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Anthony looked at him, serious all of a sudden. "Of course I have to worry about you." He commented, though he quickly changed the tone of the conversation once again. "Penelope and I can both worry about you." He teased his brother.

❝ i understand you do, but you do not have to worry about me ❞ colin didn't want anyone to worry about him ❝ i am more worried about hyacinth. she does not seem to be okay with that eloise does not have her memories. i tried to talk with her about it, but i am unsure of how it went ❞ he sighed. was worried about the siblings who didn't have their memories ❝ gregory and francesca does not have any memories of us either ❞ a brow raised. he laughed at what anthony said next ❝ penelope has nothing to worry about when it comes to me ❞

"aye, not yet," jenny's brow furrowed. her father looked younger than she could ever remember him, if her ma was anything to go on, she assumed they were from the same place. "my names jenny, or janet - my birth name, I'm your daughter,"

brian chuckled, looked down ❝ not yet? ❞ he questioned, glanced up at jenny again ❝ i think ye are kiddin' with me. i dinnae have a dochter. ma wife is pregnant with our first bairn. how can ye be my dochter then? ❞

❝ i think i might remember her. shadowhunter too, i see. very artistic too, right? ❞ a brow raised ❝ yeah, i think things are slowly coming back the more i hear. and you were part of a pack... luke's, i think was the leaders name then? but not anymore? ❞ he didn't know where everything came from.

" i thought that you might have spoken to them , " edward replies. either alec is very good at avoiding certain thoughts , or he truly hasn't seen them since arriving in the city – he sees no reason for the other to try so hard to hide the fact though. he would assume that the volturi would have sought out their guard if they're here , & while there's of course the chance that it just hasn't happened yet , he at least wants to believe that the group simply isn't here at the moment. it's surprising to see how willing alec is to live by his own rules after so long , but he supposes that it perhaps goes to show how much influence chelsea had on him. or maybe , he's simply grown tired all on his own. it's hard to say. " they can certainly try. " he doesn't know how successful they would be at enforcing that control now though , especially if they've lost the twins' support. there are all sorts of vampires & other supernatural beings here – they would be outnumbered without their guard. " they've gotten themselves this far , after all. "

❝ i have not. only with jane, but she doesn't seem to remember anything ❞ he didn't know what more to do about it. had tried everything he could think of ❝ i hate that i can't help her. i don't know what to do. i am really lost without her. it feels like a piece of me is missing ❞ he admitted. didn't think he would say it to a cullen. edward probably could have read his mind anyway, better say it out loud ❝ they can ❞ alec agreed, even though he didn't like to agree with him. they barely, or never had spoken before. the cullens didn't seem so bad, but that doesn't mean he would start to like them ❝ they have. might never stop either. presumably have to find their replacements ❞ because i will not join them again, i have my own life and family now ― he thought to himself : for a brief moment forgot edward could read his mind. damn, he thought again, hoping the other didn't hear. that's the last thing he needed, for any of them to know about his boyfriend.

Landon's question reminded her of conversations she and Keelin had prior to his conception. About who would be his biological mother, who would carry him. "He's a witch." Freya explained. "He loves learning new spells, it's his favorite thing." She laughed. "No, they're certainly not all bad. Just...an acquired taste."

❝ he is? i didn't know. sounds good he likes it. do you only learn him the basics? ❞ he knew a little about spells ❝ can you imagine, if hope and i maybe in the future, who knows ― had kids... what their species would be. would they be fourth brids. witch, vampire, werewolf and phoenix ❞ he joked, but who knows. frowned at what freya said about her family ❝ i see yeah. they seem to have had many enemies. well, i am sure we all have a messy background story with our families. mine is not exactly any better either. ❞

❝ like in a backstreet boys music video? not sure i understand what you mean ❞ simon had not watched music videos in years, since they came out for the first time. maybe a few, but not many ❝ that sucks. doesn't sound fun having nightmares about it ❞ he couldn't imagine what it was like ❝ from the hospital. i know a person there who helps me get them ❞

(¸.• ♛ → the brunette smiled at him and now placing her hands gently on his shoulders when he pulled her closer, it was always nice to have him just close and being able to be with him in general, nancy returned the kiss, smiling, brushing her lips against his. "i love you too, so much." and she never thought that was ever going to be possible but they were able to reconnect here and everything she felt before now it was triple. "flattery will get you everywhere but i won't just show up in this, i mean, at least i want to wear something nice."

