The whole time Carlisle was even in the same room as me, Paul stayed right beside me and growled, a lot. Maybe he forgot that, if needed, I could set the guy on fire with no problem.

"It doesn't seem that the damage to her eyes is severe. Her sight should come back but, it is possible that she may have to wear glasses or contacts for the rest of her life. I can't be sure."

I could deal with that. I'd much rather deal with contacts/glasses than walk around blind for the rest of my life. So, after a few more healing sessions from Mason, I was able to see again with the help of glasses.

I remember when I had to go see an eye doctor. I expected it to just be a trip with Samira. Nope. People just decided to invite themselves. Mason, Oliver and even Paul ended up coming.

Paul followed me back into the exam room. He was trying to be comforting, I understood. When he started to growl at the doctor, which that was a bit much, nothing bad was happening.

I now have to wear square, dark framed glasses. In a few more weeks, after the healer comes, I can start using contacts. I changed into a denim shirt (it covered my upper arm scar nicely), black skinny jeans, and vans. My hair was pulled into a pony tail but, my bangs were left down. The only make up I used was some eyeliner around my eyes and then put on my glasses.

Once I finally had my sight back to the point I could get around on my own, I started to see how badly Elaine's betrayal hurt Mason. He tried to act like he was okay but, I knew that wasn't the case. I was worried for him. As far as I knew before this all happened, Elaine and Mason were amazing together. It was like Mason didn't know what to do with himself anymore.

"Hey, Mase, why don't we just all go in the same car today?" I asked softly standing outside of his bedroom.

He was grabbing up all of his books. "Yeah, that's fine." He mumbled.

Mason wasn't the guy I knew. He was bottling everything up and I knew how that would end up. As days go on, he'll just continue to crack.

"I know you don't want to talk about it. But, you can't keep living like this… I… I just don't want to lose you, Mase. Not like this." My voice slowly turned into a whisper but, I knew he could hear me. "You guys are all I have. I will not just stand by and watch you do this to yourself. And maybe this whole mess was my fault. I should have handled things with Vinnie differently or seen what Elaine was planning-"

"Nikkole, don't even try to say that was your fault." Mason's suddenly stern voice caught me off guard. "None of us noticed anything going on with her. Not even me. You did nothing wrong. They did. If the Guardian's don't do something, I will. Do you realize that you got the worst of it all? Vinnie burned and blinded you. Your eyes may never be the same."

"I don't care about my eyes. They'll be fine. I'm worried about you. Elaine betrayed us all but, you the most. You loved her, we all know that. But, it's now clear that she was fucking with you for that bastard. I know you're hurt a hell of a lot more than the rest of us and it worries me."

"I'll be fine." He muttered before walking away, leaving me in his doorway.

The ride to school was beyond awkward. Although, Oliver continued to attempt to make us laugh, it did not help. Never in my life did I think I'd be this happy to be at school.

"Hey, Nikki, you left your phone in the car!" Oliver called as he ran over to me. "Someone texted you."

"Thanks, Ollie." I muttered before checking my phone.

From: Paul

Hey, I was wondering if it would be okay if I came to pick you up after school?

I smiled. Even though Paul is kind of overprotective (and I still don't understand why), he knew how to cheer me up and I was in need of that.

To: Paul

That would be awesome. I get out around 3:30. See you then.

Once again, I was stuck with Emmett in class. Mostly so he could get me up to date. I didn't need anyone's help anyways. Oliver helped me already get all this work done before I came. But, this teacher seemed to strongly dislike me. So, here I was doing it all over again.

"You look nice in glasses." Emmett commented with a grin. "How's your brother doing?"

I looked up with a sigh, "Mason? He tries to act like he's okay but, he isn't. Who could be after that…?"

"I'm sorry this happened to you guys." Emmett's usual playful attitude turned serious. "I wish I could have been there to help."

I waved him off. "No, it's fine. Shit happens. I just wish it didn't hurt Mason so badly."

He nodded and left it at that for the rest of the class.

My second block was boring as usual. Oliver fell asleep and I was just consumed in my thoughts as we watched some movie.

Why couldn't this family just be exactly that, a family? Instead, we have people betraying us. Mason loved Elaine so much and she was just using him. I may somehow deserve what happened to me but, Mase never deserved anything like this.

I was unsure of what the Guardian's will do. They've never really liked me and I figured that they would find some sort of way to blame me for all of this. It didn't help that most of them had a grudge against Fire Elementals.

At lunch, Mason pretty much kept to himself and barely even touched his food. Oliver was doing his best to lift up the mood in our small group. He somehow managed to make me crack a smile every now and then.

"Um, hi."

I looked up to see the Cullen girl. Again, I stay by my word, she was kind of plain. Her dark hair was wavy and ended below her shoulders. Her eyes were a dark brown and she was pale.

I raised an eyebrow, wondering why she was over here.

Oliver noticed this and quickly said a "Hey!", before I could.

"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what happened." She mumbled with a soft smile, her eyes directed toward me.

I found myself scowling slightly. "It's really none of your concern." I growled. "We don't need your pity."

The girl has never talked to us before now. So, now that she feels pity toward us, she comes to say hi? No. It's fucked up. I don't need her pity, none of us do.

Oliver sent me a worried look. "Thanks."

The girl soon left, I think her name was Bella, and her boyfriend was glaring me down. I didn't care. It was messed up for her to think she had to talk to us because, something bad happened.

The rest of the school day, I just wanted it to be over. Hopefully Paul will be able to cheer me up.

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