Last chapter: Lorenzo asked Jessica to be his girlfriend and she said yes
Jessica Snow POV:
It's been a whole week since Lorenzo asked me to be his girlfriend.
Lets just say it's been an eventful week.
So far, the four of us – that is Titus, Thalia Lorenzo and I have been hanging out a lot more. Yesterday we all went to the mall and like lazed around. A lot of food was eaten and we also went to the pool. There was this ten-meter diving platform and I was too scared to jump off, that is until Lorenzo sneaked up behind me, pushed me in and jumped in right after me with him holding my hand. I wasn't that happy with him after that but soon I overcame my fear for the day.
We've been to two more Mini Parties as well and I can honestly say I had no alcohol. It was more amusing to watch everyone slowly become drunk and act like idiots. There's another tonight and I plan on drinking on this one.
With Lorenzo? Well there have been many kisses exchanged and plenty of comforting hugs. I haven't slept over at his apartment since the night we got together. I don't want things to go too fast. But we have to move in with someone else because we have another room in our apartment and so does Titus. Thousands of people have arrived during the week and in two days time we all plan on moving in with Lorenzo since he has the best accommodation and has three other rooms. I'll share with Lorenzo of course, Titus will have a room to himself and Thalia has another. There's room for two more people, unless we have a couple move in and have three more people. Of course some can sleep on the couches as well.
I'm still staying with Thalia and we are already making changes to move out. Right now it's midday and I can't be bothered to get up off the couch. I've stayed in my pyjamas all day, which is a pink base but has cute faces of bunnies all over them. Just the pants though, my top is a white shirt with the sleeves cut off roughly.
Thalia on the other hand has been busy all day, cleaning the apartment, making lunch and putting together her outfit for tonights Mini Party. She's put together at least a thousand different ones together and they all look good. Tonights party starts at six so it's still light out but it finishes in the morning. Plenty of time for wild craziness.
And it excites me.
Lorenzo Odair POV:
Last night was wild. I went to a Mini Party, well, it was held at my place and I've spent the past twelve hours cleaning up the mess. My room I made sure was bolted and locked, I had the only key. All the furniture is half ruined, the floors covered in glass and alcohol. Not to mention the vomit the most drunk threw up.
All the plates and cutlery has been thrown around. Bedrooms have been danced in, bathrooms have had at least ten thousand photos taken in and the kitchen.
The kitchen is the worst. Every single bit of food has been thrown around. I'm lucky to have a team of twenty professional cleaners to help me with the mess.
New plates. New furniture. New sheets of cloth. Basically new almost everything. Even the carpets are been replaced!
I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with the money I own.
Jessica didnt come because she didn't want to be exhausted by this one for the one today.
A few hours ago I left my apartment for the team to clean up, as I wasn't doing much help. So I've really just been familiarizing myself with the streets of District 1. I know the area around the Social Quell and more around the Justice Building and the train station but nothing really else. So I've gone to the markets, which is really the poorer side, but in reality it's still quite rich. I found some nice family businesses but I really liked the restaurants. I plan to take Jessica to one of them before we have to leave District One for our homes.
Leaving Jessica. The thought ruins me and I cant bear to even think of it any further so I push it out of my mind and focus on the smell of the food being served. I order a burger from one of them and ask for it to be made in Old Australian style. The burgers they make are a beef patty, cheese, tomato or barbeque sauce depending on your taste, lettuce, cheese, pineapple and beetroot if you like it.
I love it because it has so much more flavour than the others I have tasted before. I check my gold watch and I see that it reads 3pm. I better get going back to my apartment soon for the Mini Party since it begins in three hours. It's a good thing that the homes set up for the people arriving in one space.
Standing in the mirror, I straighten my black tie and fix my hair one last time before leaving my house to drive to Jessica's. I'm dressed in black dress pants a blue-checkered shirt and a black skinny tie. My shirt is un-tucked and the tie is half done up with the top button not done. Smart casual. I get my keys, my phone and get outside and drive to Jessica's. I leave the windows down for the air to blow in my face. True it makes it difficult to see but it feels nice on the face.
