Broken (Sequel to Love, Ian Somerhalder)

Chapter 9

"Vroom!" Evander pushed the shopping cart he begged me to get in.

"Evan, slow down! We're going to get in trouble." I laughed as clothes hit me as we passed the racks.

I've opted to call Casper by his real name since we've grown closer together... And it stuck since Sienna always called him that.

We were at Target grocery shopping for Sienna and clothes shopping for Evander and me. He stopped in front of those long mirrors you used to see how the clothes looked on you.

I frowned when I saw my dyed blonde hair and brown contacts, not to mention the pink leggings and mini skirt and I was caked in make-up.

"I look like a bimbo." I say, jutting my red painted lip out.

"It's the inside that counts, princess. I'm the one who looks like a criminal...Oh wait...." Evander says and I laughed.

Four weeks had already passed and there was only one day left before I could go home. We weren't going to stay locked up in a house while we waited the month so Sienna offered to change my look. The hair dye would be gone after like 50 washes, but I was still worried.

Evander had grown a scruffy bear and dyed his hair a reddish-brown. His silvery blue eyes were replaced by dark brown contacts.

"May I get out now?" I say, trying to get out of the cart.

"No." He says and shook the cart.

"We're supposed to keep a low profile. We're still dead remember?" I whispered since people were starting to notice us.

"Right." Evander helping me out of the cart only to pull me in an embrace and kiss me. He instantly coughed and I started to laugh as he wiped his lips with the back of his hand.

"That lipstick tastes horrible." He says in disgust, wiping his tongue with his sleeve and I almost literally died of laughter.

"Sienna put it on me. I think it was meant for you not to kiss me." I say between chuckles.

"Uh, she must've poisoned it. Then I'll really be dead. Let's go home so that you can take that off and we can really kiss." Evander says and shuddered at the bitter taste again.

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At Sienna's house I took a shower and I looked more like myself except my hair was still blonde. I found Evander in the living room watching tv on the recliner. He opened his arms for me and I snuggled beside him.

"I missed those pretty green eyes." He kissed my eyelids, making me blush.

"Ugh, I want my black hair back." I groaned.

"You look more like Riley now." He says.

"Yeah... I remember one time in college. My roommate Arielle was being picked on because of her bright red hair so being the good friend I am, I dyed my hair the craziest color of blue you could imagine. Of course all the negative attention turned to me, but I was happy that Arielle was happy. I miss her a lot."

"She's lucky to have such an awesome friend." Evander says with a smile.

"Evander, you never told me why you were hacking into government files when you were in college. Tell me." I say curiously and he sighed.

"Back when I was in high school, I fell in love. Who doesn't? But this girl was different. Her name was Victoria and she looked a lot like you, inside and out." Evan says softly, caressing my face. "She got pregnant with our child at only sixteen. We were excited since we were going to college together, my parents brought us an apartment, and she had an older sister who could take care of the baby while we studied.