grab my drink and make my way to the door. Thinking it might be the boys and they got locked out. I glance at the clock on my way to the door. It is about four in the moring. I open the door. Standing there is a girl. Dark brown hair. Big green eyes. She is a bit taller than me. Than again who isnt?
I stare at her. "Is Jake here"? She asks. I rasie an eyebrow It is four am. Who knocks on someones door at four in the moring?! I wonder to my self. "Ugh..he's not" I say. Feeling uneasy. "Can I come in she asks"? She looked harmless but something about this doesn't seem right.
"No.. I think you should try back later" I say. "Tisk tisk stormie I thought you'd have better manners than this" haylie says walking out from the shadows of the trees. I glare at her. "Dont you know who this is "? She asked.
I sigh. "I'm getting tired of the games haylie" I say. She laughs. "This is Katie.. Jake's ex" she says. A big grin on her face. My heart shatters. "But I thought" I say before haylie enterups "Dear sweet stormie not everything is as it seems.. you still have a lot to learn little one". She says. Eyes looking crazied. "Dont call me that" I mumble to my self. Haylie starts laughing.
"You love him"? Katie asks. She had been silent this whole time. Watching me. She seemed like a scared little girl afraid her favorite toy was going to be taken away but some how I knew there was nothing innocent or good about her. "Who"? I pretend not to know who she was talking about. I don't even know if I can call it love. I've never been in love. Her eyes darken. "Youll learn quick not to lie to me" she says "Come on Kat let's go" haylie says.
Grabing her arm as they turn and leave. I stare for a moment. What.. just. Happened..
I shut the door making sure to lock it. I decide to wait for Jake and Derek. A few hours pass. I felt restless. I've watched a few shows. Finally the door opens. I jump up. "Your awake"? Jake asks. "Yea couldn't sleep " I say. He noses. His hair is a mess on his head. Like hes been messing with it a lot. His eyes dark. What are you feeling? I thought.
"Derek went home to get some rest and check on your dad" he says. I look at the door. Feeling nervous all the sudden. My heart picking up speed hoping he couldn't hear it. "Jake what is going on I ask"? I can feel him staring at me. A pained look in his eyes. That is the most emotion he has shown in awhile.
"What do you mean"? He asks "cut the bullshit.. haylie came by" I said. His eyes widen than darken. "D...did you let her in"? He asks. I shake my head no.. "why would I. She just attacked my brother she is crazy" I snapped. Does he think I am stupid?!
He looks relived. "Katie was with her" I say. This time looking at him. His eyes widen "but shes.." his voice trails off. "Dead?" I chime in. He looks at me. So many different emotions run through his eyes. "Yes haylie filled me in on that too.. if you dont wanna give me answers I'm sure haylie will for a price" I say. Crossing my arms over my chest. He glares at me.
"Stormie there is thing's you shouldn't know and once you do you cant undo them.." he says anger in his voice "Shes right we deserve the truth Jake.. no matter how ugly" she says. He sighs. "Look it is complicated. We are not "normal" humans you could say.. there.." he stops sighing and rubbing the bridge of his nose. Obviously frustrated. "Just stay away from them" he snaps
I feel anger boiling to the surface. Everything I have held in from him. The teasing from kayla. Haylie hurting my brother. Losing my mom and my dad.. all the shit I've held in. Trying to keep my self together.
"My brother almost died because of her and whatever the fuck is going on! So stop keeping us in the dark" I yelled at him. Trying to keep my voice from breaking. His eyes widen. "Storm" he says trying to calm down. He looks at his sister. Who is sitting on the stairs obviously just as pissed as me.
"Storm forget it.. we are not apart of his world whatever it maybe so we dont get to know" she says standing beside me now. Staring at her brother. He sighs. Looking down.
"Fine. I'll yell yall but you might want to sit down" he says. "We are fine" Emily says groseing her arms over her chest. He closed his eyes. "Remember when mom and I got into that wreck when I was 12" he asks. Emily looks confused but shakes her head yes.
"We..." he sighs. "We died" he says. I stare at him in confusion? "W-what do you mean" I ask. He looks at me "I was announced DOA and mom died a few hours later at the hospital.. what I didnt know was that katie" his voice broke a little there.
Emily and I where staring at him eyes wide. Trying to understand what he was saying. "She isn't human. I guess you could say she is like a vampire or a wolf.. a mix. We dont have fangs, or turn during s fullmoon. We do drink blood,can run fast,have great hearing. all that shit. We dont exactly no what we are. There isn't many like us. Havent been for years" he says. Not looking at us.