Jessica Snow POV:
I'm sitting outside on a clean white bench. I've finally made an effort to look "pretty" tonight since all I did was laze around. My dark hair is washed and straightened, tied up in a simple low pony-tail. My makeup (the first time since I came to District One) is simple, just a few highlights here and there. My lips are a darker, slightly brighter red, my eyes illuminated in such a way by make up it's impossible not to look at them. My dress is a light sunset orange. There's a pattern printed on it, still orange but it's of a tree, it's trunk beginning at the hem of my dress, its branches reaching out twisting this way and that. It's a darker orange than the rest but you still have to really look to notice it.
There's a slight wind that blows across my face, like a Breeze. It smells of autumn leaves.
Thalia finally comes out of the house with a black dress on. It flows around her and reminds me of black silky water. Her lips are full and a bright red, her hair left out slightly curled and blows in the soft breeze. She looks beautiful! I wish I looked like her sometimes!
But then, if I wasn't me, then would Lorenzo and I exist together? Would he have even talked to me? I'm not so sure..
Thalia walls to me and sits down on the bench with me.
"Excited for tonight?" she asks.
I smile. "Definitely. Crazy stuff gonna happen tonight"
"You gonna drink tonight?" I ask her.
Thalia smiles in such a way that I know she's gonna pass out tonight.
Fifteen minutes later Renzo arrives to pick us up, but he isn't in his car. When I ask him why he responds saying: "I thought that it's not that far way. But really come on, the houses are in one straight line. Huge pathway! No fast travel needed!"
Thalia complains and says that her heels are going to murder her with this much walking. No doubt there really, her heels have five inches on them.
It looks like she's going to cry but Titus miraculously pulls up behind us and offers us a ride. Lorenzo declines saying he could "use the exercise". Thalia on the other hand lets out a huge exaggerated breath and says. "Oh thank god! My rescue!"
"See you later!" she shouts out as Titus speeds down the road to the Mini Party.
"So" I say, stretching out the 'o'.
"So." he replies back.
"What have you intended for this walk?" I ask Lorenzo, while grabbing his hand in mine, our fingers intertwining.
"I haven't thought of anything actually." He says back. "But this sunset is pretty nice. Almost as nice as you."
I smile as I feel my cheeks flush.
"Flirt." I tease, pushing him slightly.
"Oh you don't like it?" Lorenzo whines in a mock child voice.
"No, I love it." I almost beg him not to stop.
It's like that the entire walk down and by the time we do, things have gotten already just that little but crazy.
Two Hours Later
The music is pumping. The beat is loud. People dancing. People drinking. I don't even know who's who anymore except for Lorenzo. Who hasn't left me once the entire time. Right now all I can think of is how I want to jump up and down, my hands in the air.
My hair has come out of it's simple ponytail, the hairband where only God knows where it could be. My hair dances in a crazy mess, bouncing on and off my shoulders.
Thalia has gone off somewhere, we'll find her in the morning. Passed out on a couch somewhere.
I look up and see that the band that is playing for our entertainment has stopped it's wild song and has begun a slow, romantic one. The lead singer moves forward to the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Find a partner and start dancing."
No sooner do I turn around do I feel Lorenzo's hand on my waist and his other hand grabbing mine.
We stand face to face.
I raise my eyebrows at him. "You know how to dance?"
"Yeah, my mother Annie taught me a few old traditional dances. Don't you know how to dance? I thought they would in the big fancy Capitol."
"No, it's considered.. bogus to dance. It's all manners and yes still a bit of fashion." I reply to him as he guides me. "I don't know how to dance." I whisper in a quiet voice.
"Don't worry. Just follow my lead."
And during the moments that follow I stand on my toes and follow his footsteps. I can hear him mutter: One two three. One two three. One two three. Over and over again. It's annoying so I ask him to stop but I can see him repeating it in his head. It's quite amusing. I look around over at the other couples and most of them look awkward and just sway on the spot.
Then, I feel Lorenzo lift his arm and he spins my around, twirling me around and around before capturing me in his arms again.
"Ooh. That was fun!" I say with a light laugh.
