Note: Nothing really to say. I graduated last year and have been spending this year finding jobs and saving up so I could move out of this tiny town. So I've been busy somewhat. You know the usual life.

IMPORTANT: My story that I wrote nearly two years ago maybe three, Unwilling to Live, Willing to Die, was actually nominated in the Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards as All-Time Favorite Vampire Academy Fanfic! I can't tell you how happy I was when I came home and looked at my emails. After a breakup and in one of my depressions, things weren't looking great for me at the time. But to recieve that was enough to brighten me up possible for the rest of my life. Thank you so much to those who read it and favorited and left a review! Even to this day it still recieves a lot of attention and I can't be any more happy. It was enough to lift me out of my depression and motivate me to keep on writing (something that has not been able to happen to me in a long time).

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Chapter 3

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Foster the People - I Would Do Anything For You

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Nothing could describe the boredom that was taking place at this very moment.

Not only did I have curfew which kept me from seeing Lissa, I was also confined to my room for the remaining hours after school. I didn't think my mother would be serious about her punishment. Maybe I should be more precautious in the future. But one thing was for certain: I was NOT going to be staying in this godforsaken room for another 5 minutes.

This was all Belikov's fault.

Looking up at my clock and seeing the big red numbers "5:19 P.M." stare back at me, I slowly and quietly walked to my window, hoping that the floor wouldn't creak and have my mother think the worst. I pushed the curtain aside, only to see that it was raining outside. Not too light and not too heavy. And that my parents' car was missing. The bastards didn't tell me they were going out! The nerve of those two.

Deciding that it wasn't worth trying to go ninja around an empty house, I went downstairs in hopes of finding some food to eat. My stomach was growling like crazy.

The kitchen smells of cleaning products and bleach which irritate my nose. My mother probably didn't count on me to clean the kitchen tonight. Not that I would've done it anyway. I'm grounded!

I turn on the light and blink twice as the brightness hit my eyes. I've always hated the light, I'm more of a night person, something that my mother has tried to change but failed.

The fridge is straight across from me with a counter blocking my way. Full of food. Delicious food. And I quickly walk around the counter and reach for the handle that opens the doors to heaven.

Then the door knocked.

My hand stopped just inches from its' destination and I turn my head and scowl at the door, and then the clock on the wall.

'5:23'

Does time really pass that slow? God damn.

Grumbling profanities under my breath I drag my feet to the door and yank it open.

All I see is chest.

"My face is up here Hathaway." A deep voice said.

"What are you doing here Belikov?" I sneer at him as I look up at his face. Oh how I felt like punching him in that moment.

He hesistated for a moment, sparing a look behind us and I follow his sight. No car or bike, meaning he must've walked here.

"Well, I thought about what happened today. And as much as I enjoy our little fights, today I took it a bit too far," He started and I tried to raise an eyebrow in question but failed miserably. He looked amused at my struggle and coughed awkwardly. "Just wanted to apologize." He muttered, not looking my way.

"Who brought you up to this? Your mother? Your friends? The principle?" I asked, not out of anger, but merely out of curiosity.

"Believe it or not Hathaway, I have morals and know what's right and wrong."

I hummed in disagreement and casually leaned against the doorway. "So that's all you came for?"

He looked a bit stunned, "That's all you're going to say?"

"What else am I supposed to say?" I shot back at him.

He straightens up and somehow, I don't know how, stands another three inches taller. Damn him and his height advantage.

"The least you can do is accept my apology."

"Fine! I accept. You can leave now." A disappointed look crosses his face for a second before a smirk makes its way, suddenly he's back to his old self. My throat feels swollen as thought I swallowed an egg. Why did that look affect me more than it should have?

Wanting to look anywhere but him I look past his shoulder and noticed that it's very dark outside already, and that the wind had picked up tremendously. I don't know how I didn't notice the lights go out around us, or rather the entire neighborhood, but my attention was now on the lightning that had struck in the distance, the deafening roar reaching my ears seconds later that had my cringing a little.

Then I remembered, Belikov had walked here.

His voice startled me out of my thoughts, "Damn, and here I was hoping to get home before the storm picked up."

"Couldn't you run home quickly?" At this moment I had just realized that it was pitch black and I couldn't see him at all.

I figured he gave me a look of disbelief from the way his tone was when he spoke a second later, "You're kidding me right? You expect me to go out in weather like this?"

I put a hand on my forehead, flinching from the contact my elbow made with his muscled chest. "Okay, I suppose you could stay here til the storm calms down."

He calmly walks pass me and into the dark house as though the lights never went out. How is he not walking into things?

I close the door and walk to where I assumed the kitchen was. One step, two steps...

Thud!

"Son of a bitch!"

The chapters will get longer as the story progresses. And once again, I'm terribly sorry for the year wait. I'm hoping the next update won't be as much of a wait. Reviews are appreciated, it only takes 15 seconds to click the button and say something about the story whether it'd be constructive criticism or how much of a fail this story is :3

Au revoir!

Till next time my lovelies,

Halloween/Kiya