1

I squished the cigarette under my foot, rubbing it into the ground so it went out and I stuffed the lighter back into my small pouch. My savior kit. I knew it was slowly, incredibly slowly, killing me, but I didn't care, I just brushed it off and got on with my life, even though nothing could get the memory of their lip-locking out of my mind, he even had the nerve to say 'it isn't what it looks like', but we all knew it was.
I sighed, grabbing my skateboard from the ground and I took a swig of coke then sprayed my perfume on to mask the cigarette, it was almost time for school, time to face that cheating asshole.
That's right, I, Ashton Nicole Brittany Ammara, had been cheated on, and he was so going to regret it.
I placed my skateboard on the road, ignoring the sidewalk, and took off.
I used to be popular, I probably still was a little, but I would brush them all off, it wasn't like I had a real best friend in there, my best friend was in a different school, along with my other best friend. Kyle and Shaylee, they already smoked, so it didn't bother them that much when they learned I was smoking, but then again, when I told them last night, they were pretty drunk and all of there words were slurred.
I sighed, going faster as I hit the hill that sloped to the school, I could see all of the cars there already, I fought back the ache in my heart because of my cheating ex and put on a smile, my long brown hair whipped behind me in the air as I came closer to the school.
I had learned to skateboard many years ago, I had been friends with a family of boys and a mother, but they had moved five years ago when I was twelve, I thought they were cousins then, but unfortunately they weren't and we lost contact when they moved with only a small warning.

I reached the school and suddenly, my shorts felt tight, I had worn the ones James, my ex, had liked best just to rub it in his face. I had bought a new shirt that showed my flat, tight stomach if I raised my arms, he had always liked that I didn't have to starve myself to be in shape unlike most of the popular sluts, they barely ate and when they did, it was only nibbles.
I flipped the skateboard into my hand, walking through the door as people watched me with wide eyes, I didn't bother seeing if anything was showing in my bag because I had safely stored my small pouch below everything else, and below a dress that I kept in case a slut decided they didn't like me at the moment.
I reached my locker hearing words about me being spoken everywhere, some not so nice, some actually funny, I swung open my locker and stuffed my bag then skateboard into the locker, taking only a pencil.
I slammed my locker shut, walking towards my first class with my head down, hair draped around me, hiding my face in case anyone saw the red spot on my cheek from falling in the morning, and because of the long, thin scar on my forehead from years ago, I couldn't even remember where I got it.
I was walking when I slammed into a hard chest, bouncing back immediately and stepping away, trying to walk around him but he caught my arm.

"Aren't you going to say sorry?" He asked and I laughed.

"Aren't you going to get a brain?" I asked and tried to yank my arm away put he squeezed tighter and I bit the inside of my lip to stop from crying out as he shoved me against the wall, I could see who it was now, the skaters, or whatever your want to call them, I hated them to the core, they annoyed the hell out of me.

"Seems you're the one who need a brain, one person already told you that probably," There leader, Ben, poked my scar and I flinched, trying to pull away as I shook hair over it.

"Let. Go. Of. Me," I growled at him, kneeing him in the crouch and stabbing his arm with my pencil and he released, groaning in pain as he flopped to the floor, clutching his balls. I let out a laugh before fleeing as fast as I could, seeing his friends coming after me, but they froze when they saw the halls becoming crowded and turned back. I was walking again when some patted my shoulder and I turned to look at James.

"We're over, you lying cheating asshole, don't ever talk to me again!" I said angrily, slapping him in front of a crowd of people who were watching with wide eyes, we had been the schools favorite couple for a entire year, "I hope you have fun with that whore Lisa!" I yelled at his face, slapping him on the other cheek so he had a red hand mark in. I heard everyone gasp when they heard Lisa's name, they would probably give her hell when they found her.
I turned away, walking swiftly to my class and to my seat with everyone else who was flooding in. I tried to force a smile but I couldn't, I just left my lips straight instead of forcing them to look happy.

"Is that why you weren't at the movies with everyone else?" I heard Josie ask and I turned to look at her, nodding.

"Apparently he thought he could take two girls to the movies, while making out with the wrong one," I mumbled and she gave me a sad smile.

"I'm so sorry, you guys were so cute together, and believe me, James and Lisa are going to get hell, I already hear that the rest of the football team are planning something to keep him out of the game next week and if he gets in, to not let him do anything, maybe even make him unable to play," Josie said and I forced a small smile.

"Thanks," I murmured as the teacher glared over at us.

"Would you like to share anything, Ms. Ammara?" The teacher asked and I nodded.

