Whoa! What is this an update? Damn right it is. So yeah here's chapter three, took me long enough, hope you're satisfied, if not I'll will try to be faster.

Three

Torin

She was weird, I knew that, it was quite obvious by the way she moved and talked. That she was certainly not of the norm. But anyone who was remotely interesting was not of the norm, and she was certainly, very, very…interesting. Even now, a day later I was still thinking about her, how sad she looked talking about being left behind, I was sure she was really drunk, people say all kinds of crazy things when they're drunk, but she just seemed so sad.

I knew it was probably wrong taken her home when she was so out of it, but at the moment I really didn't care, I just wanted to take her away from anyone asshole who ever hurt her, I just wanted to help her, to take the sadness out of haunted eyes. She was probably one of those girls way too broken; the girls who had been abused and lied to their entire lives, the sort of girl you should never get involved with. But she was still the only thing I could think about as I walked into school that morning. I wasn't thinking of the overdue History paper I still had to write, or the fact I had detention I still had to complete after I had skipped it twice.

I wished I asked her name, or just something that would let me talk to her again. Recently there were a lot of things I had wished I'd done. Which was strange for me as I rarely thought about the past, I rarely regretted anything, I was cautious about everything I did, recently that didn't seem to be the case. I seemed to more impulsive than usual, something that usually would have bothered me, now I just didn't care.

I didn't care about three detentions or overdue papers, something that used to send me into a frenzy. I should be worried about that, the logical part of my head knew that, but I just didn't have the energy anymore. "Torin" I nearly jumped to the sound of my name. out of nowhere Devin had materialized. Devin was not usually the kind of person I would hang around, he had no sense of morals and was a cunning bastard, he was the kid of guy who enrolled in school just to see how many detentions he could get before they expelled him.

Other than that I didn't know that much about him, only that every so often, well now it was getting a lot more frequent he would appear out of the blue telling me of some crazy scheme he had constructed and I would go along with it. I saw that Devin was amused by my reaction "Didn't mean to scare you man" he said trying not to laugh, I didn't answer. "So where did you sneak off to last night?"

Devin asked, after she left I stayed in the parking lot for an hour, contemplating if I should go back inside or not, I decided against it and went home. "I went home" "Why?" "I-uh-" I wasn't sure how I wanted to finish that sentence, Devin hadn't done anything to that I shouldn't trust him, then again I didn't know whether or not he really cared about my personal life. What personal life? I asked myself, there was a girl who talked for less than twenty minutes, the same thing happened to thousands of people all around the world last night so why are you acting like she's your soul mate?

Honestly I didn't know why, I had no idea why she seemed so important, or why talking to her felt like one of the smartest things I had ever done in my life. I knew Devin knew an absurd amount of people, I knew also he spent a good chunk of his time at the Rath, the chances of him knowing who she was I decided were very good. "I met some one" I finally told him. "Oh I see" Devin said, looking satisfied "So did you and this person" Devin clearly wanted me to finish the sentence

"Nothing" I told him "I think her boyfriend told me off" "You think?" "There usually isn't a think when you make a move on some one who is off limits, you either get a black eye or you don't" "I don't know it was weird" "What's her name?" "I don't know" "You don't- Torin honestly?" "She wasn't exactly in a great place" I admitted "Do not tell me you were hitting on a drunk girl" "Maybe?" "You are aware that doesn't count" "I wasn't aware it was a game" I shot back "She was a girl who looked like she was having a rough night so I thought I should help her out that was it that was all" I didn't think I should mention she claimed to have dated some one for centuries. "Alright I'll figure out who she is" "Excuse me?" "You're not that subtle Torin" he told me fair enough I thought.

Devin suggested that finding Torin's mysterious drunk girl would be far more important than the rest of class, Alex agreed but I thought I owed my mother at least one flawless school day. Devin looked like he didn't understand what I was saying Alex however translated. Devin thought Alex and I were idiots and looked irritated for the rest of the day.

