As The Sun Sets by Erinny Rose (novels for beginners .TXT) 📕

it was about eleven forty five” I answered “anyway, I went over to him and said I love you and I laid down next to him, then he sat back up and asked what we were doing when you guys got here”
“Oh Lana” whispered Bree looking as though she was going to cry
“That’s so bad” said Kiah “are you ok?”
“I’ll survive” I grumbled
“Yeah” sighed Kiah “you always say that”, both of them were staring at me, so I was quite relieved when the bell went.
“Hey you two” I said putting on a smile as I tried again to change the subject “I get my car back today, want to go bowling?” I said as we left the classroom.
“That’s great Lana I really love your car and bowling sounds good” squealed Bree
“Yeah I’m game” said Kiah smiling
“Your game for what?” asked Willow as we reached Gabriel’s car
“Bowling, who wants to come?” I asked
“Sure, sounds good” said Gabriel
“We can come” said Demitri speaking for himself and Willow
“What’s the occasion?” asked Willow
“I get my car back” I grinned


Chapter Five
As September moved in to October the sunny weather seemed to disappear to be replaced with the bitter cold, rain and of course ice, I suppose there was only one thing that was good about this which was the eight week break only sixth formers were entitled to. I had my first week planned already, I was going to catch up on some sleep for the first few days, and then I was going to spend time with Gabriel and then with the rest of my friends, but unfortunately my first day of sleep was interrupted at nine in the morning when the phone rang. “Great” I groaned “that’s why I never plan anything in advance” I mumbled as I reached over to my bedside table to pick up my phone “Hello?”
“Heya love” said the voice on the other end
“Dad! What happened! You said you were going to call me in the evening on the day you left! Do you even know how long it has been?”
“Yeah I’m really sorry honey, I got distracted”
All of a sudden I felt my anger flare up “dad!” I shouted “it has been a month since I have seen you, a month with no contact and your excuse is that you got distracted, it’s not good enough! And I take it your only ringing because you want something” I knew that I was being rude but I didn’t care
“Wait a second Lana, I’m ringing to see how you and Dylan are and…” he paused “to tell you I’m staying for another month”
“Great, dad” I said trying to keep my voice even, “yes we are doing fine dad”
“That’s good honey; I am doing ok here as well”
“Good for you, oh no,” I said in an obviously sarcastic tone “look at the time, I must get going, bye dad” I lied then put the phone down shaking with anger, I sat there for a few minutes trying to calm down, then decided to go for a walk. I rang Linda and asked if she could watch Dylan for me for a few hours. I really couldn’t believe my father, he promised that he would phone me on the day that he left but did he? No! One month later he bothers to contact me and he didn’t even mean it when he apologised, I could tell by the tone of his voice. “He tells me he doesn’t want to go” I grumbled to myself as I walked in to town, “I bet he loves being rid off me, his eighteen year old daughter still living at home, practically being a mother to his baby son!” then I said “what are you looking at?” aggressively to this woman who was staring at me, then she hurried off when she realised that I was talking to her.
“Lana?” said a voice behind me
I turned around “oh hey Toby, I was just going to the bank” I stared in awe at him, he was so painstakingly beautiful I nearly started to cry but I pulled myself together and took in his features, he had his dark hair swept back, it looked as though the wind had caught it, it looked natural, it looked…beautiful. He was wearing a short sleeved white t shirt…tight obviously and black shorts that just covered the top of his knee’s accompanied with grey sandals
“Me too, mind if I tag along?”
“It’s a free country” I sighed breathlessly
“What’s wrong?” Toby asked “you seem to be a bit tense”
“Nothing, worth worrying about” to be honest I had forgotten why I was angry and was just marvelling at his beauty
“It is worth worrying about if it’s upsetting you” he said looking concerned as we reached the bank.
Then it all came back to me and I just blurted it all out “I mean how the hell would you feel if you had a dad from hell!”
He laughed heartily “I err” he said still laughing as he ruffled his hair with his left hand “I wouldn’t know”
I thrust my card in to the machine and punched in my number then hit the show balance button “oh” I thought to myself “I have two thousand pounds more than I should have, “hmm” I said out loud “he must have increased my guilt allowance”
“Guilt allowance?” Toby said confused
“Yeah, I told you that my dad goes away a lot and he says he feels guilty about it so he gives me money and pays it into my bank account every week.” I answered as I drew out one hundred pounds and took my card back.
