Era - Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen – Feeling Damn Awkward

-Markus-

As soon as that happened—which was something I did not expect to happen, I didn’t know what the hell to do but then I decided to text one of my friends and told them to tell my teachers that I left home sick and they said they would and I wanted to give out a small smile but at what was going on right now, it was not a good idea.
I hated lying, but sometimes a small lie needs to be told with a situation like this.
I looked back up as I pressed my power button once and put my phone back in my pocket, I keep my phone on vibrate most of the time and it was on at this time.
Merla was finally departed from Aedhan but her fingers were still tangled in his dark hair. She and him looked surprised as hell and to be damn honest, I think we were all surprised as hell.
“Well, little blackbird, that was something to not expect from you.” Aedhan said with a small smirk as he grabbed Merla’s hands and she looked like she softly shivered at the touch of his cold hands.
Merla looked like she couldn’t answer and to be damn honest, I couldn’t even say a peep as well. First of all, why the hell am I here anyway? Second of all, what the hell would I say?
I couldn’t even believe that I had my school stuff with me… damn me and my ways. What I also couldn’t believe was the fact that I actually rode a motorcycle for the first time in my life—and damn did it feel amazing yet terrifying all at once… and yes, sometimes I am quite a cautious person, but it all depends on the situation and that just proved that. Another thing that I couldn’t believe was the fact that I didn’t recognize Merla when she did arrive at my school… I couldn’t help it for the fact that she was in makeup that I thought she wouldn’t be in and she was, that is what tripped me off the most.
As soon as Merla finally spoke, it snapped me back into the hell of reality that I am in. “Well, maybe you don’t know me as well as you think you do.” She said, with a small short shrug.
Aedhan let out a soft quick scoff. “It’s one of the loveliest things about you Merls, is that you’re quite the unexpected.” He said softly, as he ran his fingers through her hair.
Damn it me… I started to study Aedhan—since the first time I saw him I had to hide my damn self, it’s fun to be a Mortal—and he had dark amber eyes and he didn’t have the Deathly Pale skin that you think vampires would have, he was just a regular pale and he had dark hair—as I said before—and he wasn’t that tall compared to Merla but he was a decent height.
Great, does this also mean I’m taller than a freaking vampire? Oh the joys of being a random damn Mortal like me; it’s just a freaking damn blast.
I felt very damn awkward at this point and that’s when I started to look around to see where we were.
Since I felt so damn awkward, my left hand was in my pocket—I seriously need to get out of this damn bad habit of mine.
There was silence for a bit and then I looked back at them and they were still like the way they were, Merla’s fingers tangled in his hair while he was still holding her hands.
I couldn’t believe myself, but I found the damn courage to speak. “So,” I said, as I started to softly swing back and forth with my feet. “Aedhan how is your night?”
Damn it me, I should’ve just remained quiet. What kind of a question was that anyways?
Merla and Aedhan looked back at me. Merla’s face expression obviously showed a “Really?” and Aedhan was just blank and looked very not amused.
I gave Merla a shrug to let her know that I couldn’t think of anything else to say.
“It was quite fine until you came into the picture.” Aedhan said simply as he looked at Merla. “Really little blackbird, what are we going to do with you?” he said, as he pulled her into a hug and started to pet her hair.
I found myself to be quiet again as I started to think on when he said that I wouldn’t be living much longer… was he planning to kill me or turn me into a vampire as well?
I didn’t know what the hell to do or even what to think but I knew for damn well sure that I couldn’t leave, I just couldn’t do such a thing right now.
That’s when I started to remember that I was nothing, just a random complete damn Mortal. What the hell could I do against a vampire?
I inhaled and exhaled, I had to freaking damn relax and not think about that damn crap and just think on what the hell I should do.
Merla looked at me for a few moments and then she looked at Aedhan, who was still petting her head.
I didn’t know what the hell came over me but it was the best damn idea that came into my damn mind.
I lightly placed my backpack down on the ground and couldn’t believe that I legit pulled Merla away from Aedhan—I know for damn sure that I’m going to dead as hell and sure am damn screwed as well, lucky me.
Merla looked at me in surprise, and what surprised me the most was the fact that she didn’t push herself away from me and yell at me or something—she just randomly allowed it to happen.
“I’m sorry…” I softly whispered in her ear as I also lightly tightened my grip around her, since my head was facing down so I couldn’t see Aedhan’s reaction.
