Hey!!! How'd you guys like that last chapter? Did you guess who the figure was? Well if you guessed it was Mr. Crepsley then you were correct. The song I have decided to dedicate to this story is "All I Wanted" or "The Only Exception" by Paramore. Love these songs. You should listen to them.
And a special thanks to Superdani a.k.a Violet Fairchild for loving this story so much and interesting points and conversations about Evra and Darren's 'hottness'. This chapter is for you! Hope you like it!!!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Cirque Du Freak and/or Darren. I wish I owned him, because he is FINE, but—sadly—I do not. I only own Phoenix and the plot. Dang it!
Thanks for reading!
After about an hour of 'making out', Darren rolled off of Phoenix and helped her to her feet. Hand-in-hand, they headed back to camp. They laughed on the way and kissed a little bit, making them trip occasionally.
Evra, the snake boy's head snapped up at their approach. He quickly got up and walked/ran over to them, shoving Darren a little but enough to get him away from Phoenix.
"Get away from her!" he yelled.
"Aren't you going a little overboard with the whole 'protective brother' thing?" questioned Phoenix.
Although, they, obviously, WEREN'T related in any way. Phoenix and Evra were like brother and sister, hence the protectiveness, or so Phoenix thought.
"You, shut up," said the snake to the bird. "And I am NOT your brother so why don't you just do what you're best at, and LEAVE."
"Don't talk to her like that!" intervened Darren. "What the hell is wrong with you, man?!"
"She's EVIL, that's what's wrong!"
Darren and Phoenix stood and gaped at Evra, taken aback at his statement. Darren glared at Evra, as his snake approached Phoenix, and stepped protectively in front of her.
"No." Darren said sternly. "She isn't evil. What you're DOING is evil. What they TOLD you is evil. And right now, YOU're being evil."
Evra shook his head and told his snake to stop for a second.
"Evra, what did they tell you?" asked Phoenix, speaking up for the first time and stepping into view slightly.
Evra looked at her and frowned. Darren was right. She wasn't 'evil'. Evra had known her longer than ANYBODY. He would've known if she was evil or not. But, right now, he didn't know who to believe.
"Th-They said you had a dark aura. T-That you were evil."
"And you believed them?"
"I-I don't know WHO to believe anymore, 'Nix," he said, using the nickname he called her.
"Believe ME, Ev. Believe US." She took Darren's hand and stood next to him.
Evra looked over his shoulder at the cirque members, who had stood up and watched the teens' little 'argument', and then at the new couple. Mr. Tall and Mr. Crepsley were there also, watching and waiting for Evra's snake to strike the bird.
Mr. Crepsley was twitching to step up and rip Darren away from Phoenix, but he knew that he couldn't. He just COULDN'T hurt Darren or Phoenix, his assistants. But he also HAD to. He HAD to protect Darren, his newest assistant. Even if it meant hurting him.
He stepped forward, towards the teens, and stood next to Evra.
"He will not be believing you, Phoenix."
She glared at her old mentor. Oh, how she despised him now. Her fingers twitched to ignite and set him on fire, but she restrained from doing so.
"Oh?" was all she said. "And you know this HOW?"
"Because Evra is loyal to this cirque. He will not simply choose you two over 'family'."
"Ha!" exclaimed Darren. "Family?! THAT's what you think this is?!"
"I like to believe so, yes."
"Well, it's not," said Phoenix. "'Family' wouldn't turn on you. 'Family' wouldn't spread lies. 'Family' wouldn't claim that you are evil. 'Family' wouldn't seek to destroy you."
Mr. Crepsley raised an eyebrow at the fiery girl.
"Who said you are part of this family, Phoenix?"
She narrowed her eyes, hoping that they'd shoot fire or something, but they did not shoot fire, much to her dismay.
"Well then," she said plainly. "I'll leave if you don't want me here."
Darren spun around, gripped Phoenix's shoulders and looked her in the eyes.
"What? You don't have to do that, Phoenix."
She nodded. "I do."
"No, you do NOT. You BELONG here, Phoenix. You belong with me and Evra. You can't just LEAVE."
"I can, Darren. Evra was right. Leaving is what I'm best at."
"Phoenix, I didn't mean that," spoke up Evra.
"I'm sorry." And giving Darren a final kiss, she altered into her bird form and flew off.
Awww. Poor Darren. Will Phoenix come back or will Darren go after her? Will they ever be together? What's going to happen to them? Comment and review. Thanks guys!
--alice
