See! I'm back with Chapter 14!
Disclaimer: Why would I... oh, you thought? Just get out of here! *door slams*
Random Person: so you don't own Darkest Powers?
*door opens*
Tori: no she doesn't. Now shoo!
Chapter 14 - You were the cause of my Love Whiplash - CPOV
Rebecca had called upon one of the girl's from the apartment complex we were living in currently. She was very pretty, with dirty blonde hair that she had in a pixie cut, pretty green-blue eyes and a round face. Sarah was funny and always at ease,ready to break any tension that was caused. She and Tori had become fast friends, talking, chatting and gossiping. I had taken a liking to her, too, and had talked to her on several occasions. I had also caught her singing in the halls when she was alone.
As Sarah made her way to the front, I looked around the crowd, searching for Simon, but mainly Tori. She was no where to be seen. And Chelsiey was also a no show. Worry sparked within me, but I pushed aside, trusting Tori.
When Sarah chose her song, she played one I hadn't listened to in a while. I smiled, happy that I wasn't the only one who liked forgotten names.
I never know if you're serious.
It sounds so vague and mysterious, with me and you.
Just when I think we're on solid ground
You pull the rug out and knock me down.
Are you just trying to play with me?
Do you get joy from misery?
I'd like to think:
It's just a phase that we're working out (Oh!)
But you jerking my heart around
As I glanced around, my gaze locked with Derek's green one and I sang along with the chorus, as if I were singing it to him.
Now I've got a classic case of Love Whiplash.
You push me off and then you pull me back.
Please, could you tell me if you're being sincere,
'Cause, darling, I can't stand to cry another tear.
(Oh, oh, oh, woah)
I tore my gaze away, but it was already set in motion. Derek stalked, yes stalked, he didn't look like he was coming for me, but I knew he was, towards me. I moved with the crowd, trying, for some reason, to stay out of his grasp. I accidentally ran into a dark skinned girl who was dressed up as, from the looks of it, an indian princess. And with her copper skin and copper hair, she fit the role perfectly. When her eyes met mine, something in me told me I should know her.
"Sorry" she said, before hurrying away, a laugh escaping as she left.
"Huh." I muttered before moving right along, ignoring the itching feeling that I knew her.
I'm losing count of the damages.
My heart is covered in bandages.
It's what you do.
I'm not so hard to accommodate. (No!)
Just get through or get on your way.
Cause now I've got a classic case of Love Whiplash.
You push me off than you pull me back
Please could you tell me if you're being sincere,
'Cause, darling, I can't stand to cry another tear.
A hand, warm and roughly callused, pushed aside my cloak and wrapped around my arm. I spun, and met the gleaming of eyes of Derek Souza.
"Caught you." he whispered, his voice gruff but holding a teasing lilt.
"Yes you did." I said, somehow breathless. My back was suddenly pressed against a wall. I glanced around the room to see that I had headed into an alcove that hid you from sight."Stupid." I muttered.
"What did you call me?" my eyes shot back to Derek's. Hurt flashed through his eyes.
"I-I w-wasn't t-talking about y-you." I stuttered. "I w-was c-calling m-myself s-stupid."
"But you're not." he said,but he relaxed. He leaned down, but song was ending and I used it as my excuse to escape the oncoming kiss.
It's not a long conversation.
Don't want a waste all your precious time.
It's not a difficult equation,
A simple yes or no will do fine.
'Cause I've got a bad case of Love Whiplash
Oh oh, oh oh
Now I've caught a bad case of Love Whiplash
Ooh, Yeah!
Now, I've caught a classic case of Love Whiplash
You broke my heart and now you want it back!
Please, could you tell me if you're being sincere,
'Cause, darling I can't stand to cry another tear.
His lips had hovered just above mine the entire time,but now they came crashing on to me. They kneaded my lips, and I knew with a sharp certainty, that I would no longer have any use for wearing red lipstick.
On their own accord, my feet rose so that I was standing on my tip toes and my arms snaked around his neck,pulling him ever closer.I had known I had missed the comforting feeling of Derek pressed against me, but I hadn't known how much. My whole body ached and yearned for his gentle caress and soothing touches. For his firm, yet soft, grip and the feeling of two bodies so close, neither knew where one ended and the other began.
Derek pulled away just as soon as the music ended. He unraveled himself from me and into the light, where he could be seen. I just stood there, staring after him, my mind still reeling from what had just happened and my body still tingling from the sparks that had run through me.
"And I guess it shall be the man in the back." Sarah's voice rang loud and clear through the microphone. But who was she talking about? What man in the- I only just realized who she was talking about when Derek began to move forward, towards the front of the room.
"I didn't know that Derek was a singer." a strangely familiar voice said from my right. I spun to see the copper haired girl I had run into earlier. She turned to so I could see her whole face.
With her copper hair pulled back in a tight braid, you could see all her features. She was definitely pretty, with her copper skin and copper-colored eyes, she could easily have admirers. And, from the glances she kept receiving, I could tell that my assumptions were correct. And while I swore I had never met her before tonight, the nagging feeling that I did kept buzzing through my brain. And her next sentence finally made it click.
"Nor did I expect to see you dating him either. Last I checked, you were still slightly terrified of him." Only one person knew that. She had been the one who had helped me solve the mysteries that were Derek Souza.
"Rae?"
So, for all you people who never figured out who the person narrating the last two chapters was, here you go.
So, now we have Identity figured out, Chloe and Derek kind of not really together, and Tori and Chelsiey missing. Wait, where is Chelsiey and Tori?
*crazy laugh*
Toodles!
-DJ