I Give my Heart to you on this Crimson Day
Chapter 18: Warmness on the Soul
Erin’s P.O.V
The breeze was cool and there was a chill in the air; it had been three and a half days since I had left California. I teleported to Colorado in the mountain are because it was spacious and quiet. The first full day that I was gone I could feel Zack and how devastated he was that I wasn’t at home with him. The day after that I could ever so slightly get a connection to him talking to me and praying that I would come back. On the third day we were able to communicate a little through thoughts; which bring us to right now. It was quiet and I was tired and had been trying to channel everything for days now. So far there at least fifteen things that I have channeled and I still feel like I am missing key gifts. I felt Zack trying to get through to me.
“How long has it been since you have slept” He had a bad attitude on him right now.
“I told you Zack that I had things that I need to get done and things that needed to be put together” I replied to him. I sat there just trying to calm down.
“You should come back now; I miss you, we all miss you” He thought and just then I felt a wave of sadness come over me because I really missed him too and I broke down crying. But then when I looked up I saw Jake…just Jake. I cowered in fear because I was disoriented.
“What are you doing here?” I asked in shock. He pulled me up and close to him.
“Erin you are being so ridiculous; you need to go home and spend as much time with everyone you love for as long as you can because Papa Gates is pissed; you are so stupid for stabbing him” He said and I just rolled my eyes because I didn’t need a lecture. I felt him slap me right across the face and I put my hand up to my face in shock.
“What the fuck is your problem! Jesus Christ Jake!” I yelled.
“Oh stop being such a baby Erin and get over yourself; you are so lucky that it is just me right now. Meaghan wanted to come and beat the shit out of you but I left without her” He said and I laughed a little and then he began to laugh. We sat there for a moment just laughing and then we stopped realizing that we were supposed to hate each other right now. He let go of me and we backed away from one another.
“Look I am sorry that all of this is happening; but if I betray Papa Gates he is just going to kill me and I would rather keep my life. I may not win an award for being the nicest guy but I really do care about you and don’t intend on being the one who takes you soul. They are orders; but if anyone is going for it I would be more worried about it being Papa Gates. Erin I think that there is something that you should know and I wanted to be the one to tell you” He said and I just sat there mentally preparing myself for it.
“Papa Gates still gets orders from someone…when he killed your father….it was for show. He is still alive Erin; he actually personally asked me to come and get you today and bring you down so that he can see you. I don’t expect you to do it but I know that he loves you and that I am sure that you would like to know him” He said. Well that was a huge blow to the face…who knew that he lied. My fucking father is alive and my mom doesn’t even know.
“Fine I will go and see him; but no games or anything okay” I said and he looked surprised and nodded.
“No games” He said and I grabbed his hand and in the blink of an eye I was back under. I sat there still a little frightened but more confident than last time. He led me down this long corridor and it was filthy down here which is why I hate it. He opened the double doors and there was a throne that sat all the way down at the other side of the room. I saw Papa Gates come out of another room and he gave me an evil glare that I probably deserved. He walked over to us and just gave Jake an odd look.
“She knows sir; please tell him that she is here” Jake said and Papa Gates went back into the room for a few moments. I was freaking out at the moment and Jake put his hand on my shoulder.
“It will be alright Erin I promise” He said which made me feel a little better. I just sat there tensing up more though because this was hard for me to do. I turned facing the exit and just felt so sick to my stomach.
“Erin; baby” I heard a man say. I turned around and saw him…my father. He smiled and came over and hugged me. I was taken off guard by the hug but it was nice. I broke from the hug because I was closer to my mom than him. He walked me over towards his throne.
“Dad why the hell are you letting this happen to me?” I asked softly trying to reason with him. He sighed and his smile faded.
“Erin I am sorry but I am stepping down from ruling and Papa Gates is next in line but to do that he needs more power. And that is where you come in; you see he is my best friend and I trust him so I am asking you nicely to cooperate and just learn to love him” He said and I was totally disappointed in him. I just started crying.
“This is why I grew up with mom; because you are just like Papa Gates; by the way dad do you realize that Papa Gates is infatuated with mom. He said that I look just as good as her which why he wants me even more. You are so oblivious to everything that happens; I have the love of a wonderful man/angel and we have a connection that Papa Gates and I will never have. I also don’t want a connection with him because he is pushy and rude. There will be a battle and you better believe that I will come out on top dad so get ready. I am done and going home now.” I said and thought about home and Zack. I looked at Jake and smiled and then I teleported home.
