I was sitting at the park, the twins playing at a distance. I yawned looking at a pink flower next to me.

I don't get these kids, its freezing cold outside and they want to play. I checked the time again, fifteen more minutes and we're going back home.

I roamed my eyes around the park and at a distance saw a figure approaching.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Drake walking towards me.

"My siblings like to play in the park" I said, moving my hand in the twins direction.

He followed my hand, watching the kids play a little distance away. I watched him as he sat down next to me, still looking at the kids.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Just roaming around" he replied shortly.

We sat there in silence for a little while, I checked the time again. It was wierd sitting here with Drake. I don't think I have ever seen him this quite before he is always talking, laughing.

"Hey, I've been wanting to say something to you" he said turning towards me now.

I nodded telling him to proceed. What does he want to talk about?

"I'm sorry for making fun of you and your mom, I shouldn't have" he said not meeting my eyes.

"Its fine" I replied.

To be honest it really was fine, I don't think about that time anymore. Drake and Carter were jerks and they always have been, but atleast they have stopped it. And besides I fell for Carter knowing what he did to me so it would be unfair if I didn't forgave Drake.

He looked up at me and I smiled, I guess he is making sure that I mean it, forgiving him.

"Did you talk to Ally?" I asked carefully.

He shaked his head no.

"She can be stupid sometimes thats just how she is but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about you."

"Eva she is never going to like someone the way she likes Mason" he replied admitting in to his feelings.

"She is still heartbroken, give her a little time. She will come to you and stay" 

He nodded and then sighed.

"You should talk to Carter you know, everytime you don't pick up his call he gets worried and they're is already alot on his plate right now." He said looking at me.

I looked away, not wanting to talk about Carter, especially with Drake.

"I don't think me and Carter should talk to each other, I mean there is nothing between" I said.

"If that's what you want to believe" replied Drake.

I sneaked a look at Drake. Does he know about me confessing my feelings to Carter? Of course he does, Carter tells him everything.

"Eva don't give up on him, he cares about you, he really does. Just try to understand him" he said looking at me.

"Its so hard to understand him" I replied softly.

"Its not you just need to try"

I turned my head and saw the twins running towards us.

"I am tired, lets go home" said Alex standing in front of me.

"Can you carry me back?" Asked Daniel.

"No way, you use your legs" I said standing up.

They took the water bottle from me and drank it. I turned towards Drake waved my hand to say goodbye.

"See you at school" he said.

We started to walk out of the park. Drake was still sitting at the bench, the wind blew again making me cold all the way to my bones.

"You know Carter's a better option than this" said Daniel as we walked down the road.

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The door bell rang as I was laying at the bed. Mom had gone out with Henry while the kids were sleeping. I got up groaning and made my way to the door. Mom's house is kind of like ours, I guess she bought it on purpose so it could give her the home feel, something she used to have.

The bell rang again as I reached it. Opening the door I was shocked to see Caroline standing in front of me. What was she doing here?

She was wearing a frilly pink dress that hugged her body perfrectly. Her eyes landed on me and then went down till my feet as if judging me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

She looked back up at me and just stared. Her eyes not leaving mine, I shifted my weight from one foot to another feeling consious of myself under her gaze.

"I want you to stay away from Carter" she replied blinking for the first time.

"I am not after him Caroline, you don't have to worry about it" I replied with a sigh.

"I'm not saying this because I'm an insecure girlfriend, you can never take what's mine. I am saying for your own safety, you are only going to get trouble being near Carter" she said seriously.

"What kind of trouble?" I asked her.

"The kind that you don't want, the kind that is dangerous" she replied a hint of smile on her face.

"You can go now" I said stepping back.

"Eva I know its amazing to get attention from Carter but believe me he feels nothing towards you. For all you know he could be using you for something"

I watched as she turned around and walked away, her car standing in front of my house. She got inside her car and started, swiftly driving away.

I stood there in the doorway, a scene unfolding in my mind. How Carter told Caroline he was using her, how he smiled when he said that as if to give her more pain. He could be doing the same with me. Maybe Caroline is right about him, maybe Kaiden is right about him. I am doing the right thing by staying away from him.

