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I woke up to the smell of bacon. I got up and put my hair into a ponytail. I walked down stairs and walked into the kitchen to see everyone squeezed around the table eating.
"She's up!" Anna said smiling
I sat down and got some food.
"When are we leaving kit?" I said.
"Probably around 12:00 were in no hurry." Kit said.
"Aww it's a shame. I liked this house." Lilly said frowning.
"You've been here for less than a day Lilly" Jason said laughing.
Lilly shrugged and continued eating.
Lauren cleared her throat. "Um kids we found something that we have to do when we get there. There is this ball. It's a masquerade. We believe from some sources that its where some people from the Edison group are meeting." She said.
"Yes! This means we get to go! I love big dresses." Lilly said while Anna rolled her eyes.
Kit gave Lauren a wary glance. "Well actually you're not going. Only Chloe, Derek, Jason, Tori, Wesley, and Julia are going. Sorry Lilly" he said.
Lilly frowned.
"Sounds fun." Chloe said smiling. Derek reached over and grabbed her hand.
"Will it be safe? I don't want to put Chloe or Julia for that matter in danger." Derek said looking at Kit.
"It's perfectly safe. No one knows our whereabouts. Plus they can't recognize you all because of the masks." Kit said getting up and setting his plate in the sink.
Derek nodded and turned back to his almost empty plate.
"Wait where are we getting the suits and dresses?" I asked while whipping my mouth with a napkin.
Lauren looked up, "Were having them sent to the place its being held at." She said getting up to help kit with the dishes.
"Wait if we aren't going in a dress or tux then how are we supposed to get in?" Chloe asked her aunt.
"We have an insider with the Edison group who got us badges. Which includes badges to the building where we think they are doing tests" Lauren said.
I got up and set my empty plate in the dishwasher. "Are we going to stay with each other the whole time?" I asked
Kit shook his head. "No you will have a partner, which are you and Wesley, Derek and Chloe, and tori and Jason." He said eyeing his sons for approval. Derek grunted and grabbed Chloe's hand who in turn smiled up at him. I looked at Wesley who was looking and me, I smiled and he winked.
"Well I'm going to go pack some stuff." I said walking up the stairs and to my room."
After five minutes or so I heard a knock on my door.
"Come in its open." I said. I heard the door open and shut then soft footsteps come beside me. I looked up and Chloe was smiling at me.
"Hey Chloe" I said while grabbing some clothes.
"Hey" she said eyeing me.
I'm Happy for you. I heard in my mind which made me jump and drop my bra on the ground. I looked at Chloe who was laughing quietly.
"What was that?" I asked laughing with her.
"Well I read a book last night, the same one I told you to read and found out we can communicate through our minds. Cool right?" she said lying on my bed.
"Sure I guess, but can you read my mind?" I said giving her a look.
She laughed and looked at me. "No Julia! Of course not. But if you ever need me you can get me that way. Like….say I'm downstairs and you want a cookie but your all the way up here, you just tell me, hey! Chloe get me a cookie, and I will" she said smiling on the verge of laughter.
I laughed and sat next to her. "I'll be sure to remember that" I said.
Over the next hour Chloe and I talked, until Derek came in.
"it's time to go" he said looking at Chloe. Chloe smiled and patted my hand.
"See you in the car Julia." She said leaving with Derek. Right after they left Wesley knocked on my door.
"Come in" I said.
He walked in and smiled at me. "Hey seat buddy" he said
"seat buddy?" I asked smiling at him.
"It means that in the car you are required to sit by me." he said walking up to me and putting his arms around my waist.
"Sounds good to me" I said biting my lip and looking up at him under my eyelashes. He smiles and leans down and kisses me. I put my hands in his soft hair and he puts one hand on my cheek and the other on the small of my back. It's a perfect moment that I never want to end. But after a minute I have to pull away or ill die from suffocation. He smiled and runs his finger over my jaw. I give him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Now grab my bags wolf boy" I said laughing. "Oh you're going to pay for that one young lady" he says laughing I just wink at him and walk out of my room with an extra spring to my step.
Wesley's p.o.v.
