“Sean said that our parents had my birthday present in my room.” He said and smiles. “This is the best present I could ever get.” His lips come crashing to hers. The kiss is harder than normal and she must have cut her lip because she tastes blood. But Kallos knows that his demon is still trying to break through. She moves her hands so that they are under his shirt. He pulls his lips away and looks down at her with one eyebrow raised. She starts to move her hands up a little. He grins and takes off his shirt. “All you had to do is ask, and I would have taken it off.” Kallos stands on her tippy toes to kiss him again, and he gladly kisses her back. She can feel his body and it is heating up against hers. She kisses his neck and starts her way down to his heart. Kallos looks up at him and he is smiling.
“I love you, Ian,” Kallos says as she kisses his chest. Then, she hears him gasp, and she thinks about how he told her he loves her. How happy she was to hear Ian say that. Kallos thinks about what her life could be with him. He steps away from her and sinks to the bed. He has his hand over the spot where she just kissed him. “Sean, Lisa!” Kallos is yelling for them; she doesn’t know if she did it right. The door slams open, and Sean is the first one in. He looks at her, and his eyes widen. Lisa isn’t too far behind. Sean and she rush to the bed. She grabs Ian’s hand and looks at Kallos and smiles.
“It’s working; you did it!” Kallos is so happy. She backs against the wall and slides down it; her feet can’t hold her up anymore. Sean is still staring at her, and she remembers that she isn't wearing much. She looks away from his gray eyes; she can’t tell if he is mad or happy. “Sean, why don’t you show Kallos to the bathroom? I’m sure that she wants to get dressed.” Kallos looks at Lisa and smiles. Sean comes over to her and helps her up.
When she got undressed, she put her clothes on the bed. Kallos walks over to the bed and looks over at Ian. She can’t see his face; he has his hands pressed hard, covering his eyes. She notices that his breathing is a little heavy, but besides that, he doesn’t seem in pain. Kallos turns around and looks at Sean; he is standing by the door waiting for her. She picks up her clothes and slowly walks to him; she doesn’t trust her legs completely yet. They walk out of the room and down the hallway to the bathroom. When they stop, she still doesn’t want to look at Sean. He knows what she did was needed to get Ian back. Kallos is getting the feeling that he isn’t too happy about it either. She goes to open the door, and he puts his hand on hers. She doesn’t want to look up and see his face.
“Do you want to tell me why you are dressed like that?” Yeah, she hears the anger coming from his voice.
“Your mom told me that we needed more skin contact,” she glances at him, and she is right; he isn’t happy at all.
“Kallos, you are making this really hard.” Kallos turns to face him. She wonders what she is making hard.
“What?”
“You are making it hard not to be jealous. I come into my brother’s bedroom and see my girlfriend half naked, and Ian is shirtless.” She is shocked and happy. He called her his girlfriend, and she has never seen him jealous before. Kallos brings her hands to his face. He is so beautiful. She doesn’t see how he could be jealous.
“I didn’t know until you left,” he smiles at her. Just like that, the anger on his perfect face is gone.
“That’s my mom for you. She didn’t want me to know all the details.” Sean is slowly moving his lips to hers, and she isn’t going to pull away. Suddenly, they both hear a throat clear. They both look over and see Brandon, and he isn’t alone. He is with Nikki, and his arm is around her. Brandon’s eyes are roaming over Kallos’ half-dressed body, and Nikki is glaring at her. Sean moves in front of Kallos to hide her from Brandon’s heated gaze.
“Where is Ian? He’s missing his own party. I had to ask Brandon to bring me to his room. I have a surprise for him.” Kallos can feel her own jealousy rising. With Sean knowing her feelings, he turns to her and brings his lips to her ear.
“Go get dressed before you need to rip someone’s eyes out. I’ll deal with this.” He whispers, and she giggles. Kallos opens the bathroom door and walks in. All she hears outside the door are mumbles. She gets dressed fast because she doesn’t trust Nikki. She knows that Sean won’t let her into his room, but still it's Nikki. Kallos opens the door, and Ian is standing there. His beautiful baby blues are smiling at her. This is her Ian, the one she is in love with. She throws herself at him, and he wraps his arms around her. It's so nice to have his arms around her again. Kallos knows that it has only been a few minutes, but it feels like so much longer. She can feel him lay his head on top of hers.
“I am so sorry, Kallos,” she hears Ian say, and she wonders if he remembers everything that happened today.
“Shhh, it wasn’t you.” Kallos squeezes him tighter around his waist. He pulls away so that he can see her face, and she can see tears in his eyes.
“I was a total jerk to you.” She smiles and nods. Yes, he was, and it broke her heart to think about how he treated her.
“You were, and like I said it wasn’t you.” Ian looks at her and then smiles. His hands are now framing her face.
“I love you, Kallos.” Then, he kisses her. When he pulls away, he kisses her nose. “I haven’t ever felt this way before, and I can’t believe you can forgive me this easily.” Kallos brings her hands to touch.
“There is nothing to forgive,” she says, and he looks away. She can feel her heart breaking a little more. Something happened, and his face is telling her that it's something big. “Ian what’s wrong?”
“Kallos, I promise that we will talk later. But now, let’s go down stairs and enjoy the party.” She can see hurt in his eyes, but mostly she sees regret. She nods, and his perfect smile returns to his face. “Good, now let’s head down stairs.” They start walking down stairs, and Sean is waiting for them at the bottom. Once again, Nikki is there. Kallos is starting to get tired of seeing Nikki's face. She can feel Ian stiffen next to her. She looks over at him, and his eyes are on Nikki.
“Ian, I need to talk to you.” Nikki says in a whiny voice, and then she pouts. Kallos has to hold back her laughter, but Sean isn’t holding anything back. He is laughing so loud that she is sure that everyone can hear him over the music. That just makes her bite her lip so that she wouldn’t join in the laughter.
“Not now, Nikki. I’m going to stay with Kallos.” Ian says and Kallos can see sweat on his face.
“That’s not what you were saying a little while ago.” Nikki puts her hands on her hips and raises an eyebrow at him. Her statement makes Sean stop laughing and makes Kallos bite her lip even harder. Nikki glares at Kallos, and if looks could kill, Kallos was pretty sure that she would have dropped dead on the spot.
Kallos looks at Sean, and he is looking back at her. She just wants to get away from here. She doesn’t want to deal with this drama and the pity looks from Sean. She lets go of Ian's hand. Kallos knows that it takes him by surprise because he reaches for her, but she’s moving away too quickly. She walks down the remaining stairs, and when she gets to Sean, she puts her hand up. Kallos needs to be alone and not with them.
“Please Sean let me go.” His eyes narrow.
“Kallos,” Ian says, but she is ignoring him.
“You can’t be alone. You know that,” Sean says. Yeah, she knows that the last time she was alone she passed out into Brandon’s arms.
“Fine, I’m not asking; I’m telling you. I’m going home; I need to think, and I can’t with you watching me like I’m a baby.” Kallos can feel the heat rising inside her; it seems to happen more when she is furious. Sean backs away from her; he also can feel that she’s angry and that causes her to use her new power.
“What are you doing, Sean? Don’t let her pass!” Ian pleads, and she can see that Sean is going to say something, but he’s too late. Ian touches her but quickly pulls away. She knows that she has burned him. “What the…!” Ian yelps.
“I was going to tell you not to touch her right now. She
got her first power, and it hurts like hell,” Sean explains. “At least when we say that she’s hot, we aren’t lying.” Kallos glares at Sean for his stupid joke. “Okay, Kallos, you and I can go. I won't let you leave here without me. Ian, enjoy your party, and I’ll take care of her.” Kallos huffs her disgust at Sean’s statement. Sean seems to be digging a hole, and he won’t be seeing daylight anytime soon. He laughs at her. “Kallos, I didn’t mean it like that.”
“No!” Ian demands. “It’ll take you less than twenty minutes to walk home. I’m going to head back, too. I’ll ride with Sean, and he can fill me in.” Kallos looks back at Ian, and he is rubbing his hand. She is feeling bad, but she is getting tired of them telling her what she can and can’t do. “When we get home, then, we can talk.” She doesn’t know if she wants to talk right now.