I stepped back and closed the door.

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I was going back to my home to get a book I needed to do the science homework which was due tomorrow. I always leave things for the last minute a habit that I hate of mine.

As I walked towards my street I couldn't stop thinking about how much I miss it. It was comfortable in mom's house and to be honest I enjoyed staying with her but it wasn't my house, it wasn't my bedroom and dad. I am used to the delicious smell of dad's breakfast and no one in the world could replace that, not even mom.

My phone started to ring in my pocket. Taking it out I saw it was Mason calling. Sighing I picked his call up.

"Hey" he said.

"Hi" I replied back.

It was dark outside now and cold winds blew in every direction. Mason was silent for a while.

"Why are you ignoring me?" He finally asked.

"I'm not ignoring you Mason"

"Yes you are, you're picking Ally over me" he retorted back.

"No I am no, its you has no time for us okay? I get it you're in a relationship but that doesn't mean you have to forget your friends. Do you remember what was the last time it was just the three of us and not Nina in too" I said.

"Eva she is my girlfriend and you people need to accept that"

"God Mason. When the hell did we not accept you two together?"

There was little distance left now to my house.

"Did you not see what Ally did the other day? Bringing DRAKE with her just to get back on me" he said, his anger visible on his face.

"What about you huh? You told Nina about Ally having feelings for you. You promised Ally that you won't tell anyone, that it would be like it never happened. You lied to her and you broke her trust. Do you know how she would feel when Nina will look down at her?" I countered back.

I entered the street where my house is.

"Nina is my girlfriend I am suppose to tell her anything, a relationship doesn't work if there are secrets in it. And besides she tells me everything, it would be unfair if I didn't do the same."

I walked towards my house and glanced up at my room. My window was locked but the lights were on.

Wait!? I didn't leavw my house on when I left. Panic filled me as I reached the front door and found it open.

"Mason I will call you back" I said in a low voice cutting him of.

I hanged up the phone before he could say something and put it back to my pocket.

Why is my front door open? Who is inside my house?

I took a deep breath and opened the door wider. Stepping in I looked around to see if someone was there but it all looked blank, I didn't turn on the lights because of the fear that someone might know I am here.

Who could be here at this time? Is it a thief? Or is it Caroline again? I grabbed an umbrella from the corner and walked inside, my umbrella ready  to attack anyone who came to my sight.

I reached the stairs, the living room door were still locked and so was dad's room. I slowly started to climb the stairs hoping no one would catch me. I tried my best not to make a sound, taking my time on every step.

I reached the end of the stairs and saw the door to my room open wide, I could hear shuffling inside. By sound of the footsteps it looked like there were more than one person.

The fear was clawing me now, I gulped as I moved foward. Twins room came first, there room was closed too.

I stopped in the tracks when I heard someone speak.

"Where can he hid them" said a voice I didn't recognise.

He seemed angry and irritated.

I walked further ahead, trying to control my breathing. I stood at the edge of the door and peaked inside. I was right there were two people inside. Both of them were in black clothes, their face covered with masks.

"This Carter is a smart one" replied the other one. I didn't know him too.

The one who spoke earlier had big muscles and was searching through my closet, while the other one was checking my side drawer. After searching it carefully he moved towards my bed. Grabbing the mattress he throwed it on the floor.

Who were these people? What were they looking for? And how did they know Carter? As I asked myself these questions a voice spoke in my mind. Were they here looking for the drugs? Just like Caroline?

I watched as they destroyed my room. The umbrella still in my hand. I stepped a little closer to get a better view. Suddenly the phone rang in my pocket, Ally's loud shrilling ringtone breaking the perfect silence and all the colour drowned from my face.

I reached in the pocket quickly and disconnected her call but it was too late, the two heads inside my room turned towards me. They stopped everything they were doing when they saw me.

The one with big muscles ran towards me with so much speed that I just froze for a moment. But that didn't last long as adrenaline kicked in and as he was about to grab me I hit him hard on the face with the umbrella.

