Caged in Darkness (Caged #1)(33)
“You’re telling me this why?”
Savannah looked up and shrugged. “I didn’t want you to think I was hiding it from you.”
“Did you want him to kiss you?” I regretted the question the moment I asked it.
“I don’t know.” She moved to put her fork in the sink and turned to look back at me.
“It seems like you don’t know a lot of things lately. Like I said before, let me know when you figure it out.” I pushed the empty plate towards the sink and moved to leave the kitchen.
“Ash, he asked me to go on a date. Should I go?” I paused at her question, but I refused to turn to look at her.
“Do what you want. It’s not up to me.” I walked away and stayed in my room the rest of the night.
The next day I managed to avoid her at school and I went out with Griffin that afternoon. I came home to find Maye in the living room.
“I don’t know what is going on between the two of you and I don’t want to.” She came forward to kiss my cheek. “She came home this afternoon and announced she was going on a date since you don’t seem to care one way or another. She’s been in her room trying on every outfit under the sun. Did you really tell her you don’t care if she goes on a date?” I nodded.
“Well, then I have to tell you that was the most asinine thing you have ever said. We both know you care and once you see what she is wearing on this date, I have a feeling you are going to care even more.”
“Why? What exactly is she wearing?” Maye gave me a knowing smile and left the room.
I hurried upstairs and didn’t pause to knock before entering Savannah’s room. I stopped short when I saw what she was wearing. Her dress looked like a satin slip with flimsy straps that would break if tugged the wrong way. Her hair was loosely piled on her head with curly strands hanging down.
Savannah turned to face me with a daring smile. She wanted me to notice the way she looked. I could see in her expression that she expected a battle and knew she wanted one. I swallowed back my fury and smiled back at her.
“You look nice. Where are you going?”
Her smile faltered, and she gave me a sly look. “I have a date with Liam. Do you think this is too revealing?” She spun in a circle to give me the full effect of her dress.
I shrugged. “It looks fine to me.”
Savannah’s face changed into a look of anger. She grabbed her hair brush from the dresser and threw it at me. I ducked into the hall laughing. She sounded agitated as she slammed the door in my face. Although, I didn’t want her going out with Liam and I definitely did not want her going on a date dressed the way she was, I enjoyed her reaction. I feigned disinterest, but was secretly thrilled that it bothered her.
SAVANNAH
I wanted to scream and tear apart my room. I would never understand men. One minute, Ash is jealous enough to pummel a guy I was talking to, and now he was encouraging me to go on a date dressed in lingerie? What was wrong with us?
I didn’t know why I went out of my way to get a reaction out of Ash, but I knew it wasn’t my normal behavior. Maybe all those kisses were beginning to go to my head. I looked down at my outfit and groaned. I was counting on Ash making a big deal of it. I never really intended to wear it out of the house. I felt naked and I wasn’t sure that feeling would send the right message to Liam. Now, if I didn’t wear the skimpy outfit, Ash would know I only wore it to bother him.
The door bell rang and my stomach churned. I thought about my kiss with Liam and then immediately thought of Ash. I didn’t know which one I wanted and wasn’t even sure my emotions were reliable right now. It was like my hormones were raging out of control and Liam and Ash were the unfortunate bystanders, who were caught in the storm.
I knew I shouldn’t even be thinking about dating with the whole demon mess going on. However, my birthday was this weekend and I thought for once, I deserved to have a small piece of my world be my choice. My entire life I had been swept away on everyone else’s wave and now I wanted to ride my own.
That evening, Liam was a gentleman and choose not to mention by risqué outfit. Although, I did notice that his eyebrows had risen and he hid a smirk. My date with Liam went smoothly, but I was disappointed that Ash didn’t come to see me off. Liam brought me to the movies and straight home since Maye warned him I had a curfew. When I got home, Liam walked me to the door. When he leaned in to give me a kiss, Maye opened the door with a sour look and dismissed him.
“Maye, what was that for?” She pulled me away from the door by holding onto my upper arm.
“Isn’t he a little old for you, darling?” She sounded like she normally did, but her eyes were like steel.
“No, he isn’t. Besides, age shouldn’t matter. He’s nice and he makes me laugh. Plus, he’s not afraid to flirt with me. I don’t see what the problem is; you didn’t have a problem with him when we left. What changed?”
She walked into the living room without looking back. “Maye!” I angrily followed her into the room, but calmed when I saw Josephine sitting on the sofa. The room smelled of Frankincense and Myrrh, which told me that Josephine had one of her visions and it wasn’t a good one.
“Aunt Josephine, what’s wrong?” I rushed to her, knelt on the ground in front of her, and took her hands in mine. Her hands were shaking and ice cold.