Authors: Jess Parry
“What the
hell
Becky,
don’t be an asshat!
C
ome on we are going to Ireland, get off your
cute ass
and let’s start packing”
Lifting her tear streaked face off her pillow Siobhan look
ed
over at her two friends standing in the door
way
.
“Go away, I’m not in the mood for this Sarah” Siobhan
hiccupped
“I
have
talked about this trip to the farm with my parents, argued and both conceded to me, but now this!” Wiping the tears off her face, Siobhan shuddered slightly
“Siobhan, we have known about this for a couple of days, but were sworn to keep it secret, I honestly thought you would be happy…” Jason
grumbled
“Jason, I always go back to Missouri for the summer, this was my mother’s way of keeping me from going…can’t you see that!”
“No, Siobhan, I see this as our parents rewarding us for busting our asses for the past three years
,
showing them they could be proud of us. This is a great job kids
,
here’s some freedom to go with it and you are crying, because you will only get to spend one month with your grandparents!” Jason ranted “Why are you with me Siobhan, since I apparently don’t count too high on your chain of concern”
“Bb..but” Siobhan stammered
“Whatever, I’m going with Derrick and heading over to Pete’s party, I’ll talk to you later…maybe” Jason turned storm
ing
out of Siobhan’s room
“Siobhan, what is with you?” Sarah asked “You are my best
ie
, but even this reaction is hurting me!” she whispered
“You just don’t understand Sarah” Siobhan wailed
“Your damn straight I don’t.
Hey! Jason wait up” Sarah
called as she ran to catch up to Jason
13
Gathering Storm
3 CHAPTER
Three
Kicking her shoes off, Siobhan grabbed her mobile
dialing her grandparents. Listening to the annoying ring, she looked up
at the clock realizing its way past the normal time, she started to click end, when she heard her grandfather’s deep voice come through.
“Hello?”
“Hi
G
randpa…” Siobhan whispered between hiccups
“Siobhan, what’s wrong?” His
gravelly
voice clearing from sleep
“Nothing Grandpa, I just found out about the trip, it was announced at the party tonight, Jason & Sarah already knew, but they didn’t tell me?!”She wailed into the phone
Between her sniffles, she could hear her grandmother in the background asking her grandfather who it was, then heard the shuffling of the phone.
“My little fairy, what’s wrong?”
Siobhan’s
grandmother
’s
soothing voice brought a new wave of tears to shimmer in her eyes
Crying louder, Siobhan relayed the same thing she told her grandfather.
“Little fairy, we knew about the trip, your mother called us a couple of weeks ago to discuss it.” She replied
calmly
“We were not aware that they had not informed you, but please little one, don’t be upset by this trip.”
“Grandmother, that means I only get to spend less time with you”
“Siobhan, you are going to where our family came from, who do you think
agreed to this trip based on where you are going?” she asked
“What?” Siobhan asked
quietly
“We discussed it and said that if this trip is so important, then we wouldn’t have a problem with only getting to see you for a month as long as you were to go to Ireland where our family is from.” Her grandmother said peacefully
“Oh, grandmother...I…I didn’t know”
“I know little fairy, but now you do
.
W
e want you to go and have a wonderful time, take lots of pictures for us to see
when you come home. I only as that you
learn about where your fae blood comes from!”
“I love you grandmother, I really do and thank you” Siobhan said
. Sighing, Siobhan felt her heart ease
Hanging up she immediately sent a text to Jason and Sarah.
Jason n Sarah…sorry! I luv you guys and will make it up to you. Luv Becky
A few minutes later she got a text back from both, saying they loved her too and to come join them at Pete’s the party was going strong. Exhausted from the evenings events, Siobhan
texted back
declin
ing
and she would see them in the morning.
Siobhan undressed
quickly before
climb
ing
into her bed
.
P
ull
ing
the covers around her
tightly, she closed her tired eyes
. Sleep came quickly
as she
fell into a quiet dream
of her grandparent’s farm
.
Lost in the dream, she didn’t hear her
bedroom window gradually slide open
.
Murky mist slithers
leisurely
into her room
encircling her bed. The mist shimmers
as the energy inside it
forms
into a man with a chiseled urethral face gazes at Siobhan with
vibrant green eyes
. A long slender hand reaches down slowly caressing Siobhan’s sleeping face. Mumbling incoherently, Siobhan turns her face into the outstretched fingers.
Groaning, the man shivers from Siobhan’s warmth. An aching need for her fueling his resolve to be closer, he leans down laying a soft kiss to her lips.
“My beloved, come to me in dreams
,
feel our hearts love I have missed you” the lilting
Irish
voice whisper
s. Standing above Siobhan a moment more, he watches
the
dream began to weave inside her mind before
dissolv
ing into the mist
.
