Author's note: Hey y'all! :) Fair warning: besides the beginning, this chapter is purely fluff and cheesy jokes. It's basically just a fun little filler chapter. Lol
Enjoy!
Aurora's eyes snapped open.
She was lying on the cold dirty surface of the forest floor. Her vision was foggy and she had no idea how she had gotten there.
"Hello?! Aurora called lifting herself gingerly off the ground.
It was dark and Aurora could see a huge shadow looming in the distance. She squinted her eyes to make out the silhouette more clearly but it was no use. She could see one thing, however.
Red eyes.
Two huge, blood-red eyes were fixated on her, sending a shot of fear through her heart. These eyes were not the friendly eyes of the wolf that saved her. These eyes definitely did not belong to Silky. Every fiber of her mind told her to run.
So she did.
She ran as fast as she could through the woods, branches grabbing at her skin, cutting her as she tried to escape whatever was after her. Suddenly, Aurora heard someone call her name. She stopped fast, turning to see who the voice belonged to. But instead of turning to face a person, she was face to face with those terrifying eyes.
"What do you want?! Who are you?" She cried.
The shadow didn't answer; instead Aurora just heard the sound of a terribly malicious laugh echo through the woods.
Aurora woke with a start. She was covered in a cold sweat, her chest heaving.
'It was just a nightmare.' Aurora thought trying to calm herself.
She looked over to see Elizabeth sleeping peacefully next to her. Sitting up so that her back was resting against the headboard of the bed, Aurora grabbed her phone off the table she had sat it on the night before. She yawned and looked at the time, it was 9:30 a.m.
Aurora turned off the alarm she had set and got out of bed as quietly as she could. She decided to take a shower since she was soaked in sweat, making her way to the bathroom at the end of the hall with a change of clothes and two towels she had snagged from the closet next to Elizabeth's room.
After her shower, Aurora felt a million times better. She dressed in the bathroom and made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Morning Aurora! How are you feeling?" Mrs. Walker asked greeting her with a kind smile. She was cooking something that smelled so delicious it made Aurora's mouth water.
"I'm doing well. How are you Mrs. Walker?" Aurora asked taking a seat next to Mr. Walker at the kitchen table. He was drinking a cup of coffee, a couple pieces of paper laid out before him.
"I'm well. Would you like breakfast?" Mrs. Walker replied grabbing four plates from the cabinet.
"Yes please!" Aurora said.
"I spoke to your parents about an hour ago. They know the situation and they know you are going to stay here until Monday when they get back." Mr. Walker said to her.
"Is that the official report?" Aurora asked motioning to the papers.
"Yeah, I will be interviewing your neighbors today, to see if one of them saw anything." He told her as Mrs. Walker brought them each a plate filled with bacon and hash browns.
Aurora ate while Mrs. Walker asked her how school was going and if she liked Honor Society. She was half way done with her plate when Elizabeth joined them in the kitchen.
"Morning!" Aurora said.
"Good morning." Elizabeth replied sitting down at the table. Mrs. Walker fixed her and plate and went back to asking Aurora about school.
"I'm so proud of you and Elizabeth for being honor students." Mrs. Walker gushed.
"Thank you Mrs. Walker." Aurora smiled as Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
"Mom, we've been honor students since freshman year. It's not that exciting anymore." Elizabeth teased.
"Well excuse me for being proud of my baby girl." Mrs. Walker joked back with a wink at Aurora.
After breakfast Elizabeth and Aurora went back upstairs to Elizabeth's room to hangout. Aurora sat on the bed and looked at her phone to check the time. She saw that it was almost twelve and decided that she and Elizabeth need to hatch a plan.
"Okay. If your parents ask, just tell them I went to Dylan's to work on a lab project." Aurora told Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was sitting at her desk, arms folded with a scowl on her face.
"Why don't you just tell them the truth?" Elizabeth asked.
"Oh, yeah I'll just do that! And what do you propose I say? Mr. Walker, I know you're the sheriff and all but could you please overlook the fact that my boyfriend is legal and I'm not? Oh, and please don't tell my parents?" Aurora mocked.
"Damn it. Fine. So the story is that you are going to your ex-boyfriend's house to do homework?" Elizabeth huffed.
"Exactly. Unless you have a better idea?" Aurora asked.
"No. That should work. How long will you be gone?" Elizabeth inquired.
"I don't know. Till six?" Aurora guessed.
"Five and a half hours?! What the hell are you two gonna do for five and a half hours?... Don't answer that!" Elizabeth cried.
"Oh my God. Get your mind out of the gutter! It was just an estimation. I might be back earlier." Aurora laughed.
"No later than six okay? I don't like lying to my parents." Elizabeth said.