"Oh you liked that did you?"
And then I feel Lorenzo spin me outwards, and he pulls away from me. Our fingertips just brushing before he grabs my hand again and spins me back into his side so I'm literally hugging him.
I can't but smile when he twirls me in the dance.
"What's this style of dance called?" I ask him.
"Waltz I think. It's been years since Annie taught me."
I'm spun out again and the wild music starts again. But Lorenzo and I stat in our embrace, looking deep into each others eyes. And then I see him. Standing tall in the blackness of the shadows. A fraction of light revealing his face ever so slightly. A wave of fear runs though me and in certain Lorenzo can feel it too.
I blink. And he's gone. I must be going crazy.
"What's wrong?" he asks me, his lips just inches from my face.
"Nothing.. I thought I saw. Nevermind." I mutter.
"Well if that's all it is then-"
The lights go out. The music stops. The dancing ceases.
"Lorenzo?" I whisper.
And then I feel a pair of arms on my waist and pull me away. They feel alien.
The last I see of Lorenzo is his fingertips, reaching out for me.
That is until my head explodes in a shower of pain.
Lorenzo Odair POV:
I was speaking when it happened. Everything stopped and the lights went out. Then Jessica was ripped away from me, her face in complete shock.
There was no scream but there was a dull thud before a mystical sound of breaking glass sounded. The lead singer tries to reassure everyone but it's chaos.
People are screaming, tables lifted. Glass being smashed. The lights frantically flickering on. I'm watching everywhere for a flicker when I see a man in black put a figure in orange to the boot of a car. I don't know why but I don't run to it. I just stop and stare at the figure taking my girlfriend away. I don't even flinch, or feel angry. In fact I feel a sort of calm. Until a hand slaps my shoulder.
"Run Lorenzo!"
I don't even have time to see who it is before I trip over my own feet and knock my head on the ground.
Pain explodes on my forehead and I think someones foot accidentally in my head because I feel pain in the back of my head before everything going black.
Thalia Galloway POV:
I was dancing with a cute guy when all the lights went out. A girl screamed and then everything went crazy. I don't really know what happened but all I saw was the band stage erupt in flames, the band members instantly burning. I even saw the guitarist run off stage, his body coated in fire run to the pool and dive in, screaming the entire time. I think the pool must have been coated in a layer of oil because the water on top just lit up like a light. So much for putting out the fire. After that someone pushed me over. I could feel people run for safety. So I got up and began running as well but I saw Lorenzo standing still. Just standing and staring, I think he's in shock. He can't see me so I run to him, tap his shoulder and beg him to run.
That's all I see of him but I quickly realize he was staring at a car, a figure put a woman with an orange dress into a car.
Looking back at Lorenzo, I realize he's on the ground. Knocked out.
"Oh God. No not now Lorenzo!" I almost cry.
But I find tears pouring down my face anyway. Running to Lorenzo I drag him to the front of the house, and to the road. Theres blood running down the side of his face and theres a huge lump on the back of his head. He's so heavy. There's no way I can drag him back to his apartment!
I sit down and let go of Lorenzo and begin to cry. Where's Jessica? I think to myself. And then it dawns on me. She was the woman who was getting put into the car! I have to find her! I don't know how many minutes pass between my crying and the car pulling up.
Somehow Titus didn't get hurt and he's in his car.
"Looks like you need a ride." He says with the window down.
"Lorenzo's knocked out. Jessica's been kidnapped and I get anywhere safe!" I cry out. "Help me get Lorenzo inside the car!"
Fifteen minutes later with much grunting pushing and pulling. Lorenzo is inside. The house catches alight from the fire and the windows glow with hell. I can already see inside a table bursting into flames.
"Drive that way." I say, pointing to where the car drove off with Jessica.
Lorenzo moans as the car does a sharp turn. I look up and see we've turned down a long stretch of road. An idea pops into my head.
"Drive as fast as you possibly can." I growl at Titus.
I'm pushed backwards as the car launches into it's top speed. A few minutes later, I can see the lights of another car up ahead. It must be Jessica!
