he never will. Riding alone with him in the car was just not something I was not comfortable with. He said he was not scared of me, but I was now a little scared of him.
******
Class had ended a little early, so I stopped by the girl’s restroom before I went outside. I made sure that the bathroom was empty by looking under all the stalls. Then I called out to him.
“Landon? I need you! Please come out!” I said in a loud whisper.
In less than a minute, Landon appeared by my side.
“What is wrong, Elizabeth? Are you ok?” Landon asked with concern on his face. I noticed that he was wearing the new clothes, which I had bought him at the mall.
“How do you appear so quickly?” I asked, “never mind we will talk about that later. I am worried and I am kind of scared,
Landon.” I said with worried eyes looking at him.
“Why what is wrong?” Landon asked with concern in his voice. Landon was so sweet, that I had a hard time believing he was a demon.
I quickly told him about the note in my locker and that Lucas would be waiting on me at my car. I even told him about the tormenting that I had endured from him, during school.
“Take him with you, Elizabeth. If you need me all you have to do is call. He may know something you don’t. He is able to tell you, but I can’t.” Landon said with a sigh.
“Ok,” I said, feeling a little bit better. I knew Landon would be there in a heartbeat, if I needed him. “See you when I get home.”
“I will be there waiting. Bye Elizabeth!” With that Landon disappeared.
I splashed cold water in my face, dried it off, and headed out the door to the parking lot.
Sure enough Lucas was standing at my car, waiting on me. People were looking at Lucas as if he was crazy, but he just smiled and cracked up with a few of them.
When he seen me however, his smile dropped and he turned pale. What in the world? What did he know that I didn’t know?
I hated confrontation, but I put my big girl panties on and walked right up to Lucas.
While grinning, I said, “Hi Lucas. Did you miss me?”
Lucas looked up at me, stared and very quietly said, “More than you know.” We were actually putting a show on for all the people standing around. Making it sound like we missed each other and had been friends for years.
Lucas walked up to me and leaned over so close that I could feel his hot breath on my ear. “Hug me and let’s make this look real, but don’t try anything funny.”
I giggled, I had no idea what he was talking about, but I wrapped my arms around him all the same. I heard a little growl from somewhere and looked over his shoulder. He smiled while turning in circles swinging me around. It looked as if we had been together and dating for years.
I caught a glimpse of Landon standing behind the crowd, of the kids who had gathered around to watch me and Lucas. My eyes connected with his and I winked at him. I knew he was watching out for me, but I noticed a little bit of jealousy in the deep dark black of his eyes.
When Lucas sat me back on the ground, Landon was nowhere to be seen. The kids around us were all whispering and Lucas told them, smirking at them. “We didn’t want anyone to know we were dating,”
He opened my car door for me and I slid into the driver seat. I started the car and waited for him to walk to the passenger side and get in.
“Where to?” I asked Lucas through gritted teeth.
“Anywhere that no one will hear us and no one will find us.” He said stiffly, I noticed a hint of fear in his words.
“I know just the place,” I replied while a little smile appeared on my face. I sensed Lucas looking at me and I just kept looking out the windshield straight ahead.
*****
We ended up behind my house, on the path that leads to the waterfall. We were walking side by side. All of a sudden Lucas said,
“I know your secret, Elizabeth. I know you are some kind of witch.”
My mouth dropped open in horror as I asked, “How could you possibly know this.”
“Because you showed me your secret at the mall,”