After a couple of hours on the rode we stopped at a gas station.
"Derek do you want to jog a little bit I feel stiff" I said
"Sure" he said and we started around the back of the gas station.
"Uh Derek I need to talk to you" I said nervous.
He stops and looks at me. "Yeah?" he said.
"Well I really like Julia, and I know that may seem weird to you because of the Chloe thing but anyway I really like her and I can't stop thinking about her no matter what and I feel like if I don't see her every hour then ill Ju-" I said but Derek interrupted me with a chuckle.
"Wesley that means she's your mate. Its ok." He said laughing.
I stopped breathing for a second. I imprinted? Already? What if she doesn't want to be my mate! What if I'm not ready! But then I start to think of her and her blue eyes and her laugh and her soft ha-
I got interrupted by Derek snapping his fingers in my face.
"Woohoo earth to Wesley" he said starting to jog again.
I imprinted on Julia. I love her. I love Julia. I said smiling then I realized Derek is jogging ahead of me.
I catch up to him easily. "Race ya" I said taking off. After couple of seconds I hear him take off behind me at full speed.
Julia's p.o.v. I go back to the van and stand by it waiting for Derek and Wesley to get back so he can unlock it and we can go inside. After a minute they run up out of breath and laughing.
"I can't believe you ran into that tree Derek" Wesley said laughing.
Derek rolled his eyes. "Don't pretend that you didn't go through that thorn bush" he said laughing along. I look at Chloe and roll my eyes, and she does likewise.
"You guys are crazy." Chloe said laughing. We got back in the van and started driving once again. I looked at Wesley and he looked deep in thought with his eyebrows creased in concentration. I nudged him.
'You ok?' I mouthed to him. He nodded his head and went straight back into his thoughts. He stayed that way until we got to the safe house.
I got off the van, happy to be able to stretch my legs after hours in the car. Everyone walked over to our van.
"Ok so it's just us here but a man named Nick will be coming later to give us the passes for the masquerade. He'll only be stopping in her doesn't stay here. You have to share a room with someone so get a partner and lets go." Kit said. He walked up to the door and pulled out a keychain with about 10 keys on it. He unlocked it and everyone piled in to get the best room.
"Hey wanna share a room?" I asked Chloe but she was heading up to the rooms already with tori. I walked in the hallway with the sound of 'mine!' and 'we got here first' and laughter around me. I saw one door still closed and headed toward it. I opened it and walked in to see a bed and tons of music stuff and books around it.
"Wow" I said to myself. "I guess I'm staying by myself". I went outside to get my stuff and saw someone pulling in the driveway. I went to the van waiting to see who it was. A man in his thirties gets out and walks up to me.
"Hi I'm nick, I'm kits... Uh friend is he inside?" he asked smiling kindly.
"Hi I'm Julia, and yeah he's inside getting everything set up." I said.
"Great" he said giving me a nod and going in. I grabbed my bags and brought them inside. When I had put most of my stuff away I went to the living room to see everyone sitting there.
"Great you're here now we can start" kit said looking at nick.
"Hi I'm nick. I'm the insider for the Edison group. Who all is going to the masquerade?" he asked looking around. I raised my hand just as Chloe, Derek, Tori, Jason, and Wesley did to.
"Great, now I have some information. Everyone will get a person to watch. But stay with a partner at all times. There is a small chance that they will find out about us but it's still there. So in turn we have to be careful." He said looking at all of us to see if we understood. We nodded our heads and turned to kit.
"Great uh let's do introductions now. Derek why don't you start?" kit said smiling.
Derek stood up. "Hi I'm Derek and I'm a werewolf."
Next Chloe stood up quietly. "Hi I'm Chloe and I'm a necromancer."
I looked at nick and saw that he was confused. I stood up to clarify.
"I'm Julia and I'm a necromancer. Chloe looks exactly like me. We're not sure why but there is a long story that has to do with it." I said sitting down. Chloe looked at me with a grateful smile.
"I'm Wesley, and I'm a werewolf also." He said and sat down still in thought. I nudged him with my shoulder and gave him a 'what is going on?' look and he just shrugged.