"Yes, sir," I said, smiling at my last name slightly, I loved it, "Mr. Torin over here," I began, pointing at James a couple of seats away who was watching the bored blankly and jumped when I said his last name "Was cheating on me with Ms. Ryon over there," Again, I pointed at Lisa near the back, "In my driveway when Mr. Torin was supposed to be taking me out on a date,"

"Is that all, Ms. Ammara?" He said, sounding slightly amused and I frowned, shaking my head.

"No, sir," I said, "Can I get a restraining order on Benjamin Frank? I think he's going to try and snap my neck, I really don't feel like running away from him and his groupies," I finished, knowing fully well that two of his groupies were in the class and they were both glaring at me.

"Okay, Ms. Ammara, since you have interrupted so much of our lesson, you should go tell the principal your orders," He said and I frowned while the groupies smirked, I had no idea what there problem was.

"Yes sir," Was all I said, knowing fully well that after I went to the principal's office, I was leaving school, I didn't fell up to it today.
I stood, leaving my pencil as if I was coming back, and walked out the door, straight for the office. As I was getting close tot the door, I heard someone call to me.

"Wait up Bitch," I saw Ben and my eyes went wide, I rushed to the door, opening it and closing it so it made a sound and the secretary heard me. I walked up to her and smiled at her while she smiled back, my mom had gone to school with her, they had been friends.

"Hi, Mrs. Sampson, Mr. Den told me to come here, I was asking for someone to give someone a restraining order, he told me you could help," I said, and she let out a laugh as the door opened and closed again and I saw Ben standing there, glaring at me.

"Great! He's here, he can sign it without someone having to chase him down!" I said, smiling as the principal came out.

"Why, Benny, why are you here?" Principal Frank said and I suddenly made the connection, they had the same green eyes.

"He's here to sign the restraining order, he needs to stay away from me before he gets to break my neck," I said, smiling at the principal as he frowned at Benjamin.

"Well, um, I'll just get the paper," Mrs. Sampson said and I smiled and mouthed 'Thank you' to her and she just smiled before disappearing into a doorway and out of my sight. I turned my head and looked at the principal who was now glaring at Ben who had a sheepish smirk on his face.

"What did you do now? Your mother will be hearing about this," The Principal said and I waited patiently, watching the ground with my hair covering my face to hid my smirk.

"I... Um, I think I may have threatened her..." Ben mumbled, watching the floor as hid father stared him down, all of his courage and bravery was gone, dispersed into the air.

"And he may have sent two of his buddies to chase me down," I muttered and Ben glared at me and his father glared harder at him.

"Grounded, and detention," His father said before turning to Mrs. Sampson who approached empty handed.

"It seems we don't have any left, the file was destroyed by someone, I am sorry, I'll try and retrieve it, though it is unlikely," She said quietly, shooting me a sorry look and I faked a small 'it's fine' smile, though my insides were full of despair, as were my eyes and the principal seemed to notice that and yanked Ben into his office to talk.

"I'll be going now, Mrs. Sampson, don't forget afternoon tea tomorrow with my mom," I said, flashing her a even faker happy smile while she nodded.

"Have a good day, Honey," She said, using her nickname for me since I loved honey when I was little, it went on every food in my mind, even ice-cream.
I walked outside, running to my locker and I grabbed my skateboard, slinging my shoulder bag over my shoulder as I skateboarded down the hall, hearing quick footsteps and then wheels, I sped up, flinging myself out the front doors as I grabbed the skateboard in my arm, running up the hill to get up faster.
I could hear the faint sounds of wheels far away and it told me they had just hit the parking lot. Perfect. I dropped my skateboard at the top of the hill and continued on, my hair flapping in the breeze as I went faster and faster, until all I could hear was the wind howling in my ears, no more wheels, I had lost them.
I smiled and fought the urge to whoop. I headed for my favorite beach, it was secluded and I only knew about it, except my two real friends, I had brought them here once in one of there cars, but I had blind folded them on the way there and on the way back, so they only knew what it looked like on the inside of the rocky barrier.
It was great living in sunny California, we hadn't had terrible storms in years, and none were coming so far, everything was at peace.
I reached the rocky drop off and smiled, slipping my skateboard into my hand and I stuffed it in my bag as best I could and I began scaling down the rocks, this had been the hard part when they had come here, I had to walk a mile to find them a way down without showing them where we were, but the entrance was hidden in a forest of trees, so nobody found it.
I dropped down the last six feet, landing lightly in soft sand and I smiled, kicking off my shoes and socks, tossing my bag to the side as my toes buried into the soft pale sand and I smiled, the wind whipping my hair around as waves slopped onto the sand, pulling some grains away but pushing them back as waves slapped against the rocks closer to the water.
I sighed and walked towards the water, dipping my feet in lightly as it flooded around my ankles before pulling back to my toes and I smiled bigger, whenever I came here I felt at peace, like all of my worries slipped away, if only for a little while.
I let out a long breath, closing my eyes lightly as the water caressed my feet, suddenly my fears came rushing back and I sighed, walking to my bag and slipping out the small pouch, pulling out a cigarette and I lit it, holding it between two fingers as I brought it to my lips, I walked back to the after, walking in until it lapped around my knees, avoiding my short shorts by a lot.

