~ Rayne ~
I headed out of Adan's in the afternoon. Work was as good as back to normal these days. Since Kayley smashed Liam's nose out of its place Owen had really turned around for the better towards me, and so seemed my other colleagues. Not that there were long cosy conversations now, but they didn't shoot me looks that screamed, "Freak, freak, freak," anymore whenever I walked by and well... that was definitely motivating me to step inside Adan's. Except for Zoey of course, she chatted to me like she always had. Liam however, still hated me. What a surprize. He blamed me for Kayley turning him down, but I paid no attention to him anymore. I was beyond that point by now. After last weekend I finally realized he is not a threat to what Kayley and I have. There was no way he could come between us if we could survive a separation of a week when I was the cause and I had acted like a total asshole to her.
I smiled broadly when I saw Kayley come out of the school building. She headed to my car and kissed me before she settled in the seat. "Where do you want to go?" I asked.
"Your place," she smiled. It was no surprize she said it, but I did wonder why. She had come to my house more often in the last four days than she ever had before. When it automatically had been her house before, it now automatically was mine. Not that I complained, I loved it when she wandered through my home like she belonged there and I had something I wanted to show her, but I did wonder where this sudden change came from.
Truth be told, she acted like we'd never fought at all. Like I didn't turn my back on her for two weeks, like I hadn't ignored her. I wasn't sure if this was a normal reaction. Yes, I wanted her to forgive me, of course I wanted that, I wouldn't have survived it when she had turned me down, but this fast? I had explained what happened in like three sentences and that was all it took to let the anger in her eyes disappear and made them shine with affection again. I kept blaming myself for what I had done to her and all she said over and over was that I had to forgive myself, that it wasn't entirely my fault. That only made me feel more disgusted with myself though. She was way too good for me.
We arrived at my home and got inside to take off our jackets and get some juice from the fridge before we went out at the glass door again. Kayley was rooted in her spot for a second when she saw my new acquisition in the middle of my yard. She looked up at me with wide eyes and asked baffled, "You bought a king-sized hammock?"
I smiled. "You like it?"
"Do I like it? Oh my god, I love it!" she squealed. "It's beautiful."
My slime grew a little smug. I knew she would. "Do you want to try it?" I pulled her to it as she nodded enthusiastly and crawled on it with her. She lay against my chest and I looked her over while I gently brushed the bare skin on her spine. "Why are you here?" I asked after a while.
She looked at me like I'd lost my mind. "Because I want to be with you."
I figured that. "But why here?"
She perched up; frowning. "Do you want me to go?"
My hand automatically tightened on her back. "No, not at all. I just wondered why you prefer my place above yours these days." I had an idea why, but I wanted to hear it from her.
A dark expression crossed her face before she hid it by laying back on my chest. "Because it's easier," she mumbled.
"Why?" I pressed.
She groaned. "Rayne, don't be difficult. I don't want to talk about it."
But I did. "It's because of your father, right?"

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Fears To Face
Teen FictionKayley Gaines knew werewolves existed all her life, for she lived with one. All her life, she had stayed far away from them, knowing the horrors of their lives. Her mom was enough to deal with each month. But then she meets Rayne, a good-looking, sc...