Chapter 3: To Kill a boyfriend
Marin House
Naruto was at the Island in the kitchen with a glass of bourbon in hand. He was looking up Byron Montgomery. From what he could see the man seemed like a decent guy on paper but Naruto was curious why he sensed Aria directing feelings of anger and resentment at her father when he wasn't looking. The sound of his phone buzzing caused him to put his information digging on hold as he checked his phone to see that he had an email.
Opening the email, Naruto downloaded the attachment to see a traffic cam picture of him and Allison standing in the road the day she disappeared 'Ooh Naru, you have some explaining to do! -A'
"Get a life, you fucking loser." Naruto said to himself before he heard someone coming. He turned his phone and laptop off as Hanna walked in, looking a little freaked out "Everything ok?"
"Yeah," Hanna nodded sitting beside him "No. I'm pretty sure whoever this A person is, just threatened us."
"What?" Naruto asked turning to face Hanna.
"Well, the girls and I were walking to The Kissing Rock to set up a memorial for Alison, when we got this text." Hanna explained before she handed him her phone where a text was 'Heads up BFFs. It's open season on liars, and I'm hunting.-A'
"And you're certain you have no clue who this A person is?" Naruto asked.
"It could be alot of people, Alison was really mean to some people."
"And they're targeting you guys because just because you were her friends, but that doesn't explain, why they would have a problem with me." Naruto said.
"Well, Ali really liked you, so maybe you're a target just because of how she felt about you." Hanna offered.
"This A person needs to get a life." Naruto said handing Hanna her phone back.
"Tell me about it." Hanna said before she noticed his glass and grabbed it "What's this?"
"I wouldn't, it's a little strong." Naruto said stopping her from drinking.
"I can handle it." Hanna said before with a nod Naruto let her take a sip, immediately her face scrunched up causing him to laugh and take back his glass as she began coughing.
Next Day
Naruto wearing a black DIESEL T- Malaya-RS T-Shirt, black slim fit Levi, and black suede Gucci boots walked out of a coffee shop headed to the matte black Maserati Granturismo he had delivered to him yesterday, getting into his car, Naruto was about to start it when he sensed a wave of anger and frustration, causing him to look up and see Aria, with Byron and some blonde woman, intrigued at what could cause her to feel this way, he listened in.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt." the blonde said
"No, no, no, that's okay." Byron replied, before an awkward silence settled between them "Uh... Um, Aria this is, uh, Meredith Sorenson. She also teaches in the department, uh, my department, and this is Aria, my daughter."
Meredith looked to Aria and said, "Oh, Aria! Hi. Of course you are." She then looked back to Byron, who was looking inside to see if Ella was coming, causing Naruto to look on with interest, "Did you get my message?"
Byron looked back to Meredith "Yes I did, and I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to call you back." he said
"That's okay, they just need he referral by Monday, and..." Meredith trailed off
"I'll get to it as soon as I get back to campus. Is there an e-mail, or..."
"Here." Meredith said opening her binder and walking over to Byron before she looked to the upset Aria "So, how does it feel to be home? This town must seem a little dull after spending a whole year overseas." Naruto realized what must have happened between Meredith and Byron for Aria to be acting this way.
"Not really." Aria said with narrowed eyes as Naruto could sense her magic stirring, just itching to lash out.
Byron finished writing down the information he needed looked up "Okay, well, I'll, uh... I'll send that before lunch." he said
"Thanks. I'm so glad I ran into you. Nice to meet you. Welcome home." Meredith said before walking off while Aria glared after her.
"Why can't she graduate?" Aria asked in frustration.
"She has." Byron said, causing Aria to look at him "I told you. She's now a teaching assistant. Not mine, but her office is across the hall. I can't pretend like she doesn't exist, Aria. It's a small college."
"Mm, not small enough." Aria retorted with a small glare, before with a scoff she began to gather her things "I have to get to school."
"Aria, "
"Tell mom, I'll see her later." Aria interrupted before she turned around to walk away when Naruto pulled up.
"Hey Aria." Naruto greeted catching her and Byron's attention "Um, I was wondering if you needed a ride to school."
"Yeah, thanks." Aria said, getting into the passenger seat and once she put her seat belt on, Naruto drove off, while Byron sighed to himself.
With Naruto
"So where's Hanna?" Aria asked
"She got a ride with Mona today." Naruto said, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Can I ask you something?" Aria asked, getting Naruto's attention "Um, so Alison told you about The Jenna Thing, what else did she tell you? Was there anything about me?"
