"Hey, I think we'll join you guys. I think we're all so hungry we might be tempted to eat one of you guys!" David gave her a smile, before walking past her, his boots making a sound that didn't quite sit well with her, and his coat billowing behind him. She also didn't like the way he said that. Marko gave her an impish smile and followed after him.

Why did she have a feeling that perhaps honesty was one of the only positive traits David had?

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They all settled into silence as they walked towards a burger joint. The crowd on the boardwalk seemed to flow around them as if they knew David and his boys owned this place, she wondered if they thought so too. They had a certain way of holding themselves that you couldn't find in most normal people. They made you want to be around them, even if they scared the shit out of you. Paul was murmuring something to Dwayne, who in turn only nodded back to him. David spared a glance back at Cass, who gave him a small smile in return, he then turned to look at Marko who was right beside him. Marko wasn't paying attention though, he seemed to be lost in his own mind.

Once reaching the place, they found a table outside and the waitress immediately was at their table. She gave a flirty glance to the boys, her eyes lingering on Marko for a moment longer than the others. This caused Cass' anger to flare, though she had no idea why. Marko tilted his head at her, as if hearing her inner turmoil. He raised a brow at her, and she raised one back.

"Are you going to order something to drink?" He questioned, it was then that she realized everyone was staring at her, including the waitress.

"Oh, yeah I'll take a water, please." She took the menu that was offered to her and began skimming over it. She wasn't particularly hungry but she had only been snacking all day so she figured she needed more substance. Erin was being more quiet than usual, and she didn't know if she was thankful for that, or worried for her. The waitress left with their drink orders and David turned to them.

"So where are you 2 from?" He asked, leaning back in his chair and fixing them with a cold stare. Cass eyed him before casting a glance to Erin, who also was eyeing David.

"Around" Cass stated, shrugging her shoulders. They all 4 stared at her, not expecting her to not answer truthfully. But what did they expect? The 2 girls didn't know them, and Cass certainly wasn't going to tell them where they lived, that's how people got kidnapped, or worse, died.

"...ok so what do you guys do then?" Paul questioned, seemingly trying to diffuse the tension that was curling around the group.

"We work at a bar." Erin answered, giving him a smile. Cass gave him one as well, silently thanking him for changing the subject.

"Oh that's awesome! Is it fun?" Paul tilted his head, his smile bright.

Cass snorted "yeah, sure. If you don't mind underage kids trying to come in, weird and mostly old guys hitting on you constantly, the clean-up, or your butt being grabbed all the time. More people have touched my butt then I have touched my butt, and that's saying something." Cass grumbled, crossing her arms and leaning back in her chair. Erin made a noise in the back of her throat that indicated she agreed with her, but also didn't want to admit that in front of them. Cass spared a glance at the girl and shrugged as if saying 'so what?'

Paul bursted out laughing and Cass immediately wished she hadn't said anything at all. She gave a quick glance to Marko who was giving her a dark look. She didn't like it so she turned away, looking at Paul who had just regained his composure.

"Girl I like you. So I take it you don't like working there then?" He asked, giving her another beaming smile. Cass decided that she liked him the most.

"No I love it. Those things are just small road bumps, the pay and the tips are worth it. I also like having my days free." Cass looked for the waitress and was relieved to see her walking towards them, drinks in tow. She was thirsty because of the cotton candy and all of the talking she had done.

"And some of the guys that come in aren't THAT bad" Erin added in, accepting her drink and taking a big gulp of the soda. Cass shot her a disgusted look, she hated soda. Cass accepted hers and took a big gulp as well, already feeling better when the cool liquid refreshed her mouth.

"Do you agree with her Cassandra?" David asked, cocking his head to the side.

"Agree with what?" Cass replied

"That not all of the guys that come in are that bad?"

"Yes and no. Some aren't bad, but they aren't the type of people I'd surround myself with." She shrugged and ordered cheese fries and a chocolate milkshake.

Erin snorted, "No Cass doesn't really hangout with anyone besides me. Actually I've only seen you with one guy and that was your ex." Cass visibly flinched at the word ex and tried to cover it with pulling her jacket tighter to her body.

"I don't like most people." She shrugged, that was the only answer needed, and the only she was willing to give.

"I take it, you don't get along with your ex then?" David questioned, taking out a cigarette. This was like her dream, his smoke curled and then floated into the open air. And maybe her flinch was more noticeable then she thought. She didn't understand why David was interested in that type of information, but she figured it was because he was trying to make her uncomfortable.

She shrugged "not really no. Does anyone get along with their ex?" She questioned, dodging the question for the most part.

