I Don't Care if the Necklace Fits! I'd Rather Not be Kidnapped by Immortals!

Chapter Eighteen

“Don’t even try to deny it, Victrivia!” Kay screamed. Ouch. My real name. She never called me by that. I’d confronted her about ignoring me and she had lashed out on me, saying that I was moving in on something that I needed to stay out of, because I had my own boyfriend.
“What are you talking about? I have Nuri! Why in the world would I ever go after Dylan?” I defended.
“That’s exactly what I wanted to know!” She snapped and stormed out of the room. I sighed and put my head into my hands. And for the millionth time that I was here, I cried. Everything was going horribly wrong in this house and it was tearing me apart.
My best friend and I had our first fight. She knew all of my secrets and I needed someone to talk to. I longed for Ray, so that I could talk to him about everything. But that obviously wasn’t going to happen. He was miles away and wasn’t allowed to know everything. Secrets were no fun. Especially when it was vital that no one knew. I sighed, and dried my eyes. Just as I walked out of the room, I saw Nuri and Dylan kissing. I almost gasped aloud, but I caught myself and walked back into the room, and balled my eyes out into the pillow.
Dylan’s POV
Somehow, Kay had found out about me liking another person in the house. I have no idea how. Maybe she was talking to someone who had read my mind. I wasn’t sure. But I decided that since she already knew, it was okay for me to make my move. So I went off in search for Nuri. When I saw him smiling, I couldn’t help but be happy, too. He was so frikkin cute! Okay, so it was kind of hard to admit to myself that I was gay. But I knew that deep down, it was true. So, just as Nuri was about to open Kay and Triv’s bedroom door, I called him over. He looked up at me curiously.
“What’s up?” I asked. He shook his head looking concerned.
“I saw Kay run out of that room like she was about to kill someone. I think she and Triv are fighting.” He explained. I nodded in understanding.
“You know…” I said. “I kind of like someone in the house… and no, it’s not Kay.” He looked up at me, glaring daggers.
“You like my girlfriend?” He inquired. I laughed airily.
“No, you silly goose! I like you!” I exclaimed happily. I noticed a total change in his face. It went from anger to surprise.
“Oh… well… uh…” he stuttered.
“Oh, I just knew you’d feel the same way!” I exclaimed, embracing him and kissing him onto the lips passionately. He didn’t move. He just sort of sat there, awkwardly. He wasn’t very good at this for someone who could have had hundreds of years of practice. I was pushed away after a few seconds.
“Dude. I’m not gay. I’m sorry.” He said and walked away. I felt my heart shatter into little pieces. Oh, man…
Back to Triv’s POV.
I’d lost everything. My best friend and my boyfriend were gone. I guess that’s what I get for setting my boundaries with him. I was crying harder than I’d ever cried in my life. Every safety blanket I had to fall back on was now gone. I was on my own. I felt utterly alone. The door opened and I didn’t care. I just cried harder, knowing that I looked like shit and was no where near presentable for anyone. I heard the door shut and had assumed that the person left until, surprise, surprise! Two strong arms wrapped around me and someone was rubbing my back consolingly, I guess.
“Shhhh. It’s gonna be okay, Triv. I promise, everything will turn out fine. Please don’t cry.” Elliot whispered into my ear.
I tried to say “No it won’t. Don’t say that. You don’t know if everything is gonna be okay or not.” But it all got meshed together to be one long cry.
I don’t know how long I cried. But I know that I cried for a long fucking time, because after what felt like hours on end, I was out of tears. I was dry crying, but I was able to see now. I buried my head into Elliot’s chest. He never left my side. Just cooed into my ear and rubbed my back consolingly. Eventually, I’d cried myself to sleep, and I awoke the next morning, still in his arms. He’d fallen asleep not long after I had, because we were in the exact position we were when I’d crashed.
I stopped crying. I was angry now. I was incredibly pissed off with Nuri. How could he do this to me? It wasn’t fair. He’d totally forgotten about me to make out with Dylan. Not to mention, Dylan was going out with Kay. I was being blamed for Nuri and Dylan’s hook-up. Just because I wouldn’t have sex with him, he’d dumped me for a guy. Technically, he didn’t even dump me yet.
I was brought out of my thoughts when Elliot shifted and looked down upon me with sleepy eyes.
“Are you okay?” he asked with utter concern. It was the sweetest thing he could have said. I looked into his eyes, and they looked completely sincere.