"No not really." Naruto said, before he glanced to her with a raised eyebrow "Wait, did she know about your dad cheating on your mom with the blonde chick from earlier?"
Aria's head snapped toward Naruto wide eyed "W-Wha...H-how?"
"Well I saw when she walked up to you and your dad, and how both of your demeanors changed. What really tipped me off, was how while you were glaring at her like you wanted to make her head explode and how your father was looking into the cafe to make sure your mother didn't come out."
"You can tell that my dad had an affair just by watching them interact?" Aria asked.
"I'm a master in the art of reading body language. You have to be when you run a multi-billion dollar company at my age." Naruto smiled, before he gave her a serious look when he saw her look down as she fiddled with her hands "Look, I know I have no right to know about your family situation, but can I give you some advice? You don't have to take it."
"What is it?" Aria asked.
"With this A person harassing us with the knowledge of every secret Ali knew, I think it's best you tell your mother before A tells her for you." Naruto said.
"But my dad said that it's over." Aria said, though she wasn't sure she believed that.
"Well, you guys have been gone for a year, and now you're back in Rosewood with his mistress. Your mother deserves to know that the man she loves and married cheated on her, and forced her daughter to keep it a secret." Naruto said with a nod "That is all I'll say on the matter. What happens from now on is none of my business."
Aria thought about what Naruto said, before she filed it away for later, and the two began to bond over their mutual love of Art, and music on the drive to school.
Mona was putting on some lipstick before she turned to Hanna "Ah! Totally love this color. We should've stocked up on a few more tubes." she said, holding it out for her to take.
"Well, I only have two hands. Keep it." Hanna replied.
Mona looked confused "Why, is your mom asking to see receipts?" she asked, while Hanna looked over her shoulder.
Sean, and Noel walked over talking "It's hilarious." he said laughing.
Hanna walked over followed by Mona "Sean! What's so funny?"
"Nothin'. Noel's just out of control. Mm, you smell good." he said kissing his girlfriend.
"Save something for tomorrow night." Noel told the couple.
"What's tomorrow night?" Hanna asked.
"Noel's parents are leaving town." Sean revealed.
"It means the party of the year is officially on. Think big, think wild, think parental units in a different time zone."
"I gotta get to practice. Save that smell." Sean said kissing Hanna before he and Noel walk away.
"So, the pressure's on." Mona announced.
"What do you mean?" Hanna asked.
"Not all of us have a Sean to wear to that party, and I'm not gonna spend the night guarding the bushes so you can jump each other's bones." Mona said as she and Hanna walked toward the school.
"Okay, we're not gonna be doing it in the bushes." Hanna scoffed.
"Whatever." Mona said before she gained a sly look and asked "Have you guys even done it yet?"
"It's not a race, Mona." Hanna replied.
"Okay mom, seriously. No one's pushing you to be natty ho, but you guys have been going out for months. If you're not together in that way, how do you know you're together-together? How long can you wait before you lose him?" Mona said before she walked ahead of Hanna, who looked over to Sean and Noel who were talking to some girls.
Naruto and Aria pulled up to the school, laughing, just when Naruto saw Ben force a kiss from Emily. "What's up with Emily and that Ben guy?" he asked.
"Oh, they've been dating for 2 years. Why?" Aria asked.
"He just seems kinda forceful, and she's obviously uncomfortable with it." Naruto said causing him and Aria to look over to Emily and Ben, who were talking to Maya as Aria noticed how Emily seemed to tense when Ben kissed her cheek.
Hallway
Naruto was taking out his English books when "Hey Naruto."
Looking over his shoulder Naruto saw Noel and Sean, "Sup?"
"Look, we're sorry about putting you with the losers. We all thought you were some super rich kid who has never played a sport, let alone touched a ball his whole life." Noel said as Naruto grabbed another book from his locker "But you showed us otherwise, so I was wondering if you'd like to come to my cabin party?"
"Sure." Naruto nodded "Sounds like a fun time."
"Awesome. We'll see you there." Noel said before walking off as Hanna walked over.
"What was that about?" Hanna asked
"Well it seems I've been invited to Noel's cabin party." Naruto said Hanna smiled and made to speak when she froze in shock, getting Naruto's attention. "Hanna?" he asked before he looked to where she was looking to see Jenna walk by with her brother Toby, the intended target of the girls' prank that left Jenna blind "Whose he?".
"That's Toby Cavanaugh."
