Peace.

All I could feel was peace as I stared at the ocean in front of me.

"Mommy, mommy". I turned around as I heard a little voice call out.

"Hi there princess" I said to the little girl. "Are you looking for your mom?"

"That's so funny mommy" she said laughing at what I just said. Is that supposed to be funny?

"Sky!!". I heard someone call out to me and the voice, that voice sounded awfully familiar.

"Sky?" I heard again but from a different person. "Wake up".

"She's coming to" I hear again and this time from a voice I know all too well belongs to Lily.

I try opening my eyes but the shining sun, coming in from the window prevents me from doing so.

I try again and this time I succeed.

"Are you okay?" Lily asks.

I turn to look at her then my eyes go round the room, taking in the look of a worried Ian and his girlfriend Sophia.

Daniel is standing by the door with a murderous look on his face, Luke is right beside Dan with a look of guilt on his face and Caleb, well Caleb is just standing there with his face rid of any emotions.

"Yeah. I'm fine". I reply to Lily hoping she wouldn't ask any more questions because I sure as hell wasn't okay.

"Do you....... remember anything from last night" she asks again slowly, choosing her words carefully.

"No"

"She's lying". I turn to look at Caleb as he speaks, his face still emotionless. "I can tell".

"So you do remember" Lily says, more to herself than to me.

"Where are you going". She asks as I get down from the bed.

I notice I'm wearing a long sleeved gown that falls just above my knees and it wasn't mine.

"It's mine" Lily says as she sees me staring down at the gown.

I mumble a small thank you and begin to make my way to the door.

"Where are you going?" Luke asks grabbing my arm in the process.

He releases my arm as soon as he sees how tense I become as soon as he touches me.

"I'm sorry". I hear the sadness in his voice as he apologizes.

"I just want Jacob" I say ignoring his apology and answering his question.

Jacob might be annoying sometimes, but he's still my brother.

I feel genuinely protected when I'm with Jacob and standing here in the middle of all these people makes me feel vulnerable.

I just want my brother's arms around me right now.

He was my protector and comfort when I was little and now I want that comfort I used to feel back then.

I hear a loud growl from behind me and before I knew it Caleb is right in front of me.

He doesn't scare me, not in the slightest.

I saw what he turned into last night and I was freaked out and nothing can top that.

What he did now didn't scare me at all. I can't feel anything, not fear, not shock, not sadness, nothing and I know it isn't good that way.

I just stare up at him with no emotions in my eyes and wait for him to let me through.

He stares down at me with a frown on his face probably wanting me to go back to bed but I'm not having any of it.

His eyes widens a little bit as he notices I'm not giving in to him or going to ask him to let me through.

"Let her go man, he's her brother" I hear Luke say but my eyes are still on Caleb.

I watch as his eyes soften a bit and as he steps away from the door.

Without wasting one more second, I walk out the door not looking back once.

Thirty minutes later, I'm walking into my home.

"Hey Sky, is that you?" And that's when I feel it.

The emotions I'd been bottling up in me since begins to surface.

"Mom and dad went out for something but mom left you something to eat in the freezer." I hear my brother say again and at that moment the tears begin to come out.

I could hear his footsteps coming down the stairs and I still stood rooted at the front of the door.

"Are you dea.... " I look up at my brother and saw the shock on his face as he notices the tears on my face.

"Sky?... Are you okay or is this one of your silly pranks again" he asks carefully.

From the way he sounds, I knew he was hoping I'd tell him it was a prank but when I didn't he begins to take long steps to where I stood.

"What happened Sky? Tell me, you know I'm always here for you" he says placing his hands on both sides of my face and lifting my head up to look at him.

"Someone......someone tried to take advantage of me Jake. He spiked my drink, I felt so useless, I couldn't defend myself, I couldn't move, I tried Jake, I promise you I tried but I couldn't move, I....I......"

"Shhh shhh, hey hey calm down princess, it's okay. I got you, I got you" he replies, cutting off my rambling.

I explode as soon as he pulls me into his arms.

He tries to sound calm but I can hear the strain in his voice as he speaks.

It feels good to let my emotions out, my heart feels a little bit lighter as I cry into my brother's shirt.

I feel safe as he holds me like his life depends on it.

Lifting me into his arms, I cry into his neck as he carries me up the stairs into my room, placing me on my bed and laying by my side.

I don't know how long I cry but I know that as soon as the cries reduce, I'm exhausted and weak.

"Sleep my little princess, big brother's got you". I hear Jacob say as I slip into darkness and a smile creeps up my face as I remember the way he had said that to me every night till I turned thirteen and claimed I didn't want to be called a little princess again.

A sigh of satisfaction escapes my lips as I snuggle into the chest of my brother and sleep off, feeling better and safe.

***

I groan as I heard the click of a camera going off and the sound of two people snickering.

My eyes snaps open and is immediately met with that of my mothers as she takes a picture of me in the arms of a sleeping Jacob with a look of awe on her face.

"I can't remember the last time I saw the both of you together like this" she says, her voice choking up at the end.

"Go away mom" I hear from beside me and turn to see my brother staring at my mom with a small frown on his face.

"Don't speak to your mother like that" my dad steps in defending his precious wife.

"You too dad. This is my room and you are disturbing my privacy, can't you see we are having a little brother, sister time" I say knowing they would leave because we haven't had a "brother, sister" time in a long while.

I shake my head as I watch mom shoo dad away from the room and follow him right behind before shutting the door.

"Who is he?" I hear Jacob say from beside me and I frown as soon as I see the look on his face.

He has the same exact look Caleb had on his face before killing him.

It was my fault, all my fault, a mother is probably mourning the death of her son just because of me.

Caleb, Caleb killed him without a single care in the world, he didn't listen to Jeremy's pleas as he ripped his head off.

"Who.is.he?" Jake asks again this time slowly.

"It doesn't matter"

"Tell me who he is now Skylar" he says again, calling my name fully which he only does when he means business.

"It doesn't matter Jacob, he.....he won't be bothering me anymore"

"How do you know that?" he asks still angry.

"He isn't here anymore, he's..... gone"

"Him not be being here anymore doesn't change anything Sky, he might come back for all we know. He has to be wiped off the surface of the earth, he has to know he's never to come near you, ever and that can only happen if he's dead". My eyes widen in shock as I notice how serious he looks.

"You don't mean that Jake, you can never hurt a fly, talk less of a human".

"Three years, I haven't always been at home for those three years Sky, you don't know what I'm capable of now. That guy, whoever he is, better stay away from you or he'll be dead before he knows it" Jacob says seriously, getting up and walking out of my room slamming the door behind him.

I've known Jacob all my life and the person that just left my room isn't the same person I grew up with.

I walk over to where my phone is plugged and notice I had seventeen missed calls, nine from Emma and the rest from Jacob.

After speaking to Emma, and explaining what had happened leaving out the death of Jeremy part, I decide to take a hot bath and enjoy the feel of hot water around my body.

Coming out and walking into the shower, I scrub and scrub and scrub as I remember the way he touched me and kissed me.

Few tears slip down my face as I scrub but as soon as I step back into my bedroom, I feel a lot better.

I stare at myself in the mirror and still keep on staring even as I hear my mom call out to me that dinner was ready.

I still stare even as I feel the cool breeze from outside all over me as my window is opened by someone and a familiar cologne hits my nose.

"What are you doing here?"

"I really need to talk to you".

I turn around still in my towel to face Caleb as he stares back at me his eyes dark and full of lust.