25. I never knew (1/2)

hiya lovie dovies! an extremely long chapter just for you guys! dun dun dun, dani is revealed. i hope you like her and all the new characters too; it made me so happy to learn that you guys were digging them! yeah it's awesome. anyways without further ado the new chappie! oh the song is "want u back" by cher lloyd. (currently obsessed with that song.)

i never knew

alex's pov

"put me down alex, put me down." dani squeaked, giggling into the crook of my neck. "nope, i think i'm comfortable like this." i said triumphantly. i could feel her cross her arms, pouting.

i looked over at kendall who had an amused look on her face. we were at our hotel room, waiting for damien to wake up so we can go meet jake, simon, and the others. right now i had dani slung over my shoulder because she bet that she was too heavy for me to carry.

i immediately took the challenge, even though she didn't know that i just wanted her close to me. yeah, i will admit it only once so listen closely. i like dani, a lot. she is perfect in every way and there's just something about her that makes me want to protect her.

dani, like kendall was 5 foot two but that is where the similarities end. dani has beautiful straight black hair that goes to the middle of her back and eyes, her eyes are the things i get lost in. her eyes are violet, like the setting sun. none of us no why she has such an unusual color for eyes, but it suits her perfectly.

i felt thumping on my back. "they're not going to like me, why can't you just leave me here?" she asked. she was talking about meeting our new friends. she's been sick the whole week, and this was the last day before we leave. all three of us reassured her several times that they would love her, but she was afraid.

kendall snorted. "danibear! they'll love you. trust me, they are seriously nice and derek is really hot so you must see him. hot and single might i add." she said, trying and failing to wiggle her eye

ows.

i set dani down, only to crush her into my chest. she was so cute and small it was easy to do this. i put my chin on top of her head. "please dani, will you do this for me?" i asked, putting as much begging into my voice as i could.

she sighed, the motion ruffling my black sweatshirt. "fine, but if they don't like me i will punch all of you." she said, her voice muffled by my sweatshirt.

kendall squeaked and i let go of dani so kendall could attack her. "yay!" kendall screamed hugging her. "you're going to love all of them! like the girls are so fun! and today we are going to go the amusement park dealio so it's going to be extra fun!"

i smiled, watching them hug each other fiercely. they were best friends and it was always so fun to watch them together, you never knew what they were going to do. kendall released dani and she looked at me.

i winked at her and she blushed a cute pink. was it possible she liked me too? damien swore up and down that dani liked me, but i wasn't so sure. i really wanted that to be possible, but at the same time i didn't want to get my hopes up. we were different, was there even time for romance?

in the case of kendall and damien of course they were. they were both falling for a member of our new friends. at least they were single, that's all i can say. suddenly damien came into the room.

he was wearing a black leather jacket and his hair was all disarrayed. to others, they would think it just happened to be like that. but me, knowing damien that probably took at least 10 minutes to do. he was definitely trying to look good for

ynn.

"lawl, you look cute honey bear! but let's get this show on the road!" kendall teasingly said as she fixed his leather jacket. he smiled

oadly. "you like? total chick magnet right?" she smacked him and pushed him out the hotel door, throwing her backpack at his head.

he swiftly caught it and turned around to smirk at her. i waited patiently as dani went to go get her backpack. when she came back she smiled triumphantly at me. "alex?" she asked, her voice dripping with innocence. it was adorable.

"yes daniboo?" i asked. she scowled at the nickname and jumped on to my back. "i was going to ask you politely, but now you have no choice. you're going to give me a piggyback ride whether you want to or not." she said into my ear.

i shrugged, grabbing her legs tightly so she wouldn't fall off. if this is what it took to get her to their hotel rooms, then i had to oblige. bonus was that i got to be close to her and we were sort of alone, since kendall and damien were a couple feet ahead of us.

"are you sure they'll like me?" she asked quietly. i nodded. "there is no way in heck they would hate you, you're just too lovable." i replied honestly. i felt her tighten her grip around my shoulders. i couldn't blame her from being scared; we didn't make new friends easily.

we were outcasts at our school because we were different. it was like they knew our secret, the way they treated us. of course they didn't of course. it just sucked that no one wanted to befriend us. but with these guys, it was like they knew our secret already by the way we connected with them. it was strangely comforting and it made me feel like we belonged, that we had new friends that actually didn't resent us.

i set dani down when we reached chloe and simon's hotel door. i looked down at her, to see her fidgeting with the hem of her sweater, she was nervous. i put my arm around her shoulders for comfort and she smiled reassuringly at me.

