When The World Crumbles

Chapter Two

I think at some point in the ling car ride I had fallen asleep because when I woke up it was pitch black outside. I could hear the boys talking in the front-seat. I pretended to still be asleep so I could listen to what they were saying. And no, I did not feel bad about that.

"Where should we take her?" I could hear Marcus asking. His voice was strained.

"I hadn't really thought that far ahead Marcus." Okay, Aiden definently sounded irritated.

"That was kinda stupid wasn't it? If your going to go as far into the prank and let something this serious go wrong you should have been smart enough to have a backup plan."

"Okay listen dude! I didn't realize it before because we had never touched before. We bumped elbows once but she had a sweatshirt on. Today was the first time I'd ever touched her, how was I supposed to know?"

"Why did you choose her in the first place?"

"It was just a feeling in my gut, and I went with that feeling."

"how are you going to tell her? She knows nothing of this. She's not going to take it very well."

"I know, but I think I'm just going to keep it between us for awhile now. She doesn't need to know right now. It would upset her too much and make our job so much easier."

"Our job?"

"Well your not going to leave her with just me, not with her life on the line. You don't think I know that you love her? Do you think I don't notice it just by the way you look at her?" His voice went a level lower than usual. "Do you honestly think I'm that stupid?"

"No I don't but I trust you not to tell her. It's not like it matters now anyway. She has you, even though she doesn't realize it your all she'll ever need." His voice cracked at the end. I was confused. What were they talking about? They made it sound like I had no choice over who I was in love with.

"You know she could very possibly not choose me. She could choose to let the separation spread and dis-connect us. After that who knows what she could do. She could choose you." This time it was Aiden's voice that held sorrow. It was a deep sorrow like I had never heard before. "She could refuse to even acknowledge it if I did tell her this soon. I could ruin everything with the wrong words."

"Dude you know it's almost impossible for the woman of our kind to refuse their mate. It's only happened three times before. In our entire history!"

"Yes it has but guess which three? Kallie's great-grandmother, Grandmother, and even Kallie's mother refused and let the separation spread. Do you know why?" His voice shivered. "Because they were already in love. Not the kind of love that they would have had with their mates but still in love. A love deep enough for them to say no. Did you see they way she looked at you when you showed up? They way her eyes lit up completly? Because I did, and  think it's going to break me if I have to look at it one more time."

"She only looked like that because she thought I would save her from you taking her away. Sh would have looked like that if anyone would have walked up at that moment."

"But it wasn't anyone Marcus, it was you."

The voices started to fade in and out and I felt myself falling deep into another sleep.

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When I woke up i had a hung-over feeling. I slowly cracked open my eyes, forgetting for a second what had happened yesterday.

I saw a white room and the memories came rushing back. I was in a hotel room. The comforter i was under was a bright blue color wiht no patteren on it. The rest of the bedroom matched that sea theme that most cheap hotels use. I sat up abruptly and the room started shaking. I hadn't eaten at all yesterday you know with the being kidnapped and everything it had just slipped my mind.

I stumbled out of bed and walked over to the door that looked like a bathroom.

Without even thinking about it I pushed open the door. And standing there was a completly naked Marcus. He was facing away from me so I only saw his sculpted backside. And boy was it a fine one at that.

"Sorry-I-ummm" I yelled and rushed out of the room. My face was bound to be a very ugly shade of red at the moment. I wanted to shoot myself. I was ashamed, even at my own bouse I knocked before I went to the bathroom.

I walked outside to where I guessed the living room could be and saw Aiden sitting on the couch. He was eating a really good looking bagel and watching 'Jenifer's Body'. It was right at the part where Jenifer was eating her best friends boyfriend. It looked gross.

I would have gone back into the bedroom but I didn't want to talk about walking in on Marcus. Maybe he wouldn't mention it if we were around Aiden. You know, out of kindness? Not likely.

The door from the bedroom opened again and it was still quiet...maybe I got lucky?

"So did you like the view?" Of freaking course! Wait! No! No Kallie you did not!

"What are you talking about now Marcus?" Aiden sounded annoyed.

"Princess here walked in on me getting out of the shower...and I wasn't dressed yet." He winked in my direction.

"How am I supposed to like the view when you have all the same parts I do?" I asked.

"Are you trying to tell us something princess?" God he was so damn annoying.

"Yeah i am. I'm trying to tell Aiden they let a girl onto their team unknowingly." Aiden snorted at that.

"No we knew we just didn't was to jude when a girls trying to figure out their identity. You know if we didn't we could have disturbed the rest of his life."

"And we sooo wouldn't have wanted that!" I laughed sarcastically.

"Of course not it would have been like he had PMS for the rest of his life. And that would not have been fun." We started cracking up and I fell on the couch beside him laughing.

"Oh har har you two. You're both hilarious comedians. I find you so funny please do go on." He glared at us.

"Yes thank you for your permission!" We cracked up even louder.

"I was being serious. As much as it didn't sound like it."

I stopped laughing because I then realized what I was doing. I was laughing and making jokes with one of my Kidnappers about one of my kidnappers. This was not a good thing to be doing. Not good at all Kallie! I looked at then again, Aiden had stopped laughing noticing my changed exspression. He looked worried now.

Shit why hadn't I used the phone in the other bedroom to call for help. C'mon Kallie you know better than to do that! I felt like slapping the crap out of my forehead, but that wouldn't do any good.

"Why did you kidnapp me?" I was sick and tired of bullshit answers and just wanted the truth, The boys looked at each othe and nodded. God, Please don't let them kill me!

"Kallie sit down. We're going to tell you something that might upset you." Aiden said, sounding scared.