The Secrets Within by S & K (interesting books to read for teens .txt) 📖

whiling looking at her.


“Agreed” complimented Logan. He watched as the curls around Ariana’s faced bounced around happily. Her smile captivated him, almost as if it were a spell or trance. He wanted to kiss her already, but just like Liam, controlled his emotions.


“Thanks” The two girls said at once. They were pleased with the compliments that were given out to them.


In the car, Ariana and Logan seemed to hit it off. They laughed warmly, smiled, and they talked about themselves. Ariana tried to stray from the topic of her life and go to Logan’s most of the time. Logan was slowly beginning to realize that Ariana was nothing like Elizabeth. She was warm, funny, caring, and just plain special. He wanted to get to know her better. But, he knew he had to keep his distance, in theory, if he fell in love with her, he could put her into a lot of danger. He didn’t want that for her at all. He also didn’t want to fall in love with her.


Liam and Adrielle had their own conversation in the back. But it seemed to not go so well.


“So, which college do you go to?” Adrielle asked Liam trying to start a conversation. Liam answered hesitantly. “Umm…I go to Globe University how about you?”


Adrielle regretted asking that question immediately. “Uhh…” Liam gave her an inquisitive look. Before Adrielle could answer, the car went to a halt and Logan spoke. “ Okay we are here! What movie do you want to see?” He looked back and forth to Ariana and Adrielle.


“Anything goes, as long as there are hot chicks” suggested Liam. He hadn’t meant what he had said, but he needed to stop himself from falling in love with Adrielle. He figured being rude would be the best way to go. Logan sent him a look full of daggers. Adrielle scowled. She flashed a look of disbelief towards Ariana.


“ARE YOU SERIOUS?” Adrielle scoffed. She didn’t realize how angry she was, but her insides were burning. She hated perverts, and lucky for her, she happened to end up on a date with on.


“Oh…uh…sorry?” Liam forced himself to say. Adrielle rolled her eyes and began to open the car door. “Ugh, douche” Adrielle muttered under her breath while clumsily getting out. Liam clenched his teeth. “What are you two staring at?” Liam asked annoyed by the look that Logan was giving him.


Ariana and Logan couldn’t help but to laugh at their immatureness. “Oh…nothing.” Ariana sneered as Logan smiled flirtatiously at Ariana. She giggled and batted her eyelashes.


“Let’s go.” Liam hopped out of the car, and beckoned for the other two too come out. Adrielle’s arms were crossed and her lips were pouted. Liam found this unbelievably adorable and smiled to himself as he headed towards the entrance of the theatre.


“Ugh” Adrielle groaned. “This is not how I imagined my perfect date to be. “ She told Ariana just loud enough for only her to hear, not knowing that Logan and Liam were still able to make out what they were saying.


“Just go along with it.” Ariana didn’t want to ruin her moment with Logan at all. She and Logan walked together as if they were already a couple. He put his arms around her waist protectively when the guy by the counter gave her the look of death. When they finally sat in the theatre Logan decided to go get popcorn. Ariana and Adrielle laughed hysterically as they remembered the time where they had thrown popcorn everywhere in an empty theatre. They had almost forgotten about Liam until he coughed.


“What are you two laughing about?” he asked broadly. His eyebrows furrowed as the two girls got silent and didn’t reply to him. Liam let out a huge sigh of annoyance as a broad, fat guy that blocked his way sat in front of him. “Hey, can you please move?” The, what seemed to be a very large football player turned and rolled his eyes and refocused back to the TV screen. Liam, leaned forward and whispered fiercely into his ear,” Look, I know you’re trying to impress your girlfriend by ignoring me. But I won’t work; she’s been checking me out all night. So it’s best if you just leave” Adrielle gasped. She apologized to the guy on behalf of Liam who was amused that she would do so.


“What are you doing?! It’s okay! We can move seats; there is no need to start a fight in the middle of the theatre!” she yelled at Liam. Liam glanced at her and watched as the guy stood up and left the theatre angrily, as he dragged his confused girlfriend along with him. Her frail figure almost looked as if it broke when she clumsily tripped over a person on the way out.


“Awwhh…poor guy” Liam said without any compassion or sorrow in his voice. Ariana was stunned; she pictured Logan and then Liam. She was shocked the how different they were from each other. Adrielle on the other hand, expected none other than that based on the past hour. Logan came back with the popcorn and sat himself next to Ariana. Logan had to dig his fingernails into his skin to stop himself from kissing her right then and there. He didn’t know why but he had this surge of emotion when he was with her. He had never felt this way before, especially a girl he just met.


