~Magnolia~

I am exhausted when I wake up, the night has been rough. Something was happening in the house, because I heard the boys leave yesterday night some time after Leo got kicked out of my room. I wasn't brave enough to go out of my room, so instead I stayed in my bed staring at the ceiling aware of every sound that I could possibly hear in the house.

It was 7 am now and wasn't able to stay a second longer in my bed, so I tiredly head down to the kitchen. My muscles were aching from yesterday's training and my lack of sleep wasn't helping.

The kitchen is empty, not a single brother is awake which clearly doesn't wonder me. I am not hungry so I decide to walk towards the game room. My ears peak up when I hear some guys talking near a door, probably people that work for Damon. Me being curious I approach slowly without being seeing.

"I just cleaned the Lamborghini Urus, like boss told me to do." A boy that looked like being in his twenties said.

"Good, you can go home now Jakob." Another guy said and quickly the other one heads towards me to probably head out by the front door, luckily I have enough time to hide so he doesn't see me.

When I peak out of my hidding spot I turn towards the door again and a wicked grin grows on my face.

If I am right that door should me to the garage, knowing that they just came out of it.

Carefully I make my way to the door, but I get interrupted by a hand that falls upon my shoulder. I let out a small shriek and turn around to come face to face with a smiling maid.

"Are you looking for something dear ?" She nicely asks me and I let out a small breath of relief.

"Oh you scared me. I just have to get something for Greyson." I lie with ease and she nods, before walking away again.

Jeez.

I focus back on my little morning mission and open the door. It leads me down a wide corridor which I walk through before stopping at a door. I open it slowly, but I stop immediately when I see what there is behind the door.

It's a freaking HUGE garage. Bloody hell.

At least a fifty cars are properly aligned next to each other, along with a dozen of motorcycles. All of them are black. I have never seen such a thing before. Even Jace doesn't have such a big underground garage.

I grin as I slowly start to walk towards the multiple cars. They are all collection cars, every single one of them must cost a fortune. Wow. How could my family even have so much money, that is not even possible.

"Magnolia !" A voice suddenly yells, just when I was admiring the BMW narzca. I freeze in place, but don't try to hide as I hear footsteps coming my way. An innocent smile appears when I see the frame of Ethan stop right in front of me.

At first he glares at me, not saying a single word and I stop breathing when I think that he is going to yell at me for being here, but then he grins and gently grip my arm in his big hand.

"You like cars Angel ?" He asks me and gives me a questioning look. I let out a small chuckle and respond to his question.

"You have no idea Eth !" I reply, which makes his smile grow.

"No freaking way ! Wait wait wait. I am gonna get the car keys and and you can drive. I know you got your drivers licence." He winks and starts moving towards the door that leads to the house again, before stopping dead in his tracks, which makes me frown. Does he not want to drive with me ?

"Which car do you want..." he trails off and stares at me, dead serious. Is he freaking joking ? I can chose my own car ?

I look around quickly with intense eyes and immediately my eyes fall on a car. It's a freaking Bugatti Veyron. I point my finger towards it with a wide grin and I hear Ethan sight.

"Did you really have to choose that one baby ? It's Blake's car, we cannot touch it, I am sorry." He sadly smiles at me, but I shake it off and point towards an other car seconds later, completely understanding his point. If someone else would touch my Raven I would rip their heads off. It's as simple as that. Blake has freaking good taste in cars though.

"Ah I see that you have good taste Mags." he says when I point towards a BMW I8. He then orders something in his ear piece I didn't even notice he had.

Seconds later a man comes walking in through the door, holing a key in his hand. He looks terrified as he gives the key to Ethan and my brother notices, so just to joke with him he makes a sudden movement towards him, making him flinch. Hard. Ethan chuckles as the boy scrambles away as fast as he can, but I just roll my eyes and give him a punch in the shoulder. He whines and I give him a look that says that he clearly deserves it. He shrugs without objecting and throws me the keys of the car, which I easily catch.

We both quickly climb in the car and soon start it which makes the engine purr. Pure music to my ears. When I start driving towards the exit of the garage I notice a smaller opening again, very well hidden on the other side of the garage. Thank god I am a good observer, because if I didn't watch out when I first came inside the garage I would have totally missed the secret door.

"what is the other door for ?" I ask Ethan and immediately I see him grin in the corner of my eye.

"Good eye sis !That my dear, is Blake's work. We both sneak out a lot like you can probably imagine, so we made our men build a door for us. It is out of the cameras view so Damon shouldn't really notice anything. He knows about this door, but he doesn't care anymore, because he knows damn well that we will find a way to sneak out of here a way or on other. With or without a car." My inner demon smiles wildly as I think about that door that I will be able to use as soon as I get my car, so I can attend the races without any of them knowing.

"Cool" I respond with a very little smile to not make anything suspicious.

