A/N Yay! I got it out!! Before I was brutally murdered for what I left you guys with in the last chapter!! Woo!! Okay, this chapter is going to be really long also. Yeah, once I start writing I just can't stop for this story. Because...it's so addicting to write for. Especially as the plot thickens and things get exciting. Anyways, read on!
Pow-Wow
I woke up in Jer's arms. On the hotel bed, and he was sound asleep.
That's funny. I don't remember going to sleep like this. Huh. Must be Tiffany's doing. She is weird like that.
I got out of his grip ( took a lot of work, his arms were steel ), then I went to get dressed for a campfire. I looked through my clothes, and decided that warm stuff would be best because I would be with a lot of vampires. So, I wore a pair of gray sweat pants ( really warm ones that were fuzzy inside! ), and a tank top underneath my gray Patriots sweater. Yeah, got it up north. I don't really care about football teams, I just like playing it.
Riley was the next person to wake up. She yawned and looked around at the others sleeping.
Then she looked at me. "You didn't try to hurt yourself. Even though they are sleeping." she said, smiling.
I shrugged. "I don't plan on killing myself, Sweetie."
Her eyes narrowed. "Well no one will do it for you." Yeah....for now.
I just shrugged again. "Want to go get breakfast?" I asked.
"Your not going to try to get me to kill you, right?" she verified.
"Riley!" I shouted. "I would never make you kill me! Never!" I screamed. How can she think I am cruel like that?!! I am really not like that!!
She held up her hands in surrender. "Amanda...your scaring me." she whispered.
I looked around, and objects were floating. Oh yeah. I do that when I get mad. My bad.
I calmed down. "Riley...I could never ask you to do such a thing. Your so young, so gentle, so sweet. You would never have it in you, and I would never want to change that." I said, in a soft voice.
She hugged me. "I was just making sure. I know you wouldn't. Just had to ask, just to double check." she said, in a soothing voice.
I squeezed her in the hug and she giggled. "Come on kid. Trust me, I have no plans to kill myself at the moment. If I did, I wouldn't be eating breakfast at this opportunity." I said as I let her go.
She nodded. "What should I wear? And Amanda....I don't think breakfast is a choice. It's five in the afternoon." she giggled. Right....
I laughed. "Okay, then we are getting dinner. And, you should wear something pink. It suits you best."
"But what should I wear? I have lots of pink!"
"Something warm, it's cold out. And there are going to be lots of vampires at the Pow-Wow." I told her.
"I'm going?" she asked.
"Well I am not leaving you by yourself here. If I am going, so are you. We won't be separated." You're all I have left of my family....well besides Adam. But I just found him, and I don't really know him that well.
"Good. I don't want to be apart from you." she told me. "That's the reason I don't want you dead." she muttered, as she looked through her clothes. Oh Riley. Your not making this easy....
She finally decided on an outfit like mine. But pink. And her tank top was less revealing. But, other then those differences she looked like a mini-me. She even had her hair down too.
"Are we going out like this?" she asked.
"Yeah, but I am taking a shower when we get back." I told her. "I need a shower."
She laughed. "Let's go."
We went downstairs where they were serving dinner at the hotel. It was really good, and they would put it on a bill for us to pay when we checked out. Once we got back upstairs everyone was awake, and I noticed Nich was still here. They were waiting.
Jer looked relieved when I came back. Probably happy that I didn't get someone to kill me.
"Aren't you guys hungry?" I asked.
They all shook their head except Tiffany who said, "Well now that you mention it I am." What? I have mentioned it plenty of times and you never got hungry because I said that.
"You should take her out." Jer said, stepping in front of Riley and I, in a protective way. Would Tiffany really attack us? Is she really that hungry?
Nich and Tiffany left.
"What was that all about? Is she okay?" I asked Jer, worried.
He nodded. "She seems fine...but there is something off with her...but I don't know what..." he trailed. So he has noticed too. How she is having mood swings, getting a little bigger, and now really hungry...hmmm. Could she be pregnant??
"I thought you were going to take a shower. We're leaving soon." Riley said. "It's getting late." she added.
I nodded, and I went into the bathroom. I took a quick shower, then got dressed again.
I came out of the bathroom and started brushing my hair, Jer was watching my every move. Creepy.
Then I started thinking of Tiffany again.
Hmm...could she really be pregnant? I mean she hasn't been going out with him long. Well she did already have sex with Nich. It could be possible. Hmm....I am not sure. I guess she could be, I mean she is a vampire. Maybe everything goes faster. I don't know! Well it would explain things, like how she almost cried....
"Amanda. I have to tell you something." Jer said, in a urgent voice.
"Shh. I'm thinking." I hushed. Don't need to get close to him. He doesn't want me, I don't need false hopes.
He sighed, frustrated.
