Okay, forgive me. I didn't know I was going to be so busy during the summer. Plus, I've had writers block, it has been horrible. This chapter was hard to write, but I finally got it done. I will put up the next chapter faster than I did with this one.
Well I hope you enjoy.
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The couple of seconds we stood staring at each other seemed like years. Collin was squeezing my hand every once in a while, probably making sure I was still conscious.
"Where were both of you tonight?" Daniel's voice cut through the silence, causing me to flinch. I took a small step back which I hit Collin's hard chest but looked up to him, confused. Didn't they tell him to come and get me?
"We were both at Alex's party." Collin confessed. I still held my glare but he didn't look at me. What? I thought, but I knew he wasn't going to respond. Caleb's eyebrows raised before he walked away, pulling Kyle and Brent with him; knowing that this was none of their business. But Daniel and Mike were furious, towering over Collin and I.
"Tori, I can't believe you. You said you were going to a get together with a couple friends." Daniel's voice raised but he quickly took a deep breath; calming himself.
"And Collin, you never told us where you were going and here you are telling me you were at a party!" Mike threw his hands in the air, stepping away, probably so he wouldn't strangle Collin.
Both of them never let us get a word in, they talked one after another. "Tori, you don't understand how much trouble your in. When Kelly and Chris get home they will be livid when they find out. Go up to your roo--" Collin interrupted Daniel. "It was my fault. I dragged her there. She didn't want to go but I didn't want to go by myself, so I made her come with me." Daniel's body relaxed but his furious expression didn't change. They both were staring Collin down and I wanted to say something but I didn't know what to say. "I told her to tell you that she was going to a get together, and I didn't tell you anything because I didn't think you guys would know that I was gone."
Collin told me that everything would be okay and that they wouldn't kill me. But I didn't know he was going to take the blame for it all, now their going to kill him.
I looked back up to Collin, hoping he would explain everything to me. His hazel eyes met mine, they were hurt, like he was in pain.
"Is this true Victoria?" Daniel's voice cut through the silence; making me want to hide in a hole.
Say yes. Collin's voice pleaded in my head.
No. You only came to the party to get me. I'm not lying.
Victoria, tell him I made you go! His angry, pleading voice raised in my head, causing a headache to form. I glared at him, but his eyes were still the pain looking eyes as before; I couldn't deal with it.
I... can't. I looked towards the ground but he squeezed my hand, forcing me to look at his hurt expression once more.
Victoria... His voice turned soft. Daniel was planning on convincing Kelly and Chris to ground you for a long time. Plus, he was going to make me stay away from you. If you say yes, all they will probably do to me is make me train a few extra hours.
I knew he wanted a response, but all that kept popping in my head was them accepting him into their gang. I was afraid they would make Collin wait, or even worse, maybe they would think Collin isn't good enough for the gang so they would accept him at all.
Please.
I focused my attention towards the ground, not wanting to look up at the impatient Daniel and Mike. "Yeah." I sighed, "He made me go."
Collin squeezed my hand and sighed in relief. "Well Collin, this isn't the first time you caused trouble." Mike shook his head. "I have run out of ideas on ways to discipline you, and none of those ideas have seemed to affect you." Mike ran his fingers through his hair.
"Well he could clean the house. It's pretty messy." Caleb said while coming out of the kitchen, followed by Kyle who had his usual smirk spread across his face. Mike scratched his head, thinking about the stupid suggestion Caleb came up with. "I guess your right. Tomorrow, Collin can clean the whole house, top to bottom."
I heard a tiny sigh erupt from Collin's chest, so I squeezed his hand this time. "And Tori will join him." I flashed a glare towards Daniel, unsure of what he said.
"Tori, I think that it's only fair that you help. You went to the party when you could have called me or anybody about the situation. So you can help clean Mike's house."
I let out a tiny sigh, which caused Collin to chuckle. "I guess it's a date." Collin laughed, making me smile. "I guess so." I grumbled.