I ended up on my lawn and dropped crying really hard.
Michelle’s P.O.V
I was taking out the trash and reading the mail to just keep busy and then out of nowhere Erin was sitting on her lawn crying. She looked terrible and just tired and I ran over to her right away dropping my mail on the grass. The guys were at a concert so I picked her up and took her over to my house. I sat her down on the couch and hugged her.
“Erin I am so glad that you are back; tell me what’s wrong sweetie” I said trying to soothe her.
“Where is Zack?” She asked me barely having a voice left.
“The guys are doing a show; they are in Arizona right now so they won’t be back until tomorrow. I am going to have you stay here and I will get a bath running for you” I said to her. She looked like she really needed a friend. I ran upstairs and started the bath water and pulled her upstairs with me. She sat there on the edge just watching the water.
“My father is alive” She said.
“Isn’t that a good thing” I asked her because I didn’t know much about her parents.
“He is pushing me to give my soul to Papa Gates and be with him and rule because he is stepping down. He doesn’t care about me….he just cares about Papa Gates” She said swirling her finger in the water. I felt really bad but I love her and so does everyone else; she is not alone in this.
“Sweetie look at me” I said and she turned her head to me.
“You are like a sister to me and I would never leave you alone; the guys and the other girls are in this 100%; please realize that you have so much family up here and that will never change” I said to her and she smiled and hugged me crying.
“I love you Michelle you are just so sweet and so kind to me; thank you for taking me in” She said to me making me cry a little as well.
“I am going to leave you to your bath and I am going to make us some dinner while you are in here. I left the guest bedroom open and left clothes in there; have a nice bath” I said to her and made my way down to the kitchen.
Erin’s P.O.V
I stripped down to nothing and stepped into the steaming hot water. It burned a little at first but when I lied down all the way it was amazing. I lied there just staring at the ceiling. I saw an iPod Touch on the side and put the earbuds in and turned it on and it was full of Avenged Sevenfold song. I put it to the song Gunslinger and just let the music take me away. It wasn’t long before my mind wandered off into a different world. I drifted to back in the day when Jake and I first met each other and how nervous I was around him.
*”Hey; why are you sitting here alone” A tall man with brown hair asked me. I smiled shyly.
“I guess I prefer to drink alone” I said. He raised his eyebrows shocked.
“Well I don’t think that you should be drinking alone in a place like this; could be dangerous for a woman as gorgeous as you. I am Jake by the way” He said making me blush and smile.
“Well then I guess you better join me Jake; my name is Erin” I said trying to keep it casual and he gave me a really big smiled and my smile grew as well.*
I opened my eyes and came back to reality. I got out and walked to the guest bedroom and changed into the white bra, white underwear, light blue skinny jeans and the black t-shirt that Michelle had left for me. I walked downstairs and joined her in the kitchen. She seemed happy to see me.
“Anything that I can help with” I asked trying to be helpful.
“Actually it is ready so let’s eat!” She said happily. After a nice meal with Michelle we lied on the couch watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After two episodes we both fell asleep.
“WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!” I heard Michelle call out and I nearly fell of the couch in shock. We both started laughing. I looked at the clock and noticed that it was 2 in the afternoon.
“Well I was out for a while” I said laughing at myself. I stretched and we took a walk outside with her puppy Pinkly. When we came back around the block we ran into Val who of course was hugging me because she was ecstatic to see me.
“I am so happy that you are back sweetie!” She said to me. Michelle of course explained everything to her and so we went over to my house and I got a million hugs from Hay Hay of course and we all had a couple glasses of wine. After a few hours all the guys came home and Val ran outside.
“Hey guys you have to come over here! ERIN’S BACK!” I heard Val yell and all of them came running inside. Matt was first and he picked me up hugging me really tightly. Arin and Johnny gave me a double hug which nearly broke me in half. Brian hugged me tightly and was just so happy to see me and then there was Zack. Everyone sat there just watching like we were a romance show or something. Zack came close to me and then he hugged me and I put my head to his chest breathing him in. I pulled back and brought his lips to mine.
I didn’t need my dad…it was all starting to make sense…
Papa Gates is going down…
And I am going to do it with the help....of my family.