Murmuring in her sleep, tossing the covers off in a fit, the dream of her grandparent’s farm fade
s
into darkness. Siobhan
is
running down a path in the woo
ds, the tall trees obscuring what little light the night holds as she trips
over
the forest
roots
jutting from the path.
Her chest gr
o
w
ing
tighter with every step, but all she kn
o
w
s i
s that she ha
s
to get to the cliffs. Her foot slipp
ing
over a root in the ground
,
she
tumbles
down hard, feeling her teeth chink together from the jarring fall. Pushing herself up, she ha
s
to keep going, an ominous sensitivity pushing her forward.
Music slowly start
s
enveloping her senses; twisting around trying to hear where the sound
is
coming from. She didn’t have time for this,
she has
to keep going, but
the
lyrical sounds
are so
familiar
t
o her.
Stopping in the middle of the path, closing her eyes as thundering bass encases her.
Blinking her eyes open;
sitting
straight up in bed, Siobhan realized it was the ring tone on her phone for Sarah.
Grabbing the phone she
hears
music playing
loudly
in the background
.
“Siobhan…are you there?” Sarah questioned
“Yah, Sarah I’m here, it’s
almost
3am, where are you?”
“Can you come get me? I’m at Pete’s
.
Jason took off without me and Pete has been getting pretty grabby” Sarah hiccupped between sobs
“Sure, give me a few minutes to get out of the house and I’ll be right there”
“Hurry please Siobhan”
Sarah wailed
Clicking off the call, Siobhan got up, threw on jeans a shirt, grabbed her shoes and quietly made her way downstairs
. Skipping the third step that creaks, she silently
turn
ed
off the alarm
, while grabbing
her dad’s car keys. Walking through the backyard, the moonlight illuminat
ing
her path
as
the dream she had slowly knitted its way back into her thoughts.
Shaking her head, she walked to the door leading into the detached garage
pressing
the unlock button to her dad’s BMW. Slowly pulling out, she made it to the end of the alley
looking both ways, she
began to inch out onto the street.
The normally busy street was deserted.
T
he neighborhood they lived in was
usually
still teaming with people at this hour
. They would be
leaving the local bars
,
heading to the restaurants that stayed open to feed those who had consumed more spirits than sense. There was no one out;
silent
cars parked on th
e street
, the trees swayed in the cool breeze
as
the street lights reflected off the windshields as she passed them. Making her way onto Lake Shore Drive, she stepped on the gas
racing
down the four exits to where Pete’s family house was.
At the light, she did have a couple of street urchin’s knock on her window asking the pretty girl for money. Making sure her doors were locked, Siobhan looked
for
the oncoming traffic, which was nonexistent
gunning
it around the corner
.
She turned onto Pete’s street
passing the darkened houses before hitting the still blazing lights illuminating the street from Pete’s house, she
saw Sarah standing on the steps outside his house.
Her dress was hanging off her right shoulder; her hair flying wildly around her head in addition to the eyeliner she had so meticulously applied earlier was
now
running down her cheeks. Seeing Siobhan slowing, Sarah ran down the steps and jumped into the car.
“Can I crash at your house?” Sarah didn’t even let Siobhan get a hello out
“Sure, what’s wrong Sarah, what happened?” Siobhan asked concerned
“Nothing, Pete’s an ass and your jerk boyfriend just damn left me there” Sarah wailed as more tears started sliding down her cheeks. “I just want to be out of this damn city, I can’t wait until tomorrow night when we will be flying the hell away from here!”
Whimpering slightly Sarah reached over
to
grab a tissue from the console between them.
Anger started bubbling in Siobhan, how Jason could just leave Sarah there, knowing that Pete gets way too possessive of Sarah after he’s been drinking. Granted Sarah and Pete had dated up until last year, Pete had yet to really let Sarah really go or forget it. Grabbing her cell, she hit the speed dial for Jason.
Ringing a couple of times, she heard Jason mumble something that sounded like hello.
“What the hell were you thinking Jason?” Siobhan yelled into the phone
“What…Siobhan…what are you talking about”
“Pete’s house, you just left Sarah there…do I need to repeat myself on my first question?”
“Shit” Jason mumbled “Look, she was having a good time, Pete hadn’t said one word to her other than hello, I thought it was alright
. Shit I’m sorry
”
“Well, it wasn’t” Clicking the end button, Siobhan didn’t give Jason a chance to apologize again.
Turning her phone off, she squeezed Sarah’s hand
as they
drove back to Siobhan’s in silence.
Once they had the car in the garage, keys where her dad would normally leave them, they both climbed up the stairs as quietly as possible. Back in Siobhan’s room, Sarah pulled her clothes off and climbed into Siobhan’s bed with just her underwear on
passing
out.
Watching her for a few minutes, Siobhan wondered just what would happen to Sarah if she wasn’t there one day to help.
Climbing
into the bed next to
Sarah, she
pulled
Siobhan
into a hug
.