"You weren't going to pollute the water, now were you?" A voice said and I let out a breath of smoke and turned to face.

"Of course not, I would never do something like that," I said airily to Ben, his groupies were standing behind him.

"You do know that's bad for your health?" He said and I just shrugged, turning back around and facing the sea, watching it in the far distance.

"At least now when you kill me, you'll be able to dump my body quickly," I murmured, my long brown hair flowing out behind me in the wind as a light smile came across my face as I brought the cigarette back to my mouth.

"Yeah, I suppose," Was all Ben said and I frowned, suddenly remembering I hadn't heard anyone coming.

"How did you get down here?" I asked softly after letting out another breath of smoke.

"The ridge, you know, steps from the forest," I nodded, knowing fully well what he was talking about "Well, at least we know why there was a bikini here, and why there are cigarettes under a rock," I spun around, glaring at him.

"You took my brand new bikini?!" I was beyond furious, my mother had grounded me a week because of it, she had bought it for me after a week of begging.

"Yup, and may I say, it was awfully skimpy, someone should have taken pics of it on you," I glared at him and moved back to the shore, crushing my cigarette under the rock along with all of the others. I grabbed my bag, swinging it over my shoulder and backed away slowly as far away as I could get from them, they didn't even notice.

"May I say, it has been a wonderful little chitchat but I have somewhere else to be, away from you assholes," I said in a honey sweet voice, another reason I had achieved that nickname as I flung myself high against the rocks, climbing quickly and only looking over my shoulder when I heard angry shouts.

"You bitch! You tricked us!" Ben yelled, kicking a rock into the water as I reached the top, finally letting my laughs out.

"No I didn't! I simply outsmarted you!" I called and they began rushing towards the ridge, hurrying along it but even they knew I'd be long gone by the time they got there. I pulled out my skateboard and placed it on the road, starting down and going fast to my rather large house.

2

I went straight into the garage- or so it looked like. Over the years, I had developed it into my room, the entire floor was carpeted and the garage door was a sparkly baby blue on the inside and I had wrote my name in large curly painted dark blue letters on it, the sign on the outside was 'This Is Not A Garage' and 'Beware Rabid Tiger', I practically lived in there, it had a giant TV, a laptop, and a gigantic bed which was very, very pink, the carpet was a cream color while there was a small bed in the corner for my kitten, Waterlily, who at the moment was in her litter box. She was a rare tabby, she had blue-silver fur with some white streaks around her, and a cute little tip of white fur on the end of her tail and her ears.
I plopped down on my bed, looking at the dark oak desk with my laptop on it. I was about to lay down on the bed when I heard loud knocking on the large door. Standing, I peeked through the window and saw Ben and his groupies. I quickly locked all of the locks, five in total, and I laughed when he tried to break it open. I cracked open on of the small windows and heard him cursing.

"What? Did my awesome door stop you from killing me?" I asked and he glared at me, I looked to the side of the door on the inside and I saw Waterlily jumping onto the window sill of one of the small windows and pawing a the glass, watching them as they turned there gaze to her.

"Is that the tiger?" One of them asked while the other laughed.

"Just wait until I let her bite you, where do you think I got that scar? Her nails aren't exactly nice," I said, the last part a lie, she was declawed, but they believed me and stepped away from the window, except one with bright red hair, he stepped closer and looked at her paws.

"No, she's declawed," He said and I glared at him as Waterlily let out a big yawn and they saw her needle sharp teeth.

"Shut up!" I yelled and turned away, picking Waterlily up lightly in my hands, holding her against my chest with one hand while I pulled the blinds down on all the little windows so they couldn't see inside.

"Hey, I wanted to talk to you!" Ben called and I placed Waterlily lightly in her play area that I had closed off so she wouldn't scratch my entire room up and make it dirty, which it wasn't in the least.

"Go away Benjamin!" I called back, sitting on my bed as I waited for him to hopefully leave.

"Not until I get to speak of what I wanted with you!"

