Days passed and Chloe soon forgot why she was angry with her dad.  Duncan knew that he couldn't stay mad at her fro something that she had no knowledge of.  They would just have to communicate better.  Richie helped Chloe more with school and occasionally picked her up from school on his bike and took her out for a ride.   Chloe still had her doubts about him, but she tried her best to make a friendship.  

          Tessa kept an eye on Chloe when she was home to see what exactly she had been hiding from them.  Her daughter might think that she was getting away with something, but Tessa knew her enough to know she'd make a mistake sooner or later.  That sooner though came and shocked everyone including the person that she was with.

          "Chloe?" said Duncan coming home from his errands.  He walked into the kitchen and set down the sacks.  He heard voices down the hall to his room and as he walked back he felt the buzz of a pre- immortal.  He figured Richie had a girl over, but when he noticed that it came from his room he immediately threw open the doors to find Chloe standing in the room with a guy, but not just any guy an older immortal man.  Duncan didn't know him, but he was sure that he was about to

          "What is going on in here?  I thought that this was my room?"

          "Dad, I didn't think you were home?"

          Duncan just stood there looking at the man with his arm around Chloe.  He thought that he was going to die.  Chloe stood there with a look of shock and worry.  The room became silent and Chloe wanted to fall through the floor.  Her father looked confused and angry.

          "Chloe I'm waiting?"

          "This is Ty and he's a guy from school."

          "Your boyfriend?"

          "Yea." said Chloe staring at the floor.

          "Sir, I know that this looks awkward, but I assure you that Chloe just wanted to show me around.  We were on our way back to the kitchen."        

          "You are right about the part that you were on you are way out," said Duncan just above a whisper

          "Dad, please don't," said Chloe glaring at him

          "Why don't you go wait out in the living room? I need to talk to Chloe for a second."

          Ty left the room and Chloe wished that she could go with him.  She knew that what her father had to say was not something that she wanted to hear.  Duncan closed the door and he stood there looking at Chloe.  It took him awhile to talk.  

          "You care to explain that to me?"

          "He and I are just friends dad.  I was showing him around Mom said that I should bring him over to meet you."

          "Moms right that I wanted to meet him, but I don't ever want to catch you in here again with anyone.  This room is off limits if you are going to have friends over.  How old is he?"

          "He's 16."

          "Richie's age and where did you meet him?"

          Chloe knew that telling him the truth wasn't the greatest idea if she hoped to ever see him again, but her father had the stare that she couldn't lie to.  She took a deep breathe and told him that she meet him at the track.  Duncan nearly fell over. What had his daughter been doing behind his back?

          "What were you doing at the track?"

          "I followed Richie down there once."

          "He's not teaching you how to ride a motorcycle is he?"

          Chloe once again changed her glance from him to the floor.  Duncan rubbed his hand over his face and took a deep breath

          "We'll talk later."

          Chloe hated it when he said that. It meant that it was going to include the entire family and she'd never see Ty again.  When she walked back to the living room Ty was sitting there.  Chloe walked out and went to talk to him.  He knew that this wasn't going to be a good idea, but Chloe just told him that it was fine and that she would call him.  He kissed her which Duncan saw when he walked in the room.  Chloe walked him out just as Tess walked in.  Duncan was now at the window watching them.  The guy had a motorcycle and Duncan hated that.

          "Sweetheart, what are you doing?"

          "Shh, did you know that Chloe is dating a hoodlum?"

          "What are you talking about?  Ty isn't a hoodlum."

          "You know him?  You met him and I wasn't told that my daughter is seeing a guy who is way too old for her?  Since when did this become a one parent house hold?"

          "Duncan relax it's not bad.  She is an attractive girl."

          "Yea, but do you know where I caught them?"

          "No?"

          "Our bedroom with the doors closed."

          "Duncan Chloe isn't going to do anything with him in our room."

          "You may trust her, but I don't trust him.   He's way too old and for that matter Richie is teaching her to ride again."

          "Duncan, stop it you are blowing this way out of proportion."

          "Tessa I don't want her with him."

          "Duncan you really don't have a say in that anymore.  She has to make her own choices.  Besides, Richie knows the guy.  I talked to him and he said that Ty is a nice guy."

          "Yeah what does he know about people though."

          "Duncan, please just be happy for her?"

          "I am not going to allow her to get away with lying to me and sneaking around my back.  Tessa we can't allow her to do this to us?  She knows that part of town is off limits."

          "Duncan you never told her that.  See now you are making things up to make yourself feel better."

          "Tessa she can't see him.   He is going to get her into trouble.  Where is Richie?"

          "I sent him to go pick up that piece from the store."

          "I want to talk to him when he gets back."

Chloe walked into the store and saw her mother and she knew that this was not a good situation.  She wished her father would just get to know people.  Mostly she wished that he'd let her grow up. 

          "He hates him doesn't he?"

          "Sweetheart, Mac's just protective.  Give him sometime and he'll come around."

          Chloe went to her room and sat on her bed.  She knew that her father wouldn't come around.  All she wanted was to be like everyone else.  Her friends didn't understand why her parents were so strict.  As she lay there she fell asleep and woke up to the noise of someone in her room walking around.  She opened her eyes and saw a man standing over her.  As she went to scream for help he placed a hand over her mouth and tried to get away.  The man held her down though trying to tie her hands together.  When he's hand came off of her mouth she screamed and the man hit her knocking her unconscious. 

          "Chloe!" said Duncan running from the office to find Tessa running into the living room

          "Duncan?"

          They both ran upstairs to her room to find the room empty with a note on the bed.  Tessa was crying as Duncan read the note and crumpled it up in his hand. Richie was standing in the doorway behind them.  Chloe had been kidnapped and he wasn't here to stop it. 

          "Duncan?" said Tessa after a few moments.

          "An immortal has her."

          "Do you know who?"

          "No."

          "What did the note say?"

          "Come after her and she dies."

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