[ Sorry it took so long!!! Enjoy!]

Chapter 12

I awoke to the sound of my cell phone ringing.

'Know your enemy' by Green Day came from the nightstand beside me.

I was buried under the covers with my arms wrapped around Corey.

I rolled over, the covers sliding off my body and reached towards the nightstand to search for my phone with my eyes still closed.

After a moment I found it and answered with an incoherent "Hello?"

"Arabelle?" My mother's voice chimed.

I lay on my back and opened my eyes to a faintly lit room.

The black curtains were closed and a gray light peaked through the cracks of them.

I glanced at the clock confirming my thoughts that it was early in the morning.

"Yes." I answered.

"I'm calling to let you know your father and I are coming home today were getting ready to board the flight in a few minutes. And also your brothers coming home today as well he'll be there soon."

I yawned, "Okay."

"You sound like you just woke up; shouldn't you be getting ready for school?"

"I'm taking the day off."

(More like week)

I heard her sigh, "We'll talk about this when I get home, I have to go."

"Alright, goodbye mother." I replied.

"Goodbye,"

The phone went silent and I placed it back on the nightstand.

I pulled the covers back over my head and cuddled with Corey again.

"Who was that?" I heard him ask.

"My mother, she's coming back today." I replied.

"Oh,"

I was almost back asleep when my phone started ringing again.

"What the hell." I groaned coming out from under the covers once again and grabbing the phone.

"Hello?" I answered sitting up in bed.

"Hey Bells." My brother's voice came from the other end.

"Drake?" I asked.

"Who else?" He replied.

"Hey, why are you calling?" I asked him.

"To get you to unlock the fuckin' door it's freezing out here."

"Oh, hold on I'm coming."

I hung up the phone and tossed it on the bed.

"Come on," I said to Corey.

"What?" He asked.

I got out of bed; "My brother's here." I replied.

"Your brother?"

"Yeah, I didn't tell you I had a brother?"

"No."

"Oh I must've forgotten."

"Oh my god." Corey said.

"What?" I asked.

"It's six in the morning."

I rolled my eyes, "Come on."

I walked over to his side of the bed and grabbed his hand attempting to pull him out of bed.

Corey laughed, "You're so weak."

He got out of bed and we walked downstairs holding hands.

It surprised me I thought he would pull his hand away but instead he linked his fingers tightly with mine.

I hid my smile as I sprinted to the door and unlocked all five of the locks with my free hand.

I swung the door open and saw my brother standing there with a smile on his face.

"Hey Bells!" He said walking inside.

"Hey," I replied.

Drake looked at Corey and our hands linked together and raised his eyebrows.

"Who's this?" he asked.

"This is Corey." I answered.

"Oh is this the vampire mom was talking about?" Drake asked.

"Yeah," I answered.

"Oh well it's nice to meet you Corey I'm Drake."

Corey nodded.

"I'm gonna go put my stuff in my room. You gonna make some coffee I'm running on 2 hours of sleep." Drake said to me.

"Sure," I said smiling.

He walked up the steps and out of sight.

I walked into the kitchen and turned on the coffeemaker that I set every night before I went to bed so it was ready in the morning.

Drake came in the kitchen and sat at one of the stools.

"Did you know were having dinner with the Callahan's?" Drake asked me.

"No." I said.

"Tonight at 8."

***

I was dressed in a black dress that fell to my knees, the top looked like a corset and the bottom flowed out with black and red lace underneath and red lace details on the dress.

I had on dark red heels that matched the red lace details perfectly; I had on a black studded bracelet and black lace gloves. My black hair was curled and my light brown eyes were covered in dark red eye shadow, black eyeliner and mascara.

I was sitting on my bed painting my nails black and Corey was in the bathroom fixing his tie.

"Well what'd ya think?" Corey asked.

I looked up from my nails; he was dressed in black pants a black long sleeve dress shirt and a red tie along with black dress shoes.

"You look stunning as usual." I replied.

I placed the bottle of nail polish on my nightstand and stood up.

"Wow..." Corey said.

"I know theses shoes are awesome." I said.

He chuckled.

"You two ready to go?" Drake asked walking into the room.

"Yeah," I said.

"Alright let's bounce!" Drake said.