The Vampire And The Werewolf

One

The next day, I woke up with Liam's arm around me, him only in his boxers, me in my bra and underwear, and not much memory of last night. Last I remembered, we were making out on the beach and we came to his house and then not much from there. Did he drug me or something? Why couldn't I remember anything?

I slipped out of the bed and went to the bathroom. As I looked in the mirror, I saw the evidence of last night all over my body. Hickeys all over me, they looked like bruises. My legs felt numb, too. I covered myself with one of Liam's shirts and went back to bed.

"Hey, beautiful," he kissed my head in his sleep.

I stayed silent and tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he could be a good guy. Just aggressive at first, maybe?

"Hungry?" He asked, waking up a bit more.

I shook my head.

"Well," he hovered over me. "How'd you sleep?"

"Fine. You?" I asked, as he ran his hand along my face.

"Perfect," he smirked, kissing me.

"We should see if Travis and them wanna hang out," I pulled away.

"We hang out every day. They'll be here in a couple hours," he took off the shirt I was wearing.

"I don't wanna do this right now," I sat up, pushing him off me. "I wanna know what happened last night when we got here."

"You don't remember?" He asked like I should. "Babe, we had a real fun night," he kissed my chest.

I pushed him off again. "Why don't I remember it?"

He just shrugged and pulled me close to him.

"Where is your family?" I asked.

"If you find them, let me know," he said.

"So you live alone?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Okay, I have to say something. If we're gonna be together, no drugging me or doing something so I don't remember. I agreed to be with you, but I have to remember it," I said.

"Alright, alright," he said. "Can we pass the time till Travis and then get here?"

I reluctantly agreed and he laid me down to have his way with me.

*

A few hours later, Travis showed up with Frank and Will.

"Hey, where's Hally and Justin?" I asked.

"Family hunting day," he said.

We nodded and sat around.

"Wait, what are you doing at Liam's already?" Frank asked.

"We're together," Liam said, kissing my cheek.

Everyone seemed surprised, but they quickly congratulated us. I knew what they were thinking. How easy I must me. How easy I technically was. We decided to watch a movie and Liam couldn't keep his hands to himself. He always had one—if not both—hands somewhere on me.

I went to the backyard and sat down. I hated this so much. A replay of two years ago went in my head and I shoved it down. I heard footsteps behind me and I sighed.

"Not now, Liam," I said.

"It's me," Travis sat next to me.

"Sorry," I said.

"You and Liam, huh? That was quick," he said.

"Yeah, well," I shrugged, unsure of how to finish the sentence.

We stared at the blue sky for a while. It was about 4PM, so the sun was still out, but it was a partly cloudy day. I checked my phone to see if my dad called to see where I was. Nothing.

"What's wrong, Joanne?" He asked.

"Just tired," I lied.

"My senses are better than yours. I know something is wrong," he said.

"Life," I sighed. "I just don't wanna talk about it."

"Well, I'm here for you," he hugged me before going back inside.

Why did he care? Why was Liam such a man slut? Why didn't my dad love me anymore? Why didn't my mom just listen to me when I told her not to do anything? I miss her so much it hurts. I stood and went back inside and we loaded up in Travis's truck. Everyone decided we should go to an arcade to get out and have fun.

As we drove, we saw there was a meeting being held in the middle of the town. Everyone knew what the meeting was. It marked two years of my mom attempting to kill that guy's father. They talked about my mom, how beautiful she was, how strong, caring... But they never mentioned the reason she went after that man. Which I was grateful for.

"Hey, no thinking allowed," Liam slipped his hand under my shirt. "When you're with me, you are only allowed to have fun and be pretty."

What did I get myself into?