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My Home

We ended up aproaching this, big castle. It looked abanded. "This is my home." Derek said. It slowly started to rain. The gates opened and we walked to the castle doors. Before Derek could opened the door, I stopped him. "What's wrong?" He asked. I looked down. "Does your brother still live here?"

Derek looked down. "Yes, but I won't let him come near you."
I nodded okay. When we went in the castle, I looked around. The walls were black. There were red curtains hanging from the windows. The stairs were black with a red carpet. "I'm home!" Derek yelled. A man started walking downstairs. He had dark brown hair standing up, and his eyes were hazel. He wore a brown shirt and black pants. "Who's this Derek?" The man asked. Derek slowly pulled me behind him. "Anastasia this is my brother, Alec." Derek said. I looked at Alec trying not to show fear.

Derek took my hand and we went upstairs. Derek brought me into a guest room. The walls were black and the bed boards had tiny skulls on them. "You will sleep here." Derek said. I nodded yes slowly. "Alec's room is across from yours, my room is on the left right next to his." Derek said. I walked out of my room and saw that there was a room next to mine. "Who's room is that?" I asked. Derek looked down. "That used to be Isabella's room, you cannot go in there."

I looked up at him. "W-why not?"
Derek got angry. "Just don't go in there!"

He left and went to his room. Alec started coming down the hallway so I immediatly went in my room and locked the door.

I took off my black corset and put it on the black vanity. I opened the vanity drawers and found a black nightgown. I took off my wedding dress and put on the nightgown. Derek walked in and looked at me from head to toe. "There's more clothes for you in the closet." He said.
"Okay." I replied. Derek said goodnight and left.

The next morning, I woke up from someone playing a piano. It was coming from downstairs. I got up and l went to the closet to look for something to wear. I looked through the dresses and found one to wear. I put on this dress that was a dark red. It had long sleeves that were black with lace. I put on my same black heels and went downstairs.

The piano was coming from the end of the hall. I walked into the last room at the end of the hallway and saw Derek playing on a grand black piano. There wasn't anything in the room but a piano. The walls were a dark grey and there were long, black curtains.

After Derek finished the song on the piano, he sighed. To me, he seemed stressed about something. "I didn't know you played piano, you play beautifully." I said.
Derek turned around. "How long have you been standing there?"

I walked over and sat on the piano stool next to Derek. "Long enough to hear you play." I replied. Derek looked at my dress and slightly smiled. "W-what is it?" I asked. Derek looked up into my eyes. "My mother wore that dress."

I immediatly got up. "I can go change, I didn't know, I'm so, so sorry."

Derek stood up. "No, no you're fine. It's okay."
I looked up into Derek's eyes. "Are you sure?"
Derek nodded yes.

"There's a dance later tonight. It's actually my brother's birthday, and he's having a dance. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me." Derek said. I looked up at him with a smile. "I'll come."