Disclaimer: I don't own Night World, L. J. Smith does.
Dangerous Love
Chapter 1: The Chase
JOSIE
Josie Hansen moved restlessly in the unfamiliar bed trying to find a more comfortable position. The worst thing she knew was to sleep in a bed that wasn't hers, but she knew that Circle Daybreak wouldn't let her go home to her own bed. It just wasn't safe for her. She moaned into her pillow before she got out of the bed and walked over to the windowsill. No reason to stay in bed when she was sure she never would fall asleep anyway. Her eyes slid over the street, but she saw quickly that there wasn't anything going on out there. While leaning her head on the cool window, she closed her eyes and thought about this afternoon when she still didn't know whether Alex was dead or alive…
It was in the last class at school that Josie saw them. She didn't know what it was that made her notice them, maybe it was the way they moved or maybe it just was that feeling of hers that instantly made her dislike them. All she knew was that she couldn't help but keep an eye on the three men there they stood in the hallway outside her classroom. It was clearly that they waited for somebody, and Josie got a feeling that whoever they waited for was in trouble. Since she had started trusting all the feelings she got three years ago, she kept hoping that it wasn't her they were there for. But when the clock showed 02.45 PM and all the students got out from the classroom, the men made their way towards her. Josie pretended she didn't see them and walked fast to the wardrobe. When she stood in front of her locker, she quickly unlocked it and showed her feet into her white and pink sneakers. With her jacket thrown over her arm and her backpack safely on her back, she made her way through the crowd of students and hurried outside. It turned out that she could have saved herself the effort of getting out before the men, though. Right outside the building for the tenth graders stood two other men with the same alarming aura as the three others. Josie went still. The tallest of the men shook his hair out of his eyes, making it sparkle in the sun. Josie knew her face was set in an unreadable mask as always. Her face had been like that since Alex's disappearance three years ago, expressionless. Josie drew in a deep breath before walking slowly towards them. "Are you Josie Hansen?" asked the other man, he with the blond hair. Josie looked strangely at him before answering with a lie. "Um, I'm sorry sir, but I'm not." Josie watched his eyes fill with suspicion. "Ah, well. Who is this then?" he asked as he held up a picture. Josie looked at it. It was her favorite picture of herself and Alex. They held hands and their faces were filled with joy and love while they looked at each other. The only thought in Josie's mind was; how did they get that? From behind her she could hear the door open and she knew from the two men's facial expression that it was the three other men. "Is it your twin sister maybe?" The blond one continued. Josie was speechless. "Where did you get that picture?" she asked. Even she could hear how shrill her voice was. The man laughed. "Well, I don't know about you Deon, but I think it's her," he said to the tall man. The three other men had caught up with them now. "Is it her?" asked one of them in a dark, but exited voice. The two men in front of Josie smiled and nodded. One of the men behind Josie made a gesture as to grab her arm, but before he could get a proper hold something blurry hit him with strong force.
