The Raven Legacy

CHAPTER 3--part two

**The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple(Oscar Wilde)**

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"A shot for your thoughts." I had forgotten that I wasn't alone out here and jumped when he sat down next to me.

"Isn't it a penny for your thoughts? "I asked him with a confused expression on my face.

"It is but I don't have a penny with me and there is shots being taken in the kitchen so that's what you get. " he said smiling at me.  It was contagious and I found myself smiling as well.

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I never really liked alcohol.  Sure you felt great at the time thanks to the effect alcohol has on you but you wake up feeling like a truck had run over you.  The first time I was drunk it  was like I was a complete stranger,even to myself.  I was more relaxed and danced with my friends but the next morning it felt like someone was using my brain as a punching bag.  Hitting it over and over again and from that day on I never drank so much like I did on that night.  I would take a few shots with my friends but that's it. 

So here I was, standing in Tiana's kitchen feeling the familiar cold yet burning sensation of the alcohol going down my throat.  Travis was standing next to me.  After the shots I went outside for a while.  There was this bench type thing under one of the trees in the yard. I went and lied down on it.  If you looked up you could see the stars through the trees. There was a light breeze blowing, making me shiver slightly.

"What are you doing out here alone. " I looked up to see Travis standing a few feet away from me. He walked slowly towards me and I sat up straight so that he could sit next to me. 

"I needed to get away from the noise a bit. " I said looking up at the stars again.  Travis followed my gaze and his eyes widened in awe.  The moon was right above us,  his light escaping through the holes the tree's branches were creating. 

I heard him laughing next too me.

"Care to explain what's so funny. " I said while turning to look him in the eye.

"I just find it funny that you  came to a party but you want to escape the noise.  I just don't get that. "He said in a teasing voice.

"I guess you could say that I came to this party to escape a few things,  but not even this party can stop those things from invading my mind.  That's why I came out here.  Just for a little peace. "I said to him in a soft voice almost like a whisper. I turned back to look at the stars.

"You want to talk about those few things that's invading your mind? "He said completely serious. 

"Its nothing that I can't handel. Other people will think I'm stupid worrying over something like this."I said. It sounded like I was trying to convince myself that I could handel it instead of trying to convince Travis.

"Come on,  try me.  I promise I won't judge you. I will just listen. " He said putting his hand on top of mine, which was sitting on the bench between us.  I was a little surprised by the touch and signed. I squeezed his hand before I began.

"In the beginning of the week I found out that my entire life was a lie.  I should have known something was wrong when I got home after school and my mother looked like she wanted to cry.  My mother never cried at all and that scared me. The man sitting in our living room was the second sign. I guess I just never expected to find out what I did. I found out that my parents aren't my real parents and that I was adopted. The thing is that I can't figure out if I'm  angry at them for lying to me all these years or sad to find out that I was adopted." I said to him while leaning forward, resting my elbows on my knees.

"Maybe the reason they didn't tell you was because they were afraid of losing you. "Travis said softly. I looked up at him surprised by his answer and he smiled again, warming my heart a little. Just before I could say anything I heard someone calling my name.

I saw Tiana running in our  direction.

"Sam, let's go and dance!!"She took my hand and dragged me to were the others were.  I could hear Travis chuckling softly behind us. 

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We danced for a total of one hour before I decided to go to the kitchen.  All this dancing was making me thristy. I never understood how people could dance for hours and hours. Me being me was exhausted after one hour of dancing.

I saw a figure leaning against the wall of the kitchen, drinking beer.

"Hi there. " I saw while walking towards him.

"Hi. Beer? " Travis asked, holding the can of beer out to me.

"No thanks.  I don't drink beer.  The stuff is nasty. " I said to him with  a smile.
"So what are you  doing out here alone?" I asked him the same question he asked me an hour ago.

"Trying too get away from the noise. "He answered while winking at me.

We talked some more after that and as the night became his darkest the party came to an end.

Travis and I exchanged numbers and I took my long walk to freedom(hahahaha jokes).

I was so in thought,thinking about the amazing night I had just had, with music blasting through my earphones that I did not notice the van following me.

The van sped up and stopped  right in front of me. The back opened and three men stepped out towards me.  I tried to run back but my foot got caught in a root of one of the trees and I fell to the floor, face first.  I felt hands drag me to my feet and towards the van.  I tried kicking and screaming to get away from them but it was no use.  The one man to my left punched me in the stomach.  I dropped  to my knees trying too regain the breath that was just knocked out of me.  They took my hands and tied them behind my back while someone else put a cloth in my mouth to prevent me from screaming some more.  They threw me in the back and my head hit something hard on the way. I was losing consciousness. Two men was in the back with me while the other two were in the front.

The two men just laughed at me saying something about how easy that was.  After that I passed out, falling into darkness.

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So here chapter three part two. Yay. Its a little short but I'm half way done with chapter four and will be updating it in a short while.  So vote and comment on anything please.

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DAWN