Chapter 14

For obvious reasons, we didn't go to Aires house, mostly because it was too late though. It was almost dawn so, instead we snuck up him in my room were we spent the night, well, until waking up hours for a Sunday.

Around 12:40 I woke up, Aires woke up too. I asked if it would be cool if I hung out with the other group of people today and if he could get out with out my help. He said yes and was totally fine with me leaving. I had the perfect boyfriend. I kissed him good bye, then left.

I hadn't made actual plans for the day. I figured I would sit in the park alone, and think. I had just been sitting there for awhile now it was about 1:15 when I had the sad emotion hit me. I figured that Aires would be sleeping, and he was unreachable so I decided that I would call Dave.

The dial tone changed to a ring. Dave picked up. "Hey Dru, what's up?" Dave asked with curiosity in his voice.

"Hey, umm Dave can you come down to the Park Ave. Park?" I could hear the sad in my voice.

"Yeah, yeah, what's wrong?" he asked with a sudden concern.

"I'll tell you when you get here, can you just hurry and get here I really need to talk."

"Yeah, I'll be here in fifteen minutes, okay."

I mumbled an agreement, but he didn't hear me.

"Okay Dru?" he urged.

"Yeah, fine, just hurry."

"Okay, fifteen minutes, clock me." He promised. "Bye."

"Bye." I snapped the phone shut.

Dave finally ran up one minuet early.

He smiled as he was up.

"You're early," I smirked. "by a minuet."

"Oh, I'm sorry." he said as he sat down next to me on the bench. "So, why did you call me here in such a rush?"

I looked up at him and could feel the shame in my face. "I killed Kyle."

"What?" He was shocked.

I realized that I left out crucial information about that. "No, he was turned vamp. I found him, well, he found me, yester day on my way home."

"So you staked him?"

I nodded. "Yeah, all my hate and anger came out; I almost made him drink holy water. I mean after all he did to me I could finally get some kind of even. I pressed the stake into his chest, so that he could feel it. Then I asked for an apology, he refused. Now he's a pile of dust in that building between Chapin, and West Ave." I looked up, I wanted him to approve, I wanted him to understand. I couldn't be sure he would.

He sighed; I didn't think that was a very good sign. "Okay, so, you finally put and end to the bastard." He smiled.

"So you think I did the right thing?"

"Well, he did do shit to you. Even with the whole vampire thing aside, he still pretty much tortured you. Dru, you had a right to act how you did, you didn't do anything wrong. He did unforgettable things to you, he pretty much brain washed you. I'm willing to bet my life savings he still said things to torturer you in his last moments." He looked me in the eye. "Didn't he?"

I recalled the whole night. "Yes, he did." I admitted, I felt the adrenalin run through my veins again. I turned my neck to sink in to the power. My neck cracked and like the breaking of a glow stick, I felt it. "I remember the power it got, from the hate of him. I held him by the throat against the wall. I held him so tight I felt his skin forming beneath my nails. I had to release some so that he could talk." I stopped I realized that I might be scaring him. I looked up worried. The adrenalin left my body. I felt a chill on the inside of my body.

His eyes were wide.

I was sorrier than I've ever been before. I had just scared my best friend out of a memory.

"Dave, Dave, I'm sorry." I felt sick. "Dave, I didn't mean to scare you."

He didn't respond.

"Dave, talk to me."

He snapped back. "Okay, I'll start with a question; what the hell is he doing here?" He gestured over my shoulder.

I was so confused. I knew no one was there. I tuned even though I didn't believe it. "Dave there's no one the-…" I didn't get the time to finish my sentence, because what I saw astonished and angered me, Aires. "What the hell?" I shouted. Then I turned the rest of the way around not taking my eyes off him. I was so pissed.

"I thought you killed him Dru?" Dave called from behind me, pulling my attention back to him.

"Uh…" I turned breaking my stair on Aires to talk to him. "No," I finally said when I faced him. "I didn't, but I didn't tell you I did, I just didn't tell you I didn't." I smiled trying to convince him not to be mad. Like that would do it.