"Really?" Naruto said, looking to Toby, who looked at Emily before he walked off "Alright I have to get to class, I'll see you later."
Naruto made to walk off but stopped when he saw Detective Wilden walk up "Hanna."
Hanna looked to see Wilden and frowned, "What?"
"I just spoke with your principal and he said it's alright if we have a chat." The dirty cop said.
"No, I have to get to class." Hanna said.
"It's alright, you've been excused." Wilden said, motioning for Hanna to walk only for her to pull out her phone.
"Then you can come get me from class, when my mom gets here."
Wilden frowned as Hanna placed her phone to her ear, before he looked to the smirking Naruto "Do you find something funny?"
"Yes I do, Darren." Naruto said in mockery.
"That's Detective Wilden." Wilden corrected.
" I don't show respect to dirty cops." Naruto smirked getting a glare from Wilden who made to retort but Naruto turned around and walked away with Hanna
End of School
Naruto closed his locker, and was about to head to his car, when he glanced into the next hallway to see Ben sneak into the girls locker room, "Oh, hell no." Naruto said before he made his way to the locker room, but paused when he saw Toby coming his way, causing him to pause. "What are you-" Naruto began to ask but his attention was diverted when he and Toby heard Emily.
"Ben, get off me! Get off! Stop it!"
Naruto and Toby rushed into the locker room to see Ben forcing himself on Emily and before he could get any more aggressive. Naruto punched him off of Emily, before Toby forced him up to the locker and punched him when Ben took a swing at him while Naruto held Emily.
"Toby, that's enough! Okay? Stop." Emily said as Toby held Ben to the wall.
"Is one of them the reason you're acting like this?" Ben asked with a busted nose, and lip.
"Ben, get over yourself, okay?" Emily said.
"Get over myself?" Ben asked.
"It's done. We're over." Emily said as Naruto grabbed her things and lead her out.
Parking lot
Naruto sat on the hood of his car, texting Hanna when his attention was given to a fully dress Emily, who had gotten dressed in his car as uncomfortable as it was "Hey." She said walking up "Um thank you, for that back there."
"It's cool. I can give you a ride home if you'd like." Naruto offered.
"No, its ok, I have my bike." Emily replied getting a nod from Naruto
"If he bothers you again, let me know, alright." Naruto said, getting a nod from Emily who smiled and walked to her bike with Naruto watching her leave. "Well Ben, looks like you got your last kiss. I hope it was worth it." he thought to himself.
Marin House
Night time
Naruto walked into the kitchen wearing a white John Varvatos Multi Button Shirt with Asymmetric Closure, John Varvatos Star USA Bowery Coated Jeans, and white Hightop Air Force Ones, as he put on his ALL SAINTS Coerce Leather Jacket
"Don't you look handsome." Ashley said looking at him from the table.
"You don't think the leather jacket a bit much?" Naruto asked as Ashley stood up.
"No, it'll be cold out there tonight. Listen, if there is any drinking, I want you to bring Hanna straight home." Ashley said.
"Everything will be fine. Besides, I'm sure the preacher's son would recite a passage from the Holy Scripture, should little Ms. Marin try to act unladylike." Naruto joked and made a motion of placing his hand on a bible, causing Ashley to laugh just as Hanna walked in.
"I heard that." Hanna said causing Naruto to smile
"I know." Naruto said as Hanna grabbed some cash from her purse, while Naruto swiped a slice of Pizza from Ashley's plate and hurried out the house when she threw a balled up knapkin at him.
Later
Noel's Cabin Party
Emily and Maya arrived at Noel's party in Maya's car, getting out they began to walk to the party while Emily looked as if she didn't want to be there. "Come on, lighten up." Maya said, before she noticed Naruto surrounded by a couple of girls who were trying their best to get all of his attention.
"I should've stayed home." Emily said, getting her attention.
"Why, because you just broke up with somebody? What are you supposed to do? Spend the rest of the school year hiding under your bed?"
Emily sighed as they came to the threshold to see Hanna standing there annoyed that Sean was ignoring her, while he played Foosball with Ben "There he is." Emily said as Noel handed Ben a cup.
"Did you do that to his face? Damn. It's a good color on him." Maya said.
Hanna seeing Emily waved "Hey, Em."
Ben's bruised head snapped up and he turned around "Yo, what just happened?" Sean asked, only for Ben to ignore him as he stepped to Emily and Maya.
"So, you decided to come after all." Ben said.
