Cold Black Eyes

They should be able to help and yet with what they witnessed that night, it was anything but normal.

Even now she wanted to know what happened but could see how petrified and confused Chloe was.

Her daughter was closing herself even more than before and it terrified the woman that Chloe would soon do something that would be irreversible.

"Oh gosh!" Gwen croaked causing Blane to look at her sharply with worry etched on his face.

"What? What is it Gwen?" He asked hastily as he wanted to know what got his wife spooked.

"What if she's cutting herself or worse is planning to take her own life? There is so much she can take and with what's going on-" Blane held her hands not caring if his brown sweater was getting pizza sauce on it, his eyes solely focused on hers as he tried to calm his wife even though he was scared of the thought as well.

"Gwen, she wouldn't"

"But how would you know?" she screamed at him sounding hysterical.

"We're not there for her because of work and college! She could easily take something sharp and hurt herself with it or take pills for that matter" Blane gripped his hands in order to steady himself and signal for Gwen to stop talking, seeing her bit her trembling lip left him wanting to sigh and cry but held himself strong.

He had to be her rock after all, if he broke down then who would stop his wife from assuming the worst?

He had to keep this family from falling apart and be there, after all a husband was suppose to be there for his wife and support her during times like this.

And he would be a fool if he just rolled over and allowed this family to fall apart.

"Gwen, do you trust Chloe?" Blane asked while trying to keep his voice stern but steady, Gwen choked on a sob as she looked at her husband who was masking his own worry.

"Do you trust Chloe?" he asked again as he stared at her.

"Of course I do, but there is so much a person can take and we can't take her to see a counselor! Look what happened the last time?!" she cried causing him to sigh knowing that didn't go well as he had hoped either.

"I know, but panicking like this will now solve anything. Yes right now Chloe is avoiding us but give it time"

"And if we don't? What if we end up wasting it instead of trying to be there for her?" she asked while her voice shook, she did have a point to his dismay.

"We'll talk to her tomorrow" Blane said with a soft smile as he used his thumbs to rub the soft spot on her hands.

"But when?! We have work tomorrow!" she said shrilly while her eyes narrowed slightly from nearly breaking down.

"I'll talk to my boss in going home early, I am sure he'll understand and given that I've put a lot of hours in it'll be okay" Blane replied with a shaky smile as he tried not to chuckle at her protective mama phase.

Only she would act like this, even when Chloe had fell off the swing when she was about five.

The mother had not stopped fussing over their little girl as she cried from the cut on her leg.

This had left Blane to wonder if Chloe would ever be able to have the courage to get back on the swing again, only she did a while later with a determined look on her face leaving the man smiling proudly at how despite the setback was able to give it another try even if it didn't go well as she hoped.

It was something and that left him more proud at how she was coping so far, however it didn't stop him musing and smiling over how he wished that the moment had lasted for a long time.

He didn't want her to grow up and yet she was making the man chuckle, yes despite this setback with what happened Chloe would come back from this.

Even though the odds were stacked against her, even though there were rumors and the media trying to tarnish her she would persevere like she did before.

He had complete faith in her.

Chloe sighed as she sat at her usual seat in class, just hearing the girls left the upset teen wanting to go home and forget coming back to college.

But no she couldn't since her parents wanted to talk to her once they had finished work, this meant that going home was not an option and no doubt the college would rat out on her for missing a day or semester of college.

Sighing heavily to herself resumed reading a book that she had just took from her bookshelf at home.

She really didn't want to read but it was better than doing nothing, although Chloe did wish that she could cover her ears with her headphones.

However that was not an option, given that class was going to start soon and that would mean missing out on important notes whether they were to do with her studies or not.

"So I hear that the new guy got spooked because of you?" Jenny asked Chloe coldly as she glared at the black haired girl darkly.

Jenny much to Chloe's dismay continued to stand at the unhappy girl's desk not showing any signs of leaving, Jenny's eyes showed Chloe that she wanted to pick a fight the seated girl despite the fact that it could cause it would cause a scene.

Chloe on the other hand said nothing leaving Jenny more angrier than before, without warning Jenny had slammed her hands on the black haired girl's desk causing Chloe to almost jump from the sudden noise.

"Hello are you deaf?! I just asked you a question!" Jenny snapped until the room suddenly went deathly silent.

Curious about the sudden change Jenny soon turned to look at what had caused the abrupt silence only to have her eyes go wide at what she was seeing.

Chloe's eyes on the other hand went back to the book not caring about what was going on since it was probably nothing important.

However Jenny to Chloe's surprise was silent leaving the girl feeling relief that whatever caused the ginger haired girl to go quiet had also effected the whole room, given that it was too noisy thanks to the insults and gossip about things they either watched or had to deal with the day or week before.

Just as she was about to relish the temporary silence, the good feeling suddenly went as something blocked the light that was being filtered through the windows leading to outside thanks to the blinds.

This on the other hand didn't deter Chloe from reading until the silence and whatever besides the blinds that were blocking the light continued to linger, this left Chloe feeling annoyed as the silence and lack of light grew to a stage where it was getting harder to concentrate.

This left the black haired girl almost wanting to huff and glare at whoever it was before telling them to move away.

However the moment she looked up did the young girl pause as she stared at what was covering the light, she had definitely not seen this person before that was for sure.

There in front of her was a tall pale skinned male with neck length messy black hair, he wore a thin black jacket that had a zip which was completely undone however showed off his black no sleeved black shirt, he wore black trousers that were wide at the ankles while they almost covered his black trainers but covered his black socks.

Basically to Chloe he looked like someone who had a major obsession with black and took being miserable seriously, since he had a gothic look to him.

It did leave her wondering on why his skin was so pale as well since it looked like he had never been out in the sun for years.

In fact girls obsessed with vampires might have immediately took a liking to this appearance since he looked like he was undead.

What also took her surprise was his eyes- they were pure black.

"Are those contacts? They can't be real" Chloe muttered as she stared at him but had found herself unable to look away, why though?

In fact without knowing why her heart the moment she looked at him had skipped a beat while her cheeks heated up from feeling a bit exposed by his gaze.

The people in the classroom as Chloe continued to stare at his cold black eyes began to disappear, almost as if they were the only two people in the room.

People as Chloe looked began to glare or whisper about her staring, but the female had paid no heed given that the male had somehow captured her full attention.

"Ah Daniel, nice to see you today you've missed a lot yesterday" Mr. Williams the teacher greeted with a chipper smile, this in turn caused the black haired male to blink slowly almost as if he was processing that the teacher was talking to him, for some reason to Chloe as she looked at the male it looked as if he was forcing himself to turn and glare at the teacher.

Only when he did turn did Chloe snap out of her daze and soon begun to realise that she had been staring at him, now feeling her cheeks going warm from what had happened Chloe had slowly looked down at her book in hopes of trying to salvage her pride for what she did.

However to her dismay soon after Mr. Williams had started to do the register did Chloe soon feel eyes on her leaving the girl feeling completely uncomfortable, was it the class she didn't know.

But when she gained some courage to look up at the students to see if they were staring at her did she feel some relief as she saw that they were staring at the teacher, feeling the breath that she had held in leave her slowly did she almost feel herself mentally smile in relief until she paused on one person.

Her mental smile at that moment vanished the moment she spotted why she was now feeling uneasy, Daniel's eyes were to her shock focused solely on her.