Bloodl.u.s.t

I decided to take a hot shower before going to sleep so I stepped into the most beautiful looking bathroom, all white and gorgeous. Showers were one of the things I usually avoided but once I was inside that was where I wanted to be all the time. You ask what people do for hours in the shower? Well, imagine themselves in scenarios that are never going to happen, win fake argument, sing, dance and what not!

I hadn't revealed to Samuel what I'd felt when the realisation had hit me. Fear. Fear was what I felt. But I was too ashamed to admit it. All my life this was what I had wanted but now that I had got it, I was afraid. I felt pathetic. And fear was what I was feeling in that moment.

Sighing, I turned on the shower. As the hot water ran down my body, I felt all the fear wash away. There was no place for fear here. This was real. And it was dangerous. As harmless as Edward was that's how dangerous these vampires were. I had seen enough to know that. I knew I had to go strong if I wanted to survive.

For someone who's survived a torturous step-mother, a bunch of deadly vampires are nothing!

I thought of what I would be doing if I wasn't stuck here. Probably crying into Leah's arms because of what Caleb did to me. Ouch. All this mess had taken my mind off it but it still hurt everytime I thought of it, but not as much as I thought it would.

The scene played in front of me all over again:

I opened the door to Caleb's apartment with the spare key. I walked inside and what I saw totally shocked me. His hands were all over Hela and his lips were on hers. I was too surprised and betrayed to say anything so all I did was shed some tears and run out of there as fast as I could.

Now I think I should have at least slapped him or that snake before leaving.

But a part of me had seen this coming. Three months ago after his mom's death in a car accident where he had been the one driving, Caleb had begun acting strange. He got more and more aggressive and rarely talked. I decided to give him some time but that only worsened the situation. He got closer to Hela and her gang.

I frowned and felt a familiar feeling over my birthmark, a warm one, like someone had been breathing close right behind me. I felt the hair on my body rise.

Had Samuel entered the bathroom?!

With reddened cheeks, I turned carefully but saw no-one. The very next moment I heard soft voices, just whispers but they didn't last long. Considering it to be just my mind playing tricks on me due to the exhaustion, I stepped outside, a towel wrapped around my b.a.r.e body.

I glanced at Samuel who appeared to be in deep sleep, so I immediately changed into Penelope's spare clothes and slid onto the soft ginger couch.

There's no place for fear, I reminded myself again, a wide smile featuring on my lips, my eyes became heavy as I felt myself being dragged into a peaceful slumber.