Alright, so what if Tiffany is pregnant? How would that change my actions? I mean, I have a plan for tonight, but I don't know if I want to go through with it. Eh. I'll make a last minute decision when I see an opportunity.
"Okay Jer, what did you want to say?" I asked.
"Amanda, I..." he started, but then Tiffany and Nich barged in through the door.
"Let's go! I just talked to Uncle Vance! Everyone is on their way to the meeting spot! Let's go!" Tiffany exclaimed, excited. So I take it she likes Pow-Wows.
"Alright. I call shotgun!!" I called, as I ran with Riley out the door.
I let Riley and Lissa in the back. Nich and Tiffany came.
"Aren't you going to get in the back?" asked Nich. Wow. What part of shotgun does he not understand?
"I called shotgun. I get the front." I told him.
"So I'm suppose to go in the back?" he asked with disbelief. Is he really this stupid all the time? He seemed smart, what the hell happened?
"Duh." I said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. And it was. To any normal living creature. And yes, I think of him as living.
He sighed. "No help?" he asked Tiffany.
"Well she did call shotgun. You should have called it first if you really wanted to sit in the front." Tiffany pointed out. Yessss!
"I'll remember that." Nich said, as he got in the back, right behind my seat.
So, just because I felt like being mean, I pushed the seat back to squish him, acting like I had no clue that I was doing so.
Then I blasted the music so I couldn't hear his complaints about how tight the space was back there. Heheheheheheh!
All of us, except Nich, we singing at the top of our lungs,
"The real me is a Southern girl
With her Levi's on and an open heart
Wish I could save the world
Like I was Supergirl
The real me used to laugh all night
Lying in the grass, just talking 'bout love
But lately I've been jaded
Life got so complicated
I start thinking about it
Almost forgot what it was like
To know when it feels right
But with you
I can let my hair down
I can say anything crazy
I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground
With nothing but a T-shirt on
I never felt so beautiful
Baby, as I do now
Now that I'm with you
With you
With you
With you
Now that I'm with you
You speak and it's like a song
And just like that, all my walls come down
It's like a private joke
Just meant for us to know
I relate to you naturally
Everybody else just fades away
Sometimes it's hard to breathe
Just knowing you found me
'Cause I start thinking about it
I almost forgot what it was like
To know when love feels right
'Cause with you
I can let my hair down
I can say anything crazy
I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground
With nothing but a T-shirt on
I never felt so beautiful
Baby, as I do now
Now that I'm with you
With you
With you
With you
Come and take me
Love you, save me
Like nobody else
Now I can be myself with you
I can let my hair down
I can say anything crazy
I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground
With nothing but a T-shirt on
I never felt so beautiful
Baby, as I do now
Now that I'm with you
I can let my hair down
I can say anything crazy
I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground
With nothing but a T-shirt on
I never felt so beautiful
Baby, as I do now
Now that I'm with you."
We sang our hearts out on other songs too, but that one was my favorite. Probably because it's true. I want Jer to save me, I want to love him. And he does make me feel beautiful, whenever I am with him. It's just the way he looks at me....too bad I know he doesn't like me. But I do know that he won't ever let anything happen to me if it's in his power.
"When are we going to be there?" Riley asked, breaking my train of thought.
"Not too long now." Tiffany answered, in a happy mood. Alright, I have to do it now or never. So what will it be??
"Okay...so why are we going if Vance is going to be there?" Riley asked, somewhat scared.
"There's no need to be scared. He's good, really. He even stopped hunting humans." Tiffany answered. Yeah, so taking this opportunity. Not seeing that asshole again.
I used my magic to make all the Cd's in the car to start flying.
"Amanda! What the hell?!" Tiffany shouted.
"This was fun, but I got to go!" I shouted and I jumped out of Tiffany's car.
Naturally, she tried to use the brakes to stop it. But, I used wind to keep it going. She could do nothing, and Nich couldn't escape from the back to get me. So off they went.
I started walking backwards, just making sure that they kept going.
I got pretty far until I ran into someone cold.
Vance.
"Damn." I cursed.
"Stop the car." he ordered.
"No."
"Amanda." he said in a deadly voice. You don't scare me!! I am not some child!
"Go ahead, kill me. Get mad at me all you want, I am not stopping that car."
He sighed. "Fine, I guess I will just have to take you tonight...to my place...to show you my room...and we can lay on the bed...with the lights off....so I could show you..." he trailed.
I stopped the car. So don't want to do that!!!
"...my new glow in the dark watch!!!!" he shouted.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"That's what I would show you." he chuckled. "What were you thinking, perv?" he asked. Wow. He seriously pranked me there. Okay, so that was pretty damn funny.
I laughed with him. "Okay, that was good. You got me there." I laughed. "But seriously, could you let go?" I asked, my tone now serious.
"Sure." he said as he let go. Yeah, not even going to try to run away. He would so catch me.
