Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time! I'm stuck with a bunch of homework every day! So here's another chapter! Enjoy!

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Tori: Can you stop singing?

Me: No.

Tori: ...Please...?

Me: Okay.

Tori: Really?

Me: No.

Chloe's POV:

"The HELL?" Tori screams, both of them jumping up.

"He-he left. He said s-something about b-being a monster and h-hurting me and t-than he l-left," my voice cracked at the end and I choked back sobs.

"Monster? Where the hell would he get that idea?" Tori yells.

I shrug and wipe my eyes with my sleeves.

"Um...I may or may not have told Chloe something about 'Derek' and 'monster' in the same sentence," Simon mumbles.

"WHAT?" Tori faces him and clenches her fists.

"All I said was how I was happy she doesn't think of him as a monster! Isn't that supposed to be a good thing?" Simon says.

"But then why'd he leave?" I ask.

"I don't know," Simon mutters helplessly.

"We have to find him!" Tori says.

"No! I'll find him! You guys stay here. He couldn't have gone far. If I'm not back in a day or two come looking for me. Okay?" I say.

They both opened their mouths to disagree, but I dared them with my eyes to. They clamped their jaws shut.

"Fine," Tori mumbles.

I run off, slamming the front door behind me.

"DEREK?" I call, stepping silently into the woods. Or, at least, I tried to be silent. Too bad my feet disagreed, stepping on every branch, making a loud, irritating noise at every damn step.

"Oh Derek?" I call again.

"Looking for someone?" a familiar male voice said behind me.

I turn around, but before I could see who it was I felt something slam into the back of my head, causing me to inch toward the floor as everything went black.

Tori's POV:

"When do you think she'll be back?"

I glare at Simon. "For the billionth time. I don't know."

"Do you think their safe?"

"Oh, for God's sake Simon, do you think I'm psychic or something? How the hell am I supposed to know?" I meet his gaze. His eyes were filled with pure terror. I was worried too, but we can't do anything about it. At least, not yet.

"I trust Chloe. I'm sure they'll be back. She's not stupid, okay? She's smart enough to know how to handle situations like that. Plus, I'm pretty sure she has a cell phone," I tell him.

He nods, the fear in his eyes not leaving for even a second.

"It's going to be okay." I sit beside him, voice going softer. "It's going to be okay. I promise."

Simon's POV:

Dear Jesus up in heaven, were they okay? I can't help but feel something's wrong with them. Something terrible happened. I shook my head sharply. No. They're fine. They're okay.

I hope.

Tori kept trying to reassure me everything was okay, and I appreciated that. It helped, because she sounded so sure, so confident about it.

I believed her.

And maybe I only just found out a few days ago Tori is my half-sister, but I knew her well enough as a friend, too, to trust her with this.

I really, really hope she's right.

Derek's POV:

The pain I felt was unbearable.

Excruciating.

Absolutely horrible.

And I couldn't take it anymore.

"Oh, Derek?" I heard a soft voice call out.

Chloe.

Chloe, even after I told her how dangerous I was and that we shouldn't stay together, she comes for me.

She does love me.

She really does.

But, how could she, with the monster I already am?

I'm a horrible person.

Pure and simple.

Why can't she see that?

Why does she have to be so selfless and always think about me before her?

Why?

Because she loves you.

But I told her-

You're an idiot if you didn't think she'd come for you. Really.

Yeah. My inner voice was kind of right.

Kind of?

Okay, fine, it was completely right. But I couldn't let Chloe get hurt because of me.

I struggled to stand up, my entire body groaning in protest, but I tried harder. Which made some of my bones crack and I dropped to the cold, metal floor once more. Some felt wet under me.

It wasn't until I turned my head to sleep, giving in to exhaustion, when I saw I was lying in a pool of my own blood.

That's all for now guys! I'm so sorry it was short, but it's like 11:30pm, I've got the flu and a pounding headache and I'm seriously ready for bed right now! Hope you liked that one! More will be coming soon! Review, love you all! xox