Chapter 57

LAYLA

I can see how grateful he is for what I am doing. But when he took hold of my hand and stare into my eyes with those beautiful blue eyes, I had to practice all self-control that I could find.

"Are you feeling any better?"

"I am fine really"

I watch stand up and then walk to the clothes as if nothing has happened. This is now the second time that I see him bending down in pain. I start to wonder if there is something wrong with him. So, I follow him to the clothes, and just as he takes a stand, I turn to him.

"I am sorry to ask you this but I am really getting worried about you. Are you doing okay?"

I can see him giving me a slight smile and then he says.

"You do not have to worry about me. I will be okay. Now, what do you have for the show?"

I do not believe that he is okay but it is clear that he does not want to talk about it. So, I carry on and show him all the outfits for each song. Then Mark comes into the room and gives Jake a ten minute warning as the show is about to start. As soon as Mark has left the room he turns back to me and says.

"Can you possibly do me a favor?"

"Sure, anything. What do you want me to do?"

"I would love it if we can keep this little incident between us? I do not want to worry Mark as yet because he will worry about anything and take it overboard"

I do not know what is the relationship between Jake and Mark but it seems like Mark is someone that worries easily. Then I say to him.

"I will do that but only on one condition"

He left his eyebrow because he probably did not expect me to say something like that. Then that beautiful smile of his appears again and he says to me.

"What is the condition?"

"Will you please let a doctor check out your ears?"

JAKE

Once again her caring nature is winning me over. I love the way that she cares for me and so I nod my head and say.

"I will do that"

"Then I will keep your secret"

"Thank you so much"

Then I take my outfit and walk back to my dressing room. I start to worry about what this sound is and why my ears were bleeding. I was under the impression that the wolf in me has given me fast healing but for some reason, this does not disappear.

I do not know if I should take up her offer and let the doctor look at me. What if I do that and the doctor says that I am different than any other human being? I do not know how he would see it but I do not want to take that chance.

I look at myself in the mirror and I realized that I am not a man. I am an animal and a very strong one at that. I need to find out where that sound is coming from and I better find it out tonight. Then I get dressed and make my way to the stage.

LAYLA

As the concert starts everyone is in their places including me. We run around and get everything ready and in between every song, I see my favorite man. I wish I can call him my man but I know that he belongs to the world.

He is extra nice with me tonight and I guess it is because of the slushy that was thrown in my face. It is strange how I am also extra nice to him because of the pain that he finds himself in every so often.

It is almost as if we care for each other without realizing what we are doing. It is clear that a bond is busy building between us and I know that we will not be able to handle the sexual tension any longer. The show goes on without a hitch and soon it is over.

We start to pack up and then Rita informs me about another party tonight. We will be going to a rave club in the hottest place in town. I am not sure if I look forward to it because I do not want to run into Jason. But it is difficult to keep me away from a good rave.

Before I know it we are all dressed up and ready to go. We all get into the van and luckily Jason is not joining us in this van. I know that Jake will not be with us tonight because then all the people will be around him. It is a shame because I would have liked to see him one more time.

My eyes are getting better by the second and the pain has soon left my body. I let the music take control of me and for some reason, I hear Jake's voice in every song. He has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard and I understand why people are freaking out about him.

The night carries on and soon it is time to go back. But I think that I had one too many to drink and so I wander off in the wrong direction. I thought that the vans were part on this area but I soon discovered that there is no parking lot where I find myself.

I do not know exactly how I got there but I am walking through woods. Nothing is really clear at this moment because I am almost hundred percent sure that I am very drunk. But then suddenly, I hear something moving in the woods and I know that it can not be a human being.

Then I see a brown big wolf appearing from out of the trees. I am so shocked that I can not move. I see the big white teeth that it is showing to me and suddenly all my drunkenness has left me. I know now that this is my end.

I realize that I am a little bit drunk but I can not be that drunk that I am imagining this huge big brown wolf in front of me. His teeth are as white as snow and as sharp as a two edged sword. His eyes are staring right at me and I know that I am his dinner.

My body can not seem to move because I am frozen in terror. I did not know that there are wolves still running around in the cities. This must be an animal that escaped from the zoo or some nature reserve. I see him putting his one paw in front of the other.

It is clear that I am his prey and that my life will end today. They say that your life flashes before your eyes just when you are about to die but I find myself thinking about Jake. I thought that I would at least think about my family but all I can think about is him.

Then, without warning, he jumps me. I lift up my arms to protect myself but then something strange happens. He only scratches me with his teeth and the blood is pouring out of my arm but then he staggered backward like a wounded animal. He pushes his body low to the ground as if he is trying to bow and then starts to walk backward looking at me.

I just stare at him because I do not understand what is happening. He almost looks afraid of me. Then he starts to make the sound of an animal that is in extreme pain and then he turns around faster than the speed of light running away.

I looked behind me trying to figure out why he was so scared but there is nothing. I do not even know what to do or what to think about what just happened. I stare at my arm and the blood is clearly dripping from it. I can see that the cut on my arm is very deep and that I probably should get some medical assistance. But I am still very much in shock and so I just turn around walking in the direction that I came from.

I start to wonder if I was hallucinating it or did it really happen. I look at my arm again and I am sure there is blood coming from it. Maybe I just cut myself on a tree and I am imagining this entire thing.

Luckily, I find the parking of the club again. This time I see Rita and I walk towards her like a zombie. She sees me and then starts running towards me.

"What the hell happened to you?! What happened?!"

She grabs my arm and looks at the cut. I also look at the cut and then I frown and say to her.

"I was bitten by a wolf"

As I say the words out loud it is as if I can not believe what I am saying. Rita looks at me with complete confusion in her eyes. Then she says to me.

"How drunk are you?"

"I am not that drunk. I am serious"

She laughs a little and then helps me back to the van. Then she says to me.

"We better get you to the doctor"

I look at her with my head tilted while she is holding my arm in her hand.

"Where are we going to get a doctor?"

As we drive back to the hotel, she says to me.

"The crew has a doctor. We can just go to him"

I just stare out in front of me because I think I am still in shock or I just can not believe what is happening. So, I nod my head and say.

"Okay"