Kallos is pretty sure she knows what happened with Ian and Nikki, but she doesn’t want to put words to it. His baby blues hold hers, and she almost gives in to whatever he wants, but she just shakes her head.
“Thank you; I guess I’ll see you two later.” She walks away before she changes her mind. She just needs to think about everything and about the two boys in her life. Kallos wants to tell Lisa and Joey “Thank you,” but she doesn’t want to look for them. There are so many people here, and she does feel bad for leaving early. She walks out of the door. It is dark, and she starts to wonder if she remembers where she is going. She is also thankful that she has on Sean’s sweater; it's so cold out here that she can see her breath.
Kallos starts walking past Sean’s car and down the driveway. She is about two miles from the Hunter’s house when she hears something behind her. It sounds like something or someone running. She can feel her heart speeding up. Kallos is worried, and she wonders if she can control her new power. She thinks about her hands heating up, and they do. She is so happy; she wants to jump up and down. About forty feet in front of her, she sees a man; he is at least six feet tall. He moves closer into the moonlight, and she sees his chocolate brown eyes glisten. “Brandon? What are you doing here?” Kallos is almost happy to see him; at least it’s not some serial killer after her. He moves closer.
“I came to make sure you were going to make it home safe. I cannot believe they let you be out here alone. Tell me, Kallos, are you afraid of the dark?” he asks. She is scared of the dark.
“Have you been following me since I left the house?” Brandon chuckles.
“Yes I have. I watched you leave, and I know that Sean and Ian were mad when they saw me leave after you. But they didn’t do anything because you scare them.” They are now only a couple feet from one another; Kallos backs up a little. She doesn’t want to be too close to him.
“Why are they scared of me? I wouldn’t hurt them,” Kallos asks. Then, she thinks about what she did to Sean in her room. She did hurt him there, and she really didn’t mean too. “Besides that one time, I wasn’t sure what I was doing. They have to know that. And what happened with Ian wasn’t my fault; I didn’t force him to touch me.”
“Well, goddess, you haven’t changed yet, and you already have a power. And a strong one on top of that. Do you know how rare it is to have a fire touch?” Kallos is done listening to Brandon. She needed time to think about things, and he isn’t helping. “Goddess, how does it feel to have Ian and Sean at your beckoned call? I thought you and Nikki were going to have it out tonight.”
“I wouldn’t have done anything,” Kallos said, and truthfully, she doesn’t know what she would have done. She knows that something is going on with Nikki and Ian. “And stop calling me ‘Goddess.’ That isn’t my name.” Brandon laughs.
“Can I call you, ‘Babe’ like Sean?” She turns to glare at him, and he starts to laugh harder. “Fine, fine, Kallos it is. You still haven’t answered my question, Miss Kallos.” She knows which question he is talking about, and she doesn’t think she has them at her beckoned call.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Kallos starts walking again. She doesn’t want the boys showing up at her house way before she gets there.
“You know exactly what I’m talking about. Before you, they wouldn’t do anything for anyone. And they have known you for what, five days, and you have them living with you. You even got Ian to give up on Nikki. She is like his drug; he always went back for more. When his demon blood isn’t trying to take him over, he wants nothing to do with her. Our bad boy Sean won't even look at another girl, and he is the biggest player in the world. You have him looking at just you. I say that they are both whipped.” She just found out more about Ian and Sean in three minutes then she had in an entire week with them.
Kallos already guessed that Ian and Nikki had a thing, and she could tell that Sean is a bad boy and a player. But they never told her anything; she just guessed. She can see her house and Sean’s car. She stops moving; she really doesn’t want anyone to see Brandon.
“I think you should go now. I know that my dad won’t be too happy to see another guy. And besides, I know that Ian and Sean won’t like to see you either.” Kallos could feel him standing behind her.
“Tell me, how did you fix Ian?” The tone in his voice said he already knows what she did. She spins around and his deep chocolate eyes are inches from hers. She knows that he is trying to get to her and a small part of her is starting to give in to him. He is almost as beautiful as Ian and Sean. But she knows he is playing a game; she shakes her head to clear her thoughts.
