Life by Patricia Silva (e books for reading TXT) 📕

The three creatures I cared about more than anything. Tomas, Blake and Sophia.

Sorry Tomas. Sorry Blake. Sorry Sophia.

Goodbye Tomas. Goodbye Blake. Goodbye Sophia.

Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.

It was ten o'clock in the morning and I was still laying in bed. I didn't sleep at all last night, I didn't see the point. And now, I didn't see the point in getting up.

Unevidently, there was one, because I got up and got dressed. It was June and it had been warm and the sky had been azure, however today it was rather cold and there were storm clouds in the sky.

Tomas never did tell me the rain story.

I put on skinny jeans, a grey v-neck and black vans. I looked in the mirror. My sad little eyes actually looked happy when I put on a fake smile. My hair grew out quite a bit, it reached the middle of my stomach. I also gained a little muscle from all of the training with Tomas. Because of all of these details, if I added a little make up, maybe even nicer clothes, I suppose that I might be considered pretty. Too bad that didn't matter.

I put on a black hoodie and went into the hallway. The house was quiet. Lisa and Sophia had spent the night in the guest bedrooms. Was everyone still asleep?

I quietly went down the stairs and I began to hear a hushed conversation coming from the kitchen. I stopped, accidently putting my foot down a little harder than I had intended, dispelling the whispers. I bit my lip and waited for them to say something to me. When there was only silence I decided to continue down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Lisa was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee. Tomas was at the sink, drying off some wet dishes. Neither one of them looked at me.

"Good morning..." I said quietly.

Lisa looked up and smiled when she saw me. "Good morning," she said brightly.

Tomas turned around and smirked at me. "Morning," he said cheerfully.

Tomas was wearing the same thing he was the day before, which worried me. At least Lisa was wearing something different; a pale pink v-neck, jeans and a grey cardigan, her blonde hair in a ponytail.

I took a seat across from her.

"Is Sophia up yet?" she asked.

"Um no, I don't think so."

"Well, that's good I guess. She was up late last night. She kept saying she heard loud noises, I had to tell her it was just in her imagination, when it really wasn't." She flashed a glare at Tomas.

"Sorry," he mumbled.

 "What were you doing last night?" I asked. He didn't answer.

"What were you doing?" Lisa repeated.

Tomas ran out of dishes. He turned to face us and sighed.

"Nothing," he said, taking a seat at the end of the table, between Lisa and I, "I was just going through some things."

"What kind of things?" I questioned.

He looked at me for a second then shrugged. "Just...things," he mumbled.

"Goodmorning," Sophia said as she entered the room.

"Goodmorning," we said, one after another.

She took a seat next to her mentor, ending the conversation.

"So... what are we gonna do today?" Sophia asked awkwardly.

"Just wait around, I guess," replied Lisa.

And so the day dragged on. Later in the afternoon some of Tomas' friends and coworkers began showing up. This made Sophia a bit uncomfortable, though she eventually began to get used to them. I, on the other hand, had met almost all of them before. There was only one that I did not reconize; a tall guy with slightly tanned skin, dirty-blonde hair and blue eyes, who couldn't have been more than a couple of years older than me.

Everyone was talking to someone else, except for the two of us. After another minute or so, he seemed to notice this as well. He walked up to me with a slight smirk on his face, which only made him seem even more handsome.

"You must be Siena?" He asked as he approached me.

"Yep," I replied with a grin.

"I'm Jared."

"Nice to meet you," I said, putting out a hand.

Instead of shaking it, he, unnecessarily, bowed down to me, making me feel extremely awkward. I could feel my cheeks blush as I swiftly looked around the room to make sure no one else saw it.

"Um, that... that really isn't necessary," I said as he straightened up.

"Well, I should get used to it." He was still smirking.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you are soon to be a princess and I'm training to be a knight," he replied cheerfully.

"Oh. Well, that's... great!" I said as cheerfully as possible.

"Perhaps I'll have the pleasure of seeing you around the castle in a few years."

"A few years?" I questioned a bit too sadly, as if I almost forgot what was going to happen tonight.

"Yeah, I just turned fifteen, I can't start actually working at Main Castle until I'm seventeen."

"Oh, right. Well, I hope we can see eachother around. Maybe even before then?"

Oh god. Was I actually attempting to flirt? Right now, today, of all days?

"Maybe. I would love to get to know you." His smile grew a little wider, and my heart sunk a little deeper.

Jared and I continued our awkward and internally sad conversation for around an hour or so. Then, we all got together in a group and discussed this and that, questioned this and that, and debated this and that. Then, something I will probably say, and have already said, quite often, the day dragged on.

Eventually, night time came around. Tomas, Lisa, and the about fifteen other creatures stayed in the living room while Sophia and I were forced to go to our rooms. There was a mild amount of chatter coming from down stairs, enough so that when Sophia stopped at her door and whispered to me no one else was able to hear.

"Siena?"

"Yeah?" I turned to face her.

"You are going to stay here tonight, aren't you?" She questioned.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not a little kid. Don't act like I don't know what's going on."

I sighed. "Sophia, remember that night about a year ago? When mom left us home alone and those creatures broke into our house? Remember how I told you that, no matter what, I would always protect you?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm always going to protect you, or at least make sure you're always safe."

"I thought we're both safe right now?"

"We are. But I know you must be confused, about alot of things."

"I kinda am."

"Yeah, well, there's alot of things I'm confused about, as well."

"Siena... promise me that you're gonna stay in your room tonight?"

"I promise that I am going to do whatever you need me to do in order to keep you safe."

Her eyes glowed bright as she smiled at me. Before she could say anything else, I kissed her on the forehead and slowly closed the door. I stood there until I heard her get into bed.

"Too bad staying in my room all night won't keep you safe," I whispered into the door barely loud enough for myself to hear.

I walked over to my own door and opened it, but I stopped when I heard Tomas come up behind me. I turned around to face him. He looked at me with heavy eyes and in his tired look I saw a bit of hope.

His eyes glowed slightly when he spoke. "I know your mother doesn't know anything about this, but if she did, I know that she'd be here tonight."

"Tomas, you and I both know very well that there's a reason why she doesn't know."

"Siena, she-"

"Tomas. Can I spend tonight thinking about only one negative thing?"

He looked down and nodded.

"Well... good night."

I hugged him and mumbled into his chest, "Good night."

"Good night, sweetheart," he mumbled back and kissed my head.

"You already said that," I said as we pulled away.

"Yeah, I know."

My eyes glowed bright as we gave eachother one last weary look. I opened my door and stepped in my room, then closed it slowly.

I had not noticed how fast time had gone by as I watched the birds settle down in the old tree outside my window. When I looked at the clock it was nearly midnight. My heart racing, I jumped up and put my shoes and jacket on. I rolled up a blanket, placed it on my bed and placed the letters, along with one of my own, on top of my pillow, then covered it all with the other blankets.

As quietly as possible, I climbed out of the window and shut it.

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Publication Date: 11-21-2012

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