CHAPTER 3: THE FINDINGS

CHAPTER 3: THE FINDINGS


I woke up by the early morning light streaming in threws the windows. I decided to get up and take a shower.
Damen was still fast asleep, with a slight smile on his face. I got off the bed carefully, so as not to wake him up. I looked down at his sleeping form and it brought a smile to my lips.  I could bet that he was dreamingof us, in a past life or now.
I remembered what had happened last night. The revelations, meeting Chloe and Derek, and....especially Damens proposal. I was so happy and still was. I looked down at my finger. The rock was still there and still eminating that warmth. It felt like if Damen had tooken a part of himself and made this ring. The warmth reminded me of whenever he looks at me, touches me, kisses me...
Remembering where I was and what I was goinging to do came back to me. I sighed happily and walked into the bathroom, manifesting a toothbrush.
As I stood in the warm shower water, I let my mind wander to something a little important. Not as important, but still important.
What is Derek and Chloe going to reveal that damen hasn't? I thought to myself. Then it hit me. Damen didn't tell me about the Edison Group.
Maybe he doesn't know about them much, reasoned a little voice in my head.
Ya, that's it, I thought i sarcastically while rolling my eyes.
I finished washing my hair and got out of the showers. I manifested a pink T-shirt, black jeans, black converse, black and pink socks, and, of course, underthings.
I walked out of the bathroom and noticed that Damen was gone. What? I thought, Where is he?
I closed the door and I heard a "BOO!" coming from Damen as he jumped in front of me. I punched him in the chest and kick him on his shin.
"OW!" he protested. "That hurt!"
"That's what you get for scaring me! What are you doing up anyways? I thought you were asleep?" I asked them all with a little suspicion.
"I was. But  when I heard the shower going, I woke up," he explained. "So can i go in?" he gestured towards the door.
"Sure. Don't let me stop you," I said standing on my tip-toes to give him a quick kiss on the lips.
He smiled. "I won't let you...but i'll let myself," he said, arms snaking around my waiste. The ever-present warmth and tingling , intensified because of the  ring, feeling was there as always whenever he touched or kissed me.
My arms found my way to his neck and I held on tight. This time he didn't end it with chuckling, he ended it pulling away gasping. I was gasping too. We looked at each other and the tingle returned. We both smiled at one another and he went to take his shower.  
I walked over t the nightstand and got a drink from my bottle of red liquid. I felt alot better instantly. I quickly got another sip and went outside to feel the fresh, cool morning air and smell all that nature has to offer. It was amazing.
Not noticing how long I was out there, taking it all in, Damen was able to scare me again. Again I punched and kicked him. He put his hands up in defense and said sarcastically, "Sorry. I  didn't realize how jumpy you are this morning."
"Haha," I said with a roll of my eyes, crossong my arms and giving him a glare. If looks could kill, he would have been dead. Of course it's a matter if he could die too...
"No Ever, really. I'm sorry," he said sincerelly.
"It's okay Damen," I said to him.
"What time is it anyways?" I asked him, suddenly curious.
"It's seven-thirty. Why?"
"Do you think Chloes awake? Or Derek?"
"Why?" he asked a little sad, like he wanted us to go back in the room and be only in the presense of each other.
"Because I want answers and they have them." I stated it with determination and irritation that he had to ask.
"I think so. The should be. Lets head over to Chloes room and see if she is awake, 'kay?" It was a good thing that he knew not to argue with me when i'm determined.
"Okay."
We walked from the field to Chloe's room and knocked. We heard movement from inside, but when nobody answered we knocked again.
A girl answered the door. She had short, dark hair (which was messy and wet like she just got outof the shower) and looked to be about seventeen. She was wearing some converse with jeans and a tanktop the color of her eyes, which were dark too. I think she was wearing contacts because the looked black. she had on maskara and lipstick on.
"What do you want," the girl said, clearly annoyed to be interupted in the middle of putting on her make-up.
"Is Chloe awake?" I asked.
"How do you know-" Chloe cut her off.
"Hi Ever and Damen. Come in," she told us. The girl moved to let us in without asking a question. She went back to putting on eyeshadow, but kept looking at us wearily, not trusting us.
"Hi guys. That's Tori. Victoria, but she likes Tori. That, over there, is my Aunt Lauren," she said nodding at both while telling us who they were.
"And don't mind tori, she isn't too big on being nice to people she just met."
"We understand," Damen said with a polite smile to Tori then to Lauren.
"Tori, Aunt Lauren, this is Damen and Ever," she said to them giving us a proper introduction.
"Where'd you meet these two Chloe? Who are they? How do you know they aren't E.G? What are they doing here?" Tori fired questions one after the other to Chloe. It wasn't so much she was made at her, so much as she was just worried about all of them.
"Last night, Derek transformed and they seen. They are another type of supernaturals. They're Immortals. And no, Derek said that they weren't part of the Edison Group," Chloe told Tori. Lauren was shocked to here what we were. She even looked frighted. I seen her look and smiled at her warmly, and so did Damen. She relaxed a little. A very little.
"How is wolf boy suppost to know?" Tori asked.
"He told me that they don't smell like it," she explained.
"Great. And were suppost to rely on his sense of smell? Pfft."
