Vengeful Love

(This will be a chapter where a new character is brought in, well not "new", but new to this story. You should all know the character well. I'm not sure what is going to happen in the actual Fallen series, so I don't know where she is going to end up being in that story, but this story takes place after all the Fallen books, so if in the end, she doesn't end up making sense well…just bear with it. Haha.))

Chapter 8

The days were longer, and the nights had begun to be unbearable for Naomi. She didn't stay in her dorm any longer, Francesca and Steven kept her at the lodge in a spare office. They brought a bed in, and gave her all the same necessities, but wanted to keep her close if she needed anything. She had expressed her fear of going back to the door room, because she knew something had happened there, something violating. So until she was comfortable, she was staying at the lodge. Every night she would have a nightmare about what happened with Danny and his sister, but their faces would be a blur.

She hadn't attended classes, and so her homework was sent to the lodge to be completed, but she didn't even do that. Naomi didn't have the willpower or mindset to do anything but curl up into a ball on her bed and cry. Arianne, and Gabbe would come visit her often, but she didn't pay them much mind.

It was around dinner time, classes had ended and Gabbe had just left from giving her the homework for the day. Naomi was laying under the covers of her bed, in a pair of sweatpants and a tank-top. Her blonde hair laid around her in tangled curls, and her eyes were closed. A knock to her door made her jump in fright, but she relaxed back into her bed and tried to ignore it. Another knock came and she stayed silent, but after a moment the door opened and she tensed, sliding the blanket over her head. Footsteps moved quietly across the room and then someone sat down on the side of the bed. There was silence and she felt her fear grow by the second, until the blanket was pulled from her head and she saw Cam's face looming above her. She didn't remember much about him from before her memory loss, but she knew she was attracted to him, drawn towards him, but also she felt an edge of fear, as if getting close to him was a bad idea.

"Naomi…how are you?" he asked in a gentle voice. She didn't answer, just pressed her cheek against her pillow, eyes half-closed. "You can't stay in here forever…" he mumbled. "It isn't healthy…you need to get out there and live!"

"Live? Live? Live for what? I don't know who I am! I don't know where I am! Who my family is! Where I was born! What my favorite color is, or animal…or even season! I don't know anything! I don't know what things I enjoy or who my favorite singer is! I don't even remember you all, people that I've been told were my friends! I don't remember anything! What is there to live for! All I remember, all I dream about is that somebody tried to…they tried to do something horrible to me in that stupid dorm! But I don't even know who it was!" She yelled, sitting up in bed and willing herself not to cry. She didn't want to cry in front of Cam, she wanted to be strong, she knew that, but she couldn't. She just didn't know how.

"Naomi…you can rebuild all of those memories…We can all help you…" urged Cam. "But you have to trust us, and come out of here…you've been in this room for 2 weeks now…"

"Go away Cam…" she whispered softly.

"Please Naomi…I don't like seeing you like this…You were never-"

"I was never what?" she asked, sitting up on the bed, looking at him with curiosity clear in her expression. Cam stood up and backed up a step, but Naomi reached forward and grabbed his hand, gasping when a spark seemed to ignite between them. "Cam.." she whispered.

"Naomi…there are things I can't tell you…things you'll need to find out for yourself…but…I just…I can't stay away from you…"

"Cam…" Naomi murmured. She pulled him back towards the bed until he sat down. "I…You're the only person I really recognize…I don't know why I do…but I feel like…" she blushed," I feel like we had a connection before I lost my memory…" She looked at the floor in embarrassment.

Cam laughed quietly and put an arm around Naomi," You could say we had a connection…a very personal connection…And I miss it…so get better soon…." He teased quietly, giving her a gentle squeeze before he stood up and headed to the door. "We're always around if you want some friends…" he added before he slipped out and closed the door behind him.

Later that night Naomi stood up from her bed and slipped on some shorts and a white tank-top. Her arm was still broken and so was in a cast and a sling, so it made getting dressed difficult but she managed. After running a brush through her hair as best she could she took out her cellphone and left her room.

The weather was a lot warmer, a humid edge to the air now, and it was only a few months before the school year ended and everyone went home till the following fall. Naomi frowned, she didn't know who her parents were. How could she go home to a family she didn't remember anything about? With a sigh she left the lodge and began to wander the campus, feeling strange to be out of her room after so long of a time. The moon was half full and gave light to the darkened campus's fields and buildings. She didn't head towards her old room, but instead headed towards the beach cliff.

Her feet were silent on the grass as she approached the cliff edge. Naomi sat down, dangling her legs over the edge before lying back so she could look at the sky, full of twinkling stars. Closing her eyes she tried to focus on remembering something about her past, or the world she was living in. But every time she tried to think hard, she'd get a painful jolt to the side of her head. "Ugh…" she mumbled softly, getting ready to give up. But before she did she gasped, a thought squirming its way through the unseen barrier in her mind.

Angels.

They existed, in the world. Her friends, they were all Angels, fallen, but still Angels and some of the students at Shoreline, were the offspring of Angels and humans, Nephilim. She sat up straight, eyes wide and excited. She remembered something! She was getting through. She stood up quickly and rushed from the cliff back towards the lodge, a smile spreading across her face. If she tried hard enough perhaps she could get through to her memories.

Naomi continued running until she heard her name.

"Naomi!" called a voice she didn't recognize. She slowed down and turned around, searching the darkness for whoever called her name. "Hold on!" A girl appeared, with black hair and beautiful hazel eyes. "You're Naomi, right?"

"That's what they tell me…who are you?" asked Naomi. "I'm sorry if I don't remember you…" Naomi mumbled quietly, her happy mood suddenly plummeting.

"I'm Luce…I'm friends with your friends Arianne, Gabbe, and Daniel…" she said with a small smile. "I just came to find you and you weren't in your room at the lodge…so I headed back to the dorm and that's when I saw you heading back…" she held out her hand to Naomi, who hesitated before shaking it tentatively.

"Well…Hello Luce…but was there something you needed?" asked Naomi curiously. She was confused, why was this random girl looking for her.

"I heard you lost your memories…and I've had a similar problem…so I wanted to see if I could help you out…help you try and break through to them again…" offered Luce. Naomi laughed softly and smiled.

"Maybe…we'll see… but…I'm going to go back to my room now…It was nice meeting you Luce…" Naomi replied casually before running off again, ignoring Luce as she called out to her again.

Once back at the lodge, Naomi searched for Francesca or Steven, excited to tell them what she knew. It took her a little while but eventually she burst into a room containing the two of them and Daniel. She rushed over to Francesca and threw her arms around the woman's neck.

"Naomi! Is everything okay?" asked Francesca, worried.

"Everything is perfect!" she cried happily. "Cam visited me today and we were talking…and he got me thinking…that maybe I should get out of my room…so I went to the cliffs today and tried to remember something…anything…"

"And?" urged Steven, clearly interested. Daniel was standing with wide eyes and a small smile.

"I remembered something! I remember what you all are...you're all Fallen Angels…and some of the students…they're…what were they…Oh! Nephilim! Yes! I didn't believe it at first but then I knew it had to be true for me to remember something so ridiculous!" Naomi laughed and pulled out of the hug she'd wrapped around Francesca.

"Do you remember anything else?" asked Francesca. "Perhaps about yourself?"

"No….but I don't care…this is so exciting…I can't believe I remembered something!" continued Naomi, still excited about her own news.

"Well…does this mean she can join the classes?" asked Daniel with a small tilt of his head. Steven nodded his head and clapped his hands. "Wonderful…I'll see you here for class tomorrow morning, Naomi…." Daniel grinned before leaving the room to return to his dorm.