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

spinning around in circles and as if it were clogged up by fog at the same time. She didn’t remember what had just happened but she knew that it couldn’t have been good.


“Well, you sort of passed out because of the fire.” Ariana explained softly. She looked at Adrielle with a questionable expression. She handed her the water and sat down next to her.


“Fire? What fire?” Adrielle interrogated.


“You…don’t remember?” Ariana’s blue eyes fell into a pool of curiosity. She knew something was wrong, most people didn’t forget they were in a huge fire.


“What the hell are you talking about?” Adrielle was taken back. She too, thought she would’ve remembered if she was in a fire. She coughed wildly as she waited for Ariana to explain the situation.


“There was a fire at Logan and Liam’s place. When we ran out, we realized you weren’t out there with us. You were still in the house. So Liam ran in to save you. I know you think he’s a total ass but he saved your life. You owe him.” She told her. Adrielle moaned when she realized that she owed the biggest ass in the world a thank you. Ariana rolled her eyes, and flashed her disappointed look.


“Ugh. Really? Do I really have to thank him? I mean, he’s been a total jerk to me. The least he could do was to save me from a burning building.” Adrielle objected. She began to wonder why he had saved her of all people, I mean I know it was the right thing to do, but why hadn’t he waited for the firemen to get her out. Why had he risked his life? Ariana intersected her train of thought when she began speaking again.


“Adrielle, you sound stupid.” She told her with honesty treading in her voice. Adrielle nodded her head to show that she understood and that she just didn’t want to thank him.


“Ugh, fine. I’ll thank him” she exasperated; she got up to go back to the shower and get cleaned up. But, before she left, she turned back around to face Ariana. “Hey Ariana, I don’t know why but, I feel like I saw a man and a woman in the fire grabbing me...I don’t know if it’s a dream or what but I feel like I saw them…they sounded like the people that wanted to you know…kill us…” she whispered as if anyone was going to overhear their conversation. Ariana’s heart skipped a beat, but she decided that it just must’ve been a nightmare.


“Don’t worry about it. I doubt it. Just go in and take a damn shower. You smell like an crack head. I’ll bring you some Advil later.” She replied sarcastically. Adrielle laughed as she waddled towards the bathroom. “Okay…thanks." She thanked Ariana as she locked the door to the bathroom, ready to take a long, hot shower.
Chapter 6

