>Chapter 2<
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Mother banged on the door again. "Open the door, Mona!" She yelled.
I looked at Nikki. She nodded and I got up to let Mother in. Mother pushed right through me to Nikki. When she saw the tattoo, Mother turned back to me with an evil stare.
"What the hell did you do to my precious baby?" She screamed.
I crossed my arms and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." I spoke calmly and that made her even more mad.
"You bitch!" Mother yelled and ran up to me getting ready to slap me.
Suddenly everyhting was in slow motion. I could see every pore on Mother's skin. I could smell the adrenaline comming off of her in waves. I could hear her hand slicing through the air. Just as her hand was two centimeters from my face, I grabbed it. I squeezed until I heard Mother let out a yelp. I let go and walked over to where Nikki sat on the bed. She gave me a high five. Mother left, craddeling her hand against her chest. I burst out in laughter and so did Nikki. We turned on "Break Your Little Heart" and got ready. I was taking us to Macaroni grill to celebate.
Nikki got in the shower as I stood in my bra and underwear looking through my closet. I decided to wear my black acid rinse skinny jeans, a white speghetti strap, and my leather jacket I bought from Hollister a few days ago. I put everything on except the jacket. Nikki walked in then.
"We have a crisis!" She said in a shrill voice.
I looked over at her. She had grown so that she was as tall as me. Her black her grew from its short bob so that it hit her mid-back. Her baby brown eyes were now an electric blue. I gasped and put my hand over my mouth and Nikki followed suit.
"Meme! Your eyes! I mean, they are still green but more of a seafoam color and really really bright!" Nikki walked closer to me. She still had a big black towel wrapped under her arms.
"It must be a side effect from being Marked." I said softly.
Nikki nodded. "Nothing fits me now. I need new clothes and if I'm going to have long hair, I want a different cut." She said.
"Yeah. I agree. You can borrow something of mine for today. Tomorrow we can go shopping and get your hair done." I said nodding to my closet.
"Yay! More shopping!" Nikki said with a huge smile on her face. She raced to my closet and got real serious.
"By the way, I talked to Principal Amorae. She said a driver would be here at 9:00am sharp on Wednesday to pick us up and get us supplies for school and then bring us there." I told Nikki.
"Okay, cool." She said in a monotone.
I sighed and got my straightener from my bed. I plugged it into my bathroom wall. A little Black envelope caught my eye. I picked it up and flipped it open. There was two credit cards in it. One had my name and the other had Nikki's name. There was alos a note. I unfolded it and read.
"I figured you two would go shopping before your driver got there. These are from our school. They have no limit and we will pay them off. ~Principal Amorae~"
I laughed and continued to straighten my hair. I finished my hair in ten minutes and continued to do my make up. I put on a little eyeliner and silver mascara. I went into my room and Nikki was throwing things around. She had on her silver and red Nike high tops, gray skinny jeans, and her bra.
"Where is that long-sleeve, black shirt with the rips in the front?" Nikki asked without looking up.
"In the back with the other long-sleeves." I told her.
When she found it, she slipped on a red camisole and then the long-sleeve. She looked up at me with puppy dog eyes. The blue suited her very well.
"Will you please curl my hair, Meme? And my make up?" Nikki asked me, folding her hands in front of her in a begging gesture.
I looked at my clock. It was only 3:30. "Sure, babe." We went into the bathroom and I turned on the curling iron. I put Nikki's long hair into perfect big ringlets. We laughed about nothing as I put silver eyes shadow on her. The final step was perfume and we were done. I went into my room, put on my black-on-black Converse, grabbed my black Fox purse, put the credit cards in my wallet, put on my jacket, and left. As we headed toward th door, Mother grabbed my shoulder.
"When Hell freezes over,you can leave this house." Mother said in a monotone.
"When you sprout wings and a halo. I'll listen to what you say." I said in the same tone. I pushed Nikki through the door and shook Mother's hand off me.
"Don't bother comming back." Mother said quiet enough so only I heard.
I continued out the door and into my Jeep with Nikki by my side. We got in, balsted the music, and peeled out. We drove in a comfortable silence while I contemplated how to get back home. Obviously Mother would lock all the dowstaris windows and doors. There were rose bushes that grew up the side of the house with a fence thing that we could climb. My window was right next to it. I had snuck out before, so I've had lots of practice.
I got off the freeway and pulled into the shopping center of Macaroni Grill. We got out and headed up the stairs hand-in-hand. There were two guys our age standing by the fountain. They were both tall and slender but well muscled.One hand semi-long, black, wind blown hair with eyes that looked like melted gold. He had on a balck t-shirt that clearly defined his 8-pack, faded gray baggy jeands, and black-on-black converse. When I looked back in his eyes, he was looking into mine. Everything in my body went numb. I couldn't feel my feet or Nikki pulling my hand. My heart beat so fast I knew it was audible.
