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- More On The Characters!,(:
- Prologue!,(:
- Chapter One!,(:
- Chapter Two!,(:
- Chapter Three!,(:
- Chapter Four!,(:
- Chapter Five!,(:
- Chapter Six!,(:
- Chapter Seven!,(:
- Chapter Eight!,(:
- Chapter Nine!,(:
- Chapter Ten!,(:
- Chapter Eleven!,(:
- Chapter Twelve!,(:
- Chapter Thirteen!,(:
- Chapter Fourteen!,(:
- Chapter Fifteen!,(:
- Chapter Sixteen!,(:
- Chapter Seventeen!,(:
- Chapter Eighteen!,(:
- Chapter Nineteen!,(:
- Chapter Twenty!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-One!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Two!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Three!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Four!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Five!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Six!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Seven!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Eight!,(:
- Chapter Twenty-Nine!,(:
- Chapter Thirty!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-One!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Two!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Three!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Four!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Five!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Six!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Seven!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Eight!,(:
- Chapter Thirty-Nine!,(:
- Chapter Forty!,(:
- Chapter Forty-One!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Two!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Three!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Four!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Five!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Six!,(:
- Chatper Forty-Seven!,(:
- Chapter Forty-Eight!,(:
CHAPTER FOURTEEN!(:
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“No!” She put her hands over her stomach. “I’m gonna be the only one who sees it” Spencer said. “What does that make us? Trees?” Oliver stated, an evil smile on his face. “Turn around” Spencer moved his finger in a circle, telling Scarlet to put her back to them. John turned the both of them around, and Oliver was wise enough not to follow; instead he walked over to Anastasia and watched her mouth words they couldn’t hear just for his own amusement. “What is he looking for?” Scarlet murmured, staring at Spencer. “Just pull up the edge of your shirt, it’ll be fine, he won’t even have to touch you I promise” John looked from Spencer then back to Scarlet. She lifted up the corner of her shirt, and John’s arms went from her shoulders to her waist. He swiped his thumb over his tongue, like you do when you want to turn the page in a book, and lifted her shirt up a little bit further. He moved his thumb over the spot between the v-line of her hip and the waistline of her jeans. A dark mark appeared on her somewhat pale skin, a black mark in the shape of a vine twisting up about 5 inches. “When did I get that?!” Scarlet put a hand over it, and poked it. “When you were born,” John said. “Don’t touch it” he took her hands and put them behind her own back. “Do you mind if I look at it?” Spencer looked down at Scarlet. “I guess not…” she hesitated. “Is it supposed to look like that?” Spencer glanced up at John. “Hers is, mine doesn’t look like that” John shrugged. “What does yours look like?” Spencer asked. “Probably like yours” he shrugged. Spencer turned up his sleeve and showed John his wrist. There was a mark that looked something like a bracelet, with a strange design attached to the lines. “Like this?” “Yeah, except mine has the medical cross on the end” John pulled up his left sleeve and Scarlet found the same mark Spencer had on his arm. “I’ve never seen that before” Scarlet stated. “You must not have been looking hard enough,” John put his arms back around her waist, keeping her shirt up slightly. “It’s always been there” “You put your spit on my stomach” Sca complained, wiping it away with her hand. | “I had to” John said.
“Why?” “Because I had to” he argued. “That’s not an answer” “Yes it is” “John, how’d you know she had a mark?” Spencer asked putting his fin in his hand. “I’ve always known,” John said meekly. “Ever since she moved into the apartment down the block from me” “Is she it?” Oliver asked, coming over to them. John pulled down Scarlet’s shirt and looked at Spencer. “I don’t know, she’d still have to be tested” Spencer answered. “Well, she can go to Charisma’s” Oliver shrugged. “Who’s going to take her?” Spencer glared at him. “I could” Oliver offered. “That’s funny,” Spencer said sarcastically. “But no, she’d have to go with the girls, and the girlsonly. But I don’t think Ivana will want to go” “She’ll lighten up by the time the Char-Bash comes around” Oliver shrugged, and walked off towards the big building behind them. “What’s that?” Scarlet pointed to the building. “Gleyley Institute” Spencer stated, pointing to the building. “…that’s an Institute?! It looks like 3 houses put together!” Scarlet shifted to get a better look, but John’s grip on her was too tight. “You’ll get used to it after staying with us for a while, but John, isn’t it time you got back home?” Spencer said, trying to be nice about it but not entirely wanting him to stay so he could question Scarlet by herself. “Don’t go” Scarlet whispered, holding onto his hands. “I can stay to walk her in, right?” John looked over at Anastasia, and she gasped. “Of course you can!” she smiled, then giggled when she realized her voice was back. “Thank you Anastasia” John nodded, then took Scarlet’s hand as he let go of her waist. “You’re welcome John!” she smiled, and then took Scarlet’s other hand and dragged her towards the building. “Welcome to your new home!” she announced in a sing-song voice. Scarlet’s heart dropped, and the tears started to sting beneath her eyelids. |