Remembrance
So new chapter I know I took a while I'm sorry but there's been a lot of personal issues goin on. Hopefully I'll start updating sooner if I can
the video on the side is a trailer for an upcoming story I'm thinkin about. Now I'm disappointed guys cz I told you guys to check it out and tell me what you think and no one did *pouts*
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P.S: Chapter isn't edited at ALL
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Chase's P.O.V.
"Chase?" Lux said as she came into my room. I immediately smiled at her as she walked towards me with a file in her hands.
"Whats up L?"
"Remember when I talked to Max?" I nodded "Well I asked him to get me some information about Kenzie and this is what he gave me" she handed me the file.
"Thanks Lux." I hugged her "For everything; giving her the job, being nice to her, this. It means a lot to me"
"Well what did you expect?" she said "You know how long I've wanted to see you happy again?" She grinned "Plus by doing this I get godmother rights eh?" She winked and I chuckled and then frowned
"Why are you putting perfume?" I asked "You never used to"
She shrugged "Ren got me some perfume as a present and I like them" she stood up "Now I'm gonna leave you to your snooping." With that she got up and left.
I looked at the file in front of me and took a deep breath before opening it. The first part was basic giving me her name age. She was a straight A student with a perfect attendance and she had a lot of praises from her teachers. It didn't say which college she applied to.
It mentioned she used to live with her parents and brother and sister. I already knew how much she loved her brother and sister. She mentioned it a lot.
I stopped as a reached a certain part, looking shocked at what was written. It said Kenzie was admitted to the hospital when she was fourteen. It said she was in a fire and suffered from smoke inhalation and burns and even cuts. I felt my fists clench at the thought of my mate hurt.
that was all the important information in the file but it left me with more questions than answers. I sighed in frustration and went to my closet, pulling out the scarf from her dress, the one she forgot that night, the one I kept.
I inhaled her scent, faint but still there and I smiled as the memories came back of that night.
"What do you keep looking at?" I asked as she took looked into her purse for about the sixth time in five minutes
She shrugged "My pager"
I raised an eyebrow and looked back at the road "A pager? What for?"
"For my brother, Gabriel, checking to see if he's okay that's all" she said "I didn't want to leave him tonight"
"How old is your brother?" I asked glad to know things about her, she was mate and I wanted to know every single detail about her life.
"Twelve" she said with a smile "But he's so old for his age, sometimes he seems older than me" she laughed "He's read every single classic book and he loves discussing them with me and we can stay up all night talking" I smiled at how her eyes brightened when she talked about her brother, it was obvious how much she loved him
"You don't really find a lot of twelve year olds who read" I chuckled "I know I certainly didn't"
"He's amazing" she said with a shake of her head "He's started reading Wuthering Heights now. Imagine that! A twelve year old reading wuthering heights." She sighed "I love him to pieces"
"It shows" I said smiling "Any other brothers or sisters?"
"YEah I have a little sister, Grace. She's just a year younger than me. She's amazing, she's nice, funny and utterly gorgeous, the star in my family." She laughed "Even as a baby, we would go to the grocery shop and someone would stop us to ask mom if she was interested in putting her in a few baby commercials and shoots"
"And did your mom accept?"
"No" she shook her head "She never used her as a baby, she said it would make people think she was using her daughter for money. But this year Grace has been in a few photo-shoots, her pictures are all over and she's quite popular in school" She said and I looked at her and couldn't see a hint of jealousy or bitterness towards her sister.
"I guess beauty runs in the family" I said giving her a wink as I pulled up to the place I wanted her to see. "If Grace looks anything like you it's no wonder she's getting all these modelling offers"
Anne laughed out loud and I smiled, loving the sound of my mate's laugh though I didn't know why she was laughing. "I look nothing like my parents or grace" She said shaking her head "They're all the perfect picture of a perfect family. I take after my great-grandmother" She smiled at me "But thanks for the confidence boost"
I frowned, did she think she wasn't pretty? How could she? Does she even look in the mirror? I was about to say something when she looked out of the window and frowned
"Where are we?" She asked looking at the house I parked next to "Who's house is this? Yours?"
"No" I said shaking my head "It's for a very rich family, who happen to be out of town for the week"
She noticed my mischievous smile and her eyes widened "Oh no" She said shaking her head "We are not breaking into the house. Are you crazy?"
"Relax" I said "We're not breaking into the house" She sighed in relief and I grinned "We're breaking into their back yard"
Before she could object I got out of the car and went to the passenger side, opening the door for her. "come on"
She looked at me with her mouth slightly open "No!" she said "I am not going to--" She didn't get to continue when I grabbed her and threw her over my shoulder and started walking towards the gate to the back yard.
I checked the gate and found it locked I frowned, it was usually open. I guess we have to climb over "Hey Anne" I said "Hold on tight okay?"
"Hold on tight?" She asked "Why would I --Oh My God!" She screamed as I started climbing the fence "You're gonna kill us"
"You're exaggerating" I chuckled as I reached the end of the fence and jumped to the other side, I put her down even though my wolf wined, wanting his mate in his arms but I ignored him and smirked at her "Look, we're alive"
She glared at me "What the hell were you thinking?" She asked "I mean why would you bring me here?"
