Eleven.

Stella POV.
I ran through the wind, I ran as fast as I could, I ran off without thinking, I didn’t look back, I didn’t need to know if he was following me or not, I was worried about looking back and seeing him behind me, I don’t know what got into his head, but I knew that I should keep some distance, a lot of distance between the two of us, I don’t know if a crush is worth this, but I knew I’m better off.
I didn’t know the way back home, and I wasn’t very familiar with the area yet, I could call mom and ask her to come and get me, or maybe I could get near Dad’s work and he could drive me back, I’ll lie and tell him I got lost and came here to catch a ride with him, he wouldn’t be mad if I’m here for a ride. Now that I had made up my mind, I kept on running, when I got near I’ll ask where his work was, but for now, I’m still running, I felt, I didn’t dare to look back but I had the feeling that I was being followed, and the best way to lose someone is to get out of their sight.
I ran toward the woods, the whole area is made out of wood, and he wouldn’t be able to catch me if I got lost between the trees, I’d find my way out of this place later after I lose this lunatic who was running after me, I kept on running, and running.
The woods were different from the outside, it’s not like what you’d see in the movies or in books, there were trails, and I followed those, I don’t know where they took me, maybe it’s going to take me out of the woods.
Maybe he knows about these trails too? I tried my luck and looked back, crossing my fingers that he wouldn’t be there behind me, but it wasn’t Theo that I saw behind me, it was a freaking wolf! A fucking wolf was coming after me, I screamed and ran faster, or at least I tried to, my knees were giving up underneath me, I couldn’t keep on running, I fell, the fear had a hold on my soul and then I fell down crying and screaming, I just hoped that the wolf would have some mercy on me and kill me quickly.
The wolf stopped, he looked at me with broken eyes, was he sorry that he scared me to hell and back? Or was he enjoying the fact that I was terrified right now, I wasn’t sure what to do so I stayed in my place, hoping for something to happen. Both I and the wolves stayed locked in place, neither of us moving, neither of us shifting, the wolf was now sitting on its stomach in front of me, was he waiting for me to start running again so he’d follow? Or is he keeping me as a meal for later?
I had to take a breath, I had to stop for a second before I could move again, I looked around to find a weapon and all I could find was a stick, it’s thick enough to cause some damage, maybe I could use it to keep the animal away before I take off again. With every move I made, although I was going slowly, I tried to hide the fact that I was moving my arms to get the stick, but his eyes were locked on the whole time. I tried to get up and he followed after me, my instincts kicked in, I threw the stick at him and then I ran off, I tried to run as far as possible and as fast as possible.
The wolf didn’t like my move, he tried to attack me now, he tried to jump on top of me, throwing me on the ground, I screamed and tried to get him off me, the wolf wasn’t giving up, so this is how I die? I closed my eyes holding my breath waiting for the pain to come, and for me to die, suddenly the weight on top of me disappeared and I could finally open my eyes.
The wolf wasn’t on top of me anymore, and another wolf attacked the first wolf, throwing it off me, I saw the two wolves fighting, they went toward each other neck, I used that as my cue and ran off, I was having a hard time running this time, my ankle hurt, I couldn’t run but I tried my best to fast walk away from this point.
I kept on moving, I tried my best to leave the woods, but I was lost of course, I didn’t know how to get out of this place, I felt tears start to fall down my face, I should have stayed at home, why did I go out with Theo, he’s weird and probably sick in the head but I’m the stupid girl who ran off with him without telling anyone where I’m.
I kept on limping, I hoped I was gonna get near the real street soon, I hoped someone would save me, as long as it was not the two wolves who were fighting.
“What are you doing here?” a voice asks me, it’s a human voice, it’s not Theo, but still I was terrified, I jumped up and fell back down on the ground straight on my ass, I was met with dark black eyes.
“Taking a walk,” I answer the voice owner.
“It’s getting dark and you’re off the trail,” Milo says with a raised brow and then he notices my injured ankle.
“And you’re injured,” he says sounding angry, I shrugged.
“What are you doing here? We’re off the trail and it’s getting dark,” I say back.
“I know the woods like the back of my hand,” he says challenging me, the look in his eyes was a lit-up one, he was very happy about arguing with me.
“I’m getting to know these woods,” I answer him back.
“How bad is your injury smarty pants?” he asks shaking his head at me.
“Not bad, hardly an injury,” I lied, it hurt, and I didn’t want to tell him about those wolves, what if he thinks I’m insane? I need to get out of this place, and if he really knows the woods, he’ll know how to guide me out of this.