"Well, then send your buddies away and I'll think about opening the door, I promise," I called back and heard muttering before he answered.

"They're gone!" I walked over, moving the blind on one window and sure enough, all five of his groupies were skateboarding away, I waited until they were down the street and turning the corner before I unlocked the garage door, shoving it up as it retracted to the ceiling.

"Fine, come in," I mumbled, waiting until he was in before closing it again, "Speak," I added, turning around and seeing he was much closer to me than I thought he would be, I tried to back up but I was already touching the garage door.

"I don't like how you mad a fool of me in front of my 'groupies' as you call them," I smiled at him and nodded.

"So when do I care what you like?" I asked, smiling up at him as he took a step closer, hiding my fear underneath as he took another step, "Stay away from me," I mumbled, my breath accelerating and I swore silently, stupid hormones.

"Why? Am I making you uncomfortable?" Ben asked and I shook my head as he took another step and he pressed his chest against me, my head only reaching his chin.

"No, I just don't want you to touch me," I mumbled, turning around and he put a hand on my arm and I whirled around, kneeing him in the crouch again and he fell with a gasp.
"I said don't touch me..." I mumbled as a tear trickled down my cheek and I didn't notice as Ben slowly regained his feet.

"Your dead, bitch," He swung a fist at me and I closed my eyes as it collided with my shoulder and I hit my head on the garage door, slumping to the ground and still keeping my eyes closed, ignoring the swelling pain as he swung out with a well aimed kick that struck me in the side, leaving me sprawled out on the ground on my good side.
I felt another kick and suddenly, it was all to much for my body, having suffered a lot before, I blacked out.
***
I opened my eyes to the feeling of a bed under me, I saw my mom sitting on the bed with tired looking eyes.

"Mom, how long was I out?" I asked quietly and she jumped, sighing in relief as I sat up stiffly and she smiled at me, hugging me loosely.

"The entire night, oh honey, what happened?" She asked and I let out a exasperated sigh.

"I fell over the neighbor's fence while skateboarding, I'm sorry, I should have come to you, but I got in and fell to the floor," I lied easily, I had lied a lot to her lately.

"Okay, honey, you should shower and cover your bruises, we don't want you to look like a hoodlum," Mom said and I rolled my eyes, she always thought about reputations.

"Yes mom," I said and she stood, walking out of my room and into the house through a door attached to the garage and house, it had many signs saying 'Stay Out' from the outside too.
I stood slowly and walked to my dark oak dresser, pulling out underwear and a short jean skort before a one shoulder light blue shirt with a pink design on it and a pink tanktop underneath. I quickly stepped into the new shower my parent had someone install along with a toilet and sink in a extra closet that was larger than the other, it had taken a lot of money but I was an only child, so I was basically spoiled.
I took a quick shower and scrubbed my body and hair with strawberry scented soaps before getting out and drying myself, blow drying my hair and putting it in a long braid over my shoulder to the side after brushing through it.
I was still in shock at what Ben had done to me when I applied the make up onto the bruises on my face after getting dressed, I used little eyeliner like usual, and a dash of very light blue eyeshadow before walking outside with my skateboard in hand, and my shoulder bag over my shoulder. I started down the road towards school, going as fast as I could since I was going to be late, I hit the hill and looked at the school, teens were swarming in the parking lot. To my dread, Ben and his groupies were right by the door. I practically flew down the hill, I kicked my skateboard into my hand near the door and walked straight past them, not sparing Ben a glance.

"Ashton!" Someone called as I reached my locker, I sighed and did my combination, flinging it open and stuffing my bag inside, holding my skateboard with myself, I would probably end up skipping again, it wouldn't matter though, I was a straight A student.

"Yup?" I asked, spinning around and forcing on a gigantic fake smile when I saw James, but it lessened when he came running at me and barreled into me, hugging me tight.
"Release me you cheating asshole," I commanded and he loosened up a little, the pain easing in my ribs.

"I heard what happened, are you okay?" James said and I raised a eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" I asked, confusedly, pushing him away from me and from the corner of my eye I saw a smirking Lisa.

"You're pregnant, Lisa told everyone," James stated and my jaw dropped open.

"NO I'M NOT!" I shrieked angrily and shoved him hard, running at Lisa and my fist connected with her eyes before my other with her nose, hearing a satisfying crunch and she screamed, I kicked her shin and she fell over.
"YOU WHORE! I BET YOU'RE THE PREGNANT ONE!" I felt my foot connect with her when someone grabbed me from behind, holding my arms behind me as I kicked out furiously at a bleeding Lisa as they dragged me backwards.