"Do you think Victoria could spend the night?" Everyone fell silent. "--So we can get an early start in the morning?" Collin added just for Daniel and Mike's sake.
They exchanged looks and obviously their thoughts too because Collin jumped on his heals. "Go pack your things." He pushed me in the direction of the stairs. "Really?" I asked while walking up the stairs. "I can?"
"Don't get excited. You have a big job to do tomorrow." Mike stated, followed by a chuckle. I stomped up the stairs but quickly ran to my room when I got to the hallway. I grabbed my book bag that I haven't touched since I moved in with the Blaine family. It had clothes, bathroom stuff and a book just in case I didn't like the Blaine family and I wanted to run away. I paused in my tracks and thought of first few days of living with them and how It was only a few months ago that I didn't know about werewolves and that I was human.
Collin's head popped out from behind my door."Ready? Mike ran here, so he is going to drive us home." I nodded and rushed to his side; trying to get the flashbacks out of my head. I grabbed his hand. "Ready." I smiled.
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The car ride over to Mike's house was mentally painful. Mike talked about what we did wrong, why we had to clean the whole house, also he listed the things we had to do tomorrow. When we pulled in the driveway, me and Collin almost jumped out the car even though it was still moving; we wanted so badly to get out.
"He sure can talk a lot." I muttered under my breath. We were walking a good distance in front of Mike, making sure we wouldn't get caught into one of his lectures again.
"Yeah, I know. Now you see why I don't bring my friends over." He chuckled as we walked into the house. When I looked around, I almost dropped the bag I was holding. "This is not a mess." I took a deep breath. "This is a disaster."
Pillows from the couches were everywhere, plates with some food left on them were sitting by the couches or on the floor. Stains covered the carpet, and clothes were in a pile in the corner.
"This will take us a week to get this all cleaned up." I whined.
Collin grabbed my hand and started to pull me to his room. "It won't take us a week." He opened his door and turned on his light before turning towards me. "It will take us a month." He laughed, but stopped after noticing I wasn't laughing with him. He walked to his bed in two easy strides and sat my bag down on the bed.
"You can sleep on my bed. I'm going to sleep on the couch in the living room." He walked towards his dresser and pulled out some clothes.
"You sleep on your bed. Your too big to sleep on that small couch." I stated before walking out the room. I heard Collin's loud steps walking towards me and he grabbed my elbow. "Tori, please sleep in my room. I'll be fine on the couch." I looked into his pleading hazel eyes and couldn't resist. "Fine. But if I sleepover again, I get the couch!" I smacked his hard chest which caused pain to shoot up my arm and making me wince.
He started to laugh, revealing his bright white smile that I love. "Goodnight." He muttered in between laughs. He leaned in and kissed me on the cheek, but I wanted more. I grabbed his hand and pulled him down to my height. I leaned in ready to kiss him on the lips but my lips brushed by them and landed by his ear. Embarrassed by his rejection, I swiftly turned on my heels, ready to run and hide in Collin's room.
"You guys are going to have fun tomorrow!" I turned back to see Mike with his arm around Collin's shoulder and messing with his hair. "Now you make sure you get things done tomorrow. I don't want any stuff going on, if you know what I mean." Mike nudged Collin in the side with his elbow, making Collin blush.
Collin pushed Mike off of him. "Okay, Mike. We get it." Mike exchanged glances towards us and grabbed Collin. "Night Tori." Mike muttered before pulling Collin towards the living room. I smiled and walked into his room and closed the door.
Realizing how tired I was, I dragged my feet towards his bed, plopping myself on it. I opened my book bag and pulled out my pajamas and tooth brush and got ready for bed
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I slowly opened my eyes which revealed my alarm clock with it's bright red colors telling me that it was way to early to be awake. 2:43 am? Ugh. I rolled on my side; trying to fall asleep again. As my eyes slowly closed, a chill ran up my spine, causing my eyes to fly open. My body stiffened and I stopped my useless breathing. A shadowed figure was casted upon the wall, which I had my back to the window. The shadow, looked to be from a small body, not like a werewolf body.