Liam and Adrielle, however, didn’t speak to each other for the rest of the night. Liam was thinking about how different she was from Stella. Stella hated people, she didn’t care about anyone, except him, or so he thought. Adrielle is the complete opposite. He thought to himself. Regardless of her sarcastic, Eff the world attitude, she was still caring on the inside. She still loved unconditionally; that was something Stella didn’t have in her cold soul.


Logan smiled to himself amusedly as he looked down at Ariana. They ended up watching a horror movie. Ariana was immensely afraid of horror movies; she buried her head into his chest a lot of times unknowingly. She clutched onto his arms, and blushed deeply as she felt his stone hard muscles that hugged his shirt just perfectly. It was hard for Logan to control his thirst, but he didn’t want her to stop either. His mouth felt dry every time she was near. He wanted her blood, but he didn’t want to hurt her. His insides were burning, and he used all his strength to control it. He began to feel things for her that she didn’t even feel for Elizabeth. He was scared, scared of, falling in love, of being betrayed or being lost in it again. When they got home, Adrielle said goodbye, and walked inside without saying a word to Liam. Logan kissed Ariana on the cheek, and walked to his car. Ariana shined as she watched him walk away and thought about how flawless he was compared to his brother. Ariana came inside and flopped onto the couch and squealed. “Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. He is AMAZING!” She was about as happy as a child with bowl full of ice cream.


“Good for you!” Adrielle said thoughtlessly. She was angry that she had wasted an evening with a douchebag. Realizing how terrible she sounded, she apologized. “I am happy for you; really, it’s just that his brother pisses me off!”


“Oh I know! He’s terrible” Ariana approved. Adrielle couldn’t help to grin, at least Ariana agreed with her.


When Liam and Logan got home, Logan blew up. It was like an erupting volcano of anger. “What was that stunt you pulled tonight with Adrielle? Do you realize how rude you were being? He bellowed. He slammed his fist on the table. He knew Liam was a bit of a jerk, but he never acted this rude, this upset him even more. Liam just laughed it off.


“Nothing, I know I was being a jerk. It’s just that every time I look at her I think of Stella, and then I think of how different she is from her. I just…” He began.


“Liam, Stella betrayed you. She ripped your heart to pieces. She KILLED you. She didn’t think twice about it either. You were just a toy to her.” Logan was being ruthless now. His anger for Elizabeth and Stella was beyond any anger before. Liam hung his head, ashamed that he even stopped hating Stella for a second. He knew he was right. But Stella had filled him with so much anger and hate; he didn’t know how to get rid of it. But regardless, he argued back,


“I know. I just, can’t fall in love again. I don’t want to get hurt. And I don’t plan on it.” He replied back. His blue eyes turned into a deep navy as the anger and hurt pulsated through his empty veins.


“Who said anything about falling in love?!” Logan stopped and looked at Liam. Logan knew the truth behind those words. He felt the same for Ariana. Every time he looked at her, he was blown away. It was as if they were soul mates. He read Liam’s eyes and realized that Liam felt the same wave of emotion for Adrielle.


“You’re in love with her aren’t you? You haven’t even gotten to know her. She’s human. You could hurt her.” He tried to point out that it was a bad idea, although he knew he was being a hypocrite.


“I know.” Liam muttered as zoomed into his room, slamming the door shut. The entire night he thought about Adrielle, her laugh, the way her eyes gleamed when she was angry. And the way she cared about people regardless of how rude they are. He knew he was in love, but he needed to push her away, for her and his own good. He thought and thought about her until he fell asleep.


Logan was busy thinking about Ariana too. He thought about Ariana’s hair, her voice, and the way she got so scared over the littlest things in the movie. He found her absolutely adorable and mesmerizing. Everything about her was warm and caring. He also, knew he was in love with her, but he didn’t want to stop himself. It felt so good and right.


Chapter 6


It had been 3 days since the girls had been on their date with the Seniti brothers. Ariana spent hours swooning over Logan. Adrielle on the other hand, absolutely had no intentions to see Liam ever again. The thought of him made her stomach churn. “You think Logan will call me?” asked Ariana as she was folding the laundry. She had been doing A LOT of housework to keep herself from thinking about Logan too much.


“Well, I can tell he liked you but he didn’t ask for your number…” replied Adrielle, looking up from the laptop she was thoroughly focused on. She was on her Facebook page stalking her friends, whom she hadn’t seen in what felt like years. She sighed as she put down the laptop and helped Ariana fold the clothes.