Chapter 20

We laid there, entangled in each other's arms, for a while. I didn't want him to be criticixed by his friends. I didn't want him to think that he was the bad guy. I just wanted him to know that I loved him that there was nothing that would change that.

"You should probably get back to Nick's room before he freaks out." Zak told me. I smiled at him and he was serious.

"I guess I should, but I don't want to." I told him. He laughed a little and kissed me gently.

"You should." He told me. I nodded my head and I pulled on my clothes. I knew that he was watching me as I did it. I looked at him as I put my underwear on. 

"Are you okay with these scars?" I asked him. I wanted to make sure that he was able to see them as I stooded there.

"I am if you are. I don't think that they show who you are. None of them are right about you." He told me honestly.

"But I know that they are a part of your past. I am just hoping that they will fade as you stay with me." He told me. I smiled at him then I put my pants on.

"I think that I am going to get tattoos to put over them." I told him. They were old enough to put a tattoo over them. Well all excpet the name.

"That is your choice. Just do what you think you need to do." He told me. I pulled my shirt on and I went to the door.

"I'll see you in a bit." I told him. He smiled at me as I left him in the room. I then walked to Nick's room. I knew that he would probably chew my ass out. I mentally prepared myself before I opened the door. I saw that Billy was in the room with him. they were sitting at the table and I obviously disrupted a conversation.

"I am glad that you are done making up." He told me. I then begoan to blush.

"Did you really see?" I asked him. I grabbed my face at that thought.

"No, I heard most of it." Billy told me. I then started to really blush.

"Stop. You are making her embarrassed. Zak already warmed her up enough." Nick added. I looked at him with wide eyes. He simply smiled at me. I shoook my head and looked around the room.

"Could you shut up? Please? I don't want to talk about my sex life with you two." I told them. They laughed at that and looked around the room.

 "So I can assume that the two of you are okay?" Nick asked me. I smiled at him and nodded my head.

"Yeah, we are." i told him. 

"Well we still want to keep you away from him for a while, before we know that he really is back to normal." Nick said. I knew that he wanted to show that he was the older brother figure. I simply looked at him. 

Once Aaron and Zak were functioning, we got our stuff in the van that we had. I was able to get shot gun, but Zak had to sit in the back. Everyone seemed to be tryingto ignore Zak. That was probably best, at the time. 

We were heading to Austin to check out a house there. I was looking forward to it, since I went up there once in a while, when I could.

"Hey, I think that I am going to get a tattoo when we are in Austin." I told them as we drove in the city. I was just trying to make some sort of conversation.

"What are you going to get?" I heard Zak say. I figured that he would be the one to ask first.

"I am going to get the protection symbols. Do you guys think that I should get them over my scars?" I asked.

"I don't think that would be a good idea. Those are scar tissues and it would hurt a lot more. Plus it would make it harder on the tattoo artist." Nick commented. I nodded my head as we got futher into the city.

We drove in and to the hotel. I was certian that there was something that was going on with the guys. Of course there would be something going on with them. I walked with Zak into the hotel. He grabbed my hand and I smiled at him.

"Yes, I need a room with two beds." Nick said as he was at the front desk I looked at him and he looked at me.

"What are you doing?" I asked him quietly. The woman then gave him the keys. He took them from her with a smile. Then he grabbed my free hand and started to walk with me to the elevator.

"You are staying in my room. That is what is happening." He told me. I scoffed at him and crossed my arms.

"Look you self righteous dick, I trust him still." I hissed at him. He smiled at me and I couldn't stay mad at him.

"Are you done? Because we need to go to our room." He told me. I widened my eyes at him. Aaron walked over to us and saw that we were having a conflict.

"Nick, did you really have to do that?" Aaron asked him. Nick sighed and rolled his eyes.

"You can't tell me that you think that it is a good idea for the two of them to be in the same room." Nick stated. I looked at Aaron and he seemed to be conflicted.

"You didn't have to be so brash about it, though. Dude, you didn't even tell her." Aaron said.

"Zak knew. It's not my problem that he didn't tell his woman." Nick told us. He then picked my bag up and pressed the elevator button. Aaron looked at me apologeticly.

I walked with them to the room that I was sharing with Nick. It was a pretty big room and I saw that there were really big windows. Billy walked in, when he was done getting settled. He came in and sat with me on my bed.

"Are both of you pouting at me?" Nick asked us.

"I think so." Billy told him with a smile.

"Why does it seem like I am being made into a bad guy?" Nick whispered.

"Because you are, right now." I told him. He looked at me and shook his head.

"I just care about you, princess." He told me. I looked at him and I felt something catch in my throat.

"Please don't ever call me that again." I told him. Nick and Billy both looked at me with strange expressions.

"What? Is that not something that I can call you?" Nick asked me. He sounded really worried. Billy put his hand on my knee.

"Just please don't call me that." I repeated. It was bringing back some bad memories to me. I was trying to think of happy things. Stuff that I was okay with. Things that made me happy. 

"Why can't we call you that? I think that it suits you." Nick told me. I looked at him. 

"You kind of look like one. You look like a girl that would like being called that." He told me. I then stood up really quickly and took a step to Nick. 

"I don't. Just don't call me that! Please!" I told him. Zak would have dropped it by now. but Nick was different. 

"Not until you tell me why I can't call you that." He said to me. He wasn't going to back off of this. 

"That's because everyone who has ever called me that has hurt me. My dad called me that, Gage called me that, then every guy in between did the same." I told him finally. I felt like I was saying too much. 

"Alright, thank you. I will just find something else to call you then." He told me. Nick then got off of the bed and pulled me into a tight hug. 

"Thank you for telling us. You can't heal with out letting it out." He whispered to me as he held me in his arms. I knew that was his evil plan all along. He just wanted me to admit to something.

