Chapter 16: Bounce Back

Justin's POV:

After Abby left, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to act like my old self. It's been so long. We've been together for six years. Now I don't know what's it's like to be single and have fun. But I'll figure it out. My main focus is on Angel. I plan on asking her out this weekend and giving her the McDonald's Grey messes up. I walked around looking for her but instead I found Kacey and Mike. "Hey guys. Y'all seen Angel?" I asked. "Yep. She's down there talking to Abby." Mike said. I walked up to the window and see Angel and Abby talking. What are they talking about? "Any idea why Angel y'all to her? She hates her." Kacey said. "I don't know. Angel just followed her out there." Mike said. "What for?" I asked. "Beats me." She said. We heard footsteps and turned around to see Colin.

"Hey man." I said. "Yo. Y'all seen Angel?" He asked. "Yeah she's outside talking to Abby." Mike said. "Abby? I thought they don't get along?" He asked. "They don't. Maybe they're coming to a mutual understanding." I said. They all gave me a look. I scratched my head. "Yeah I think I just lied to myself." I said. "Yeah ya did." Mike said. "Well Angel's coming back up." Kacey said. "Good." Colin said, as he walked away. "Wait why is that good?" I asked. "Nothing. I was making sure she was coming up. Annie said she had some words for Angel about what to do with her powers." He said, then walked out. I stared after him. "I don't trust him around Angel." I said. "Why not?" Kacey asked. "Dude he's a Incubus. He can easily slip in her panties if he wanted." Mike said.

"He's right. That's why I don't trust him." I said. "Dude come on. Do you really think Angel would give him the time of day?" Kacey asked, as she asked towards the Train room. We followed her. We walked in the see Colin asked Angel out. He then kissed her. She didn't even stop it. The sight of the kiss broke my heart. I felt broken. "You were saying Kacey?" Mike said. They looked over at us. I stormed out the room to be by myself. Angel followed me and that made things worse. I walked back into the room and kissed Kacey, telling her we were going out now. After that, I left and went home. Alison greeted me and I responded back in a harsh tone. I heard she sniffle on the way up the stairs. I apologized to her. I shouldn't take my anger out on her. She did nothing wrong.

I ran upstairs to my room. Otis came up to talk to me. He wanted to know some things about girls since he the day he found of Tasha was his mate. He wanted some ideas on how to take her out on a date. I gave him some answers and told him to leave. I took off my shirt and put on sweatpants and laid down, hoping to fall asleep soon. That didn't work. I got on my phone and got on Instagram. I saw that Abby had tagged me in a post. It was of her boarding a plane. She tagged everyone but Angel in it. She even tagged Trey. I'm surprised, considering he doesn't like her. She was with her Mom and Dad. Her stomach poked out a bit. Damon what if  that is my baby? I'd feel bad letting her go like this.

Dude stop. Your gonna bounce back from this. Now stop worrying bout that girl and worry about Angel. As if on cue, I smelled vanilla. I got up and looked around. I saw her sitting in the middle of the hallway. I called her phone and she picked up. She punched holes in the wall because I wouldn't open up to her. I picked her up  and put her in a room. It wasn't mine but it's one of the rooms I sleep in sometimes. Especially when it's thundering. I'm terrified of thunderstorms. Especially lightning. We ended up talking about what I was mad about. Then she got her mate rings. I was her mate. I was super excited but curious as to how she felt about it. She didn't go into detail about it.

I ended up telling her about her clothing I took that night Grey attacked her. I didn't exactly spill my guts about how in love I was with her but I hinted at it, hoping she'll say how she felt about me. She didn't expand on the subject so I thought she didn't wanna talk about it. She got up to leave. She said she was gonna train and use her powers the rest of the day til nightfall. I went back to my room and laid down. It calmed me a bit knowing we were back on good terms but her not telling me how she felt really bothered me. Does she not like me? Why would she? She's a Uni-Hybrid. Your just a dragon. Dragons are incredible thank you. Plus, she's now one herself. I got up and walked downstairs to see my family sitting in the living room. "Justin can you come here please?" Mom asked. I heard venom in her voice.

I walked over to her. She grabbed my arm and led me outside. She then squeezed and it hurt like a bitch. "Owww. What was that for?" I cried. "That's for getting Abby pregnant." Dad said, coming from the screen door. Damn it Abby. "How'd you guys know?" I asked, holding my arm. "Abby's parents called. Just now. They said their daughter has been throwing up a lot lately and she confirmed that she is indeed pregnant." Mom said. "She said you were her when y'all went to the hospital." Dad said. "Look chances are it's not mine. She's been cheating on me a lot this year. I've smelled so many different scents on her." I said. They stared at me. "Look I wasn't sure she was cheating on me but all these different scents have been more on her lately. Plus, Mike and Kacey have been a saying she's been cheating." I said.

