A/N: Here is the next part to "Savage Heart". Enjoy
Chloe was exhausted by the end of the day. All she wanted to do was curl up in her bed and take a nice long nap. But she knew that she had better fix dinner before her dad came home.
She turned on the radio so that she could listen to some music while she worked. But the music didn't keep her mind from running and going over her day. She pictured the bitchy brunette Tori, and felt immediate annoyance towards her.
"What was with her anyway?" Chloe asked herself turning around to stir the onions.
Chloe then thought of Simon. The blonde hair and blue eyed boy, yet his almond shaped eyes traced him as an Asian. He certainly is popular. But was that because of his good looks, and charm, or just because he is a Bae?
What was with the Baes anyway? Could what June had said be true? Tori did come off like a person evil enough to do that to a poor puppy, but Simon? Chloe shook her head and chopped the carrots a bit faster.
"Chloe?" Steve called from the front door.
"Kitchen." Chloe answered turning to put the carrots into the pot.
"Mmm… it smells good in here, what you cooking?" Steve asked, setting his things down on one of the bar stools.
"Chicken Curry." Chloe replied, adding water to the mix.
"Can't wait, I'm starving." Her father said sliding his jacket off his shoulders.
"Well, it won't be done for a while."
"That's alright; I'll finish up some work while I'll wait. Come get me when it's done, alright kiddo?" her father kissed her head and grabbed his things and headed towards his den.
"Yeah, sure dad." Chloe said to herself, looking down at the pot.
Her dad was always keeping himself busy these days, and it seemed that he hardly ever had any time for her anymore. He was either busy with work, or too tired to do anything. At first Chloe thought it was because he was still mourning over her mom, but then she began to believe that her dad was trying to avoid her.
Maybe having me around is too painful for him. He always said I looked just like mom. Chloe thought inside her head as she added the chicken. If there was some way that her father could show her that he still cared and wanted her near him, Chloe hoped it would happen soon.
Day two in hell high and everything seemed just like it did the day before. This time Chloe purposely avoided any encounters with Tori, and her blonde friend. She even promised herself not to look in Simon's direction.
By the end of the day Chloe had gone drama free and even June was talking to her like they were best friends. After school June came up to Chloe at her locker with a cheery smile.
"Hey Chloe, if it's not too much to ask for, you think you could come over to my house sometime this week?" she asked taking Chloe by surprise.
"Y-you want me to come to your h-house?" She asked, just to clarify.
"Yeah, I mean if it's not too much trouble." June added.
"Sure, when?" Chloe asked.
"How about tomorrow?" June suggested and Chloe nodded.
"Tomorrow is great."
"Cool." June smiled appreciatively, but soon the smile faded. "Uh-oh."
Curious, Chloe turned around to see what had gotten June upset. It felt like her heart had jumped up into her throat. There stood Simon and Tori at the end of the hall, and next to them stood a very tall, very big guy with shaggy black hair and burly muscles.
There seemed to be a shaggy haired blonde guy getting up in Simon's and the other guy's faces. Suddenly with one swift move the big guy had the blonde guy pinned up against the locker, and with baring teeth the guy snarled some type of threat at the guy he held.
"Come on, we need to get out of here." June said, taking Chloe's hand and beginning to drag her away. Just before Chloe went with her willingly, she met the big guy's eyes. They were such a soft and gentle green it almost seemed impossible for him to come off so violent.
Chloe then followed June out of the school and out towards the parking lot. June seemed to still be a bit scared over the event, but Chloe was still confused.
"Who were they?" she asked. June looked at her back to the school and then back to Chloe.
"That big guy is Derek, the eldest brother of the Bae siblings. The one he was beating up was Liam, a senior."
"So is that what you meant by not messing with them?" Chloe asked.
"Partly, yeah." June nodded.
Chloe sighed starting to realize how dangerous the Baes can be. She also wondered what that Liam guy did to get them so pissed off. Chloe shook her head to shake off the weird feeling that was growing inside of her and turned towards her car.
"You want a ride?" Chloe offered, but June smiled and shook her head.
"Thanks, but my foster sister is waiting for me over there." June jerked her thumb behind her to where a Silver SUV was parked.
"Foster sister?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah," June said worriedly. "You're still coming over tomorrow, right?" she asked. Chloe immediatly nodded.
"Oh, yeah. Of course." She answered making June smile in relief.
"Cool, so I'll see you tomorrow then." June said waving as she ran towards her car.
"See ya." Chloe called walking to her car.
So the day hadn't completely sucked, or Chloe had hoped.
When she got home she found her dad's car already in the drive way. What was he doing home? He usually worked late. Chloe got out of her car and cautiously walked inside.
"Dad?" she called out, but was answered with silence.
She walked towards the kitchen to find his suit jacket and his brief case on the table. Setting her book bag on one of the stools, she made her way upstairs. There were faint giggles coming from her dad's room and Chloe stopped on the middle of the stairs.
Did her dad have a girl over? The man hadn't had a date since his wife died. He didn't even seem to be interested in going back into the dating world. But the giggles coming from his room caused Chloe's head to spin and her heart to ache. Chloe did want her father to be happy and probably find a girl that would make him happy, but at the same time Chloe couldn't feel a bit hurt.
