~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER THIRTEEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A big shock and a lot of trouble~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nothing. The kiss meant nothing to him.
I had to hold back my tears. It felt like I just got stabbed in the chest.
If only it meant nothing to me, too.
"So, what were you gonna say?" Aidan asked.
"Nothing." I replied. Luckily, my voice didn't crack one bit.
"Okay." He said and then he left. Just like that. He left making me feel worse then ever. I curled up into a ball and just lay there. I stared straight at the wall. Then I just cried.
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MY POV
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After lying there crying I got over it. Well, not over it but I convinced myself I did. It was a simple process but no matter what, I still knew I would never actually be over it for good. It still hurt, I gotta admit but at least I'll be a little more sane. This wasn't the first time I got heartbroken. Well, in this way anyway.
What are you saying? You hardly knew the guy and you're moping because he said the kiss meant nothing? For God sake's get over it!
That was true. I didn't know him at all. I was moping because of something that should mean nothing and I should get over it. So that's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna get over it. Right about now I had the urge to jump off my balcony and run into the woods like I did with my dad when I was a little girl. I don't see why I can't now. Although, he did tell me to never go in the woods alone.
Do it. What's the worse that could happen?
What was the worse that could happen? I mean, the woods weren't really dangerous.
Don't do it. You could get killed!
Please. That's crazy. Go. You have the right. You're not gonna get killed.
I did have the right and I probably wasn't gonna get killed. I opened the balcony doors after securely locking my bedroom door and then I jumped off. Once my feet touched the ground I took one last look at my balcony before I ran off into the woods.
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RYAN'S POV
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"A-Ashley?" Could it really be her? No, it can't be. That was just Amber. How could it be Ashley? Maybe I'm just imagining this. I touched her face and it was real. I was shocked and scared. I took a step back and it looked like hurt was in her eyes. Did that mean she liked me as well?
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MY POV
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Are you really gonna do this every time you get hurt? Run away from your problems and be reckless? Almost get yourself killed and worry your loved ones?
I pushed that voice of reason to the back of my head and kept running. Deeper and deeper into the forest. The light from the sun barely shone through the trees and it was dark. I was happy about that. I wanted to be alone in the dark. I wanted to feel alone for a bit. Just a little while.
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A little while turned into hours and the sky got darker and darker until the only light I had was the light from the full moon. All I could hear was the rustle of the leaves and the sounds of animals moving. Then I heard a twig snap from behind me. I turned around swiftly and came face- to- face with...
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KAGE'S POV
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Why the hell did she lock her door?! She better not be doing anything reckless!
"Break down the door if you have to!" Jazzy yelled. Right now Ryan was slamming his shoulder into the door, trying to break it down. On the third smash of his shoulder the door flew open and we saw the balcony doors wide open and the moon shining through.
"Shit! She ran again!" Jazzy said.
"Well, we have to go after her!" Amby said, motioning towards the forest.
"But why did she run off anyways?" Ryan asked.
"Something hurt her." I said.
"What do you mean 'something hurt her'? What hurt her?" Aidan asked.
"Well, on the day her parents died she did this. She ran into the woods. I found her there one morning shivering, cut up and cold. She runs to get away from her problems only to get into bigger problems." I explained.
"The hurry up!" Amby said, jumping from the balcony with Jazzy following. We followed them into the woods and kept running.
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MY POV
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A guy with glowing red eyes and fangs. Also known as, a vampire.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" He said, licking his lips. "A little human girl, alone in the woods." He sniffed the air slightly and sighed in satisfaction. "Oh wait. A little human virgin girl. My favorite."
I swallowed my fear and backed up. Great. I was gonna die now. Maybe it won't be such a bad thing. But if I don't fight back, what fun would that be? I kept backing up and ended up backing up into a tree. He smirked and walked forward.
That's it. Just a little bit closer...
I sneakily, grabbed a dagger out of my back pocket. Don't ask. But he caught my wrist and made me drop the dagger. Perfect. And no, I'm not being sarcastic. He pinned my wrists up onto the tree and sniffed my neck. That was his first mistake. His grip loosened on my arm and I grabbed my other dagger and stabbed it into his back. He cried out in pain and then I heard voices.
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Author's Note: Hello, my dearest readers. I would like to thank you guyses for reading this story and again special thanks to red kie because she always comments. Therefore, she's sooooooooooooo awesome!
