CHAPTER 4

Disclaimer: Refer to previous chapters.

Walking out of the beachside restroom, the Rose felt fresh and better prepared to go into a nightclub.

Rose wore her long hair in a loose bun at the nape of her neck, held by a crimson ribbon. Around her neck, a pentagram necklace encrusted with black and red gems hung closely to her chest. She wore a crimson and coal striped halter top, showing off her belly button piercing of a cross. Her bottom half consisted of a mostly black knee length skirt with a red stripe going down her right leg and black boots. She twirled to show off her clothes to the boys playfully. They smiled at her antics then looked curiously at the restroom door. Jenny had yet to emerge.

"She is just being shy guys, hold on a sec…" Rose grinned then put her top half into the doorway. The boys leaned in to hear Rose trying to coax the younger girl out of hiding. Tyler stifled a laugh, the other boys grinned slyly.

"I'm out, I'm out, dang Rose, you almost pulled my arm out of its socket!" Jenny was shoved forward by the older girl, who rolled her eyes. The boys laughed whole heartedly, with the exception of Tyler, who was preoccupied with staring as Jenny stumbled forward, holding her right arm, a sign of shyness.

She, being more conservative than her wild and care free cousin, wore less revealing apparel. Her brown and silver hair flew free from restraint in the soft breeze. Around her neck she wore a simple silver necklace in the shape of a crescent moon with a star connected to it. She wore a tan colored wife beater with a little black heart on the front. A few simple silver bracelets on her right arm, and her favorite faded flared blue jeans. Her shoes were here favorites as well, her brown Lugz. She smiled nervously as her cousin began to declare her arrival.

"Jenny is sporting a cute little brown tee with some cute pants that show off her awesome booty. Wonder what kind of underwear she is wearing, shall we see…" Jenny's eyes grew wide in embarrassment as she lunged away from her cousin, knowing full well that Rose would indeed pull down her pants. She had done it before, hadn't she?

The guys began to laugh, and Jenny, upon seeing that they were laughing with, and not at her, joined in. Rose smiled evilly.

"Another time, maybe?"

Ten minutes later found the group in Tyler's Hummer. Well, most of the group anyway. Rose, Pogue, Caleb and Reid were in his Hummer. Tyler found an excuse to ride with Jenny in her 1997 fire engine red Mustang Convertible (Caleb spent quite a while looking it over, remarking on "what a beauty she was.") The gang headed for Nicky's, with overall high spirits.

Upon arriving, the group parked and after facing a rather large bouncer, entered the noisy bar. Jenny walked in a bit stiffly at Tyler's side. Rose noticed and decided to get her cousin to have some fun.

"Loosen up Jen, we are supposed to be having fun here, remember? We are not in Los Angeles anymore, here we can start anew. That means... loosen your dang panty strings and learn to enjoy life!" Jenny scowled at her cousin, but decided she was right.

"You want to dance, Tyler?" Tyler smiled and nodded.

Jenny pulled him after her, with Rose and the guys looking after them, winking at their respective pals. Jenny walked up to a juke box and scanned the options. Smiling when she found her favorite song, she pushed the numbers and letters and pulled a laughing Tyler after her.

"Wow, when you let loose, you really let loose," he joked as she blushed slightly as the music began to play.

I Love Rock and Roll.

The two began to dance, watched by the others.

"Seems like they hit if off, huh?" Pogue said, and the others nodded. A girl suddenly walked up to the group and covered the tall boy's eyes.

"Guess who?"

"Let me guess, The Easter Bunny?" Pogue joked, smiling.

"Ah, close but no cigar," the girl said, uncovering his eyes. Pogue turned to the girl and pulled her into his arms. Rose looked on skeptically.

"This is my girlfriend, Kate. Kate, this is the new girl, Rose… Uh, Rose…"

"Rose Proctor. It is nice to meet you, my cousin's there dancing with Tyler." Rose extended her right arm, while pointing at the two on the dance floor. Kate shook the girls' hand and looked at the dancing pair.

"Haha, wow, those two look like they are really having a good time." Kate smiled at Rose and returned the kind greetings.

"What is your cousins' name?"

"Oh, Jennifer Williams, Jenny for short. We just moved here from California." Kate nodded from beside Pogue.

"Well, welcome to our humble abode, I guess you are going to Spencer?" Rose nodded.

"Well, I will show you two around. Hey, how did you guys meet up, anyway?" Kate asked, looking around at the guys.

"It was a coincidence, actually. We had some errands to run near the coast, so when we finished, we decided we might as well enjoy the sun, seeing as we have not had any in a long time. The last time it was this sunny was the day Sarah…" Caleb started, his eyes growing cold for a second, before he shut off. The others', used to this recent behavior, decided to pick up where their leader left off.