Slowly, Chloe made her way to her father's room and knocked three times on his door. A series of "shh's" were heard and her father cleared his throat.
"Yes?" he answered.
"Dad, c-could I um…speak w-with you for a minute?" Chloe asked, trying to figure out what she was going to say to him.
Suddenly the door opened and Chloe quickly covered her eyes before she could see anything. But then more laughs came from the room.
"What is it kiddo?" Steve asked, taking Chloe's hand and pulling it away from her face.
Chloe looked up to find completely clothed still in the clothes he had dressed in this morning. She then looked further into her father's room and saw a tall blonde haired woman going through his closet. A smile spread across Chloe's face once she realized it was.
"Aunt Lauren!" Chloe beamed running in to hug her aunt.
Lauren giggled and opened her arms up to her niece, gracing her with a huge tight hug.
"Hey sweetie, did you miss me that much?" she asked. Chloe nodded excitedly.
"What are you doing here?" Chloe asked pulling back.
"I had a business meeting with one of the hospital heads, and thought I'd stop by and see my brother in law and my beautiful niece."
"How long are you staying for?" Chloe asked.
"I leave tomorrow morning."
Chloe frowns, but her aunt smiles and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
"I hope you won't keep that negative attitude while we go out to dinner." Lauren said, and Chloe sighed and shook her head.
"So go get ready Chloe, wear something nice." Steve ordered, patting Chloe on the back.
"Alright." Chloe said turning to go, leaving her aunt to pick out her dad's outfit for the night.
Chloe was happy that her aunt was here to visit, but she was saddened by the thought that she would only be here with them for the night.
A few hours later they arrived at one of the most high end restaurants in the city. Chloe was amazed at how beautiful the place is. There were crystal chandeliers hanging down from the ceiling, with lit candles to give the place a romantic glow. The place looked busy, but it was quiet with people keeping their manners.
"May I help you?" A nice man with sandy brown hair asked.
"Yes, we have reservation, name of Fellows." Lauren spoke and the man looked down at his paper running his finger down and across it.
"Ah, yes. Follow me." The man smiled grabbing menus and leading us to our table.
They were all seated at a round booth with Chloe sitting between them. The man handed us our menus and gave us the usual speech about the specials. Chloe smiled and ordered herself raspberry lemonade to drink while Steven and Lauren ordered some Bollinger champagne, and each ordered their food.
"This place looks beautiful." Chloe commented, and Steve nodded in agreement.
"It does, no wonder this place came highly recommended." Lauren said looking around.
They then went into conversation about their work while Chloe looked around the place some more. Her gaze looked over the other customers eating. They all looked like dates, business men, or high classed aristocrats. This place must be a fortune.
The food came and that's when Lauren decided to ask how Chloe's schooling was going. Chloe chewed for a while trying to come up with some easy words for bother her aunt and her father.
"School has been interesting." She said.
"How so?" her dad asked. Chloe took a sip of her drink before answering.
"Well, my home room teacher seems to really like her job."
"As she should." Lauren commented. "You see, that's the problem with the education system these days. They hire people to be teachers when these people don't really care for teaching." She went on with her opinion spiel.
Chloe took this chance to excuse herself to the bathroom, and let her aunt and father talk. Chloe sighed checking herself in the mirror, fluffing up her hair and wiping some smeared make up off her face. Behind her someone came into the bathroom, and Chloe would have ignored her if she didn't know who she was.
"Hey," the blonde girl said, shyly walking over to the sink next to her. Chloe watched Liz being cautious.
"You go to my school, right?" Liz asked, and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, I'm the girl you almost ran over, remember?" Chloe said. Liz blushed looking down at her make up bag smiling a bit.
"Sorry about that. Tori can't drive worth crap, I've told her that countless of times." She said. Chloe raised an eyebrow at her. "I'm Elizabeth, but I go by Liz." She held out her hand to Chloe, hoping she would take it.
"Chloe." Chloe replied shaking her hand. Liz smiled at her and began to reapply her makeup.
"You know Tori isn't that bad." Liz said, but Chloe fixed her dress not saying anything. "She's just hard to get along with." Liz said blinking.
"Really, I hardly noticed." Chloe said, fixing her hair. Liz giggled.
"I've known Tori since kindergarten, and she honestly isn't a bad person." Liz continued and Chloe sighed tired of hearing about Tori. "I just don't want you to hate her, she's nice in her own way."
"I won't believe it until I see it." Chloe said turning to go back out.
"Hey," Liz called out. Chloe turned to look at her. "I really like your dress."
"Thanks." Chloe replied hesitantly.
"And Chloe," Liz added. "I really am sorry if we rubbed off on you the wrong way."
Chloe nodded walking out. That was weird. Was Liz really trying to be nice to her or was she just playing a game? For some reason Chloe was leading towards the just being nice part. Either way, this was definitely going to come back and cause a bit of drama.
A/N: How was that guys? Filler chapter, not much to it, but if you have read my past stories you realize that were there is a filler chapter a more dramatic chapter comes ahead. Right? Well, I hope you guys liked this for a second chapter, and I will be posting up the third one soon.
Safe sailing Fanfictioneers!