"You better hope it's not yours. Otherwise, you and Angel will have an awkward conversation." Mom said. "Oh yeah. Angel is my mate." I said. "Exactly. I wonder what an extremely powerful Uni-Hybrid can do is she's pissed." Dad said. My eyes widened. "Oh man. She could probably destroy the world." I said. "Exactly." Mom said, before she left. "Son, this is an extremely powerful Uni-Hybrid. Keep her happy and we all be happy." Dad said. "Dad me and her aren't really together. She hasn't said anything about it." I said. I looked down. "Maybe She doesn't love me the way I love her." I said. "Son, just give her time. Let's go get ready for night hunt." He said. We walked back inside and I ran upstairs to take a shower. "Night Clothes." I said, then my night clothes appeared on me. I walked down the hall to see Mom carrying a sleeping Alison. Otis walked behind her. He looked at me. His eyes were filled with sadness. I pulled him to try side. "Otis what's wrong?" I asked.

"Dad does t want me to become an assassin does he?" He asked. "Of course he does. Your just too young Otis. Trust me, when I was your age, I wanted to do this so badly. But I'm glad I waited because now that I'm older, I realize that this job is a lot of responsibility." I said. "It sure is. And you'll do it when your older. I promise. Now come on. Time for bed." Mom said, grabbing his hand. She pulled him into his room. I walked downstairs to see my Dad in the kitchen. "Dad?" I called. He turned around and looked at me. "What's up?" He asked. "You need to talk to Otis. He thinks you don't want him doing this." I said. He sighed. "That boy." He muttered. "Dad, please just think about it." I said. "No." He said, glaring at me. I heard footsteps coming behind me. "Dad please. You did it with me." I said. "Yes. I did. But that was one time." He said.

"So why not do it for Otis?" Mom asked, walking to his side. "Because Otis is too eager for this. I don't want to have to see his name come up because he got addicted to this life." He said. "Baby, he won't. Please. Just once. Once he sees how hard it is, he'll be scared and gonna wait to do this." Mom said. Dad didn't say anything. "I'll think about it." He said. "That's not good enough Patrick." Mom said. "Alicia-" she cut him off. "No Patrick. You did it with Justin, you can do it with Otis. He's not that bad. If we show him, he'll understand just like Justin did." Mom said. "Fine. I'll show him." He finally said. "Alison too. I'll teach her. But your taking Otis. Tomorrow night." Mom said. "Okay. I will." He said. I smiled. "Okay. Let's get going." Dad said. We all went outside and transformed and flew to AA.

When we arrived, there a different car here. We flew to the helicopter pad and landed. We transformed and looked around. "Whose car is that?" Mom asked. "Have no idea." Dad said. We ran downstairs to Bishop's office. "Bishop?" Dad called. We went into his office to see everybody all there. Bryant, Stephanie, Trey, and Kacey all looked worried. "What's up? Did something happen to Angel?" Mom asked. "Um, sorta. Angel got into it with some girl and got arrested." Mike said. "What? What she do?" I asked. "Y'all know that girl that recognized Keisha and she had to relocate because of her?" Trey asked. "Yeah." I said. "Well that's who Angel fought. Angel broke a few of the girl's ribs and leg." He said. "Damn. What happened?" Mom asked. "They just got into it. One of the workers is out there bailing her out." Annie said.

She looked pissed. Oh Angel. Annie is gonna give it to her. Just then, the doors opened. It was a worker. "Sir, they're here." She said. "Bring them in." Bishop said. The worker ran out. "Is Angel in trouble?" Kacey asked, worriedly. Stephanie and Bryant shook their heads. "Angel defended herself." Stephanie said. The doors opened to reveal Angel and another girl. "Keisha?" I said. She looked me and smiled. "Hey Harry Potter." She said. That was always her favorite nickname for me. She ran over to me and hugged me. I hugged her back. "I thought you were visiting next month?" Mike asked. "I was but now that the ice bitch Abby is gone, I'm back." She said. She looked behind her. "Oh yeah. Because Angel here killed the girl so I'm off the hook." She continued.

"Angel you killed the girl?" Celia cried. "I'm just playing y'all. But the girl is on life support. But she'll live." Celia said. Angel just smirked at her. "Gurl you better stop before you get me in trouble." She said. "Is she in trouble Annie?" I asked. Annie shook her head. "The girl's name came up anyway. Her brother killed two girls and the girl got involved and didn't anything about it." She said. "So Angel good? Okay let's party. I'm ready to go out and hunt. Haven't done it in weeks." Keisha said. Angel squealed. "Oh gurl we are turning up. We got so much to catch up on." She said. "Angel." Bishop said. "Oh sorry. I forgot." She said. "Forgot what?" Keisha asked. "The Great Amulet has chosen Angel as the chosen one. She is now a Uni-Hybrid." Kacey said, irritably. Keisha caught onto her tone.

"Gurl whatchu mad for?" She asked. "Nothing." Kacey said, as she walked to the door but Keisha blocked. "You got a problem with me?" She asked. "Yeah. Your in my way." Kacey said. "Okay guys. Chill. Keisha just let her pass bro." Angel said. "Nah. Blondie got an attitude. What about? What I do to you?" Keisha asked. "Bitch right now, you in my way." Kacey said, with such sass. Keisha pushes her. Kacey pushes her back. Angel got in between them. "Yo chill." She said. "Yes. I'd hate to have a fight break out." Annie said, walking up to them. There was a gun imprint on her waistline. Keisha glared at Kacey. "Yo what's up with you Kacey?" Angel asked. A tear came down Kacey's eye. She quickly wiped it away. "Nothing." She said, as she stormed out the room.

