loved her more than any of my so called friends.

“I know it is.” Was all I could say as I turned away from her tear stained eyes.

“Hey Jake is walking over here.” I heard Mindy squeak.

I looked back at her and saw her eyes were starting too sparkly. I wondered why but shook it off.

“Hi Jake.” I smiled as I looked at him. He was staring at me with some kind of emotion in his eyes that left me breathless.

“Hi Minnie and Mindy.” He said with his eyes staying on me this made me smile and even blush.

“What brings you over here Jake?” Mindy asked as she moved some of her hair out of her from in front of her eyes. “Did you have a nice game today? I heard you played great.”

“I came over here to talk to Minnie, and yes I had a great game and thanks for asking.” He smiled still looking at me.

I turned from his eyes and looked at Mindy only to see that she was staring at him hardly. I didn’t understand why she was looking at him like that. She looked at me then catching my eyes she smiled.

“I guess I will see you two later.” She continued to smile and then left.

I watched her go not really wanting her to leave me alone with him. I wasn’t sure what I should do with him being so close to me right now.

Early I had thought that Krad and I was broken up or whatever type of relationship we had was over but now I knew that is not the case. So standing right in front of Jake didn’t make anything easy.

I still thought Jake was cute but I like Krad a lot. So I wasn’t sure what I was going to do.

“So do I now have to wait until you want to talk to me before I talk to you?”

I turned back to him and saw that Jake was standing right by me smiling warmly at me. His eyes looked so nice and I tried my hardest not to blush.

“You can talk to me anytime you want.” I said to him and watch as his smile grew even wider. “I am about to go, but maybe you could call me sometime or something?”

“How about I drive you home?” He wasn’t really asking, no he was telling me.

I liked that, but knew I shouldn’t. I was a killer and a cheater!

Krad could be watching me right now for all I knew. He was after all someone I was involved with or something like that. He may have stayed around to see me for all I knew, but for some reason I wanted to go with Jake maybe because it had always been a dream of mine for him to like me to.

“Sure, I just need to go and tell…..” I stopped when I saw him….Krad standing right across from me. His eyes were blazing right into mine. I stood still and didn’t know how I was going to move. I just looked at him then back at Jake who was now staring at me.

“Sorry Jake, maybe time. I and Mindy are going somewhere. I’m sure she is at her car waiting for me.” I told him and looked back at Krad and saw that he was looking at Jake like he wanted to kill him but was fighting it.

“Next time.” He said and walked off.

I didn’t even have time to dream about what we would have talked about if I did let him drive me home. No I had to walk over to where Krad was standing looking like he was ready to kill.

“What are you doing? Are you spying on me or something?”

“No, but it looks like you need someone to spy on you.” He let out and pulled me to him when I became close in his reach.

“Krad what’s wrong with you?” I asked as I lowered my eyes at him. He just kept me close and I didn’t even know why I was letting him hold me so tightly.

“Diamond let’s get out of here.” He finally said and let me go.

I rolled my eyes but I did follow him to the where ever he was making me go. I saw that he was walking towards the football field and this made me shake my head.

Why on earth was he making me follow him here?

I knew that the football team would not be here and all, but it didn’t stop me from hating the fact that I had to follow him. It was like I was nothing more than a puppy that listened to everything he said.

He stopped once we got to the middle of the field and he sent down. I followed him sitting right by him and I saw that he smiled at me. Krad seemed to love it when I listened to him.

“Who was that?” He asked as if he really wanted to know not like he was jealous at all.

I smiled at him and frowned knowing he was clearly jealous just didn’t want to act like it. This made me feel good. I don’t know why, but him being jealous made me think that maybe he may have liked me more than I thought he did.

“Just a friend.” I whispered not wanting him to know I knew he was jealous. I tried to hold back the laughter that was trying to come out in my tone.

“Does this friend have a name?” He asked with his eyes staring right at my hands.

“Yes his name is Jake. Why?”

“Do you like this ‘friend’?” His voice became dark when he said friend and this made me look up at him.

His eyes looked red now I wasn’t sure why but I didn’t like it. It made me feel scared.

“Krad your eyes-” I began and he cut me off with a low growl.

“Answer the damn question.” He said closing his eyes and he looked to be fighting himself.

Did he really think I was going to tell him that I had a crush on Jake? That I had wished and dreamed of kissing Jake since I first meant him. I wasn’t going to tell Krad that no way. There was no way-

Krad jumped on top of me and my back didn’t hit the ground hard for he had made sure that I hit the ground slow. His eyes stared down at me glowing red and I was terrified.

“Krad what’s wrong with you?” I asked shaking.

“You like him.” He whispered out his lips right by my ear. “I hate this part.” He angrily said laughing in my ear.

“I never said that.”

“But you thought it.” He spat and tightly hard me close to him.

I closed my eyes and let out a breath.

“How would you know what I was thinking Krad?”

“You’re easy to read.”

“Krad, I….like you.” I whispered hoping I was right when I thought he liked me to.

He pulled back from me and looked into my eyes that I had just opened. I saw that his eyes where there stormy blue again. This made me smile at him.

“But you still lust for him.” He said his eyes looking as if he was saying an inside joke.

Before I could sigh at him he kissed me and ran his fingers though my hair.

I kissed him back and I loved the way his soft lips began to nibble on my bottom lip making me moan out.

It was so weird how one minute he would be so mad at me, then now he was kissing me like he have never been angry at all. His mood swings where like the sun and the moon.

His lips are so lovely. I wanted him to never stop kissing me but he did. He pulled away from me and I frowned up at him.

As Krad got off of me and pulled me up from off my back. I stared at him wondering why he had stopped.

“Are you ok about Kate now?” He asked all of a sudden.

I frowned and shook my head yes.

“Good, love. I don’t want you worrying about her.” He said and then grabbed my hand to kiss it. “We have other things to think about.”

“Like what?” I asked my eyes on our hands.

“Diamond we need to talk about things.” He said and stared at me with a mysteries look in his eyes.

“What things?”

“You for one.”

“Me?” I asked not understanding why he wanted to talk about me of all people. It wasn’t like I was very interesting.

“Yes you, I want to know more about you.”

“Like what?”

“Why do you hate your step father so much?” He asked all of a sudden.

“Where is that coming from?” I asked not liking where this conversation was going.

“I don’t like you upset, so I must know.” He said lightly and leaned forward to kiss my cheek.

“I don’t hate him really.” I lied slightly. I did care for him, but it was my hate for my father leaving that kept me from opening up to my step father. Sometimes I wished he would die so I could get money from him. At least then he would have done something for me and I hated my step mother even more for taking him away from me, but it was my pride that kept me from admitting it a lot load.

“Greed.” He whispered smiling.

“What?” I asked yet again frowning at him for not understanding.

“Nothing, love pride is something that gets in the way of life, but…..” He paused like he was thinking about what he could say. “Well let’s stop with that for now.”

He got up and held his hand out for me only for me to take it letting him pull me up. I laughed when I saw him smirk at me.

A/N: Sorry everyone I didn’t have time to edit this. I know it isn’t that long, but I had to cut some stuff out. Sorry.

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