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Chapter Eleven – Lie…It's Alright

She heard three voices, feet moving around her; she was in the locker room, and then – she shot her head up and tried to open her eyes. Bianca's left eye was bruised shut, and her chin felt shattered. She looked up and saw Claire and Ivy sitting across from her, but she didn't see Cassie. Bianca felt her hands and legs bound to the chair. She was going to ask 'Where she was' and 'What happened' but then she felt her hair being pulled back, she screamed.

"Hurts doesn't it?" Whispered Cassie's voice in her ear, "I hurts a lot." Cassie threw Bianca's head forward.

"Cassie, what are-" Bianca was silenced by Cassie throwing her fist across Bianca's face.

"Ouch." Ivy said waiting. Ivy held some make up in her lap and Claire was holding a video camera, taping the whole situation.

"Don't speak my name." Cassie said circling around Bianca, "Who gives you the right to speak my name! NOT YOU!" She then knelled down and she drew a gun from her pocket, and she brushed the barrel of the gun around Bianca's temple.

"Oh no." Ivy said

"Excellent." Claire replied smiling.

"Bianca, Bianca, Bianca." Cassie said still brushing the gun around her ear and head. "How have you fallen, Chris's little bitch." She whispered, "Look at you, you have the looks, the gifts, the beauty, the talent, his interests! AND WHY DON'T KNOW I HAVE THEM!" She screamed.

"Maybe its because you need to try."

"Try? Don't tell me about trying!" Cassie stood up, "I have tried so hard, since I saw him in the eighth grade, and he was the hot fucking Freshman, I have always wanted him. Always, and there was always one thing standing in my way – you! Since I saw you the first day of school I knew I had to get rid of you, I had to take you out of the picture. So I am." Cassie lifted the gun and cocked it.

Oh please! Bianca thought, You're messing with the wrong person here. But I'll let you enjoy this. "Cassie!" Bianca said putting on her most scared voice, "Please, think about what you're doing! Say you kill me, then what next? Chris will be devastated and people will come looking."

"So Chris cries over the death of his beloved, so be it. But that's when I make my move, the weak are always vulnerable to the strong. He's so hot, so popular, so well known. Everything I need to get through high school."

"You want to use him."

Cassie walked up in front of Bianca and got two inches from her face. "Good girl." Bianca narrowed her eyes, and then suddenly Cassie grabbed Bianca's face and she kissed her lips. Then as fast as it happened, it was over. Bianca screamed in disgust.

"You're crazy."

Ivy and Claire watched in awe.

"You're a good kisser." Cassie said, "I'll give you that much. But before I kill you." She pointed the gun. Towards Bianca, "How did you burn my hand that one day." Cassie showed her palm, which was full of burned marks.

"I think it's time for you to be nice to me." Bianca said, as fire appeared in her hands behind the chair.

"Why is that?" Cassie replied.

"Cause that might be all I do to you." Bianca burned her way through the ropes.

"So fucking stupid!" Chris said slamming the front door, so hard the window pines nearly shattered. Chris dropped his backpack and duffle by the door and stormed to the stairs.

"Hold It!" Said a voice. Wyatt dropped the book he was reading, and walked into the hallway. He looked at Chris who was standing by the stairs. "What's wrong?" He asked leaning against the wall.

"What's wrong?" Chris said turning to his brother, "I'll tell you what's wrong I was completely humiliated and demoralized in the locker room by some fucking rich ass fucker-"

"Watch your mouth."

"-who thinks he's big shot cause he's rich and headed to Harvard."

"Oh, anyone I know?"

"Bianca's boyfriend, Derek!"

"Oh." Wyatt said trying to sound supportive.

"I was so stupid you know, thinking she was actually interested in me; but was she interested-"

"Chris," Wyatt said, but Chris kept talking.

"-In just me being a friend, I don't want to her friend-"

"Chris!"

"-I've known her since she was like six, sure, but-"

"CHRIS!"

