This is for Redfoxfan, who requested the song. Here you go, girl! This takes place after The Key, but Rochelle never died. Oh, and when I say "the Named", I mean with Dillon in place of Mr. Carter, of course.

Chapter 2

Endless Summer

Isabel

It's summer time, the best time of the year. It also happens to be the day before the one-year anniversary of the final battle. All of the Named have gathered together to talk about how we're going to celebrate tomorrow.

"I say we throw a party," Rochelle says from her spot beside Ethan.

"I second that," I say, leaning my head on Arkarian's shoulder.

"A party sounds awesome," Neriah agrees, and everyone else agrees too.

"Now all that remains is where and when to have the party," Arkarian says.

"Why not our place?" Matt suggests. "I mean, Mum knows all about everything now."

"So does mine," Ethan reminds him.

"But there's four of us here, and only three over there," I point out. Neriah moved in with us a while ago, and now she shares Matt's room with him. Of course, I rarely sleep at home anymore; I'm usually with Arkarian. And Rochelle moved in with Ethan and Shaun, sharing a room with Ethan.

"Good point." Ethan falls silent.

"So at 8:00 pm, everyone will meet at our place to party," Matt finalizes. I can tell that he just wants to go home and be with Neriah alone.

"Sounds good," we all say.

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I wake up to the feel of Arkarian's body against mine. I smile, and snuggle closer to him. I'm way too comfortable to move, but I know that I have to wake up. Everyone has a part in preparing for the party tonight, and I have to help Matt, Neriah, Jimmy, and Mum to decorate our place. I kiss Arkarian lightly, grab some clothes, and leave.

By the time I get there, Matt and Neriah have all the supplies already there. All that remains is to hang the decorations. "Neriah and I will hang the decorations," Matt tells me, "so can you get some activities figured out?"

I nod, and run up to my room. Sitting down at my desk, I grab some paper and a pen and start writing out ideas. Once I'm finished, I bring the list downstairs to see two birds flying around the room, streamers hanging from their beaks. "Nice way to hang decorations," I remark. Neriah flies down and changes back into herself, grabbing the list from my hand.

"I like the karaoke idea," she says. "I've got an idea of what I'll be singing…just as long as I can get the CD."

"I already have a great song picked out too," I say. "And I've got the CD up in my room."

Neriah giggles at something. "I'd better go help Matt," she says before turning back into a bird and flying away to help my brother get untangled from the streamers. I laugh. I guess he didn't want to break the streamers.

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8:00 comes quickly, and before I know it, Ethan, Rochelle, and Shaun are at the door. I go open it, and they come out back where the actual party will be held to place their junk food on the table. That was their job, to supply food and drinks. Arkarian comes not too long after, bringing costumes for the re-enactment of the final battle, closely followed by Dillon who brought some board games. Mum went for a girls' night out with Laura, Ethan's mum, so neither of them will be bothering us during our party. Within a few minutes, the party is in full swing, with some laughter, munching, kissing, dancing, and music (courtesy of moi). After a while, we decide to play a few of the board games that Dillon brought, and when that gets boring, we stick on the costumes for the battle re-enactment. Of course, we need way more people for the Order, Lathenia, and Lorian, so Ethan just makes the illusion of some random people as well as the two now dead immortals, being very careful to keep them as just an illusion.

Then, at 10:00, the karaoke starts. Neriah sings "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence with Matt, while Ethan and Rochelle sing "What I Like About You". Arkarian refuses to sing, even when I make the puppy dog face, so Dillon goes up instead, singing "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback. Finally, it's my turn. Ethan has been kind enough to make a stage with a microphone and sound system, so I go up to the stereo and put my CD in, then walk up to the mic and start to sing, looking dreamily at Arkarian while I do so.

"It feels like paradise
The world is closing in
It feels so right
I start to fantasize
'Bout what we're getting in
Cuz now your mine
This is our time"

"It's an endless summer
Boy I want you close to me
In an endless summer
We'll make love and we'll be free
It's an endless summer
Boy I want you close to me
In an endless summer
Now it's time for you and me

"Endless summer

"My heart beats stronger
Now you're by my side
I'll hold you tight
Please let me show you
How we'll grab a ray of light
'Cause now you're mine
This is our time

"Endless summer; boy I want you close to me
In an endless summer; we'll make love and we'll be free
Its an endless summer; boy I want you close to me
In an endless summer; now it's time for you and me

"Endless summer"

Everyone claps when I'm done, and I grab my CD back and run over to Arkarian, giving him a nice, long, deep, passionate kiss. Too many adjectives there? I say not enough. No words are romantic enough to describe my love for him. I project those thoughts to him, and he smiles.

End

Yeah, not as suggestive or graphic as the first one, but come on! They're in the middle of a whole group, including Matt! What do you think they're going to do, make out right there? Anyway, I'd appreciate your reviews and song suggestions, cuz right now the only person giving me any suggestions at all is Redfoxfan. And that's only cuz she's my friend! Either that, or extremely obsessed with Cascada…seeing as how both these songs are by Cascada, I think it's a little of both. What do you say, Melissa?