"I'm Anna and I'm a pyro" Anna said smiling and sitting down with Simon again.
"I'm Lilly Anna's twin sister and I'm a pyro also" Lilly said then sits down.
"I'm Aaron and I'm a vampire" he said then sits down and puts an arm around Hailey.
She stand up, "hi I'm Hailey and I'm a vampire also" she says smiling then sits down with Aaron.
"I'm Jason and I'm a sorcerer." He said then sat down next to Tori who seemed to love every minute of sitting by him.
"I'm tori and I'm a witch." She said then sitting down next to Jason inching closer.
"I guess I'm last. Uh I'm Simon and I'm a sorcerer also." He said nodding and sitting down next to Anna.
"Well of course you know I'm kit and this is Lauren." He said and Lauren smiled and got up.
"I'll go start dinner." She said hurrying off. Everyone decided to get up and go to their rooms. I walk to my room to see that everything is pretty much done. So I decide to go ask Wesley what's going on with him. I walked to the door which was half opened to see him and Jason getting their stuff out. I knocked on the door and they looked up.
"Hey Jason uh can I talk to Wesley for a minute, alone?" I asked
"Oh yeah sure, I'll go talk to Tori or something." He said smiling. Then mouthed 'good luck' to Wesley. I gave him a playful shove and he walked out.
"Sit down" he said while getting on the bed. I crossed the room and sat on it.
"Wes" I said. "What's going on? Your blanking off and you won't talk." I said.
"Julia no. I just have a lot on my mind."
"I know that going back to see the Edison group is a big deal or if you regret kissing me tha-"I said babbling.
He reached over and kissed me shutting me up, for the moment.
He pulled away and looked me in the eye. "Julia it's not you I sware. You mean a lot to me. I'll stop staring into space I promise." He said holding out his pinkie. I laughed and took it with mine.
"Ok" I said laughing and leaned on him.
Just then Lilly comes skipping into the room
"Hey d-… ooooh never mind" she said blushing.
"It's ok what do you need?" I asked
"Uh dinner is ready" she said blushing like mad. I got up and grabbed Wesley's hand and walked out. We went in and sat down. Nick looked up over his food.
"After dinner I want you guys to put on jeans and a t shirt. Don't look too fancy because at first you're going as workers." He said. Everyone nodded and ate.
When we pulled up to the building we got out and headed for the back entrance.
Jason walked up to the guard holding his badge. "Hi I'm here to work I'm john stellar" he said with a straight face. They guy eyed the badge and us and stepped aside. We walked in to see a kitchen buzzing with the sounds of chefs yelling at their workers and pots and pans clinking together. We walked through trying our best not to hit any of the workers. After what felt like an hour we got to the room our dresses and tuxes were in.
"What do we do?" Chloe asked eyeing Derek.
"try swiping one of your cards and see if it opens it." Wesley said. I was closest so I stepped up when I was taking off my badge I heard nick's voice in my head. 'You've made it here good luck' he said and the door clicked open. I turned and looked at Wesley and stepped inside.
"Whoa. Did that just open by itself?" tori asked wide eyed.
"It's got magic from nick. I heard his voice in my head, he says good luck." I said laughing while tori rolled her eyes.
"Weres the light?" I heard Wesley ask from my left. Suddenly the light turned on and Derek was standing by the light switch with a grin.
"Hey guys look it's your stuff" Chloe said walking forward. "Julia here's yours" she said handing me a big dress. After everyone found their clothes then we separated to change we put stuff in between so we wouldn't see each other change. When everyone was done we looked in a mirror.
I was wearing a gold dress that had black lace everywhere and a gold and black mask that I strapped onto my head. Tori was wearing a deep red dress that had a tight corset at the top with a black and red mask. Chloe was wearing a royal blue dress that had black flowers imprinted in it. Her mask was royal blue that she held to her face. All the guys were in a traditional tux but Derek's mask was blue, Jason's was red, and Wesley's was gold.
"Well I guess from the color's we have partners." Jason said walking over to tori.
"guys look" I said I walked over to a shelf and moved a floor polish bottle out of the way to see this little microphones and earpieces.