The breeze was cool and there was a chill in the air; it had been three and a half days since I had left California. I teleported to Colorado in the mountain are because it was spacious and quiet. The first full day that I was gone I could feel Zack and how devastated he was that I wasn’t at home with him. The day after that I could ever so slightly get a connection to him talking to me and praying that I would come back. On the third day we were able to communicate a little through thoughts; which bring us to right now. It was quiet and I was tired and had been trying to channel everything for days now. So far there at least fifteen things that I have channeled and I still feel like I am missing key gifts. I felt Zack trying to get through to me.
“How long has it been since you have slept” He had a bad attitude on him right now.
“I told you Zack that I had things that I need to get done and things that needed to be put together” I replied to him. I sat there just trying to calm down.
“You should come back now; I miss you, we all miss you” He thought and just then I felt a wave of sadness come over me because I really missed him too and I broke down crying. But then when I looked up I saw Jake…just Jake. I cowered in fear because I was disoriented.
“What are you doing here?” I asked in shock. He pulled me up and close to him.
“Erin you are being so ridiculous; you need to go home and spend as much time with everyone you love for as long as you can because Papa Gates is pissed; you are so stupid for stabbing him” He said and I just rolled my eyes because I didn’t need a lecture. I felt him slap me right across the face and I put my hand up to my face in shock.
“What the fuck is your problem! Jesus Christ Jake!” I yelled.
“Oh stop being such a baby Erin and get over yourself; you are so lucky that it is just me right now. Meaghan wanted to come and beat the shit out of you but I left without her” He said and I laughed a little and then he began to laugh. We sat there for a moment just laughing and then we stopped realizing that we were supposed to hate each other right now. He let go of me and we backed away from one another.
“Look I am sorry that all of this is happening; but if I betray Papa Gates he is just going to kill me and I would rather keep my life. I may not win an award for being the nicest guy but I really do care about you and don’t intend on being the one who takes you soul. They are orders; but if anyone is going for it I would be more worried about it being Papa Gates. Erin I think that there is something that you should know and I wanted to be the one to tell you” He said and I just sat there mentally preparing myself for it.
“Papa Gates still gets orders from someone…when he killed your father….it was for show. He is still alive Erin; he actually personally asked me to come and get you today and bring you down so that he can see you. I don’t expect you to do it but I know that he loves you and that I am sure that you would like to know him” He said. Well that was a huge blow to the face…who knew that he lied. My fucking father is alive and my mom doesn’t even know.
“Fine I will go and see him; but no games or anything okay” I said and he looked surprised and nodded.
“No games” He said and I grabbed his hand and in the blink of an eye I was back under. I sat there still a little frightened but more confident than last time. He led me down this long corridor and it was filthy down here which is why I hate it. He opened the double doors and there was a throne that sat all the way down at the other side of the room. I saw Papa Gates come out of another room and he gave me an evil glare that I probably deserved. He walked over to us and just gave Jake an odd look.
“She knows sir; please tell him that she is here” Jake said and Papa Gates went back into the room for a few moments. I was freaking out at the moment and Jake put his hand on my shoulder.
“It will be alright Erin I promise” He said which made me feel a little better. I just sat there tensing up more though because this was hard for me to do. I turned facing the exit and just felt so sick to my stomach.
“Erin; baby” I heard a man say. I turned around and saw him…my father. He smiled and came over and hugged me. I was taken off guard by the hug but it was nice. I broke from the hug because I was closer to my mom than him. He walked me over towards his throne.
“Dad why the hell are you letting this happen to me?” I asked softly trying to reason with him. He sighed and his smile faded.
“Erin I am sorry but I am stepping down from ruling and Papa Gates is next in line but to do that he needs more power. And that is where you come in; you see he is my best friend and I trust him so I am asking you nicely to cooperate and just learn to love him” He said and I was totally disappointed in him. I just started crying.
“This is why I grew up with mom; because you are just like Papa Gates; by the way dad do you realize that Papa Gates is infatuated with mom. He said that I look just as good as her which why he wants me even more. You are so oblivious to everything that happens; I have the love of a wonderful man/angel and we have a connection that Papa Gates and I will never have. I also don’t want a connection with him because he is pushy and rude. There will be a battle and you better believe that I will come out on top dad so get ready. I am done and going home now.” I said and thought about home and Zack. I looked at Jake and smiled and then I teleported home.