A pillow was thrown at her head, but Lauren didn't throw it...and neither did Chloe. What Chloe did do was burst out in a fit of laughter at the sight of Tori's face. She was mad. But instead of saying 'who did that!' she said, "LIZ! YOU BETTER BE GLAD YOU AREN'T ALIVE! IF YOU WERE I WOULD KILL YOU FOR MESSING UP MY HAIR AND THROWING A PILLOW AT ME! DO YOU HEAR ME!!!!" Me and Damen were confussed.
"Chloe. Did. She. Get. All. Of. That." Tori said it and she was practically foaming at he mouth. She was seething, alright.
"Yes, she heard you," Chloe said still giggling from before.
"Wait, what? Who's Liz? And why can't I see her?" I asked very curious.
"Liz is our, um, poltergeist friend. When she was alive, she was a half-demon. Volo I think," she explained to me and Damen. "When they are alive, theyhave telekinesis. When they die, they turn into polterdeists. You understand, Ever? Damen?"
"Yes," we said in unision.
"And to answer your last question..." I already knew why. My shield was up. So, therefore, I couldn't see ghosts. I shut it off before answering.
"It's okay Chloe. I already know why I couldn't see her before. My shield was up," I explained to her as I seen a blonde girl floating above Tori, laughing. She was wearing a minnie mouse nightshirt and giraffe socks that had purple and green giraffes on it. She had blue eyes almost as big as Chloe's. Maybe a bit smaller.
"A shield?" she asked surprised.
"Yah. It's sort of a long story..." I said trailing of looking at Damen. He nodded in encouragement and 'said', 'I'm staying quiet until Derek comes or you need me. Whichever comes first,' he joked. 'Gee, thanks' I thought dryly.
"I said we have time," Chloe repeated, since I didn't hear her the fisrt time.
"Oh, okay well here it goes." I told them the whole enchilada. Starting with the car crash and how Damen save me and turned me. Ending with last night, because Tori and Lauren weren't there. But Liz appearantly was.
They all paid attention. And when I say everybody, I mean everybody. Damen, Liz, Tori, Lauren, and Chloe. All with looks of amazment, jealousy, sympathy, and kindness at the right times.
When it was over, they all sat there stunned. Well except Liz. She floated. And Damen didn't look stund at all.
"Well, that was some adventure you had," Lauren said.
"Took the words right out of my mouth," Tori said to Lauren.
"Yah," Liz said.
Chloe did't say anything. She sat there looking completely stunned. Then she finally thawed out and smiled.
"Well I guess I should tell you our story then, huh?" She told us about what happend that sent her to Lyle house, a group home. She told us about how Tori was a witch, she was a necromancer and so was her aunt. Derek was, of course, a werewolf. And the other person, Simon, Dereks foster brother, was a sorcerer.
She said how her other friend, Rae, was a fire half-demon. How simon liked her, but she didn't return those feelings to him, but to Derek. Lauren kind of flinched when Chloe said and explained about them being mates. Then...she said a bombshell.
"There's only one more thing besides the Edison Group and who and what they do," she said. Then, she turned towards Tori.
"Tori," she took a beap breath. "Tori, you and Simaon are half brother and sisters!" she said fast.
"WHAT!" Tori screeched while everybody else but Chloe gasped. She only looked down and sighed, wishing Derek was there so she could hide behind his shoulder.
'Great,' I thought to Damen, 'Now I can read her thoughts.'
'You to? Hmmm, I wonder why...' I stopped listening to Damens musing and looked at Tori and heared her ranting on how grossed out she was that she flirted with her own brother.
Then, I looked at Lauren, who was staring at Chloe like she was happy, but worried about her. Her thoughts were the same. Looking at Liz, she looked life she would be peeing her pants from laughing too much.
Chloe....well she was wishing that Derek was with her. I instinctivly went over to her and gave her a hug. She froze for second then hugged me back.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"No problem," I said. "Looked like you needed one anyways."
"What happened with you and Derek when we left," I said when I pulled back.
She didn't say anything, only looked down. So I took that as a sign to not push it. I was curious, but didn't want her to tell me if she didn't want to.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," I said, "it's okay."
"Okay," she said.
I looked over at Damen, who was staring at me. I smiled and he smiled back at me. I walkedback to stand next to Damen. Then I said, "So who exactly is this Edison
Group?" Damen said.
Derek walked into the room and sat next to Cloe. He held her hand and said, "To make a long story short, they are bad people who turn supernaturals into even stronger supernaturals and if they think they turn to strong, they destroy them. If they turn out, as they say, a success, then they live a normal life. Even if it's there fault they make them like that, they still kill them."  
"So you and Chloe and everybody else here is a powerful supernatural?" Damen asked, tightening his grip on me. We sat on a small couch Damen manifested just a moment ago. Nobody seemed to notice it though...
"Yes," Derek said, "Everybody except Lauren and my dad, Kit."
I looked over at Chloe when Damen and Derek became engrossed in their conversation of what to do incase we run into the Edison Group or Cabals. She was looking behind me, and she looked scared. I looked behind me and saw a girl floating behind me.
"Derek, Damen," Chloe and I said simultaniously. They turned to both of us.
"There is a girl floating behind me, and she lookskind of like Tori," I stated.
"Tori's mom. Diane Enright," Chloe said and everbody exluding Damen and I, includining Tori's look of appall, looked horrified.
Why though? I thought...