-Dominic's POV-I guess having both of my brothers and living my happily ever after was too much to ask for huh? For a while, I laid there in my darkness, fully aware of why. Besides, I was the one who decided to live it out this way. I was the one to choose. When I realised there must have been something wrong, I went to the hospital and that's when I found out,My heart was failing.I was told that I had to stay in the hospital for testing and treatment. I was told to quit smoking and drinking. I was told to stop fighting but of course, I could never agree to that. I told them I'd carry on living that same life, that I wouldn't change it for the world. And so, it b
-6 Months Later-The summer break had finally begun but unfortunately, it couldn't be spent happily. After losing one of his most precious members, Nickolas Secter had been left devastated and in pain. After 6 months without her, he returned to be the cold-hearted leader he once was. However, that mask was ripped off of him when he stood in front of her resting place every week. Many tears were shed on the soil that was laid beneath them.Again, it was time for him to see her. For him to look down and remember his sister one more time. The sister he considered a miracle. The sister he grew to love.He stared at her name across the stone that was nailed onto the tree in front of him. The words,
-Blake's POV-Silence.My world, for the most part, had gone silent. I had blocked everything for a while. People. Places. For months, everything had gone grey.I'd see her sometimes. Convinced she was back. Argued that she was right there in front of me, talking to me, laughing with me. But I was wrong. Hallucinating maybe. Jake would often tell me that. I was even sent to the hospital for it, given medication.I'd like to say I was healing. Maybe completely healed. After all, I was able to sit in her house like I am now with the rest of the gang without getting a panic attack, without being hurt and upset about her being gone,"But she rejected me!"The
-Dominic's POV-Gym class was next.I sighed. It wasn't as if I didn't like gym class, it was my speciality after all, but what we do during gym was always boring as fuck. It wasn't challenging, it didn't work up a sweat, girls usually had it easier and I couldn't use any of my strength at all. It was seriously a waste.It was the last term of high school for me. Most people had been here for years and years and couldn't wait to get out in a month’s time. They claimed they'd miss the place, miss the people in it. I had no such connection. I wasn't going to miss the building I hardly spent time in, I didn't have people I was going to miss, the teachers were useless, the education system a
-Dominic's POV-"Thanks for coming, William,""Anytime D,"I put my seatbelt on whilst sitting in William's car and looked forward. Peace. I think that's what my mind was craving. Away from the people I wasn't used to. Away from the chaos I left behind. Peace.I wanted to go somewhere far and away, somewhere I didn't know. Somewhere to breathe. Yet I knew that wasn't possible. I didn't have the freedom for that plus it wasn't safe.I didn't want to go to Xavier, I was in way too weak of a state to go and pretend to be strong with him. I also wanted to be away from my family right now. Arthur was with Xavier anyway and Nick was busy, so I couldn't go to him even if I
-Blake's POV-"Who the fuck took the photo?!"Rage. That's what was going through my entire body. Under the grip of my fingers, my phone was near its breaking point. The screen holding a picture of a couple of guys holding Dominic against her will, wearing nothing but bandages, hostage under their arms.She looked weak and defeated and that's what angered me the most. They wanted to boost their own egos. Wanted to make themselves look better and in turn, made her out to be something she wasn't.Dominic was strong. That was something I liked about her. When we would bully her she never asked anyone for help, fought her own battles, didn't get teachers involved and took beatings
-Dominic's POV-"Dominic! Dominic! Dominic!"I laughed as I was thrown into the air before being caught by sturdy arms.The room was spinning, and the night was a blur, but it was the most fun I had had in ages. The taste of alcohol in my mouth, the cheering, the excitement, the sheer joy of having everyone here to enjoy this with me.This is what you call a party.-5 hours prior-"Dominic, please,""No.""But we're bored,""So be it,""You don't even have a fight scheduled tonight,""I could get one later,"
-Blake's POV-"Then why can't I be your girlfriend?"I stopped. It seemed as if everything froze with me.I looked down slowly at Dominic. Her lips captivating me instantly, but I resisted.She's drunk. She's drunk. I had to remember she was drunk."You're drunk Dominic," I stated, trying to divert my attention from her to the exit. I didn't know why I was panicking or why my heart was racing like it was but at that moment, all I could hear was its unsteady beat and how it wouldn't slow down."I know," she deadpanned, "but you were also drunk when you told me you loved me so I think this makes it equal," I gulped, we hadn't brought that up again ever since she had come back to America so this caught me off guard. "Unless that was a lie
It had been only a few days since the new guys had joined the school and they were getting popular, fast. Apart from their popularity, another thing that was rising was their rivalry with Dominic. Dominic's reputation didn't falter however, she stood her ground and spent her days as normally as she could. Well,hernormal anyway.School began and just like any other day, Dominic walked towards her locker with a monotone face, clearly showing her disinterest to the people around her.She opened her locker and took out the necessary books. She had maths first, a subject she found interesting but wasn't thrilled about. But it didn't matter, she thought. She just closed her locker and turned around ho