"Nah. They are your ex for a reason!" Paul exclaimed, bobbing his head in agreement with himself. Cass bobbed her head with him, yeah sure she'd go with that.

"So I have to ask. Why were you staring at us on the boardwalk? You looked like you saw a ghost." David leaned forward on his elbows, fixing her with a stare she thought was trying to puncture her very soul. In truth, they were like ghosts to her.

She cringed, but didn't exactly lie "Marko looked like someone I once knew, it was a mistake. Once I realized it wasn't him at all, I realized I was staring and got embarrassed so I ran. And now here we are." Cass rubbed her forehead, leaning forward on the table as well.

"And here we are" Marko mocked, picking his drink up for the first time and took a sip. Before she could ask why he was looking at her the way that he was, their food was placed in front of them. Saved by the food she thought. She dug into her fries, trying not to pay attention to the guys, or Erin. Erin and Paul seemed to be having a conversation, that even Dwayne joined in on. Dwayne was exactly Erin's type and it worried Cass.

"So after this you guys wanna go for a ride?" Paul asked, popping one of Cass' fries into his mouth. Cass shot a glare at him and pulled her fries closer to her, he gave her a sad look and she immediately felt bad. She sighed but held her fries out to him, his smile instantly returned. He grabbed a few and shoved most of them into his mouth, Cass shook her head at his antics and returned to eating her food.

"Sure we'd love to!" Erin answered for the both of them.

"Awesome! Let's go!" Paul pushed his chair back and the rest of them followed, leaving Cass to gulp down her water. She did not want to go. She just wanted to go back to the house and lay down. Where she could think in peace and quiet and hopefully not dream anymore.

Erin immediately went to Dwayne's bike, who expertly helped her onto the back. David looked as if there were no possible way in hell that anyone was riding with him, she wouldn't have chose him anyways. So that left Marko and Paul, she really wanted to ride with Marko, and took a small step in his direction.

"Nah ride with Paul." He nodded his head towards the other blonde and started his bike. She was immediately embarrassed, and his rejection stung.

"Hop on girl!" Paul laughed and helped her onto his bike. He took her arms and wrapped them securely around his waist, patting her hand and revving his engine. She heard something that closely resembled a growl, but decided to chalk it off as her imagination. David took off first, then Dwayne, then Marko was about to follow before Paul took off before him. Scaring the shit out of Cassandra, who in turn grabbed him tighter and buried her face into his back. Paul laughed and raced off, basically leaving Marko in the dust. It didn't take long for him to catch up though, he rode side by side with them for a moment, shooting her an odd look, and a glare at Paul before racing ahead of them.

"You better leave his ass in the dust Paul!" Cass shouted into his ear, he winced at her shout but nodded and laughed, squeezing harder on his gas.

"Hell yeah we will girl!" He pumped his fist and she screamed, swatting his shoulder.

"Pay attention you little shit!" She squealed, grabbing him harder. He rode right beside Marko before shouting "see ya suckaaaa!" and shot past him. Cass looked back at him and he looked absolutely murderous. She laughed and turned back around, and whooped, which caused Paul to repeat her sound. Then Erin turned and saw her giving her a thumb up and whooping with her. David shook his head but also let a small smile grace his lips.

They raced towards a cliff and suddenly Cass wasn't feeling very excited anymore, in fact she was scared as shit.

"Uh Paul?" She questioned in a small voice

"What's up girly?" He answered back, turning his ear towards her

"That's a cliff" she replied, pointing in that direction.

"Uh huh I know" he responded, seeming uncaring

"WELL don't go towards it then!" She shouted

"Relax, I go ya" he patted her hand, and sped up

"Got me how? Because that's a cliff. And cliffs mean a far drop. And that cliff particularly leads to water which is crashing against something pretty hard and I'm gonna assume those are rocks. And rocks at the bottom of a cliff where water is means we go splat and then poof we are dead." She deadpanned, blowing her fingers out in a kaboom motion.

He started laughing, and the bike wiggled. The cliff got closer. Right at the end he stopped, as did everyone else.

Paul was still laughing "hahaah poof!" He made the same kaboom motion and Cass just mumbled a 'fuck off' before flicking him in the forehead. The rest of them were staring at the others, Erin had small chuckles, and Dwayne had a small smirk, but Marko and David just stared. Marko leaned forwards on his handlebars and licked his lips, which immediately caused Cass' eyes to dart there, unconsciously wetting her own. His eyes also narrowed down to her lips, sucking in a breath and looking away, gritting his teeth. She didn't understand why he was being so weird, she hadn't done a single thing to him, besides be awkward as shit, but that was a natural occurrence for her.

