Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of the darkest powers series. I do happen to own this plot and my characters.
I am rewriting (and rewriting again)story as I suck at writing in general and I cringe every time I reread this. I am actually going to 'revise' every chapter before uploading.
I want to emphasize the fact that I am a senior in high school (and now a freshman in college), I am doing a vocational program (nah now I'm just in college), and I'm working my first part time job (well, now I've been working for a while now). These chapters will not be uploaded regularly (obviously). Especially next semester when I will also I have a college class (now I have 5). Luckily I just got onto winter break (welp, not anymore). I will have the chapters from the original story up in the next couple of days (that never happened). I just need to revise them first (yeah…..).
This starts at the end of The Reckoning
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As quietly as I can, I sneak back into the girl's motel room. Tori's asleep on her bed and Aunt Lauren is sitting on the couch, waiting up for me.
"How did your walk go?" Aunt Lauren asks. She pats on the cushion next to her, and I join her on the couch.
"It went well. I really like Derek, and I know you will too, once you get to know him better." I tell my aunt. I know she doesn't like Derek, but Derek can't help that he's a werewolf. Plus, he has always protected me.
My aunt tenses up a bit. "Maybe. Are you dating Derek?" She asks. I know she already knows the answer, but she wants a different answer. She wants me to tell her that I'm just friends with him. Unfortunately for her, I don't care what she thinks about Derek. I like him.
"In a way, yes. We haven't officially asked each other out, but we kissed. I care about him and I know he cares about me. That's all that matters, right?" My Aunt nods, and picks up a book that was on the nightstand next to her couch.
"What's this about being a couple with wolf boy?" Tori asks me. I freeze up, waiting for Tori to tease me.
"W we k k kis kissed, t that's all." I stuttered out. I internally scolded myself. I can handle myself against my aunt, but not Tori. Granted, Aunt Lauren has no powers, and Tori is a powerful Witch/Sorcerer, but I shouldn't be afraid of admitting that I liked Derek, there isn't anything wrong with him other than the fact puberty hit him hard and he's anti-social.
"Why? Are you jealous?" I used as a comeback for my stuttering. Tori's face scrunched up.
"Hell no, you can keep him, I'll find myself a much better man than that." She says, her face still scrunched up.
"And for that, I am glad." Derek mutters while walking in, behind him walks in Kit and Simon. I smile at Derek shyly, and he gives me a small nod, and sits on my bed instead of sitting next to me. Is he embarrassed of me? Maybe he just wants some space. Am I doing everything too fast, was I not supposed to assume that we were a couple because we kissed?
Simon then came over and sat next to me on the couch. I try not to look disappointed even though I wanted the other brother, so I smile at Simon. He smiles back and looks over at his father, who walks over and sits next to Derek,
"So, we need to make a plan." Kit stated after he and his sons sat down.
"A plan for what?" Tori asked. Kit looked around the room; his eyes lingering on me for a few seconds longer than everybody else.
"We are leaving in the morning," Kit says, "and I have no idea where we are going yet."
"Why leave if we don't know where we are going?" Aunt Lauren asks. She looks alarmed. She isn't used to running. I guess I'm not as accustomed as the boys are. They've been running around for most of their lives.
"Well, we did just piss off a bunch of people, best if we get as far away as we can." Derek pointed out.
"Any ideas?" Kit asked, looking around.
"We can move to Canada!" Simon says, it almost seemed like he was excited for that idea. Maybe Kit shouldn't have asked us kids. I'm pretty sure Tori has some great ideas as well, like going to Los Angeles, and I wouldn't mind going to the beach for a very long vocation.
"You do know the group we are running from is also in Canada right?" Derek asks Simon, and Simon looks down in his lap.
"Oh."
"Any other ideas?" Kit asks. He looks at my Aunt, the only other adult in the room. "Lauren?"
"Let's get as far away as we can. We can't leave the country, not with Chloe's father looking for her. Let's cross the country. I propose we move to a small state on the west coast." Aunt Lauren proposed. Kit nodded.
"I agree. For right now, that's the best option. I say we start with Oregon. I have a friend who lives there and would probably let us stay with him. Hopefully nobody will be expecting us there." Kit tells us, he then leads the boys back to their room.
"Last I recall, I don't call being ignored a relationship." Tori states. I glare at her.
"I said we kissed. Not that we were in a relationship. Plus, he was probably just thinking about the trip." I mutter. Tori shakes her head and climbs into her bed.
"Well I'm getting some sleep. Good night Chloe, good night Chloe's aunt. I don't want to hear wolf boy's name come out of your mouth while you sleep." She teases me. I blush and walk into the bathroom to get into my pajamas.
I walk out of the bathroom and go over to my bed. "Chloe?" I hear Derek whisper. I look over and Derek is leaning on the door frame.
"What are you doing in here?" I whisper back at him.
"I wanted to apologize for ignoring you. I was just all caught up thinking about our next move." He says, walking up to hold my chin in his hand. "I'm sorry." He finished, bending his head down.
"Derek, shouldn't you be in the other room?" My aunt asked, finally announcing her presence.
"Yeah, you guys can make out in the morning." Tori adds in. I blush and look at the ground.
"You're right Tori, we all know how much you need your beauty sleep." Derek taunts back at her. She throws a pillow at him. "Goodnight Chloe." He finishes with a softer tone.
"Good night Derek." I respond. He nods and walks out of our room again. I walk up to the door and lock it.
"Chloe, go to sleep." My aunt tells me. I nod and fall onto my bed into a wonderful sleep.
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-finishing author's note- 1/22/18
Okay, every time I get a new follower or a comment or a favorite, I tell myself I should work on this story. Its been a year. Oh my gosh. Life has been hectic. I'm on academic probation cause I failed English Comp II. And you guys want me to write a book? Im trying.
