Forever and Always

Chapter 13

  "Don't."

  Scarlett zoned back into the world, she was still staring down at the rocks that lay close to fifty feet below her.

  "Don't." Chase's voice was closer this time.  

  "I'm not doing anything," she said, turning her head and looking at him. Although she had known he was closer, she hadn't realized how close he had gotten and jumped slightly.He was close enough that she could feel his breath against her neck. She felt her foot slip off the cliff and knew that she wouldn't try to stop herself from falling, but Chase had other plans. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into him, wrapping his large hands around her small waist.

  "I said don't."

  "I didn't ... you scared me!" She defended herself.

  "Excuusee mee." he said with a small chuckle. He pulled away from her, knowing she was alright now, and ran a hand through his shaggy blond hair.

  "I'm sorry about... Levi," he said abruptly.

  "It wasn't your fault," she said, surprising herself by her calm tone.

  "It was my own blood."

  "You didn't kill him."

   "Everyone treats me like I did. All my friends pretty much left me, my girlfriend dumped me, I have a scar because Jared hates my guts."

  "Wait, a scar?!" Scarlett asked alarmed.

  "Yeah." He said like it was nothing.

  "A-are you alright?" She couldn't believe how much she actually cared, about the brother of a murderer.

  He sighed and unzipped the leather jacket he was wearing. He tossed it aside to reveal well toned arms and a cookie monster graphic tee.

  "Cookie monster?" she said, laughing before she could stop herself.

  "Hey, don't dis the Cookie." he said with a glare, although a grin was creeping on to his lips.         He proceeded to take off his shirt which revealed a body that only someone who worked out everyday could achieve. He turned around and Scarlett gasped.

  "Oh my God," she muttered. It was more then just one scar, long and little scars ran the length of Chase's tan back.  

  "Dad was always a bit of a bastard," Chase just said like it was nothing. "Jared's is the one of my shoulder."

  She saw it, it looked like the newest and she touched it with her cold fingertips.

  "Your cold," he said, turning his head back to look at her.

  "Excuusee mmee." she said imitating him. "This..." she trailed off.

  "Sucks?" he offered and grabbed his shirt, pulling it over his head. "Let's get back," he said getting on his bike.

   She just nodded and wrapped her arms around his waist and she got on the bike. Somehow riding up here, standing and looking out and being with someone who had felt pain like her gave her a relief.

   "I so tagged you!!" Annie exclaimed to Henri.

   "No you didn't!"

  "Yes she did, dude." Jared simply stated simply.

  "So I WON, I WON, I-I-I-I WONN." Shedid a little dance, shaking her hips.

  "I likee it when you win," Levi said, nodding his head in a perverted manner.

  "Shut up." Scarlett said with a laugh.

  "I like it when you win better, Scar," he said wriggling his eyebrows.

  "I bet you do." She laughed kissing him. Levi kissed her back, their lips moving together.

  "Get a room," Annie said with a disgusted look.

  "We might." Scarlett winked at her best friend.

   They were all playing a random game of tag in a clearing. The clearing landed in the middle of the wooded area. Scarlett liked to walk to the edge and look at the tall mountain, the cliff that was almost fifty feet above them.

   "We should go up there" she said when they were all standing at the edge of the forest.

   "Yeah, uh, no." Henri shook his head. "People die!"

  "So, it's like a rush," Scarlett said with a smile.

  "Maybe another time, it's dangerous up there," Jared said and Levi nodded in agreement.

  "I heard that that loner kid ... um ... Grant Bane . . . always goes up there," Annie said in disgust.

  "So does his brother, or so they say," Levi said. "That's reason number two not to go up there. The suicidal freaks love it up there."

  "Don't be mean" Scarlett said looking at him, but he was already laughing with Jared and Henri.

   She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Let's head back." Maybe it was only a place for freaks.