Chapter 3 - Trapped

''How about I take you home?'' Greg said trying to keep up with me as I walked down the sidewalk,

''I don't want to go home; he will be there''

''Who? Loki? Why- "?

''No, Greg my father'' I came to stop turning to face him 'why on earth would Lucis be at my house"

''Um…''

''Ugh'' I threw my arms up in frustration, Greg caught my arm

"Babe, come on, I didn't mean it that way. Come, I'll take you to the lake house, no one will bother you there''

''Great now I'm gonna be killed in the woods cause no one will know where to look for me''

''Lilith! Calm down'' Greg grabbed me by the shoulders ''No one is going to kill you, I won't leave you in the woods on your own, I'll stay there with you''

The ride to the lake house was quiet. I watched as the world seemed to speed past us.

''You okay?'' Greg said softly.

''Yeah, that was a lot to take in. what my father had said. Wasn't exactly expecting it''

''Do you want to talk about it?'' I stayed quiet for a long time, did I? was that the point that Lucis had made?

''No, I just want to spend the night with you without any weirdness or issues of the world''

''So uh I'm guessing, asking what you were talking to Loki about would interfere with those plans'' I frowned and looked at Greg,

''Are you bothered by it'' I asked sounding more annoyed than I was going for

''Well no, but the guy is dodgy as hell I just want you safe''

''I'm safe'' I looked back out the window but my mind was reeling. I wanted to tell Greg about how he had given me a card that I had thrown away but that had reappeared in a book. I wanted to scream at how I didn't want my father to get married to the woman that had broken up our family. The car came to a stop just as I started biting the skin around the nail of my middle finger I was so deep in thought that the sudden taste of blood in my mouth startled me.

''Shit'' I heard Greg's voice as he moved to my side of the car and wrenched the door open ''How bad is it this time''

''I'm sorry, I, I didn't even know I was"

''Shut up and let me see'' he took my hand frowning as he examined my finger that was now bleeding and the rest of my fingers that looked raw. He sighed ''Come on let's get inside, and clean this'' he said shaking my hand. We walked up to the cabin in silence, the crunching of stones under our feet sounded louder than it should have. Greg unlocked the door dropped our bags and motioned for me to sit while he disappeared into the room. I walked to the huge window and looked out onto the lake, the moon was casting a comforting light tonight over it. Suddenly my eyes caught the glow of lights in the distance, the cabin across the lake had its lights on. In all the years I had been here with Greg I had never noticed that cabin being in use.

''Hand''

''Aaaah! God'' I jumped back towards the window, pushing my back up against It ''Can you fucking not''

''Ooooh, the F-bomb, and unfortunately not a god but close, now hand'' I rolled my eyes as I offered my hand to him. Greg cleaned up the blood and then assessed the damage. ''You know, most people bite their nails, should look into that if you are going to keep up this nervous habit before you have nothing but bone left for fingers''

''Nail-biting? I think my mother would rather have me lose my fingers than have a daughter with a nail-biting habit. New neighbors?'' I asked tilting my head to the cabin across the lake.

''Yup started seeing them about a month ago'' I turned to face the window again Greg put his hands on my waist and moved closer to me. I could see our reflections in the window and gave a small smile, I always looked like a little girl next to Greg, he was at least ahead taller than me, and build like a jock. Even though he was nowhere near being one. Greg bent down and kissed my shoulder and slowly moving up my neck as I leaned my head back against his chest. His hand slid down my arm causing the strap from my top to fall down my shoulder. I tried to turn so that I could face him but he held me in place, his hand finding its way around my waist and up my shirt. I tilted my head to the side feeling his lips skimming along my neck.

''Greg stop'' I opened my eyes to see a smile of white teeth and pale skin

''Why'' he moaned against my neck

''There is someone outside'' it felt way too long for me to get the words out, my throat was dry and all the breath had lost my body. Greg looked up looking annoyed

'there is nothing Lil, you are seeing things'

''I'm not there was someone there, I saw them'' Greg gave a breath of frustration, let go of me, and closed the curtains. He turned back to me running his fingers through my hair and kissed me slowly

''There is no one there'' he said softly, and then in one swoop had me up in his arms and carried me over to the couch.

''Horror or horror'' he said dumping me down and walking into the kitchen.

''Hmmm that's a tough one'' I said turning on the T.V and going through the options. The smell of popcorn soon wafted around the cabin, I picked a movie just as Greg came back into the room and settled down next to me.