"Ezeqest Wallagher, Ramona Wallagher, Martin Wallagher." James says through his teeth. 

"What? James what are you talking about?" I take a step backwards only running into the counter. 

"Your father! He killed them. He killed my family!" He says angrily but sadness glistens in his eyes removing any trace of anger. "He thought that they were "evil". He thought they were some part of an organization. The black dwellers." Anger comes back onto his facial expressions. 

"J-James, I did not know. I- I am so sorry." I really meant it, but Blonde James did not believe me. 

Next thing I know, I am being lunged at staring into the eyes of my very angry ex- bestfriend. 

I struggle trying to push him off of me. We go back and forth, rolling until I see a flash of white in the corner of my eyes. 

"L- Lia?" 

I see Lia come running towards me flashing some sort of flashlight in James's eyes. James sees the light and scrambles backwards towards the bar. What is happening? She keeps on flashing the light at him making him try to hide even more. 

"Demon Possessed," she says bluntly. 

What the hell does she mean by demon possessed?! 

"What exactly do you mean?" 

Right at that moment, James stands up, his face covered by only one emotion: Confusion. 

"W- What happened?" He looks at me and his eyes widen, "What happened to you Aaron? Why is there a cut on the side of your head and a cut on your lip?" 

I lift my arms to my lips and then I wince due to the pain. 

I look over at Lia and she is shaking her head no as if not to tell him. 

"Oh, I just got into a little fight." 

James looks over at Lia wide-eyed only to realize she has the same expression. 

"With who? I will make sure that b- bastard pays. He harmed my best friend." I wince once more due to the realization. Is James still my bestfriend? What happened? Should I tell him? 

"I- I a- am not s- sure." I say feeling guilty for lying. "He came out of n- nowhere." I try not to make eye contact with James nor Lia. 

Right then, Lia interrupts. "Um- Aaron, come with me, we will get you fixed." She gives me a small smile while all I do is nod. 

She walks me up to her room and we enter making me all the sudden have an urge to run back to James and ask him if he knew he was demon possessed. 

I sit down on her peach colored couch only to wince in more pain. 

"You will be sore for a while. That was a really bad fight you guys had going on back there." She says as I stare at her wide-eyed. She was there?! If she was, why didn't she help me sooner?

"Yes I was there for the whole thing. I waited to see if you had any powers your father had. I seem to stand corrected." She says as she wraps a bandage around the side of my head. 

"I said t- that out loud?" I mumble more to myself, but either way, Lia nods. 

I grimace as she keeps on wrapping bandage around my head. I sit there observing her features. She changed out of her blue dress into black pants, a black leather jacket covering a smoke grey tank-top only to realize her black combat boots too. Her strawberry colored hair stands out brightly on top of her jacket and her bright green eyes make her face look delicate. Her lips. They are nicely formed not making them seem to big nor to small for her head. Their soft pink color makes her look almost... graceful, but in black. 

I realize that I must have been staring at her for a while because she calls at me. 

"Aaron?" 

I snap back to reality only to see her with a smirk plastered on her face. 

"Y- yes?" I stutter, hating myself for making it seem as if I liked her. 

"You were looking at me and I snapped my hand in front of you but you just stared at me harder when I did." Her smirk grows into a grin. 

I blush a light pink and scowl at her. "I was just trying too see what that black thing on your lips are." There really was nothing on her lip, but I did not wanted it to seem as if I was checking her out. 

She licks her lips right after I finish telling her and then asks me, "Is it gone?" 

"Yes, it is gone." 

She smiles as she says, "You are all finished getting bandaged." 

I peer down at my wrist, and rub my tongue over my lip only to feel a bumpy object realizing it must be a bandage. I reach for the top of my head only to be stopped halfway but Lia's own hand. 

"No it will hurt." She says keeping my hand in her own. The warmth of her hand sends a trail of shivers down my spine. She takes her hand out of my own while I realize she must have felt my shiver. 

"Thanks by the way." I smile a genuine smile. 

"It was no problem." 

With that I walk out her room with only 3 questions racing in my head: 

Why was James possessed by a demon if both of his parents were still alive?

What was that flashlight looking object in Lia's hand? 

What is Lia doing to me? 

The questions keep on circling over and over until realizing the last one bothers me the most. 

What are you, Lia Flatter, doing to me?

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A/N: 

Sorry for a short chapter but I have to still have to finish writing a 100 paged essay for my class. 

I just wanted to also thank everyone for supporting me and at least reading this novel. I promise that it will get better after a few more chapters. Thanks again!

esthercisram

P.S. I need help coming up with a name for a new character. Any suggestions on their name and what they look like? (I planned for the character to be a boy)