Tori's Pov
I was startled by Seth screaming, "Tori! Tori! Baby!" I shook him awake quickly. "Seth, what's wrong?" I asked. "I don't want to talk about it. I love you." He told me. I kissed him lightly and cuddled into him. He quickly fell back asleep, his head on my shoulder. I, too, fell asleep my lips pressed into his hair.
-The Next morning-
I sat down at the breakfast table with a plate of pancakes in front of me. I had drizzled on an insane amount of syrup. Seth scooted up next to me instead of across from me; weird. We talked like any other day but I could tell he was being a little more protective of me than usual. When I went to the bathroom I could hear him standing outside the door. He was always protective of me, but this was insane. When I got out of the bathroom I sat on his lap and said, "Sethy, what's up? What's wrong?" He shook his head and sighed. "Nothings wrong. I don't want to talk about it." He said as he kissed my temple. I shrugged, knowing something really was wrong with him. We hung out for a while but then he had to go to patrol. As I closed the door behind me I decided I wanted to go for a walk. I ran upstairs to change into some shorts and a tee-shirt. I put on some tennis shoes and set out on a jog onto the beach
After about ten straight minutes of jogging I heard a growl behind me. Thinking it was one of the wolves joking, I sped up and laughed. I heard a bark as a strong, ice cold body jumped onto me. I screamed and blacked out.
-One hour later—
"Tori! Tori! Victoria, Sweetheart?" A voice cried above me. A warm hand touched my face gently as I slowly woke up. A worried face of a boy above me leaned in and kissed my forehead. What on earth? Why was this person kissing me? Oh, wait. That was Seth. What on earth had happened? All I remember was that I was running and then I was tackled. I smelled something sweet sickly sweet. It was so sweet that my eyes started to water and my nose burned. "Seth!" I sat up cringing when I was about to hug him. I hugged him anyways and checked my watch to see what time it was. Oh great, 4 p.m. A Saturday afternoon spoiled.
I stood up, soreness all over my muscles. Did I mention I was lying on a beach this whole time? Someone had laid a beach towel under me so I wasn't lying on the wet sand. This reminded me of that one really scary time, no never mind. I didn't even want to think about what Nicholas had done to me. Seth helped me up, his warm hand burning into my cold one. He put his arm around me, half helping half warming. He helped me back to my house slowly. I think I had twisted my ankle so I was leaning into him a lot. He still held me up.
"So, what happened?" I asked. "Well, the vampire we were tracking had the ability to cover up his scent so we had no idea where he was. He got to you and the only way I knew where he was was when I heard your scream. Tori I'm so sorry. I should have caught on. I'm so sorry you got hurt. It's my entire fault." He criticized himself. "No, no. It's not your fault." I said to him. "Yes, it is. I should have told you my dream this morning." He looked down. "What? What does this have to do with your dream?" I demanded. "This was my dream." He said. I sighed deeply and looked at him. I pulled his chin up to mine and whispered, "Stop it. It's not your fault. It's my entire fault." "I'm guessing you don't want me anymore, huh?" he jumped to a ridiculous conclusion. "Heck no! Where'd you come up with that? Seth, I love you. I will love you. I'm never going to stop loving you." I said then I kissed him to prove my point.
We had reached my house by now. Seth set me down on the couch and I flipped the TV on. Seth came back moments later with an ice pack wrapped in a towel. He set it under my foot before I could protest. He sat down and wrapped his arms around my waist. I sighed and leaned into him. What a long day that was. I fell asleep quickly and I think he nodded off too.