Beautiful Secrets

Memories

"We wish to speak to you alone Nick" Krista says sharply looking in our direction, disgust clear in her eyes. I can't help, but roll my eyes.

"Relax Krista, I trust these people." Nick says, waving her words away. He walks to us, and sits beside me making me perfectly squished between him and Max..

"Well I don't know them and this is my problem not theirs! So tell them to leave!!" Clarissa says, making me smirk and shake my head at her childish behavior.

"Clarissa this is my house therefore they will stay." Nick says sharply, getting easily irritated by her.

"NO!" She screams, face turning red.

"Enough Clarissa, you are the one seeking help you get to make no demands! Stop acting childish, why don't you grow up and act your own age for goodness sake." I say getting easily pissed off, this isn't what I came here for.

"Who are you?" Cameron interjects, coming to stand beside Clarissa.

"We are friends." Sebastian spits out.

"Friends of who?" Ethan asks, curiosity clearly getting the best of him.

"Yours and Nicholas of course." I say waving my hand in their direction, keeping my dislike for her kind out of my voice.

"I don't know you so you can't be friends of mine!" Clarissa says, hand on a knife on her hip.

"I'm not gonna argue with you, when did you become so childish. I know you want to piss me off so I'll do something stupid, that way you can kill another Downworlder right? Gosh you are becoming addicted to killing just like your beloved Cameron." I say shaking my head, knowing I'm getting pissed my brothers stand and move closer to me while Max pulls me impossibly closer to him.

"Excuse me?" She all but growls at me.

"Your Excuse." She doesn't take well to me saying that, I can tell because of the enraged look she is giving me.

"Don't look at me like that pumpkin." I say bored, tracing a finger over one of Nicholas scars. Memories flash through my memory as to how he got them, he looks at me with a sad look and I pull away.

"Annabella?" Her and Ethan gasp at the same time.

      I'm not quite ready for her or Ethan to know it is me, so I get up from between Max and Nicholas and walk to the window my little group moving with me. I move the curtains to the side, a normal person wouldn't be able to see through the glass, but I can do it without a problem. I can see people walking around like nothing is wrong and everything is just as they always thought, sometimes I envy how clueless they are. After a couple of minutes I finally focus back in on what is going on inside, I turn around and see that Nicholas is looking around for something.

"It's under the bed Nicky." I say, knowing instantly what he's looking for.

"Thanks Love." After he retrieves the book from where I told him it was, he brings it to Clarissa and flicks his wrist making the book open to the right page. "Alright Clari, I want you to fully focus on this picture. It can help you remember things that I took from you." She focuses on the picture and nothing happens, she tries again and nothing again this goes on for fifteen minutes. He looks at me and I know what he is thinking the second the thought crosses his mind.

"I can show you everything you don't remember pumpkin." I say putting my hands on Max and Seth's arms to move them aside so I can move past them. This is what we came here for, I just want to get this over with.

"How? Will it hurt me? Even The silent brothers couldn't see what is blocked how will you be able to?" She asks,  fear yet curiosity cover her voice.