AN: I know, it's been awhile. But here is the update and if any of you have read Forever Invisible, I will be updating that also.
CPOV
We managed to escape without any trouble. Only because everyone else was otherwise preoccupied dodging blasts of magic and bullets, etc. I was still mad at Derek, for nearly letting me die. Maybe not as mad as I was before, after hearing his reasoning, but mad none the less. I was aware of him watching me out of the corner of my eye. He kept glancing at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said looking away.
"Then why do you keep staring at me?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, it's just that I didn't think you would trust me. To get you away and take you back."
"You're right, I don't really trust you. You have to earn that back, but I did believe you when you said you wanted to get me out of there."
"Why?" he asked, slowing down his pace to match mine.
"Because I can see it in your eyes when you say you love me." He smiled at me, a rarity.
"Can we stop a minute?" I asked. "I'm running out of steam, literally."
Derek nodded. "I think we're far enough away that we won't be caught. They probably didn't even see us leave."
I collapsed at the base of a tree and tried to catch my breath. Derek sat down beside me. He looked distant. I was about to open my mouth when he turned to me.
"Chloe, I really am sorry for what I did. I would completely understand if you never forgave me. Hell, I don't think I can forgive myself. I…"
"Derek," I interrupted. "I know. And I do forgive you." I was quiet for a minute. "I know how that feels, trying to be notice. To make someone proud. My mom was killed because she had magic when I was little. My dad works for the Government. Not a hunter, higher up. So does my Aunt. My dad ignored me. He said I looked too much like my mom and that it hurt to look at me. He didn't know I had magic. And little Drew. Lost his parents soon after he was born because they both had magic. Forgiving is the easy part, it's the forgetting that makes it hard."
Derek grabbed my hand and squeezed it. I smiled and squeezed back. I laid my head down on his shoulder and we sat in a peaceful silence for a while.
"We should get going," Derek said standing up and pulling me with him.
"Where? The next bus stop isn't for miles. And it's already getting dark."
"There's a motel a few blocks over. We can stay there for the night."
I trudged slowly behind. The world seeming brighter for the first time in days. The price for my freedom weighed heavy on my shoulders. But for just one more day with him, it was worth it.
DPOV
I sat in the window, watching the moonlight stretch the nighttime shadows across the pavement below. Chlo slept soundly in the bed, which is what I should be doing. But I couldn't.
I was a fugitive. I had betrayed the Government, my brother…my father. I wonder what he'd think if he knew his son help instigate the rebellion.
I sighed. It shouldn't matter. I shouldn't really care what he thought. But I did. And it killed me.
I laid down beside Chloe, careful to not shift the bed and closed my eyes. I didn't know what tomorrow would bring or how much the world would change in one night. What I did know was that for a second I was brave. And for the moment, that was all that mattered.
AN: The End. As previously stated I decided to change the ending and delete the sequel since I didn't know what to do with it. So I'm sorry if the ending is a little weak. I just wanted a decent conclusion.