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By the sudden change of emotion is Val's face, Parker knew something was up, and this guy behind her wasn't helping much either. He grabbed a hold of her hand, threw the door open, and made a run for it with her right behind him. "C'mon!" He led her threw the maze of hallways until they got to the back door of the club and opened that door open as well, darting out across the street and down a few blocks until they were far enough a way so that the man didn't follow. Parker took a moment to catch his breath, laughing slightly at the excitement of the whole thing. He let go of her hand, "sorry 'bout that."

Trace's eyes shot open at the sound of a high pitched scream. Tess? But before he could jump out of bed to see what all the commotion was about the light in Kimi's room had been turned on. He shielded his eyes and let them adjust for a second. "What the hell is going on out there?

A rush of warmth surrounded Tess' still trembling body. She tried to regain her posture but it was nearly impossible. Although her cries began to soften the rest of her still felt like it was being suffocated. Her nails still dug into her skin and her frail body still tense with anxiety. She could almost make out a mixture of words, but it was unclear to her what was being recited. As moments passed by her screams were minimized to soft cries that still escaped from her parched lips. It was then that Tess realized it was Gab who was holding her. Her body loosened and eased into his embrace and her hands fell from her face and held onto his arms. She buried her head into the nape of his neck, letting him scare away the voice in her head. You'll always be alone, the voice repeated, followed by the laughter that haunted her almost every night for the past month. She opened her mouth as to talk, but only a whisper came out. "Make it all stop," her voice quivered.

Tess moved her arms upwards so they wrapped loosely around Gab's neck as his lips pressed against her own. Soon enough she felt the soft mattress underneath her, and Gab's chest against her's. She listened intently to each word Gab said that slid so smoothly from his lips. She pushed herself against him, wanting to get as close to him as possible. The once overwhelming voice grew softer and her breaths slowed with each reassuring word and each second Tess stayed with Gab. "Don't go," her voice soft, wishing the moment wouldn't end.

Tess could feel a smile move across her lips with Gab's comment. A part of her knew he was being honest..but that voice..that would ruin everything. So, she let herself be consumed by the moment, the now, and worry about everything else later. Returning the kiss and closing her eyes, Tess could feel the beating of Gab's heart against her chest, making her only desire his presence more with each thump. She ran her fingers softly through his blue dyed hair, pulling on it ever so gently. There wasn't anything that could ruin this moment, not a single thing. If the earth was to crash around them Tess would be perfectly fine with it. This longing that soared through her veins and Gab's lips on her's were the only things that touched her mind.

"Don't stop..." was what she wanted to say. Tess slid her arms from his shoulders and down to the brim of his jeans, unclasping the button, before it hit her. What am I doing? She tried to push the thought away, not wanting it to spoil anything, but it wouldn't budge. Not even the slightest. Why? Why Gabe? What about Dem? She felt his hand slip from her hair to the buttons on her night shirt that was three sizes to big, and grabbed onto his wrist to stop him. No! Dem doesn't care. He doesn't want me. If he did he would've tried to keep me. A few tears slid out from Tess' still closed eyes but she quickly wiped them aside. Forget about him. Letting go of his wrist after a moment she'd let him continue to undress her.

The second Gab let go of her completely, Tess regretted it. "Don't..."she didn't get to finish by the time he exited the room. Pushing herself up to a sitting position, she held her knees to her chest staring down at the comforter. There were two choices she could make. One, she could stay here and cry till Kimi came into the room to check up on her. Two, she could chase after Gab and ask him to stay with her, and only her. But she hadn't the slightest clue of what to do. She buried her head until she could hear the front door close. Why is this so f***ing hard? Her eyes stung with the oils from her hand rubbing them.
Tess picked her head back, and rose to her feet, stumbling a little. Please don't be too far from here. She slid on a pair of jeans and her torn converse, but left the first few buttons still undone, and left the apartment, At this point, she didn't care what any one thought about her leaving at this time of the night. After everything that happened today, this was the only good thing and she wasn't ready to let it go so easily. As she neared the last few steps to the ground floor vertigo set in, causing Tess to trip down the four steps to the bottom. Wincing, she got back up and tried to ignore the pain that shot through her ankle with each step closer to the gate. Once off school grounds she looked from the left to the right to trying to figure out which way he could've gone. Vaguely she could smell the scent of those gross Menthol cancer stick, which she remembered were the ones Gab occasionally smoked. Left. It took a few blocks of walking at a steady pace till she could make out his blue hair.
"Gab!" She coughed, the pain in her ankle only getting worse. He better hear me. She got closer so they were only a few store apart before collapsing to the ground, landing in the middle of a puddle. "Gab!" She shouted once more, hoping he'd hear her. If he didn't she wasn't sure how she'd get back without hopping back.

Tess watched as Gab walked back over. Until then she hadn't remembered him saying he'd be back in a few. "I don't want you to be sorry for anything," Tess hated how he made it seem like the whole fiasco meant nothing. She had hurt herself for nothing. Why'd it always seem that whenever she went out of her way it was taken so lightly? Maybe she just tried too hard some times. I should've just let him go for his walk. Ugh, why couldn't I just stay behind and sulk till he returned? Her thoughts were still obviously running rampant. She looked up at him to see his eyes were bloodshot. He cried?...