"Turn around" I stated and she frowned about to say something but I grabbed her shoulders and turned her around.
"A pool?" She asked "That's what you brought me here for? Well mister if you think you are going to make me swim you've got another thing coming"
I rolled my eyes "Not the pool" I said "Come with me you'll see it better from the roof"
"F-from the what?"
"Come on Anne" I said as I led her to the ladder that led to the roof, "Climb"
"B-but--" she started but I cut her off
"Come on Anne" I said "Live a little" That seemed to get to her and she smiled, nodding before she started climbing with me right behind her
Kenzie's P.O.V.
"This is getting very frustrating" Patrick said "Every time you come from back from that house something's wrong even though you try to hide it"
"You're reading too much into it Pat" I said "Really, it's nothing"
"Just like it was nothing that Luke called" Patrick said casually and I froze. How the hell did he know that?
I cleared my throat and turned to check on the chicken. I was cooking dinner at Patrick's place, seeing as my kitchen wasn't good enough to cook in yet "How did you know?"
"Your apartment isn't exactly sound proof Kenz" he said and turned to me "Why didn't you tell me?"
I shrugged and added a bit of salt for the dressing, cooking was always a good distraction "There was nothing to tell" I said "I mean what do you expect of Luke?"
Patrick sighed "Should have killed that asshole when I had the chance" I heard him mumble and knew I wasn't supposed to hear.
"No no you shouldn't have" I said as I put the food on two plates "You know I would've been mad at you if you would have"
Patrick stood up and walked to the table "True but it would make me feel better" he smirked and I could tell he was trying to lighten up the mood. He sat on the table and I put his plate in front of him and sat be on his side of him.
Patrick took a bite of my food and moaned "I swear Kenz you should be a chef" he said and I rolled my eyes "Gabriel always used to brag that he had the best chef in the world"
I smiled "Gabriel liked to make me look good" I said smiling "he was the definition of biased"
Patrick rolled his eyes "I said it once and I'll say it again: You underestimate yourself Kenzie"
"yeah Yeah" I said sarcastically. After that the tension faded a bit and me and Patrick were back to normal but when I went back to my apartment I couldn't help but think about Chase, about how he looked at me today. I hadn't forgotten, not a single memory of that night.
I opened the box where I kept the dress and pulled out a small piece of paper. I took a deep breath and dialed the number on the paper.
"Hello" the familiar voice answered after only the first thing "Hello?"
I stayed quiet for a while and then before he could get irritated I hung up. Three years, he kept the same number for three years. I couldn't believe it. Did that mean anything? Did Chase really want me? Of course not I told myself Chase would never want a girl like me, could he?
"I still can't believe I did this" I said staring at the view in front of me. At first when Chase told me to climb to the roof I thought he was going crazy but I understood now. The view from the roof was amazing. we were both lying on the tiled roof staring at the view "This isn't me"
"What? Don't tell me you've never jumped in front of a car and driven away with a total stranger" he said acting shocked
I laughed and shook my head "I don't mean that" I said "I've never done anything...unexpected, spontaneous. I always stick to my schedule no matter what."
"And what would that schedule be?"
"Wake up, get dressed, check on Gabriel and look at his charts, eat breakfast, go to school, come back home and eat my lunch and solve my homework with Gabriel, tutor him and just sit with him till it's time for us to sleep" I said with a smile on my face "Surprisingly enough we never run out of things to talk to"
"Doesn't your brother go to school? Why do you need to tutor him?" Chase asked, his brow furrowed.
"He can't go to school" I said turning back so I'd look at the view "He was born prematurely and then he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy"
"What's that?"
"It's a disease that made him paralyzed from the waist down. And his lungs aren't fully matured either so he also has heart problems. He can't leave his room unless he's feeling really well and then I take him to our garden on his wheelchair"
"I'm sorry" he said "It must be hard for him, he's only twelve"
"he never complains" I said "He jokes, laughs, and spends his time reading or whatever else." I smiled "And he's the absolute best brother ever"
"well he's a lucky kid then" Chase smiled at me and I ignored how I couldn't help but smile back
"Why?"
"Because he's got you as a sister"
"Wow" I said "That was..." I grinned teasingly at him "Really corny"
Chase threw his head back and laughed "It's not corny if it's the truth" he said "You are the most selfless person I have ever met"
"No I'm not" I said rolling my eyes
"Not a lot of teenagers would give up their time to sit with their little brothers or sisters" he said and I laughed
"I'm not giving up anything" I said "I love spending time with him, he's the most important thing in my life. Him and Gracie"
Chase didn't answer and just stared at me, the admiration in his eyes scaring me. No one ever looked at me like that. I stood up flustered "I think we should g-" Before I could continue saying anything I slipped and tumbled down the roof. But before I could fall over the edge I felt strong arms catch me and lift me up.
He placed me on the roof again, his body over me so I wouldn't fall. "You're okay?" he asked breathing heavy "Are you hurt?" his eyes looked panicked as he searched every inch of my face. I just stared at him, he hadn't noticed our proximity but I had. The look in his eyes, the heat of his body, took away my control and without even thinking. I pressed my lips against his and instantly felt my whole body light up with a new feeling.
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