The Necklace That Protects Me novel Chapter 12

Thankfully there were only a few people there, and no Loren! I vaguely recognized all of them from school. The three guys that were sitting by the fire were the ones always around Brian. I'd seen them plenty but didn't even know their names. As we approached everyone stood up.

"Hey everyone! This is my Brie! And her friend Noel." Brian announced much to my horror but I smiled a tiny bit and waved. Brie stayed glued to Brian, making me very much a third wheel. Thankfully Brian at least had the sense to introduce me.

"Noel, Brie, this is Jacob, Zach, and Michael. We've known each other basically since birth. Jacob and Zach are twins." I looked at the two red heads. They looked identical in every way. Same pale blue eyes, same freckles, and both built like star football players. They both smiled mischievously at me. "Michael here, is the headmasters-"

"That's enough." The guy pointed out as Michael quickly interrupted. I looked at him momentarily stunned. He was the most beautiful man I'd ever met. It was dark but from the light of the fire I could tell he had smooth tanned skinned and well defined muscles. His hair was chestnut brown and messy. I could see the reflection of the fire dance in his almost golden eyes. He didn't smile at me but seemed to be asking a thousand questions with his eyes. He kept his arms tightly folded across his chest.

"Nice to meet you Noel, hope you have some fun. But please don't wander into the forest. Would hate to have to go searching for you again." He stated with a little bit of distaste behind his voice. Which Instantly made me angry.

"Look, I'm sorry everyone had to search for me. I didn't mean for that to happen. But sue me. I'm sure I'm not the first it's happened to." I spit out with so much venom is surprised me, I could feel the anger leaking off of me. I'm normally pretty relaxed but apparently not tonight. Maybe that time of the month was approaching.

Suddenly, a head-splitting pain came on me again. I choked back a scream as I fell to my knees with my head in my hands. Again, it felt like my necklace was burning me. This time the head pain wasn't quite as bad but the necklace was getting worse. It felt heavy and very hot. Just as quickly as before, it passed. I was left feeling exhausted. I leaned back sitting my butt on the ground and picked my necklace off my skin. Maybe it was just my imagination, but it did feel warm to the touch.

Brie was next to me. "Are you okay?" She ask, genuinely concerned for me.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, I don't know why I keep getting those but it's gone now. I'm just going to sit here a minute and relax by the fire." I replied to put her at ease and shooed her away towards Brian. Everyone was still looking at me with a worried expression. I just shrugged and went back to watching the fire. Ignoring the judgement in their stares.

I was doing a fabulous job of blending in so far I thought while rolling my eyes.

He looked at my hand with a strange expression then grabbed it to help me up. He had a pained expression on his face.

"Come on I'm not that heavy." I said while rolling my eyes, "or are you as much of a baby as Brian?"

Michael chuckled lightly at that and just shook his head. He led me to his truck, another rusty but sturdy old truck. His was red, but very similar to Brian's.

"What is it with you guys and these beaters?!" I questioned once in the truck.

Michael laughed. And it sounded like music to my ears. My heart fluttered a bit.