Chapter 20 (Caroline)


    "Are you okay?" he asked me gently. I sighed and closed my eyes, letting my head rest back on his


    shoulder. I had no idea what I was feeling. Being in Keegan''s arms made me forget almost everything.


    "Caroline! Breakfast''s ready!!" my brother yelled from the kitchen. Keegan ced a slow soft kiss


    against my neck. I sighed lightly as my eyebrows knitted together.


    "Don''t do that," I said hoarsely. I didn''t have much of a voice after Keegan''s unexpected kiss. He


    chuckled before he let go of me. I immediately felt cold without his touch. I had the strong urge to run


    back into his arms. He reached over to the bed to pull the shirt on. I watched, slightly disappointed that


    he covered his chest up.


    I walked downstairs with Keegan on my heels. I walked into the kitchen and sat at the table. There was


    a huge stack of pancakes in the center of the table. My brother sat a te of eggs next to it. I smiled as


    my mouth watered. Keegan sat next to me and my brother sat across from me. My smile fell when I


    saw my brother''s stern face. His chin was leaning against his sped hands as he stared at me. I


    hesitantly too a few pancakes and a scoop of eggs on my te. I drenched my pancakes in syrup


    before taking a big bite. Keegan loaded up his te and dug in. My brother stayed silent and


    motionless.


    "Do you want to tell me what happenedst night?" my brother asked quietly. I stopped chewing and


    my eyes shot to him. Keegan''s chewing slowed but it didn''t stoppletely. My eyes flickered over to


    Keegan briefly before I looked back to my brother.


    "Keegan told you, didn''t he?" I asked. He scowled at me.


    "Well I found him in the housest night," he said usingly. I sighed and set my fork down.


    "Look, I know it was stupid but I wasn''t really thinking about what could happen. I was just trying to


    have fun," I exined in a rush. Danny sighed and started putting food on his te.


    "Good thing Keegan was there or else who knows where you''d be right now!" he yelled. I flinched and


    looked at the table. I heard him sigh and felt Keegan''s handce with mine. It calmed me almost


    instantly. I didn''t raise my eyes to his but I squeezed his hand gratefully. "I just... I worry about you


    Care. And with mom and dad," he trailed off as my eyes finally snapped to his. They blurred with tears


    as it felt like my very fresh wound was being ripped open. I took a shaky breath and tried to calm


    myself. Keegan''s thumb was running over my hand gently. It wasforting, but the sting of my


    parents'' death was still very present and very painful.


    "Danny," I whispered. He sighed and looked at me sympathetically when he saw my face.


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    "Care, I''m sorry," he apologized softly. I stood quickly, releasing my hand from Keegan''s. I quickly


    walked up the stairs to my room without a nce back before Ipletely lost my cool. I missed my


    parents. Watching them die was not something I wanted to be reminded of. I ran into my room and


    mmed the door behind me. When I was curled up on the bed, hugging a pillow, I finally let my tears


    fall. I sobbed quietly into the pillow as tremors racked my body. Everything I''d been trying so hard to


    keep down came bubbling to the surface. I didn''t want to think about my parents. I didn''t ever want to


    think about my parents. All I saw when I thought about them was how they died... and how I was the


    only one who got out alive. There was a light knock on my door but I ignored it. It opened anyway.


    Danny and Keegan walked in cautiously.