Chapter 4: 4

“I should get back inside.” He tells me “Gina is probably looking for me...” My stomach knots painfully at this, and it once again felt like I had been used. This was always the thing with me and Jace, we would have a great time together but he would always have to leave and go back to her. I pull away from him and untangle my arms from his waist, immediately feeling a little emptier than I did before. He frowns as I pull away from him, then looks at me apologetically obviously realising that he had upset me. “Best go, don’t want her getting worried.” I say bitterly, and turn to walk away. He grabs my wrist and spins me back around to face him. “Faith don’t be like that, you know she’s my girlf-“ “Don’t even use the girlfriend excuse, because if you cared that much you wouldn’t just have had sex with me up against this house!” I almost yell at him. As I say these words out loud, I feel tears began to sting my eyes. “Please don’t be mad at me.” he almost pleads, placing one of his hands on my cheeks and staring at me with his gorgeous blue eyes that almost make me cave in. “Stay.” I blurt out. He looks a bit taken back by my bluntness. Hell, I was a little taken back by my bluntness. But I wasn’t going to go back now. “Don’t go back to her, stay here...with me.” He remains silent for a while, looking like he is thinking something over. His expression looks strained. I feel his thumb trace my cheekbones as he gazes at my pleading face. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally spoke. “I can’t.” He whispers, and I felt like I had just been punched in the stomach. I can feel the stinging in my eyes from the tears that I knew were coming any second, and the lump that had arisen at the back of my throat. I slowly nod my head, and pull away from his touch. He is still gazing into my eyes, his expression once again pleading for me not to be angry like he wants me to understand. I understood completely. I understood that he had just rejected me. I wasn’t a confident girl, and Jace shooting me down definitely did not help the self esteem issues. “Bye Jace.” I whisper, and without another glance I turn my heel and walk away. “FAITH!” he calls out to me, but I carry on walking, wrapping the stupid hoodie that belonged to him tighter around me and letting the tears fall freely from my eyes. The first half of my walk home I almost sprinted, wanting to get as far away from him as I could. The boy who I cared for more than anything in the world right now would rather be with a vain whore than me, and realising that the only reason he paid any attention to me at all was because he really did only want one thing. That was something to sure as hell ruin your night. I was too busy wallowing in my own self pity that I had only just noticed the black van pulling up next to the pavement that I was walking on. I quickened the pace of my steps, realising that a creepy black van in the middle of the night parking next to you while there are no houses or any other form of life to hear your screams is not exactly the best thing to happen. I heard the van door slide open, and someone jump out. I didn’t turn around to see who as I walked faster, my heart beginning to pound from fear. “Faith Mitchell?” a man’s voice called out and I froze. I slowly turned to see the person who had just jumped out of the van, and the female hormones in me screamed out in approval. The boy was around 18, he had brown hair that was short at the sides, but long enough to spike up slightly at the top. His face was muscular, and his skin was tanned. He was wearing black long sleeved top which was tight enough to show some very well built muscles. Overall, he was hot. The smirk he had on his face however made every one of my instincts scream at me to run. “H-How do you know my name?” I stuttered. Run you fucking idiot, don’t make small talk! “I know a lot about you.” He told me “Who are you?” He cocked his head to the side slightly, and his eyes scanned me over in curiosity. “My names Chris.” He said, his smirk growing wider on his face “And you princess, have just been recruited.”