i watched as kendall smoothed down her hair before knocking on the door. "coming!" one of the girls called, their footsteps coming closer. the door opened to reveal chloe, tori, and

ynn.

damien immediately straightened up seeing

ynn. she smiled at him and then turned to all of us. "hey guys! come on in!"

i looked over at dani to see her mouth was hanging open. "you're them. you're, you're, you're the people from the video." she stuttered out. my mouth dropped open a little, so that's why kendall thought they looked familiar.

chloe's pov

"huh?" i asked, ushering them inside. they all sat down on the couch. dani looked up at all of us. "there was this video of you guys on the internet. it was at the homecoming dance."

i felt tori stiffen next to me so i squeezed her hand. "you guys are super naturals." dani said with a sure tone. i was dumbstruck. how could she guess that about us so easily?

"uhh…" derek said cutting in. "what are you talking about? whatever you saw must have been a prank." he said smoothly. i sure hope they bought it.

kendall shook her head fiercely looking at derek, a glint of awe in her eyes. "i knew i saw you guys from somewhere. dani showed us the video, that's why she remembered automatically. you guys are different…" then so quiet that a normal kid couldn't hear it she said. "like us."

all of our ears perked up. "did you say like you guys?" tori asked a hopeful tone in her voice. damien nodded, beaming. "i knew there was something different about you guys. you guys are like us…"

there was a silence before me, tori, and

ynn started screaming, jumping up and down. "we have new friends that know our secret!" we said in unison, running to kendall and dani, bear hugging them.

dani squeaked and her cheeks turned a happy pink color. "this is so exciting. it's so great to meet you dani, even better now because we get to connect with you guys even more!" i said excitedly.

dani smiled at me. "this is amazing. i thought you guys would hate me, but really i have never felt more accepted." she said. "why would we hate you?" tori asked curiously.

dani shrugged, embarrassed. "the people at my school used to treat me and my friends like we were freaks. i thought this would be no different." we all nodded our heads in sympathy; we knew exactly how it felt.

we launched into excited talk about all the things we could do now that we knew each other secrets, and stories of being an outcast. it was amazing. "woah woah woah." simon said

eaking into our stories.

"i think me and the guys would like to know what each of us are." he said looking at me and rolling his eyes. he had the if i don't stop this girl talk now it won't stop for a while kind of look in my eyes.

"uh yeah, that would sort of be nice to know." damien said looking straight at

ynn. she smiled and looked away. my cheeks heated, we were so caught up in the moment that we didn't even bother learning what each of us are.

"how about we go first?" jake suggested. we all nodded our head in agreement and tori went over to jake. he put his arm around her waist. "alright, lets' just put it out there. i'm a sorcerer."

there were mummers of approval from dani, kendall, damien, and alex. jake looked over at tori. she shrugged, beaming. "sorceress."

"werewolf." derek grunted looking over at simon. "sorcerer." he said, putting his hands up in a guilty as charged gesture.

all heads turned to

ynn who gave us a sly smile. "what do yah'll think i am?" she asked. "sorceress? shaman? demon?" all those guesses came from damien. "nope." she said popping the p.

"i'm a werewolf; the best ever might i add." she said winking at derek who just rolled his eyes. damien eyes went wide. "that's hot." he said and

ynn flushed a

ight red. i laughed, it was so cute.

all heads turned to me and my laughter turned to nervous chuckles. "ha ha, uhhh. i'm a necromancer." i said nervously, eyeing our new friends wondering if they would look at me with disgust. but the looks i got were amazement and curiosity. it made me smile widely. i was accepted with them too.

"what about you guys?" tori asked excitedly, bouncing on the balls of her feet. jake kissed her on the cheek, probably trying to calm her down. "necromancer." alex said and my eyes went wide. another necromancer! i never thought i would be able to see one that was my age.

"yeah same here." alex said, making me realize that i was talking out loud. i smiled weakly at him. this was great. simon came next to me and i leaned into him gratefully. there was so much to take in.

"sorcerer." damien said looking over at

ynn who was beaming at him. "uhhmm, werewolf." dani said. huh, well that was odd. dani was so small and delicate. not that i'm complaining. we all turned to kendall. when she saw derek looking at her she started laughing nervously.

