Ignore the fact that I said Marilyn was coming over after school, it's the weekend so I decided to just have her come over during the day. Sorry about the confusion!
I was lying in the forest, curled into Derek. He was in wolf form and my fingers were entangled into his coarse fur. There was a sharp sound to my right, next thing I know I hear a loud shot. My heart is pounding, breath hitching in my throat as I look up to see what the commotion is. There's a man, maybe in his mid thirties, dragging a young brunette through the trees. He threw her to the ground violently and she scurried back, her face was consumed by overwhelming fear. He pulled out his gun, holding it to her head, and waited an agonizingly long time before finally pulling the trigger, and there was the loud crack of the shot once again. Next thing I know the man has the girl again, a repeating vision like the one I had when Derek was just beginning to change and we were staying in the woods by a rest stop.
Only this time I couldn't look away, I couldn't turn my head away from the agonizing scene in front of me. I screamed and jumped awake. I found myself in my bed, surrounded by the somewhat farmiliar surroundings of my new bedroom. There was beads of sweat forming on my forehead, and next thing I know Derek is bounding up the steps leading to my attic loft. "Chloe?! Are you okay I heard screaming " he gathered my shaky form in his protective arms and a wave of reassurance rushed over my body. " Yeah, I am now. Bad dream " I mumbled into his bare chest. Derek didn't want to leave, and to be honest I didn't want him to either. He pulled me under the covers and told me to get some sleep.
When I woke up I was curled into Derek's side, head resting on his muscular chest. His arm was still wrapped protectively around he and he was snoring softly. I looked at the time on the watch next to my bed, it was already 10:00, which was unusual for me and Derek since we were generally early risers. I tried to get up gently to avoid waking Derek, but it of course failed because of his sharp werewolf senses. He opened his eyes and yawned, "morning" he mumbles in a groggy voice. I leaned down to kiss him softly, "morning, thank you for last night " I smiled and he flashed a grin " anytime ".
No one commented on me and Derek sleeping together, it was nice that Kit trusted us so much. Not even Simon or Tori made their usual witty remarks as we sat down and had breakfast together. Marilyn was supposed to come over around 1:00, and it was already 11:00 by the time we finished up our bowls of cereal and tossed them into the sink. I went upstairs to get a towel, the nightmare left me feeling sweaty and gross, I desperately needed a hot shower.
Tori was hogging the bathroom once again, surprise, surprise. I headed down to Derek and Simons bathroom, no one was in the room so I just went right into the bathroom without asking. " Hey bro, learn to knock " Derek teased, he was standing in front of the mirror naked. I gulped, " oh my god I'm so sorry I t-thought the bathroom was e-empty " I stuttered, and I could feel my cheeks heating up. " Chloe? Oh...um I was just about to take a shower " he said nervously. My eyes were glued to his so I could avoid looking down at his very naked body, " oh, Toris hogging ours so ill just wait for one to be free " I spun around ready to retreat when Derek caught my shoulder. " Or we can take one together " his grin was filled with lust, "a-alright" I gave him a nervous smile. With that he pushed me against the wall pushing his naked body to mine. He took off my shirt and slipped a hand behind my back, lips attacking mine, he swiftly unclipped the bra and I let it fall to the floor. The pants were next, he swiftly got working on the fly and button, pushing them down so I could step out of them.
The shower was hot, the steam only adding to the sexiness. I was nervous, and really shy because this is the first time Derek has seen me fully naked. He massaged my back with body wash and I massaged his. He also washed my hair taking extra time to give me a scalp massage. We talked as we massaged, I loved how comfortable we were with each other, we talked about anything and everything and got out when the water ran cold.
Simon was in their bedroom when I walked out with a towel turban. You couldn't even tell that Derek had been in the shower, he ran gel through his wet hair making it look like he just slicked it back, good thing no one else would know. " Woah guys keep it pg " Simon teased, " you won't mention this to anyone alright? You know you owe me from all the times I covered for you and your countless girlfriends" Derek blackmailed him smoothly. I laughed as Simon made a pretend annoyed face and went upstairs.