steve smiled when he heard her say she loved him too ❝ it will? ❞ he teased with a smile. an eyebrow raised at what she said. anything nancy wear made her look beautiful. that would he never lie about, but maybe he understood a bit. or not really. he guess every woman was like that, they wanted to dress nice ❝ okay, if you say so although i think you still will look beautiful in everything ❞

"at the very least its something you can thing about later. it avoids so many headaches then right?" this bought ashley time instead of having to explain everything when beth clearly didn't remember. if anything it eas because she feared looking like a crazy person to her. "i understand that." oh did she. she understood it all too well. "is there any hobby you really like? maybe we can find something like that. it would be a start to keeping you busy and not thinking too much on it."

does beth have any hobbies? what does she like to do. she liked reading, playing board games. what else? difficult to think of what you actually have as hobbies ❝ it does, yes. i like reading and i like board games ❞ she nodded. said those things she thought of first ❝ arcades are fun too, bowling although i am not very good at it. i don't have much hobbies. i do the same things every day. i used to run as well, but somehow can i not do it anymore.. because of an odd reason i can't figure out ❞

"indeed," he answered. after all he had enough conversations with her in the past to know that much. a chuckle escaped her. "i guess you could call it that," he answered. "i would just like to think that people tend to like how nicely i ask and things get done rather quickly."

❝ it makes sense ❞ camille smiled. got an odd feeling of recognition when she heard his words ❝ somehow.. am i not surprised by it. do not ask me why i do know of that. i have no idea myself. i need to learn a few tricks too, to next time know how to deal with certain people ❞

“ yeah , it never really leaves you alone , no matter how much you want it to. ” he thought that perhaps the little voice in the back of his mind was trying to warn him , attempting to prepare him for a drastic change coming in the future. nolan didn't like dealing with it , but he couldn't make it stop. “ you think you have enemies you don't remember ? ” he found that to be a little concerning. if she had enemies she didn't remember , how was she going to identify them if they came after her ? sure , he didn't know the woman , he didn't have a reason to be concerned about her , he just couldn't help but wonder. “ do you think one of your enemies is the reason you don't ... remember ? ” he was trying his best to understand. so far , she was one of the more interesting people he'd met in dc. “ do i have enemies ? ” nolan repeated the question , a laugh escaping his lips. “ only one , but i'm not really afraid of him or anything. he just likes to piss me off. there are some things we just don't see eye to eye on. ” that was the nicest way he could describe the dynamic he shared with said enemy. he was careful over the years. he didn't go out of his way to irritate anyone. he kept to himself , he didn't provoke the wrong people. nolan just wanted to go about his life , and he'd done a pretty decent job at doing exactly that for years. “ i think it'll all be okay. ” vampires were all different. it was one thing nolan had learned over the years. some of them were miserable , evil creatures. others were just walking through life surviving and keeping their heads low. “ maybe your head is trying to help you remember one of those things you've forgotten , ” nolan suggested. in his own mind , it made the most amount of sense. “ no , it doesn't make you a monster , ” he said , shaking his head. “ monsters don't feel guilty or remorseful for what they've done. they relish in it. they kill on purpose. that's not what happened with you. of course you're not a monster. ” he nodded as he listened to camille speak , fully understanding where she was coming from. “ yes , exactly. it's all about keeping your humanity. as long as you've got that , you're golden. ” he shrugged , uncertain of how to answer that. “ i ... i don't know. i think it's whatever magic was at play here. it's like it pulled me from before i turned. i don't know how to explain it. ” he just wished he did have an explanation. “ maybe you should write down what's happening in those dreams if you haven't started already. it might help you remember something more easily. ”

