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Ivy
I had to run.
He had already left the building in a haste, rushing to his motorcycle like he was running away from me and everyone in that building. It looked like he didn't want to talk. But I couldn't leave him like this, not when I knew perfectly well something else was wrong.
It wasn't totally part of the jealousy he had felt upon seeing me with Ralph today.
I knew it was part of it but, something else had to be wrong, I just knew it. I could feel it in my bones.
"Ethan-"
"Not now, Ivy. Not today." I heard him say, but he didn't look back at me, even as he fished for the keys to the motorcycle.
I gripped his jacket, stopping his movements as he turned to face me, not glaring, not looking angry, just frustrated.
"Tell me what happened, we can figure-"
"I just want to be alone right now." He cut me off again.
"You know I can't bear to see you like this, you can't expect me to leave you alone when you obviously need someone to talk to." I tried to reason.
He closed his eyes as if counting to three, before bringing them back open. "I don't want to talk to anyone."
"But Ethan-"
"What is your problem?!" He snapped. His harsh voice made me flinch, as I took a step back, my eyes wide in shock. "Why don't you just take the fucking hint, Ivy? I don't want to talk. I need my space to think, and a little moment to be alone, I'm still allowed to do that right?"
"Ethan-"
"When someone says they don't want to talk, then they don't want to fucking talk, so just leave me alone and go back in."
I stared in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening, and hurt that he was pushing me away, just like Malcolm said he would.
My heart squeezed against my chest at his rejection and reaction, and even when I felt the tears roll down my cheek, I didn't care if he saw that his actions hurt me.
All I could do was apologise, my mind, dazed. "I'm sorry." I let out into the cold silence. my heart beating out of proportion. "Just... Take care, please." I said, unable to meet his gaze as I turned and began making my way, hastily back the to the RTR.
The tears took that as a hint to let themselves out. I just couldn't help it.
I knew I shouldn't have let him push me away, I should have waited and pressed harder, just like he would do for me. But there was just something in his eyes, something that told me he really didn't want to talk now, and I was scared that if I had pushed him harder, he'd have hated it even more.
There were sometimes I needed my space also, and if this was that time for him, I was going to leave him be, whenever he was ready to talk, he'd come to me at his own free will.
"Ivy!"
I paused, my heart skipping several beats as I halted, feeling his warmth sweep through me, as his footsteps grew closer by each passing second. Then I felt his arms around me from behind, my heart stilling for a second. "I'm sorry." he muttered softly. "I've been a jerk today. There's an explanation if you'd let me."
I sighed, turning so my eyes could meet his. "Of course."
He managed a small smile. "Lets go back to your place. I'll explain everything then."
The sincerity, cautiousness and frustration in his voice, wrecked havoc to my feelings. my heart beating out of control. Through these feelings, I managed a small nod.
* * *
Back at my place, we both settled in the room, cuddled up in each others arm, although I waited for him to say something, anything to ease my curiosity, but he said nothing, I assumed he was taking his time. I took these few moments to ponder about what could have really happened.
Did someone say something to him? or was he just affected by everything? the pretending, the ignorance of all our problems, the weight on our shoulders? or was he just realising how messed up Glory made his life? his real parents, the fire? the adoption papers and me not telling him about it?
Or was it something else entirely?
"Glory came to me last night." He said out of no where, shocking me and halting my thoughts.
I looked up at him, shifting a bit so I could look into this worried eyes. "What? When? What did she want?"
He sighed. "Remember Lacy? When she Warned me to stay away from her, unless something terrible was going to happen?"
My mind still found it difficult to piece together where he was heading to. "Yeah, what about that?"
He gulped. "She came to give me the same warning. Only this time, it's the Rebel-lions she wants me and everyone I care about, to stay away from. Or else something really terrible is going to happen." He said, shifting so he could fully face me. "Something is about to happen, Ivy. Something she's scared of. something the Rebel-lions are capable of doing."
I blinked. "But what could it be? The Rebel-lions have been really quiet. we have no information capable of scaring her."
"Not yet, Ivy. With the way she spoke, I'm positive it has something to do with the new dimension." He said.
He sat up, taking my hand in his. "Glory wasn't bluffing Ivy. she makes do on these warnings, if she says something terrible is going to happen, then something terrible is going to happen. I don't want you hurt, or any of our friends, I-"
"Hey," I squeezed his hand. "I believe in us, I believe in the Rebel-lions too. If there's an info on the loose that could bring this place and the new dimension down to the ground, then we are taking it, Ethan."
He didn't look okay with my response.