I had just finished getting dressed and pulling my wet hair into a side braid when there was a knock at the door. Marilyn! She was coming over to talk, I guess my busy morning cause this to slip my mind. I bounded down the steps, swinging the door open to let Marilyn in. " Hey " she said with a small smile, I walked her to the kitchen and told her to wait there so I could round up everyone else and we could all talk. Simon and Tori smiled at her as they walked into the kitchen, " hey Marilyn " they chorused. Kit shook her hand " I'm Kit " he gave her his best friendly smile.
Once we had all settled around our small kitchen table Kit broke the silence. " Well Marilyn, as you now know you have a lot more in common with all of us then you may have thought. The kids went through the same thing you are now and you can feel free to ask anything whenever you need it, we know that it's never an easy process " she nodded respectfully. " As you also learned, we have some bad luck because we were involved in a dangerous experiment, and are still being hunted because of that. I'm sure Chloe and Tori told you how important it is to keep any information about us, and super naturals in general a secret?", "yes sir" Marilyn nodded. " Well first of all, were not all related" Simon said with a wink. " Shocking, isn't it?" Derel grunted sarcastically, " Derek is my step brother, and Tori is my biological sister who I didn't meet until recently. We were all enrolled in what we thought was a group home when my dad was missing a few months ago, and that's when we realized that we were all supernaturals and something was up with the nurses. We escaped the Lyle House a few weeks ago, and defeated the people responsible for the experiment. That's basically how we ended up as a fake family living in a small town in the middle of no where" Simon winked, trying to make everything as funny and care free as always.
Marilyn looked overwhelmed, " well that's a lot to take in " she laughed nervously. " So I'm a part of all this because...? " She was still lost. " Well " I spoke up finally, " we weren't the only ones involved in the experiment. Several other young parents were and they often ended up having to leave their kids in order to try to fix their mistakes. That's probably what your parents did, made sure you were adopted into a small town that no one would look in. Until now, the Cabal knows you're here, and soon they'll know we are too. We need to be prepared to run at any moment, I can't force you but I suggest that you run with us. The Cabal are a lot worse than you think, they'll make you their slaves." I concluded. "Woah. That's crazy! I mean I respect my parents a lot more now that I know they had a very good reason for giving me up for adoption but why would they get involved in something like that?", Kit cleared his throat. " As a parent that regretfully allowed his child to be involved I can understand how it happened. We were all young parents and we didn't really know what we were getting into. They made it sound like it would make your already hard lives as super naturals a lot easier so I of course wanted that for Simon. Once you've been around the Edison Group employees it's easy to see how someone could be manipulated by them." Kit looked saddened, I doubt this was something he liked talking about. "Believe me we're paying for that mistake" he gave a small, nervous laugh.
" Well I don't know you very well but for some reason I trust everything you guys are saying. I knew that I wasn't imagining everything that I was seeing, and I've had this constant paranoid feeling like someone is watching me. I guess I just needed someone to confirm it. I hope we don't end up having to run, at least for a while. Oh and Chloe? Can you teach me more about how to use my powers?" She smiled shyly. " Of course, whenever you're ready you can just come over, the door's open " I grinned. I was glad Marilyn was someone we all liked, she could become as much of a part of the group as any of us.
We drifted away from the table to do our own thing, Derek and I went to the backyard and Simon was giving Marilyn a tour of the house, flirting with her the entire time. I sincerely hoped that Marilyn and Simon worked out, he was so happy when he talked to her, and she is more likely than any other girl to stick around. I'm anxious to see how life in this new town is going to play out.
Hey guys! Hope you likes this chapter. I know not much is happening with Derek and Chloe but I'm taking it semi slow cuz that's how they are in the book. Lots of Simon and Marilyn in future chapters! I'm going to make her a very main character. Review please.