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Chapter 5

I woke up the next day not remembering anything and sort of drifting in a peaceful trance. Then a turned my head and pain shot through my cheek. I sat up and gingerly touched my bruised face. Trying to be silent, silence is not my strong point, I got up, glancing over at a sleeping Ella. Walking out of the room, I made my way down the hall and to the bathroom.

In the bathroom I hesitated before looking in the mirror. When I saw the bruise I cringed slightly, but while examining it closer I sighed in relief. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it looked like it should be gone in a couple of days, hopefully before school. If it wasn't completely gone by Monday, it would be easy enough to hide it under concealer.

I jumped at a knock on the door and then a voice. "Come on Ella, I have to get in there!" Fang's voice came in through the door. With one last glance at my cheek I made a quick decision. Taking my hair out of its ponytail I fixed it so that it would at least cover most of the bruise. I opened the door just as Fang went to knock for a second time.

His eyes held confusion for a second, but when they darted to where my hair covered my face, I knew he remembered. It was too bad Fang wasn't the type to get so drunk he forgot the previous night. I spoke first because he didn't seem to want to move his eyes. "Sorry, I was just going," I muttered as I tried to move around him. He took up most of the door frame though, so I didn't get very far. With a half step to the left he blocked my path completely.

"Sorry," he started. "I forgot you stayed over last night." I wanted to ask if he forgot anything else, but I knew that would only make him mad. So instead I mumbled an "It's alright." Looking up, I saw that he was studying my face. When he saw me looking he asked, "How are you?"

"I'm fine," I lied. "I think I'm just going to go home and finish my homework," I said, which was another lie because I had finished all my homework in a study hall yesterday. Fang seemed to buy it though because he let me go by him. When I reached Ella's room I looked back at Fang to see him leaning against the door and looking back at me.

With determination in his eyes he started walking towards me. When he reached my side he held out his hand. I looked at his outstretched hand and then back at his face, puzzled. He sighed and said, a little impatiently, "Your phone, give me your phone. Please," he added at the last second.

I stepped backwards into Ella's room, who was still asleep, and grabbed my phone, which was on the floor next to the sleeping bag. Stepping back out into the hall, I handed the phone to Fang, forgetting there was a passcode. He handed me back the phone and watched as I typed in the code. Snatching it back he turned away so I couldn't see what he was doing.

"Call me," he said and I almost laughed. Then he added, "If you ever need anything." I smiled slightly and took my phone back. "Thanks Fang. I really appreciate your help," I told him. As I turned back to go into the room I thought saw something in his eyes, but I ignored it.

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Back at home, I immediately went upstairs and got in the shower. I took a long time just standing under the hot water. It felt good against my stiff back, from sleeping on the floor, and against my sore cheek. When I finally got out I threw my hair up into a messy bun and threw on some sweats and an old t-shirt. Since I didn't have any homework, I grabbed my laptop from under my bed and opened it. Signing into Netflix, I started a Supernatural marathon.

Half way through the third episode I started feeling sleepy. I kept yawning and my eyes kept closing so I did what a normal teen would. I took a nap.

When I woke up again it was about 4:30pm and I immediately regretted sleeping. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Sitting up in bed I reached over and grabbed my phone off my bedside table. I had a couple texts from Ella, several from Nudge, and a missed call from my mom. Checking the texts from Ella I saw that the first one was asking why I left so early and the second one was asking me to text her brother. She didn't understand that one and had sent several question marks.

Opening Nudge's I immediately saw that it was all in caps. That usually meant that she was mad or that she was really excited about something. As it turns out it was the latter. Apparently I was right about her going home with Iggy last night. She went on to tell me that nothing actually happened, that they just watched a movie but he kissed her half way through. They ended up falling asleep on the couch together. Before she left this morning he asked if he could take her out sometime. Nudge said yes.

My mom's call was to let me know that they'd be home by six and to order a pizza from a place downtown. That meant my parents would be home in about an hour, so I decided to watch another episode of Supernatural to pass the time.

Eight minutes in I remembered Ella's about Fang and pulled out my phone again. Going into my contacts I clicked in Fang's name and snorted. He had put a smiley face after his name. I sent him a text asking what he wanted. Of course it was worded much nicer than that. I wasn't expecting an immediate reply but about a minute later he replied with, 'just wanted to see how u were doing.'

I replied that I was fine and that I had spent the day watching supernatural. When he told me he had never watched an episode I started 'yelling' at him. For a while I forgot that I was talking to someone who had annoyed me for three years. It was nice.

Hi guys! Sorry about not updating last week. I tried to make this chapter longer to make up for it. I have no excuse for skipping. Anyway I'm off to go read The Book Thief. Review!