"Why Dru, why did you keep him?" He stared at me like he didn't know me. Like we never met and I just made the worst first impression. "You killed every other one that ever crossed your path. You even killed Kyle, not that the bastard didn't deserve it, why him Dru?" he stared me in the eye. "Why, what's so special about him. I mean he just showed up one day." He was so pissed at me; I didn't know what to tell him.

I could go with the truth but would it be good enough. "Dave, I can't kill him."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he wanted a better answer.

"He can't kill me either. We don't know exactly why, but we can't. The real problem is…" I couldn't bring myself to tell him. I knew he wouldn't believe it.

"What the hell is the problem, Dru?"

"Its just we have…We've kind of decided that…" I couldn't do it. I looked back to Aires, for strength. Then I looked back at Dave, my face spilled the news all over.

The look on Dave's face was tragic. He shook his head in disbelief. "You're not." He looked in my eyes, my sorrowful eyes. "Dru, tell me you're not, dating a vampire."

I frowned "Dave please, you don't have to understand yet, but just don't tell anyone, please." I looked in his eyes to make him promise. No matter how pissed he was he would never break that eye promise we make.

He looked at me with furious eyes. If I weren't like his little sister, and a girl he would have hit me. "You're joking, right?" He just couldn't accept it.

"No Dave. Just please don't tell."

"Well how can I tell anyone? I mean this would rip Max to pieces if he found out." He closed his eyes. "Listen, I can live with this, just, Max is still crazy in love with you. I don't want him to find out until he has to, Okay?" he looked at me.

I did the only thing I could do, I agreed. "Yeah, yeah, diaphaneity." I reached forward and hugged him around the neck. "Thank you, thank you so much."

He hugged me back. I was grateful. It meant he really did care. He was going to really forgive me. Look past the slayer vampire relationship I was in. I couldn't lose him, I couldn't lose Aires either. How the hell could I? I didn't know why, but I just felt head over feet for Aires. Dave, well we're best friends, how the hell could I have gambled that. I knew exactly how. I couldn't get out either.

I spent the rest of the day with Aires and Dave. They were the two most protective people I had ever had the pleasure of knowing. They did grow to liking each other; they had many things in common. Like their clothes, and the music they listen to. Some bands I have never even heard of. They liked the same teams, though I only watched football. They were like brothers, eventually.

At first they fought. Dave didn't like Aires because he was a vampire. Aires didn't like Dave because he didn't like him, because he was a vampire. But eventually, they got along by naming things they had in common. They laughed at jokes I didn't, quit frankly, get. They took an odd pleasure in laughing and making fun of me, but I was fine with it, so long as they got along.

Soon mine and Dave's phone's rang. Criss on Dave's, and Max on mine, when Dave looked at the color I.D. his face light up.

I grinned at his face, and then almost frowned as I looked at mine. "Hello." I spoke into the receiver.

"Hey Dru," Max sang into the other end.

"What's, up?" I asked

"Where are you?"

"Hanging out with, Dave," I left out Aires name out. "What are you doing?" I asked.

"Well, I'm here with Criss and Jack. Where exactly are you?"

I looked up at the street sign. "Granger Street."

"Oh, okay we'll be there soon meet us at the corner of Main and Granger."

"Umm…okay then." I said I looked up at Aires; I didn't want him to leave.

"Bye," the receiving end was still there.

"Oh, Ah… bye." I shut the phone.

"Aires," I looked him in the eyes. "They're coming; I think you have to go." I held his hands. I looked around him to Dave. His conversation was already over. "Does he have to go, do you think?"

"Yeah, unless you would, like to tell everyone about Aires. Maxi might even start hunting him." He looked at me; I knew he spoke the truth.

"Oh, Fine." I turned back to Aires. "I guess you have to go, soon but not just yet." I grabbed his hands tighter, and then wrapped my hands around his waist as to forbid him from leaving and keep him there. Not that he was going any where. I wanted him to stay and that was a good enough reason for him. I leaned my chin against is chest and looked up at him. We locked eyes; it was a happy moment I smiled.

Then I remembered Dave. I pulled my head up off Aires chest. Then I looked around him to Dave. "Should we start walking?" I asked.

"Well, I it think it would be best." he agreed.

"Okay." Aires nodded. