CHAPTER 56 LENA. The truth was that I had turned Xander down once upon a time. He had been so mad and had threatened me not to tell anyone that I did. Not that I was scared of him or what he was capable of doing, I just didn't have it in me to tell anyone that he had asked me out. Not even Leah. He didn't hold an important place in my life so he wasn't even a topic for discussion. But Damon is. I rolled my eyes as I shut my locker. "Oh, please. You know why I am so keen on him." Let's believe that it is just that. As promised, Damon had dropped by at the bleachers where I sat to finish up an assignment I hadn't done. Mr Finn didn't remember the detention. A lot had been happening in school lately so I expected him not to see it as anything. Sitting at the bleachers was like a suicide move, owing to the face that Igor had died here. But I wasn't afraid. Infact, I wanted whoever was doing the killings to come after me now that I was alone. But it was just Damon.
CHAPTER 57 LENA. And so, I rode with him on his motorcycle, hating the sound of this exhaust blasting through the wind as he sped towards my home. The smell of smoke and oil and Damon's scent remained with me throughout the whole ride. "Thanks for the ride," I muttered under my breath as I pulled off the helmet from my head. I handed it over to him, feeling a zing of energy as our fingers brushed for a brief moment. He cleared his throat and nodded. I caught a flicker of something indecipherable in his eyes. It was gone as soon as it came. Or maybe I was just imagining things. "Uhm," He began as he placed his helmet on the space behind him. "You're not going to ask me to come in?" My. Things did feel different. I didn't feel the anger I used to feel towards him. It wasn't there. I also didn't see him as a threat. He was just there. Standing and staring at me through those eyes of his. Wisps of his hair fell over his forehead and he brushed it back for a moment and
CHAPTER 58 LENA. I was going to draw the eyes of everyone at the party today. It was definite. I stood in front of my mirror, smoothing down the tiny creases on the burgundy silk dress I was wearing. I had gotten it from Shein one time while shopping online with Leah over facetime. I had sent her the photo and she immediately gobbled it up, begging me to buy it so she could see me wear it. It stopped above my thigh and it had a slit running up my right thigh. My back was bare, save for thin straps criss-crossing across my back to hold the bodice in place. Thin strapped arm held a pair of v-shaped cups that held my breasts. My cleavage was open. Like very open but I thanked the goddess that I had small breasts. I turned to look at my behind to see that my hips were accentuated by this dress. As much as I hated to admit that I had wider hips than most girls, it was the reality of my life. I didn't like it so much but there was nothing I could do now. I had to convince Xan
CHAPTER 59 LENA. He was like a fucking tag that refused to come off my dress no matter how hard I used my teeth. We exchanged glances and I knew why he was here. I tried not to look like I was affected by his presence. Instead, I said. "Can we go to the door? We need Xander to let us in," I caught a glimpse of Luke and Trevor through the transparent floor to ceiling windows that lined the eastern part of the mansion. They had party cups in their hands and were talking excitedly about something. Lucky brats. "Alright," Leah said and we began walking towards the entrance. People walked through once they showed their invitation cards and I regretted why I hadn't collected a few from the girl from yesterday. She was the one at the fucking door so that meant I had the chance. She had been nice to me and all of that even when I tried to discourage people from attending the party. She was dressed in a silver dress covered in silver sequins. It was an A-line strapless
CHAPTER 60 LENA. I forced a smile that didn't get to my eyes and waved at him. I could still redeem myself. It didn't matter if Leah was in the wrong. "Hi, Xander." His smile faltered and my heart skipped. "And what are you doing here?" I took the last step and stood in front of him. His eyes moved to my cleavage and lingered there before he looked into my eyes. I wasn't going to get mad about the way he looked at me even if it made me feel damn uncomfortable. "I came to your party." I replied. "I know things have been shitty between us and I hurt you but trust me, I didn't mean any of that," He scoffed. This wasn't going to be as easy as I thought. "So trying to talk people out of attending my party was what then?" Shit. "I was so unhappy yesterday, Xander. Watching people die and partying felt so weird to me. It's just, after I lost my mum, things stopped making sense," I looked into his eyes to see the sympathy that had slipped in. This was fucking low but I ha
CHAPTER 61 LENA. I found Trevor and Luke standing in front of the pool. They were ogling at girls taking off their clothes and jumping into the pool. Most of them were drunk and laughing loudly. I had to cover my ears as I walked towards them. I tapped Luke who turned to look at me. His eyes were bright but I knew he wasn't drunk. Trevor was about to go off to talk to one of the girls giving him the come-hither look but I grabbed him back and pulled him away from the pool. When he saw that it was me, he blanched. "Lena. I didn't know you were close by. I just wanted to ask her—" I pushed my hand into his face. "Save the cock and bull story, Trevor. I don't want to hear anything you have to say. You all must have forgotten that we are here for a reason. What the fuck are you guys drinking?" Luke and Trevor looked into their cups. They looked confused for a moment and Luke had to bring the cup to his nose. So he had no idea what they were taking in?! "It's a fruit p
CHAPTER 62 LENA. "You okay?" "Yes, thank you." I was seated on the bed with a glass of water in my head. Damon had helped me out of another weird attack again and I couldn't even hate him more. My attacks were becoming more frequent now, happening whenever things had gone wrong— I sat up with wide eyes. Damon looked up at me from where he stood by the window. "Is something wrong?" I ignored him and climbed out of the bed and in my quest to stabilize myself, I staggered. In two strides, he was standing beside me. His fingers gripped my arms firmly to hold me in place. "You good, Lena? You shouldn't be on your feet. That was why I asked you to rest for now," He said. His voice was laced with worry and I was starting to think it was all for show. I smiled at him and nodded. "Yes, I am. Thank you, Damon." He saw that I wasn't going to listen to his pleas for me to stay back and rest a bit. "You don't look good but I'll walk you to wherever you're going." I
CHAPTER 63 LENA. I had considered sitting outside with him. I mean, it was Damon, the boy I hated with everything in my soul. We walked to the back of the house and I tried to ignore the fact that his hands were in mine. He was holding me from falling and I tried not to fall into the realization of his hands being firm and soft at the same time. Leah had seen us leaving but she didn't seem to care. But I knew that deep down, she was mad. ADD A Luke had to get a wind of what had been happening behind him as I was tired of being the one to always cover up her dirty deeds for her. He really loved her and they were meant for each other. I wasn't going to let whatever feelings she had for Damon come in the way of their relationship. "A penny for your thoughts?" I stretched out my hand. Damon looked down at it and laughed before digging his hand into his pocket and placing a dollar bill on my palm. I folded it over and stuck it into the side of my dress. "I didn't see t