"How about we take you ladies back? It's getting late." David looked to the sky and turned his bike around. They all agreed and made their journey back. Erin gave the directions to Dwayne who took the lead, with David pulling back to ride by Marko. They looked to be having a discussion, but she wasn't sure how they would be doing so on a motorbike. Once arriving back at their place, Cass hopped off and gave Paul's shoulder a squeeze, he gave her a genuine smile and patted her hand.

"Nice meeting you!" She called over shoulder, waving at them and mostly looking at Paul because the others didn't really seem to care if they never saw them again.

"You too girl! I'm sure we'll see you around soon!" Paul gave her a wave and shot off into the night, followed by Dwayne and David. Erin unlocked the door and Cass moved to follow before a soft "Cassandra" was called. The sound brought a flash of lightning down her spine and she closed her eyes for a second before turning to see Marko still sitting on his bike, looking like he wanted to bolt.

"What's up?" she asked, crossing to him in a few short steps.

He looked at her, and then averted his eyes. "You should stay away from Paul. He's dangerous." He said it in a such a tone that most people wouldn't have argued, but she wasn't most people and she wasn't one to be told what to do.

She scoffed, "oh opposed to you? To any of you?" she questioned, crossing her arms and fixing him with a cold stare. He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, there was a raw emotion that Cass had never seen before. She wanted to help him, but she didn't know how.

"Yeah, we're all dangerous. You should probably stay away from all of us." He fixed his look into one of boredom and it pissed Cass off. She wouldn't let him have the satisfaction of seeing her hurt, not again.

So she shrugged and said "if that's what you want." She turned on her heel and was almost to the door when he replied.

"That's it?" he seethed, tightening his hands on the handles, causing his bike to let out a rumble. She sighed but barely turned around.

"What else would you like for me to say?" she asked

"I.. I don't know." He looked so cute when he was confused she thought but shook her head. No time for that right now.

"Then I can't help you!" She turned then and stomped into the house, slamming the door behind her. She could have sworn she heard him say "you could, but I won't let you." But that was absurd right? Marko would never say such a thing to her. She leaned her head back against the door, utterly drained from the day. She finally found her way to her room and collapsed on the bed, stripping down to her undergarments and snuggling into her cover.

She heard labored breathing before turning around, she noticed she was in a bed but it wasn't hers. She was in a white very see through tank top, and white panties. She saw a male figure sitting at the end of the bed, his back towards her. His skin was smooth and tanned, small white scars littering it. She moved to touch him running her hands along his back. The figure immediately turned around and gave her a smile.

"Marko" she whispered, running her hands from his back up his arm and to his chest. He leaned in and gave her a sweet slow kiss. But she didn't want a sweet kiss. She wanted him. "Please" she whispered again. He groaned, but kissed her harder, delving his tongue into her mouth, causing Cass to let out a sigh of content. He swallowed her noises and pushed her hard into the bed, slotting his body against hers.

"What do you want Cassandra?" he questioned, running his hands down her back, cupping her ass.

"You" she mumbled, wrapping her fist into his hair. He kissed her hard again, pulling her panties to the side.

"Are you sure you can handle it baby?" he questioned, expertly teasing her.

"Yes god yes" she moaned, biting his lower lip and sucking it into her mouth.

"As you wish" his fingers slid in and her back arched into him, she mumbled out his name and he swallowed her into another feverish kiss. She heard a noise but decided to ignore it. Moaning as his fingers worked faster inside of her. The noise sounded again, closer this time however. She put a hand onto his chest.

"Marko stop" she whispered, and he immediately did.

"What's wrong? Did I hurt you?" Guilt flashing in his eyes.

"No, I heard a noise." He looked around and stopped moving. Listening intently.

"Probably just the wind, it's ok baby. I'll protect you, I promise." He kissed her again, and she kissed him back. But she wasn't worried about herself, she was worried about him, his fingers brushed against her again but then stopped abruptly. He choked and her eyes flew open, he was blinking rapidly and then he coughed, blood spilling out of his mouth and spraying on her.

She screamed.

Cass woke with a start. Holding a hand to her heart and letting out a cry of frustration. Great, so she was still having dreams about Marko's death, but now they involved sexual acts as well. She didn't know which was worse, and she hoped she didn't see him anytime soon because the thoughts running through her mind was enough to make her grandma roll in her grave. Cass knew she wouldn't be able to keep her composure around him and she wasn't a very good actor.

She wished they would stay away. But she knew that the old saying of 'wish in one hand, and shit in the other, see which fills up faster' was a true statement. And wishes rarely if ever came true.