The whole school received invitations to Cam and Arriane's costume party. It's been a month since the cousins moved here and Arriane and I have gotten pretty close. Jon drove us all in his convertible. Claire designed my costume and she only had a week. It was beautiful. It was short, the skirt came up to mid thigh. She added a white corset that was quite tight on me. I don't usually wear things like this because I don't like drawing attention to myself. But tonight, I'm feeling confident.. Jon dressed up as James Dean wearing a red jacket and blow dried his hair for half an hour to make it the perfect swoosh. Ryan dressed as the vampire 'Lestat' from the movie "interview with a vampire". I did his make up and I'm proud. Claire changed her mind last minute from Cinderella to a witch.
We pull up down the street from Cam and Arriane's house and see cars everywhere. We can barely drive down the street. Jon parks the car by a tree a street down from their house and pulls the roof over. I look at their house in awe. It was a stunning three story house with a giant pool to the side.
"Jesus Christ" Claire says, mouth hanging open. We walk inside and everyone is dancing. Different varieties of costumes blur around the room and I almost need to cover my ears. Freaking Out by Flo Rida is blaring through the speakers and all I can see is "sexy" bunnies grinding against teen boys full of angst. I walk into the kitchen seeing couples making out obnoxiously. I see a freshman chugging down what I think is beer and a circle of people around him cheering him on. Strobe lights go off, making it difficult for me to see. I lost the others behind me in the crowd. The party only just started but it looks intense. I walk outside to get some fresh air and lean against the wall.
"My God." I breathe out.
"Trust me, God isn't here." I jump and turn to see Cam leaning against the door with his arms crossed. He's dressed as the devil. He's wearing red track pants and a red cape. He's shirtless, showing a perfect 6-pack. He's wearing the devils horns to match. Arriane walks out and glares at Cam
"I told you I was going as the devil." She looks him up and down. "Please put a shirt on. It's gross seeing you half naked." Yuck for her, yummy for me. Arriane turns and joins the party. I look back over at Cam who is smirking at me.
"An angel huh? I like it. Looks very on character." He says. He hands me a drink. I reluctantly take it. I take a whiff. Vodka soda. Tonight is my lucky night. I down the drink and hand the cup back to him.
"You don't know me very well then." He throws his head back and laughs.
"Apparently not, Mal." Cam says. I frown at him.
"Emma. My name is Emma." Cam looks me up and down and sighs.
"Yes... Emma sorry." I purse my lips and grab another drink from the small bar outside. Cam grabs my hand and leans closer so I can hear him better. "Want to dance with me, Emma?" The way he said my name sent shivers down my back. The warm, fuzzy, become putty in his hands kind of shiver. I say yes and he leads me into the house.
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3 hours and 6 shots later my dancing is interrupted by Arriane dragging Cam away for chat. Or at least I think it's for a chat. Everything is blurry. Nick comes up to me and says hi. He looks great. He didn't come with us in the car because his friend was giving him a ride. I look him up and down noticing that hes dressed as a sexy teacher. I could be into that. Why am I into that?
"Do you want to dance?"He asks. I look over to where Cam is and see that the conversation looks tense and long, so I nod and grab his hand. We start dancing. He twirls me around and I laugh. We dance until my feet are sore and we sit down. I stare up at Nick and really take him in. He's good looking, dark brown hair and beautiful hazel eyes. we stop dancing as he grabs my hands "Thanks for dancing with me, Emma." Nick says smiling. I hug him and smile back.
"It was my pleasure, Nick." He closes his eyes and leans in. Is he about to kiss me? Why would I kind of be okay with that. I begin to lean in to when I hear a scream from upstairs. People stop for a second but continue. I run upstairs and see a girl in my year Jennifer trying to kick a guy made of muscle off her. The bottom of her skirt was ripped and her top buttons were undone. She tries to kick him off but he's a unit compared to her. I try to pull him off of her but he hits me across the face making me fall and hit my head on the corner of the bed. My vision goes blurry and everything sounds like static. Someone picks me up and I'm carried out of the room.
"Put me down! I need to help Jennifer." I ball my fists and try to hit my saviour but it's no use.
"Jonathan is helping her. She'll be okay. He's getting the shit kicked out of him." I try to say something but everything goes black.
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I wake up and instantly regret it. My head is pounding and my ears are ringing. I roll over and realise I'm in my own bed at home. I try to sit up but I end up groaning and hurting my head. I hear faint voices outside of my bedroom door.
"I shouldn't have left my sister alone. I can't believe Will punched her I'm going to kill him. I swear to god and there will be no mercy. I'm glad you were there though. Thank you, Cam." Cam was the guy that saved me? There was a pause.
"Don't mention it." Another pause. "Do you think you'll be okay? he hit you pretty hard." I heard a loud sigh from Jon. I don't care that Will hit me. I'll grab him by the nuts and let the deer's piss on him and the cows shit on him for hurting Jon.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm just glad my parents aren't home tonight. I wouldn't hear the end of it." I hear soft laughter before the blackness takes me again.
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The Hallowed Ones
RomanceEven Angels have their wicked schemes. Have you ever had a memory that you can't place or had dreams you didn't think you could create? Almost like a past life? Emma's life was normal until she met Cameron Briel who is new in town. He and his cousi...