Damn it me, I should just let Aedhan kill me right now because I felt like to damn cry. I don’t know why, maybe it was because of all that is happening and that I was so damn confused about it, I just wanted to really cry for some random damn unknown reason, but I couldn’t and didn’t… not in front of Merla and Aedhan.
I know I’m a weak Mortal, who can do nothing in the damn world, but I didn’t want to make it that I was even weaker by crying… even though crying doesn’t make a person weak; it just means that a person has been strong for too long.
Maybe that’s why I wanted to randomly damn cry, because I have been probably too strong about all of this that has happened and just wanted to let it go… then again, I didn’t want to let it go as well…
I looked up for a quick moment to see Aedhan’s reaction and he was quite surprised but then he had a small smirk on his face as he began to softly clap. “Well done, it’s nice to know that you can pull a lady away from someone.”
I wanted to let go and run but I then vowed that I couldn’t leave, no matter what the hell happened to me; I also had to still fight the urge to randomly damn cry—since that feeling just wouldn’t leave me the hell alone.
I inhaled and exhaled as I also gave him a small smirk back—as if I was mocking him. “Yeah, it is quite impressive on what a random damn Mortal like me can do.” I said as I finally let Merla go and picked up my backpack and I couldn’t believe that I kept continuing. “At least I don’t hold a lady against her will; at least I let her go.”
Merla looked at me and she looked like she wanted to kill me and then she looked back straight ahead.
Oh yeah, I’m doomed. Hurray for me, I just gave myself a damn ticket to die.
‘Great, you’re in for it now Markus.’ I thought to myself with a sigh as I instantly washed off my small smirk away from my damn face and didn’t know what the hell would happen next.
Aedhan actually chuckled that time, and Merla even looked surprised as he only clapped once. “It’s nice to finally see a Mortal go and talk back to a vampire; it adds more fun to things, unlike most Mortals.” He said, as that smirk of his just didn’t want to go the hell away.
Then I gave him a wise-guy smile. “Well, consider me the very first of dumb Mortals to have done that.” I said, with a quick nod.
“I shall, it’s not every day or even night that I get a chance to meet a Mortal like you.” He paused as he then clasped his hands together and that’s when he was starting to slowly remind me of Aro from The Twilight Saga. “By the way, Merla or even you hasn’t given me your name quite so yet.” He paused. “What is it?” he asked as he this time gave me a warm smile instead, though how this guy acted it was nothing warm but cold like he is—oh damn, that is just harsh right there.
I didn’t know if I should or shouldn’t but then my wise-guy smile didn’t leave as I said with a shrug, “I’d rather like to keep my name a secret, it adds more fun into it, doesn’t it?” I asked and then after that he didn’t say anything to me but gave me a nod.
He then looked at Merla and said, “It was quite lovely to see you little blackbird, and your friend is quite the handful.” He said, as he hopped on his motorcycle and disappeared from us.
Merla turned around to face me and gave me a push—here it is; the yelling that didn’t come out before but is coming out now. “What the hell was all of that for?!”
“I didn’t know what the hell else to do!” I said, as I paused to inhale and exhale. “Not only that, I didn’t expect you to come by to the school and actually pick me up from there… and I even obeyed.” I said in a shout kind of tone and then softly; I felt like I was ready to lose my damn mind.
“Well, all I know is that we’re in for it now and that was dumbest thing a Mortal like you could ever do.” She said, as she then crossed her arms over her chest and sighed.
“I can’t help it, I’m a Mortal and for that, I do dumb things.” I paused. “You’ll need to get used to it, because this is just the beginning of it.” I said.
She let out a scoff. “I think I already am getting used to it, Mark.”
“You better, Merla.” I paused again—damn, now I’m pausing a lot now too. “By the way… why did you come and pick me up from the school and brought me here?” I paused once more. “I’m sorry for all of these questions that I ask… it’s just that I’m so damn curious to know, you don’t really have to answer.”
“I don’t even know if I should answer that question, but since you know everything that I have told you… I guess I have too…” she looked around the trees and then whispered softly which was clearly meant to be for herself to only hear, but I heard it anyways, “Unless they have a completely different answer…”
After that, we just stood there in silence and Merla shuddered, as if she remembered Aedhan’s cold touch which then made me shudder, despite the fact that I didn’t feel it, but the fact that how he acted was just so damn creepy and confused me even more.
That’s when my question about him being jealous of me came back through my head… is he jealous of me?