Aidan. I wondered.
This urge inside of me broke free and I screamed, but was still frozen in fear. I closed my eyes – seeing if it was nightmare – but opened them, revealing nothing but Collin's blue wall.
The door flew open and I screamed again, but quickly calmed down after the light flew on and I noticed it was Collin. He rushed to my side with a worried expression. "What happened?" His words came out rushed and frantic.
"I--" I took an unnecessary deep breath. "There was a shadow of a person on your wall." I pointed to the spot where I saw the shadow. "It was coming from your window, but I was too afraid to see what it was."
He smiled, but rushed to the window and looked all around. "Well-- I don't see anything." He closed the window curtains and rushed back to my side. Thats when I realized he was only wearing dark blue pajama pants and his tan, muscular chest was fully shown.
He sat down next to me and started to play with my long hair, twirling it in his large hands. "Are you okay?" I leaned my head against his hot chest and he flinched, causing me to look into his hazel eyes; wondering what was wrong. "Your freezing." He stated. I backed away but he put his hand around the back of my head and placed my head against his chest again. "I don't mind." He muttered softly.
He started to play with my hair again. "I'm a little shook up." I muttered. Chills ran up my spine again as I thought of the shadowed figure. "That really scared me." He chest roared and shook as he laughed. I backed away so I could get a better look at him.
"Sorry." He laughed again. "Some vampire you are." I gave him a puzzled look. "It's just that, a normal vampire would want to kick who ever was out there's ass, and all you did was scream." He chuckled again, so I grabbed my pillow and smacked him across the head. "Jerk." I fell onto my other pillow. "Good night."
I felt him brush his fingers through my hair once more and he kissed me on the head. "Night."
My eyes seemed to have weights attached to them, since I fell asleep before Collin could even turn off the light.
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I woke up to the sound of a deep snore and the sunlight breaking through the blue curtains that hung in front of the window. I stretched my stiff muscles and sat on the edge of the bed, wondering where the snoring was coming from. I got up and followed the sound. The sound led me on the other side of my bed where Collin was laying on the hard wood floor. I wanted to wake him so he could move up to the bed, but he looked to peaceful.
I started to tip toe out of his room, but paused when the snoring stopped.
"Victoria?" Collin said groggily. I turned to see Collin still half asleep. His eyes were droopy and his spiky, dirty blond hair was going in all different directions. A warm, bright smile spread from ear to ear appeared on his face. He looked cute this way. "Morning." He said with a yawn. He took two steps and wrapped me into a tight hug.
"You didn't have to sleep on the floor." He placed his finger under my chin, forcing me to look in his warm hazel eyes. "I wanted to make sure you were safe." I smiled, pecked him on the cheek and skipped my way out of his room.
"Wait--" I stopped in my tracks, causing him to run into me. "What?" he asked dryly. "I forgot a bottle." I panicked. He walked past me and into the kitchen, he didn't seem bothered at all. He opened the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle.
"I got one last night. I forgot to mention it." He shrugged and sat down in a chair at the kitchen table. The house seemed too quiet. "Where is everybody?" I asked.
He listened to the silence himself before answering. "Mike and everybody was called to go and help somebody around one in the morning."
"Oh." I murmured before skipping into the kitchen. "What do you want for breakfast? I'll make you something." He looked like he was about to object so I knew I had to convince him. "Eggs, pancakes, toast." He laughed, but shook his head as well. "I'll take it all. Plus, if it's no trouble, bacon too?"
I grabbed the eggs and searched for the pancakes. "How many pancakes, toast and eggs do you want?" I started to measure the ingredients for the pancakes, while he thought to himself.
"Five eggs, four pancakes, two pieces of toast, and four pieces of bacon." I almost dropped the carton full of eggs after hearing the huge meal he wanted. "Please." He said before walking into the living room and turning on the television. "Gosh, you and your huge appetite." I muttered under my breath.
