Chapter 2

Adrianna POV

I don't know how it began or why it happened but I have always been obsessed with what people would classify as monster movies, whether they are about werewolves, witches, vampires even Frankenstein. I even loved watching old reruns of shows like Supernatural, Grimm and anything else that focuses around these monsters.

I have photos of me from Halloween with my grandparents before they passed away, even then before I was five and allowed to watch such shows and movies I wanted to dress up as monsters, I never once dressed up as a princess or fairy.

My grandparents passed away when I was five, they raised me for those five years because my mother had died giving birth to me. My grandparents told me I looked so much like my mother except my eye and hair colour, they believed it came from my father. I had no idea who my father was and neither did they but whoever he is I sort of thank him.

After my grandparents died I spent the next 10 years in and out of foster homes, no one wanted me because I attracted trouble. Because of this I was constantly moving around from suburb to suburb but the one thing that made it so easy for people to come up to me was my eyes, everyone was fascinated with my eye colour, it was so different to what anyone else had. It wasn't the same shade that you would sometimes see on people who had hazel eyes that were a bit move green then brown or even the rare people that had green eyes. My eye colour is this deep emerald green that stands out in a crowd as well as against my olive complexion and chestnut brown hair.

Having people come up to me made it easier for me to make friends before I was shipped off again. I had always problems sitting still or spending hours in front of the tv, so I made friends to make sure I always had something to do and as always before I left they would always say keep in touch and we won't forget you but of course we didn't keep in touch and I was forgotten.

10 years had passed since my grandparents passed away and so much had changed, I had no connection to my mother or family and I knew nothing about anything family related. All I know is there is letters my mother left behind in her will that I can't read until I'm 18 for whatever reason but at this point in time I don't even want to read them. the only thing I had ever hoped to read in those letter's was to find out who my father was but as I grew older the less I cared about knowing because who wants to know about a child they didn't even know existed for 18 years? I didn't even like thinking about the off chance he did know I existed.

This current suburb I'm living in is some inner city suburb just east of Melbourne, the current friends I had here for a bunch of boys that like causing trouble just as much as I did. We had a habit of playing random sports in the local park, another thing with me not being able to sit still or spend hours on the couch meant I was constantly outside playing with whatever friends I had. I was constantly moving and being active, not like some of the other children you see these days.

The last few days had been weird, I was in the park with the friends like we usually were after school when it wasn't raining. Not many people would hang around since the weather was so bad in Melbourne during winter but yet one of the boys noticed this random group of guys always sitting at the same bench watching us. We had hoped that after a few days they would leave and not come back but they always came back.

After watching them watch me I noticed one of them seemed to be the leader because he was the one that always said when it was time to leave. I had enough of these creepy guys watching me and my friends that I decided to walk over to them and ask who they were.

Walking closer to them I noticed something about them, three of them were a bit younger than the one I had considered their leader and had more muscle as well. The leader had a slim build and he was taller then what I would have thought he would have been but it was when I was standing in front of them that I noticed the leaders eyes, they were the same deep emerald green I had. I was shocked but not shocked enough I wasn't able to speak.

"Who the hell are you and why have you been stalking me?" none of them said anything which me made me angrier, the leader just stood there staring at me. It was making me uncomfortable.

"I will ask this again before I get annoyed. Who the hell are you and why have you been stalking me?" something seemed to have crossed his face, allowing him to speak.

"My name is Adrian and I used to be friends with your mother Ashleigh Monroe a long time ago" he was American but what shocked me was that it had been years since anyone had said that name, hearing it for the first time after so long made me feel a stabbing pain in my heart. It seemed like he didn't even know that she had died

"My mother died years ago, why are you here?"

"I recently received a letter written by her telling me about you and I had to come see you for myself. My full name is Adrian Ivashkov and the letter stated you were in fact my daughter" I punched him before I even had time to process the information and instantly two of the other men jumped at me and restrained me while the other made sure Adrian was alright, turns out they were his body guards.

Ivashkov was the same last name my mother had strangely given me instead of her own. My grandparents didn't know why she decided to do that but they assumed it was my fathers' last name. If he was telling the truth and he was in fact my father, where the hell had he been for the last 15 years?