"She had saved us.. at first I thought it was because she loved me. Truth be told she just wanted someone to keep her company. Being alive for almost 600 years you get loney I guess. She help saving my mom over me. I started to hate her and I knew she could sense it so she faked her death so I'd mourn her" he says.
I blink a few times. Emily just starts laughing. A laugh that sounds crazied. Jake and I look at her eyes wide in shock by her reaction. "This is some kind of sick joke right"? He steps towards her. She steps back hands up.
"Yall kept this from me" she said so softly you almost didn't hear it.
"Em.. we. I'm sorry" he says. I pull her into a huge. Rubbing her back. Whispering it is ok. She breaks and starts crying. I glance at Jake. He has a look on his face I cant make out. Emily pulls away whipping her eyes.
"So.. how does haylie fit into all this"? I asked. He nods like he understands my confusion "her and i.. we hooked up a lot after katie.. only she knew Katie was still alive.. she used her death against me.. made me feel bad Anytime I'd try and be happy.. we did bad things. The guilt was so strong" he says.
"Derek"? I asked. His eyes snapped to the ground. Than to me. "He is apart of yalls world now isnt he"? I asked. Holding my breath. Jake nods. So many emotions run through me. But I focuse on one anger. As if he knew. "Stromie. She would kill you before you could even say anything" he says
That made me angry than anything. She killed my brother. Took his choice away. His life would never be the same. Hed have to watch us die.. what does this mean for him? My mind was racing at a 1000 miles an hour.
I felt a hand grab mine. I look beside me. Seeing Emily. Her bright eyes looking so tired. So sad. It was like we communicated through our eyes. We had this bound now and I was grateful to know her. I looked down. So many questions. All I wanted was my mom. A tear fall town my face.
I felt like I couldn't breath. My brother died. He died. He is hear but he still died. My dad will and probably can never know. He gave up everything for me. His dreams. He stayed to take care of me and now he was in this new life I wasnt apart of. I could help him. I couldn't understand. I was useless. I was always useless.
I fell to my knees. My heart shattering. I grabbed my chest and tryed to catch my breath. Tears streaming down my face. Emily was beside me holding me. "I hate her" I whispered. "I know me too" Emily says.
Jake sits in front of me. "I promise you she will pay not now I have got to help your brother throw this.. mom and I had no one and it was hard.. speaking of mom shes coming home" he says.
"Is this the reason shes always gone" ? Em asks. "Yea shes trying to learn more about what we are" he says. Emily nods. We sit in silence for what feels like forever. I glance at Emily that Jake.
"Why did she do this"? I whispered. Playing with the hem of my shirt. He sighs. "I dont know but it is are nature.. to hurt" he says. I stare at him. "A..are you defending what she did"?! I snapped. His eyes darken.
"No, never just that we are naturally impulsive and tend to want to hurt things." He says.
"I need to get back to derek" he says. "When can I see him" I ask. Jake's runs his hands through his hair. "I dont know. Hopefully soon." He says looking at me with a small smile. I feel my heart quicken and look down. Can he hear it?
He turns to leave. "Lock the door and do not let them in" he says. We nod.
Emily and I sit there in silence a bit longer before she breaks the silence.
"Well I am not tired at all and feel this will be a long night.. so junk food, mud masks,scary movies and than gossip" she says. I nod. This isnt my normal idea of fun but I needed a distraction. "But I wanna drink something strong" I say.
We go to the kitchen and rad her cabinets. She mixes us some cranberry and vodka. While I get chips and cookies. We head to the living room. She turns the TV on to chiller.
We talk for what feels like hours. Emily falls asleep. The TV silently in the back ground. I am slightly buzzed. I had three vodka cranberry. I was scrolling through Instagram.
A new text message appears.
(Text conversation below j is Jake and s is stormie duh lol)
J: Hey..
S:Hey back.
J: How are you guys doing with all this?
S:Well we ate our hearts out. Drank til we felt buzzed and the other emotions numbed.. cried and watched twlight.. the irony. You dont sparkle right?! Sorry I am definitely not sober right now.
J: Your drunk? No.. God I'd die if we did lol wow.. sorry bad joke.
S:There is irony there too and yes. Three vodka cranberrys
J: wow. We will have to come back to the house soon.. your dad will be home and derek isnt exactly in a state he needs to see.. but you should still keep your distance. The last thing we need is for him to hurt you
S: I don't think he ever would not even now
J:I hope so
I felt my eyes getting heavy and fall asleep.
J: Night stormie
(I think this is my best chapter so far. I hope yall like it)