“Hey Lana, close your eyes a second” said Toby touching my face gently
“Why?” I asked, for some reason I couldn’t take my eyes off him, he was making my heart beat faster. “Could this really be happening to me?” I thought “Will I be the one girl that Toby chooses out of the entire school?”
“Just trust me” he said in a charming and seductive voice, “im going to help calm you down” after that my eyes seemed to have a mind of their own, “good” said Tobias as he touched my shoulder and suddenly felt as if I was being dragged backwards for a few seconds “you may open your eyes now” he whispered in my ear as he gently kissed me.
I opened my eyes to find that we were in a dingy alley way, we couldn’t have just moved in this short space of time, I must be dreaming “What? How did we get here?”
“It’s a secret” said Tobias sneering at me, all signs of charm had disappeared and was replaced with a hair raising hiss.
I gasped as I saw his eyes turn red and his beautiful face distort into something so terrible you can’t even describe it.
I backed in to the alley wall and watched as he crept closer and closer to me, “go away” I whispered.
Tobias laughed and said “silly child! Can’t even find the courage to run, I always knew this was going to be easy!”
“I’m not scared, I’m not scared, I’m not scared” I chanted to myself trying to keep calm.
“Who are you trying to fool? Do you not know that I live off lies and fear” he glared in his demonic hiss.
“I closed my eyes as he was barely an inch away” I wasn’t intending to open them but I heard a voice so beautiful I had to peek.
“Hey! Tobias what are you doing!”
The person that spoke was just as beautiful as Gabriel but he looked older, not too much older though, and he was covered head to toe in the most magnificent armour I had ever seen. This person had to be an angel, he kinda glowed, or was it his armour but of course I was being silly there was no such thing as angels.
“Michael” Tobias said charmingly as he changed back into his beautiful self “it’s nice to see you”
“I wish I could say the same” said the beautiful man called Michael. Michael turned to me and said “Close your eyes” I immediately did as I was told. I heard nothing the whole time my eyes were closed and I only opened them when I felt a hand on my shoulder, I jumped. “I’m sorry” said Michael “I didn’t mean to startle you”
“I knew this was going to be a bad day” I groaned as I looked around and sighed with relief when I saw that Tobias was gone.
Michael laughed and then said “It could have been worse, so much worse, now come, take my hand and I will take you home.”
I wasted no time taking Michael’s hand, I knew that I could trust him and within seconds I was standing in my bedroom feeling confused and disorientated. “How did we get here?” I stammered
Michael smiled at me then said “I must go now, stay here, and stay safe” and then he walked out of my room.
After I heard the front door close I rushed downstairs to relieve Linda from Dylan and once she was out of the house which took a bit of time because I was out longer than I thought I would have been and she wanted to know where I was, I placed Dylan in his play pen and rushed into the play room to move his crib into my bedroom. I was panicking about our safety and I wanted Dylan with me at all times from now on. I ended up taking the crib to pieces so I could move it and it only took me an hour to put it back together. I heard a noise behind me and I whipped around to find Gabriel standing by my door holding Dylan who was crying in his arms.
“Lana” he said rushing over to me “are you ok?”
“Yeah I’m fine, I’m just a bit shaky” I answered taking Dylan from him and held him close and rocked him until he stopped crying.
“How did you get here?” I cried
“I saw Michael leave looking a bit worried, so I came to investigate, the door was unlocked so I let myself in and Dylan here was on his own, crying so I picked him up and here I am” He paused and then said “I am so sorry, I should have warned you about Tobias when I had the chance” he said as he pulled me into a hug.
“What do you mean warn me?” I asked feeling utterly confused as I placed Dylan who was now asleep in to his crib.
“I over heard something a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t matter now, are you ok”
“What do you think!” then I sat down on my bed and burst into tears “I have had such a bad day!” I gasped; I think I was more exhausted than scared or angry.
“Lana, it could have gone so much worse” said Gabriel trying to comfort me
“You don’t understand” I said into his shoulder “My dad called me this morning and he isn’t coming back until next month now!”
“I know” said Gabriel sadly “and I also know that you are not crying because you miss him” he was right; I didn’t miss my dad, I didn’t miss him at all.
“I am so angry!” I sobbed
“I know” he said as he stroked my hair
I stopped crying and looked up sniffing “I am so glad that you are here” I said sincerely
“Yeah I’m glad, you’re glad” grinned Gabriel and finally he managed to make me laugh with