Tiffany came running up with Nich, Lissa came carrying Riley.
"Hi Riley." Vance greeted, kindly. Yeah, she really doesn't like you.
Riley ignored him, and jumped out of Lissa's arms and into mine.
"Don't ever do that again." she whispered, crying. Riley....I will eventually....ugh! Why can't you make this easier for me??
I sighed, unsteadily. Riley was making me feel like a mother and it felt weird....yet good. "Sorry. It was worth a shot."
She just shook her head. "I was so scared you were going to get someone to do it. You can convince people to do things, easily."
"Yeah. It's a talent."
"But it annoys me when you use it for bad." she whispered, still crying.
I pulled back from her and looked her in the eyes. "Riley, you are becoming too attached to me. Yes, I love you like you were my own daughter. You really make me feel like a mother. But.... I'm going to die before you eventually. Why should it matter if it's sooner then expected?" I asked.
"Because I need you now." she whispered.
"I need my parents too. That didn't work out. Plus, you have Jer. He would be a great parent. He raised Jackie....okay that was a bad example."
She held back a giggle.
"Oh, you know you wanted to laugh. Don't make me tickle you." I threatened. I'm also good at evasions.
She just shook her head, smiling. Her tears now gone. See? She has totally forgot about the main topic.
"Alright, you brought this on yourself." I said, as I grabbed her and started tickling her sides.
She was laughing. "Amanda.....stop....please....I can't.....breath....."
"What do you say?" I asked.
"Please?" she laughed.
"Nope."
"Now?" she asked, still laughing. Good guess.
I stopped tickling her. "Good job."
"My stomach hurts." she giggled. "Ow. Ow. Ow." she said after her giggle.
I laughed. "Why don't we head over to the Pow-Wow?" I asked, not really planning anything. Yet.
"Okay! Race you back Lissa, and no using vampire speed. Try to go human pace." Riley ordered.
"So, I pretty much have to let you win, right?" Lissa asked.
Riley smiled. "Basically." Then she bolted and Lissa was running slowly behind her. Riley wasn't really that fast of a runner.
"That's a good idea Vance. Just in case." Tiffany said, answering an idea in Vance's head.
"What is?" Nich and I asked at the same time. Yay! I have a clueless person to hang out with! Woo!
"I am going to carry Amanda the rest of the way so she can't pull something." Vance said.
My jaw dropped. "I'm not ever planning something! I swear! Like, on my parents grave!" I screamed.
"Right now you aren't, but you might come up with something and make a snap decision." Tiffany told me. That's true....
I just glared at her. "I would rather wear a pink, fluffy dress and watch Barney." I told her, my voice ice.
Nich held back laughter. Yeah, this is a serious topic, my voice is serious, but the words are so childish and funny.
"Amanda...he really isn't that bad." Tiffany said. Key words, 'isn't' and 'that.'
"He isn't trying to force your hand in marriage, and he didn't mark you." I said, venom in my voice.
"Well....think of all the times it has protected you." Tiffany pointed out.
"I wouldn't mind being marked if it was to someone different." I said, thinking of Jer.
"Ouch. I'm hurt." Vance teased, trying to hide his real pain.
"Sorry. You're not my type. No personal offense or anything." I told him, not really caring at the moment.
"Sorry. But I can't be sure, just go with him. It will take, like, to seconds. You'll be there before everyone else..." Tiffany started.
"Except for your parents." Vance amended.
"Well, almost everyone." Greaaaat. I get to hang out with her parents. Can this get any better?
"I hate parents. In any form. Well, ones that boss people around anyway." I told her.
"Yeah, no promises on anything with them. Now, I have a car to drive. Come on, Nich." Tiffany said.
"Wait, is he going to be the best man?" Nich asked. Whoa, Tiffany asked Vance to be the best man?! Holy hell!!!
"Yes, I will. If that's what you really want Tiffany." Vance said, smiling.
"Of course!" she exclaimed. "But seriously, we have to get to the car now. I don't trust Riley and Lissa there." she said, as she dragged Nich over to her car.
I sighed. This is not fair.
"Okay, let's go." Vance said, holding out his arms.
I just looked at him for a minute, thinking of all the other possibilities. And they weren't good. "Fine, let's get this over with." I muttered, defeated.
I walked over to him and he picked me up and started running. I closed my eyes, because 1. I did not feel like seeing his face. 2. I don't want to look at the trees going by faster then humanly possible, because that would remind me that he was a vampire. 3......All of the above.
We stopped in record time, and Tiffany was right. There was basically no one here, except for two adults and one kid.
"Okay. Ralph, Wilhelmina...." he said to the adults, then he looked at the kid. "...prettyboy." he added.
"Your prettyboy?! I've heard a lot about you." I told the guy, his jaw dropped.
"Do you all seriously call me that?" Prettyboy asked.