yes, she knew she had. remember them because it is the vampire who turned her. the face was a bit blurry ❝ i know of one person i keep having dreams about. i am certain she is an enemy ❞ if she would recognize her was unsure. camille shook her head ❝ no, i don't believe its their fault. it may be this place, can have to with that my brain may not want to remember. i do not know. have yet to figure it out ❞ if one thing became more clear, maybe the rest would too ❝ only one? oh, well, it isn't easy to see eye to eye with some people. he likes to piss you off? that doesn't sound good ❞ an eyebrow raised. does someone make you angry it isn't a good sign. a red flag, as some people would call it. cami thought it was silly when people talked about these green and red flags when they talked about others. everyone had those flags, no matter how much they tried to not show them ❝ yes, let's hope it will all be okay ❞ she agreed with him. she nodded ❝ you might be right. it could be ❞ her head was a mess, how shall she know for certain. she knew that from experience, what he said was right. if you feel remorse it's a good thing. maybe she doesn't have to worry about losing herself. yet she did. what would happen when all of her memories came back? would it become too much for her to handle? that worried her ❝ i agree with you. i do hope, i can stay true to myself ❞ be herself through it all. cami continued to listen to what nolan had to say. he was very wise, knew much and was one of the kindest people she had met so far. she smiled ❝ oh. so it was before you turned? how do you know much about vampires then? ❞ she asked, a bit confused now ❝ i have written down a bit of it. the same family name appear in my dreams. lately this woman, i think is my enemy, the one who turned me, is somehow connected to this family. those who say they know me, i'd rather have them tell the truth than pretend. it feels like they do, or perhaps its only in my head. i can handle the truth, it might make things easier for me to understand everything ❞

“ gee , thanks , ” mike muttered. he knew he was being an asshole to the guy. he didn't think steve deserved it , but he didn't know what was wrong with himself. he felt bad , and he wasn't trying to hurt the guys feelings. mike hated apologizing. absolutely despised it , even when he could acknowledge that he was in the wrong. for whatever reason , apologies were just difficult to get out. he sighed , doing his best to work his way up to an apology. it wouldn't be the most sincere one in the world , but it would at least be something. he took a deep breath , keeping his gaze averted as he finally spoke. “ sorry , i realize i was acting like a dick , ” mike acknowledged. he would leave it there. he couldn't swallow his pride more than that with him. a lot of things had been feeling off for him lately , and he knew it was unfair to act out just because of that. “ let's start over. you said you're not from here , right ? where are you from again ? did you say ? ”

steve looked away. his gaze freezing on the ground, not looking at anything specific ❝ uh ... ❞ no clue what to say when mike all of sudden apologized. why did he do that now? steve understood already, what he said sounds crazy. it did in his own ears too after he explained everything. that is what he thought of at the moment. thinking why did he say all of that? now his head was a mess. he looked back at mike, shook his head ❝ it's fine. it sounded really fucking insane. i will keep quiet next time. i confused myself too ❞ he had not got hurt by the way mike spoke to him. steve had himself a long time ago been the same to people in high school. he never apologized to them. it was strong of the other to do it ❝ okaaay. maybe i did, i forgot after all the crazy talk. i'm from hawkins, indiana ❞

" It is more than that . " Lingering in the shadows had always been what the White Worm had done . It was naught new to her , as she very well knew . In here , it was much more because of the weather than because of her role as the mistress of whispers , but she would take either . " If we are not , perhaps we aught to bend the rules a little , no ? " It was nothing that she had not done before .

❝ it is? oh, sorry, i should not be curious. you don't have to tell. it's none of my business ❞ it was not. ava doesn't have to know everything about strangers. what does she have to do with, whatever mysaria meant ❝ you are right. breaking the rules once in a while can't hurt. i can however fix something so no one will know we are here ❞ she said. doesn't care anymore to show her magic to people or they knowing she is a witch.

no, he had not written anything since then. maybe he should start writing music again? and before he sing it to strangers, let his sibling jules read it or best friends. although they may not know. or maybe he should ask grace instead. anyone, but a stranger ❝ really.. ❞ an eyebrow raised ❝ i have not. life has been too busy with studies at college and hockey. it has taken up a lot of my time ❞ the hockey took up much time. they had to practice a lot to get better, to win these games against the other teams ❝ i am not sure i'd be able to write anything now either, even if i would get inspiration, which probably might not happen in the nearest future ❞

logan nodded ❝ you are welcome. i would never be rude to anyone, unless they deserve it. you seem to be kind ❞ so far. nah honestly, julian seemed to be a kind person ❝ thank you, although it was not planned to ❞ he chuckled ❝ yeah, seems like you are and the rest around here. alright ❞ he took up the laptop again from the backpack. opened it, log in and searched up the song. started to play it, but not too loud. it had been enough with the little live concert, he didn't need more eyes on him.

❝ no problem ❞ landon's eyes widened. did he say mystic falls? how many knew about it. he had never seen henrik there before. perhaps he was hiding ❝ really? me too. well, i am not there from the beginning, that's kind of a long crazy story, for real. i lived in mystic falls a while before i arrived here. went to the salvatore boarding school ❞ for the young and gifted, but he did not mention it.