Alone

A/N- Disclaimer: Characters belong to Kelley Armstrong! Roxy, Po and Lani belong to Bookworm1807

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Previously In Derek's POV

Having a Christmas party here was going to be a bad idea.

Especially with Lani in charge.

Karan's POV

"You're late!" Lani yelled as I answered my phone, "you promised to be on time!"

"Sorry." I replied as I drove down the street, "we'll be there in one minute."

"We?"

"Me and my date. You didn't expect me to show up alone did you!"I asked and I knew she was rolling her eyes at me,

"I never told Derek cause I didn't know!"

"Tell him now I'm sure he won't mind. Not like his girlfriend will show up."

"Karan!" Lani scolded and I sighed pulling into the driveway.

"I'm here!" I hung up on her then and walked up to the door.

"You could have at least opened my door." I looked behind me at my date. She had brown hair and brown eyes. Plain, but she worked at least I wasn't alone today. I ignored her and walked into the house. It was large on the outside and spacious on the inside, I looked around and was instantly reminded of Chloe. It was like this was her house everything she ever told us about her dream house was right here before my eyes. Pictures covered the walls and in every one was Chloe. It was overwhelming.

"Karan!" I looked to the left to see Lani running at me arms spread for a hug. Looking behind me at my date I grabbed her forearm softly and pushed her into Lani's arms.

"Nice to see you Lani."

"Oh my you poor poor girl having to be the big bad wolfs date!" She gushed over...whatever her name was and they instantly started talking about me.

"Hey Karan." I looked up to see Tori holding hands with Po. Man things change fast around here, "how are you?" I shrugged and she scowled at me.

"Where's the beer?" I asked and a hand clasped my shoulder,

"Good to have you back Karan."

"Yeah yeah don't get all emotional on me Dan." I told him pushing me way out of the crowded entrance and into the kitchen. Beer cans were stacked up on the table and I reached out to grab one.

"Haven't changed at all." The voice froze me in my tracks, "one track mind as always. Alcohol was all the mattered to you that and girls." I looked around the room trying to find the body for the voice and I did. He sat on the counter top leaning back against the kitchen wall behind it. He had a can of Pepsi in his right hand his blue eyes seemed to stare right through me as if...as if I didn't matter to him anymore. His thick black hair was messed up which was probably Lani's doing and he wore simple blue jeans and a grey t-shirt. I opened my mouth to speak but..nothing came out. What were you supposed to say to someone who just disappears of the face of the earth for six months then randomly pops back again. "Merry Christmas Karan." He spoke to me with a dull voice, a voice that clearly told me that I wasn't his friend anymore, that he'd moved on and left me behind. For some reason in that moment I felt like one of the girls I'd dumped, I felt like I'd lost something I should have treasured. I felt...

Alone.

"Present time!" Lani shouted after she finished off what was left of the cake Roxy had made.

"No way I'm too stuffed to even move!" Daniel complained leaning back in his chair, "why don't we clear the table and hear about Drone's trip."

"Where exactly did you go?" Derek asked and he shrugged.

"Just got on whatever plane and went somewhere." He told him and my date stood up to help clear the table with all the girl except for Tori who'd sent Po to do it for her.

"Did you go to Europe?" Lani asked and Drone looked over into the kitchen before nodding,

"Yeah I went to Italy."

"Did you date?" Lani asked and Drone looked down,

"I tried to but as soon as they found out who I was they started to climb walls to get into my room."

"Seriously!" Derek asked as Daniel started laughing. The way they all talked I felt out of the mix like I was left behind but this was my band! I'd started it!

"Daniel and I went searching for you." Lani told him and Drone looked between the two,

"Are you sure you went searching or was it more like a vacation for the two of you." Lani blushed and Daniel looked down, "and when did Tori and Po start dating."

"A few months ago."

"Hmm, well Po if you hurt her I'll kick your ass." Drone joked and the other laughed with them.

"What I want to know is how long Karan and Teressa have been together." Tori said and all eyes turned to me,

"Uh well..."

"We met a few weeks ago at the bar and he called me today and asked me to come here with him." I shrugged and Daniel nodded accepting it Lani and her started talking about going shopping together,

"Sound just like Karan." Drone spoke up his eyes watching me intensely, "I'd leave now if you don't want to be hurt he has a habit of only caring for himself." I flinched at his words. How could I not?

"Are you saying I'm self centered!" I accused him and he shrugged nonchalantly,

"I guess so. I mean all you've ever cared about is you." He told me and I stood up,

"And what exactly have you cared about Drone!"

"The people around me." He replied unfazed.

"I do too!"

"Obviously you don't. I mean I was in Europe while you were what drinking and sleeping with a hundred girls?" I blanked and I knew he was right, "Chloe's in the hospital and you stop visiting her?"

"You left doesn't that mean you don't care!"

"I needed to leave. Chloe understood. She's the one who told me that eventually I would have too."

"What about Lani, Daniel and the rest of us!"

"Lani, Daniel, Tori and Po all tried to stop me but I didn't want to be stopped. I still talked to them at times."

"What about me!" I screamed my anger rising as he flew through my question easily.

"What about you Karan?"

"Why did you just get up and leave without telling me!" Drone stood up from his seat wiping his face with his napkin,

"I have to leave now excuse me." Derek nodded and stood up,

"I'll get your coat." He said moving out of the room and I looked around me as everyone continued what they were doing before our argument.

"You never answered my question Drone!" I shouted at him and he looked at me. His electric blue eyes meeting my amber ones for the first time that night,

"You don't want to know." Derek returned with his coat and Drone took it with a nod of his head,

"You don't get to decide what I do and don't want to know!" My hands clenched into fists and he let out a small laugh his lips twitching up into a small smile.

"I'll answer you when you tell me truthfully," He paused and pulled on his coat, "why you hate that I'm gay."

Raksha Souza

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