This is dedicated to my friend Lily. I miss you, and still love you. (No, she didn't die.)Oh, and I definitely don't own the lyrics in this chapter, they belong to Evanescence.

Chapter eleven

Haunting Me

Tori stumbled in through the front door and started to kick off her shoes as Wufei came in behind her and closed the door. Before he knew what she was doing, she started stripping out of her clothes.

He ran up behind her and grabbed her hands before they could unstrap her bra. Her hands fell down to her sides as she looked back at him in an annoyed manner.

He just stared at her, her hands on her hips in nothing but her pants and black bra. The glare she was sending him was more humorous than deadly, making him hold back a grin.

"My head hurts." She complained as she fell onto the couch, still half naked.

Wufei blushed. If he left her alone for awhile, then maybe she would sober up. Even though he wouldn't have minded torturing her while she was drunk... but now that he thought about it, he wasn't sure if she would hurt him or try to seduce him.

"I'll go get you some Tylenol from the store. Be right back." He said hurriedly as he grabbed the keys and left, locking the door behind him.

She glared at the door. He just had to slam it! The Jerk!

She got up and went into the kitchen, intending on getting something cold to drink. It was really hot in the apartment, seeing as it was summer, but didn't they have air conditioning?

After getting a glass of cold, ice water, she walked around the small living room in search of the air conditioner controls. She couldn't find it anywhere, and so as a last resort, she opened the door to Wufei's room.

It was dark and quiet, and she got the feeling that she wasn't supposed to be in there. She just shrugged it off and turned the light on and looked at his walls for the control thingy. After stumbling for a second time, she actually fell onto the floor. She just laid there for a few minutes, intent on just relaxing as she grew tired.

But that's when she noticed the small, black framed picture on the floor, beside the closet. She flipped off of her back and crawled over to it. Her hand picked it up cautiously, not feeling right about what she was doing. It was after all not her room, nor her stuff she was going through at the moment. But this was the same picture she had seen before... of a beautiful girl with black silky hair tied back into two pony tails, and expressive, black almond shaped eyes.

Tori felt a lump form in her throat.

The sound of the door opening in the living room didn't reach her ears, nor did the sound of Wufei's voice as she continued to sit there and stare at the picture. Why did she feel this way? She didn't know, but she didn't like it.

"Tor-," His voice suddenly broke off as he saw his bedroom door open, and the lights on. He walked towards it, plastic bag still in hand, as he pushed the door all the way opened, only to find a still half naked Tori looking a lot more sober.

He said her name again, finally waking her from her stupor. She lifted her head up at him and just stared. Her face was blank, and her eyes held nothing.

That's when he saw what she was holding.

A simple black framed picture of the one woman he had ever loved. His wife.

"... I..." He started, but couldn't think of anything to say.

How was he supposed to tell her that he had once been married?

"I need to take a shower." She stated simply as she stood up and took the bag out of his hand, thanking him as she brushed past him.

He just stood there, not sure of what he should do.

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It had been nearly two weeks since Wufei had found Tori in his room, and neither of them had said anything about it since then. It was almost like nothing had ever happened. Almost.

Tori emerged from her room, her hair hanging loosely down her back. She wore a long black silk robe, that had had light purple lilies on the back of it, a few petals dancing in the wind.

She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a mug, put some water in it and put it in the microwave. As she waited for the water to heat up, she heard someone come up behind her.

She turned around in time to see Wufei come in, looking a tad bit sleepy. He looked at her and blinked a few times.

He grumbled something that sounded like a "morning", but she couldn't tell.

"Good morning." She said happily. He hadn't seen her like this in awhile.

"What's with you this morning?" He asked. He looked over at the digital clock and saw that it was only 8AM, way too early for her to be up and happy.

"Oh, no special reason. Today's just a special day."

He merely grunted as he dug around in the fridge for the orange juice.

"You know, that one day every year that people celebrate. Just one of those."

He grabbed a cup from the cabinet and poured the orange juice in. He wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. So what else is new?

"You know, it's weird. I'm actually older than you now."

He dropped the bottle of orange juice onto the floor, its contents fortunately staying in the bottle since he had placed the cap on it beforehand. She scooped it up off the floor and handed it back to him, a smile on her face.