"I suppose I deserve that after fifteen years but I didn't know you existed until I received the letter the other week. She didn't know enough about me to find me herself so she had to hire a private detective to track me down, it took him fifteen years to find me" I studied his face and I couldn't tell if he was hurt or annoyed by that fact.

"Why come at all then?" I struggled against the body guards but they didn't loosen their grip, where are my so called friends when I needed them?

"I couldn't continue my life with the knowledge that you existed without finding out who you were and how you have lived"

"Oh it's been just peachy. What's with the muscle and why won't they let me go?" I know I shouldn't have been sarcastic or snappy since I was the one in a bad situation. All he did was nod at them and they let me go but they wouldn't move from my sides.

"They're for protection but they won't hurt you unless they feel threatened"

"Are you in that much trouble you need three body guards protecting you from someone?" who needed three body guards? It didn't make any sense

"You could put it that way"

"How do I know you didn't know about me for the last fifteen years but all of the sudden you decided to turn up and act like a father?"

"You can believe whatever you want but I'm telling you the truth, I didn't know you existed" it was then he put his hand in his coat pocket and pulled out the letter before handing it to me.

"Why are you giving me this?"

"So you can read what she told me and make up your own mind. I have also written down my number so you can call me if you wish"

"Adrian, it's getting late we should go" I jumped at the sound of the body guard next to me speaking, none of them had spoken until now.

"Yes I know Shane. Adrianna it was nice to finally meet you and I do hope you call me" he gave me a smile before turning around and walking away with his body guards following him, I could see the body guards talking to him but I was too far away to hear any of the conversation but I did notice one of them look back at me.

The next few days passed in a haze, the only thing that stood out was me starting a fight at school. One of the popular girls called me a slut because I spent too much time with the boys her and her best friend liked, so I jumped her and beat her up. The school didn't like it and I got sent home on suspension, neither did my current foster parents. I have no idea what was going to happen.

I was meant to spend the time locked away in my room but as always they didn't care and I was able to sneak out the window without them noticing. When I wasn't distracted with tv or sports I was spending my time thinking about Adrian, he said he was my father but I didn't know if I wanted to know him or not. He had just appeared in my life and I just had to believe that he was in fact my father.

It wasn't until my foster parents told me that I was being sent off to the next foster home that I made my mind up, if he was in fact my father he could take me with him back to America and I could get to know him that way. I just hoped whatever trouble he was in wasn't bad enough that he couldn't take me with him.

I called the number he had given me and he agreed to meet me at one of the local cafe's. When I entered the shop I found him sitting alone but noticed the same body guards from the other day sitting at separate tables around the shop. I walked over and slid into the booth he was sitting in.

"I'm glad you called"

"My choice was made for me, I'm sick of being pushed from home to home. If you want to get to know me, take me with you, back to America" the smile he had when he saw me fell at this. I couldn't believe this, he said he couldn't continue his life without meeting me but he obviously didn't care enough to take me back with him.

"It's complicated"

"Then uncomplicated it, it can't be that hard"

"It can be"

"What you moved on and made a new family?"

"I did actually but that isn't the point. What makes it complicated is my heritage, your heritage"

"Then if it is my heritage I deserve to know what it is that makes it so complicated"

"I have one request before I tell you anything"

"What is it?" I stared at him hoping it would be simple

"I want a DNA test done to confirm I am in fact your father. If the results are positive then I will tell you everything but until then I won't say anything. I will happily tell you about myself or even the family I have but nothing about my heritage"

"I was told my eyes were my fathers and they are the exact same colour as yours"

"Yes I can see this, it is also the same shade I have only ever seen on family members but I need to confirm it. If the results are positive you will come to understand why it is necessary. Do you agree to have the test done?"

I was silent for a few moments, I didn't know if I wanted the test done. If the results came back negative I would be moved to the next home and have it thrown in my face that I had gotten a little bit excited at the idea of a family. If the results were positive then I had to integrate with the family he had, did I have brothers or sisters or just a step mother. I noticed he was watching me with a careful eye.

"Adrianna do you agree?"

"I agree" as I said it I looked over at some of his body guards, I just hoped whatever I was agreeing to wouldn't put me in trouble as well.