Chapter 59

LAYLA

I wake up in my bed and as I jump upright, I feel the pain shooting through my head. It is so severe that I have to fall back down on my pillow. As I try to focus I see I am in the hotel room. I try to remember what happened last night but it is just a blur.

Then suddenly I see a bandage on my arm. I wish I knew what happened but I must have drank too much last night. I look at the bed next to me and I see Rita still sleeping soundly. I am sure that she must know something. As I want to wake her up, I see pill bottles next to my bed.

I feel completely lost and so I wake her up.

"Rita, wake up"

"Hmm..."

"What happened to me? What happened last night?"

Then I see her opening her eyes trying to sit upright.

"Oh, honey do you not remember anything?"

"No...I remember nothing"

She turns to me and then says.

"We came back from the rave and you walked toward us with a cut on your arm. You said you were bitten by a wolf. We took you back to the hotel where the doctor put some stitches on your cut. But you passed out and we carried you to your bed"

"Wait...backup...did you say I was bitten by a wolf?"

"No, I said, you said you were bitten by a wolf. Because I would not talk that kind of nonsense. You were drunk last night and I think you had way too many"

Then suddenly the pain shoots through my head again and I realize she is telling me the truth. But why would I say I was bitten by a wolf. I must know that no wolves are walking around in a city. I can not believe I was so drunk that I would talk this kind of nonsense.

"Usually, I do not agree with people that tell me that I talk nonsense but in this case, I agree with you. Then what happened to my arm?"

"No one knows. The doctor says that you were bitten by an animal but I highly doubt that it was a wolf. You just appeared in the parking lot and there was blood coming from your arm"

"I guess, I need to thank you. Did I at least come willingly?"

She laughs a little bit and then she says.

"Let's just say you were in severe shock and did everything I said"

"At least I was obeying you. I am so sorry you had to go through that"

"Do not worry about me. Rather worry about yourself and drink those pills next to your bed"

I look at the pills again and then I see it is antibiotics and painkillers.

"You have to take some right away because we could not get anything in your system last night. You are basically dead weight"

Suddenly, I really feel like a fool and I realized that I should stop drinking. I did say to myself that I am not going to drink too much and I guess, I just wanted to let loose last night.

"I guess, I owe you a big favor"

I see her frowning at me as if she does not understand what I am saying.

"I mean...for helping me last night. I promise I will repay the favor"

"Do not worry about it I am sure you would have helped me too"

"Well let me not keep you. Go back to sleep"

"I wish I can but it is almost noon and we are about to fly out to our next destination"

Then it is as if I realize again that I have a job to do still. We are flying out soon and I am not nearly ready to be on a plane.

"Thank you for reminding me"

I turn around and quickly take my pills as it says on the bottle. My head is pounding and my arm is hurting. I have completely forgotten about my eyes and it feels like I am a trainwreck. But I start to pack and get all my things ready for the plane.

It is not long after I have packed that the vans pull up and we make our way to the plane.

JAKE

I just made it to my hotel before the sun is completely up. I know that Mark would be looking for me soon and I know that I am beyond exhausted. I take off my clothes as far as I walk to my bed and then just fall flat on my bed face down. I do not know how I am going to keep up with my wolf and human life if this is what is going to happen at night.

I am glad that we only see each other once a month because there is no way that I will be able to keep up appearances. I fall asleep immediately but then I hear someone knocking on the door. I swear I just close my eyes but then I see it is almost noon.

I almost can not believe that it feels like I did not get any sleep. I try to get out of bed but my legs are weak and so my entire being too.

"I am coming, hold your horses!!"

I know it is Mark and unfortunately, I have locked the door otherwise I would have told him to just come in. I finally get to the door after bumping myself into almost every pillar in the room. I kept my eyes close as I just can not get myself to open them.

I open the door and then turn around not even looking at who is at the door.

"What do you want?"

"It is time for you to get to the plane. What have you been doing the entire night?"

Suddenly, I am wide awake as I am afraid that he knows where I have been.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you look exhausted"

"Yeah..."

I take a deep breath of relief as it is clear he does not know where I was.

"...I guess I had a difficult night's sleep"

"Well, you should get ready. The plane is almost about to leave. We need to get to Thailand. We scheduled the press before the concert. So you have to be on your A game. Maybe we can ask Layla to get you an outfit ready?"

Then suddenly it is as if I forgot all about what happened to Layla. I start to wonder how her eyes are feeling and if she is feeling any better today.

"Yeah, I will ask her on the plane. Maybe she can whip me something up"

"Okay, cool. Then I will see you in twenty minutes?"

"Yeah"

He turns around and just as he is about to walk out the door I say to him.

"Did you get some extra security? I seriously do not need another fan to attack me or any of my crew"

"Yeah, you do not have to worry about that anymore"

"Good"

Then he turns to walk out the door and I fall back down on my bed. I really do not need another fan to attack me today. I am way too weak for any excitement. Luckily, we had a great feast last night and I am still full from that feast.

Then I gather my things and put on my hoodie and my sunglasses. It is time for me to board the plane and suddenly I feel a little bit excited that I might get to see Layla again.