It's actually been years since I've updated and I'm very sorry. Recently I've had a bunch of reviews which have encouraged me to continue writing so I'm going to include a couple more chapters so there will be more...and I promise it won't take me as long to upload. Enjoy!
Brianna stopped running and breathed in smelling the sea-salt and fresh air around her. She needed to think. To breathe. What had just happened? Brianna sat down, with her head between her knees and tried to recall what events went on before she left. Within a second she ran off. She probably circled the FAYZ multiple times but ended up on the far side of the ocean. The one opposite of both towns. The place that it would take days for anyone to actually have the energy to go out and find.
"Brianna, you can't avoid me forever!" Dekka wailed finally confronting The Breeze after two weeks of silence.
"Says you! We have nothing to talk about." Brianna breathed in quickly looking for words to say. Dekka was right; she couldn't avoid her forever, "I-I have to find Jack" Before Dekka could say anything Brianna was a blur. Before Brianna could notice where she was running, she was floating in zero gravity. "put me down, I mean it!"
"Bri, I just wanted to clear the air."
"Brianna…" Brianna didn't want Dekka calling her any sort of nicknames. She thought Dekka was her friend, not some…Brianna didn't even know what she thought of Dekka now.
"I thought I was going to die! I just wanted you to know the truth!" Dekka's eyes were getting puffy like she would break down crying if Brianna rejected her. It was the first sign of weakness that Dekka has shown since anyone could even remember.
"The truth?" Brianna scoffed, "about what? You being some dyke?" Brianna landed hard on the ground.
"I thought at least you would be supportive."
"I thought you would know I'm not a lesbian! I have a boyfriend, Jack, how do you think he would feel right now?" Brianna was fuming now, how could she ever look at Dekka again? They were best friends, but it's never going to be the same now.
"I can't help who I like. Just look at yourself, Breeze, you're incredible. You're confident, and I find that very-" Dekka stopped and lunged for Brianna for a kiss. Dekka couldn't help it. This would either force Brianna to hate her even more or draw her in closer. But Dekka couldn't handle her emotions anymore. She was done playing the tough girl; Brianna needed to know. When Dekka opened her eyes, Brianna was gone.
Brianna cursed and lifted her head up, "Why did I have to like it?" Brianna ran full speed into the water and once her force-created waves settled, she treaded in the unnaturally calm water.
"I'm not a lesbian! Why do I feel this way?" Brianna hated herself for actually liking the kiss. Dekka was her best friend, not her love interest. She liked Jack, he was dorky but lovable. His face always slightly reddened when Brianna would get lost during his computer talk. Jack was embarrassed so easily.
"See!" Brianna was trying to prove to herself, "I know so much about Jack! Why can't this just be easy?" Brianna swept her hands through her wet hair and laced them behind her head while trying to float on her back. She needed time to think. Dekka was her best friend, why did she have to be this way. She knew Dekka was a lesbian but why did she want to be a lesbian with Brianna. Time, that's what Brianna needed.
Astrid stumbled out of her house in her old, wrinkled clothes. The odd thing was, she didn't care how messy she looked. Losing Pete changed Astrid completely. She wasn't the stuck-up goody-goody anymore, or at least she didn't want to be. She wanted to find Sam, it was her initial goal. She closed her eyes trying to think of where she would be. But she saw a light, kind of like a patroness. It formed into a boy then back into a mist, so bright that it kind of hurt to look at. Astrid was intrigued so it took all of her will-power to keep her eyes shut. Where was this coming from?
"Hello…" She whispered hoping that the words would transfer to the being in her head. The mist rushed all around her and knocked her to her feet sending a rush of cold air up her spine. Suddenly she knew who, "Petey?" She screamed, "You're alive!" Astrid jumped up to chase him but slammed into a wall. Her body crashed into the side of her room as her eyes opened.
"Petey…" She whispered not knowing if it was real of not. But she could feel him. The mist of his body wrapped around her, and their minds connected. That feeling wasn't something that Astrid could just make up. Hoping the vision would come back Astrid slammed her eyes shut again.
"Petey, come on. I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'M SORRY!" She was screaming at the top of her lungs but it was no use. All she saw was darkness. She saw what she felt inside of her soul. She breathed in deeply and walked out of the cottage, leaving the door open behind her. She turned around and stared at the house.
"It's been a long couple of weeks but I'm not coming back. I have a mission. I will win Sam back and I will give him what he wants. It's not like we're getting out of here, I might as well make someone happy." She turned around and ran, feeling exhilarated for the first time in weeks. The wind slapped her hair across and face and Astrid closed her eyes taking in the moment, trying to feel Pete again. She opened her eyes wide when she ran into no other than Caine Soren. Surprisingly, he didn't yell at her. He just stared. In awe, maybe excited. For her? Astrid was disgusted; Caine was a pig.