"Yeah, I did. Just not with you." Emily said before she and Maya walked away completely dismissing him.
Later
Hanna still stood in the corner watching Naruto who was bumping and grinding with a female classmate as they danced, trying to contain her jealousy. Glancing back she frowned as Sean was still playing foosball with his friends, making Hanna feel even more neglected by her boyfriend. "Ooh! Damn. Did you see that?" he asked, Hanna before kissing her cheek and walking back to the table.
"Awesome. Look, can this be your last game?" Hanna asked, only to be ignored as Mona walked up with some guy.
"Whatever." Mona said to her friend before she looked to Hanna and glanced to Sean "Have you guys...?" Hanna shook her head "Seriously." Mona said, before she walked off.
Hanna looked back to see the girl Naruto was dancing with leading him away, causing jealousy to burn brighter in her chest, so she walked to Sean and said "I'll be right back." and walked away while Sean seemed to pay her no mind.
Outside
Aria stood with Emily, and Spencer "So Naruto punched Ben and Toby tackled him? Wait what was Toby and Naruto even doing in the girls' locker room?"
"Naruto said that he saw Ben sneak in, and he was about to make sure that everything was alright, but he saw Toby and before he could question him, they heard me scream."
"What do you think Toby was about to do?" Aria asked.
"Toby's a perv. Have you forgotten that we caught him peeping through the windows, watching us undress." Spencer said.
"Alison's the one who saw him do that. We never did." Emily retorted as Hanna walked up.
"What's up?" Hanna asked.
"Naruto, and Toby Cavanaugh got into a fight with Ben over Emily." Aria said.
"It wasn't over me. God. Look, they just... saved me."
"If we hadn't asked you about Ben, would you have told us about this?" Aria asked, causing Emily to look thoughtful.
"Toby is not a good guy, Emily. He could be seriously dangerous." Spencer said.
"If he's such a bad guy, why'd he take the fall for us?" Emily asked causing Spencer to gain a look, that her friends saw.
"Is this another secret? Do you know something that we don't?" Aria asked
Hanna who wanted to get back to Sean said "Guys, why don't we just, like chill, and talk about this somewhere else? When we're alone."
"I... don't even know what "just us" means anymore." Aria said as Hanna looked back toward the party to see Sean and Noel walking outside.
"Yeah, uh... Let's talk about it tomorrow, okay? Are we still meeting up at the shed?" Hanna asked, already walking off.
"Yeah. Yeah, sure. Why not?" Aria said, looking to Emily and Spencer as she shouldered her bag.
"Where are you going?" Emily asked.
"The gallery. I promised my mom." Aria said before she waked off just as Maya walked over
Wooded Area
Ben was walking through the trees looking for a place to piss, when he heard something, causing him to stop and turn around "Hello?" he asked only to receive no answer so with a shrug he turned around only to gasp as Naruto standing several yards in fronts of him "Holy Shit!"
"Did I scare you?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, man."
"I'd apologize but it wouldn't be genuine." Naruto said as he started walking toward. "You tried to hurt a very sweet girl today."
"Look man. It's over with me and Emily. What happen was a mistake. I mean, I've been with her for 2 years and she still wouldn't give it up."
"So, because she didn't give it up, you decided to rape her?" Naruto asked.
"It wasn't my best decision." Ben said
"And your last." Naruto retorted as he vamped out. Naruto's pulsing veins extended from his eyes all the way to his jaw, his irises turned a glowing crimson red, his sclera and veins turned pitch black, his pupils became slit like a fox and every single tooth became a razor-sharp fang. He looked like a demon.
"Dud your fa-oh my god!" Ben said turning to run only for Naruto to grab the would be rapist and sink his fangs into his neck and cover his mouth, suppressing his screams as he began drinking every drop of blood.
Back at the cabin
While Naruto was busy making a meal out of his classmate, Hanna and Sean were in a cabin kissing with Hanna grabbing something from her purse "What are you looking for?" Sean asked.
Hanna held up a condom. "What do you think?", she asked with a giggle before she kissed him while he looked uncomfortable.
"Hanna, please stop." Sean said.
Hanna stopped and looked at her boyfriend "You're kidding, right? I mean, you said you wanted it to be special. This is pretty special, if you're not afraid of spiders."
"Oh, it's... I don't wanna do this right now." Sean said causing Hanna to stop kissing him again.
"Well, then, where do you want to go? I'm sure Naruto would give me some money for a weekend at a five-star hotel." Hanna said.
