Here it is, the annual party held for the wealthiest people in Beacon Hills. As usual her date was her father. She had been doing this for some time already, and every year it's the same thing. She sees the same people talking about the same thing, money. It always seems to be what everyone wants to talk about. She smiles politely as people approach her father, there's never anyone around her age to actually have a real conversation with. She nods her head from time to time to make it seem like she's paying attention. When it gets to boring she begins to walk around, and there it is when she notices someone different.
She's never seen him before; she memorized the faces she always sees. It's his eyes that get her attention the most. Their hazel and they just seem to pop against his dark hair. Then it's his jaw line and the way he's just looking at her. She tries to hold his stare with the same intensity but she starts to feel something; she thinks its fear. She looks away and begins to walk to the balcony. She presses her back against the wall closing her eyes. A few moments later when she reopens them, he's there right in front of her.
She can feel her heart racing and he just smirks. They don't say anything; he just grabs her arm when she tries to go away. "You dropped this." He lifts up a gold bracelet in front of her. She gives him a shy smile as she reaches for it, but he pulls it back. "It's a beautiful isn't it?" He examined the bracelet before looking back at her.
She reached out with her hand. "It was a gift from my dad." She refused to look at him and focused on her bracelet. He just nods his head before handing it to her but he still blocks her path.
"How about a dance?" Without waiting for a reply he presses himself against her. She begins to look around hoping her father would see her trying to get away from him. He doesn't even seem to be fazed by her trying to pull away from him. "It's just a dance, I promise I won't bite."
"Do you always force girls to dance?" She asked before she could stop herself. She can feel herself being less tense as he sways them towards the main room. The question seems to intrigue him as his smirk gets larger. "Just the really pretty ones." He presses her into him. She looks down as she begins to blush.
"I'm Derek by the way." He leans back a little just to look down at her. She takes a breath before looking up at him, nodding her head. "Jasmine." She makes her reply short and sweet. She can hear the song he's made her dance to slowly come to an end, and pulls her hands in front of her chest.
"You don't really seem to be enjoying yourself." He asked as he pulled away from her. He knows he can't scare her off now; the plan was in full motion. He can hear her heartbeat and its racing, he knows she's in her right to be afraid but he has to find a way for her to trust him even if it's only a little. "You're the only person under the age of 20 in here." Jasmine crosses her arms and looks around.
"You get use to get after some time." She's looking around for her dad but she can't find him. Her eyes are jumping from every small group. She inhales deeply before looking back at Derek, might as well make the best of situation.
"Haven't seen you in a while Hale." His smirk dropped and looked at her dumbfounded. Her face portrayed no emotions has she looked over at him, meeting his eye.
"You still remember?" This time it was her turn to smirk. How could she not remember who he was or his family. A few years ago he was her tormentor; there was never a single day where he couldn't bully her. The age difference didn't matter to him.
"What do you want Derek?" Her tone wasn't friendly. After what happen he was gone, they were gone. No traces, no letters, no nothing for a young girl to find them. Not when she was going through the same hell.
He saw her small smirk turn into a straight line. It was off though, he remembered her as that girl who was always smiling. She would always have a grin on even after he picked on her. "Why don't I tell you over a drink?" He extended his arm out for her. She walked pass him heading towards the drinks. As he handed her a cup, he watched as she slowly drank all of it.
Moments after she finished, it happened; the lights went off. She stayed still and she could hear everyone around. Gun shot? She wasn't even able to think through before she started to get pushed. There were screams and people running around in the darkness. "Dad?" She screamed, trying to see in the dark. She could not lose her dad, not him. The tears were now in her eyes before Derek grabbed her elbow.
"It's okay, I got you." He began pulling her. She wasn't leaving without her dad; she tried pulling her arm back. When it wasn't working she tried shoving him off.
"Derek, my dad please! Go get him." She begged as she kept trying to make him let go. Derek went to a halt and started down at her. She was clueless about everything, he thought to himself. He has never seen anyone so blind. He inhaled deeply before looking away.
"Ok, but wait for me outside." She didn't get a chance to respond before she felt a pair of arms go around her waist pulling her. She could hear the person telling her everything was going to be okay. Everything was going to be okay before she blanked out.
It was a pounding sensation, and she was wet. Jasmine groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She was surrounded by tress. As she tried to pull her arms up the leafs were beginning to stick to her. When she moved her right hand, pain shot through her. She cried out as she tried to cover her right side. That's when she noticed her dress was ripped down her side. She bit her lip as she slowly moved herself, she pulled her dress away. A bite mark? What the hell happened? She buried her face into her elbow and cried. Her whole body was aching and something took a bite out of her. Jasmine tried stopping her cries as she heard tree branches snapping.
Than the growl was heard. This is it, that thing was coming back for her. She could hear that thing circling around her. As she slowly looked up she felt faint. Her eyes just wanted to shut with all the pain running through her body. Jasmine's head was beginning to drop but there it was; golden eyes starting right back at her.