I arrived at the party with Chase, people were already drunk and staggering around the garden outside. He led me in to the house where the music was loud and banging some random heavy base song the cheerleaders lead by Lacey, were doing body shots with some of the guys, letting them lick salt from their stomach, or grab a glass of drink from in between their legs whilst giggling seductively.
I rolled my eyes and was just about to get another drink when arms went around me from behind pulling me back into a hard body, "You got here fast" I told him grinding myself into him to the beat of the song. "Yeah I wanted to get the party started" he said in my ear, I froze, that wasn't Sean's voice it was Blake's, I tried to get out of his grip but he held me tighter grinding into me from behind. "Get the hell off me Blake!" I shouted shooting my elbow into his stomach, "Ouch Ty! That hurt babe, I didn't know you liked to play rough" he said gripping my waist so tight I cried out in pain. "Get your fucking hands off me now!" I shouted stamping on his foot as hard as I could causing him to loose his hold. I ran forward and shot out of the front door tears streaming down my face.
As I ran I heard someone running behind me catching me up, "Tyler!" It was Sean, I stopped running and threw myself at him burying my face in his chest, "Tyler? What's wrong? Tell me, please!" he said cradling my face in his hands and looking into my eyes, oh shit, I can't tell him he'll go crazy! I already have to break up with him I don't want him to loose his friend too, "Nothing, I just I fell and hurt myself" I lied. "So why the hell were you running?" he said confused,
"Because....umm because I didn't want anyone to see me cry" I said wiping my face, he laughed pulling me into a hug and kissing the top of my head "You are so silly sometimes!" he said.
"Sean I want to go home, you should stay, be with your friends have some fun, I'm gonna get a taxi home" I said pulling out of his embrace and taking a few steps back. "Don't be silly I'll come home with you" he said holding his hand out to me. "No Sean, look I want some time on my own, we're always around each other, I need a bit of space, your suffocating me" I said taking a few more steps back. I knew I needed to try and separate us a bit before breaking it off with him, I never thought it would be so hard to get the words to come out of my mouth.
The look of hurt that crossed his face almost broke my heart and I wanted to run to him and tell him that I didn't mean it, I don't need space, that I was doing this for his own good. "I didn't realise, I'm sorry, look I'll do whatever you want, you want some space that's fine, let me drive you home" he said stepping towards me. I took a step back at the same time just then I heard a loud screeching noise, I turned to see a car skidding towards me, it was breaking hard but just wasn't going to stop in time and I was in the middle of the road.
My eyes flew open wide in terror I tensed my body waiting for the car to hit me. It didn't. I felt someone's arms go round me spinning me around and pushing me and suddenly I was flying through the air hitting the grass with a thump, I snapped my head up in time to see Sean smile at me looking relieved before he turned to look at the oncoming car.
It smashed into his body with so much force that it threw him up over the top, his body smashing into the windshield and roof as he rolled over the top of the car, eventually landing on the road behind it with a sickening crack, his head hitting the concrete. Blood was seeping out in a puddle on the ground under his body, his arm was twisted into a funny angle, legs splayed and twisted, his eyes were closed, he wasn't moving.
Oh God he's dead! Pain like I had never felt in my life washed through my body as if a thousand knives were stabbing me simultaneously, the grief crushed me, silent tears were streaming down my face. My heart felt like it had been ripped out of my chest, the heartache was so severe I was sure it would kill me, and I wanted to die. I didn't want to be without him, I turned to the side and threw up.
Turning back I saw that the driver was slumped in his seat blood coming from his forehead. I couldn't breathe, my lungs couldn't get enough air, I started hyperventilating my vision getting blurry as black spots started to appear. Oh thank you God I'm dying, I smiled internally at the thought that I wouldn't have to feel this pain any longer, that I wouldn't have to live without him.
That's when I saw his head move.
Sean
Arriving at the party I immediately started looking for Tyler, looking into the living room scanning for her, I was just about to walk out the door when Lacey grabbed me "Hey Sean, great game want me to give you a present upstairs to say congratulations?" she asked trying to be seductive but just coming off as desperate as ran her hand down my chest. I pushed her away "I'm trying to find Tyler, have you seen her?" I said annoyed, she pouted and shook her head so I just turned and walked away.