"That doesn't mean you can use it Mags" Ethan quickly says with a very serious face.

"Don't worry Eth."

big ass lie Magnolia.

I accelerate as soon as we are outside the property, but still very careful to not make it obvious that I can drive well. I slow down when I notice Ethan shocked face, next to me, he was probably not expecting me to drive like that.

"You are doing well Mags !" he cheers me up, which makes me smile. He seems to be excited to drive with me. Just like Jace always was...

" Mags are you okay ?" I snap back to reality when I feel his hand on my shoulder. I didn't even notice that my mood dropped and that I zoned out for a minute just thinking about Jace.

"Oh yeah sorry." I mumble and focus completely on the road again a light frown on my face.

"If you don't feel comfortable to ride the car I can always-" Ethan starts, but I cut him off immediately.

"No freaking way Ethan, it is my first time ever driving in an BMW I8 so don't you dare take that away from me." I state loud and clear for him to hear. He holds up his hands in defence, indicating me that he understood.

"What ever you like to do princess."

"Ethan..." I suddenly whisper after minutes of silence. Fear overtakes me when I realise something very important. My grip on the steering wheel loosens for a second before I get ahold of it again.

"What is it Mags ? Are you not feeling well ? Talk to me" My older brother reacts, worry filling him up at my simple word.

"I-I forgot to tell D-Damon that I am out of the house... he is going to be mad Ethan... I-I have to call him... he is going to hurt won't he ? I broke his rule again... oh no no no..." My voice starts to tremble and breathing seems to get harder and harder by the second as I say those words out loud, panic getting the best of me. I think of all the things he could do to hurt me, just for breaking simple rule. With the Cambells it was the same thing, I would get punished for not following a rule.

"No, no, No Baby, you are with me. It is okay. I texted Damon already letting him know. Please don't panic, nothing is going to hurt you. Damon would never hurt you sweetheart." Etan tries to reassure me the best he could, but I didn't believe him.

The air in the car starts to suffocate me... I can't breath.

I stop the car next to the road and quickly get out to get fresh air. Breath Mags it's okay, you're okay, you are safe. I repeat those words to myself over and over till I feel warm arms wrap themselves around my body. First I try to fight back, but it is too hard so I don't have an other choice than to give up and try to refocus on my breathing.

I clench my eyes shut and focus on the sounds I can hear around me.

Wind blowing though the trees.

Ethan's heart beat.

My heart beat.

The engine of the car roaring lowly.

Ethan's smoothing voice.

Birds chirping.

"Listen to the world around you shortcake, you need to calm down" I hear the words of Jace resonate in my head again and again, and it weirdly has this calming affect on me.

I am okay, breath. I say to myself as I slowly take the time to breath in and out. Having Ethan hold me makes me feel so much more protected and also has a calming affect on me. Normally I would have tried to brake free of this restraining hold, but not with him. Not with my brother.

"Can I have your phone please..." I trail off, once I pull away from him, lightly shaking from this attack I just had in the middle of nowhere. "I just need to call Damon to make sure."

"Yes sweetheart, of course. Here." he hands me his phone slowly. "Are you okay ? We can drive home right now if you want" I just thank him for handing me the phone and quickly call Damon and wait till he responds.

Already after the second ring he responds.

"Ethan ? Is everything alright ? Is Magnolia Okay ?" I hear Damon's voice speak through the phone.

"Damon, it- it's me..." I say, nearly whispering.

"Magnolia ? Angel is everything okay ?" He suddenly seems worried when he hears my voice.

"Y-yes, I am with Ethan, we are okay... I just wanted to let you know I am with him right now..."

"Gosh Magnolia, you scared me for a seconds there. I thought something happened to you." He lets out a breath of relief, before continuing. "I know you are with him Angel. It's alright, thank you for calling me Angel. DO you need anything else ?"

"No... No it's okay, Thank you. Bye." I end the call I cross the look of Ethan who gives me a small measuring smile. I gladly give it back.

"Can I drive again. " I suddenly burst out and watch Ethan laugh as he slings his arm around my shoulder to pull me closer to him.

"Whatever you want Princess." He laughs. " What do you think about getting some ice cream, before heading back home for lunch ?" He suggest and I can't help myself to agree enthusiastically.

"Sounds like a plan then" He smirks and we both climb back in the abandoned car.

A/N : Hi guys, I wanted to finish this one for you, I am not sure when I will be able to update again though. I'll do my best fro you though.

Do you feel like Magnolia is exaggerating ?

If there are any mistakes, please feel free to point them out to me.

(Blake's car is on top and the car Magnolia and Ethan are driving is on the bottom of this chapter.)

Oh and are there any other car lovers like me ? I love it, if you haven't already noticed ;)

'blows a kiss'

luv u

Thoughts ?