"They know you're not pregnant, James only didn't," He whispered in my ear, but it was nobody I had heard before "You're lucky I got to you before Ben or the principal or some other teacher," and suddenly I recognized it, the red haired guy, one of the groupies.

"Well duh I'm not pregnant, I'm about seventy percent sure, unless Benjamin raped me after he knocked me out," I said angrily, struggling against his hold but I soon gave up because of his strong grip.

"He knocked you out? God that idiot, well, he won't do it again, I promise," He said and I turned my head and looked at him.

"What's your name?" I asked and he seemed taken aback and laughed, I frowned and sighed, rolling my eyes and muttered "Boys," and I felt sadness envelope me, remembering the boys that had lived across from me once upon a time they would always reply 'girls' and that's exactly what he did.

"Girls," He muttered back, grinning at my wide eyes before the grin disappeared "It's Alex," I tore myself from his grip and flung my arms around him.

"I'm such a idiot, I should have recognized you, you died your hair though, it was nice blond," I blurted out, squeezing him tight, he was one of the six brothers, the one most like my brother, a lot of people thought we were either dating or siblings, we usually looked horrified when they suggested dating, we always went with sibling and the people would look embarrassed.

"I'll take that as a I miss you, and I missed you too," Alex said, hugging me back "And I may just murder Ben for that,"

"Wait... Why didn't you tell me?! We were best friends! You've been at this high school for four years and I swore at you and I didn't even know it was you, stupid!" I yelled at him, hitting him on his arm before hugging him tighter.

"Are we done here?" Ben's voice asked and I sighed, turning around and shrinking back into Alex when he glared at me, I tried to glare back, but my cheek hurt to much to put force into it.

"Why? You want to abuse me again? Because I don't think it'll pass for the neighbor's fence this time, she barely believed this" I wiped off most of the back up on my cheek to reveal a deep purple-blue-yellow "Was made by a fence, so go ahead, I'm not stopping you," I said, crossing my arms and staring him down until her turned around.

"Whatever," He grumbled, "Bring her to the Pack house," I was suddenly lifted into Alex's arms and I hugged my skateboard tight to my chest when he began running, slow at first, but when we were outside things began to blur and suddenly, there were trees everywhere and a gigantic house.

"Oh. My. Fuckin. God." I stated "When the hell did you run that fucking fast?!" I exclaimed with wide eyes, but suddenly something pocked a place around my collar bone and everything went black.

3

"Dammit Ben!" I heard someone shout and my eyes slowly opened to the harsh yelling coming from the room I was in to see people standing at the end of a bed I was laying on. Looking around, I saw it had cream colored walls and was most certainly not the hospital, probably the Pack House they had been talking about.

"It's not my fault she doesn't remember me! I'm the one she was most likely to forget!" Ben screamed back and I noticed, through my hazy vision, that the other was Alex from his fiery red hair.

"Your giving me-more of a-headache..." I mumbled once finding my voice, it came out raspy and cracked up in several places.

"Sorry Ashy," Alex said, rushing over to my side and squeezing my hand lightly, "I didn't know how long you would be out, I just learned that trick, we had to sort some things out... and you just may have... possibly... missed a day of school," he gave me a sheepish smile and I let out a laugh.

"I know how you could make it up to me," I said, wiggling my eyebrows and I heard Ben growl, "Jeez, don't get your panties in a knot, and if you do, you might as well have the decency to unknot them somewhere else," I muttered to Ben, rolling my eyes when he glared towards me. "Help me up?" I asked Alex and he nodded, taking off a cast around my neck that I hadn't realized had been there.

"You were slouching to much, could have had a stiff neck for a while," Alex murmured as I managed to swing my legs off the bed and he put a arm around me, lifting me up to my feet and I stood there wobbly before I stood straight.

