DEVIL WITHIN - CHASE

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[/b][/color] He sat down and leaned his elbows on his legs before resting his head in his hands. His hair was still slightly damp from the shower and as he ran his hand through it causing it to stick up slightly before he ran his hand through it the other way to make it lay flat.

He gave a sigh before he glanced up at her, his face looking tired. This was almost a complete turn-around from his attitude in the forest and not only was it because he was just so exhausted, but it was also because of something else. ”Look. I wanted to say something that I don’t normally. Or ever really. Say to someone.” He paused again and looked at the ground for a moment. ”I am so sorry.” His voice actually sounded completely sincere, and as he looked up, even his facial features matched it.

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[/i] student. For him, he’d either half-ass the paper right at the beginning, or write up something stupid right before it was supposed to be turned in. He didn’t necessarily care about his grades here. None of this really mattered. But then she was questioning him on why he was up.

He paused momentarily and looked at her with narrowed eyes. He could tell her the truth. That he couldn’t sleep because he was scared. Scared of how similar that attack had been to his brother’s attack. Scared because he lost complete control and that hadn’t happened in awhile. But…being scared was being weak and Chase was anything but weak. So, he shrugged. ”My dingo shift can sometimes be nocturnal like dingoes are.” If Victoria knew anything about dingoes then his lie could not work. Although there were a few dingoes that were nocturnal, most were active during the day. He just hoped she didn’t know much about the Australian canine.

Then the whole moment of apologizing was happening and when he saw the surprise flicker across her face, a halfhearted smirk formed on his face, but it was gone just as quick as it was there. Yes. He hardly ever apologized and if he ever did he never really meant it. But this apology, this apology he did. The attack hit too close to old memories for him to not mean it. He let out a slight scoff of contempt, for himself actually, part of him couldn’t believe that he was doing this. But that part knew it needed to be done.

But then she was speaking again and he looked at her from where he had started to look at the ground. He gave a slight nod, almost as if he expected her to forgive him. But then her next question had her tense and freeze up. It felt as if all the air was sucked out of his body and the room seemed to get colder. He dropped his head to his hands and started running them through it. He swallowed, although there was nothing in his dry mouth to swallow. Could he tell her that? It would be seen as weakness. But…he was the one who basically told that vampire to bite her. Didn’t her owe her that at least? Never mind the apology.

”Ummm…” He sighed and ran his hands back through his hair again. When he spoke, he didn’t look up. He didn’t want to see any emotion that flickered through Victoria’s face. ”I’ve actually been in the forest for the past day and a half trying to get control of my shift. The snake didn’t want to let me have control again. That hadn’t happened in a long time. Losing control of a shift like that. Not since…” He stopped, shook his head, and let out a dry laugh. There was no way he’d tell her why he really reacted like that ”Once I finally got control again, I made my way back here and basically passed out until now.” He frowned at the ground, his hands dropping from his hair to start clenching into fists.

”That’s why I’m awake right now. Not because of my dingo. Because I couldn’t sleep anymore.” He told a bit more of the truth. It still didn’t really explain why he couldn’t sleep anymore, but he wouldn’t tell her that. She didn’t need to know that. He breathed in deeply before chancing a glance at her. His eyes hardened, daring her to say anything to comfort him.

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[/i] him in a way. But what surprised him was how he reacted to the staring. Chase felt as if he didn’t care if she stared. Normally, that wasn’t a big deal anyways. But he’d tell someone to ‘Take a picture. It’ll last longer,’ Or something along those lines. Instead he found himself staring back. His eyes narrowed in an almost calculating way. Just from her features he could tell how exhausted she really was. He had no doubt he looked similar, if not worse. Not that he was saying she looked bad looking. Wait. Why was he defending her in his thoughts?

He shook his head to rid the thoughts. He must really be losing it. But as she spoke about control and seeing things when he drank from her, Chase paused and furrowed his eyebrows in question. ”What kinds of things did you see exactly?” And is was rare when Chase was rarely curious about someone he could care less about. But for some reason, Victoria saying she saw things didn’t sit well with him. When Peeta had told him about his attack and bite, although Chase didn’t really want to hear it, he had been told that all he felt was excruciating pain and then darkness. Until of course the other female vampire had given her blood to Peeta in order to bring him back from death, which successfully turned him into the immortal being him now was. So hearing that Victoria had seen something from the bite made Chase genuinely curious about what she saw exactly.