“No. I’m not okay.” I whispered as I leaned up and kissed him on the lips. He paused for a moment and pulled away. I felt disappointed.
“What about Nuri.” He said. It was more of a statement than a question.
“I’m done with him. If he’s going to kiss other people, I’m allowed, too.” I replied, bitterly. He looked at me skeptically.
“Is that why you were crying?” he asked. The anger portrayed on my features vanished and I felt my heart sink again.
“Well… That’s not the only reason.” I stated, feeling my eyes sting with hot tears. I tried to hold them back, but a few slipped, and I turned my head away. Elliot cupped my chin with both hands and moved my head to face him. He wiped away the tears running down my face with his thumbs and smiled weakly at me.
“Please don’t cry anymore.” He begged. I wiped the last of the tears away, never breaking eye contact.
“Better?” I asked. This time he smiled genuinely and kissed me happily. I kissed back with just as much force and wrapped my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss in this process. His arms fell from my chin to my waist, and they stayed there during the entire thing. Which wasn’t long because once the door opened, we both turned to see none other than Nuri standing in the doorway. I felt all of the fury that had built up inside me bubble to the surface.
“What the fuck?” Nuri exclaimed. I glared at him. I needed to get out of here. If I didn’t leave, I was going to punch him in the face. I jumped up off of my bed, and walked straight up to Nuri. I gave him the heaviest glare I’d ever given and slapped him across the face as hard as I could before brushing past him. I held onto my phone and walked into Kayne’s room. He was lazily snoring. I opened up the drawer with my purse, ripped it out, slammed the drawer shut and left the room. I looked outside and noticed that all of the snow was gone.
The snow was one of the many things that had gotten Nuri and I together. It was gone. The snow symbolized what had once been our relationship. Because the snow was gone, the relationship had left too. I guess it’s a silly metaphor, but I don’t really care.
I grabbed my chucks and didn’t even put them on. I just threw them into my purse and started running. I ran faster than I ever had before. It was extremely bizarre, but I just couldn’t stop running. That’s when I’d realized that I still had this necklace around my neck. I stopped running after a while to put my shoes on because my feet were burning. Once I’d finally laced them on, I started running again. After a few miles, I reached up and held the pendant with my free hand. I felt an adrenaline rush course through my veins, and faintly remembered something like this.
I heard something snicker behind me and felt my feet pushing me even faster than before. My heart skipped a beat and I came to the realization that something was following me. I reached up and grabbed the pendant of my necklace. I felt that whatever was behind me wanted it. I couldn’t explain to you how I knew this, but I just did. I looked down at my hand that had held the pendant. There was a white scar, as if a burn had healed there. I suddenly recalled that dream I’d been having. My heart felt heavy. My dreams tell me the future. Which meant…
“Victrivia Ambrosine, I swear on your life that if I don’t get that pretty little necklace of yours, your friends will all die.” Said that horrible voice. I stopped. I didn’t care what happened to Nuri at this point, but the rest of the guys were all sweet to me. Plus, Elliot was back there and would probably get killed, too. I remembered what I had thought in the dream and stopped running. I turned around to face my follower. We were in the middle of a forest or woods or something. He was standing beneath a tree, so he was entirely in the darkness. The only thing in the light was his hand. Just as I had pictured it in my dream. I glared at the hand.
“No.” I declared.
“Yes…” it said. Its cockiness pissed me off, and I could feel the anger rising in me. That’s when I’d realized that my feet were no longer touching the ground. I was levitating in the air. I knew that it was the necklace, because it was faintly glowing. Ominous, in its own way. I grabbed the necklace with one of my hands, and felt power rush through me. I looked at my other hand, and it was glowing just as the necklace had been. I wonder… I held my hand out and pointed to the creature, and willed for me to hurt it in some way.
“AAAAAAGH!” It cried out in pain. I would have normally covered my ears, but the creature’s screams made me feel even more power, and when I’d realized that I had already killed it, it took every fiber of my being to stop. I let go of the necklace. I felt the anger that I had once had simmer down, and I found myself getting closer to the ground at a safe speed. I was no longer angry when my feet finally got to the soft earth. I looked down at the necklace, and it was no longer glowing. I felt safe as I stood there proudly.