“Are you sure?” he asks me and I shrug.
“I’m very sure, how about we get out, I heard some animals back there,” I say trying to get out before the wolves come.
“You’re safe with me little-star, don’t worry about the big bad wolves,” he says and I rolled my eyes at him.
“I didn’t say wolves,” I say limping next to him as he leads the way.
“These woods are filled with wolves, they are harmless, just don’t piss them off,” Milo says.
“I didn’t do anything to those wolves,” I say remembering how he attacked me, and then the other one attacked it.
“Good, let’s keep it this way and keep moving,” he says looking at me worriedly, he offers me a hand and I take it since it was hard for me to walk all alone, we walked together, and I felt bad for some strange reason, but I kept on moving.
“Do you have a headache or feel a pull back to the woods?” he asks me, I look at him confused.
“No, Milo, I’m not feeling anything, I just want to get home,” I say with a sigh.
“I mean… they say that the woods have its magic, it calls you back in, it’s a very old wood,” he says with a tight smile.
“It’s nice woods, but I’m good going home,” I say and he chuckles, leading the way, we got out of the woods and stood now in front of a small house, how did we end up here?
“How?” I ask him.
“This is my place,” he says guiding the way toward his house.
“Where are we going?” I ask him not wanting to get inside his house, wanting to get back to my own house.
“Inside, you need to wash up, we’ll check that small injury of yours, and then I’ll take you home,” he says opening the door for me.
“I don’t want to go in,” I say feeling shy.
“I’m not going to do anything to you lil-star, you got my word, but if you go like this home, your parents are going to go crazy,” he says pointing to me, and I believed him, maybe this is how I die and not in the hands of the wolves.
“The bathroom is that way,” Milo pointed me to a door, I opened the door and walked in seeing my face in the mirror, now I understood why he told me to come here first. I have fallen on my face back in the wood, I needed to wash my face a couple of times to get all the dirt off my face, I washed my hands a million times too, and my uniform needed to be washed as well.
I groaned and left the bathroom, I’ll have to either sneak into the house or find a good excuse to tell my mother over why my uniform is so dirty.
“You look better,” Milo says seeing my face after I have washed it.
“Thank you,” I say blushing over the compliment, I’m standing in his living room, I didn’t know what to do with myself, do I leave the place? Or do I wait for him to take me out? I’m not sure what to do, I’m just standing there confused.
“Sit down, let me check that ankle of yours,” he orders and I do as I’m asked to, he sits opposite to me and then pulls my ankle up toward his lap, and I turn bloody red.
“Tell me when it hurts,” he says taking my shoes off and starting to move my ankle, I planned on not telling him that it hurt already, that in pain, I was going to make it look like I was not hurt at all, but I couldn’t help but scream when he moved my ankle, I screamed another time when he tried to flex my ankle.
“I don’t believe it’s broken, maybe a bad sprain,” he says and I nod, I feel like dying.
“You’re gonna have to wrap it up and put some ice on it, can you manage to do that or should we deal with it first?” he asks me.
“I can do those,” I assure him.
“Do you need anything to drink?” he asks me next.
“Water please,” I say, I felt like my throat was on fire from all the running I did, he went toward the kitchen and brought me a glass of water which I drowned, he got me a second one and I drowned that one again.
“Thank you,” I say with a sigh.
“Let me take you home, maybe we can talk tomorrow?” he suggests.
“Sure,” I agree with him.
“I usually use my father’s car when needed but he took it, so we’ll have to take my bike, unless if you want to wait,” he says.
“It’s fine,” I say without a second thought, he means a bicycle right?
We walked out of the house and what I saw wasn’t a bicycle like I expected it to be, it was a motorcycle, he got up on the bike first and then gave me a hand to help me get behind him.
“Use your good foot first,” Milo says helping me up, I have never been on a motorcycle before, and I was scared of course.
“Have you been on a bike before?” he asks me.
“Never,” I answered him, and although I could only see the back of his head, I could see the smirk on his face.
“Then you better hold tight,” he says and takes off with me behind him, I screamed when he took off with too much speed, I held to him tighter, and he increased the speed, and so I screamed again.
I stopped screaming when he finally slowed down, to ask me where my house is, I gave him my address and we made it there after a couple of minutes, he helped me off the bike this time, I thanked him for the ride and limped my ass inside the house, ready to hear my mom fussing over me.