And then she spoke about the truth and Chase had to roll his eyes. Of course she had been lying as well. Though could he blame her? No one would want to be seen as weak. And from the short time he’s been in contact with Victoria, to him it was obvious that she didn’t want to be seen as weak. She was a little spitfire, and that thought had him smirk for a second before it dropped only moments later. He gave a slight nod though as she spoke again. She was as restless as he was. He looked down at the ground again, staring at the floor as if following the designs in it. ”Nightmares?” There it was out. Although he was asking if she had nightmares, the statement made it obvious that he was having them. He sighed and didn’t look up again. Why the hell was he acting like this? This wasn’t like him at all. He closed his eyes before standing up. He took a glance at her before starting to pace the floor behind the couch he had been sitting on.

Maybe he shouldn’t be hanging around his brother so much anymore. He was putting his ways into Chase’s mind. Chase needed his friends. The ones that were arseholes just like him. But, he couldn’t go wake them up. He’d be at risk of getting in a fight as they valued their sleep as much as he valued his used to be sleep. He ran his hand through his hair as he paused and tensed. He turned around quickly and gripped the edge of the couch as he stared her down. ”I swear. If you tell anyone about anything that was said tonight.” He didn’t say anymore. He shouldn’t have had to. But the threat lingered in the air as he stared her down.

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[/b][/color]he gave a slight smirk before continuing, "but aren't there some witches that specialize in that type of stuff? Maybe it enhanced it for a second." There had to be a reason for Victoria to have seen that though. That shouldn't have just happened like that. As the conversation went into a lull, he stared at the couch that his hands were gripping tightly until Victoria asked the question that could change everything.

His grip on the couch loosened slightly as he nodded. It didn't need to be spoken. Just the fact that he nodded to it showed how much he wasn't okay with it. He had thought they all disappeared after a couple months passed when his brother was turned. But for them to come back full force just because of this...it made Chase feel as if he was losing control once again. And then she was becoming sarcastic and her tone had him looking up at her with a full fledged smirk as he let out a little chuckle. Yeah. That would sound as crazy as it just did. But Victoria's little spunk right then made him shake his head. He liked that she was willing to turn sarcastic right back to his rudeness. It leveled the field a bit.

But he found the smirk slipping from his face and he was looking down once again. What she had just said was oh so true. And he found himself thinking about what he had been thinking about moments before. He owed her something for getting her in the mess she had been in. And Chase wasn't one to like to owe anyone anything. If he got it out of the way...they could go their separate ways. And as he looked back up at her with a neutral face, he ignored the itch at the back of his head that was telling him he didn't really want to go separate ways. He had heard, well even witnessed, that sometimes sleeping next to someone could sort of cancel out the nightmares. And he wouldn't tell anyone, and if it got out he'd deny it, but when he was having his nightmares the first time, his brother and he slept in the same room and sometimes even in the same bed.

It had worked, exceptionally well. He sighed for a moment before shaking his head and speaking again. "We both are having nightmares. And there might be an easy fix." He hesitated a moment before walking around the couch and grabbing her bag before staring to head towards where his dorm was. "Follow me and keep quiet." He looked at her for a moment before stepping though the door and into the SilverClaw dorms.

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The subject seemed to drop off though as Chase had walked around the couch and grab her bag. And for a moment he almost had to stop himself from laughing at the confusion that was oh so evident in her facial features. And then as her mouth gaped up and she was scrambling to follow him, he did indeed let out a low chuckle. Hilarious. Really, it was. Chase opened the door to the male dorms and peeked his head in to make sure that no on was in the hall before he stepped in and waited for Victoria to step in as well. Once she stepped into the hall, he continued on down until he got to his room. He paused for a couple seconds to fish the key out of his pocket before quickly unlocking the door and stepping inside.

He waited for her to step in before shutting the door behind her and flicking on the lights. He walked over to the desk and set her bag down next to his. And he really couldn’t stop the chuckle that arrived as she suggested the card game. And then she was speaking about leaving and some part of Chase was scrambling to figure out how to make her stay. But the other parts of him were careless. ”We are going to sleep together Victoria.” He smirked as he turned to her and leaned against his desk. He waited a few minutes before smirking and shaking his head. ”And I actually mean sleep, before you get even more scared off.”