"No!" Adrielle woke up gasping for breath. It was the second night she had the same nightmare over and over again. She dreamt about those same voices, and she could’ve sworn she saw Liam save her. She turned around and buried herself underneath the covers hoping to block everything out. Ariana knocked on the door loudly.
"Adrielle, you alright in there?" She asked as she made her way towards where Adrielle was. She rested her hand on Adrielle’s shoulder. Adrielle poked her head out and nodded reassuringly.
"Just had a bad dream that’s all..." Adrielle was embarrassed to be saying this, but she didn’t want Ariana to worry. As much as she kept telling herself it was a dream, she couldn’t find herself willing to believe it. It had felt so real, the depth of the voices, the emotion stricken Liam.
"Oh, okay, well get dressed! Logan and Liam are here, and they want to see if you are doing all right." Ariana pulled the sheets off of the bed and jerked Adrielle upwards. Adrielle groaned, and got out of bed as quickly as possible. She really didn’t want to say thank you to Liam, but she knew she had too. She put on her jeans and tank top, combed her hair, and walked outside clumsily. Her head was still spinning from all the smoke. She was beginning to get annoyed with the massive headaches and wanted to pull her brain out of her skull.
"Hey guys,” she said with a smile as she walked down the stairs. She clutched on the railing nervously, mad at the fact that she still couldn’t walk straight. However, she wanted to make it look like she was alright, but she felt as if she couldn’t think straight. Images from her “Dream” were spinning around in her head. Before she knew it she missed a step and was thrust forward, almost face planting the marble floor. She opened her eyes slowly when she felt herself not hit the ground, realizing that she had been caught before she plummeted to the earth. She looked up gratefully to see Liam, who had raced to her rescue, again. "Thanks," she whispered with a smile, forgetting how much she hated him. He nodded casually and lifted back up to her feet.
"Are you okay?" Ariana and Logan both asked together. Logan’s violet eyes were filled with brotherly worry, and she couldn’t help but to smile at them.
"I'm fine really, my heads just hurts, and I've been feeling dizzy all day. Well, all week." Adrielle confessed. Her cheeks turned bright red when she felt Liam grabbed her hand and help her down the rest of the godforsaken steps.
"Look, you really should get some rest, we should've waited a little to check up on you, I told Liam, but he wouldn’t listen." Logan explained. Adrielle glanced at Liam and looked back at Logan. "Why would he care if I was alright?" she asked by accident. She was actually thinking it and it came out of her mouth. She wanted to fix what she had just said, but she decided to let it go. In fact, she was hoping Liam would give her an answer. She had been wondering the answer to this question for a long time.
"Well, I don’t really care. I truly just wanted to hear you apologize and say thank you" Liam smirked and smiled crookedly. Dang, he is the only guy that can pull off a smile like that, Adrielle thought to herself. She hated herself for thinking things like this about the guy she loathed.
“Now that, makes more sense. And as for your apology; you’re not getting it. But thanks for saving me and stuff, even though we all know you wouldn't have if Ariana wasn’t freaking out." Adrielle said, giving the worst thank you ever. Liam’s eyes grew narrow, he was obviously upset. Adrielle knew this too and smiled proudly to herself. She had been wanted to make him upset for a while, and for whatever reason, this comment did it all. Logan looked at Liam and shook his head disappointedly. He twisted back towards Ariana.
"Ariana, let's take a walk or something, I really don’t want to see them argue anymore" he complained. Ariana had her doubts, but she fell for his puppy dog eyes anyways. Ariana looked at Adrielle disapprovingly and agreed to take a walk with him. Adrielle shrugged off the dagger Ariana was sending her and went to the kitchen to get something to eat. She hadn’t eaten well in three days and was practically starving.
As, Logan and Ariana walked out, Liam started laughing hysterically. Adrielle flinched as she watched him fall to the ground rolling in a fit of laughter. "Dang, what are they getting themselves into? It's not going to work out." He sneered.
Adrielle overheard this and spoke up quickly. "How could you even say that?! He’s your brother; you're acting as if you don’t want it to work out or something. And why wouldn’t it work out?" she felt anger rising up her, she felt hot as her throat clenched up.
“Believe me, I would love for them to live happily ever after, but it’s not going to last. Our lives are too complicated for two confused girls." He told her, thinking that complicated was a foreign word to Adrielle. Adrielle rolled her eyes.
"Complicated? You don’t know what complicated is until you've stepped into my world. Understand?" she caught herself saying. At this point she didn’t care if Liam knew the truth; fury was boiling insider her like a volcano waiting to erupt. Adrielle and Liam were slowly getting closer and closer to each other as they continued their argument. Adrielle noticed this and stopped herself halfway.
"Whatever, the only problem you could possibly ever have, is your hair not being done right and your nails breaking. Or not being able to be the perfect daddy’s little girl." He retorted with a sinister smile. Adrielle’s heart sank as she thought about her daddy. She held back tears as she listened to the rest of his comeback. "Girls like you, don’t care about anyone but yourselves because you have the most perfect life possible. Your parents are here to get you whatever you want. You don’t have to work for anything; you’ve never been truly hurt. You look like a Barbie doll and you live a freaking perfect Barbie life. Both of you." Adrielle couldn’t take it anymore. The loss of her parents had slowly been killing her inside and the more that Liam seemed to rub it in her face the angrier she got. She wasn’t able to even say anything back knowing she would be giving out information, and she couldn’t stand the fact that she had to sit there and take it. She took glass of water she was holding and threw it at him. Tears were welding in her eyes as she watched the water splash all over his face, and his big blue eyes opened wide with shock. Adrielle was pleased with his reaction and turned to walk away. Just as she was about to take a step forward, Liam grabbed her arm and flung her around to face him. His grasp on her arm was so tight that she could’ve sworn she was going to get a bruise.
"What's your problem?" he asked furiously. Adrielle’s sea green eyes, began to spill tears, he was hurting her. Just as Liam recognized the pain she felt, he let go. "Sorry." he murmured. Adrielle turned away and just went quickly to her room without saying a word. She slammed the door shut angrily and just let all the tears out. She hated her live, she resented it, and even more, she hated Liam. Liam stood still in the living room. He had hated himself for whatever he had just said to make her upset. He didn’t want to say any of