Dark Night Read Free

not see that?" I felt my stomach twitching inside
when I heard Jewel say that, because of course she was talking
about me.
    "Jewel…. Please."
    "What?" She kissed him. I couldn't stop
myself from spying, he didn't stop her instead he kissed her
back.
    "See... you know you want me. Let's go in my
room..." She said still kissing him and touching him in places she
shouldn't. She opened the door behind him and shoved herself
against him, closing the door behind them.
    That’s it! It's over!
    All because he wouldn’t wait, I cried all the
way to my room, when I went in Deidre was waiting.
    "I'm sorry." She said. I gave her a weird
look.
    "What for?" I said sniffing.
    "Luc, he told me that Jewel has been trying
to get to Cole for a while now. Cole was not pushing her away. Luc
said that he told him if things didn't work out with you...well, he
was going to try it with Jewel."
    "After what I saw...I'd say they've been
trying." I couldn't believe that, Cole was the sweetest guy but I
guess I should have seen the signs. "Deidre, I know it's your turn
to go raiding... but do you think you could let me take your spot
this once?" I said wiping my eyes with a tissue she handed me. I
was absorbed by the scene I had witnessed.
    "Of course I had been dying to spend more
time with Luc." She said excitedly.
    Luc, Cole, Julissa, and Matt
were the first team of raiders that had just got back the night
before. Deidre, Johnny, Leo, Pam and Richard, were the second group
of raiders. The third were me, Jewel, David, Eliza, and Manuel. The
last group whose names I always forgot was a family. In total we
had four groups that took turns. Since I didn't want to stay with
Cole or Jewel, I would leave this afternoon and be gone for a week
or two was the max.
    "Thanks I owe you one." I said wiping my
eyes.
    "No you don't. You need to get ready it's
eleven already." She said as she was leaving the room. When we went
on raids we had certain things we had to wear. Everyone had to
dress in black, dressy but casual, if that makes sense. We also had
to wear dark contacts, and wear makeup, well foundation to be
exact. The creatures were pale maybe too pale white, and our skin
had to match theirs. Our hair always had to be down, because of
that reason the girls had to let it grow pretty long. I got
dressed, I wore the black trousers and jacket that my best friends
had given me for my birthday, and a black short sleeve turtle neck
I always wore on raids. I couldn't wear high heels, in case I had
to run but I wore comfortable, casual shoes. As I looked at myself
in the mirror after I was done getting ready, I noticed how much I
really looked like them. That's scary, I thought.
    Knock knock.
    Deidre came in the room. "Wow. You look don't
look like you ....anyway you guys are leaving any minute now. I
guess they want to start early, are you ready?"
    "Yeah, more ready than ever the faster, the
better." I said still fighting back more tears.
    "Cole was looking for you, I told him you
weren't in the room, so he wouldn't look." We were walking
downstairs.
    "Really? Thanks again."
    "No problem," she walked me downstairs and
told me "good luck."
    "Tell Julissa I'll see her when I'm back." I
called after she was leaving, my aunt was sleeping still. I joined
the rest of the group.
    "Where's Deidre?" Pam asked curious. But
before I answered Johnny told her I would go in her place, and she
smiled at me like she knew and she was pleased by my decision. Pam
was a short little girl. "Little" because she was only sixteen, but
her hair was long and red and the way she had it made her look
older.
    "Does anybody have any questions?" Leo, who
was in charge of the group-asked. I wasn't listening, but I knew
it was the same guidelines as usual.
    "No." We responded as a group.
    Leo was the mastermind, he made fake ID's for
everyone we also had credit cards we used. The girls usually
pretended to be business women that had men work for them (which
was the guys). We would stay at hotels