Hi people! Back with another chapter! Woo! Twenty chapters! :) I might have a marathon of my fanfic, maybe I'll do three chapters a day for a week or something. But maybe :D I hope you liked the last one. And this one. Thanks for all the reviews! They made me HAPPY! :D Enjoy!

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Me: Oh Derek...

Derek: What?

Me: Oh...oh look, a candle, the lights are closed, and it's only us two...

Derek: Go away.

Me: I knew it.

Tori's POV:

I grit my teeth. I knew this wouldn't last long. Weeks of freedom from the witch and she returns, looking bitterer each time I see her.

"What are you doing here?" I shout, clenching my fists, tearing away from Lucas's strong, warm, safe, protecting arms...

"What? No 'welcome back mother'? 'I missed you so much'? 'I lov-" she begins sarcastically.

"Okay, both of us know I would never say those things in my life. So I repeat. What are you doing here?" I say, tired of her games, just wanting this to be over.

"Alright, fine, Victoria. I'm here to finish what I should have done a long time ago," she says, smiling evilly, raising her hand to prepare for a spell.

I raise my hand as well, fingers sparking.

"I'm not a little girl anymore. Go ahead. Hit me." I meet her gaze. "I dare you."

She shoots a spell at me, but I use another spell to block it, ducking and spinning, than coming back up and sending blue sparks her way. She manages to dodge it, a surprised look on her face. Than her face darkens and she throws even more spells at me. I dodged them all.

It went on like that, her shooting spells at me and I dodging them and sliding more spells to her.

"Oh, Victoria. You'll never understand. I can kill you. I won't hold back. You are a horrible child." She met my gaze. "I never loved you."

Tears prickled.

I cry out in anger, shooting a spell at her so hard she flings backwards, but steadies herself and glares at me.

"I killed your father! I killed Kit too!"

"WHAT?" Simon yells. "No, no. No you didn't Liar. LIAR!"

Simon throws a spell at her and she topples over.

I run over to her and check her pulse.

She's alive.

"Aw...she's alive." I stood up, legs shaky, and hit her with more spells, hoping she dies.

"Tori!" Derek shouts. I jump and look up, surprised.

"What the fuck? Stop! Don't kill her."

Simon falls to his knees and cries out.

Kit might be dead.

"S-Simon...she might b-be lying," Chloe says to him, in hope to make him feel better and not believe what this bitch witch said.

Derek sighs in frustration. He walks over to Mom, lifts her up, opens the basement door, and heaves her down. He closes the door and locks it.

"There. All is done," he says to me. He was obviously still mad. I stare at him as he walks out.

Great. He just killed all the action about to come.

"I wanted to hurt her," I complain, frowning.

I knew I had to apologize to him. I hadn't meant to tell him he was selfish and I hated him. I was just angry and frustrated. Honestly, I had grown to like him, maybe even love him as a brother. But we still weren't close enough to talk cheesy or anything.

I followed him anyway.

I found him sitting near this big oak tree he always sits next to. I walk over and sit beside him, fidgeting and squirming, trying to think of something to say.

"Yes?" he said finally, voice eerily calm.

I clear my throat. "Um, well, I just wanted to say that-from before-remember that?-yeah, anyway, I just wanted to say that-that-"

"Spit it out," he snaps.

I glare. "Shut up. Jeez. Even when someone is trying to apologize to you you're a jerk."

"Apologize?" He laughed bitterly. "There's absolutely no need to apologize. I don't need your apology. I don't care."

"Alright than. Fuck you."

I get up and walk back inside the house, slamming the door behind me.

What the hell was that?

Chloe's POV:

I saw Tori walk out to talk to Derek. Hopefully to apologize. I smile slightly, realizing how close they were becoming. Than my smile vanished. Close? They almost killed each other earlier today. But, maybe, if Tori actually did apologize, they would be friends again.

"Stupid Derek and his fucking idiot self and I hate him and he's a jerk and a bitc-"

"Tori?" I call.

"What?" she snaps at me.

"What are you muttering about?"

"NOTHING! CAN'T A GIRL TALK TO HERSELF WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED?" She walks into our room, slamming the door. Hard.

I stare.

She opens the door slightly, enough for her head to poke out.

"I realize that was lame," she says, her voice calm, showing no emotion.

"Yes."

"I will go to bed now. Spare me the shame."

"I'll try."

She closes the door gently.

I press my lips together and walk over to the bathroom to check...