I told Devin what she looked like "That doesn't exactly narrow it down" he told me, I couldn't exactly describe to him thought how different she was. But I doubt Devin would understand that, and I doubted that I could fine words to describe it. There were a lot of weird people in The Rath, Devin had said "Really weird" "I have no idea where they come from but the appear out of nowhere and I never see them again, I don't think I have ever said this in my life Torin, nor do I plan on saying it again so listen up" "I wouldn't get involved with those people if I were you, so watch it"

I nodded, knowing full well if Devin said that I may be going into deep I may want to think about it. "Thanks for the advice" I told him Devin didn't answer. The sun started fading away as we entered The Rath, already it was pulsing, hundreds of bodies moving against each other, thriving. The Rath used to make me nervous, there used to be this air around it that made me want to run, it was different than anywhere I had ever been before and you noticed right away, it was a feeling that went down to your very bones.

I still felt it, but now I liked it. The Rath was like stepping into a different world, where, for a few hours you could forget about the one outside the door. There was a world tucked away, and sometimes it spilled out into the fringes of our world and I was very interested in that world. The faces all blurred together, impossibly face as they slipped away onto the dance floor. I wasn't actually sure it would be possible to find some one in her, not some one who I had spent very few moments with, whose face, with unforgettable, well everyone in here was unforgettable.

I wasn't sure I had enough, being led by just emotions has almost never worked out. Alex and Devin had melted into the background some time ago; I decided to follow their lead. I saw them again, the girls with the vine tattoos on their arms, that sometimes seemed like they were moving, and I stopped. It wasn't her, but I remembered the same strange designs on her arms, I wanted to ask her about it, I wanted to ask why so many of them had the same tattoos.

Almost like they could sense I was thinking about them, one of them turned around and looked my way. "Are you looking for some one?" she asked "How do you know?" I asked she shrugged "You have a look" "Now tell me are you looking for me?" I shook my head "Well then who?" "I don't know her name" I admitted "Well that was foolish of you" she giggled "Yes" I agreed "Well maybe in can find it in my heart to help you" she grinned, innocently enough but there was something michevious and dark under her sweet smile.

"But you owe me a favor" she said I nodded "Okay" "The one you want is over there" she said "But I think I should warn you, don't fall in love with her it always ends up wrong" I looked over, and I saw her with the same pretty blonde girl she was with last night. I turned to thank the girl but she was already gone. Her words stuck with me for some reasons, heavier as I started walking up to her. Early today I told myself not to get involved, whatever she was in was so clearly over my head. A second opinion just backed me up, and yet reason wasn't the one in control. "Um excuse me?" I said, slowly she turned around, I hoped I didn't imagine how her face lit up when she saw me.

She looked different now, when she was guarded and sober. She looked stronger, I wondered if she even remembered who I was. "Do you have a minute?" but it couldn't hurt to ask "I have all the time in the world really" she said and gave me a strange smile. "I remember you from last night" she said as we went outside away from the noise. "Yeah?" "I wasn't sure if you-" "I do""Thank you for your kindness" she said, I nodded "Anytime"

"So why are you here?" "I wanted to see you" "Why?" she seemed genuinely confused maybe I was being creepier than I realised. "I just wanted to know your name is all" I told her, which was a bit true, I did want to know her name. "Oh that's all?" I didn't answer "It's Siobhan" she said "Siobhan?" I repeated, testing her name out on my tongue, it was beautiful, she wouldn't be a Rachel or a Katie, I knew that.

"It's a nice name" I said "Thank you" "And you?" "Torin" I said, she moved a little closer to me, she was taller than I realised, tall like a dancer, which is what she reminded me of. Not like a ballet dancer, nothing as traditional as that, but a dancer that held no title, who danced in the woods under the moonlight.

"So Torin" she said, there was nothing in her voice that suggested innocence. "Would you like a dance?" there was no way, in that moment, that I would have been able to refuse her, not that I wanted to. "Yes" I managed "Good" she said before leading me back into The Rath. I wasn't familiar with the music, I wasn't even sure what kind of beat was I could barely hear it. All I knew was that, the mysterious drink girl, as Devin had lovingly referred her to, was named Siobhan, and she wanted to dance with me.