Chapter 13~The Pain Returns

One and a Half Years Later

I don't know why I did it. It only made me want to kill him more.

"Seth." She moaned "Don't go, you promised." It kept getting worse. "You promised you would always be there for me!" she yelled. I got up and walked out of the room and shut the door quietly. Why did I do it to myself? So I could know just how much she was suffering and try and help her. It was allhisfault. He made Seth leave and he was the one that put her up for adoption when she was four. I started shaking. I ran downstairs and out the back door. I burst into a wolf right at the edge of the forest. This is what every night had been like for two years, except the only thing that changed was how much pain was in Ivy's words. Luckily there wasn't anyone on shift. We still had to run shifts since the leech that was hunting Ivy wasn't gone yet. Ivy and I were both juniors now. She had gone to the SSC every single year and won it every single time. Her voice was getting better and better, plus she took up an interest in manga art. She was absolutely amazing, but she still sucked at gym though. She was amazing in everything except gym. Every one jokingly made fun of her for it and just as she promised she went to see her adopted parents once a year. I realized that my dad had just phased so I stopped my thoughts.

Daniel, you need to come home and get some rest.

I'm fine.

You need to come home!

Well I can't!

Why not?

Because I don't want to hear her be in pain anymore tonight.

I don't know what you mean.

I'll show you tomorrow night if you sointerested.

I phased out and ran over to Leah's house. She always knew how I felt. She hated my dad almost as much as I did

The day came and went. Like any other weekend Ivy stayed in her room and 'slept' until mom forced her to get out of bed. Then she'd get up, eat practically nothing for breakfast, then go get on her computer and do anime/manga related things. Then keep doing that until dinner. After dinner she would shut her door and sing the rest of the night, then she got a shower and went to bed. After she went to bed and I could hear her steady breathing I slipped in and sat down next to her door and watched her sleep. When she started to toss and turn I went and almost dragged my dad to her room for the grand show.

"You said you wanted to know why. So just sit out here and listen." I growled. I went back in and resumed my spot by her door. The good thing was that she hadn't been scratching her chest. Not since the first time Seth and Ivy slept in the same bed. I heard her start to cry. This was it.

"Seth. Seth, please don't go! You promised you would stay with me!" she screamed. Funny thing, neither Dad nor Mom had found out about her bracelet yet. "You protected me from everything I was afraid of, why can't you now!" she screamed. That's when I heard her starting to scratch. When I smelled the blood I rushed over and pinned her hands to her sides. I shook her until she woke up.

"Ivy, are you all right?" I asked

"Yeah, thanks for waking me up before it got serious." She said quietly. "I've been lightly scratching around the bracelet but this was the first time I scratched my chest." She got up and went to the bathroom. I went with her into the bathroom and closed the door. She took off her shirt after she was facing away from me. I handed her the wrap. She placed the first part on her chest then lifted her arm and passed it underneath. I grabbed it and helped her wrap the back up. We switched off until the scratch marks were covered up. she grabbed her shirt and slipped it back over her head. She walked out of the bathroom and went back to bed. I walked over to where her door was and heard that she was already fast asleep, then turned to my dad.

"You understand now? She's been suffering since six months after he left." I turned around and went to my room to get some rest. I didn't say it, but it was more than suffering. When Seth left the Ivy everyone knew died.

Ivy

I woke up with a start. I clutched my chest, and then I remembered last night. I needed to thank Daniel for that, but for now I got up and made sure my door was locked and that my blinds were down and twisted shut. I removed my shirt and then the bandages and got half dressed. I put on a tight plain black shirt then I pulled up my blinds, opened my door and ran down the stairs jumping on the fifth and landing in a crouch. I stood up and started walking to kitchen when I heard someone yell.

"What!" Danni yelled

"Shhhh…we want it to be a surprise!" I heard mom say. Then I walked into the kitchen.

"What's everyone talking about?" I asked as I began to make a bowl of cereal.