"Yeah, they do." I said for them, with a sweet smile on my face.
"Well I am Josh." he said, annoyed. Ohhh. This is the guy who was going to kill Tiffany. Grrrrr.....
"Put the tree down, and not on prettyboy." Vance told me.
That is when I realized I had ripped a huge tree out of the ground, and it was currently over Josh's head.
"Why should I? He tried to kill Tiffany. Then again...I guess you all did in a way." I said, venom in my voice. I threw the tree and it hit down three others and made a loud sound.
"Would you have let her go to the brothers? They were going to use her and kill her painfully." Vance told me.
"You could have taken her and hid her. It's better then killing her. And you would have to let her make her own decisions anyway." I pointed out.
"Well we didn't want to, but at the time it seemed like our only option. We were told she wouldn't cooperate at all." Wilhelmina said.
"That shows how well you know your own daughter. Aren't you her mother? Weren't you there when she was growing up? Why would you listen to other people, when she is your daughter, that you raised?" I asked. Wilhelimina's expression was blank. Yup. Tiffany gets that facial expression from her mother.
"Um...so is this your girl? Amanda?" Ralph asked.
"I'm not....his girl." I hissed.
"Touchy...touchy." he said, holding up his hands in surrender.
All of a sudden, a thought came into my mind.
"I'm sorry, Wilhelmina. Your life must have been full of pain. Sorry about saying things that hurt you about Tiffany." I apologized.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"About losing Jer and Jackie's parents. I know one of them had to be related to you. That must have sucked to lose a sibling. And then you thought you were going to lose your daughter." I trailed.
"Oh. Listen Amanda, and listen close. No one is ever all good. Or all evil. No one can exist without both. Because there is no such thing as good without evil, love without hate, and so on. You need to have one to classify the other." Wilhelmina told me. Well that's a little irrelevant.
"Not for long." she told me. Oops. Guess I forgot to block up my mind.
"Actually it was pretty damn blocked. It took me a whole two seconds to get through. Two seconds I will never get back! How could you do that to me Amanda? Why? Why?" she fake cried, being really dramatic. No doubt they are related. Hahahah.
"Nice. Tiffany did that to me in the hospital..." I said, and then I stopped talking. So not going there. And I'm not going to think about it. I'll just think about safer topics like Jer.....whoa. I lied. That's not the safest topic to think about... Feel free to talk anytime now!
Wilhelmina laughed. "So, let's be formal here. I'm Wilhelmina, Tiffany's mother." she said as she held out her hand. I shook it.
"I'm Amanda Tucker. The daughter of Tom and Darlene." I told them.
Tiffany's mother just nodded, Ralph held out his hand and said, "I'm Ralph. Sorry for your loss."
I nodded. "They were expecting death soon anyway. My mother had nightmares about many different ways, all the time. I guess it's better that I didn't have time to get attached." I said. "Otherwise I might have more stupid emotions, like self-pity or something." I muttered under my breath.
Josh just looked at me, like he was trying to figure out a problem. Yeah, fuck you too.
Vance was about to say something, but there was rustling in the bushes and....
Out came Jer!
"Who invited you?" Vance snarled.
"I did." I said, saving Jer from getting in trouble for following.
Jer smiled, and came over to us. Vance sighed. "Fine. I guess he can stay." He was going to stay anyway....but whatever helps you sleep at night.
"Hey Auntie Wilhelmina. Nice to see you. You too Uncle Ralph." Jer said, politely. Suck up, much?
Wilhelmina smiled at me. Oh yeah. Forgot she could listen. Good thing I haven't had any bad thoughts.....yet.
She raised an eyebrow. I smiled innocently, as Tiffany's car pulled in.
"Mom!" Tiffany shouted, as she jumped out of the car and ran into her mother's arms. The sight kind of made me sad. I've never been able to do that. And I never will be able to.
All of a sudden, I felt little arms wrap around me and I looked down to Riley. She smiled at me. Well, I may never be able to have a mother...but I can be one for Riley. That way she doesn't have to grow up like I did.
"Hey, Sweetie." I smiled.
"You're her mother? Aren't you a little young?" Josh asked, with disbelief. What did Tiffany see in this dumbass. Nich is so much better.
"I've adopted her, smart ass. She is now my daughter, and my responsibility." I told him. For now, of course.
"Sorry! I didn't know." he said, scared I was going to get mad again.
"Obviously." I said as I rolled my eyes.
Riley tugged my sweater and stood on her tip toes. "I don't like it here. I don't know these people." she whispered, not realizing the vampires could hear.
"It's okay. Don't worry. None of them will hurt you, if they try I'll beat their ass. I'm sure Tiffany, Jer, Jackie, Phillip, Cassie, Bree, Julie, Randy....well, everyone we have been hanging out with, would help me." I smiled at her warmly.