He looked her up and down for a moment before once again walking towards his closet. ”You don’t have to worry about a roommate or anyone bursting in my room. People know to stay out and I have yet to get a roommate that stays thanks to my charming personality.” He turned to her and gave her a quick wink with a smile that copied his brothers. But it was soon to drop as he rolled his eyes to look back at his closet. ”Can you wear that when sleeping or do you want to borrow some sweats or shorts?” He ignored the part of himself that was just aching to see Victoria in his own clothes as he leaned over to pull out both sweats and shorts, preparing for whatever answer she would give.

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[/b][/color] He raised an eyebrow in question and even what he said was sarcastic. He just liked to mess with her, that’s it.

It made Chase feel a certain way when he kept seeing the reactions that his actions were causing. After he had winked at her, she had blushed and tried to hide her face. And oddly enough, he found it rather cute. When she stated that sweatpants would be fine, he nodded and handed her the pair. As she went into the closet to change, he looked at the door a moment before shaking his head and going to the empty beds. He grabbed one of the extra pillows and tossed it on his own bed. As he took off the flip-flops and tossed them under his desk, the sound of his closet opening made him turn.

And when he did turn, he had to stop himself from letting his eyes travel up and down her body more than once. He wouldn’t say it, but she actually looked good in his clothes. It gave him a sense of pride. But instead of letting this be known, he glanced at the shirt she was wearing and raised an eyebrow at her with a smirk. ”I don’t think that I ever said that you can borrow a shirt as well.” His smirk got wider though as he spoke again, ”but it does look good on you.” He turned and walked over to his bed, throwing back the covers and sliding into them. Once he got himself comfortable he looked over and her and sighed. ”Well, come on now. I need to turn off that light. Lights out was awhile ago, remember?”

He lay on his side as he waited for her to crawl in. His hand propped up his head as he looked at her. This was going to be an interesting night, and morning. He only hopped that his brother didn’t make an impromptu visit in the morning. He would never live it down if his brother found him in bed with someone.

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[/b][/color] Although Chase had been called that, and worse, by other around campus having Victoria say that to him did make him feel a little bad for how he had been treating her. But this was Chase, and he didn’t let that get to him too much before he let it slip from his mind. Sometimes he did feel bad, not often, for how he treated others. This really only happened when his brother was around. He didn’t like the look on his twins face when Chase would snap at someone. He tried to ease it back around his brother, but it was difficult.

As Victoria had walked out of his closet wearing his clothes, his eyes had lingered a second too long on the exposed skin of her shoulder before they flicked back up to her face. The effect his words had on her made his smirk deepen. He watched as she started shoving her clothes in her bag and he waited until she stood back up to speak. But before he could speak, she was mumbling and hiding her face with her hair. He then wondered what she would do if he told her his secret to a good nights sleep. ”I don’t really mind. But, I know what you mean. I can’t really sleep unless I’m completely shirtless.” He raised an eyebrow at her, smirk still present before speaking again, ”you don’t mind? Do you?” He started reaching back to pull his shirt over his head. Once he grabbed the fabric, he then proceeded to pull it over his head leaving him in just his sweatpants. He tossed the shirt to the chair before turning to the bed and then proceeding to slid into it.

This was true though. He normally slept shirtless. He blamed it on the warm-blooded nature of the dingo. After all, its natural habitat was a hot country. As Victoria slid into the bed beside him and laid down. She got comfortable and he found himself following suit by letting his head drop onto his original pillow. ”Let’s just keep this between us two. Goodnight, Tori.” He closed his eyes but stayed awake as he listened to her breathing. He was waiting to see if she would fall asleep first. It wasn’t a trust issue, as oddly he found himself putting trust in the girl next to him. But, he just wanted to see if she would actually go to sleep with Chase laying so close to her. Soon enough though, he found that he was falling asleep and he let his mind shut down as the darkness took over.

The Next Morning

As the sound of shouting down the hall fell to Chase’s ears, he found himself slowly starting to wake up. He went to bring his hand up to rub at his eyes when he found that he couldn’t, as there was something on top of it. ”What the-“ He cut his mumbling off as he opened his eyes to see the light brown hair of Victoria right in front of his face. He looked to where one of his arms was draped over her stomach whilst the other was under his pillow that was under his head. He swallowed as his eyes widened slightly. Oh shit. They were basically spooning and as he tried to move his arm off of her, he noticed her hand on his arm. There was really no way to move without waking her up. He bit his lip and dropped his head back down. He had no idea how to go about this without freaking her out too much. He actually felt really well rested and he’d have to talk to her about possibly doing this again. Especially if she was as well rested as he was.

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