"Today's your birthday?" He asked.

"Maybe."

He glared at her.

She merely stepped around him and grabbed the milk from the fridge, and took it over towards the microwave. She pulled out a Chai tea tea bag and dipped it into the steaming water, then placed in the milk and lots of sugar.

"Is it, or is it not?"

She turned around and walked towards him, putting the milk back up. Her eyes locked with his.

"Yes, it is. I'm seventeen."

'WTF?'

"You're just now telling me this!"

Her eyes hardened for a moment, and she thought back to the picture in his room.

"At least I told you." She stated bitterly.

They stared at each other for a moment, before she turned away, grabbed her mug, and left the kitchen.

Wufei sighed.

Damn her, she was making it so difficult.

He put the orange juice back up and followed after her into her room. He peeked in and saw her on the bed, drinking her tea. His knuckles met the wood on her door, and she looked up.

"What?"

Oh, her voice still sounded a bit... harsh.

"We... need to talk."

She nodded that he could come in, and he walked in and sat down on the bed beside her. He sighed as he looked away from her for a moment.

"I don't... know where to start." He began.

Tori just say there quietly, her eyes never leaving his face as he furrowed his eyebrows together in thought.

After a few moments of just sitting there with the same look on his face, he spoke.

"The girl that you saw in the picture was... my wife. She died a couple of years ago..." He started.

Tori just sat there and stared at him as he basically poured his soul and life out to her. Halfway through his life story, he laid his head down on her stomach as she stroked back his hair, taking it out of its tail.

The day passed by, but the room remained in that eerie blue light, making both story teller and audience tired.

Silence reigned throughout the room for a few moments after he was done talking. Tori shifted under him, her legs crossed tightly.

"Um, Wufei?"

"Yeah." He answered, not bothering to lift his head up.

"I've had to use the bathroom since you first began talking and now I can't hold it anymore." She said, her eyes pleading for him to get up without her having to ask. He looked comfortable.

He sat up, letting her jump off the bed and run to the bathroom,. She slammed the door behind her and he lay back down, getting comfortable once again. When Tori entered the room a few minutes later, she just stood there and watched him as he slept.

Well, she thought he was asleep.

"I know you're there." He said.

Tori jumped.

God, he scared her. Here she thought he was asleep, and then he goes and speaks. Ass.

She walked back towards the bed and he sat up once again, letting her resume her rightful place. He laid his head back down on her stomach and closed his eyes.

After a few minutes of silence, Wufei broke the silence.

"Thanks... for listening." He said.

Tori looked down at him. he was smiling, but it was small and sad. he hadn't cried while he told her everything about himself, but she could see the pain in his eyes at times that they were open.

"You're welcome." She told him, her hand snaking its way through his hair again.

As the room grew darker, and Tori thought that he was sleep, again, she began to hum to herself. The song had been stuck in her head for a while now, and she couldn't get it out.

Now was the perfect time.

"Sing." A voice said.

Tori looked down. God, he act well. Damn him for pretending, again, to be asleep.

Tori sighed as she said, "All right. But, you might not like it."

"Don't care." He mumbled into her stomach.

"Fine."

"No lost words, whisper slowly, to me.

Still can't find what keeps me here.

And all this time I've been so hollow, inside,

( I know you're still here)."

She took a deep breathe.

"Watching me,

Wanting me,

I can feel you haunt me down.

Fearing you,

Loving you,

I know I'll find you somehow."

"Haunting you, I can smell you, a?

Your heart pounding in my head!"

"Wanting me,

Fearing me,

I won't let you haunt me down.

Deceiving me,

Bringing me,

Watching me!"

Tori took a deep breath once again, trying to remember the lines. Even thought they were imprinted in her mind.

"Watching me,

Haunting me,

I can fear you haunt me down.

Fearing you,

Loving you,

I won't let you haunt me down.

Watching me,

Wanting me,

I can feel you haunt me down.

Fearing you,

Loving you,

I won't let you haunt me down."

Tori sang the same lines over and over again, until she knew for sure that Wufei was asleep.

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Sorry for the lateness, once again... hehehe... yeah, sorry.

Love you guys,

Robin