Recap:
"How'd you break your glasses?" he asked getting more worried and confused about his sister's current state. Taking them off her head with a shaky hand, she noticed that the lens of the right side was gone.
"I don't know," Serena said trying to will herself to remember what had happened to her. Serena detested the fear she was filling and that it was started to be present in her words.
What do you mean you don't know?" Collin asked now angry that Serena didn't know what had happened to her and that he wasn't there to protect her from whatever or whoever had hurt her. Not knowing how to reply, Serena just shrugged her shoulders.
"Did you fall off of the rocks?" Collin asked hoping the question would help her remember. Still not knowing what to say, she simply shook her head even though she knew Collin would not see the action in the dark.
"Serena please tell me that you didn't try to climb up the cliff," Collin said silently begging her to say no.
"Maybe," Serena said trying to force the memory of what happened, "I guess…. I guess I fell."
Chapter Eight: A Special Moment
Flashback
He had been watching her for two years now. Stanton knew Vanessa better than he knew himself. He had witnessed Catty's crazy antics get Vanessa in trouble, Vanessa's struggle with her secret, and most recently her developing crush on Michael Saratoga. Now Stanton truly loved to get under Michael's skin, so when it came time to reveal himself to Vanessa, he knew he was going to get a great reaction out of Michael that would be better than his previous dealings with Michael. Yet for reasons unknown to him, he felt extremely jealous that good boy Michael had Vanessa's attention.
Stanton felt a thrill being in Vanessa's room. He felt a smirk form on his face noticing that Vanessa's room definitely reflected her personality, the sweet good girl that would bend over backwards to please people. A big part of him wanted to release the darker side of the teen that he knew she repressed out of fear that it spin out of control and she would hurt the ones she loved. Taking another look around Vanessa's room, the harsh reminder of the eternity he had to endure hit him when he caught a glance of Vanessa's alarm clock. Stanton turned the alarm clock around so it faced the wall, he also turned Vanessa's wrist watch face down that was next to her alarm clock.
Stanton walked back over and changed Vanessa's program called Sky Show and changed that days reading to say that there would be a small slice of the moon visible when in reality it would be the dark of the moon. He opened her window back up and melted into the shadows leaving her house. He felt greatly pleased with what he accomplished that night, not only did he get to watch her walk home from Planet Bang, he also got inside her room.
End Flashback
Stanton showed Vanessa that memory to Vanessa even though she knew it was him in her room that night. "Wow, even then you had feelings for me?" Vanessa asked not even realizing that was night that danger had entered her room completely.
"I guess so, I just didn't know it then, but you also realize that was the first time I had been in your room," Stanton said hoping Vanessa would see the danger in that.
"So? You just messed with my clock, watch, and computer," Vanessa said not seeing a reason to worry.
"You know you will cease to amaze me," Stanton said shaking his head and wrapping his arms around Vanessa.
"What do you mean?" she asked not understanding what he meant.
"Don't you get that I could seriously harm you?" he said trying to get her to understand.
"I don't believe that because one it is technically impossible for you to do that, but even if you could I know that you would never do anything to harm me," she said looking up into his dangerous eyes.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" he asked with a smirk.
"Nope," she said with smile. Stanton and Vanessa enjoyed being wrapped in each other's arms on Vanessa's bed.
"You should get some sleep because I know that you have plans with your friends," Stanton said as he left Vanessa's mind.
"But I don't want to," Vanessa who was enjoying the Followers company.
"I know, but you need your rest," Stanton said pushing sleep to the front of Vanessa's mind. He watched as she slowly closed her eyes and fell into a relaxed slumber. Stanton held onto Vanessa a little longer, but knew he had to leave get back to the Followers' before they got suspicious about his whereabouts'. Kissing her forehead, he slowly untangled himself from her embrace. He quickly wrote her note and let the darkness consume him as he left her room and out into the night.
Author's Note:
I am so sorry that this chapter is so short, but I think it is a nice filler for the next chapter which I promise will be longer and have more of the Daughters!
