"Anastasia, come here," Demetrius snarled once again. But I still didn't move. I couldn't move. I wasn't sure how to react to his hostile manner. He wasn’t pleased he was pissed and I wasn’t sure why. He had no reason to be angry and not angry at me but it was surly directed at me. His grey eyes slicing dagger through me.
When it was apparent I wasn’t going to move from where I was and I sure as hell wasn’t going to walk to him, he took it upon himself to come to me. I watched with wide eyes as he sauntered towards me. Fear seeped through me.
Run!
Something within screamed and I wasn’t in any position not to listen. I turned and ran. I made it a couple of feet until I was shoved from the back losing my footing and was soon flying towards the ground. Before I had a face full of grass, I was gracefully overturned and I slammed onto something equally as hard. I slowly opened my eyes and I was facing upwards into the sky.
“Next time I say come, come,” Demetrius voice growled.
Before I could reply, He quickly pushed himself up along with me without any effort. He began to walk towards his car and I knew what was going to happen next.
Flashbacks of the day we had first went to his house came to mind. But that didn't stop me from struggling. I tried to jerk my arm away from his grasp but this only caused him to hold tighter.
"Let go!"
I clawed my nails into his skin taking satisfaction when he hissed out but to my annoyance, he didn't let go. "What are you doing?" I tried calmly. He didn't reply which only spark announce and frustration from me. "Let me go! You have no right to put your hands on me!" I snapped.
He whirled around facing me. His face loomed over my own and I couldn't help but take a shaky step back as I looked into his estranged face. He looked murderous. "But you have no problem holding onto Louie or having him touch you or my brother do you?" He let a bitter laugh as his hold began to tighten causing me to flinch from the pain. "Of course you wouldn't mind."
I scrunched my eyebrows confused at his statement. "You are nothing but a little tease," he growled.
His words felt like a slap to the face. He was basically calling me a whore. I had never in my life been called that. My heart felt as if it was being squeezed and I had the most odd feeling to cry. His accusation hurt but it also didn't give him the right to say such things to me. He had no right at all.
"Let go," I croaked out.
"So you can go with them?" He asked his voice oozing with accusation.
I felt my skin begin to princle. "Let me go!" I yelled as I began to trash around angrily trying to get out of his hold. "Let go! Let go! Let go!" I screamed over and over as I pushed and shoved at him. Without realizing it, tears had began to escape. Tears of anger or some other, I had no clue.
"Stop!" Demetrius growled. But I didn't listen I kept trashing around. He suddenly pulled hard on my arm causing me to slam right into his chest. "I said stop," he repeated his voice dead serious.
I looked into his grey eyes, anger and resentment were clear in there and I had no idea why he was angry at me. I had done nothing to him. "And I said let me go. You stop. You think you are big and bad? You think you have control over everyone with your stupid handsome face and your stupid perfect physic?" I slammed my finger into his chest he seemed unfazed by my action. "You think you have every girl dying to be with you or be held by you? Well no! I rather be with Louie or your brother than to have touched by you!" Even as I said the words it felt wrong. The words felt wrong sliding out out of my mouth and rolling right through my toung. Salty. Defiant. A big no no. But that didn't stop me nor did I take them back. I felt no remorse at saying them. "Let me go!" I growled. We stayed glaring at each other.
The closeness I had began to take notice became well aware to me once I felt his body shake. I then began to notice how his hand was no longer around my forearm but around my waist and that our faces were only mere inches away.
The movement of his lips caught my attention and I zeroed in on the gesture of his teeth biting his lower lip. I only snapped out of when I heard his words loud and clear. "Stay the hell away from my brother," he growled. I felt my blood drain right from my face at his words.
"Demetrius let her go," Louie said quietly. Demetrius turned his attention to Louie, glaring daggers at him. "Know your place," he sneered.
"Know when to let it go. Don't tell her to stay away from me thats mine and her decision to stay away from each other, not yours." Jacob voice out.
Demetrius seemed not to take in lightly his brothers opinion but before he could utter a word, the front door opened and out came Max.
He looked around his eyebrows furrowed and narrowing as they landed on the hold Demetrius had on me. He connected his gaze with mine but only to quickly move it back to Demetrius. "What's going on here?" He asked his voice curtly. He made his way down to the driveway and stood a few feet away. "I'm not sure why you are holding Anastasia in that way but I would really appreciate if you let her go, now." His voice was tense as he nodded our way.
Demetrius held on defiantly. I wasn't sure if he was going to listen to Max but when he tighten his hold making me look back up I saw the way he was holding in a comment or a snap. His icy grey eyes stared at me for a long time before he muttered. "Stay the hell away from my brother." He abruptly let go. I stumbled back and wasn't so shocked when I felt Max grab my arm and walked back inside the house not sparing them another glance. I; however, couldn't help but look back. Demetrius stood by his car arguing silently with Jacob. As if feeling my gaze, he looked away from Jacob and his gaze landing back to me. His accusation stare bore into me making me shiver.
Max quickly pulled me into the house shattering the stare. A couple seconds later I heard the roar of both cars come to life and the screech of their tires peeling away from the house.
"What was that about?" Max asked his voice still deflated of any type of emotion which only meant he was still angry at me.
"I don't know," I whispered. I honestly didn't know. Demetrius seemed to have a strong dislike towards me.
Max stared at me for a few seconds before he let a deep breath go. "Mom nor Julie are home. Food is in the microwave." He muttered. He made his way passed me but I quickly caught his elbow. I felt as he tensed at my touch.
Repulsed.