When we were threw the door I let out a huge breath I din't know I was holdng. I looked over at Nikki who was talking to the hostess. I heard the hostess compliment her tattoo as she lead us through the half empty resturaunt. Nikki pulled me along to an empty room with three circular tables. We sat in the middle one across from eachother. The hostess put two menus across from eachother and left.
Nikki leaned across the table. "What happened to you outside?" She whispered.
"Did you look at those guys?" I asked her softly.
"No. After I saw you freeze up, I was afraid to." Nikki responded in the same soft tone.
I felt myself blush and looked down. "Oh. Your pretty smart Nik."
A waitress in black Dickies, a gray holter top, and ballet flats came to our table. "Hi. My name is Jessie." She paused to write her name in pink crayon. She layed seven crayons down and continued. "What can I get you tow beautiful ladies to drink."
"Can I get a Sherlie Tample?" Nikki na dI said in unison and laughed.
Jessie laughed too. "Are you two twins? Besides the eyes and the tattoos, which I love by the way, you almost look the same."
"No. We are sisters though. I'm older." I said. Jessie laughed and left to get our drinks.
"Do we look alike?" I asked Nikki.
She shrugged her shoulders. "Let's aske the hostess. I hear her sneakers on the wood floor." Nikki said.
We nodded in agreement.I picked up the blue crayon and bgan to draw my favorite cartoon characters, Pon and Zi. Just as I was about to write 'If I can't hear your heart, you're too far away.' I heard the hostess talking in a whisper.
"Those girls, right?" I heard her even though I knew it was too low for normal humans to hear.
I looked up and it was the guys from the fountain. My guy was handing the hostess money as she looked him up and down. I resisted the urge to jump up and tear her eyes out. I blushed again and looked down at my menu as if I hadn't seen them enter. Why was I having that thought? I don't even know him. He was probably dangerous. I looked at Nikki who was drawing a bouquet of roses. We are bothe amazing and focused artists so she probably really didn't look at them when they cam in. I decided I would have the chicken shrimp rotini. I went back to my drawing and ignored my need to look at the guy.
'When I see your face
There's not a thing I would change
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are'
Bruno Marz went off, telling me I had a text. I took out my phone. "One New Message: Nikki Lala!" I clicked the button and read the text.
"OMG! Those R the guyz frm the fountain!The guy U wer starring @ b4 keeps chekin u out!"
I couldn't help but laugh. I glanced up at the guys through my hair. True enough, my guy was looking right at me. Quickly, I looked back at my phone and started to text.
"He is WAY CUTE! But ur right. There is smthn scry bout em. Plus they paid the hostess to come sit nxt to us."
I sent the text and turned my phone to vibrate and set it in my lap.
Jessie came in and set down our drinks for us. She looked at me with a smile and handed me a folded piece of black paper. I took it from her and she practicaly ran down the hall that lead to the front of the resturaunt. I hesitantly unfolded the unthreatening paper. In silver ink the note read:
'You are completely gorgeous. Can we come sit with you? Sincerely Yours, Logan'
I blushed and looked at Nikki. I could tell she had read the note. I'm not sure how, but the look on her face gave it away. I looked over to the guys at the other table. My guy was smiling and looking into my eyes. His golden eyes melted me and I felt electric currents go through me. I tore my eyes from him to look at Nikki. She was starring at the other guy. He had short spikey balck hair and silver looking eyes. They were locked in eachother's gaze. Nikki waved a hand over and the guys got up and joined us.
Logan, my guy, sat next to me and the other guy sat next to Nikki. She didn't stop looking at him so I lightly kicked her shin and she woke up. We both took a sip of our drinks and looked at eachother.
"Where did you girls get those tattoos?" Logan asked.
I didn't look at him when I answered. "A friend of mine."
"Oh. I think I know him. He did ours." Logan said.
I looked up at his perfect face. He ran his napkin across his right eye. When he moved the napkin, there was a silver tattoo that looked like a dragon. Not a cheesy one though, one that actually looked scary. I starred with my mind buzzing. Logan put his arm around my shoulder sand brought me close to his side. He leaned down and whispered in my ear.
"If your going to go out, you should cover up your tattoo and have protection. You never know who wants to hurt you." Even though his words were menacing, his voice was so sexy and his breath was intoxicating.
I shuddered in my jacket. I looked back up at him and he smiled and winked at me. I felt my cheeks warm up as he leaned down. He kissed my forehead and leaned back down to my ear.
"The waitress is comming and she will hurt you girls this time. You have to come with us." He looked back in my eyes. I couldn't help but believe him. I looked at Nikki.
"Let's go, babe. I promise we will do anything to make up for tonight but we have to go." I whispered.
She heard me and nodded. We all stood up. Logan held my hand and Nikki held the other guys hand. The next thing I knew I was in the passenger seat of my Jeep while Logan drove and Nikki was in the backseat with the other one. We drove off fast and I was so sure I was going somewhere with more problems than I had before.
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