After setting everything on Collin's plate, I called him into the kitchen.
"Wow, this looks amazing." He said when he eyed the food. He sat across the table from me and immediately dug in. My eyes widened at how big the bites were and how fast he was eating. "Your going to choke." I laughed.
He didn't stop eating till every little piece was off his plate and every drop of orange juice was gone. "Well that food lasted no more than two minutes." I let out a tiny sigh.
I picked up his plate and walked to the sink to clean it, but softly dropped the plate in the sink. "Can I ask you something?" I still had my back to him as I waited for his answer.
He hesitated. "Uh, sure." He replied, unsure of what I was going to ask.
"It's nothing serious. I just feel like we need to get to know each other a little more." I finished washing his dish and turned to see his legs propped up on the table with his head rested on the wall behind him.
"What would you like to know?" I wiped my hands on a nearby paper towel and sat across the table.
"Umm." I really didn't know what to ask him first. I knew I wanted to get to know him better, but I didn't know where to start.
"What's your favorite color." I said quickly. He laughed. "Green."
"Tell me about your life, like your past." I muttered way too fast; I wasn't sure about asking this question. It came out in a jumbled mess, but he seemed to understand.
He sighed and straightened in his seat. "Okay."
He hesitated, picking out his words.
"Me and my parents first lived in Florida. We lived on the beach in a small condo. My mother loved it there, she was out by the beach from morning till nighttime, even if it was raining. My dad never liked the beach, or Florida, but he never told my mom that. He loved her too much. Then my mom got really sick and she couldn't stand the humidity and the heat, so we moved here when I was seven." He paused, distracted by his thoughts.
"We were a great family, we did everything together. But this one night, my parents decided to have a nice dinner out at this fancy restaurant, without me. On their way home, a semi-truck lost control and hit them at high speeds. They were killed instantly." He paused and sighed, still lost in his memories. "My dad was a werewolf since he was ten and his dad also. He was going to change me when I turned ten, but since he died when I was nine, he couldn't do it." Finally he got out of his trance and looked at me. "Sorry I must be boring you." I shook my head and grabbed his hand that was on rested on the table. "No your not, this is what I wanted. I wanted to know more about you." He smiled, but once again, sighed.
"Well remember that old man with the shotgun, and I told you that he was my grandfather?" I lightly laughed, recalling that night, and shook my head. "Well when my parents died, I stayed with him for a year. But towards the end of the year my grandfather started having memory problems. He would wake up and not know who I was and he would kick me out of the house. That's when Mike moved me in with him and when he adopted me. My dad was good friends with Mike's dad, that's how I got to know him. Then when I turned ten, Mike turned me into a werewolf." His tense shoulders relaxed, and we exchanged a smile.
"Now it's your turn." He said. I grumbled, knowing that my life wasn't exactly exciting, but I knew that since he told me about his history, I have to tell him mine.
"My father died before I was born, my mother left me when I was seven, and I went to three different foster homes, and then I was adopted by the Blaine family." He looked at me like I did something wrong, so I just shrugged my shoulders. "What?" I asked; confused.
"That was brief." He said.
"Well my life isn't interesting, and I'm sure Mike or Daniel already told you about my father, since they some how knew about him before I did." He shook his head in agreement. There was an awkward silence before he broke it.
"Tell me about your mother. Not when she was with your father but the time after you were born." My body stiffened, but relaxed again after Collin squeezed my hand and telling me that it would be okay.
"I haven't talked about my mother to anybody." He bent his head and lightly kissed my hand, making my body relax a little bit more. "It's better to talk about it." He informed me.
I debated to myself whether I should tell him anything, but I quickly gave in. "My mother was a fantastic mother. She was a kid at heart and did everything with me. She took me to the park everyday, played with my dolls on the floor, she even let me help cook every meal with her which was always a blast. I didn't know it, but my mother was seeing some guy. When she said she was working late, she was really with this one man. I saw her get dropped off by a guy and she was carrying her uniform. She kissed him goodbye, and when she came up to the apartment, she was in her uniform. I never told her that I saw her through the window that one night." I paused and sighed.
