Wilted Rose by Caitlin Keeton aka gaara (early readers TXT) 📕

wont drink or corner me in a room.” he laughed.
“Ok sounds good to me.” after saying goodbye to all my friends we were in the car on the way to this party. I dreaded it but was still curios.
“so who’s party is this?”
“Its lukes” I rolled my eyes. I had him in my history class and he sat behind me. I heard all his conversations which consisted to all the girls he had in the weakened and football. Blah. Tyler was right his friends weren’t exactly exciting just predictable. After what felt like hours we pulled up too a white house. It looked like it had two floors but it was pretty.
“Do his parents know he throws these wild parties.”
“No they don’t and if they ever found out they would murder him just like if they found out all the other things he did such as breaking all the girls hearts he can.”
“wow I think I like his parents.”
“How about you what would your dad do if he found you having a party.” I burst out laughing.
“He would insist on serving some tea and I’m not joking. My dad he’s lived in lots of places like that. His concern isn’t parties.”
“then what are they?” I looked out the window wishing I could tell him the truth. About an organization called the hunters who hunted the supernatural but instead I went for something a human girl who was a teenager complaining about her dad.
“boys.” he nodded.
“I can understand that I mean I see how most guys are with girls and they aren’t exactly innocent.” he opened the door and after hesitating I walked in. it seemed as though the room had froze. Then just as fast the whispering started.
“did you see that?”
“whys she here?”
“Is she with Tyler what was he thinking?”
“He must feel sorry for her.” I looked over at him and sighed.
“I don’t think they are happy I’m here.” he bent down.
“don’t worry about them their just jealous.” he winked and lead me to the living room where his friend Luke was flirting with some girls and some guy who I think was named Matt stood by with a bored expression. But grinned when he saw us walking towards them. He meet us the rest of the way.
“So Luke wasn’t kidding when he said that you were on a date worth the rumored witch.” I couldn’t help it I burst out laughing. The rumor must had been made out of spite but they had no idea how close they were. I was laughing so hard there was tears in my eyes. I wasn’t sure if it was cause I was nerves that I was laughing at something that normally would have just made me smirk.
“if it weren’t for your speech earlier about not drinking or not being with you from when we walked in this party I might have thought that you were drunk.” Tyler said amused I glared.
“finally someone else here has enough sense not to drink.” Matt grinned.
“You know Tyler I think you got yourself a keeper.” he smirked.
“She also suggested to me earlier that instead of partying I take a nice walk in the woods or read a book.” they both roared in laughter.
“She was kidding right?” Tyler shook his head gravely.
“Im afraid not.”
“well at least Im not wasting my time in an overcrowded room with to much smoke and beer spilled everywhere and the smell of puke every weekend.” I huffed. Matt looked at Tyler a thoughtful expression.
“Yea now that I think of it I do smell puke.” Then once more roared with laughter.
“what are you guys laughing so hard about?” Luke had come over no doubt cause he had no luck with the girl he had been trying to charm. I looked behind me to see a girl with red curly hair it went just above her shoulders and she had blue piercing eyes it was then I realized it was my cousin Beth. Which also meant my other ones were here. Normally if I were in a normal family it wouldn’t have been an issue. But these cousins were not only vampires but also recluses and like everyone else in my family overprotective of me. I looked around the room and sure enough I saw Seth standing on the other side his hair was dark green like the forest and he had the same piercing blue eyes as his sister Beth. He was walking my way and so was Beth. I didn’t need to look anymore to know that my other three cousin were also here and heading towards us. The room grew silent everyone had turned their attention to the scary looking new arrivals that was now standing in front with me stern expressions.
“Its 12:30 shadow your dad said to come home at twelve.” I gulped. Seth was really scary. He sighed.
“and this gentleman here failed to follow orders when uncle had been kind to let him take his only daughter out.”
“Wait Shadow your related to them?” Tyler gulped he didn’t seem to have enough in him to be as brave as he was with my father. To show my cousins weakness was not a smart thing the minute the sensed it all hell would brake lose. I sensed this so I stepped in front of him hoping that this would stop them from doing anything rash. But Dmitri who was Seth’s twin brother reached behind me and grabbed him.
“Lets him go! He didn’t do anything stop it!”
“He didn’t do what he was supose to do Shadow and neither did you! Go wait in the car!” Seth’s eyes that used to be blue turned red. If this had been any other time I wouldn’t have dared disobey. But now looking at Tyler’s pale face I knew I couldn’t just leave him especially if he was in the hands of Dmitri and Seth. Beth seemed to sense this she looked over at me pleadingly but I just put my chin up
“NO!” I shouted. Seth narrowed his eyes.
“what do you mean no?”
“well there should be a dictionary somewhere is you don’t know what it means.” I told him slowly as though I thought he were stupid. He nodded to Gillian who was the youngest.
“Take her to the car I don’t care how you get her too just do it.” His voice shook with anger. It was low but deadly everyone that stood around flinched. He nodded eager to make his older brother happy. I was roughly grabbed and thrown over his shoulder. I kicked and screamed the whole way but his grab never loosened and I didn’t dare use magic in front of all those humans. I really hated my life right now.

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Publication Date: 01-29-2011

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