Summary: Cloe wants to end her life, but something or as a matter of fact... somebody ruins her plan. What is it with the new tribe, and who are they? And why does it change her life? Cledism and perhaps some Jebony!
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A/N: Thanks to Katkit, Savage-Lilly and LM. I hope you'll read and review this chapter too. And to LM, you asked if you could be a part of the story and perhaps be with Jay... Well, I could add you in the story, but it's not certain that you will be with Jay. Just write your name and age in a review, and I'll write you into the story.
"Damn!" whispered Cloe, when she accidentally tripped over something on the stairs. The thing, she couldn't see what it was, started to roll down the staircase, and made a lot of noise.
She didn't even know why she tried to be silent, because she had no reason too. She was still a Mall Rat, and this was still her home... Or, at least, that what was she had to pretend, because of Ram's magnificent plan.
'Magnificent plan... Yeah right!' thought Cloe and continued to walk up the stairs.
Soft mumbles could be heard, somebody was snoring, and nobody had come out to see what the noise was. They hadn't heard her. Nevertheless, she walked on her tiptoes, so she would not make too much noise.
She walked into her room, and took off her jacket. She had completed the first step. No one had heard her, or at least she thought...
"Where have you been?" asked a sudden voice, which made Cloe jump.
"Pride..." said Cloe, when she saw whom it was. He was sitting on her bed; wearing nothing more than a pair of loose pants; no shirt. She was about to tell him where she had been, when she remembered seeing him kiss with Salene.
"None of your business," she snapped and pulled her shoes off, throwing them in the corner of the room.
"Cloe..." warned Pride, standing up.
"I'm tired! Please leave... Now!" added Cloe, when the boy didn't move. He walked past her, touching her shoulder before he walked out of her room, and into the darkness.
'Phew! That was close,' she thought, and smirked. 'This is almost too easy.'
She jumped on the bed, slipping under the blanket. Sleep quickly came over her, and the last thing she thought about before she drifted into the 'land of the sleeping', was how she would teach that Ved guy a thing or two...
"Cloe," said someone, while poking her on her back. She groaned and rolled over, only to come face to face with Salene.
"Go away! Can't you see that I'm sleeping?" mumbled Cloe, and tried to go back to sleep.
"Breakfast is ready... I want you to come and eat now! We'll have a meeting while we eat," said Salene, and Cloe heard her walking out of her room.
She sighed. She rolled out of the bed, tired. She had only slept 4 hours, or so it seemed. She grumpily walked out of her room, towards the café.
Everyone was already there, looking oddly at her when she walked closer and found her usual seat.
She ate slowly, not feeling really hungry at the moment. She looked up from her bowl, and noticed that the others were sneaking glances at her, as if they didn't want to look directly at her.
She sneered at Jack, the one who was closest, and smirked when he looked a bit frightened.
"Okay, let's begin this meeting," said Salene and rose from her chair. "Cloe, where were you yesterday?"
Cloe laughed. Was the whole meeting only because of her?
"Well, Cloe... Where were you?" asked Pride, repeating Salene's question.
"Do you really want to know?" she asked, and saw that they all nodded their heads. She sighed. This was it; she had to tell them...
"I got lost. Then I found this club, and spend the rest of the night and the following day there," she said, telling them what Ram had instructed her to say.
"But-but-but why? Why did you stay there?" asked Jack, and Cloe gave him a stern look. Now was the time to go for the kill, and she hoped they would buy what she was about to tell them. If not, then they would probably...
"I needed some help, and then the bartender said he knew somebody who could help me, so I waited for the guy nearly nine hours before he actually showed up," she whispered, letting a lonesome tear escape her right eye, just like she had rehearsed.
"Needed help with what, Cloe? You... You aren't pregnant, are you?" whispered Salene, and Cloe had a hard time holding back the smirk, but she did it nevertheless and looked with sad eyes at Salene.
"No, I needed help with... I want to leave the city," she muttered, finding it harder to say than she originally thought.
"Leave? Why? Cloe? Why would you leave the city, the mall, your friends, and your true family?" asked Pride, and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Cloe wanted nothing more than to move his hand, to stand up and call him a jackass, but she couldn't. That wouldn't be a part of Ram's brilliant plan.
She looked at the sadness in their faces, and she couldn't help wondering if she had made a mistake. Like Pride said, they were her true family, and she knew that this would destroy everything she had with them.
But she had made a decision, and Ram would never allow her to leave her new tribe. She even had the 'costume'. She had her own room, right next to... Ved, even though she would never admit it or tell anybody, she longed to be with Ved; to listen to his crazy rambling, to make fun of him, and to tease him.
"I think it's the best for us all. I need to be alone, to be on my own, and to get away from here. I don't want to discuss it anymore," she said. But when they all kept staring at her, some of them had even tears in their eyes, she yelled, "Eat your breakfast and stop looking!"
'Why would they even care? If I hadn't told them, they would never have noticed that I was missing anyway. Jerks, making me believe they care, even though we all know that's not true. I know they can't wait to get rid of me! Salene and Pride can be alone, and the rest – the rest of them would never have to pretend they cared anymore,' she thought.
Time to visit her new tribe again, because she had been in this freaking mall too long!
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And thanks to Pauline for helping me with my grammar and spelling!