I held the side of his face tenderly, passing as much positivity as I could. "Remember, when you lead fearless, they follow fearless. we have to be fearless, Ethan, together. We have to be fearless together for everyone. I know you're scared, I'm scared too, but I trust us, we can do this, I'm not going to let you back out. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not ever."
He smiled, curling his little finger with mine, in a motion to tangle them both together. His eyes on our join hands, he said. "Stuck."
I couldn't help the smile that tugged at my lips as I replied. "Stuck."
His gaze came up to meet mine as he leaned in for a kiss, which I was quick to oblige to. I wrapped my arms around his shoulder, raising so I could straddle him as he deepened the kiss, supplying me enough warmth to last me for a lifetime, sending flips after flips to my stomach, igniting shivers down my spine. His kiss, electrifying, had me falling in love with him all over again.
I love this boy, and I was ready to do anything just for him.
I would have never thought anyone would care about me like he did. Ethan's care had me feeling less alone, less burdened. His presence made me believe we could overcome any and everything that came our way. I wanted more of this, more of his love, more of this soul building feeling. I wanted it all with this him.
He broke the kiss, allowing us air to breathe. "I love you, Ivy. you have no idea how much you mean to me, how happy you make me feel. I've never looked up to anyone like I look up to you. I believe in you, in us, in this relationship."
My heart swelled at his words, having not being used to this amount of love. "I love you too." I told him; placing my forehead against his. "More than you know."
I felt him smile. "I'm really sorry for being an asshole. I didn't want to, but then I saw you with Ralph, and it just kinda made everything worse."
I furrowed my brows at him. Confused. "Do I have to write a post it note with the word, 'I belong to you and only you' then plaster it everywhere you go, or everywhere you look?"
"No it's just-- Ralph keeps doing these things, knowing the kind of person I am, just to rile me up-"
"And apparently, it's working." I said, cutting him off.
"Apparently it is." he stated, his fingers coming to play with the ends of my hair. "I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you. You can kill me out of revenge, I'll wake up in a couple of minutes." he grinned.
I chuckled. "You might be immortal, but I still don't like the idea of you dying, so that is out of the option."
The moment he told me about his immortality, I had been surprised. You only get to see that in movies. But if I were to really ponder on this, my life already feels like a movie. I'm not on earth anymore, and I was basically a guinea pig for Glory when I was only a child. I had briefly considered the thought of me also being immortal, seeing as I was also a victim of her sick project. But testing out that idea would never have gone down well with Ethan, even if I ended up being immortal at the end.
Would I even be okay with that? being stuck in one age like Glory, never growing old, getting to see the ones you love die and leave you all alone while you try to pick up the pieces? it might sound a bit cool, but that was no life. thinking about it, it was punishment.
"Are you still with me?" Ethan's voice brought me out of my daze.
I blinked, forcing a smile. "Yeah. I am."
"If you were thinking about the immortality thing and how I sounded so okay with dying, you need not to worry. I might have accepted this fate, but that doesn't mean I'm okay with it either. I'm still scared of dying, and the thought of waking up only few minutes after, doesn't make it any easier. it still hurts the same, and the feeling of finality and fear is still present. No matter how many times I die."
I sighed. "I hate that you have to go through this."
"It would have been more terrible if I didn't have you with me." He said.
The smile on my face grew wider. "Good thing I ordered for you eh? My money's not only benefiting me then."
"And you just had to ruin it." He chuckled, the sound making my heart swell with pride.
"I would-" The knock on the door halted my statement. "I wasn't expecting anyone."
He raised a brow at me. "Do you usually expect people?"
I rolled my eyes at him, moving to go see who it was.
He stopped me, carrying me off him. "Stay, I'll go see who it is."
I furrowed my brows, watching him get off the bed. "But... it's my house." I stated the obvious, staring at his retreating figure as he turned to bless me with a smirk.
"And it's my dimension." He answered.
I blinked. "Well, technically, it's our dimension, since I kinda live here now so..."
He rolled his eyes. "Allow me to answer the door... please?" he begged, but the sarcasm in his words had me smiling like an idiot.
"Sure, whatever."
He was out of the room in a second.
My teeth clamped down on my lower lip, as I fell back on the soft pillow, glad that we were okay, and stopping myself from thinking too much about Glorys' warning and the new dimension... even the other 10 who went missing. I was positive Glory had them. we just had to figure out a way to get their location. They might be in this dimension for all we knew. it would most definitely make finding them easier.
"Ivy!"
I jumped upright immediately, the shock sending my heart running as I got off the bed, rushing to the living room.
I saw him standing at the entrance, a small paper in his hand, I could see rough scribblings on it.
He turned to me, his eyes showing nothing but anger.
"What happened?" I asked, my voice coming out breathless.
He raised the paper. "You might wanna read this."
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