She sighed with relief. "Okay. But...I still don't want to be near Vance." she whispered. I could see the fear in her eyes.
"I understand, Riley. You were wide awake, and there the whole time. It's okay for you to be scared, you should be. It's natural. But let me tell you this, he won't hurt you. Otherwise, that would have been done a while ago." I pointed out.
She nodded. "Can we go over there?" she asked, as Nich and Lissa joined.
I nodded. "Can you come with me Jer?" I asked. He nodded and followed us over.
"We would make a great family." Riley said, randomly.
"What?" Jer and I both asked at the same time. Did she just say, what I think she just said?
"Sorry. I didn't mean to say that aloud." Riley said, blushing.
"Did you just say that the three of us would make a great family?" Jer asked, bewildered. Yeah, I bet that idea scares you.
"Yeah." she said, looking away. Jer looked at me, in a way that made me blush. I looked away.
"Amanda..." Jer started.
"Hey!" Cassie said, coming up to us. Oh. Everyone else is here.
I looked around and saw that the whole field was filled with many mythical creatures. When did they get here??
"Hey, wanna help me start a fire?" Tiffany asked, when she came up to me.
I shook my head. "I am a little busy." I told her. She looked at Riley who was sitting on me.
"Right." she said, as she and Vance made a fire.
Once the fire was made, Vance said, "Okay, now that everyone is here let's start."
"Wait. Not everyone is here yet." Tiffany said. I looked around and realized all vampires were here, no werewolves.
Then many more people came, all werewolves. Except for two....
"Hey everyone!" a girl screamed.
"We're here!" a different girl shouted.
"Chelsea! Lauren!" Tiffany screamed as she ran over to hug them. Chelsey.......grrrr......
I could feel the anger coming, so instead of focusing on killing Chelsey I focused on the fire.
"Jer! Come over here and give me a hug! I haven't seen you in forever!" the girl, known as Chelsey, screamed. Don't attack her. Don't attack her.
I just focused on the fire. "You've changed so much Jer! Look at you! Your sexy now!" she exclaimed.
The fire got huge, like huge. It was crackling, and one little twist of my fingers and Chelsey's head could be on fire. Tiffany wouldn't be so mad if she saw it from my point of view...
Jer came back over, next to me and grabbed my hands. Thus, the fire returned to the normal level.
"You okay?" he asked, concerned.
"I'm just ducky." I smiled, covering up my jealousy. Chelsey would be lucky if she lives until next week...
"Good." he smiled.
"Okay everyone, big announcement!" Lauren screamed.
Great.
"As of today, I'm engaged!" Chelsey yelled.
Fire made a huge explosion! Everyone jumped and looked at the fire that I was glaring at. Well it's better then doing something like this to Chelsey in Tiffany's opinion.
It was silent, and the fire was bigger then ever. "To who?" I asked, no emotion in my voice.
"Jeffy." Tiffany answered, making it clear that it was not to Jer. Damn. This bitch isn't going to make it to the end of tonight at this rate...
Regardless, the fire went back to normal once again. Jer just looked at me, like he was trying to figure out something. So were a lot of other people, but they didn't matter to me.
The Pow-Wow officially took up and before we had any fun, we had to talk about serious matters.
"The brothers want all the chosens. For the guy chosens, they will simply kill you in a painful way. The girls....they plan on having some fun first." Vance told us. We all shuddered, trying not to think of it.
"I'm not allowed to go back now, though. Because I am suppose to go back once Tiffany was dead. So, I'm not going back." Vance finished. That is actually comforting that he isn't going to kill my best friend.
"Welcome to our side, the good side." Riley welcomed. Wow. I never thought I would see the day where Riley spoke directly to Vance. But it has come.
"I'm sorry. But it would be better then what would have happened to them these days." Vance apologized to Riley.
She nodded. "Yeah. I still don't forgive you though, I just can't."
"I understand. If I was in your position, I wouldn''t forgive myself." Vance sympathized.
Riley nodded and came over to me. I had stopped playing with the fire by now, before I did something I would regret. I hugged her. "You're a brave kid." I told her.
She laughed. "Not as brave as you are. You faced death."
I sighed. "Mmmm...."
"Okay, before things get out of hand, let's start having fun and party!" Jackie screamed.
There was a chorus of 'yay', and there was story telling, drinking, laughing....and puking?
"Tiffany, are you okay?" I asked Tiffany.
"Yes, one minute." she said, as she puked her guts out. Okay, I really believe she is pregnant.
"Jer!" I called, and in a minute he was there.
"I think she is pregnant." I told him.
His eyes widened, and he looked at Tiffany, who was still puking. "That makes sense. She has been complaining that her jeans aren't fitting anymore. And she never goes up a size." Jer told me.
"And it would explain her hungers, mood swings, emotions." I listed.