"Skateboard please," I said softly and Alex grinned before handing it to me and I walked steadily to the door, "Bye," I felt someone try and grab my arm but I was already out the room and down the stairs, heading straight for a door, I flung it open and to my luck, it was outside and there was a driveway, paved thankfully, the gravel ones make me vibrate and my teeth clang together.
I ran down the steps and out to the driveway where a couple cars were parked. Instantly, I dropped my skateboard, jumping on it and taking off down the twisty paved driveway, tilting the board ever so slightly to skim the edges of the curves. I looked to the edge of the forest when I heard leaves rustle and saw golden eyes, my eyes went large and I went faster, using all of my might to make my foot propel me faster as I practically flew down the driveway, suddenly the trees disappeared and there was the school, I took a sharp turn, heading home as quick as I could, only moving as to go faster and turn, my eyes focused ahead of me the entire time as I zoomed past cars, swerving around them until I reached my house, kicking my skateboard into my hand and I ran into my room, flinging the garage door open after unlocking it with the key around my neck and I closed it, locking each lock.
I let out a giant breath, panting from all of the exercise as Waterlily jumped onto my stomach that I realized was empty and devoid of any form that may suggest it had once held food and I sighed, everyone thought I had a eating disorder, but I just never had the time to eat.
I ignored the grumbling going on inside of me and stroked my kitten's fur before lifting her delicately into a hand and stood, grabbing her can of food and filling her small bowl, placing her beside it before refilling her water bowl and rinsing it in my bathroom. I put it back and watched her tiny for eat, smiling to myself, she was my responsibility, though my parents paid for her, I loved her far more than them.
I sighed, flopping down on my bed and my head hit something, making me sit straight up, turning and sighing again when I saw Ben.

"If you wanted to cuddle you could have just said so," Ben said, pulling me back down onto the bed and up with my back against his chest, wrapping his arms around me as he laid back.

"Please leave me alone, your hurting me," I mumbled as hi arm pressed against my bruised ribs and his eyes went wide, yanking up my shirt and I tried to pull it back down but he held me still and looked at the large bruises covering my right side and he carefully traced the outline.

"I'm so sorry," Ben murmured in my ear, sounding like he was going to cry and I yanked my shirt down and shook my head.

"It's fine, at least you didn't break anything, my mom would have ended up killing me," I said quietly and felt him staring at me as I faced away from him, letting him hold me against him as I felt something wet touch my neck and his head against the back of my head, my hair still in it's braid but messy.

"No it isn't, I hurt you," Ben mumbled.

"Does the great Benjamin Frank have feelings?" I gasped, feigning shock as I felt him glare at me.

"Don't rub it in," He growled and I frowned.

"What's with all the growling?" I asked and he sighed.

"Get a swimsuit on," He commanded and I nodded slowly, pulling gently away from him and standing, moving to my dresser I pulled out a one piece "Two piece please," he called to me and I turned to glare at him, flashing the one piece that had a large back hole and a dip in the front yet clung tightly.

"This is as close as it is getting to a two piece around you," I said, walking into my bathroom and stripping, pulling on the swimsuit and checking to make sure it covered the bruises before walking out and smiling when he gaped at me.
"Like what you see?" I asked, spinning around before grabbing a cover-up dress and pulling it on. He stood up from my bed and for the first time, I noticed he didn't have shirt on. I forced myself not to stare and grabbed my skateboard, seeing he had brought his to.


"You know where we're going," Ben said and I nodded, taking off down the street once we were outside, we reached the secluded beach quickly and I dropped my skateboard into a pile of sand before climbing down and he landed beside me.

"Death wish much?" I said, slipping off the cover-up dress and he stared at me again before I snapped my fingers in his face "Yup, death wish, your lucky I'm not pounding your face in for staring at me," I turned away and he followed me as I walked towards the ocean, dipping my feet delicately in and he walked past me, further into the water and I grinned, following him quietly.
"I was hoping you'd do that," I said and jumped on his back, knocking him over and under the water. When he bobbed up, he shook the water from his hair and I stood straight, smirking at him.

"You're going to regret that, sweetheart," Ben said, taking a step towards her and her eyes went wide as he lunged, grabbing her around her waist and flinging her into the water and she jumped up, not going under and splashed him, shoving him into the water.
Laughing when he pushed himself up, his shaggy hair covering his eyes and he ran at her, tackling her into deeper water.


After a while, they got tired and trudged back to the shore, flopping down in the sand next to each other.

"I had fun," I murmured, realizing I was being truthful, seeing the sun was beginning to set.

"Me too," Ben said softly, wrapping a arm around me.

"How did Alex run so fast?" I blurted out the question before I realized it and he turned his head to look at me as did I.

"Werewolf speed is very quick," He whispered, holding me tighter as I tried to jerk away.

"So you mean to tell me your werewolves?" I asked and he sighed, closing his eyes and he nodded slowly.

"I'm so sorry, I just didn't know how to tell you..." He whispered.

"Tell me? Why me? Why not one of your sluts?" I asked sincerely and he grinned which surprised me.

"Ever heard of imprinting from Twilight? Well change that to mates and your all mine," Ben said and inched closer and I let out a small laugh and he opened his eyes.

"That may explain the growling at Alex, my almost-brother," I said, rolling my eyes as he moved closer, resting his forehead on mine.

"Your fine with it?" Ben asked quietly, barely over a whisper.