Well, I honestly don't know.

Just check how I look I guess.

I stare at myself in the mirror.

Ew.

I looked dirty.

I stripped off my clothes and climbed into the shower.

A slam at the door made me jump, shampoo sliding into my eyes. I yelp.

After I wash it out, I freeze.

Just freeze.

"D-Derek..." I say quietly, only Derek could hear.

"Chloe."

I shriek. "What are you doing in here? I'm taking a shower!"

"I was hiding from Tori...I didn't mean to...I didn't focus on-I-I didn't know you were here," he admits, voice guilty and quiet. Obviously he was embarrassed.

"Hiding from Tori? You're kidding."

"No...I was rude to her earlier and than when I came to apologize she started screaming at me, pelting her hairbrush and makeup at my face."

"Oh God. You guys are so-"

Tori pounded at the door. "OPEN UP, SOUZA! OR ARE YOU AFRAID? OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!"

"I'd rather not die alone," Derek called back.

"OPEN THE DOOR! NOW!" Tori screamed, hitting the door over and over so hard, I was afraid it was going to break.

Than I heard a zap, and the next thing I knew the shower curtain was falling, me scrambling to catch it, grabbing it and hiding my naked body from Tori, Derek, and a now gaping Simon right behind Tori.

Tori laughs hysterically, her anger now vanished.

Derek turns red and tries not to gape.

Simon gapes and claps a hand over his mouth.

"TORI!" I yell, cheeks reddening.

"Oh, that was hilarious! You should have seen your face-it was so-so-"

"Get out!" I order, pointing to the door. They all retreat.

Oh wow.

You have got to be kidding me.

That was so embarrassing!

And why did Derek have to be there?

I groan and try to put the curtain back up, falling, the curtain wrapping around my body as I spin uncontrollably to the floor just as Derek walks by the bathroom. He lunges toward me, as I thank the curtain (mentally) for wrapping my body. He catches me in his arms, the shower still running, causing both of us to get wet.

My hair wet, him shirtless, me naked but with the curtains around me.

Lovely.

He leans down and kisses me. I wrap my arms around his neck, shower still on us, the moment getting hotter and hotter until-

"Okay. I came by to get my hairbrush. But obviously, I ruined this moment. This nasty, disgusting moment. Now, Chloe's going to come with me while Wolf-Boy cleans up." Tori pauses. "Oh, and by the way, I only didn't scream because my throat hurts."

Awkward.

Derek and I stare at each other than sigh.

An ear-splitting scream and the slam of doors sends us all scrambling up, looking frantically around.

We see Diane behind Tori, her face a bloody mess, her arm limp, clothes damp with sticky, wet blood.

"That's it, Victoria! I've had enough! Death awaits!" Diane shot up her hands and sparks fly from her fingers, angry red sparks.

Derek and I try to do something, try to help, but we're frozen in place.

Binding spell.

Damn it.

The sparks hit Tori and she hits the floor with a loud BANG!

"No!" I cry.

I stare at her, face screwed up, filled with horror. "Please," I beg. "Don't go."

My gaze moves to her chest. (A/N I know that sounds wrong. Just ignore it.)

It wasn't moving.

"TORI!" Derek shouts. "BREATHE!"

Simon runs in with a glass bottle, striking it across Diane's head. She stumbled a bit but held herself and backhanded Simon across his face.

"Simon!" Derek yells.

"I'm okay," he mutters.

I looked at Tori again.

Dread filled me. My heart pounded violently, my whole body trembling with fear.

Please be alive, Tori. Please. Please. Please.

Diane looked at me, and than Derek.

Her fingers sparked.

She shoots a spell at Derek, blue sparks jumping toward him.

"NO!" I shriek.

It hits him, and he tumbles to the ground with a loud THUD!

His gaze weakly meets mine. He smiles sadly and closes his eyes again, his chest not moving.

"My work here is done. Oh, and Chloe?" Diane says bitterly.

I glance at her, angry and disgusted.

She grabs me, and I still couldn't move.

"Lucas? Grab that rope. Help me tie her."

Strong arms wrapped me with a rope.

Wait.

I felt dizzy.

Lucas?

What-?

"Time for the Edison Group. I think they'll be very proud to know what I've caught. Great job Lucas."

Done! Hope you enjoyed it! Don't worry about Tori and Derek, I'll resolve their problem soon. As for Lucas? You'll see what happens with him. :) Review! Love you all! :D