"I'm going to get Nich. We're going to leave to get pregnancy tests and something for her to drink. You stay with her." he ordered.
"Got it. See you later." I said, then he ran off.
Once Tiffany finally stopped puking she said, "I'm not pregnant."
"You can't be sure of that if you have had sex with Nich and didn't use protection." I told her.
"It's not my fault if he breaks it..." Tiffany said. Ewww!
"T.M.I, Tiffany. Really, way too much! Didn't need to know this." I said, disgusted.
Tiffany just laughed.
"Anyways, we will know for sure once you use the sticks, okay?" I verified.
"Okay, but I am positive I am not pregnant.....excuse me while I go puke my brains out." Tiffany said, turned and puked.
I sighed. A couple minutes later, Nich and Jer came back and took Tiffany away to test it out. So, I went to hang out with Riley and her new friend, Jessica.
Riley laughed at something Jessica had said. "Alright, who do you like? Do you have a boyfriend?" Riley asked.
"I don't know any of these people, so I don't like them. And no, I don't have a boyfriend." Jessica answered.
"Riley, want to roast marshmallows? Someone brought some." I told her.
"Yeah! Can Jessica come too?" she asked.
"Sure. Your friends, are my friends." I smiled. Yeah, a year ago I would never have dreamed of saying that...
We roasted marshmallows and had a blast, then Jer came back.
"Yes, she is pregnant. But, she is still in denial. So, we must keep her from playing anything." Jer told me.
I nodded. "Alright. Riley, you can hang out with Jessica. Jer and I have to baby-sit Tiffany. To make sure she doesn't hurt the baby." I told Riley.
She nodded. Then raised an eyebrow. "Just Jer and you?" she asked.
I glared. "Riley, stop thinking before it gets you in trouble."
She held her hands up in surrender, which resulted in her marshmallow going into the fire. "Aw man!" Riley cried out.
I laughed, and walked to Tiffany who looked....hyper? Vampires get hyper? Since when?
"What did you give her?" I asked.
"Well, she needed to drink something so we gave her Sunny D." Nich said.
Then, at the same time, Nich and Jer cursed. "Damn!"
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Sunny D to vampires, is like Mescal to humans." Nich told me.
"Ohh. That explains why she is bouncing around. Is that bad for the baby?" I asked.
"THERE IS NO BABY!" Tiffany shouted.
I just could not resist singing this when she said that.
"I wanna have your babies,
get serious like crazy.
I wanna have your babies,
I see them springing up like daisies." I sang.
Jer and Nich laughed. "Who's that by?" Jer asked.
"Natasha Bedingfield. Duh. Now, you two have fun, I am going to sit down and think." I said, heading towards the part of the field where few people were. All of whom I didn't know.
Jer went somewhere else, he didn't stay with Nich and Tiffany.
"Hey, do you want to play soccer?" Chelsey asked me.
I glared at her. "Get away from me. And if you're playing, I won't play." I told her, my voice solid ice.
Her eyes widened. She looked at Tiffany, and Tiffany was looking back, now serious. Suddenly Chelsey turned back to me and said, "That was years ago! I would never, ever do...eeeh. He's like my brother now! Nooo, noo, noooooo!" she ranted. "It was one time...and were shit faced.....and the circles...and reflectors...what the hell?" she added. Okay, what the hell is she talking about?
"I..I...I'll be going now." Chelsey said. "By the way, I am completely in love with my Jeffy. Jeffy! Come hold me!" she yelled, as she ran away. I heard Tiffany's laughter in the distance. Confused....yet I don't want to know.
I looked around, and everyone was busy. The one I was focused on was Tiffany, though, because she was whispering something in Nich's ear...and he smiled. An evil smile.
I just curled up in a ball and listened. After two minutes of seeing that little encounter, Nich shouted, "Hey Jer!"
"Uhh, yeah?" Jer answered, obviously confused.
"How do you like that salad?" Nich asked. What the hell?
"It's...pretty good?"
"Good, so your in a good mood, right?" Nich asked.
"I guess." he answered. By now, no one else was speaking.
"Wonderful. Now there has been something that we all have been waiting for. Jer, you are in love with Amanda." he said, so everyone could hear. WHAT?!!!
My head snapped up and I saw Jer looking at me, waiting for my reaction.
"And Amanda...you are in love with Jer." Nich said, making sure everyone could hear.
Now, I don't normally blush, but I can bet that I did.
Once Jer heard that, without hesitation he walked over to me. All eyes were on us, but I didn't care.
He grabbed my face and pressed his lips against mine. I wrapped my fingers in his blonde hair, to pull him closer. He put his hand on my lower back to bring me closer. The kiss didn't last too long because I needed air to breathe, and it was perfect! Way better then all those dreams put together! Although the kiss was finished, we were still holding on to each other.
"Amanda....let me, be your reason to live." he whispered in my ear.