"No later than six. And thank you Elizabeth. Seriously." Aurora told her sincerely.
"I know you would do the same for me." Elizabeth said with a sigh and a hint of smile.
"In a heartbeat!" Aurora reassured her. "I better get going."
"Have fun with stranger danger." Elizabeth joked.
"I'll tell him you say hi." Aurora laughed getting up from the bed.
Elizabeth gave her a sarcastic thumbs up.
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When Aurora arrived at the camp site, Derek was already there. It didn't take her long to notice that he looked different. Instead of his usual jeans, black t-shirt and leather jacket, he was wearing a white tank top with black sweat pants. As he walked over to the car, Aurora could see sweat glistening off his arms and chest.
"Did you have a nice run?" Aurora asked as Derek got in the passenger's seat.
"I did." Derek replied leaning over to give her a kiss.
Even though he was covered in sweat, he still smelled like his cologne. Aurora loved that smell.
"Great! Before we set off on our adventure to Casa de Hale, what's your number?" Aurora asked putting her car in park before taking out her cell phone.
She hit the new contact button on her Droid Two and Derek rattled off his number as Aurora entered it into her phone.
"I'm totally saving it under Mountain Man." Aurora joked storing Derek's number.
"Well, then I've got to save yours under Princess." Derek stated pulling out his phone from the right pocket of his sweat pants.
"I would be sad if you didn't." Aurora teased before reciting her number for Derek. "I just need to download a ringtone for you really fast and we can head out." She told him as she pulled up the song she had in mind on her phone and pushed buy.
"What song?" Derek asked curiously.
"Grab the second cd in the holder…" Aurora said pointing to the glove box. "And turn it to number five."
Derek complied as Aurora set his ringtone and put her phone down in the cup holder closest to her.
"It's called Wanted by Jessie James." Aurora said as the song started to play.
"The outlaw?" Derek joked.
"The singer, dumb dumb. And she's a girl." Aurora giggled.
Derek smiled, falling silent to listen to the lyrics. Aurora put the car in drive and headed down the dirt road that led into the woods.
"Put my lips on your mouth
Keep you comin' around
Cause I like it
Put your hands on my hips
Take me down sink that ship
Boy I can't resist!"
Derek gave Aurora a sly smile.
"I wanna wear my hair wild in a mess
Cut-off jeans, can you get with that?
Give you some like you've never had
'Cause I only wanna to be wanted by you"
"This song is appropriate. Cause I definitely want you." Derek in a husky voice making Aurora's blood run hot.
"What about you Mountain Man? Do you have a song in mind for my ringtone?" Aurora asked stopping at a fork in the road.
"Make a right. And no, I don't listen to music that much." Derek told her.
Aurora took the right and shot Derek a 'figures' look.
"I like classic rock." He offered.
"Let me get this straight. You drive a Chevrolet, you listen to classic rock, and you wear a leather jacket?" Aurora asked raising one eyebrow. "Holy shit. Are you Dean Winchester?" She joked.
"Dean who?" Derek asked. His voice a mixture of confusion and jealousy.
Aurora rolled her eyes and sighed.
"He's fictional, Derek. Don't freak out." She giggled. "Next weekend we are so having a Supernatural marathon."
"Supernatural?" Derek asked.
"It's a show. And it's fucking awesome. And you are gonna watch it." Aurora told him with a smile.
"Yes ma'am." He mocked.
"Could you please change this cd with the one that says Aurora's mix in the holder? It should be the third one." Aurora said.
Derek did as she asked.
"Listen to some of these songs and see if you like any of them enough to be my ringtone." Aurora smiled.
"All right. Let's see." Derek said turning up the volume a bit. "Oh, you are gonna make a left here and follow this road for a while."
"Rodger that." Aurora said.
"You look a little tired. Did you sleep okay last night?" Derek asked as track one started to play.
"I had a pretty bad nightmare." Aurora confessed. "It was probably just because I went to bed worried."
"Why did you go to bed worried?" Derek questioned with worry of his own.
Aurora was silent for a moment. She really didn't want Derek to freak out.
"When I got home last night my front door was wide open and it seemed as though someone had been in my room." Aurora finally told him.
The words had barely left her mouth before Derek looked as though he was going to explode from rage.
"Did you see anyone? Did they take anything? What did the police say? You didn't get hurt did you?" Derek bombarded her with a whirlwind of questions.
"Derek." Aurora said calmly. "It's okay. I didn't see anyone, nothing was taken, the police are working on finding some leads, and I'm not hurt. Honestly." She said reaching over to give his arm a comforting squeeze.
Derek looked like a caged animal. Aurora wasn't sure if he was going to hyperventilate or Hulk out.
