Knock. Knock. Knock.
No reply.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Again. No reply.

"Look Caesar, unless you want me to break this door right here right now I suggest you to open it. I can smell popcorn so I know you are in there."

Here I was standing at the door of a high warlock and a family friend, Caesar Martin. Mom, Charles and him were best friends once. But after Charles decided to turn into a full time asshole their group broke. Caesar was totally against everything Charles was doing but he couldn't show us open support because Charles would definitely have him killed then. Through all these years though, Caesar has helped us in all possible ways and after the last time we were attacked, he asked us to come and live closer to him so he could protect us himself. This is the reason infact why we came to live here in Chicago, Caesar was here with us.

After around ten seconds the door finally opened. There on the other side was a very annoyed looking Caesar. He had his suit on even when he was home. I questioned him about it many times but he always replied something on the lines of 'looking presentable at all times, let it be during an earthquake or during a Beyonce concert'.

"What are you doing here? Nadine didn't mention you were visiting. And if she didn't send you here, I'm assuming you've gotten yourself in a mess," he said while looking over the cuts I had gotten from the fight.

"Is that why you didn't open the door?" I asked him shocked.
"Well I'm sorry kid but your mom can get pretty scary when she is angry." Well that was true unfortunately.
"If Celine doesn't know you are here, won't she come to know anyway with that tracking device in your phone?"

"Nope. After I got attacked, I called her and told her that I'm removing the tracking device. She just needs to trust  me. I can't have her keep a tab on everywhere I go. Not only will this hamper some of the things I plan on doing, like meeting you right now, it can also put her in danger. Imagine her coming to my rescue when the dudes from Armageddon decided to show up a while ago. And those wolves? Phew! She CANNOT know all of that."

Caesar looked at me dumbfounded for a while but then all hell broke loose.
"You got attacked? Armageddon? Wolves? You have have some explaining to do here miss otherwise if not your mom's, you will definitely face my wrath!"
All this while there were objects flying here and there in the house. This often happened when he was upset. What is it with people being so protective about me, I'll never understand.

After 7 broken cups, 11 fallen spoons, 3 cracked windows and one fused bulb I had had enough. I stepped in the house, shut the door behind me and screamed, "Enough!" Everything instantly stopped flying. I tried my best to avoid the eyeball that was floating in the air which he was apparently using for a potion but failed.

"You want an explanation, fine, I was going to give it to you anyway but in order for me to do that you need to do three things. 1. Stop overreacting 2. Let me speak and 3. Get rid of that eyeball it's gross! "

He sighed and with one click of his finger everything was back to normal.
"Come on in," it didn't matter because I was already in but I didn't say it out loud. I walked straight to the kitchen and opened his 2nd fridge where you get actual food. The 1st one has things like those eyeballs in it. Mom nearly fainted when she almost ate a demon finger thinking they were just chips. In her defense, whatever magic Caesar had done had caused them to become super thin and crispy. Disgusting.

I took out a bowl of ice cream and sat on the wooden chair near the table.
"If you have gotten comfortable, can you please tell me what did you do now." I gave him a look and said, "It's not what I have done. It's what happened to me."

I told him the entire story. Right from when I entered the gym with the funny name to the time I knocked at his door. And yes, I did tell him about Chase. Not all the details obviously but enough to let him know how I feel about him. I share everything with Caesar. He's like my best friend.

"Wow! You went through all that alone? I gotta say kid, you are brave but also incredibly stupid. " I made a face but he ignored it and continued. "If those idiots from Armageddon found you it means it won't be long before someone from the underworld or your dad's side finds you too. You are lucky that they were the last of their clan because if they weren't, word would have spread and you would have to leave from here too. "

"Which is exactly something I want to avoid! I like it here Caesar. I have friends who aren't scared of me. I finally have normal high school problems like the Queen B of my
highschool hating me. This is the closest I have ever felt to normal girl C. I don't want to leave."

"Which is why you are here aren't you? You want me to help you find out if someone else knows about you being here." I nodded. "I won't assure you anything but I'll try my best. Now, those wolves, you know who they were?"

"Well they obviously were werewolves, I mean, duh! But I have no idea who. Why would they save me though? And if they did, there is a big chance they know who I am and that is not good. My identity is at stake here C. No one can know Katherine Reed is Isabella Crawford. It won't be good for mom, you and me."

"You said one of the werewolves looked familiar right. Why don't you try to find out more about that? I'll take care of the rest. But I have to warn you kid, staying here longer will only put you two in danger. You ready for that?"

"I'm done running Caesar. Mom and I deserve to be happy. And I know this isn't only my decision to make but I can't risk her knowing about this. She seems happy too and I don't want to take it from her. I'll tell her when she needs to know. Don't worry." I smiled at him with determination in my eyes.

He returned it and took my hand and led me to his room. "Now I know one of the reasons you came here was because you couldn't go in front of her looking like you just came out of Mission Impossible with all those injuries. Let's get you cleaned up Bella. I forgot to tell this to you earlier, but boy you smell."