I spotted Rich in the kitchen I slapped him on the back "Hey Rich man, you seen my girl?" I asked grabbing a bottle of water of the counter and checking that it hadn't already been opened and tampered with. "Dude chillax have a real drink" he said handing me a shot. I put it down on the counter "Driving" I reminded him shaking my head looking around the kitchen for Tyler, "One drink won't hurt, come on have a drink with me!" Rich whined. "Can't man I got precious cargo" I told him, there is no way I'm having a drink if Tyler is in the car with me.
Just then Blake walked in, when he saw me his eyes went wide, "Dude you seen Tyler?" I asked him, "Err, I think she left" he said grabbing Rich's drink out of his hand and downing it. "What the hell are you talking about?" I said angrily he just nodded his head towards the door. I took off through the house, I was a fast runner and once I was out of the house I spotted her running down the road, I took off at full speed and caught up to her easily "Tyler!" I called She stopped and threw herself at me, I wrapped my arms around her and suddenly realised she was crying. My body tensed up anger flared through me, if someone has hurt her I swear I will kill them.
"Tyler? What's wrong? Tell me please!" I said taking her face in my hands tilting it up so I could look into her eyes. She seemed to be thinking intently about something, I could see the hurt in her eyes, it was starting to scare me. The anger was bubbling up now ready to explode, then she spoke
"Nothing, I just I fell and hurt myself" she said but she avoided looking at my eye's, there's something else.
If she hurt herself what the fuck was she running so fast from? "So why the hell were you running?"
I asked trying not to let my anger show in my voice, I knew something had happened I could tell but I didn't know what. She took a deep breath before speaking "Because....umm because I didn't want anyone to see me cry" she said wiping her face. I couldn't help it, I laughed at her, trust Tyler to be embarrassed about falling over when there are drunk people falling over everywhere! No one would remember this tomorrow anyway. I pulled her to me and kissed the top of her head fighting the wave of desire that the kiss sent through my body "You are so silly sometimes!" I said.
She pulled out of my arms and took a couple of steps away, "Sean I want to go home, you should stay, be with your friends have some fun I'm gonna get a taxi home" she said. What? I'm not staying here without her, no way, I would rather be anywhere with her than here on my own. "Don't be silly, I'll come home with you" I said reaching out my hand to take hers but she stepped back another couple of steps.
"No Sean, look I want some time on my own, we're always around each other, I need a bit of space, your suffocating me" she said taking a few more steps back. A pained expression crossed her face, she looked hurt and sad, Oh God I was making her sad, that was the opposite of what I was trying to do. She said I was suffocating her, shit! I was only trying to keep her safe, I can't leave her at her house alone it's not safe for her there! But Oh God she looked so sad, maybe she didn't want to be with me, maybe I'm not making her happy. I'd do anything to make her happy, but maybe I'm not good enough for her, she deserves everything, maybe she wants someone else.
"I didn't realise, I'm sorry, look I'll do whatever you want, you want some space that's fine, let me drive you home" I said stepping
towards her. She started walking backwards again into the road, I heard an engine and looked to the left to see a car coming right for her. The car started breaking hard, my body moved of its own accord I didn't even have time to think, I threw myself across the road grabbing hold of her waist and spinning her so she faced the curb before pushing her hard out of the way.
Oh God that's gonna hurt her when she lands! Please God, please don't let her get hurt I prayed, she landed with a thump and I went cold. Suddenly her head snapped up to look at me and relief washed through my body that she was ok, I couldn't help but smile. I turned round to face the car, Shit this is gonna hurt bad, squeezing my eyes shut I prayed that my family would take care of Tyler for me.
The pain was excruciating it slammed into my legs and stomach, the car was still going pretty fast so it sent me over the top of the bonnet, I smashed into the windshield and felt my left arm break sending a fresh wave of pain through me making me gag. I was still going over the top of the car smashing my chest on the roof snapping my ribs making it impossible to breathe then suddenly the car disappeared from under me and I crashed onto the road cracking my skull on the concrete.
