Here's another chapter for you all. Glad you all enjoy so far. Also I got really bored last night and made another banner for this story.
Spencer had stayed at the hotel for the next month. One day she got a letter for her at the front desk saying all competitors will be staying at a beach house till the competition. They would be required to move in by that Saturday. Spencer sighed it was Wednesday she was kind of excited for the move she didn't like hotels it brought back memories.
Spencer had just walked back to her mother's house to find that the front lights were off. She walked sat on the front porch for about thirty minutes before she decided to see if she could get in another way. She had walked into the back yard to see the dining room light on and her mom, step-dad and step step-sister sitting at the table laughing and eating. Spencer didn't know what to think could her mother really just forget about her like that. She didn't know what to do and before she knew what was happening she threw a rock as hard as she could, smashing the window and almost hitting Jessica in the head. Her mother and step-father gasped and Jessica screamed, they all turned their heads. Spencer glared at her mother before running off.
She got to a hotel and gave the man at the front desk some money feeling lucky her dad gave her money for the trip. She walked into the room and immediately ordered room service. Spencer waited till she got the food she before she grabbed her pocket knife and rolled up her sleeve.
She placed the cold blade against her wrist before pressing it into her skin. It stung a little and she cut herself a few more times before getting one of the towels out of the bathroom. She wrapped it around her wrist and cleaned of the knife and sat down next to the food. She ate as much as she could a little nervous habit she had. Feeling sick she ran into the bathroom and hunched over the toilet and all the contents in her stomach were in the process of returning as someone knocked on the door.
"Hello," She heard a female voice call.
"One sec," Spencer yelled as she stood and grabbed another towel looking at herself in the mirror; her mascara was running and her eyes were puffy and blood shot. As she was in the process of wiping her mouth someone walked in. She looked over to see Jessica standing there she felt her eyes on her wrists and knew they moved to the toilet. The redhead walked over to her looking sympathetic.
"I understand." She said before hugging her. Spencer started to cry. "Cassie's down stairs she says she's sorry and she wants you to come home."
"Don't tell anyone,"
"I won't,"
Spencer reluctantly pulled her hoodie on and went down stairs. She spent the whole night in the guest bedroom at her mother's house.
The next morning her mother institutionalized her. She pushed the thought out of her mind and packed her bags. Spencer checked out and walked outside and got on the bus. She got off at the right spot and quickly found the house.
She opened the door with the key they gave her and walked in.
"Hello?" She called. She heard footsteps running down the stairs they turned the corner it was that guy she met at the beach a few days ago. Fuck a moose. She thought. I don't want to deal with this tool.
"Hey beautiful, what happened to you at the party?"
"What's it to you,"
"I was just worried you're too hot to be wandering around by yourself."
Spencer gave him a sarcastic smile.
"Where do I sleep?"
"You can sleep in my room if you want," He said moving to put his arm around her.
"Any part of you that touches me is getting ripped off and thrown to the sharks."
He immediately put his arm down by his side. Spencer found the sign that said Girls she walked into the hallway and walked into one of the many rooms. She put her bags down and quickly changed to go to the beach.
Spencer walked down and sat on the water for a while thinking about Lucius. She touched the hemp necklace and rode the waves for a while. When she was done she went back to the house to see Lib, Greg, Brandy, and the most surprising Mike.
"Hey guys," She said walking in. "Are you all in the surf competition or are you just stalking me?"
"Well I'm stalking you I don't know about them," Mike joked.
That night the rest of the competitors arrived and Spencer was shocked at who walked into the house.
"Hello everyone,"
"Jessica?" Lib asked.
"The one and only," The red head said smirking.
"What the fuck are you doing here? Last time I checked you didn't surf." Spencer said.
"I've been surfing for years Spence what afraid of a little competition,"
"Not from you and your piece of crap tacky hot pink board."
"Well we'll just see about that in a few weeks," She said before walking to the room.
"I'm so gonna kill her," Spencer said her finger nails digging into her palms. Mike stroked her arm.
"Come on go put on something else and I'll get you out of here." He said smiling at her.
