Lost Souls

Chaper 33

Venus's P.O.V

My curly brown hair was laying at my bare shoulders, no movement as I stood in shock looking at myself in the mirror. I wore a navy look lace dress that was tight at the top but flowed out reaching my knees. For makeup I just threw in some mascara and some chapstick that my lips look shiny. My dirty old black converse her tight around my feet as I wiggled my toes as I looked down at them. I became to familiar with the dirty , ratty hair and the ripped jeans that I barely recognized who I was looking at . This would be my first school dance , because I never stayed in one place for to long to be able to go to one.
I picked up my phone and walked out of my room into the living room where my moms and brothers eyes lite up .
"Venus...you look beautiful " my mom choked up as small tears welled in her eyes as she wrapped me in a hug . I smiled lightly hugging her as she pulled away looking at me " stay right here I'm gonna go grab my camera " she ran off to the kitchen to find a camera as I just stood there . Jace started laughing as he stared at me standing up for the couch , I gave him a funny look " why you laughing " I chuckled looking down at my self . " you look different " he laughed walking over to me running his small hands around the lace of the dress " bad different or good different?" I smiled looking down at him as he slowly looked up at me with a cheesy smile " good different " he pulled me into a hug for running into the dark of the hallway. I smiled shaking my head feeling this sense of beauty welling inside me as my mom came back in to the room snapping a couple pictures as I looked down at myself. " here smile for me " I gave her a big smile , a smile that I haven't felt form on my pale face in what felt like years . I felt happy , overwhelmed with happiness i never wanted this to end . My mom slowly walked over to me as tears rapidly ran from her eyes " Venus Mae Cadwell , I love you" she kissed my cheek before handing me a pair of key. I moved the keys in my hand before looking up at my weeping mother with confusion " what are this for ?" . Before I could finish she grabbed my hand opening up the front door as my old black rusted up truck was sitting in the driveway. My heart nearly leaped out of my chest as I ran to the truck running my hands on the front of it feeling the smooth paint. I haven't seen this thing since we lasted moved , it meant the world to me before leaving and it was even harder leaving it . " how did you find it "I said with joy and tears in my eyes jumping into the drivers seat feeling the cold leather against my legs and the strong rubber steering wheel beneath my hands . " I know how much it meant to you so I had a old friend find it and bring it here ....It's all yours" she laughed as I started it up feeling the engine rumble and hearing the sweet sound of the engine chugging as I backed it out of the drive way . My smiles grew more and More as I cruised down the street to the high school, taking a extra lap around the block just to keep the feeling of the air blowing in my cold skin as I did 45m down the street and some more .
After a couple of minutes of trucking , I parked into one of the parking spot as girls had there dates tied to them walking into the school . I jumped out walking in as fast as I could as girls starred with disgusted and boys looked at me lust . I quickly made it into the auditorium looking around seeing girls dancing up on guys and guys exploring there hands up and down against girls . The no dates leaned against the wall with a punch in one hand and a longing looking for someone to come and recuse them. Suddenly my eyes caught something very familiar, a smile spread across my face to see Fawn dancing with Claire and Lindsay. I slowly made my way over to them lightly tapping Fawn on the shoulder as she turned around with a smile and a look of thankfulness as we slowly walked away from the dance floor. "So how you holding up ? " I ask as I looked her up and down seeing her looking more radiant in her this black Lacey dress and her auburn curls bouncing all over the place . " surprisingly really good " she grinned as we stood there looking at each other " that's greats Fawn " I chuckled with happiness, glad to see her happy as I squeezed her shoulder . " so how's your boy trouble? " she questioned as my smile slowly faded thinking about Lance and the kiss " it's okay well at least for now it is . Have you seen amber yet ? " I quickly changed the subject away from the boy situation. "No and I hope I don't " she groaned.
We stood in silence for a while as my eyes traveled around the room as my eyes caught a charming , breathtaking face . Ian or should I say star quarterback standing on the dance floor as beautiful, but barley clothed girls surrounding him there hands ran down his strong arms . I felt a sense of burning sick feeling in my stomach as they lusted over him . I wanted to rip every single girl off of him , was I jealous? No I mean how could I be jealous we barley know each other . Fawn shouted over the music to me " I'm gonna go get some punch " I looked at her with a quick smile and nodddd as she trailed off. My eyes looked up but ian was gone and so were the girls as I scanned the room but I felt someone tap me on the shoulder . I quickly turned around to see Lindsay standing behind me in a bright red dress as she looked at me with a smile . " no one will dance with me ... do you want to ? " she laughed before I could answer she was pulling me to the crowds of people. The upbeat music blasted throw the speaker as the floor shook under me , I felt lost as Lindsay and everyone around me was dancing . Lindsay obviously saw that as she whispered in my ear " just pretend no one is hearing and listen to the music " she laughed as I closed my eyes and slowly but sure started to dance and it felt good . It was fun to get away from all the drama and just shake it off as Lindsay and I laughed as we danced for a what felt for a hour but the drama didn't stay away . Lindsay decided that we need to hydrate as we walked over and grabbed some punch away from the music . We laughed as we looked out at all the people until I heard her voice echo through my ear " you really shouldn't hang out with her Lindsay " my laughed quickly was filled with anger as we turned to