He stumbled a little like I didn't had any force as the umbrella flew out of my hands. I sprinted around and dashed down the stairs but wasn't able to go far as a hand grabbed my hair and pulled me back. I felt as if my head was being torn apart with the amount of pain. My eyes started to water up.

In an instant he put his hand in front of my mouth so I couldn't scream. The other hand holding my waist, my hands in a death grip, they were too strong.

"You thought you could outsmart us? With an umbrella?" Said the one holding me with a laugh.

What do I do? What do I do? The panic, the pain was at its height. For a moment I thought that I would just faint, it'll save me from facing what's going to happen next but the thought of what they might do to me kept me awake.

I bit into his hand and as he screamed his tight hold losened on me. I hit him in his stomach with my elbow and ran down the stairs. I could feel footsteps behind me as I dashed out the front door.

"HELP, HELP" I screamed as I ran down the road.

I didn't dare look back, just running  forward. I couldn't see clearly beacuse of the dark, I felt like they would reach up to me any moment, grabbing me from behind and I wont be able to do anything.

I ran with as much speed my legs could muster and suddenly collided against a hard chest.

"NO, LET ME GO, NOOOO" I screamed as two hands held me.

I fidgeted in his arms trying to get out of his hold.

"Eva, Eva relax, its me Carter" sais the voice and I felt myself relaxing.

Looking up I saw Carter's face which was laced with worry. His eyes kept moving as he looked at eveey inch of me.

"Carter" I whispered feeling all the power in me disappear.

He held me against his chest as I was about to collapse. I took in his scent which calmed me down, which kept me from fainting.

"Shh, shh, its okay, its okay, I am here" he said in a soothing voice as his hand  ran through my hair.

"They were going to hurt me" I said as a tear fell down my face and onto his shirt.

"No one is going to hurt you, I'm right here Eva, its okay just relax please" he said in a soft voice. So soft that I couldn't believe it was Carter.

I don't know how long we stood there like that, I just remember how tenderly he held me in his arms and how I relaxed to his voice.

"Lets go" he sais after awhile.

I stood up straight and looked at him.

"We can't go they might still be inside my house, what if they take anything?"

"What they want is not there, don't worry about it" he replied and grabbed my hand.

We walked down the street, my hand in his. His hands were warm as compared to my cold ones. We reached his car which was parked at the end of the street. He opened the door for to get inside.

After settling in he turned towards me. Looking at me carefully.

"Are you okay now?" He asked his eyes looking me up and down to make sure I was fine.

"Yes" I replied.

"They....they didn't do anything with you right?" He said. There was pain in his voice, like it was a hard question for him to ask.

I nodded reasuring him that I was alright. I sae him relax in his seat and then started the car.

It didn't took us long to reach mom's house. Thank goodness she wasn't standing outside waiting for me. I turned towards Carter as he stopped the car.

"They were looking for something that you hid" I said, he didn't look my way.

"Something Caroline was looking for too, drugs I assume"

His head snapped in my direction.

"Who told you that?" He asked.

I shifted my eyes away from him.

"I was in the bathroom that day when you and Caroline were fighting"

He sighed and closed his eyes I checked if my mom had seen us before speaking again.

"What's the deal between you and drugs?" I asked.

"Nothing"

"Don't you dare lie to me" I said angrily.

"Eva-"

"What if my dad and siblings were there tonight? They could have hurt them"

"Eva they are not going to hurt you or your family ever again, I'll make sure of that" he said.

"You need to answer my questions"

"Eva you should-"

"Answer my questions"

"EVA" he said grabbing me by my shoulders.

"You need to rest right now, we will talk later, I promise" he said looking me in the eyes.

I wanted to fight with him, to force the truth out of him but didn't have any energy inside me. I opened the car door and stepped out but before I could go out he grabbed my hand.

I turned to look at him, he opened his mouth to say something then closed it, his eyes shifting from my face to our hands.

"If you need anything call me" he said.

I nodded looking at him. Waiting for him to let go of my hand so I could leave but he didn't. Seconds went by and then minutes he still didn't let go. At the end it was me who had to pull my hand out of his weak hold.

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