"I could do that....as long as you kiss me again." I whispered back.
He smiled and leaned in. As his lips touched mine, I moved my fingers through his silky hair, and he had one arm on the back of my neck, and my lower back. He pulled me closer, and depended the kiss...
That's when people started whistling. We both slowly pulled back, at the same time and just smiled.
"Finally! Do you realize how long I have been trying to get you two together. I have been dropping hints, and then I had to watch you look like you want to jump each other..." Tiffany listed.
"Okay! That's enough from the pregnant girl over there!" I shouted. Jer laughed.
All of a sudden Jer and I were ambushed by Riley. "Family!" she screamed as she jumped on us, causing all three of us to land on the ground.
Everyone started laughing.
"Does this mean you don't hate me anymore?" asked Chelsey.
I stood up....and gave her a hug. "It's okay. I'm fine. You're not so bad." I said. And she really wasn't. It was just my stupid jealousy getting in the way of seeing how much fun she could be...
"Yay! Now will you play soccer?" she asked.
"Sure. Need some help Jer?" I asked.
He got up on his own. "I'm good." Typical guy.
We all divided into teams. Tiffany stayed out, but not because she was pregnant or anything, it was because she hates the sport.
My team won, naturally, and we all settled down again around the campfire just to hang out. I was cuddling with Jer, Riley was sitting in front of us as happy as could be, and Tiffany was with Jer. I have no clue where blondie went, but she was here a second ago. And I don't know where she went.
"Hey Jer!" Tiffany called.
"Mhm?"
"Woman are equal and deserve respect." she said, smiling an evil smile. I don't like that smile....
"Just kidding, they should suck my dick." Jer answered.
I turned around and looked at him, no glared. "Excuse me?" I asked.
"He said...." Tiffany said, as she stood up. "Vagina, vagina I wanna have sex with your vagina." she said, doing some retarded dance. Oh no, she watched those videos on youtube...
I just raise an eyebrow at Jer. His jaw dropped. "I didn't say that, and it's a song on the Internet." he said.
"Hey, Jer. What's the difference between a mouth and a...." she started.
"Nothing. I want to be in both of them." Jer said, smiling.
"Yeah, I'm getting away from you now. I think I'll go hang out with Vance." I told him, getting up to leave.
"No! It's just part of a song!"
Then Tiffany started singing some weird part in a song, and I ignored her.
"Please Amanda. Don't." Jer begged, using his eyes. Okay, either he is completely clueless on what his eyes can do, or he knows it and is using that as an advantage.
"Yeah, give him a break. It's just part of a song! Like, Show me your genitals, your genitals. Show me your genitals..."
"Genitalia!" I finished for her. "Yeah, I know."
"So you've seen the songs too! Woo!" she screamed as she hugged me. Wow, she's so...wasted.
"Nich!" I called.
"Come on, Tiffany. Let's leave this new couple alone." he said, with a wink at the end. He took Tiffany away before I could respond.
"I'll go somewhere else now." Riley said, trying to leave us alone.
Jer took my hand and led me out into the forest, so we could truly be alone.
"So...we're all alone....what do you want to do?" Jer asked.
Hmmm.....what do I want to do with Jer? I know....
"I want to dance!" I exclaimed.
He laughed. "Okay, but you have to sing so we have music to dance to."
Well he's already heard me sing...so why not?
I started singing...
"Is this a dream?
If it is
Please don't wake me from this high
I'd become comfortably numb
Until you opened up my eyes
To what it's like
When everything's right
I can't believe
You found me
When no one else was lookin'
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through
All of my confusion
The ups and the downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found me
So, here we are
That's pretty far
When you think of where we've been
No going back
I'm fading out
All that has faded me within
You're by my side
Now everything's fine
I can't believe
You found me
When no one else was lookin'
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through
All of my confusion
The ups and the downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found me
And I was hiding
'Til you came along
And showed me where I belong
You found me
When no one else was lookin'
How did you know?
How did you know?
You found me
When no one else was lookin'
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through
All of my confusion
The ups and the downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
(You found me)
(When no one else was lookin')
You found me
(How did you know just where I would be?)
You broke through
All of my confusion
The ups and the downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
The good and the bad
And the things in between
You found me
You found me."
As I sang that song, he was twirling me around. Once the song stopped, we both fell to the ground and just looked up at the sky.
"Jer, we really need to talk about what's been going on." I told him. "I mean...I thought you would hate me."
"Amanda, I could never hate you." he said, in the sweetest voice ever.
"But I have done horrible things. All those pranks..."
"Well, it showed me how smart you are. One of your amazing qualities." he said, in my ear.
I laughed. "Okay. Now I have a confession..." I said.
"And what would that be?" he asked. I looked at him and he had an eyebrow raised.
"Okay, one time when you were sleeping, I just wanted to touch your face, but you pulled me to you in your sleep. And you held me...and I didn't stop you. It felt good." I admitted.