I was slightly urged to go and look at the creature, but decided against it. I picked up my bag that I’d dropped when I encountered my fear and began running again. This time, I ran at a normal pace. I found my way to an apartment building and realized that I had no money. Damn. I was in a city of which that I didn’t even know the name to, and I had no fucking money. Who’s got brains? Not me, that’s who. I decided that I got really pissed off about this and found myself running at the impossible speed again. The sun was setting, and everything around me was a blur. I was back in the forest, but not running in the direction of home. I was just running randomly. At this point, I didn’t care where I ended up.
I stopped at a large lake-ish thing. There was a small waterfall coming down from what looked like a river. I decided to take a dip. Since I was probably in the very middle of a forest, I figured that no one would come through here.
I stripped down and waded through the water, then realized that it was probably hundreds of feet deep and I didn’t know what creatures used this water as their home. I thought about my necklace. I grabbed it and willed for the power to see under water. I took a deep breath and dunked under. When I opened my eyes, I saw everything. A normal person would have gone under and seen nothing because they wouldn’t be able to see. But I saw all of the creatures that used this pond-ish thing as their habitat. There were fish of many different kinds. I loved it. I felt the need for oxygen and pushed back up to the surface.
This time, I willed for both the power to see under water, and the power to stay under for extremely protracted lengths of time. I dove back under to go into the little cave that I’d found before when I looked under. When I went inside, I noted that it was a lot darker than being near the surface. By now, I normally would have been suffocating, but the necklace protected me. I swam further into the mysterious cave when I discovered a little section where there was air. I swam up to it and pulled my head above the water.
I couldn’t see much. I pondered on what to do. I felt around and found a rock to pull myself on top of. Once I pulled myself up, I willed with my powers for there to be enough light. A flashlight bobbed up to the surface and I smiled. These powers were amazing. I pulled it out of the water, and the water stayed away from it. It was as if the flashlight had a protective shield around it that kept it from getting wet. I flipped the switch and could see better.
There wasn’t much there. Just a rock and some sand around it. I wish I had a blanket. I pondered for a minute. I willed for my bag and clothes to get through the water, but staying dry in the process. I watched as after a few minutes, my bag came up to the surface. I pulled it out of the water and all of the water just stayed away from it. I looked inside and my clothes were neatly folded. This necklace was amazing. I put on my clothes and used my bag as a pillow and fell asleep. I awoke later on to my phone ringing in the back. I pulled out my Blitz and opened it.
“What, I was sleeping.” I snapped.
“Triv. Where are you? I can’t sleep, not knowing where you are.” Nuri replied.
“Nuri, why the fuck do you care? I’m fine, but it’s not like you care. It’s none of your business where I am anymore. Leave. Me. Alone.” I exclaimed and hung up on him. My phone began ringing again.
“LEAVE ME ALONE, NURI!” I screamed.
“It’s not Nuri this time, babe.” Elliot replied.
“I’m sorry, Elliot. Nuri just called… I feel kind of bad for leaving. But Nuri just makes me feel so pissed off. I can’t help it.” I apologized, softening my voice.
“It’s okay, Triv. I miss you. I really think that you should come back. Everyone’s been freaking out because you’re the Ultimate Sun and what not. How are you holding up, anyway?” He asked.
“Oh, Elliot! It’s great! I figured out how to use this necklace! It’s so great! I can do just about anything! But I can’t go back. Not until I cool off about this whole thing with Nuri, anyway. If I go back now, it’ll just make things that much worse for me. Oh, how I wish you were here…” I mumbled, reaching up to my necklace.
“Can you bring me to where you are?” he asked suddenly.
“You know what? That’s not such a bad idea. I think I’ll try it out!” I exclaimed happily. I held the necklace and willed for Elliot to be sitting next to me. I put a ton of thought into it. This was the biggest thing I’ve yet to try. I sat there for fifteen minutes in silence, when a large splash came at the other end of the cave thing. Elliot was being pulled over to me by an invisible force, and I giggled because he was all wet.
“I did it!” I exclaimed, putting my phone into my bag. He started to wring his shirt.
“yeah… you know, you could have made it so that I was dry. This really isn’t cool. How the hell did you get a signal down here, anyway?” he asked.
“Verizon has good service?” I guessed, holding the necklace, willing for him to be dry. All of the water on him or in his clothes just jumped away from him and back into the water… if that makes any sense.
“That’s better,” he said as he crawled over to me. I giggled as he left butterfly kisses up my neck until he got to my mouth. He was over me, his hands on either side of me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down to deepen the kiss. Our tongues explored one another’s mouths until he pulled away and laid down next to me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close to him. I was grateful for the warmth because it was rather cold in this little underwater cave.
