Chosen For Life

Chapter 9

Tuesday, April 28th, 9:19am

Mitra

I woke up to the sound of a door being unlocked and opened. I opened my eyes to see Gabriel at the entrance, in a simple black shirt and jeans. His hair slicked back, and out his face. Why did he have to be so attractive?

"Wake up, we have to go to Jaxon and Ariel." he said flatly, throwing a jumble of clothes on the bed. "Something in there should fit you," he said, turning to leave, shutting the door behind him.

I knew I shouldn't feel any type of sadness from the way he was treating me, but I did. Sex wasn't something out of the ordinary for me, but I couldn't shake the feeling that the night before was something different. The way Gabriel broke down in front of me, as vulnerable as he was, it made my heart ache.

Pondering in my own head, I stood up to get changed. I winced at the soreness I felt between my legs, a result from the night before.

I sighed, as I searched through the clothes Gabriel had given me. I shook my head at the options, they were atrocious. Settling for sweatpants and a t-shirt, I threw my hair up in a messy bun, and made my way to leave.

Before I made it to the door, Gabriel was already there. He stepped to the side, allowing me to pass him. I kept my head down as I walked by him, getting a whiff of his scent as I did. It took everything in me to not turn around and throw myself onto him. I heard him grunt behind me, but I decided to ignore it. I didn't want to talk to him anymore than I needed to.

I felt him walking next to me, and I made sure to keep a distance between us. If he touched me, I wasn't confident I could keep myself off of him.

Although I was walking beside him, really I was following him, as he led me outside his house. He started to walk in front of me, making his way through the front door of his house. I walked outside, turning to shut the door as I did. He was already at his car, opening the door to sit in the driver's seat. I decided to sit in the back seat, maintaining the distance I wanted to keep between us.

"What am I, your uber driver?" he asked. I could sense the joking tone in his voice, but I wasn't in the mood to joke with him. If I was going to talk to him, it was going to be about last night. Or the fact that I was could be pregnant, and why I didn't want him to perform the spell on me.

I just kept my eyes focused on the scenery outside my window as we drove to Jaxon and Ariel's house. I could feel my heart pounding. I was seeing my best friends, but there wasn't an excited bone in my body. This was the first time I've ever dreaded seeing Jaxon and Ariel in all of our years of friendship. They needed to see me, not because they wanted to, they just needed to get answers. In their eyes, I was the enemy.

I felt tears prickling at my eyes, but I held them back. I could feel Gabriel's eyes on me through his rear view mirror, but I didn't look back at him. I was feeling too many things at once and I needed to get a hold of myself. I hardly ever let my emotions get the best of me.

My heart sunk as we pulled into their driveway. My breaths were shaky as I stepped out of the car, shutting the door behind me. I made my way around the car, keeping my eyes on the ground in front of me. Gabriel, waiting for me at the front of the car, motioned for me to walk past him again. I tried to walk past him as quickly as possible, making my way to the front door. I felt Gabriel behind me, and tried not to cower away from his arm as he reached over me to knock on the door.