"What!" Chris said finally looking at Wyatt. Wyatt laughed, and walked forward stood right next to his brother and put his arm around him. "Aww, teen love its so cute!" Wyatt said in a sarcastic voice.
"Look, I have homework." Chris said getting away from his brothers grip and walking up the stairs.

"You're going to do homework when you're backpack is right next to the door." But Chris kept on walking up the stairs, and then he went into this room and slammed the door. He laid on his bed, and began to think. How could have I been so stupid? Of coarse she loves money, she's spoiled by it, and yet I am not as rich as the other people. I am not going to Harvard or Yale in two years and I am only a sophomore, she's a junior! I am way out of her league, I don't even come close! Chris stopped thinking, turned over onto his stomach and buried his face into his pillow and closed his eyes.

Chris was in the pool, swimming his heart out; he hit the wall and then launched the opposite direction. He hit the wall at the deep end, and stopped, he took his arms and extended them on ether side and gripped the wall. He sighed and looked at the steel ceiling with the many banners displaying the schools sports achievements. He closed his eyes as he drifted in the pool, then he heard someone around him, he opened his eyes and he saw Bianca swimming up to him, from the swallow end.

"What is she doing here?" He asked himself. Right before she reached him, she went under the water. Chris looked down, What is she doing? Then slowly she swam up, climbing on Chris' body. She began to kiss him, right below his belly button, and slowly up his navel and abdomen. Chris gasped in ecstasy. She came up out of the water.

"Bianca, we can't." Chris said, but Bianca put her finger over his lips.

"Sush, no one is around." Bianca said, "I love you, I want you. So take me." Bianca leaned in and kissed him. Chris kissed her back. Bianca ran her hands hair, and back. "Let me show you something." Bianca then kissed his lips one more time, before she went back under the water. Chris could not put into words how good he was feeling, he looked down and before he knew it, he felt a surge of pleasure surge through his body. He put his head back, trying to keep the grip on the wall; he sighed.

"Chris!" Someone said in the gym. Chris looked around he saw no one, and then he closed his eyes.

"Chris." Paige said coming into his dark room. "Come on dude, wake up."

Chris opened his eyes and cursed, he moaned. "What?" He said

"I heard what happened, I think you need to talk to a woman."

"You're not a woman you're my aunt there's a difference."

"Well excuse me, but can you at least look at me." She asked pleasantly.

Chris then sat up and looked at her. She had that gentle look that she always had. "Are you okay?" She asked.

If you let me sleep another five minutes I would have! He thought, "I am okay."

"Uh huh. High School girls suck, trust me, been there done that."

"Yeah, Wyatt says the same."

"Well you're brother has had his share of woman."

"Uh huh, unlike Wyatt I don't go looking for a good time with a random girl."

"He hasn't done that in a long time. You know that."

"Yeah I guess."

Paige smiled, she looked at her nephew he looked defeated and completely down. "Oh come on, lets go do something fun."

"No it's alright. I am going to take a shower." With that, he got up and grabbed a towel from his floor and went into the shower. He walked down the hall, and he heard Wyatt on his cell phone, as usual. He went into the bathroom, and turned on the shower to full blast. He pulled off his clothing and looked at his reflection. He suddenly noticed dark circles around his eyes, and his deep green eyes were now suddenly not so green they were almost an grayish green. The mirror fogged up and he claimed into the shower. In there, he imagined Bianca and played out the rest of the dream.

"Cause that might be all you do to me?" Cassie said, "You're all tied up, what could you do?"
Bianca who was now free from the ropes that tied her hands to the chair, smiled, and made it look like she was still tie up. "Oh I can do many things to you, like throw you and your friends into that wall over there, or burn your skins off, or cut you're throats. But I am nice, so I won't do that much."

"Burn our skins off?" Ivy said

"Oh please. She's all talk, kill her Cas." Claire said

"You're crazy. How could you do all of that?"