"Do you have a response? Is she coming back?" Caine grabbed Astrid by her shoulders and looked excitedly into her eyes. Deep inside Caine really was a puppy. Astrid saw right through him the first day he came into town. She saw through his façade then but now was real. Caine had a weakness and whatever this was was tearing him apart.
"What are you talking about?" Astrid broke free feeling a little creeped out in Caine's presence.
Caine's expression sank to a pained scowl, "You didn't come from Sam? Diana didn't…"
Astrid's eyes lit up when she heard Sam's name, she didn't even care about the rest of Caine's sentence.
"Where did Sam go?" Astrid grabbed Caine's arm in retaliation. Astrid could tell how much whatever happened with Diana really bother Caine because he didn't even try to use his power to stop her.
"The lake…with Diana" Caine's head dropped lower as if losing hope. Since Astrid was in a state worse than Caine's he wasn't worried about looking weak in front of her.
"Great!" Astrid yelled running off until every bone in her body froze. "As if you could leave a king without bowing-" Caine was going to say more but he noticed something lying on the ground that must have flew out of Astrid's pocket when he abruptly stopped her.
"Condoms Astrid? Really? The virgin queen is going to try and sleep with her pretty little surfer now is she? That's so cute!" Caine scoffed laughing at Astrid as he eased the tension on her.
"At least Sam will get his Queen, where's yours?" Astrid slyly replied when she found the strength to move her jaw.
"With Sam." Caine said smiling at the pained look in Astrid's face. Betrayed even. "As if a girl like Diana would even settle for your leftovers," Caine laughed, turning around but not letting go of Astrid with his telekinesis. "It does, however, give me an idea…BUG" Caine screamed as a hesitant boy appeared next to him with a loyal look in his eyes.
"Tie up the not so innocent virgin queen here until Sam returns. And go tell him that we have his precious Astrid that he can have back when Diana comes to her senses." Caine smiled, content with his plan.
"She won't come back if she sees you haven't changed!" Astrid shut up when Caine silenced her by shutting her jaw. She was so not ready to play the damsel in distress again with Sam like when he saved her Drake long ago.
Lana felt a cold hand grab her arm and jumped into the air. Patrick spun around and started licking the face of whoever the approacher was. Diana Ladris was standing before her with a concerned look on her face. In the past week Diana and she have seemed to be talking a lot. They weren't exactly friends but they were probably the closest people to each other at the moment. They could share each other's pain to some extent and knew each other's personalities. They weren't friends but they had some type of connection.
"Can I help you?" Lana knew it sounded rude but she didn't mean for it to. She was stressed, between Sanjit questioning her about the Gaiaphage and the threat of Caine coming to attack; Lana had a lot on her plate.
"Should I write a note back?" Diana's eyes were worried. Lana noticed that Diana only truly opened up to her. She would question her actions and break the strong face that Diana put up for everyone else. Lana thought about it; Caine wouldn't think twice about bringing an army down to capture Diana.
Lana took in a deep breath and closed her eyes trying to decide what was best. "Just tell him what's going on. You don't have to like it and the message doesn't have to be long. Just…we don't want him coming back."
Diana gave her a sheepish smile and handed her a piece of paper, "That's what I thought, would you mind if you go back there for anything?" Lana nodded in agreement and looked down at the paper that only had two words – I'm Pregnant.
Before Lana turned away Diana caught her off-guard with the question everyone was too terrified to ask, "So what happened with Sanjit?" Lana's face started draining all of its color and her eyes grew wide so Diana backed off, "Sorry I mean…you seemed upset. I vowed that I would be a better person; I thought that I could help."
Lana needed to get away. She started walking backward in the other direction, "I can't talk about it," she whispered not taking her eyes off the ground, "I'll deliver the letter myself!" Lana turned and started running; she needed to her away and once and for all get rid of the demon that lived inside of her.
Diana didn't move. She couldn't believe that Lana was acting this way. She built up all of her emotion and freaked out whenever anyone tried to understand. Then again, Diana never let anyone in but she would hide her emotions pretty well. "You're just a coward!" Diana screamed after her remembering a similar encounter with Caine. She didn't care though, she couldn't control herself, "You go around acting all tough when you're just a pathetic little kid who's hiding her feelings!"
Lana stopped running and turned around halfway between fury and tears.
"It's not too late to walk away." Diana whispered, cringing at the last time she said those words. Lana didn't say anything. She just looked up with a pitiful look in her eyes and ran away from both town and the lake with Patrick following behind her.
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- Lindsey (^.^)