I ended up on my lawn and dropped crying really hard.
Michelle’s P.O.V
I was taking out the trash and reading the mail to just keep busy and then out of nowhere Erin was sitting on her lawn crying. She looked terrible and just tired and I ran over to her right away dropping my mail on the grass. The guys were at a concert so I picked her up and took her over to my house. I sat her down on the couch and hugged her.
“Erin I am so glad that you are back; tell me what’s wrong sweetie” I said trying to soothe her.
“Where is Zack?” She asked me barely having a voice left.
“The guys are doing a show; they are in Arizona right now so they won’t be back until tomorrow. I am going to have you stay here and I will get a bath running for you” I said to her. She looked like she really needed a friend. I ran upstairs and started the bath water and pulled her upstairs with me. She sat there on the edge just watching the water.
“My father is alive” She said.
“Isn’t that a good thing” I asked her because I didn’t know much about her parents.
“He is pushing me to give my soul to Papa Gates and be with him and rule because he is stepping down. He doesn’t care about me….he just cares about Papa Gates” She said swirling her finger in the water. I felt really bad but I love her and so does everyone else; she is not alone in this.
“Sweetie look at me” I said and she turned her head to me.
“You are like a sister to me and I would never leave you alone; the guys and the other girls are in this 100%; please realize that you have so much family up here and that will never change” I said to her and she smiled and hugged me crying.
“I love you Michelle you are just so sweet and so kind to me; thank you for taking me in” She said to me making me cry a little as well.
“I am going to leave you to your bath and I am going to make us some dinner while you are in here. I left the guest bedroom open and left clothes in there; have a nice bath” I said to her and made my way down to the kitchen.
Erin’s P.O.V
I stripped down to nothing and stepped into the steaming hot water. It burned a little at first but when I lied down all the way it was amazing. I lied there just staring at the ceiling. I saw an iPod Touch on the side and put the earbuds in and turned it on and it was full of Avenged Sevenfold song. I put it to the song Gunslinger and just let the music take me away. It wasn’t long before my mind wandered off into a different world. I drifted to back in the day when Jake and I first met each other and how nervous I was around him.
*”Hey; why are you sitting here alone” A tall man with brown hair asked me. I smiled shyly.
“I guess I prefer to drink alone” I said. He raised his eyebrows shocked.
“Well I don’t think that you should be drinking alone in a place like this; could be dangerous for a woman as gorgeous as you. I am Jake by the way” He said making me blush and smile.
“Well then I guess you better join me Jake; my name is Erin” I said trying to keep it casual and he gave me a really big smiled and my smile grew as well.*
I opened my eyes and came back to reality. I got out and walked to the guest bedroom and changed into the white bra, white underwear, light blue skinny jeans and the black t-shirt that Michelle had left for me. I walked downstairs and joined her in the kitchen. She seemed happy to see me.
“Anything that I can help with” I asked trying to be helpful.
“Actually it is ready so let’s eat!” She said happily. After a nice meal with Michelle we lied on the couch watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After two episodes we both fell asleep.
“WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!” I heard Michelle call out and I nearly fell of the couch in shock. We both started laughing. I looked at the clock and noticed that it was 2 in the afternoon.
“Well I was out for a while” I said laughing at myself. I stretched and we took a walk outside with her puppy Pinkly. When we came back around the block we ran into Val who of course was hugging me because she was ecstatic to see me.
“I am so happy that you are back sweetie!” She said to me. Michelle of course explained everything to her and so we went over to my house and I got a million hugs from Hay Hay of course and we all had a couple glasses of wine. After a few hours all the guys came home and Val ran outside.
“Hey guys you have to come over here! ERIN’S BACK!” I heard Val yell and all of them came running inside. Matt was first and he picked me up hugging me really tightly. Arin and Johnny gave me a double hug which nearly broke me in half. Brian hugged me tightly and was just so happy to see me and then there was Zack. Everyone sat there just watching like we were a romance show or something. Zack came close to me and then he hugged me and I put my head to his chest breathing him in. I pulled back and brought his lips to mine.
I didn’t need my dad…it was all starting to make sense…
Papa Gates is going down…
And I am going to do it with the help....of my family.
Notes
So sorry if this one doesn't pack that much of a punch but Erin's father is alive!I will post more tomorrow :)
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JIMMY!!!
3/28/18