"Breathe Derek." She reminded him.
Thankfully, he listened to her, taking a deep breath.
"As long as you are okay." He said in a hushed voice.
"I'm completely fine. I'm even staying at Elizabeth's until my parents get back."
"You were staying home alone?" Derek choked.
"Derek! For the love of God. I'm sixteen, not six!" Aurora scolded.
Derek grumbled.
"Chill Mountain Man. I'm safe. Aren't you supposed to be listening to music?" Aurora mocked.
"I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and make a change"
"What's this?" Derek asked attempting to calm down.
"Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson. It's my inspirational song." Aurora smiled.
"I like it." Derek smiled back as the song ended and the next song began.
"So, what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman"
Derek raised both eyebrows.
"This is for my girls all around the world
Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Shout louder!"
"What? This is my girl power song." Aurora laughed.
"Why does it not surprise me that you have a girl power song?" Derek asked rhetorically.
"Don't hate!" Aurora joked as Derek pushed next. "What the hell is this song?!" He asked in disgust a few seconds later.
"You're insecure
Don't know what for
You're turning heads when you walk through the door
Don't need make up
To cover up
Being the way that you are is enough"
Aurora busted out laughing.
"What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction." She told him.
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way you to flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!"
"Make it stop!" Derek cried hitting next again.
"Hey girl I'm waiting on yah, I'm waiting on yah.
Come on and let me sneak you out.
And have a celebration, a celebration.
The music up the window's down."
Derek made a sour face.
"Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy till we see the sun.
I know we've only met but let's pretend it's love.
And never, never, never stop for anyone.
Tonight let's get some."
"And live while we're young!" Aurora sang.
"I think my ears are bleeding." Derek complained pushing next hastily.
"I take it you aren't a One Directioner?" Aurora teased.
"I don't even know what the fuck that is. But I'm sure the answer to your question is hell no." Derek said changing the song.
"I'm a free fall
Straight up out of control
Full of words of wisdom
I'm seeing double vision"
"This is better." Derek said nodding his head to the beat.
"From a dead on head on crash course in collision
A sucker for a kind word
Every voice I've heard
This is my answer for you
There you go again being beautiful you
Setting fire to all you hold on to
There's a blaze in my hand portraying one-sided views
I'm letting go again, won't be another friend to a
Beautiful, a beautiful you"
"Beautiful You by Saving Abel." Aurora said with a grin.
"Put this on the list as a definite possibility." Derek told her skipping to the next song.
"Your love tells a story baby
Well I've been reading between the lines lately
The first page down rip it out and roll it up
I burn it like a star falling down to the earth
I always seem to love the things that kill me"
Derek nodded his approval and Aurora noted any song with a good guitar riff seemed to make him happy.
"Take your sticks and stones 'cause they don't break me
Leave your guns and horse at your Western baby
I am gonna die by your suicide eyes"
"I like this one too." Derek told her.
"It's called Suicide Eyes by A Thousand Horses." Aurora said. "Side note, are we almost to your house?"
"Couple more miles." Derek told her.
"You did NOT run this far." Aurora said shaking her head. "You're insane! What time did you leave? SIX?"
Derek chuckled but didn't answer, instead he skipped to the next song.
"The cotton wood fallin' like snow in July
Sunset, riverside, four-wheel drive and a tail light circle
Roll down the windows, turn it on up
Poor a little Crown in a Dixie cup
Get the party, started"
"I love this song so much." Aurora said cranking up the volume.
"Girl you make my speakers go "BOOM BOOM"
Dancin' on the tailgate in a full moon
That kinda thing makes a man go mhmm mhmm
You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans
Drip of honey on the money maker gotta bee
The best buzz I'm ever gonna find..
I'm a little drunk on you, and high on summertime"
"Ooo, this is my favorite part!" She shouted. "Well if you ain't a ten, you're a 9.9. Tippin' and spillin' that homemade wine on your tied-up, t-shirt. Every little kiss is drivin' me wild, throwin' little cherry bombs into my fire. Good God al-mighty!" Aurora sang, dancing in her seat.
"I pick this one." Derek beamed over at her as she tuned the volume back to normal.
"It's called Drunk On You by Luke Bryan." Aurora said cheerfully.
"You'll have to set it for me. I'm not technologically savvy." Derek confessed.
"Why does that not surprise me?" Aurora taunted.
Derek wrinkled his nose.
"My house is just around that corner." He said pointing to a left turn that led to a huge paved driveway.
"HOLY SHIT!" Aurora managed to say as she turned up the driveway to see a gigantic house at the end of it.
"You can park next to the Camaro." Derek laughed seeing Aurora's awestruck face.