"Of course, nobody can change fate, and why would I? You can keep James away from me," I mumbled, smiling and letting out another little laugh when he growled at James's name.

"God, that makes things a lot easier," Ben mumbled and I rolled my eyes.

"This is probably just a dream anyways, so why not accept it?" I said, crossing my arms behind my head and turning it to watch the sun set.

"It's not a dream, oh smart one," Ben said and I groaned.

"Way to ruin the moment even though I am smart," I grumbled, pushing myself to my feet and grabbing my cover-up dress, flinging it on over my swimsuit and fluttered my fingers in a wave at a sad looking Ben, "See ya at school, and remember, I now have black mail," I said, grabbing my skateboard and tossing it up the ledge before pushing my self up to the top.
I stepped onto my skateboard and began down the road and towards my home, suddenly feeling guilty about the black mail, but I brushed it aside as I reached my house, flipping my skateboard into my hand and slipping into my room by barely opening the garage door and sliding on the ground before closing and locking it.
I sighed stripped off my bathing suit and cover-up, grabbing underwear and slipping it on before picking out a giant T-shirt for bed and flopped down onto my bed, burying myself under the covers as my kitten nestled in beside me.

"Oh Waterlily, my life is one high alert right now," I whispered, stroking her soft, silky fur with two fingers and her tail twitched as she began to purr softly before we both fell asleep.

4

(To all my fabulous readers,
In this chapter you will find a split, First, Ashton's POV then Ben's POV


I woke up to my alarm clock and slapped it off, the plug coming out of the outlet when it fell and the noise ended making me sigh in relief, my normal music station that usually woke me up had been switched, someone had been rapping in the radio when I woke up, it annoyed the hell out of me.
I pushed my way out of my soft bed and stood straight, stretching before I fed my kitten and my stomach viciously attacked me and I groaned, I had to eat something soon, very soon. I hurried into the shower, washing quickly, then slipping on a sundress with sneaker-looking white flats to go with the white sundress that had cream colored flowers on it. I smiled at my appearance before brushing my hair out and it cascaded down my back while I ran out, grabbing the keys to a car my family owned, the white Porsche to be exact, I thought it would look nice with my white outfit, and it was one of my parents least favorites.
I hopped in the car, driving down the long driveway quickly and heading to McDonald's, I ordered a quick breakfast and French Vanilla Frappe through the drive-threw before heading to school and eating on the way.
I stepped out of my car, my hair blowing in the breeze as I sipped on my Frappe, walking towards the school building as I sipped on the hot liquid, relishing it's taste even though I had bought a large.
Smiling brightly, I passed people who looked at me wonderingly, some with wide eyes, and others with shaky knees. I felt a arm slip around my waist and I jumped slightly, looking up at Ben.

"Hey moment-crusher," I said, my smile disappearing at his serious look on his face but he lightened up a little at my words.

"Your the one that won't except your a goody-two-shoes," Ben teased and I slapped his arm, glaring at him and frowning.

"What's up with you? Your insulting me a lot more than usual," I mumbled, looking down at the ground as I wrapped my arms around my thin form, one hand still holding my Frappe.

"Aw, I don't mean it, and you aren't completely a goody-two-shoes, remember the rock at the beach? You certainly aren't good for that," Ben said, holding me against him as he tugged me down the hallway and towards our class that we unfortunately had together.

"At least I'm not addicted or anything," I mumbled with a shrug "It gets my mind of things,"

"I know another way of getting your mind off things," He whispered in my ear and made light circle against my hip and the thin cloth. I shoved him away harshly and glared at him, pushing him back with one hand while I held my Frappe tightly in the other.

"Never, you perv!" I said angrily, fighting the urge to poor my drink on him as I turned away and walked swiftly to my class, sitting in my seat next to a sweet girl while I waited for the teacher, drinking my Frappe. I let out a mostly silent sigh and fought the urge to look up when Ben sauntered into the classroom, looking affected by my anger only slightly, otherwise he looked his totally normal, ignorant self. I glared ahead as he past, his arm brushing against mine but I yanked my arm away when he first touched it and glared at him. He was annoying me on purpose, it was in his nature.

*Ben's POV*

I kept wondering how I pissed her off so easily, I hope she forgave me or something, because I had no idea how I was supposed to say sorry, it wasn't anywhere near my nature. My wolf was screaming at me right now, though I had blocked him out, he was angry that I had annoyed our mate. Again. I was starting to get a headache, he wanted to fix it, but he had no idea how so I just pushed him away for the thirtieth time this month.
I reached the classroom door and tried to compose myself, walking in slump-like, I tried to reason with the angered voice in my head.