"My mother promised me that it would always be just me and her, and that she would never fall for some guy since she still loved my father even though he was gone. She broke her promise. After that one night, she started to do drugs. The guy that she was with was the one giving her the drugs, and clearly making her do them. Every day after that she would get farther and farther away from me. She wouldn't take me to the park, or cook anything any more, sometimes I wouldn't see her for a whole day and night. Then on my birthday, she came home crying and told me that she was leaving. She left with the same guy I saw dropping her off that first night." I took in a deep breath, making me feel a little better. "I never saw her again."
It felt good that I talked about my mother, but it just brought up more memories and the horrible times. That was when I realized that I haven't had any flashbacks since the first week of living with the Blaine family. It makes me feel... happy. I don't want to think about my mother anymore. I don't even want to think about her being my mother. Kelly is my mother now, not her. The Blaine family is my family now, not her.
My thoughts were interrupted by Collin getting out of his chair. "You ready to clean?" He excitedly and jokingly bouncing on his heels as I got out of my chair. "Were going to have tons of fun!" I laughed and pushed him out of the way; heading for the living room to start the really long and boring day.
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It took us fourteen hours to get everything cleaned up. We finished dusting the last picture, in the last room around eleven.
"You know, if you put things back where they're supposed to be, the house wouldn't end up like that." I suggested. He took his eyes off the road for a second and looked me in the eyes and laughed. "Well you know, if you didn't go to that party, we wouldn't have had to clean the house." He suggested back. I crossed my arms and stared out the window; giving him the silent treatment, even though I knew he was right.
Both Collin and I reeked of cleaning products, which just smelt up his car. Mike wasn't home yet from whatever they were doing today, so Collin decided to take me home. As we pulled down my driveway, something just didn't feel right. We parked behind everyone else's car and he turned off the engine.
"Let me walk you to your door." I grabbed his hand before he grabbed for the door. "You don't have to. You should get home and get some rest."
Even through the darkness I could see his bright, white smile spread from ear to ear. "Well, goodnight then." He kissed me on the lips and rested there for a few seconds, making me melt in my seat. When he released his kiss, he kissed me once more on the forehead.
"Night." I barely muttered before I grabbed the car door handle. I got out the car and closed it gently after giving him one last wave. He didn't start the car back up till I was half way up the driveway, then he started to retrieve back to the main road when I reached the door. I stood there and watched as he drove off past the trees, to where I couldn't see him anymore. I started to reach for my key in my pocket but something caught my attention in the corner of my eye. I paused, and froze as I thought of what or who it could be.
Instead of rushing in the house and closing the door immediately, I walked to the end of the porch and peered around the side of the house. The feeling in my stomach grew, but my curiosity grew even more. I hopped off the porch and walked along the side of the house. When a gust of wind blew in my face, a familiar scent brushed with it. I just couldn't figure out who's scent that was.
My body froze in place as I heard a twig snapping. I wasn't sure if it was far away or near by, but my instincts told me to turn around and run. But before I could, something hard and sharp hit my head, knocking me to the ground. I wanted to turn around but something or someone was putting pressure on my back, causing me to be stuffed in the ground. When I pushed off the ground one last time, the same hard and sharp object hit my head again. This time, knocking me completely unconscious.
Hope you liked the chapter. You learned more about Collin and Tori's history and I left you with a cliff hanger. Exciting. Haha. Someone asked me in a message 'which one is better, Vampires or Werewolves?' As you can tell, I like werewolves more, since Tori is falling for a werewolf. Don't hate me but with Twilight, I like Jacob more than Edward. THAT doesn't mean I don't like Edward, hes still up there with Jacob, their almost even. OH, a couple weekends ago I met a guy named Jacob Black. LOL Well this is a long Authors note so I'll quit. I hope EVERYONE reviews. It'll make me really happy.
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