Found at Midnight

Chapter 11

Kellin

Long before Vic woke up, I had gotten up, put on clothes, and snuggled back into bed with him. I wasn't sure what had come over me, but yesterday Vic made me feel confident, so I wanted to try sleeping like he did. It was hard to expose all the impurities on my body to him, but he didn't scream insults at me like I expected. In fact, he did the opposite, and it made me feel all warm and tingly. Vic was slowly gaining my trust and making me feel better, and I didn't know how to feel about it. All this thinking made it hard for me to go back to sleep, so once again I slipped out of Vic's warmth and stood up. I glanced down at him, noting how peaceful and young he looked when he was asleep. Usually he was the one cooing at me, but this time I couldn't help but to admire how adorable he looked. With one last peek at his sleeping face, I crept out of the room. I exited the house silently and ventured into the night.

Wandering through the forest, unsure as to where I was going, I took in my surroundings. I used to sneak out late at night with Justin and explore the nearby reefs. They almost glowed at night, and it was absolutely beautiful. A wave of nostalgia passed over me, and I felt a little homesick. The feeling was quickly washed away when I remembered why I had left in the first place. I had remind myself that this wasn't my fault; they drove me away with their violence and cruelty. It wasn't my fault my fault I was born different than them. My fingers gently massaged the pearl around my neck, and I forced myself to pull in a deep breath so as to calm myself. I stopped walking and closed my eyes, pushing away all of the bad thoughts and memories so I could have a clear mind once again. When I opened my eyes, I looked around and realised where my feet had subconsciously taken me. I was standing on the nearby beach, not far from the pack's territory. It also wasn't far from where I had washed up, which made me once again shove back the bad memories of that night. I stepped forward and watched the tide run over the sand. I had forgotten how calming the ocean was. I should bring Vic here sometime. We had never been to the beach, only the lake and pack swimming pool. He would love it here, and I could create new memories in the ocean.

With that, my thoughts strayed to man I had left back in the bed. I experienced a variety of emotions when with him. Happiness was one thing I always felt when he was with me, and that was something strange all in its own for I hadn't been happy in a very long time. Then sometimes I felt red hot and disgusting when he was near anyone else in a relatively intimate fashion. Sometimes he would place a hand on Jenna's shoulder or hug one of his friends. Even though Vic had to explained to me about how wolves have mates and that he didn't have his yet, I couldn't help but to hope that it was me. I wasn't a wolf though, and that scared me. I had become attached to his kindness, and I could be mistaking it for romantic interest. These thoughts explained that one feeling I couldn't name, one I had felt when seeing how Vic looked while sleeping. Whenever he smiled at me or said he was proud of my progress, I felt something surge through me that made me do crazy things, like when I exposed my body before him. It was all very confusing, and I almost wanted it to go away, but I knew it was too precious to push away. Unfortunately, I was not yet comfortable with embracing it, so all I could do was ignore it and continue to make Vic happy.

Vic

I woke up with a start caused by a nightmare. All night my dreams had been tormented by fears of Kellin being taken away from me. Even with what little I knew of him, I knew he had a terrible past, and I couldn't bear to lose him to it. I was haunted by the marks I saw on his body. Scars upon scars and misshapen skin and tissue riddled his lovely person, and it had nearly brought tears to my eyes. I doubted I could even attempt to imagine what he had been put through. The thought made me want to pull him into a tight hug, but as I looked around I realised he wasn't in the bedroom. Immediately thinking up the worst case scenarios, I jumped up and ran out of the room. I looked through the entirety of my house without luck, forcing me to dash out and run to Jenna and Justin. I woke them up and explained in a hurry, panic rising up in the throat. At this point, Riven had been jolted awake by all of the worry and panic swirling inside of me and was nervously pacing about.

"Vic, calm down, you're freaking me out. We'll find Kellin, he couldn't have gone too far," Jenna reassured me. That made me consider something. What if it wasn't that Kellin had wandered off. What if he had been taken? My eyes darkened, and my teeth elongated. Riven growled as I shifted into a wolf and ran out of Jenna's house. With my heightened senses, I easily found Kellin's scent and took off into the forest.

This is awful. I'm still struggling with this story. I've finished my other one, and I thought that it might help to be focused solely on this story, but it's not helping. I'm sorry for those of you genuinely interested in this story because I really like the story, but I don't quite understand what I'm writing, like I'm just spacing out and letting my fingers move on the keyboard. I don't understand the mermaid stuff or the wolf stuff, and I'm trying to base it off of the information about those things given to me from the original author, but it's confusing to me. I'm going to try my very best to continue this story and make it well-written, but I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm sorry. I hope you enjoyed it anyways, and I'll see you soon.