Jessica
Sofia and I are sat drinking our coffee and Sofia has been ranting about how evil Jeremy is coming between me and Renee like that. I just drink from my coffee and I eat my doughnut as I listen to her venting about how it's not cool what Renee and Jeremy did.
"Mhmm." She says, dropping her coffee after taking one sip. "The first time I saw you and Renee, I knew I wanted to be your friend. Because your friendship looked so strong. I didn't just see it as a friendship, you guys looked like sisters, and I wanted to join the sisterhood."
She shakes her head, and it feels like it's her boyfriend, Renee, who slept with her and not mine.
She takes a large gulp from her coffee. This is something she does when she's pissed off or stressed. Black coffee with no sugar, no cream, ew. "Did she explain why she did what she did?"
I shrug. "I didn't give her a chance to, I just ran away, and that's when… the accident happened."
"Oh my God, did she not visit you at the hospital?"
I shake my head. "Neither did Jeremy." I drink my coffee to hide the fact that I'm disappointed. Fuck them, I'm not going to be disappointed by them anymore.
"The nerve of those…." she stops, Sofia hates cursing and using harsh words because according to her, it's unlady like. But honestly I don't care if he insults them or curses them out. I need her on my side right now.
She places her hand on mine and she moves closer looking into my eyes and I'm scared that my eyes might turn green this instant. I don't want that to happen because that will just make her run away.
"I'm always here for you, you know that, right?" I nod my head.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Good, I'm not going to be talking to Renee after what she did." She sits up straight and she drinks from her coffee.
"Oh, please, you don't have to do that." I'm lying, I would very much like for my friends and family to not talk to her ever again. I want her to feel hurt, feel the pain that I felt when she betrayed me by cheating on me with my boyfriend.
Sofia waves me off, she's already made up her mind. So has dad. If mom were still alive she would have done the same thing.
"Oh please, Jeremy and that slut almost got you killed. It's not a negotiation. No way I'm ever going to be friends with her; she tried to murder you." I try hard not to smile, and I don't say anything either. Sofia might be dramatic, but I love her.
"It's all going to be okay, sweetheart. You've got me, and I'm always here for you."
I nod my head. "I know, thanks, Sofia."
"Anytime, dear."
"Yeah, thanks Sofia," a deep male voice says to us and at first, I think it's the voice I've been hearing since yesterday,y but it can't be because the voice I've been hearing is smooth, calm, flirtatiously romantic. The voice I just heard sounds like trouble. And it feels like I'm receiving daggers on my ears.
When I turn around I see two ridiculous looking men. I think I know what they want to do now.
"Hey ladies, how are we today?"
"Goo," Sofia says, but not in an enthusiastic way; she only replied because she doesn't like being rude.
I don't answer at all. I only take a sip from my coffee, and I look away.
"You guys want us to get you more coffee?"
"Uh." Sofia looks at me, and I turn to them.
"We're good." I say which is strange because I'm never the one to tell men no I'm either the one who just stays quiet or like the people pleaser that I am I allow them to buy me. Renee's usually the one who talks to them.
"Oh come on sweetheart." the other man says, he's short and bald not even handsome so where does he get the confidence. Where do these men get the confidence?
"I said we're goo,." I say looking them both straight in the eyes, which is another weird phenomenon because I don't ever look people straight in the eye.
Now, where did I get that confidence?
I look away from them and I continue to drink my coffee.
I can feel the men and Sofia staring at me, but Sofia is probably staring at me in awe, wondering if the person she's sitting next to is even the friend she's known since Freshman year of college.
"It's best if you leave," Sofia says after a long, awkward silence.
I hear one of them scoff.
"Now, come on." One places his filthy hands on my shoulder, and that's when I feel threatened.
"Get him!"
And I grab the bastard by the hand and I throw him on the ground and I place my leg on his neck. He struggles, tries to catch his breath.
"What part of no do you not understand bitch!" I make sure to keep my leg on his neck as he struggles to get free from me. I don't care about anything else but teaching these bastards a lesson. Maybe when I'm done with him, I'll go for his friend next.
I'm going to teach this fucker a lesson he's not going to forget.
"Jessica!" Sofia's voice makes me snap out of it. I look up to her and she looks at me in fright. she's not the only one looking at me. Everyone in the cafe are looking at me right now some have their phones out. I look at his friend and he has his hands in surrender. He's pleading on his friend's behalf.
I quickly remove my foot from his neck.
Then I run out of the cafe. I hear my name but I don't listen I keep running.
And I'm starting to think that was a bad idea because as soon as I leave the cafe, I can hear everything and I mean everything.
The sound of the cars, the sound of people laughing from miles away, and the sound of dogs barking. I look around to see if the dogs are near me. I hiss, thinking they're near me, but they're not. So where's the barking coming from?
Bark
Bark
Bark
Honk
Honk
Laugh
Screech
Toot
I can hear everything, but why? It hurts.
"Concentrate, Jessica."
"Ugh, shut up!" I scream and I run, I run as fast as I can.
I move over to an alleyway then I look up at the roof. I have this urge to climb up. To get up to the roof. And that's what I do, I climb the walls so swiftly and gracefully without any struggle and now I'm on the roof. How I was able to do that with ease has got me so confused.
I look down and yep. I did that.
"Holy shi,." I say, stunned.
I'm on the roof, which is weird, but at least the noise has stopped.
I've been on the roof for hours and it's nighttime. Dad tried to call me and he sent a voicemail telling me how worried Sofia is, I text him and tell him I'm fine and I just went for a walk. He told me to be careful Now he's probably going to be calling me again because it's nighttime.
I don't want to get down there because I fear I might hear different noises again. I don't want to hear his voice in particular, and I haven't heard it since then.
Honestly, who is that? And why is he in my mind? Do people who usually survive car accidents suddenly have glowing green eyes, long claws, quick reflexes and suddenly hate dogs? What the hell is going on here?
"There you are." I hear the voice say again. And I shake my head in annoyance. Am I going crazy?
I don't want to go crazy, no!
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"I'm sorry, Jessica."
I jump standing quickly and I turn around to see a man. I wasn't hallucinating his voice. He's here.
A man.
A handsome man at that.
A very hot and handsome man.
Fuck.
What the fuck?
"Look, I know you're scare,d but I can explain. You di,ed and I brought you back to life."
"What?" I say confused and wondering if he's retarded or something. He's going way too fast, and I'm more confused than I've ever been in my life.
"Let me explain. I'm a Nytheri, a race of werecats descended of the Goddess Bastet. We have nine lives, we can die of old age but not prematurely and when you died I lent you my life. And I brought you back." he says with a smile on his face. He looks so proud of himself.
But I'm still super confused.
Oh my God.
He's serious.
I don't know what possessed me, but I threw myself off the roof.
"JESSICA!"