The Past Can Never Be Hidden

The Aftermath

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Onyx POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"You have a crush on him don't you?" I ask Hunter.

"On who?" he asks

"Willow." I state simply. He blushes and shakes his head.

"Okay... Maybe. Just a little bit. but you know... its not gonna turn into anything. No one ever likes me.  and I don't even know if hes into guys." he starts to rant.

"Hey listen. The way he was acting earlier.. I think he might be. He was flirting with you. And I bet Ginger still adopts him.... so he'll stay around. Why don't you ask Mom if he can stay the night?"

"Yeah... I'll go ask him and then ask Mom. Is Rose gonna stay the night? And Blade.... Fuck. He's gonna be lonely." he says and starts to get sad.

"My dumbass? nah. he'll be fine." Rose comes up behind me and says, just before kissing me.

"Don't fuckin scare me like that Rose... you know I hate it." I tell her.

"Nah... you love me. you know you do." she says and kisses me again.

"Are you spending the night?" I ask her and hide my face so she doesn't kiss me infront of all these people again.

"Well, would you like me to?" she says, tapping the bottom of my chin with her fingers and kissing me again.

"I wouldn't ask you if I didn't want you to." I say and hide my face in her shoulder.

"Then im spending the night. Anything to make you happy darling." she says and grabs my hand. I smile and nuzzle into her shirt. My mother comes walking by very quickly, with Heather right behind her.

"Hey Mom... do you think Hunter could spend the night??" Hunter asks, louder then ive heard him in a long time.

"I don't care...." she says in barely a whisper. He hugs her and tries to make her feel better, knowing shes probably crying. He walks over to Willow and talks to him. Rose holds my hand and her mother looks at us.

"We're leaving... okay? Get everyone in the car..." she says. We nod and find Blade and tell Hunter and Willow to get in the car.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later that night~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Heather (Blade and Rose's mother) POV

I grab the vodka off the shelf and take a swig from the bottle, handing it to Taylor. "Remember when we were 14, and we'd do anything for a drink?" I say laughing.

"Yeah..." Taylor says and trails off. I look at her and put my fingers on her chin.

"Don't let her get to you darling. She's been gone for so many years. Why should you let her hurt you now?" I say. She just shrugs and takes another drink. I tilt her head up and kiss her, tasting the vodka on her lips. "Why don't we move away?" I ask. She looks up at me with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Where?" she asks.

"The UK. I used to live there. Why couldn't we go back? Oreo's there. Her flat's big enough for a few days, and I'll talk to her about it. We could leave in the morning and no one would have to know where we went." I say.

She nods and says "Lets start packing. Go call Oreo and i'll order the tickets." I run over to grab the phone and call her.

"Hey Oreo...."

"Hey gurllllllllll"

"I have a really big favor to ask you... "

"Go ahead."