"Looks like nick left us these so we could keep in touch." Jason said. So we put them on and looked at each other.
"How are we gonna get out of here without being noticed?" Chloe asked, her eyebrows knitted together in worry.
"There is a door back here. We'll wait two minutes after each group leaves. Julia and Wesley why don't you go first?" Jason said.
Chloe grabbed my arm. "Be careful Julia." She said looking into my eyes. I nodded and squeezed her hand. I took Wesley's and walked to the door. "Put your mask on" Wesley said handing me mine. I slid it on and opened the door. We stepped out and shut the door.
"I hear music let's go this way." Wesley said grabbed my hand and walking fast toward the music. "Wait Wes, we need to look at ease not on a mission. Here let me see your arm." I said grabbing it and sliding my arm through his. We walked toward it at a leisurely pace. After a minute I heard the door open once again. I didn't look back though I wanted to.
A man and woman pass us laughing then they stop.
"John, Stella! I thought you weren't coming! This is great!" The woman said smiling obviously tipsy.
"Promise to save me a dance Stella?" the man said winking.
"You know it." I said politely.
"Only if you can get her from me." Wesley said, which earned a chuckle from them. We gave a nod and walked toward the dance floor.
Wesley grabbed my hand and pulled me to the dance floor where a slow song was playing. I leaned up to his ear.
"How are we going to find out where the meeting is?" I whispered in his ear. He fake laughed and leaned down to mine.
"when it seems some people are gone well go around the building and see if one of them is being used." He said pulling away with a wink. I bit my lip and fake giggled. After an hour or so some people seems to be gone and heading up the stairs. "now" I said pulling him away making myself blush giving people a different idea.
Wesley's p.o.v.
When we got to a deserted hallway she starts pulling her skirt up. "Whoa stop right there!"
I said turning around. I heard her laugh and fabric fall on the floor. "You can turn around now." She said laughing. "you better be clothed" I said and turned around. When I did I see her she had on black shorts and a black tank top.
"Uh?" I said "you look really hot but this is kinda weird.. Why are you wearing that?" I asked.
"all the girls got this. Look, a Taser." She said laughing she pointed to a strap around her thigh.
"that is so hot." I said going up to her.
"oh really? Well you know what's really hot?" she asked looking at me under her dark lashes.
"what?" I said pulling her waist toward me.
She got on her tippy toes and kissed my cheek she puts her mouth right in front of mine. "Not getting caught" she whispered then turned around and saunters off.
I shake my head and start after her.
"Hey!" I said but I run into a something and stagger back. Julia has a finger to my lips with a look that says 'shut up' so I just walked behind her. We turn a corner and I hear voices. So I tap Chloe's shoulder she turns around. "I hear voices" I whisper
She stops and listens and gives me a look like I'm crazy. I roll my eyes and point to my ears. "Hello I'm a wolf! Better hearing" I said and she rolls her eyes while I quietly chuckle.
I lead her down the hall to where the room is. When we get there she listens for a second but then we hear footsteps and duck into a room. We wait for the footsteps to pass.
"I can hear even better." She says crouching down to a vent.
"It leads to their room, I need your strength but use it quietly please" she said. I leaned down and easily pulled the vent cover off. She kneels down and puts a little metal thing in it and slides it in.
"What is that?" I asked into her ear.
"It's a recorder I'm going to let Kit, Lauren, and nick so they can listen to it, and give us feedback." After half an hour we hear a loud voice,
"Ok the meeting is over you may go." The voice said
"well wait till the movement stops in there then we'll leave." I said. After about 8 minutes it was quiet so we moved out.
I heard in my ear, "hey where are you?" tori says into her microphone.
"we recorded the meeting were on our way out back meet us." I said and we started running, making sure to stop so I could listen just in case.
When we got outside all the girls were in the same outfit as Julia.
"so you found the meeting?" Derek asked.
Julia nodded and held up the recorder. "we recorded it so kit and the others can listen to it."
"great let's find the car." Jason says
"great its freezing!" chloe said shivering.
"let me warm you up" Derek says picking her up wedding bride style.
Wesley and I look at eachother and start making barfing sounds.
