The Girl With The Dragon's Blood

A few weeks had passed since I had to stand in for Jinxx. Everything was going normal for now. I still went on stage with Ashley because I had to and I would play sometimes. Ashley tried to get me to sing for them once and I outright refused and then hit him and stormed over to Sammi.
I could tell he was tryin his down right best to impress me. He didn't disagree with me as much and he kept trying to make sweet gestures. He always supplied me with monsters. He stopped making as many perverted jokes. If I asked for something he got it for me.
His real trial came when it hit that time of the month and I was going through rapid moodswings and kept catching random things on fire. Guys think that a normal girl is bad but a dragon girl is awful. We can't help but be temperamental and snappy and our powers tend to flare up with our moods.
on one of these such days I was laying on the couch in sweats and a tank top curled up in a ball and growling at people that came near me. Cc was sitting in a corner terrified after he accidentally spilt his drink on me and I nearly ripped his head off. Christi was trying to comfort him.
"Don't worry. This will pass. Trust me. She doesn't like anybody when she's like this. It's nothing against you." She said rubbing his back. And she was right. I hated people. I had even lashed out at Christi once. The rest of the guys kept a safe distance from me at all times now. Well except for Ashley who had to stay near me.
I probably would have snapped at him to but he was doing everything in his power to keep me calm. He brought me heating pads and monsters and fed me chocolate and rubbed my stomach. He was constantly asking me if I needed anything. I tried to be angry with him but the warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach made it difficult. I don't know what it was but it seemed to fill my whole body with a soothing warmth and only appeared when Ashley was around.
On the bright side Alecto seemed to have momentarily given up on the whole mate thing. Mainly because he was to busy complaining about being stuck in my body at this time. /Never. Never have I had to deal with this. I feel like I'm about to explode. If you and Ashley don't make up and let me get out of here soon I'm going to go insane!!/ Alecto growled in my mind. He had been reiterating the same sentiment for the last few days. Always about females and emotional overdrive and men shouldn't have to go through this. Honestly. Takira had never complained this much.
I was growling at Alecto. When I accidentally caught the couch on fire. Again. This was the third time today. Ashley quickly smothered it with a towel and then started rubbing my back. after a money he frowned. "Your still heating up Tora. Try and calm down okay?" He whispered soothingly. I growled again and he sighed. I felt a sudden dip in the temperature of the room and then I felt cool hands running over my back and arms. After he had cooled me down he put my head in his lap and started rubbing my temples with icy hands. He knew I like the cold more than the hot because that was my natural element. As he rubbed my temples he started to hum. I relaxed into his touch and the warmth in my stomach grew larger. I tried to fight it. I didn't know what it was and I wasn't sure if I like it.
Before I realized it I had fallen asleep to Ashley's gentle touch. I was dreaming again. It was almost the same dream as the one about my mother. Almost. But instead of my mother standing there fighting off the attacker it was Ashley. He was growling and trying his best to fend the person off. I tried to reach him but the invisible wall was there again preventing me from getting to him. But then the attacker pulled the gun. Ashley didn't see it. I screamed for Ashley to run and then the attacker turned to me. I couldn't see his face but I knew he was smiling. "I will kill everyone you have ever loved." He sneered before pulling the trigger. The shot rang out and I saw Ashley drop to the ground. I woke up screaming. I sat bolt upright on the couch. Ashley pulled me to him and started rocking me back and forth. I knew he had been worried. I was shaking uncontrollably again and I was gasping for breath.
As I regained my composure I thought about the dream. The man had said he would kill everything I had ever loved but why had he hit Ashley. I didn't live him. Did I? He was annoying and perverted and infuriating and rude and sweet and kind and living and always trying to please me. He was always trying to show his affection for me and I had been doing my absolute best to ignore him. But now I looked inside myself and I realized that I loved It when we argued. I loved it when he challenged my opinion when everyone else was afraid to. I love how when I needed him he was always there. I loved the way his strong arms wrapped around me and held me close. I loved how he played with my hair and whispered sweet things in my ear. And then I realized. I loved HIM. The warm feeling in my stomach grew and expanded and shot though my whole body. I was in love with Ashley Fucking Purdy and there was nothing I could do about it. /It's about damn time girl./ Alecto growled and then he was gone. I was gasping for breath a a familiar comforting cold settled over me. /Damn it is so good to be back. You don't even want to know the things that go on in that boys mind./ I heard Takira say. She was back. And that meant the curse was broken. I saw Ashley looking at me. I knot formed in the pit of my stomach.
I loved Ashley but I didn't want to. I looked into his eyes and the shot up out of his lap. Tears filled my eyes as I took one step backward then two and then I turned around and sprinted off the bus. I ran as far as I could. I ended up in a park sitting on a swing set crying my eyes out. This was only the second time in my life I had cried and it was over a guy. I felt like an idiot. A complete and utter idiot. what in the hell was I supposed to do?

Notes

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