"Well, we were at the beach, minding our own business, when we see that something is going down. We go over to investigate when we notice these two girls about to be pounded by Aaron and his little following. We intervened, of course… scared those pansies off," Reid explained.

"Who you calling pansies, punk?" someone said, coming through the crowd. The music came to a halt as Tyler pulled Jenny trough the crowd to get to his friends.

Reid smiled arrogantly. Caleb did not seem to find any of this amusing in the least bit.

The same group from the beach walked over to the guys, anger shining in their eyes. This time they were joined by another boy.

"Why don't you guys just get the hell out of here, we don't want trouble!" Caleb said, stepping in front of Rose.

"I believe I called you and your lot pansies. I call them as I see them," Reid laughed, Tyler coming to stand beside him. He pulled Jenny away from the soon to be battle field. Reid just did not know when enough was enough. Jenny, terrified of confrontations, obligingly darted away from the beach jerks

Suddenly, the younger girl felt her arm being jerked back, hard. All she saw before she was turned around was Tyler's face contorted in rage. She could have sworn she saw his eyes turn black after a blaze of fire erupted within them.

"Where are you going sweet thing, did I say you could go?" Ryan said, laughing. Jenny struggled to pull away from the young man to no real avail.

"Let her go now, or I will kick your ass," Caleb strode forward, anger etched on his handsome face. Rose, too, was quite angry, stepping forward to intervene. Kate pulled the girl back.

"Let Caleb and Tyler handle it!" She hissed, standing close to Pogue, who blocked the two from any fight that may break out.

Reid had noticed his friend's anger and power surge, and he restrained him.

"Tyler, chill out… calm down, calm, calm…" Reid whispered to his friend, whose eyes cooled down to normal before anyone could see them. Though Tyler's eyes still flamed in anger, his body tense as if he were about to pounce.

Caleb walked right up to Ryan, staring him down.

"Let her go, NOW," he roared. He was in no mood to deal with these guys. His month had been heck, and this was just going to push him over the edge. Aaron and his group seemed to notice that Caleb meant business, for they hesitated in their taunts for a minute. Ryan looked down at an angry Jenny.

With a quick swipe, somewhat like that of a tiger, Jenny's palm met her captors' check with a loud thump. Ryan's eyes widened in shock, then anger as he tightened his grip on the wincing girl before he forcefully threw her away from him so that she stumbled over a nearby chair. Caleb, distracted, turned to see if the girl was alright.

Aaron took the opportunity to throw a quick jab at the other boy's face. Caught completely off guard, Caleb stumbled back and tripped over the fallen girl. Jenny let out a quick gasp; she quickly pushed her body under Caleb to stop his head from hitting the same chair she fell over.

Tyler and Reid both jumped to help their friends' up. Caleb was pulled up first, thanking the girl for helping him out. Jenny smiled wearily and nodded as she was helped up by a shaken Tyler.

"What the hell is going on here? Take this crap out of here. I thought I told you all to get this fighting done away from my place!" A large man bellowed.

"Yeah, we are out anyway old man," Kira laughed. She had been surprisingly quiet during the whole ordeal. Now, she was openly flirting with Caleb. Aaron, upon noticing, pulled the flirt away from the sons of ipswich and led his posse out of the club. All of them looked so smug. Reid sneered at their backs while Tyler, Rose and Caleb looked Jenny over, making sure she was ok.

"I am fine, really guys. My arm is just a little sore."

"Man, that slap you gave Ryan was classic, and that face!" Kate laughed after knowing that the new girl was ok. Rose laughed louder, patting her cousin on the back.

"Who knew ol' Jenny had it in her?"

Everyone straightened up the area and exited the bar, an angry bald man staring after them.

"Hope we did not get you guys banned," Jenny said as she looked to see the scowling man. Rose looked back as well. She noticed the large man flash a quick smile and she smiled back. The older girl then looked at Caleb.

'Why is he so quiet all the time? If he does talk, he has a lot of sadness in his eyes. Then that guy messes with us, and he gets so angry…' Rose sighed as she walked beside Caleb, trying to figure out the stoic boy.

"Nah, Nick knows us. He won't stay mad for too long," Pogue said. Jenny nodded and turned a curious gaze to Tyler.

Had she seen what she thought she saw? No, it could not be. He was a mortal that was all. It must have been a trick of the lights.

Still, Jenny could not shake the image of Tyler's eyes, and how they turned, just like hers' and her cousins'.

Tyler looked over at her, his shining blue eyes alight with joy. She smiled back and shook her head.

'No, it was just my imagination,' she thought, as the group split into the two cars. Jenny taking Pogue and Kate to a near by motor bike shop, and Tyler just for the ride. The others jumped into the Hummer after a warning from Tyler to take care of it. Reid glanced at the smaller boy nonchalantly.

"I'll try, can't promise though…" Tyler was left cursing into a cloud of dust as the Hummer sped off.