Closing my eyes I tried not to think of the pain, I had never felt anything like it, sure I had broken bones before but never like this. The pain was enough to make me black out but I refused to go under. Already I could feel myself starting to heal, the pain increasing as the bones started to fuse back together. Wait! What? What was happening? How was I healing? I hadn't shifted this was impossible!
The pain doubled and I bit my lip so hard that it split in half, I thought of Tyler, picturing her beautiful face as my whole body started to heal itself, the pain in my head increased so much the I thought I would be sick, I could barely hold on to the image of my angel but somehow I did.
As the pain started to reseed slightly I opened my eye's, where is she? Oh God please let her be ok I prayed, moving my head to try and find her. Then I saw her, in the exact same place that I threw her, pale, shaking, gasping for breath, tears streaming down her beautiful face. The horror I saw on her face was enough to get me up, even though the pain from my healing bones was still enough to make me sick. I had to go to her. I pushed myself up to my hands and knees and crawled dizzily to her side.
Tyler
He moved his head slightly, then he opened his eyes. No Tyler he's dead no one could survive that, your just seeing what you want to see my brain told me. I continued to try to breathe but couldn't, the black spots were getting bigger. I watched as Sean looked straight at me, pain etched across his beautiful face, he pushed himself up onto his hands and knees and crawled over to me.
"Tyler, are you ok?" he croaked taking my hand, but I couldn't speak, he was dead what the hell am I supposed to do now? "Tyler!" The man I loved had just died saving my life, how the hell could I go on? "TYLER" he said loudly grabbing my face and pulling my face to look at him. God he looked so beautiful even dead and covered in blood. "Speak to me! Are you hurt?" he asked frantically, "I want to die too, please, please let me die" I begged him sobbing. "I'm not dead Tyler, baby look at me, I'm not dead!" he said, "Yes you are Sean, I saw you" I said pointing a shaky finger towards the place where he landed in the road, the puddle of his blood shining in the moonlight.
"Please breathe, shhh, it's ok, just calm down and breathe, I promise you I'm right here, I'm fine I promise, just breathe for me now Tyler, please" he was murmuring in my ear rubbing my back and rocking me slowly. Breathing in his imaginary smell and I slowly started to catch my breath, I heard the sound of sirens and was vaguely aware of a lot of noise around me. "Tyler, listen to me carefully, I'm gonna tell you everything I promise but not right now, ok? You can't let people know what happened, you can't let people know that I was hit by a car you understand? It would be really bad for me, ok? Tyler?" Sean said in my ear rocking me still. "Tyler did you hear me?" he asked, I just nodded, I couldn't speak, I didn't ever want to talk to anyone again, I just wanted to curl into a ball and die.
"You need to let go of her now Sir, she's in shock I need to take her to the hospital, are YOU ok Sir?" a man said close to me. "Yeah I'm fine, it's not my blood" Sean said, what the hell is he talking about? Not his blood? Of course its his blood. I was carried towards an ambulance and suddenly I started to cry again, "Sean I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to tell you that I loved you" I told him closing my eyes. "You just did Tyler, and by the way, I love you too" he said holding my hand. I fell asleep still imagining that he was alive and holding my hand just pretending that everything was ok.
Chapter 8: Explanations
I watched in horror as he smiled at me then turned to look at the car closing his eyes just as it smashed into his body, everything was going in slow motion, I heard the snap of his bones the rip of his skin and he rolled up and over the car. I screamed his name as loud as I could, then felt someone shaking me gently "Shh! Tyler it's ok! Your dreaming, it's ok" I opened my eyes to Sean's perfect face, his bright blue eyes shining with love and concern.