“This is the best hide-out I’ve ever seen, though. If you’re ever running from the cops, this would be the best place to go. They’d never find you.” Elliot said. I laughed, and snuggled closer to him. I opened my mouth to say something, but was interrupted when my phone started ringing.
“Hello?” I greeted after picking it up.
“Victrivia Amorette Ambrosine, it is so great to hear your voice again. How are you and Kay?” Ray asked. I smiled.
“Raaaaaaaay! I miss you sooo much!” I exclaimed.
“Who’s Ray?” Elliot questioned. I ignored him.
“I miss you too. So how’s life been? Have they hurt you at all? Some heads will roll if they hurt you. So I broke up with whats-her-face. I’m going out with this girl, Kathryn, now. You’d love this one, Triv. She’s so fun to be around. The other day, we got kicked out of Wal-Mart.” He explained.
“Well things have been pretty complicated. I promise you, no harm has come my way. I’m glad you broke up with her. From what Kaylynne told me, she was your classic bitch. Tell me more about this Kathryn girl. Are you sure that I’d approve? Because your judging wasn’t so good with that other girl.” I scolded. He laughed into the phone.
“Who is Ray?” Elliot asked again.
“Who’s with you?” Ray inquired an icy edge on his voice.
“That’s just Elliot. He’s being paranoid. Me and Kay met him when we got kicked out of the movies. We’re kind of a thing.” I explained.
“You and I have a lot of catching up to do. Elliot, is this going to be a long-term thing, or just…” He trailed off.
“I’m thinking long, but you never know.” I replied, looking at an extremely annoyed Elliot. He huffed in annoyance. I laughed and kissed him on the lips.
“Baaaby! Who are you talking to?” a female voice called from the other end.
“I gotta go. Kathryn is calling me. Love you!”
“Love you too!” I called before shutting my phone. Elliot raised an eyebrow.
“I’m hoping that Ray is one of your lesbian friends.” He huffed.
“No, silly. Ray is like my brother. Just because we say I love you to eachother doesn’t mean we’re a thing. Besides, he’s going out with some girl named Kathryn now. She’s probably seducing him as we speak.” I explained.
“Why don’t you make like Kathryn, then?” He whispered into my ear.
“You want me to seduce Ray?” I questioned, even though I knew fully well that it wasn’t Ray that he wanted me to seduce. I got over top of him and kissed him deeply. I left a trail of small kisses to his ear and I whispered, “or someone else I know…”
I felt him shiver beneath me and smirked in spite of myself. I would have teased him further, but my phone rang… again. Jeeze, I was popular tonight. Elliot grabbed my phone before I was able to reach it.
“Hello?” he called into it, smirking.
“Elliot!” I whined, swatting at him, trying to get my phone. He held it with an iron grip.
“Why, hello, Nuri!” He exclaimed.
“Give me back my phone!” I demanded, looking at him with puppy eyes.
“Victrivia is unable to speak. She is trying to manipulate me into doing what she would like to do right now. May I take a message?” He teased.
I gave in on trying everything else and kissed him. He kissed back, but only for a short while before he pushed me away to speak again.
“No I’m afraid I have no idea where we are. But I have to go. Victrivia is attempting to seduce me at the moment and I would like to take advantage of her,” He said before shutting the phone and smiling smugly. I glared at him.
“Give me my phone back.” I demanded. He shook his head stubbornly like a five year old and leaned in to kiss me. I shied away from the kiss and crawled away from him.
“I’m not going to kiss you until you give me my phone back.” I proclaimed. His face fell and I couldn’t help but smirk.
“You don’t make this fun.” He declared. “So I’m going to put this down my pants, and if you want it back you’re going to have to reach for it.” He teased.
“ELLIOT!” I screeched. He just smiled at me and shoved his hand down his pants. After he did this, he crawled over to me and attempted to kiss me. I pushed him away angrily and glared.
“Aw, don’t tell me you’re still not going to kiss me.” He whined. I glared daggers at him. “I didn’t even put them in my boxers!”
“I don’t care. I want my phone back.” I bitched. He smiled again. I fought the urge to roll my eyes.
“Reach for it,” he said leaning over me. This time I was backed into the corner of the cave, so there was no getting away. Damn. Looks like I might actually have to reach for it. Ew.