Red Skies: Chpt 10

While I was sleeping, I felt someone in my room. I quickly opened my eyes and looked to the side of the bed. It was Julian……………going through my stuff. He looked at me and said, "Don’t worry, I’m getting my stuff." I turned away from him.

Why would I want to say or look at him after he threatened me, earlier. The next thing I knew he was sitting by my feet. I still didn’t look at him. "I’m sorry for what I said earlier, I didn’t mean for it to come out like it did." he said. I sat up to look at him. "It’s fine." I assured him. "No it’s not." Julian said as he got up to sit by me. "I had no right to say that." I crossed my arms.

"I said it was fine." I said. It was too quiet so I tried to make conversation. "So, how did you ‘stumble’ upon this life of immortality." I asked with my eyes closed. "Two years ago, I was living with a girlfriend of mine, we got into this argument, and she said something that set me off so, I left and took a walk." he said. "Three hours later, I saw a man, or at least I thought it was a man, assaulting this woman so I ran over to where he was, pushed him, and he pushed me so hard that I was eight feet away from him. He walked over to where I was and he changed me." "Why?" I asked. "I guess he saw a killer in me and wanted me to lead his ‘people’ to war." Julian answered. I opened my eyes.

"That makes no sense at all." I said. "I know but, one night, I left them because, I couldn’t live killing people, I don’t want to kill people." he said. I raised an eyebrow. "So, you mean, you didn’t kill all those people?" I questioned. "Nope." he answered. "I am so sorry." I said. He shook his head. "You didn’t know?" he added. "Yeah, because I was too busy fulfilling the duty my parents gave me, which was trying to kill you." I said. "You can’t go against what your parents say." Julian implied. "If you say so." I said.

Then out of nowhere, Julian pulled my face -towards his and……………..kissed me! I was so confused. I thought he hated me, I guess not. Then, he kissed my jaw, then my neck. In spite of all the bliss and happiness, I realized that we were alone, in a bed, not good. I pushed him away before something…………happened. I slid down on the bed to where I was laying down. "What was that?" I asked. Julian did the same. "Something I wanted to do when I met you." he said. "Oh." I added. I was too tired for this so, I closed my eyes and went to sleep. He pulled me to him to where my arm would be on his waist and his arm would be under my head, like a pillow. I don’t know why but, I smiled a little.

This is gonna be a long flight, I thought.