Intricately Intertwined (7)

Everything was just going to fast...I sat in the backseat with Gabby next to me, scooting closer to her for some reason. I took her hand in mine and laid my head on her shoulder. She seemed more relaxed now and I was grateful.1

She was smiling softly, that smile she has when I know she's happy. She looked down at me with her dark brown eyes, so big and shy. It always looked like she was giving the puppy dog look, but I knew she wasn't. She was just plain cute ol' Gabby.2

I was scared and I didn't know why. The men in the front seat of this car were calm, chatting about the weather. I was scared because although I knew their names and I knew in my heart they wouldn't hurt us, I didn't know them.3

Gavin has been in my head for as long as I can remember. Always there to speak to me when I was sad, or calm me when I was scared. He has always been there for me everyday and in my dreams he would play with me as a child and hold me in his strong arms. When I got older he would tell me stories. Stories of where he came from. He said he used to have a family once. He had a mother and a father and two sisters. He told me how once he had a wife, whose name was Emily. He said they had a child, a baby girl. Her name was Elizabeth. He would get a sad and pained look on his beautiful face when he spoke of his family. Even though I loved him, I didn't mind his past. I didn't mind that he once loved another as long as he loved me now. When I asked what happened to them all, he said they had passed on. I asked if he missed them and he said yes, greatly. Then he would smile at me and I could see the love for me in his eyes. How the whiteness would soften into cream and swirl like clouds in the sky. He said he had me now and that even though he would always love his wife for as long as he existed, I was his soul mate now and he was going to protect me.4

Gavin has always been there for me and loved me with such passion I felt it radiate from his core. He loved me and I felt it with every fiber of my being. And I loved him in return. He went form my childhood best friend, to an almost playful brother, then when I as older he became more. He started to treat me different. He wasn't so much as playful anymore as he was careful. He held me differently and he told me he loved me in a voice I had never heard before. A new tone that sounded softer but stronger. It was huskier and deeper, a voice of passion. He held me different and he touched me different. Sometimes I wish he would kiss me in my dreams…but he never has. Never on my lips where I wanted. I tried one night were we laid under the stars beneath our tree, in my dream. I tried to kiss his perfectly shaped lips and feel them against mine, but he gently pushed me back and said it wasn't time for that yet. He said one day he will kiss me when I'm ready. I told him I was ready and that I've been ready all my life. He chuckled and told me that if I loved him as much as I told him I did, then I would want to wait too. He said he'd kiss me when I'm cold. I never knew what that meant and I still don't. Why do I have to be cold for him to kiss me?5

Even though I've known this beautiful man all my life and he is the closest thing in the world to me, I'm still scared. He's no longer in my head and in my dreams but now in front of me for everyone else to see. I don't know if this is the same man of my dreams or not. I never even knew his name until today. It never even occurred to me to ask.6

I heard him laugh. A deep and throaty laugh that seemed to calm my thoughts. Maybe he was the same. Maybe he was my soul mate. Maybe I would be his forever like he said.7

Anna8

I sighed at his voice in my head.9

Yes, I thought.10

You're being ridiculous. Every word I've ever spoken to you was real. Why do you doubt me now?, he asked.11

I don’t doubt you, Gavin.12

He was silent.13

Gavin, I though worried.14

You have no idea what it feels like to hear my name in your voice. That was the first time you know.15

I smiled. Yeah, I know.16

Annabelle17

Yes?18

I love you, he said and I felt it. From the core of my being I felt and knew that he loved me.19

I love you too, Gavin.20

Are you ready for what's ahead of you?, he asked.21

What exactly is ahead of me?22

A whole new world.23

His words sent a shiver down my spine and I swallowed hard. I was scared. I knew Gavin would protect me from anything, but I was scared.24

He told me softly not to be afraid and started humming in my head, calming my nerves. He always hums, Always to calm me down. I'm one of those people who really were swaying to the music in their head.25

I looked out the window and saw the streets of sunny Philadelphia. We were just passing a big building with the letters PSFS on the top. I loved the tall buildings and bustling city life. I loved how sunny it was and hated how the windows in this car were tinted so dark no sunlight could reach in.26

It made me think back to Nolan and the way he burst into ashes when the sunlight hit him. The idea hit a nerve and mad me think I'd seen it somewhere. Movies perhaps. But that was all play and tricks on computers. No one really burst into ashes from the sun like that.27

I wonder what happened to him. Did he die? Did it kill him? Gavin said he needed my help with him. How could I still feel him if he were dead? How did he live if not? How did he move so fast and how the hell did Caleb roar like that.28

They call this The City Of Brotherly Love, but I was seeing no brotherly love here. Everyone seemed against each other.29

And what did Caleb's father have to do with any of this? Why is his family involved? And a meeting? What kind of meeting was going down tonight?30

I had so many questions unanswered. So many thoughts buzzing around my head about everything.31

Like how Todd loved Gabby. Did she know? Was he talking in her head like Gavin was mine? Is Gabby Todd's mate? Was she made for him? What the hell are these boys? What the hell was Caleb? Why do I feel like there's a rope attaching me and Nolan? Why do I have so many friggin questions?32

"Gavin" I said impatiently.33

"Yes sweetheart, I'll answer all those questions later." he said in a distracted voice.34

I peered over the shoulder of his seat to look at his face. "When?"35

He laughed and looked over into my eyes. I watched his, the clouds in his eyes swirling. How pretty they were. Dammit, I want pretty eyes!36

"Your eyes are beautiful darling. Now sit back in your seat please. Todd doesn't have the most excellent driving." He said with a smirk.37

"My driving is the epitome of perfection. I'm amazing, so there for my driving is amazing." He said simply.38

"And what about the first time I saw you? You were tripping over the curb on the sidewalk." Gabby said from behind me.39

Todd laughed and watched his cute little dimples appear. "Merely to get your attention."40

"You could have just said hi."41

"Where's the fun in that?" he said, laughing again.42

I looked over at Gabby with a smile. She had no idea.