I then walked out of the room and to Zak's room. I saw Aaron on the way and he seemed to be messing with something. I wasn't sure what it was, but I figured by now to not ask him questions. When I got to Zak's room, I walked in to see that he was trying to sleep.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked him. He looked at me and I saw that there was something different in his eyes. Then I saw the demon that was laying next to him. It was trying to get past the protections.

"Yeah, I am just sleepy." He told me. I sighed and walked over to the bed.

"Come on. Come with me. You aren't tired. You are just being drained." I told him. He looked at me like I was crazy, then he knew what I was talking about. 

"No, I am not coming with you, you filthy whore." He told me. I looked at him and I knew that it wasn't Zak. His eyes were too different. 

"Really? This again? Come on. Get a new trick. Seriously. I am open." I told the demon. Zak then smiled at me in an evil way. I was really good at swallowing my fear, by now. I had to be, but this was different. Zak and I shared something special. 

"This is a fantastic trick. I can do what I want to you and he gets the blame." He said. I then started to back up to the door. He saw that I was going to run. Then I did it. I ran down the hall. I nearly fell, but I was able to regain my balance. I turned my head and I could see Zak stomping down the hall way. Then I ran to Nick's room. 

"Oh my god. There you are." I panted as I slammed the door behind me. Nick looked at me then Billy did. They were looking at something on his computer. 

"What happened?" Billy asked me. I saw that Aaron had joined them in here. He walked out of the bathroom with some soaps in his hands.

"Something is wrong with Zak. I think that it is really bad. Like I don't think that I can handle it myself." I told them. Then I felt the door being banged on. 

"He is here. Shit, do something while I think." I told them. I then walked to the bathroom and I heard Nick open the door. 

I heard Zak yell at Nick. It was really bad. He kept asking where I was, expect he never said my name. I didn't ever want to hear those words that he was using for me. They were horrible. I then started to pace around the bathroom. When I heard them fighting, I opened the door. I saw that Nick had Zak in a choke hold. 

"Oh my god, let him go!" I said from the door. Then Zak went limp. 

"He is still alive. Just knocked out. I had to do something." He told me. I saw that Zak was still breathing.

"What should we do?" Aaron asked.

"Call a pastor or preist. He might need and exsorcism." I told them. They all seemed to be really worried about that idea, but none of them really went against it.

Aaron called the preist. I could see that he was really worried. We all were. When he came, he saw Zak. He agreed that he needed one. I looked at the preist and he seemed to be really fixated on me.

"Why do I feel like you are something bad? Do you need one too?" the preist asked. I sighed and shook my head.

"Oh that's great! You got the one preist that is a sensitive." Leonard said. I looked at him and rolled my eyes.

We moved Zak to my bed. I saw that he was so peaceful like this. The man was getting ready for what he was about to do. I sighed and looked at the others.

"I can't be in here when he does it. Let's just say that it wouldn't be good." I told them. I knew that it would also effect me. That was the way that it worked.

"What do you mean?" Nick hissed at me.

"I mean that when he starts saying th stuff, I will also go through the same stuff. So I am going out. I will be back when you call me." I told them. Aaron put his hand on Nick's shoulder to tell him to let me go.

"Okay, but don't go too far." He told me. I nodded my head and I walked out of the room. As I left the building, I could feel something weird. I knew that it was him starting it up. Once I was off the property, I was back to my normal self.

I walked around the town while I was there. I was able to go to a coffee shop and listen to a band. It was nerve wracking as it hit an hour. I was getting scared, by now. I sat there and tried to relax myself. Leonard was good company. He seemed to be able to get my mind to think about other things. Then I got the phone call. 

"Hello?" I said as I answered it. I didn't bother to read who it was from. 

"Lea, come on back. We need you." Nick told me. There was something that was worrying him. I got up from my seat and I walked out of the coffee shop. 

I ran faster than I had in my life. A walk that took me 5 minutes took me a little over two. I ran up the stairs to the floor that we were on. Then I could feel that something was off. I walked into the room and I saw that everyone was standing around the bed. 

"What is it?" I asked them as I walked to the bed. I saw that Zak was sitting up and he looked at me. He looked scared and he was shaking. I knealt between his legs and grabbed his sweaty face. 

"What happened?" I asked him. 

"Can you tell us what that is on the carpet?" The preist said to me. I looked at him then back at Zak. I stood up and Zak pulled my waist into him. I saw what they were looking at. It was a large black stain. It was in the out line of the demon that was in him. It looked like it was on fire and it staind the floor.

"That is a stain." I told them.

"Do you know that shape, though?" Billy said.

"Yes, I do. You killed it. Cogratulations. You killed a demon." I said in an unenthusiastic voice.

"That must have taken some serious mojo." I commented. I knew that it was hard to kill one. It was also really dangerous because it opens a portal for more to come through. 

The preist left after that conversation. Zak didn't let go of me, though. I could feel that he was crying. The others seemed to be shaken up about the whole thing. Nick watched Zak and me. I kept running my hands through his hair as he grabbed me. 

"I think that I should take Zak back to his room." I told them all finally. Aaron looked at me and smiled.

"Okay, I'll help you." He told me. I nodded my head and the two of us walked him to the room. He seemed to be fine as long as he was people.

"I think that I have it from here." I told Aaron as I got Zak to lay on the bed.

"Just yell if you need something." He told me. I smiled at him as he left the room. I then laid next to Zak and held him.

"I am sorry. I am so sorry. I didn't mean any of that. I didn't mean any of what I said to you. It was all things that I would never think about you." He started mumbling. I sighed and kissed his forehead.

"Zak, I know. I know that it wasn't you." I told him. I was just hoping to get past all of this. We needed to. We needed to just forget about this and move on.