Spencer went into the room and changed into a purple tie-dyed hippie skirt, a black halter top and some flip-flops. She put her hair up in a messy ponytail and walked outside. Mike led her outside and they started talking before they knew it they we to a quaint little restaurant that played live jazz music.
"So how've you been since you know," Mike said.
"I've been good I just wish that Nick guy would leave me alone he's such a creeper."
"What do you mean I thought he was your type?"
"He would have been last year but not anymore,"
"What do you mean?"
"He's just so fucking stupid the dipshit didn't even know what rigorous meant, it's likely he's never read a book that has more than twenty pages in it. I have half a mind to crack him over the head with my skateboard and the other half agrees." Mike laughed at her words.
"I missed you Spence,"
"I missed you to kinda,"
"Kinda?"
"Well you were always gone at your fancy prep school and you finally came back last year I just kinda got used to you being gone."
"Spence I'll never be gone,"
"Well how do I know for like five years you were in my back pocket then when we were eleven you just left."
"I know I'm sorry I couldn't not go,"
"I know,"
"Hey my mom's calling I'll be right back,"
"Ok tell her hi for me," She said as he walked outside. Spencer fiddled with her drink as she heard the slow jazz play and watched as couples started to dance, she felt awkward. She looked across the room and saw a tall man with platinum blonde hair. She stood and walked over to him in shock... could it be? "Lucius,"
"Hello pet," He smirked. He was wearing black tailored pants and a black dress shirt.
"Am I dreaming?"
"No dear this is very real," He said before grabbing her hand and leading her to the dance floor. Lucius placed his hand on the small of her back and pulled her close to him.
"You look beautiful,"
"I can say the same thing about you... it wouldn't make any sense but I could." He chuckled at her humor he hadn't felt this happy since he sent her away.
"I never thought I'd see you again," She said as they swayed back and forth. He smelled like whiskey, a hint of cigars, and something else that she could never pin point.
Lucius couldn't help but pull her closer to him it felt good to have her in his arms again. She smelled like the ocean.
"I made a promise to you that I intend to keep,"
"What promise was that?"
"You don't remember?"
"I remember some but not all of it you tried to erase my memory remember," He didn't speak for a while. "I just wonder why,"
"If you're mad I don't blame you I was a coward I should have fought for you,"
"Yeh why didn't you,"
"I sent you away so we could go back to our normal lives I did it so I could leave you... I did it for you I thought that if I made you have no memory of me than you'd have a chance at better life. Then I saw you with that boy that you're with tonight a few weeks ago and I decided that I was being selfish and if you had a chance at being happy without all the complications that I brought you-" Spencer looked at him in disbelief before she cut him off.
"You really are an asshole you can't just go around deciding how things are supposed to work out you don't get to choose my memories or how I feel. Weather you believe it or not I've always been one-hundred with you and you doing all this is exactly like lying." She said looking at him. He noticed the fire in her eyes that he'd seen the first day he met her and realized how much he missed her.
"I'm sorry," He said soft voice she could feel his breath on her lips. "Forgive me." She could feel the familiar burn of tears in her eyes.
"I-I can't,"
"Don't make me beg for your forgiveness,"
Her lower lip quivered before she kissed him he kissed her back as the song came to an end. She pulled away.
"I have to go," She said before pulling away from him she walked outside and saw Mike still on the phone.
"Um I'm gonna go to one of the street venders and get a pretzel I'll meet you back at the house."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeh thanks for helping me calm down."
"Ok see you later."
Lucius sat and sipped whiskey as he listened to the slow jazz music his mind was focused on Spencer. He looked around the room and the boy that Spencer was with walk over to him.
"Nice shirt is this muggle look?" The boy said.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm not dumb I see things other people might not see, I know things other people might not know."
Lucius waited for him to continue.
"I know who you are and I know what you've done, but I don't know how the Ministry will react to the fact that you revealed yourself to a muggle, so I'll make this easy for you stay away from Spencer or I'll reveal your little secrets to the ministry and Merlin knows what they'll so."
"Are you threatening me?" He scowled to the boy. All he did was smirk and walk away. Lucius quickly drank his drink and went back to his hotel fuming.
Little did any of them know that they were being watched carefully.
Well that's it for now let me know what you think.