see amber standing there with Lucas shyly behind her . Lindsay rolled her eyes " Venus is..." I quickly cut Lindsay off and gently put my hand in her shoulder as my bravery overwhelmed in me . " no Lindsay it's ok, Amber is just upset because she doesn't have anyone to feel bad for her " I smirked glaring over at amber and Lucas " hi Lucas it's very for you to show up here, what girl are you planning on destroying next " I looked around pretending to look for a girl . " Lucas loves me and only me " she growled as she reached for Lucas's hand but he pulled away little as he kept his head down . I erupted with laughed at the sight " yeah he sure does love you " I rolled my eyes before turning around ready to walk away but I didn't get very far before I heard the last words that crawled out of ambers mouth . " yeah , go run off to your worthless whore friend" my feet stopped in its tracked as she spoke about Fawn. Lindsay looked at me as her eyes went wide but at that point nothing was going to stop me . I turned around with rage in my eyes as I balled up my fist , amber was laughing up at Lucas as my fist made contact with her disgusting face . She quickly fell to the floor as I got on top of her and punched her over and over again, something just snapped in me , I couldn't stop. I felt two muscular arms wrap around my raging body pulling me off of the beaten up girl as Lucas leaned down at her side. The person carried me until we got out into the hallway where no one was before they left go of me . I quickly turned around ready to scream at someone until I saw Ian standing in front of me . My heart started to pick up speed again as I looked up at his brown dreamy eyes as he smirked at me " you sure did some damage on that girl in there " he looked at me with a smile before putting his hand up in surrender " don't hurt me but I had to get you out of there " I sighed and smiled " well that bitch deserved what she got no doubt but thanks for stopping me because i don't know if would have " I gave him a thankful smile before turning around to walk away . " your hand " he quickly hand walking over to me grabbing my hand gently as I felt a sting shoot throw my hand " it's pretty banged up , let's go get it cleaned up . I get hurt all the time in football so I know the code to the nurse office " he laughed looking at my bruised bleeding hand then up at me . " don't you have some girls to entertain " I said remember all those girls hanging up on him. He shook his head as he gently placing his hand on the middle of my back leading me down the hall way " Those girls are not important, plus they are very clingy " he gave me a funny look as a small laugh escaped my lips as he look over at me with his bright smile and soft gentle eyes . " you have a amazing smile " he said before unlocking the door to the Nurses room as my cheeks started to burn up as we walked in . The room was filled with a bunch of beds and first aid kits all over and was quick a mess. I slowly walked in as Ian took of his tux jacket and went over and grabbed a couple clothe bandages and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. I didn't pay much attention to him as I looked around the room , he laughed as he set the stuff on the bed then walking over to me . I looked up at him and smiled when suddenly he grabbed my waist and in one big swift motion he set me on the bed. I was little took back feeling his body close to mine but it ended as quick as it started , he pulled up a chair grabbing my hand gently as I wheezed in pain . He looked up at me and literally laughed " this is gonna sting pretty bad but I need to clean it out " he said and I just nodded closing my eyes as he dabbed my wounded knuckles with a cloth soaked in rubbing alcohol. I bit my lip as the stinging pain pounded up and down my arm as I kept my eyes squeezed shut. " so why did you beat that girl up anyways? " he questioned trying to get my mind off of the pain . With my eyes squeezed shut I explain " she hooked up with her best friend's boyfriend and then the girl tried to kill herself but the girl is still a bitch and is still with the guy" i quickly said as I still felt the pain in my hand . " sounds like to me that you really care about this girl if you are throwing punches for her " he said as I heard the chair move. " yeah I guess I do" I said thinking about Fawn not opening my eyes . " all done " he said as I opened my eyes seeing him standing in front of me with a kind smile as i looked down at my hand all wrapped up in white clean bandages. I looked over at him as he pick up his jacket then putting his arm around my waist setting me down on the floor but my knees were weak and tired from all the dancing and unfortunate fighting that they started to give out when my feet hit the floor . Ian wrapped his arm around my bottom quickly before I fell taking me by surprise as my body was pressed up against him . We both just stared at each other in silence as I felt his heart beat quicken as his eyes became soft and nervous like he was this total innocent little boy . I wanted to kiss him, just press my hungry lips against his lustful lips . I felt him lean closer as his warm lips brushed across mine but then a bang came from outside the door. We both jumped away from each other as a couple of drunk kids were just passing by , my heart was beating uncontrollably. He looked at me with a small laugh as we both started to laughing off the moment, but we both knew what we felt in that moment. We didn't want to face it because we knew that whatever we just experienced wasn't something we could just run away from. we made are walk out of the school and out into the parking lot in silence just walking and thoughts racing through my mind . We reached my truck as I turned to face him with a long sigh and a big smile " thanks again" I said lifting up my damaged hand as he laughs shoving his hands in his pockets as the cold breeze blow. As goosebumps ran up and down my body , he grabbed his jacket and wrapped his around me for warmth " don't mention it ".
That drive home in my amazing truck, with a beaten up hand and Ian's jacket wrapped around me felt pretty damn good. That whole ride I couldn't help but smile feeling Ian's lips rub against mine and the strange feeling that radiated between us . Homecoming was one interesting night .