“Why are you doing this?” Brandon raises an eyebrow, and the smile on his face says he’s enjoying all of this. “Why do you like to mess with Sean and Ian? Are you really that jealous of them?” Looking at him, Kallos can see that he is jealous, but there is something else there, too. Maybe sorrow? His kind eyes turn into daggers.
“Kallos don’t go there. You have no idea what’s going on, and you don’t want to know. I just want you to know that they may seem perfect, but they aren’t. Everyone in this freaking town thinks they are the golden boys, and I know better. I think you should too.” She just stares at him; she knows they aren’t perfect. But she still loves them, they are her soul mates.
“Whatever, I think we are done talking,” Kallos turns away from him. He puts his hand on her shoulder. She doesn't turn to face him; she is done talking to him.
“Kallos, I know that you don’t trust me, and I don’t blame you. But if you need me, you can call me anytime.” His hand tightens on her shoulder; then he pulls away.
She quickly walks away, and towards her house. As she gets closer, she can see Sean and Ian waiting for her. They are leaning against the car, and she is wondering if they saw Brandon. They don’t look too happy, and she knows why. She looks at her phone to see what time it is. She left them over forty-five minutes ago.
“Did you have a nice walk?” Ian sneers, and her mouth drops open. She has never heard him be cruel. “How’s Brandon?” His eyes narrow on her, and she knows why he is being a jerk.
“The walk was nice until he showed up.” Kallos looks between Ian and Sean. Sean isn’t showing anything on his face, but she catches Ian rolling his eyes. “You don’t believe me. Have I ever done anything for you not to trust me?” That makes him show regret on his face, and she isn’t sure if she wants to know what happened with Nikki. She doesn’t think her heart can handle any more damage.
“Let’s get inside; it’s freezing out here,” Sean says, and Kallos knows that he is just trying to change the subject.
“Yeah, let’s go. I’m done talking tonight anyway.” Ian reaches out and grabs her hand, which takes her by complete surprise. He brings her hand to his lips and leaves his mouth press against her knuckles. He looks up at her, “I am sorry for hurting you today, Kallos. I don’t think I will ever be able to make up what I’ve done to you. But know this, no matter what happens in my life, you will always have my heart. I love you with everything in me, Kallos, and I am a complete jerk; you deserve better than what I have given you.”
She can feel the tea
rs in her eyes; they are just about to fall. This is her Ian and this is what she has missed all day. She missed his sweet words and his looking at her like she is the only girl in the world. “Oh my beauty, don’t do that. Don’t cry.” He pulls her into his warm embrace, and she starts to cry harder. Kallos lays her head on his chest. She can feel him rubbing her back, and then she can feel another set of hands combing through her hair.
“Shhh, Babe, we’re here for you.” She can feel Sean brush against her back. Kallos is surrounded by the men she loves, and she doesn’t want to be anywhere else. Being here with them is all she needs. She is feeling bad because all of her tears are soaking into Ian’s shirt. Ian whispers, “I think your parents know we’re out here. I see someone looking through the window.” She looks over at the house, and she can see the curtains moving. Kallos moves her head away from Ian's chest so that she can look up at him. She has a strong feeling Ian did something with Nikki; the other girl basically just told her so.
“Ian, I love you, and I don’t want to know what happened with Nikki. All that matters is that you love me and that you won't leave me again.” He brings his right hand to her face and nods. She moves her lips to his hand and kisses his palm. Kallos puts her hand to her side for Sean to grab and then she takes Ian’s right hand in hers. She gives a little squeeze and walks towards the house. Kallos really doesn’t want to know what happened with Nikki, at least not now. She just wants them to be back to what they had yesterday.
“So, which one of you is sleeping in my room?” They chuckle, and then Ian squeezes her hand.
“Well, it’s my turn,” Ian says as a grin spreads across his face.
“I hope you don’t mind heavy snoring,” Sean says.
“I don’t snore! Okay, not too bad,” Ian states. Sean and Ian laugh harder. Kallos just shakes her head. They walk into the house, and she isn’t surprised to see both of her parents waiting for them. Her mom stands up and comes to them.
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