No!

No no no NO!

Please! Not him too!

I run after them trying to get to him but whenever I feel I am close enough, she pulls him away from me.

"Charlotte, please! Please! Not him. Not him!"

I fall on my knees and beg to her but she just smirks.

"You think you can have him? You thought you could have Ashton. Even Francis. But who did they all fall for? Me. What makes you think Drake is any different? Especially after he declared his undying love for me already!"

I shake my head and reply stubbornly, "No! Not this time! Not again! You can't take away another person from me. Especially not HIM! HE IS MINE!! I have waited for him so many years! I have known him for so many years! You can't take him away too!"

"Are you sure that I can't? I think I already did. Just because he let you kiss him or cuddle with him, you think he cares for you? You tend to forget that you are nothing but just a sex toy for him. Just like the other boys."

The smirk on her face intensifies. I look at her with pleading eyes.

"Please! Please, Gray! I beg of you! Take whatever you want. I will give you everything just let me have him. Be with him. Just for a little while let me be happy. I want to be with him and his forever. You have Francis! You can have just about any boy. And me? I am just a toy!! At least Drake understands me. Don't take him away!"

"Huh? Are you hearing yourself? Drake understands you? Oh yes! He does!", she claps her hands together in malicious excitement. She then continues,"He understands that you are nothing but a replacement. A second option. A second choice. Everyone thinks I am a far better choice than you. Your position as Reine? It is only because your brother didn't meet me yet when he gave you the powers. For had he met me, I would have been his choice not you. Even you know it."

I shake my head furiously. No! No! NO! I pull at my hair and throw my head back as I begin swaying side to side. I don't need any mirror to know that my eyes are bloodshot and my eyeliner is gushing down my cheeks.

NO! NO! NOOOO!

Suddenly the ground begins to shake.

My anger.

My power.

The ground begins to shake harder.

I am not angry.

I am shattered.

Then.....

"Trice! Trice! Wake up! Wake up!"

Huh?

What is happening?

I look up at Charlotte to see her smirking at me maliciously. She takes hold of Drake's hands and leads him away. I extend my right hand to get hold of him. But....but.....they leave. Charlotte turns back and smirks at me then winks at me blowing me a kiss. Both of them hold each others hand and walk away.

NOOOOOO!

Come back!

Please!

Charlotte please don't take him away!

Come back!

Please!

"Shit! Trice! Wake up! Please wake up!" , the sky rumbles.

Trice?

Who is Trice?

Suddenly I feel like the sky is crushing on me.....

I jolt awake to the feeling of Drake kissing me. I wrap my hands around him immediately, scared that he will vanish. I respond to him hungrily as I still shake in his hold. Drake pulls back and stares me down. I look away. He holds my chin and forces me look at him and I oblige. As my eyes meet his, I read deep concern and fright in his eyes. A second later, Drake's lips come crashing on my face showering me with kisses all over my face. I shut my eyes tightly trying to hold back my tears. I try to loose myself in the moment.

But I can't.

He is not mine.

He never will be.

Charlotte was right.

This is not right.

He will break me.

Shatter me.

Real things don't happen so fast.

This is not real.

All these t thoughts bug me and I fall into oblivion. Drake shakes me out of my stupor. I stare at him, a little dazed.

"Are you alright? I woke up to your screams. What happened? Where you dreaming about Charlotte? What did you see?"

Oh. So he is concerned about Charlotte.

Not me.

Charlotte was right.

He is hers even if she doesn't take him.

Everyone is hers.

Not mine.

Never mine.

"Don't worry, I don't have visions. And even if I have, this one did not involve Charlotte being hurt. So you can sle.."

"And I thought you hate Charlotte. Make her life miserable. Seems like you aren't unscathed either"

"Huh?", I ask utterly confused.

Drake smiles at me and replies, " I am concerned about you not her, at least not in this moment. Call me disgusting. Call me selfish. I don't care. But I live in this moment. It was wrong of me to try to come close to you when two very important girls in my life are missing. But I couldn't help it. I still can't. I am forcing myself to be optimistic. To make myself believe that they can manage on their own. After all no news is always good news. You are the one holding me together and when I see you breaking down....I.... I can't take it. So, please! Please, tell me. And I asked about Char because I heard you screaming her name, more like pleading"

I shake my head and say, "I.....I can't. Just.....just stay close to me."

Sighing he nods but doesn't look convinced instead he looks hurt. Not being able to see him like that, I sigh and say, "I will tell you if you keep this a secret."

He grins and nods his head.

"Okay then. I saw myself running......."

After having related to him the entire story I stare at him in apprehension biting my lip. He looks thoughtful for a few seconds then smiles at me. He pulls me on his lap and whispers near my ears causing the hair on my nape to stand up, "I will never leave you. I promise."

I calm myself somewhat and reply in a shaky voice, "Don't promise something you can't keep. You and I both know that, right now this moment is nothing but a moment of weakness in the absence of the people we love and care for."

I climb down his lap and lay on the bed. He lays down beside me and pulls me closer, spooning me with my back to him.

He whispers in my left ear, "I always keep my promise. I never break them."

I twist my head in a way so that I can meet his eyes. I smile and say, "Promises are meant to be broken."

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Hiyolo buttercups! Yet another chapter! I know this chapter is not what you expected it to be. But this chapter is the very reason I started writing Siren. This chapter is where the thought of Siren began. I hope you like it.

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