"Turn the lights off." I whisper harshly to Titus as Lorenzo moans once again, getting closer to actual words each time. It comes out as: Egsshhhhh eeeckaaarrrrrr
As we crawl closer to the car, I can see the figure grab Jessica from the car and tie her to a nearby tree. Her hands are tied with chains behind the tree. I watch carefully as the person does what they do.
Jessica Snow POV:
I awake to a harsh strong smell waving under my nose. As I open my eyes I know I'm not at the Mini Party anymore. It's dark and I'm tied to a tree.
"What do you want with me?" I ask into the darkness.
A hand brushes my lips and rests on my cheek.
"Ooh Jessica. Something I've wanted with you for a very long time."
That voice. I know that voice! My head hurts as I strain to remember where I know it from.
"You hurt me Jessica. And I plan to hurt you as much as you hurt me. Don't you remember me?"
"N- No. Who are you?" My voice cracks under the fear I'm feeling.
"An old friend." the man laughs. It's a guys voice I know that much.
"You destroyed me because I loved you."
And then it hits me. Kadrian Renkine. My ex-boyfriend.
"What do you want!" I shout out. Fresh hot tears run down my face.
"I want you."
And then his lips are on mine, and memories return to my head. I've forgotten how soft his lips are, how much he loved me. How much I loved him. The random gift. The secret kisses. Trying to find secret places to hide. But then I remember. He did NOT respect my wishes. In fact he tried to rape me. And all the hatred I've held back for weeks comes back. I pull back as much as I can but his lips follow me and then I can feel more than just his lips.
Kadrian sits on top of me, his legs wrapped around my waist, his mouth shifting from my lips to my neck.
"LORENZO!" I scream into the night air.
"LORENZO! HELP! WHERE ARE YOU?" I scream again as I feel Kadrian kiss me underneath my jaw. And as if an angel had been watching, I hear a dull thud and Kadrian drops to the ground.
Thalia stands there, with a rock in her hand, her breathing fast and shallow.
"That fucking jerk, will never touch you. Again. Ever" She says, spitting on his body.
"Is- ls he?" I ask in shock.
"No, I'm not going to be a killer. Although that lump on his head will be incredibly painful tomorrow." Thalia smiles as if she enjoys the thought.
"Could you help me? I'm kinda chained to this tree."
Two Days Later
Lorenzo Odair POV:
Since the kidnapping of Jessica, about two hundred people left D1. In fear of it happening again.
In total, 19 people were killed. 36 were injured and 10 were left homeless. 4 houses burned down and rendered unusable.
Jessica has now moved into my apartment along with Thalia and Titus as well. Jessica and I share a room. Titus and Thalia have their own.
The Social Quell Party begins in a week and half, I'm really looking forward to it! Although Jessica looks like she won't be partying for a while. She's been really shaken up since her encounter with Kadrian. I fear that had we not have found her sooner, Kadrian would have gone much further than kissing her neck.
Jessica has spent most of her days since the event under the bed sheets. I bring her food whenever she requests it.
Parties have been forced to stop for two more days, no surprises there. Peacekeepers came to my door the other day asking questions. I told them that someone had taken away and that I suspect it was that person who had lit the fires. Unfortunately I could not give the name because Thalia was out, Titus was buying food and Jessica wouldn't talk.
The sun is up and has been for a long time. Jessica is fast asleep, her hair spread out all around her face, her mouth slightly open. But it's been a long week and this building is invented by the Capitol so fortunately I can almost stop all the light from reaching in.
The remote does it for me. It blocks out almost all the sunlight, shuts the doors and windows so it's pitch black. It also puts a cool temperature change on so I can pull up the thick blanket.
I crawl back in with Jessica and close my eyes. I have to be there for her when she wakes up.
WOO! i updated. I know its been 3 months. I don't even have an excuse i know I'm a horrible author i know :(
anyways.. I'm bad now. please review if you lied the chapter. REVIEWS ARE IMPORTANT! they really are my motivation to write!
Im at school while I'm posting this so i can't do a longer A/N :(
last chapter jesica and lorenzo got together if u don't remember. Anyways gotta go bye!
~CJ