Come to Life

Chapter XIII

Katherine POV~

"We're not even in NH yet..." Parker grumbled. He shifted in the drivers seat and sighed. Serena sighed too and stared out the window.

"Serena, remember, I am available," Christian reminded her, winking. He nudged me and grinned. "Think she'll fall for it?"

I shook my head and continued reading the book I brought with me. Legolas glanced over to see what I was reading. His hand reached for mine which was supporting the book by its spine. His silky but rough skin brought back memories from last night.

Flashback~

My fingertips traced patterns on Legolas' chest. His six pack was visible, but not grossly so. His hands ran up and down my arms with feather light touches.

"You're beautiful," he whispered. He pulled my head down to meet his in a passionate, but slow, kiss. His hands slid around to my shoulder blades and pressed my body closer to his.

"I wish we could have this moment forever," I said simply. My head rested on his chest and I could feel his heartbeat, strong and steady.

"Mhmm," Legolas sighed. His hands were getting dangerously close to the waistband of my jeans.

End of flashback~

"Katherine.." Legolas waved his hands in front of my face. "We're stopping at a gas station."

"Oh cool," I managed to squeak out. I felt glad no one could read my thoughts.

Before anyone could say anything else, the black van rammed into the back of our van once again. Parker threw up his hands and was out of the drivers seat in a flash. We all turned to look out the back window and saw Parker punch Emeline. Edward intervened and kneed Parker in the down there. We laughed slightly when Parker fell to the ground but stopped when he got up and slapped Catherine who just got out of the car.

"Maaaaaaaccckkk!" Catherine screeched. "Shoosh Parker!" She tried to punch him but he easily dodged her flailing fists.

"We're at a gas station!" I heard Melody yell.

The scuffling stopped and the doors of the van slid open.

"Come on out," Parker said. He strode off towards the bathroom and ran his fingers through his hair.

We all got out of the bathroom and Serena, looking dangerously close to crying, ran into the store.

"I want the Kit Kats," Liv shouted, eagerly reaching for them.

"I want skittles," Christian said grinning. "Taste the rainbow, BE THE RAINBOW," he added, posing.

"Where's Serena?" Samzin asked. He looked around the store and then at me. I shrugged. "I need to find her," Samzin muttered.

Walking off, he combed through the isles and found everyone else in their group, but not Serena. He heard some faint sniffling coming from a storage closet by the drinks and he tentatively opened the door.

Serena was sitting on the ground with a small razor blade in her hand. There were three faint lines on the fair skin of her forearm. They were bleeding fresh blood and Samzin watched in horror as Serena raised the blade again.

"No stop!" He whisper shouted. He grabbed Serena's wrist and yanked the blade out of her hand. His hand closed voluntarily around it and he winced as it cut the palm of his hand. Ignoring the pain he demanded, "what are you doing?"

"Just... Getting away from the world," Serena answered. Tears welled up in her eyes but she kept them from overflowing. "You don't like me but I like you and... And I made you kiss me and Riley's mad at you and... And... I just fucked up a lot okay?"

"Serena," Samzin started, "I love you like... Like a sister. A best friend. And I'm sorry I couldn't return your passion any other way, but then, my heart was with Riley still. But now, I realise who I am and what I want to be and oh, you don't understand how much I've learned about myself on this trip."

"I ruined your relationship with Riley," Serena sniffles. She covered her face with her hands and repeated, "I ruined it."

"You didn't," came Riley's quiet voice from the doorway. "You as well, helped me find out who I am Serena. And I love you, as a friend, and I wouldn't want to think of a world without you."

Smiling now, Serena stood up and brushed away her tears. "Let's go get candy."