Chapter nine

                                    

                                          
Chapter nine
                          
        Alex opened the front door to her and Gabriel’s apartment, trying to be quiet. She had covered the hicky with makeup, but the burning sensation hadn’t left. She closed the door behind her and cringed when she heard Leo’s footsteps thumping over to her. Ok, ok. Act cool. No, act normal. Oh fuck.
                          
         “Hey. You’re back late.” Gabriel followed Leo into the room.
                          
         “Oh...Ah. Hey.” Alex turned from the door to Gabriel. “Sorry, my dad had some stupid demon issues he wanted me to take care of.” She rolled her eyes for effect and walked over to Gabriel.
                          
         “And you actually helped? Wow, surprising.” Gabriel smirked, pulling her in for a kiss.
                          
         The second their lips met, Alex felt a crushing amount of guilt fall on her. She forced herself not to pull away early, and to not cave in and tell him. She found herself comparing Gabriel’s kiss to Dan’s, and she didn’t like it. “Yeah…” Alex forced a chuckle. What have I done….And why does part of me not care?
                          
         “You ok?” Gabriel frowned.
                          
         Alex panicked a little, she had forgotten how good Gabriel was at reading her emotions. “Y-Yeah, yeah… I’m fine. Just tired I guess.” The burning spot on her chest got worse, and she held back a yelp.
                          
         “Okay...Wanna go to bed?” Gabriel offered, still concerned.
                          
         “Yeah.” Stop saying yeah, idiot. “I’ll be there in a sec.” Alex backed away from Gabriel and headed to the bathroom. She went inside and locked the door shut behind her.  
                          
         “Holy shit…” Alex sighed and leaned against the counter. The burning continued, and Alex turned to the mirror to look at the spot. As she pulled her t-shirt down, a mark branded her skin. “What the….” Alex gasped in pain.
                          
         There was a weird symbol inside of a circle, and Alex had no idea how to even describe it. “How the hell….” It looked like a seal of some sort, but she wasn’t sure. “Oh god...I’m so screwed…”
                          
 ~(A/N I had no idea how to describe the seal, so it’s the pic on the side or whatever. I’ve never used the pic thing.)
                          
         Alex scanned another shelf of the local library’s biblical section, but couldn’t find anything of use. She had been searching for what the seal on her was all week, but was unable to find anything. She had somehow managed to hide the hickey and the seal from Gabriel, even after running out of makeup. “For fucks sake.” Alex hissed, getting angry for no real reason. She had been getting angry over a lot in the past week, and she didn’t know why. Her and Gabriel had gotten into a few small arguments because of this, but they always made up.
                          
         “Hey.” Alex jumped and dropped the book she was looking at, hearing Dan’s voice.
                          
        “Dan…” Alex turned to him. She hadn’t talked to him since that night, and wasn’t really planning on ever talking to him. “Why are you here?”
                          
         “Just checking in on you. You never answered my texts.”
                          
         “Cause I blocked your number.” Alex said, not really paying attention. She retrieved the book she had dropped and placed it back on the shelf.