You asshole!

my wolf screamed at me and I grinned inside my head, my face blank outside as I walked towards my seat.

You just called yourself a asshole too,

I replied quietly, quite amused with him.

Our mate is mad because of you!

He yelled and I silently agreed.

Well, if you want to say sorry, don't let me stop you,

I replied, now angered by him like usual, usually we were friendly though, he was my mentor, he taught me and kept me under control, especially during mating season when all girls smelled like heaven, I was dreading having Ashton near me then, I could hurt her, or worse, rape her; some wolves can't control themselves around there mates and end up having sex with them no matter how much they say 'no', it means nothing to the wolf because of her intoxicating scent.

Give me control for three minutes, she'll like me more than you,

My wolf replied and my face hardened before it softened when she glanced at me before glaring at the board. I gave my wolf a sharp 'Yes' and suddenly all I could do was watch as my wolf brushed my arm lightly against hers and she flinched, jerking away at the slightest touch of me and glared at my wolf, making me grin on the inside as I watched from my eyes.
My wolf stooped down to a knee and whispered in her ear, stroking her hand lightly.

"I-I'm sorry, I was a jerk to you, you don't deserve it, you deserve better," My wolf said, dis tone slightly deeper than mine, but still pretty much the same.

"Damn right I do," Ashton muttered with out looking, and when she did, her eyes went wide.

"You okay, sweetheart?" My wolf said, rubbing circles on our mate's hand with my thumb.

"Your eyes are.. b-b-black," Ashton whispered so nobody else could hear except other wolves in the room.

"Fuck," My wolf muttered and instantly I gained control and moved away, standing and walking to my seat, sitting down and watching my hands in my lap as I heard her heartbeat all the way across the room, I saw the girl she was next to move towards her and start whispering, so I listened in, she obviously wasn't a werewolf or pixie, not even a witch or fairy.

"Why is Benjamin Frank talking to you?" The girl that I think was called Maria asked.

I saw a small blush form on my mate's cheeks as she spoke after a couple of seconds "Um... He was apologizing for some things he said to me that weren't completely nice," Ashton said quietly.

"Oh my god! Are you two dating?!" Maria gasped slightly loud and a couple people heard so I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote 'Absolutely' on it, chucking it over to Maria who saw it land on her desk and opened it, grinning widely. "You are!" she exclaimed and my mate buried her face in her hands.

"No we aren't," Ash said in a low, threatening voice that echoed across the now silent room. I stood and walked over to her, dropping to my knees so we were about the same height.

"Are you denying our love?" I asked, just a tad to loud so everyone heard. She jumped slightly and pushed me away when she saw how close I was.

"There is no love, I change my mind about the answer I give you too," Ashton said and stood, walking out of the classroom with her bag and leaving me hurt as I returned to my desk and the teacher walked in, starting class.
I sighed, crossing my arms and I decided to be a grouch for the rest of the day or until I saw her, my wolf agreed completely.

5

I smiled as I flipped my hair over my shoulder, walking down the hall as guys looked me up and down, knowing it would make Ben mad, and that was my only goal at the moment, and he was watching from his locker as I strutted towards mine, I was passing him when somebody grabbed my arm and crushed me against the lockers.

"Don't you ever do that again," Ben growled in my ear and he smashed his lips to mine, kissing me hungrily until I shoved him away.

"You asshole, go away," I said, whirling around and walking out into the parking lot and jumping in my car, I quickly put it into drive and got out of the parking lot, almost speeding home where I jumped out and slammed the door, running to my room and falling on to my bed.
I was practically hyperventilating when I thought about how he had kissed me, it felt so... right. Like it was meant to be that way, yet I didn't want to accept it anymore,I wanted him gone.
I stood slowly and walked across the room, grabbing my skateboard and the small pouch before getting out of the house as quick as I could, realizing I hadn't seen my parent sin a while, but I didn't care, they were never around anyway. I jumped on my skateboard and headed down to the secluded beach. I climbed down like usual, except nothing was usual today as I sat in the sand by the back, lighting a cigarette in my mouth and pulling out a small bottle of tequila, I had never drank before so this could be very weird. I took a small sip after blowing smoke out of my mouth and it burned as it slid down my throat, I drank more instantly, only stopping when the small bottle was empty and I swore silently, crushing the burned out cigarette under a rock and pulling out another one as my vision started to go weird, I knew I was drunk finally, for the first time ever.
I stood slowly and walked over to the water, slipping off my shoes and dipping my feet in, giggling when it swept over my toes then ankles.

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Texte: Yours Truly
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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 02.09.2012

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