"amen" tori says eyeing them.
"gross get a room" Jason says turning around.
When everything was done and we found the car we started piling in.
"uh can I drive Jason? Its been forever since ive driven and I miss it." I said biting my lip.
"sure jules." He says . so I grab the keys and get it.
It's an hour drive home so I immediately got on the highway after getting food. after about 20 minutes everyone was asleep but I wide wide awake with the thoughts swirling in my head. I couldn't stop thinking of my family. Even though they wont be worried because of that spell, it makes me sad. Before I know it im crying.
"whats wrong?" chloe says leaning up to the front seat.
"nothing." I said wiping my face. She just looked at me for a moment.
"its your old life isn't it?" she said quietly. I nodded keeping my eyes on the road. I feel a hand on my shoulder. "Julia I know how you feel when I ran away I was so worried about my aunt. But she ended up being in on it." she said eyeing me.
"your not saying that-" I said but she cut me off.
"Julia you never know! They could be i-"
"no. no they wouldn't do that! Those are my parents!" I said steaming.
"Julia I didn't mean t-" she said but I just shook my head. She just gave me a last glance then leaned back. The rest of the way home I just sat there my mind blank, not wanting to think about my parents.
When we pulled up to the house I knew something was wrong. I poked Wesley and woke up the others.
"guys something is wrong." I said just at that moment Wesley and Derek sniffed the air. You could almost feel their muscles tense.
"stay here." Derek said. They got out and entered the house.
"I don't know about you guys but im going." I said unbuckling. Chloe grabbed my arm but I shook her off and got out. When I walked through the door I heard soft moaning. I ran toward the hallway and into lauren's room where Derek and Wesley were laying there clutching their ears where there was blood. I ran toward them.
"Derek whats going on?" I said to him. He pointed to this cell phone thing on the table. I ran toward it and got a wave of dizziness. But I managed to grab the phone and click a red button and the dizziness stopped just as Derek and Wesley let out sighs of relief. They were getting up as I left the room to check for the other rooms. I went in every room but no one was there. So I summoned liz.
"yeah Julia?" she said. I wasted no time getting her help.
"find Simon." I said going back to Derek and Wesley. She immediately disappeared seeing the worry on my face. After I got back to the room liz popped up.
"their at this warehouse. Ill show you the way." I nodded and turned to the guys. "im going to get them you stay here with the others." I said.
"no your not going alone im going" Wesley said trying to get up. Derek stand up shaking his head.
"no I'll go you're in worse shape than me. keep Chloe safe." He said Wesley nodded and grabbed my arm. "be careful don't do anything stupid. I love you." He said kissing me. I nodded blushing and left the room. We ran out to the van and told everyone to get in the house. "Wait don't you think you need me?" Jason says.
"sure ill explain everything on the way there." I said getting into the passenger seat.
"liz?" I said. She popped up beside Jason in the back seat.
"yeah?" she said. "I need directions" I said. So she helped me tell Derek where to go while I explained what happened to Jason. When we got there we got out. And I turned to the guys.
"ok I need have space and be ahead, because I have liz and she scouts." I said.
"no." Jason and Derek said at the same time. I gave them a look and started out. "go liz" I whispered. We got in and made our way to where they were. We got to a place where we hid. "ok liz scout the whole building for guards." I said, she nodded and popped out. After a couple of minutes she came back.
"there's no one here except for them" she said with her eyebrows knitted in confusion. I told them and they seemed confused.
"that makes no sense." Jason said Derek nodded.
"well make our way toward them but keep your eyes open." Derek said. We nodded and started toward them. I followed Liz until we heard banging and yelling. We ran toward the door.
"step back!" I yelled to the door, and heard the banging stop and soft footsteps. I turned toward Jason. He stepped back and pushed his hands toward the door and it came flying off. I ran inside and saw everyone dirty and relieved. "where's kit and Lauren?" I asked. They shrugged.
"we just woke up here, we have no idea why." Simon said.
Aaron pushed past us "let's just get out of here." He said. I rolled my eyes when something caught my eye. I walked over this piece of paper and picked it up.
It said: Let This Be A Sign.