Angel ran after her but Keisha grabbed her. "Whoa whoa whoa. Let's go get our kill hunt on. I need to unwind." She said. Angel looked down the hall. "But Kacey-" Keisha cut her off. "We'll be fine." She said. Keisha walked out with Angel behind her. "What's up with Kacey?" I asked. "Now that Keisha is back, she feels that Angel will hang with her and be back best friends with her." Trey said. "Angel has time for both of them." I said. Just then, a booming sound rocked the building. We all looked outside. "Your a showoff Angel!!!" Keisha shouted. We looked up in the night sky to see a a white dragon flying above the building. It then landed on the helicopter pad. The sound of running footsteps sounded down the hall. "Bryant your daughter is a showoff." Keisha said, walking in. "Oop. Somebody mad." Angels aid, walking behind her.

"All right enough. Here's your flash cards now off y'all go." Annie said, irritably. Everyone walked but me walked out the room. Bishop walked out the room to go to the bathroom. "Annie are you okay?" I asked, walking close to her. "I'm fine. Just go." She had shouted. I stood there. "Annie." I said. She began crying. I walked over and hugged her. "What's wrong?" I asked. She looked up at me. "I lost my baby." She said. I was confused. "Bishop just went to the bathroom. He'll be back any minute." I said. "No. I mean I was pregnant but with all this stress I'm under, I lost my baby today. That's why I left so early today." She said. She began to sob in my arms. "Annie I'm so sorry." I said. A few minutes later, Bishop walked. He immediately ran up to us. "Annie, what's wrong?" He asked. She began speaking Korean.

I moved out of the way when Bishop reacted a certain way. He began consoling her. I walked out the room but not before looking at them. I hope Angel am so don't go through that. I walked out the building and transformed then flew off. I flew around til I saw my first target heading into an IHOP. I flew low and landed. I transformed back and smelled vanilla. I walked up to the window and seen Angel talking to a guy. He had his arm around her. Who the hell is this? I walked in and looked around my target. She must've smelled my scent because she came over. "Hey Justin. What's up?" She asked. I shook my head. "I had a plan on how to take that guy. I'm gonna seduce him then kill him. I'm super excited about which powers to use tonight." She said.  Seduce a target? That's what Abby and Colin do. But I'm not gonna fuck them first then kill them.

I sat down at an empty table and waited for my target. Angel invited her target over to me. The hell is she doing? "This is my brother's friend, Tyler." She said to him. He looked at me. I nodded at him. I saw my target walk out the restroom and back behind the counter. "Yeah. I'm her brother's friend." I said. "Yeah. He has com out the closet yet." Angel continued. I looked at her. Is she serious?! *laughs* Shut up Damon. "On man. You better come out soon. People will accept you for who you are." The dude said. I stared at him. "I know that." I said. Angel looked at me and I guess she understood I was upset. "Why don't you go order our food? Imma talk to him." She said, rubbing his arm. I grew jealous. He nodded and walked off. She sat down next to me.

"Justin what's up?" She asked. I didn't say anything. "Yo I thought we were on good terms?" She said. "We are. You just seduce away." I said. She stared at me. "Okay. Annie juts had a miscarriage and she's upset about it. She's under a lot of stress. I'm worried about her." I said, honestly. "Aw. That's so sad." She said. Just then, it started raining. "That's not something a woman can deal with so easily. I know she's gon be devastated for awhile." She said. "Yeah I know. We might not be night hunting for awhile til she gets better." I said. "Oh. Is she back at AA?" She whispered. I nodded. "What about Bishop?" She asked. "She told him. I left so to give them some privacy." I said. "Aw. Is that why your upset?" She asked.

I stared at her. "No. My mate is flirting with other dudes but I'm okay with it." I said, sarcastically. She glared at me. "I'm doing a job. And who said this 'mate' thing was foreal? It could be a mistake. There could be someone out there that I could feelings for. Who said I had to be with you?" She asked. It broke my heart when she said. That. I got up and slit my target's throat without warning. Angel quickly got up and killed hers. "Are you out o your fucking mind?!" She yelled. I grabbed her face and kissed her roughly. "I've been out of my mind when I agreed to this." I said, angrily. I grabbed the dude's body and dragged it outside. I looked up and noticed it was about to pour down. I transformed and flew the body back to AA.

I landed and looked behind me to see Angel not far behind. She dropped the body and landed. She transformed and l glared at me. I transformed back and glared at her. "Your an ass Justin." She said. "Munch me bitch." I said, harshly. She growled at me as I growled at her. "Thanks for the bodies guys." Someone said but we didn't look at them. I transformed and flew away. She did too. She flew her own way and I flew my own. Guess my mate doesn't want me. *whimpers*