"I am a Phoenix. And You guys are nothing but mere mortals."
Ivy, Claire, and Cassie were laughing at Bianca, Cassie was bent over and laughing so hard, her face was turning red. Ivy and Claire were laughing just as hard. But they didn't notice that Bianca, burned the ropes that bound her feet and now stood up from the chair and holding the rope which had smoking burning ends. Cassie then noticed, and her face turned pale white, Ivy and Claire were still laughing, Cassie was too slow. Cassie tried to get the gun in her direction, but Bianca turned and kicked the gun out of her hand, and using her telekinesis throwing her into the wall. Ivy and Claire stopped laughing and screamed for their lives.

"Oh no no no, my dears." Bianca said with a smiled, She swung her hand and the both were thrown into the couch where they once where. "Sit down." Claire who still had the video camera in her hand, kept recording.

"How did you do that?" Cassie said now standing up.

"Told you I am a Phoenix."
"You're crazy!"

"Oh sweetie, did you know Chris is a Witch. Yeah, he won't like you." Bianca smiled.

"Chris is a witch!"

"Yep."

Cassie then screamed at the top her lungs, and back flipped towards Bianca. Bianca rolled her eyes and shimmered out of the way, and stood where Cassie just was. Bianca then looked at herself, she understood the fire power and the telekinesis, but whatever she did was cool. She didn't see it, but heard Cassie land on her feet. "HOW DID YOU GET OVER THERE?"

"Told you, I am a Phoenix."

"Its okay Cassie, I am getting all this on video tape." Claire said, "You're secret is going to be exposed to the entire school." Claire sneered at Bianca.

"Oh really?"

"Yep." Claire smiled with an evil smile. Bianca looked up at the door to the basement, and it slammed shut, and locked. Then she looked at the three girls, they all had horrid looks on their faces.

"Uh I don't think so." Bianca then raised her hand and fire flew from it, striking the video camera, Claire drew her hand away, and the video camera blew up. Claire screamed as the fire burned her hand.
"You bitch! You burned me! She Burned me!"

"How did you do that?" Cassie asked

"Are you really that stupid?"

"She's a phoenix." Ivy said, looking at Claire and Cassie. Cassie, Claire, and Bianca all looked at her. They were all shocked at what she just said, but Ivy stood up and formed an energy ball in her hand. "-And I am a demon. Like the odds?"

Cassie and Claire screamed for their lives. Ivy threw the energy ball at Claire, but Bianca intercepted it with fire.

"Don't harm them!" Bianca said.
"Phoenix's such neutral creatures; neither good or evil, until they choose sides. And Honey, you just made the wrong decision." Ivy then formed Energy balls in both of her hands and threw them at Bianca, Bianca shimmered away and behind Ivy. The energy balls struck the house and it exploded a corner of the basement. Bianca threw her hand forward, Ivy was thrown into the ground.

"Don't just stand there, Help me!" Ivy yelled at Cassie.

Bianca then walked forward, and formed fire in her hand. As she looked at Cassie, she saw Cassie had a look of disgust on her face, and Claire was scared for her life.
Ivy screamed and threw another energy ball at her, but Bianca destroyed the Energy ball with her fire, and also threw the fire at Ivy. It struck her dead in the chest. Ivy screamed for her life and exploded. Bianca turned around and saw to her horror draw an athame from her pocket and stab Claire in the chest.

"NO!" Bianca yelled. Claire screamed and erupted into fire, and was vanquished.

"You killed my twin!" Cassie said, "You'll pay for this!" Cassie then shot Bianca with little bullets of dark light, one struck Bianca in the shoulder, sending her to the ground.

Cassie rounded on her. Bianca turned and using her telekinesis again sent her against the wall; keeping that lock on her, she stood up.

"Claire was innocent, and you killed her."

"And you killed Ivy!"

"You wanted Chris to kill him!"

Cassie said nothing. "You want to kill him! Not on my watch!" Bianca threw fire at Cassie. Cassie tired to throw an energy ball at her, but she was too slow, Cassie was vanquished just like Ivy was. Then it all got quiet. Bianca looked around, she wanted to cry at what just happened. She then winced at her face, she forgot it was beaten up. She then ran the stairs and into the house. She saw pictures of Cassie and Ivy, this was obliviously their house. Out the front door, she ran to the first person she could think of, Chris.