In response, he held me tighter and laughed. "Amanda, do you remember those dreams you had? And how I got uncomfortable?" he asked.
"Of course. It was clear on your face that you did not like the topic."
"Well, that was because I had kissed you in real life. While you were sleeping. I couldn't help myself." he admitted.
"Jer! I have those dreams almost every night for the past weeks!" I exclaimed.
He laughed. "I know. But, I just thought you would never love me, so I just had to know. But it's even better when you're awake...even though you do kiss me back in your dreams."
I blushed. "I guess you're just that good." I laughed. "But how could you think I woulnd't like you?" I asked.
"Well, I heard you scream that you love someone. And Tiffany only gave me hints....which make sense now, but they didn't at the time. Because I thought you saw me as an over-protective weirdo." he said.
"Yes, you're all those things. But your also smart, wise, and so hot that I could bake cookies off you! So it's obvious that I love you." I asked.
"Wait. Say that part over again." he begged. What...oh. I see.
"I love you Jer. I have since the beginning...I just chose to ignore it, because I was scared of getting hurt." I said, softly.
"I love you too, Amanda. And I know how you feel about getting scared of being hurt. Your past shows it."
I nodded and snuggled closer to him and rested my head on his chest. "I like this. A lot."
"Like what?" he asked.
"Being close to you. It feels nice." I replied, my voice barely above a whisper.
He started playing with my hair. "It does." he agreed.
We sat there for a while, because there were no words to be said. He just held me, and played with my hair, and I listened to his breathing. It was strangly relaxing.
"We should get back before we are missed." I told him.
"You're right." he said as he stood up. Once he was up, he helped me up.
As we walked back I asked, "What are we going to do about Vance?" Wow. That really just occurred to me now. What are we going to do???
"I...I don't know." he said, at a loss for words. "I mean...I can't kill him. No matter his choices, he has changed for the better and he has kept you safe. But....we can't truly be together with you being marked. And the mark will only break if he is killed...." he trailed. No. No no no no! This is not fair!! I mean....my happiness is not worth someone's life. So...
"Jer. I'll have to go with him when that time comes. There's no other option." I said, no emotion in my voice. But it wasn't because I was covering up something, it was because I felt numb, as I braced the reality of the situation. Yes, Jer is finally mine. But only for so long, until I have to go with Vance...
Jer held my hand and squeezed. He sighed, unsteadily. "We'll figure that out when the time comes." he said.
"Jer, do you really want to rip yourself up further?" I asked, softly.
"It would be worth it." he said, in a determined voice.
"But Jer....I don't want you to hurt when I go away. When I'm forced into this marriage. If we stay away from each other now...it won't hurt as bad in the long run." I said, my eyes tearing up. Of course, the minute my life gets back to the way it should, within a second it's down in the dumps once again.
"....if we stayed together until Vance officially claimed you, would you try to kill yourself?" he asked.
"If it hurt a lot...which it would...I might. I'm not sure though, my suicidal times are unpredictable, besides on my birthday every three years."
He breathed in, unsteadily. "Then....maybe it would be best after all."
"You know what? Not tonight." I said. "I love you, and right now we should enjoy it. At least for a night." I added.
He smiled. "And we sleep on what we should do?" he asked.
I nodded. "We'll decide tomorrow."
"Okay. Well, in that case." he said, as he pulled me to him and gave me a quick kiss.
"Let's go back to the Pow-Wow." he said, in a husky voice.
I looked at him and smiled. "Okay." We held hands and went back the Pow-Wow.
For the next hour we played Tennis ( Tiffany and I vs Nich and Jer. It was hilarious!! And Tiffany and I won, of course ), and baseball. Tiffany and I were on the same team of course ( cuz we are a dynamic duo! ). Then again, so were all the other girls. It was girls vs boys, and the boys thought they would win because they're 'more fit for sports'. And us girls kicked ass!
Now it was time to leave.
"Okay, come on Riley. Time to leave." I said.
No response.
"Have you seen Riley?" I asked Jer.
"I haven't seen her since she gave us alone time." Me too. But I thought she was watching because she doesn't really like baseball. Where is she???
"EVERYONE FREEZE!" I screamed. Everyone was dead silent, and no one moved. "Can anyone...see...Riley?" I asked, my voice dangerously low.
They all inhaled, trying to find her scent.
I looked at all of their expressions as the fear bubbled up inside me...
None of them could smell her.
"Where's Riley?!" I cried. Literally cried.
It started raining...and no one answered my question.
No one knows where Riley is.
A/N Dun dun dunnnnnnn!!!!!! Well wasn't that chapter interesting?? Review and tell me what you think!! Come on people! I am 40 reviews away from my 200th review on this story!!!! I'm excited!!! Please review!!! - Sam