"New perfume." I replied while trying to avoid my gaze. As I moved the roses around so that they would all catch on fire I could practically imagine Kyas' eyes narrow with suspicion as she said, "You hate perfume Jess. You only like cologne. And this new scent, has a very familiar smell to it. It almost smells like," Then Kya gasped before spinning me around to face her with her eyes wide with bewilderment.

She said in a whisper, "H-he didn't." I pursed my lips and lifted my hair that covered Carters' mark. Kya gasp and asked while staring at it in wonder, "When?" I growled out and said, "I don't want to talk about it." She continued with her eyes still glued on to Carters' mark, "But how Jess?" And why would he-" I cut her off by snarling out, "Kya, I said leave it." Her mouth snapped shut as she stared at me with curiousity in her eyes. After a moment, she shrugged and said with sympathy, "All right Jess." I let out a breath and covered the mark once more, wanting to never acknowledge it as the marking should never had happened. I said while turning back around to move the roses that were already burning, "How did it go with Ryder?"

As the flames flickered and sent some sparks flying out, all I received from Kya was silence and then, when I took smelt the air around me more carefully, I didn't know whether to shout for joy or be angry at what Ryder had done.

"Ryder marked you K?" I said carefully while watching her. Of all the ways I was expecting her to react, letting out a soft smile on her face was definitely not what I expected. A smile started to

form on my lips as I said, "Shut up. He didn't." Then Kya started to laugh and said with a huge grin on her face, "Oh, he did!" I laughed along with her and asked while looking at my best friend proudly, "Did the silent warrior finally met his match?" She chuckled and said, "Do you remember the day Kyle kissed me?" I pointed at my tongue and made a gagging noise as a sign that I will never be able to get that disgusting image out of my head. I saw her shoulders shake lightly as her face started to set in a scowl while saying, "Yes, I agree it was disgusting. But after that, fates, it was mag-" I cut her off by asking with my eyes wide with fear, "Please don't tell me it was," I made a sign of making a small hole and inserting my index finger in it.

Looks like she got it since her eyes started to get bigger by the minute and her cheeks started to turn beetroot red.

"Fates! Jess! Please, we're not even married, let a couple!" her cheeks red with embarrassement. I laughed out loud and said, "All right. Chill K. But, where did it happen?" She started to fidget and move around as I waited for her answer. As she mumbled it out, I asked with confusion, "What?" She mumbled a little louder but still, I didn't get what she said so I replied, "K, speak up why don't you?" Then she blurted out, "My bedroom!"

My eyes widened with horror as a horrible image passed my brain, scarring it. I shook my knees purposely as I said while being dramatic, "The horror! The horror!" She slapped my arm while shouting, "Shut up Jess!" I howled with laughter as I ran from her abusive hands around the bonfire. After a few minutes, I stopped running and said with a smile on my face, "I'm happy for you K. You finally got the guy you've been," I pretended to hold down a fake puke as I continued, "dreaming of." She rolled her eyes at me but then said, "You'll get yours too Jesse," while hugging me tightly. I returned the hug happily but in my heart I knew.

Whatever my heart was dreaming of, it would never come true.

Kya left two hours later after dishing out the whole, and I mean the marking process between her and Ryder from start to finish. It was torture, pure torture. I was cringing with disgust all the time then I stopped when she asked, "What about you and Carter?" I stopped cringing and just looked away from her as I said quietly, "I don't want to talk about it Kya." When she kept bugging me about it, I growled out in warning as my eyes turned black. She let out a sigh of defeat as she said, "All right Jess. I have to leave now anyway. Ryders' taking me on a date."

My heart winced as I let out a weak smile towards Kya when she said date.

Now, I was watching the show 'Escaping Polygamy' as I needed to ignore everything around me. I had just finished the show when I hear the doorbell ring. Wiping my hands on my pants because they were wet, I quickly made my way to the door. I was about to open the door when I smelt who was outside the door. I latched it shut and locked it as I said while walking away, "Go away Carter! I'm really not interested right now." I just ignored him pressing the doorbell numerous times as I went to my room, locked the door then closed all the curtains so that I could go to sleep in peace.

I had just layed down when my balcony door was being rattled. Placing a pillow over my head, I ignored it completely and dozed off after who knows how long. But throughout my dreams, I could feel a hand hovering over my arm and body, lighting up my skin with sparks which made me feel pleasure all the same.

Best dream I ever had in years.