Bad Guys Always Give Me the Shivers

Hard Revelation

Disclaimer: Do I look like Darren Shan?

Steve's Point of View

"Steve? Steve, wake up!" someone shouted in my ear. Almost automatically my eyes flashed open, the darkness in them obviously shocking the young girl who was sitting beside me. Of course, it was Tiffany. Her dark brunette hair was tied back with a plain black ribbon, her dark eyes prodding me to tell her more. She smiled at me while all I did was glare, obviously upset for being woken up. Instantly, Tiffany's nose scrunched up as she muttered, "Is that you or the garbage can?"

"No, it's Barney the purple dinosaur." I sniped back sarcastically, feeling more and more like we were turning into a bickering couple. God, what was I thinking? We were far from being a couple. Tiffany jolted to her feet, peering around the alley's entrance while responding with, "Where? I don't see him—"

"I was being sarcastic."

"Oh…" she murmured, falling back down to sit by me. She was obviously close to me and scooting closer by the second, but who could blame her? I was a stud-muffin. "Gannen sent me to get you." She stated, her hand almost touching mine. I resisted the urge to jump away from her, but I was quivering from how much I wanted to do so.

"Okay, I don't need a babysitter. I could get there myself."

"It didn't look like it. I was practically searching for you all night long."

"Then that means your lost too." I retorted, glaring at her from under my cloak of silver hair. She stopped talking, the silence almost peaceful until I could hear cars beeping at one another. "Damn it," she said quickly, standing back up and offering her hand to me. I rejected it and also stood up, walking in the opposite direction from her.

"Where are you going?" she called, chasing after me.

"The hotel. You better know how to run quick in shoes like those because it seems like it's going to rain." I informed her, taking no pity on her.

"Shoot, I don't want to have to take off my new Manolo's." she whined, ripping them off of her feet and throwing them into the trashcan.

"Too bad so sad. See how depressed I am about that?"

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Alexandria's Point of View

"Thank you, thank you!" Addison called out, bowing to the audience. I just stood behind him, not really caring if they thought I was some jerk or not. I didn't really even move until he gestured for me to go to him. He started to lead me out of the football stadium, his arm behind my waist.

It was chilly that night and the only thing that made it worse was that I was only in a plain white leotard. Plus, my hair was tied back so I was practically freezing. But, I tried to ignore those facts as I became visibly more aware of how close Addison was getting, his whole body enclosed into mine. I wanted to get away, even though I did have feelings for him.

I just feel… guilty.

But, I really shouldn't seeing as how Steve cheated on me first. Well, that doesn't make it right so…

"Alex, why don't we go into that tent?" Addison asked, already guiding me towards it. It was if I didn't even have a choice. And, I couldn't help but notice that Addison was changing. And not for the better in my humble opinion.

We walked straight into the tent, the fabric door swaying in the wind while I just stared ahead, like a zombie. My memories from yesterday were already sad enough, but the fact that maybe, just maybe, Steve had come made it all the more worse. My heart began to rip even more just thinking about him and it only began to tear even more when I started to think about the girl he was with. I bet she was beautiful, I bet she was smart, I bet with my life that she was the most perfect thing ever.

And, maybe this was just the bitterness and jealousy talking.

It probably was.

Finally trying to snap out of it, I noticed in my peripheral vision that Darren was talking to some mundane person. My eyes widened when I saw that he was talking to Tommy Jones. He was someone I went to school with and it was weird seeing him again. But, I didn't really think about that, but what Darren had told me earlier when I was about to get ready for the show.

{Flashback}

"What do you need, Darren?" I sighed, still riffling through Truska's drawers. I still couldn't find a white leotard that I needed to wear, which was ridiculous seeing as how I didn't even look good in it. "I need to talk to you about Steve." He stated, coming into the room more fully.

I stopped searching and twirled around, staring at him straight in the eye, begging to the dear Lord that my face didn't betray my feelings. "What about him?" I automatically piped up, barely noticing that my voice went up a whole octave.

"You remember when I came to you that one day and asked you if you could possibly kill him or distract him?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Please give me your answer." He ended, staring at me, leaving me to wonder what he was thinking about. When he spoke, my whole skin started to crawl from the pain I was in; it was just killing me on the inside just knowing he was with another girl. But, I was kind of with another guy, so why should I care?

Oh yeah, I wasn't over him, that's why.

But, while I was still thinking up of my answer, his face kept creeping into my mind. His dazzling smile left me wordless as the image started to fade away into something else that highly disgusted me. But, I will tell you one thing, I'm sure if that was true than that girl would be all over him all the time.

Feeling love and hate at the same time, I blurted out, "Fine, I can do that."

Darren gaped at me, as I'm sure he was extremely surprised. My smile just lowered into a frown, than into a scowl which made him snap out of it. "May I ask why you have a change of heart?"

"Let's just say that he did something terribly stupid and wrong."

{End Flashback}

A furious scowl was now on my face from the memory, resulting in Addison asking, "What's wrong?"

I just simply retorted, "Nothing is wrong. And I still need to talk to you."

He seemed to hesitate away from me, finally blurting out, "Oh, there's my old buddy, Cormac. Wait up!" My scowl turned into a sad smile seeing as how I was all alone.

"You seem lonely." A voice murmured, making me whirl around only to be staring straight at Ginger. I could see a hint of her fiery orange curls come out of her hat, her big glasses still on. We just stood there, staring at each other. My whole stomach dropped when I noticed she reminded me of Maria even more when we were up close, and it felt extremely weird.

"I need to tell you something." She quickly added on, and I just continued to gape at her, wondering what it could be. Before I could say anything, she pulled me out of the tent and we continued to stare at each other until she removed her glasses and hat.

And, right at that second, I knew my life was going to just keep getting worse.

Author's Note: Wow, Maria revealed herself! Wonder what made her do that…! Anyways, please review dears :)

Oh yeah, I have a question. Would you guys rather I take a long time to update but the chapters are more long or that I take about a day and the chapters are still short?