"oh, well i'm a shape shifter. a skin walker if you must. i don't turn into a wolf like you guys, i turn into a cougar." she said shrugging. well that was new; i've never met a skin walker. "before you guys ask, i don't know how to turn into a cougar. i have only turned once and that was when it was a pretty drastic measure. it just happened on instinct sorta. i've tried and tried but i can't get through to it."

we all nodded, processing this information. "what else can yah do?" derek asked casually like this was nothing new. she rolled her eyes, suddenly looking comfortable again. "i can talk to animals and help them heal. it's not instantly, but it helps a lot if i touch them."

so over the course of a week we've met a sorcerer, a werewolf, another freaking necromancer, and a shape shifter. this was very awesome. i grinned. "hmm, it looks like all of our lives got a heck of a lot more interesting." more interesting indeed.

damien's pov

i get it now, it all makes sense. they totally set me up. i was in the car with all the girls minus kendall and dani. i thought it was weird that jake and simon didn't want to ride in the car with their girlfriends' but i totally get it now.

me, being the idiot i am instantly volunteered to ride in the car with

ynn, tori, and chloe. like what could be the harm right? i get to flirt with a beautiful girl like

ynn and be in a car full of girls. win win right? wrong! the whole car ride they have been singing as loud as they could.

they have great voices, don't get me wrong, but it was still torture to listen to chick music.

ynn has a really cute voice though. a new song came on and i groaned. could they really keep this up? i looked out the window and sighed happily, we were almost at the carnival.

"hey, boy you never had much game. thought i need to upgrade so i went and walked away way way." chloe sang perfectly on cue.

they all sang the next part and them tori started singing her solo or whatever. "i

oke it off thinking you'd be crying but now i feel like shh looking at you flying. i want you back, i want you back, wa-want you, want you back. ugh!"

ynn, who was sitting next to me turned to look at me like she was singing this about me. "please, this ain't even jealousy. she ain't got a thing on me. trying to rock them ug-a-lay jeans, jeans, jeans." i smiled at her and leaned closer.

her eyes got wide but she leaned closer too. we were mere inches apart when…. tori slammed the

akes. i sure did go flying. into the back of the passenger seat that is. "we're here!" she yelled looking back at me and

ynn.

ynn was curled up in a ball; laughing so hard tears were coming out of her eyes. i looked over at tori who shrugged innocently. "i'm not that bad of a driver." she said defensively. i groaned and that immediately got

ynn's attention.

"awe hun are you alright?" she asked between giggles. i nodded rubbing my face. she rolled her eyes and kissed me on the cheek. "you don't have to lie you know." and with that she jumped out of the car.

i sat there in shock for a minute, loving the way her lips felt on my skin. they were soft and beautiful and i wonder what they would feel like on my lips. sighing contently i jumped out of the car to see the

ynn, tori, and chloe sitting on a bench waiting for the others.

i sat with them waiting when their car pulled up. dani and kendall were giggling happily getting out of the car. alex watched them with googly eyes. he was totally crushing on dani, he just needed to make a move. i looked over at derek. was that a smile i saw? i wondered to myself, watching him silently look at kendall.

i walked up to them and when the guys saw me they all snickered "fun car ride?" simon asked. "no! they kept singing!" i said pointing an accusing finger at

ynn, chloe, and tori who were walking towards us. "and tori can't drive! i nearly

oke my nose when she parked." jake nodded.

"that's my girlfriend for you, can't drive if her life depended on it." he said. "hey!" tori said indignantly, crossing her arms over her chest. he walked over to her and flung her in his arms silencing her with a kiss. they leaned against the car and we all looked away from them awkwardly.

"they always do that?" i whispered to

ynn. she chuckled. "nah, they're not that bad. simon and chloe though, that is a whole different story." she said, as both of us looked over to where simon was stroking chloe's cheek before he leaned down and kissed her.

i looked away from both couples. "awe…." kendall and dani cooed softly. i rolled my eyes; they were such suckers for romance. "so i was thinking that we should all

eak off into groups of two and then meet at three so we can ride rides all together. does that sound good?" derek asked.

we all nodded agreeing. "good, well obviously tori is going to be with jake and simon is going to be chloe." he said looking at them. they were all still making out. "how about us?"

now was my chance. "i call

ynn!" i said putting my arm around her shoulders as she blushed. dani was about to call kendall as her partner when alex interrupted. "i get dani!" he said walking over to a wide eyed dani.

"guess i'm stuck with you." derek said teasingly to kendall. "guess you are. hope you can keep up." she said, winking at him and walking away. he stayed in place for a second, probably from shock before running after her.

"what'd we miss?" tori asked, looking over at kendall and derek's retreating figures. alex shrugged. "nothing really, we just picked partners." he said, filling her in with the rest of the details. "alrighty then!" she said grabbing jake's hand. "see you guys at three!" she said before skipping away, jake following suite.