The blurry creature rolled a little on the ground before it turned fast into a fighting stance with all her attention turned at the men. Josie could now see that it was a girl. A pretty girl at that. Her hair was dark and pulled back into a ponytail, her eyes was a light blue, almost gray. It was her eyes that made you notice the rest of her face. It was like they made her face look paler than it really was, her nose smaller and her mouth fuller. Josie had never seen a girl like this before. The girl smiled mockingly at the man who had tried to grab Josie as he got up from the ground. "Wow, Ricky. Don't you know that you should have all your attention at everything, all the time?" she said. The man, Ricky, sneered at her. "Don't call me that, Anna! My name is Rick," he growled. Josie looked from Anna to Rick and then toward the rest of the men. The four other men besides Rick stood in a fighting stance as well and Josie saw her chance to get away. She walked slowly toward the opposite side of what she knew soon would turn into a fight. But before she could make herself do what she knew was smart (like run the hell out of there), she looked back at the big group of people. The men had surrounded Anna and even though she tried to look like she was ready for anything, Josie saw that under her mask she was really scared. In a matter of seconds Josie had found a way to help her. "Hey!" she yelled. At the sound of her voice all the five men turned toward her. "I'm going now, but it really was a pleasure to meet you guys," she went on sarcastic. The men looked at each other and then back at Josie. Josie held her breath as the men changed their attention to her instead of Anna. She smiled what she hoped was a brave smile before she turned sharply and started running towards her scooter at the parking lot. It was quite a long run being as she had gotten out of the door where tenth graders got out and not out of the main entrance. At least it was a long run considering that her followers were faster than she normally was. But this time it was different. Josie ran faster than she ever had and she was exhausted when she finally got to the parking lot, but she still hadn't been caught. And when the people in one of the cars winked at her and told her to get in, she didn't think twice about it. She almost flew into the car and to her surprise she was followed by Anna. The car drove even before they had gotten the car door closed. Josie breathed heavily before turning to look at each of the people in the car. On her left side, the side where she had gotten into the car, sat Anna and stared silently at her. Josie felt herself blush, something that didn't happen often. She turned toward the right and saw a boy that had black hair with pale, almost silver stripes. He smiled a charming smile at her. "I'm Fredrick, and you have to be… Josie." Josie just stared at him with huge eyes. He rolled his eyes and looked at Anna. "Weren't you supposed to protect her?" he asked with raised eyebrows. Josie expected something like; there were five of them! Or yes I was from Anna, but what came out was; "It's not my fault that miss perfect over there absolutely had to get their attention. And Fredrick, if you're so disappointed why don't you do the fighting part next time?" Josie was shocked into speaking at the miss perfect comment. "I'm not the one who was scared! You tried so hard to not let it show, but guess what? Anyone could see it if they just looked close enough. So I actually did you a favor." Anna gave her a poisonous look before turning toward the car window. "Don't mind her," Fredrick said. "She's always like that," he gave another of his charming smiles. Josie nod once before turning to look at the two others in the car. In the passenger seat sat another girl. She had light-brown hair that reached to her shoulders and green-blue eyes. Her head was turned toward Josie and she was smiling. Her smile was almost undetectable, but when you first saw it you could see the hint of mystery to it. It almost made Josie smile too, but only almost. "I'm Nixie. I just thought you wanted to know that I'm nothing like Miss Hostile and Mister I'm So Charming over there," her smile got bigger and Josie was shocked to notice that she smiled back to her. "Um, I don't really think they're that bad…" she said, feeling very insecure. Nixie laughed. "You say that now, but wait till you've been with them for a while." From Josie's left she heard a snort. Josie ignored that, just as everybody else in the car. As she looked over to the driver seat she noticed something; they were driving fast, really fast. "What's going on?" she asked worriedly. Nixie gave her a sympathetic smile. "We're getting followed," she said quietly. Josie turned around sharply and saw two black cars driving after them. "Why? I mean… why are they after me?" she asked the other passengers warily. Anna gave a moan. "I don't think we should tell you now, but we can say it has something with your ex to do." She giggled. "If he is your ex I mean. After what I heard you two never broke up." Now she laughed with full force, but Josie just kept glaring out the window. She didn't say anything. It took a while for them to shake of their followers, meaning the five men. When the car finally stopped it was in front of a big brick house. The house made Josie think about a palace. "Come on," Nixie said, leading the way toward a majestic entry door. What Josie didn't know was that walking into that house would mean a complete break down when it came to her view of the world, or that she would be in more danger than she ever had been…
I got done with the chapter sooner than I thought I would be! I really hope that it didn't get too boring or anything to read this. I really did try my best. BTB; this Circle Daybreak (containing Anna, Fredrick, Nixie and so on) is the Norwegian Circle Daybreak. I think we also deserve to have one. Well, anyway, I think I'll start writing on Alex's side of view next time. And just so you know: this story happens in Norway.
And at the end of this story I'll just say; THANK YOU to all of you who read this (and I hope it was readable for you)! :D
