LUNA

15

"Michelle go up to our room okay?" I tell her and she gives me a weak nod before walking slowly up the stairs.

"Ashley go to bed, I have to talk to your brother. Michelle's gonna be fine." I place a hand on her back, but she's way more hesitant to believe me.

"Ashley I'll come get you if I need to."

"My office now." Sebastian lets out a low growl once both of his sisters are out of the foyer and I squeeze my my eyes shut before following him.

"What did I just watch?" He shuts the office door behind me. "Why does Michelle look like that and why is Ashley worried about her? Do not lie to me!" He shouts and I honestly don't know what to do or what to tell him.

That's because I'm not completely sure what happened. I have an idea, but I don't want to assume that she was taken advantage of. That is the last thing I want to be true. I want her reaction to be embarrassment about getting caught.

But embarrassment usually doesn't look like that.

"That's my little sister so don't make me pry it out of you!" His voice raises yet again and I lean against his desk.

"Ashley came to get us because she noticed Michelle was missing. She assumed that she went to the party. I didn't want you to know because I didn't want to snitch on your little sister." I explain. "I know what it's like to be the rebellious teen. I was going to go get her and bring her back in one piece."

"And?"

"We got there and it was a fucking nightmare. I knew she shouldn't have been there so I started looking for her. I found her upstairs in someone's room."

"If you're telling me my little sister was sleeping with some guy I'm gonna be furious." I watch as his chest rises and falls and I don't really know how to fix this.

"Bash that's why I didn't want to tell you. It's because it's a lot more complicated than that. I screamed at the guy and I made him leave but Michelle looked like she's about to cry. I got worried because I couldn't tell wether she was regretting having sex or if she was embarrassed. Then I got really worried because she started crying and wasn't telling me what happened. I'm not exactly sure what she did back there or what happened to her. All I know is that she doesn't need to be screamed at. She needs someone to be there for her and to treat her gently."

"I swear to goddess I'm going to murder someone if they touched her. She's fifteen!"

"You can't yell at her right now. I'm trying to get some answers from her and she's not gonna give me any if we're yelling at her." I place my hands on his chest in an attempt to calm him down but that doesn't help because he pushes me away from him.

"So what? You just planned on not telling me any of this?" He asks in disgust. I'm trying desperately to explain this to him but it's not working.

"No Bash please that's not what I'm saying." I try to walk closer to him but he holds out a hand and stops me.

"That's not what I said Sebastian and you know it." I stop him from going off the assumption deep end. "I planned on sweeping this under the rug if I found her drinking on the dance floor. But now? Now I plan on making sure she knows that nobody is mad. You shouting is not helping that at all. Especially because I don't want her hearing us talk."

"If she was assaulted at some party I'm not letting this go."

"I'm not asking you to let it go. I'm asking you to keep calm because this only hurts her if she thinks you're upset or angry." I get closer to him with every word and he finally pulls me close to his body. His arms fall to my side and his head collapses in the crook of my neck.

"How did I not notice her sneak out? This is all my fault. I was supposed to be watching her." He mumbles while trying to calm himself down, but nothing will solve this for him. Blame won't help anyone.

"You can't blame this on yourself babe. I told her to go upstairs to our room because she's not gonna want to sleep in her room tonight. I'll watch her and make sure she's okay."

"You smell like someone else." He ignores my words as his breathing gets heavier on my neck. I feel as his canines drag across my skin and his lips attach to the base of my throat.

"It wasn't a family friendly party and people were handsy. Don't worry." I explain before pulling back from him. "I'm yours and you know that." I m giving him a quick kiss before heading towards the door.

"I'm gonna go sit with Michelle. I'd suggest getting Logan or Hudson and calming down."

"Jen?" He asks and I turn back to see the same look on his face that my brother had on his the night he picked me up from my party.

Fear, anger, frustration, but mostly sadness.

"Yeah?"

"Why do you know how to help Michelle? How do you know what she needs?"

"Just a girls intuition."