He acted as if he was repulsed by my touch and it hurt deeply. I pushed the feeling aside though as I swoll the lump in my throat. "I'm s-sorry." I tried to hold in the sob that was threatening to come out but as I held it in it pushed deeper and deeper until it shoved it's way out. "I-I d-didn't mean to b-be s-selfish!" I sobbed.
Covering my face, I pushed myself away from Max. A couple of seconds passed before I felt arms wrap around me. "Come here," he mumbled. With no hesitation, I let myself sag into his body.
I shook my head. "I really didn't mean it."
Max moved his hands up and down my arms hushing me. "There it's fine. It happened." His voice was emotionless which only told me he was still hurt but he was trying to move past it.
I pushed myself away looking up at him. He looked at me warily not really knowing how to handle the situation. "I just thought you guys would show up later on and when you didn't I thought it was because you didn't want to be near him. I-I thought you hated him...but that doesn't excuse me. He asked about you and Julie he was really proud of all your achievements and I should have seen it then that he wanted you two there with us but I was being selfish...I'm sorry Max. I really am sorry."
He stared me down before his eyes deflated from its emotionless and settled with softening. He opened his arms once again. "Come here Tasia." And once again I didn't hesitate to run into his arms. He held me tightly.
"It's okay. I'm over it. It hurt but I know you didn't mean it. How about sometime, you take Julie and I to visit the old man?" He suggested softly. I nodded feeling relieved at his words and at his forgiveness.
"Okay good." He pulled away slightly, "and next time when we say get in the car. Get in the car. I really dont care if we are mad at each other just get in the car and save us all the wrath of being worried and annoyed and angry."
I couldn't help but giggle. This earn a raise of an eyebrow from Max. "What's so funny?"
"Well that's the same thing Jacob said."
"Oh yeah? Talking about Jacob what made you go into his car instead of with us?" I shrugged. We made our way to the couch. I settled on the sofa as Max sprawled on the couch. "I don't know at the moment he seemed like the logical choice. He wasn't mad at me and he wasn't pushy or aggressive about it."
"He didn't try anything did he?" Max body visibly tensed as he waited for an answer.
"No. We talked and that's it. I actually calmed down and he took me home."
He seemed satisfied with the answer because he shrugged and nodded. He reached for the control turning on the television. He switched between channels until he settled in for SVU. He was obsessed with that show. "So where did Julie and Mom go?"
He shrugged again. "I don't know but my guess to go prom dress shopping for Julie since prom is in two months."
I nodded and settled more comfortable into the couch. We stayed watching the marathon for about two hours along with heating the food and after two hours I decided to finish my homework once it was done I decided to fall asleep.
I had been asleep for who knows how long when I felt a soft touch. Quckly, I snapped my eyes open feeling alarmed but sighed with relief when I saw Julie looking down at me the moon shining into her face. "Hey," she whispered.
"Hey." I sat up rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"Max told me. I just wanted to make sure you knew I'm not mad anymore. I understand." Julie sat next to me leaning her head on my shoulder as I leaned my head on hers. We stayed talking for about thirty more minutes and Julie went to bed.
The next morning, I walked into the building with Max and Julie next to me. "Thank god it's friday," Julie muttered.
"I know. I'm over the week." They shared a look that didn't go pass me.
"What are you guys planning?" I asked cautiously.
"Well mom is going out of town for a work meeting like she does every two weeks..." Julie said trailing off smiling at Max, who smiled widely at me. "And we were thinking of throwing a little party, a little gathering you know to make us less of new kids."
Julie hugged my side. "And we were hoping you were on our side without ratting us out to mom and not freaking out."
I was sure my eyes were wide. The last time they tried to throw a party mom had only been gone for a couple of hours they thought they would be able to usher everyone out before she came one, they didn't. Mom came home and the house 'gathering' was in full swing. Needless to say, she was fuming and all of us were grounded, including me who was only thirteen and inside my room the whole time. Up to this day I had no idea why I had been punsished.
They tried to have another get together but I refused to get punished again for something I was not going to participate and so I threaten to rat them out. I was serious and they knew it so no get togehter was every planned again. That is until now.
"You are sixteen now and you can come down to the party...and you can drink if you want but don't get drunk." They were trying to convince me.
"You'll have fun and we promise to take full blame if by chance mom does catch us," Max said smiling.
"Fine!" I caved. "But you need to take full on responsibility! Full on!" I yelled as I untangled myself from Julie's hold but as I agreed, Julie screeched with happiness hugging me once again and Max seemed happy as he grabbed me and spun me around.
"She said yes! Party at our house tonight!!" he screamed as he spun me around and I couldn't help but laugh as everyone else cheered 'Party' Once Max settled me back down and I was still laughing but only to be grabbed once again and placed on soemones shoulders. I gasped and looked down to see Jacob, he smiled up at me. "You made me lose twenty dollars. I thought you wouldn't agree but hey party tonight it's alright!" Soon there was a circle around us everyone laughing and I felt once that I was part of everyone that I was fitting in and I couldn't help but feel exremely happy. I threw my head up and laughed long and hard. I looked down the hallway and I felt my heart slam against my chest my laugh seemed to die at seeing Demetrius. He stared at me, his grey eyes unblinking. His face emotionless, his glare full blast towards me.
"Hey forget him."
Jacob's voice seemed to snap me out. I looked back down and Demetrius words seemed to float back in from yesterday. Stay away from my brother. Seemed I wasn't doing that. "He's an ass and this is me his brother saying it. Cheer up cause tonight we PARTY!" he began to jump again and this only made me laugh again, forgetting Demetrius I threw my head up along with my hands and laughed. "PARTY!"