"Sean?" I whispered touching his face gently with my finger tips, he smiled his heart breaking smile, "Oh, she's awake that's great" a woman's voice said cheerfully. I turned to look at her as she walked towards me, "Do you know where you are Miss Morgan?" she said taking my wrist, "Well, Sean's here, so I must be in heaven, right?" I said frowning, she laughed "That's sweet" she said smiling at me. Sean chuckled and kissed my forehead sending the familiar jolt through my body, "I love you" he whispered to me. "Miss Morgan, you were in shock but all of your vitals seem to be ok, now that you are awake I'd like to keep you in for an hour's observation then you can go home"
the lady said then wrote something on a chart and left closing the door behind her.
"How are you feeling?" Sean asked climbing onto the bed next to me and wrapping his arms around me pressing his body to mine. "Am I dead?" I asked confused, "No Tyler your not dead, you went into shock and then fell asleep for a couple of hours but your definitely not dead" he said rubbing soothing circles on the back of my hand. "What the hell happened? The car and you, and the blood, you...." I stuttered crying. "Shh, it's ok I promise, I'll explain everything but I can't do it here, I'm fine, I did get hit by the car but I promise you I don't have a scratch on me, I had to tell people that the car hit an animal to explain the blood so if anyone asks that's what you need to say, the car hit a deer, you saw it and freaked out, I tried to help it but it ran off, please, can you help me? I need you to stick to this story, will you do that for me?" he said looking into my eyes.
"I'd do anything for you Sean" I said simply, he bent his head slowly and touched his lips gently to mine before pulling away and clenching his jaw tight struggling to stop. The shockwaves from his kiss were coursing through my body. I rolled my eyes at him, "Did you have to do that lover boy now all I'm gonna be able to think about is jumping your bones" I told him pouting, he laughed,
"You wanna jump my bones?" he teased playing with my fingers. I laughed "Don't put on the big macho act with me Sean Houston I know you want me just as much as I want you" I said as seductively as I could licking my lips slowly, he watched my tongue trace my lips and moaned,
"More Tyler trust me" he said breathlessly.
As the doctor said I could leave in an hour Sean went to my house to pick up some of my clothes so I could stay at his house for the weekend. When I was finally allowed to leave we went to his house where I was attacked by his mother into huge bear hug. "I was so worried about you!" she said desperately, "I'm fine honestly, just tired, what time is it anyway?" I asked yawning. "It's 4:30 in the morning" Jack said kissing my cheek. "Come on lets get you to bed" Sean said pulling me along by my hand, "G'night Kate, Jack" I called sleepily being dragged upstairs "Night sweetheart" they said and I smiled.
"I'm so tired Sean" I said climbing into bed still in my clothes, he laughed then pulled my jeans off for me leaving me in just his football shirt and underwear. "You know I don't think I'm ever gonna be able to wear that shirt
again without thinking of how sexy you look in it" he said laughing, he started pulling off his clothes stripping down to his boxers.
I sat up looking at him intently, trying to see some sort of cuts or bruising or something, I mean that car should have killed him and he still looks like his perfect self. "Will you turn around?" I asked after I finished looking at every part of his front, he frowned confused and then turned round, his back was just as perfect nothing not even a graze marked his skin. "Satisfied now?" he said with a small smile climbing on the bed pulling me into a hug and laying down pulling my head to his chest. I raised my hand and traced his mark until I fell asleep.
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I awoke just after lunchtime, still wrapped in his arms. "Hey beautiful girl" he said kissing the top of my head. "Hi" I said back hugging him tighter, suddenly I remembered everything that had happened, the car, the hospital the blood. "Sean, would you please tell me what the hell happened last night" I said looking up at him. He just nodded taking unwrapping his arms and sitting up against the head board, I sat up too crossing my legs and waited for him to speak.
"Please don't freak out, I love you and I would never hurt you, you know that don't you?" he said looking concerned. Oh God this is gonna be worse than I thought, I shuddered but I answered with confidence "I know you would never hurt me Sean" he seemed to be encouraged by this, he took a deep breath. "You know that I'm not like you, I'm not human, I'm actually a" he took another deep breath and I held mine "I'm shape shifter" he said quietly, I looked at him confused. What the hell is a shape shifter? "I can change into something else, an animal, a wolf actually" he said. I gasped
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