"Well, a couple things." My mom said smiling. "Both of which will come up tonight while we have dinner at Emily's!" she said. "So go get dressed because we're going to leave soon." I inhaled my cereal than ran upstairs. I changed my shirt in to a shirt with diagonal stripes that were black and silver and didn't have any sleeves. Then I pulled on some dark sparkly grey skinny jeans. I pulled on some black socks then put on my solid black Converse. I applied a black lipstick that had little sparkles here and there. Then I put on black mascara tipped silver and silver eye shadow. Then I applied a light magenta blush. I brushed my hair and pulled it back into a tight ponytail. Then I twisted it into a spiral and stuck some nice smooth black chopsticks that my mom got me for my 15thbirthday through to hold it. I grabbed my long sleeve half hoodie. Instead of a zipping it had a tie so I tied it super tight. I stuck my wallet in my back pocket then I ran out my door and down the stairs. I turned a corner and ran into my dad. My dad and I had never spoken much but lately we had been speaking less.

"Sorry…" I mumbled

"It's alright." He said. I ran past him and into the kitchen. I found my mom in the kitchen with Danni still at the table eating.

"Danni! And you call me fat." I said sarcastically rolling my eyes. I did this during the weekend.

"Why is it this time?" he asked

"Because you were eating before I got down here, then I went and changed. And now I came back and you're still eating!" I said laughing.

"I laugh at you, you barely eat anything. I have to eat what you don't eat so it balances out."

"Well any way. How soon are we leaving?"

"Just as soon as Danni's done eating." My mom said, which wasn't for another hour and a half.

We ran to the house. We always did now a days, and I was fine with it. We got there pretty quick, but I was nervous. Ever sinceheleft I stopped hanging out with the guys so much. We stopped a little bit from the house and I knew why. I ran to the street and up to the house I knew so well. I rang the doorbell and Alexa opened the door. I took her hand and dragged her to the forest. Alexa and I got back on Danni with me still up front, and then we were off. Danni and Alexa had been going out for two and a half years now, and it didn't look like it was going to end soon, which I was fine with. When we arrived all the girls got off and started walking to the house. When we walked in all the guys said hi to Alexa and my mom,and then they all tackled me in bear hugs. When everyone was accounted for we headed off to the beach. Everyone hung out and laughed, except for me. It was always like this. I would sit a little ways from the group and not pay any attention to what was being said. Nobody asked me questions, and after a while it was time for dinner. I walked slowly to the table, and my mom was smiling like crazy. when everyone was there she cleared her throat and addressed us all

"Everyone, I have an announcement." She said. When she had everyone's attention she continued. "I'm going to talk about one thing and then I'll explain it. First things first, our family will be on a long term trip to Alaska." I looked up shocked and every one gasped.

"Wait, why are you going?" Emily said confused.

"Well it's a kind of long story. One day I was looking for some information on Ivy's computer. And she had a music program opened." She paused. I gasped. "She had secretly been working on a song. I listened to it and I realized it had three lines, one bass clef and two treble clefs. I looked and she also had a word document with lyrics opened. It was completely amazing. It had a huge range of notes and the words were so moving. So I decided to copy them onto a flash drive and send them to a music producer that I used to know who lives in Alaska. I almost immediately got an e-mail back saying that she would love to work with the author of the song to make improvements and possibly make an album. I talked to Embry and we decided that we would go to Alaska as soon as possible." She finished. I looked at her shocked. I wasn't even close to being done with the song. She smiled at me, and I couldn't believe I was going to get help to make a song that I wrote even better and even publish it. I ran forward and gave her a big hug. I backed up and was about to say something but Collin and Brady lifted me up on their shoulders and yelled

"Three cheers for Ivy!" everyone began to cheer when they set me down I knew they wanted me to talk.

"Mom, Dad, I don't know what to say. I could thank you all my life and it wouldn't be enough. You've given me the chance of a life time to do what I want to do." I felt myself start to tear up. I pulled my mom and my dad into the biggest hug I could give. "Thank you so much." I whispered as I cried. I turned to my dad. I stood on my toes and kissed his cheek, and then I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Thanks so much Dad…"I whispered. I turned around and faced my audience. Then I jumped while raising fist into the air. Everyone cheered again. And when we all ate I joined the conversation.

FINALLY! I am soooooooo sorry for the wait. The Docx thing on here was being a failure Well any way...like, follow, and review. Hopefully the next chapter will be soon.

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