"It's not about where." Sean replied.
"Then what is it about?" Hanna asked only for Sean to remain silent, causing Hanna to frown and get off of him "Is this about me? Tell me. Tell me why this is not happening, and don't you dare start quoting scripture."
Sean sat up and asked, "Why are you acting like this?"
"Like what?" Hanna asked.
"Like you've got something to prove." Sean said.
"Because maybe I feel like I do! Maybe you still think of me as that dumpy girl who laughed at all your jokes and gave you cuts in line and followed you around like some pathetic groupie." Hanna said as tears began to well up in her eyes.
"No, I... I liked that girl. But... but this one seems... desperate." Sean said causing Hanna to gasp.
"Any guy at this party would be happy to be with me right now. Why aren't you?" Hanna asked.
"We already talked about this, okay?" Sean asked, standing up while Hanna walked to a corner with her back to him, about to walk outside. Sean paused and walked over to her with his jacket "Take this. It's cold up here."
Hanna pushed him away "Leave me alone. I don't want your stupid jacket." she said causing Sean to sigh and walk away.
With Naruto
Naruto dropped Ben's dead body with a bloody smile on his face "Nothing quite like fresh blood." Naruto said, before he looked up when he heard crying "Hanna." Naruto concentrated, his body glowing red as he split in two, creating a clone of himself. Naruto looked to it as he summoned Ben's keys, wallet and phone. He said to the clone, "Pose as this kid and compel his parents to move away to Washington state. Then have them commit suicide."
"Got it." The clone said as he caught the keys, wallets and phone Naruto tossed him, before using a Glamour spell to change his appearance to Ben's. Naruto turned and extended his hand at Ben's corpse, his eyes flashing gold as he caused the earth around the corpse to part. Ben fell into a 100 foot deep hole. Naruto used his magic to close the hole back up to make it as if it was never there and vamp sped away.
Cabin
1 minute later
Naruto made sure his clothes and face was blood free before he entered the cabin to see Hanna in the corner crying "Hanna?" he asked walking over to her, as she tried to dry her tears.
"What are you doing here?" Hanna asked.
"I saw you crying. What's wrong?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing, I just miss my dad." Hanna lied, causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow, knowing that she was lying "I'm ok. Don't worry about me, I'm going to head back."
Naruto let her go, not wanting to push her too much. He watched as Hanna left and sighed.
Moments Later
With Hanna
After leaving Naruto in the cabin, Hanna stole Sean's car while he was playing his precious Foosball, and slammed it into a boulder, wrecking it. Taking off her seat belt, she got out of the car with her purse and began to walk away as she began to cry again, but paused when she saw Naruto leaning on his car with his arm's crossed, watching her.
Walking to Hanna, Naruto gave her his jacket "What did he do?" Naruto asked.
Hanna proceeded to tell Naruto what happened. "He dared to called you desperate?" Naruto asked, getting a nod "He is so dead."
"No, Naruto it's ok." Hanna said, stopping Naruto from heading to his car, causing him to sigh after he looked her in the eye for a moment.
"Well, its only 9:00. Want to go catch a movie?" Naruto asked getting a smile and a nod from Hanna before the two walked toward his car.
Art Gallery
Aria was mingling before she looked over to her parents, mainly her mom, who looked so happy as she and Byron talked with some of their friends "Well, you are." Byron said after a compliment was given to Ella about how talented she was.
"He's just saying this because he has to." Ella smiled.
"No, I.." Byron began but Aria's attention was directed to the door as Meredith walked in, shocked at the audacity of the home wrecker Aria stormed over.
"What are you doing here? Did you forget what we talked about?" Aria hissed.
"You talked. I listened." Meredith shrugged.
"What didn't you understand?" Aria asked rhetorically as she narrowed her eyes which began to flicker between gold and hazel. "You need to leave. Now." she ordered
"Listen, sweetie, I'm not in high school. You don't have any say in this." Meredith said, taking Aria's glass before she walked passed her while Aria glared after her. The lights flickered on and off, Aria made to walk after the girl when Ella appeared in front of her.
"Aria? Is everything ok, sweetie?" Ella asked, missing the gold eyes that her daughter had sported, as they returned to their hazel color.
"Yeah, I'm ok." Aria lied, glancing over her mom's shoulder to see Meredith talking to her father, causing her to hold in a frown "I'm going to head back to Noel Khan's party".
Ella nodded wishing her daughter a happy time, before she looked to Byron and Meredith.
Finished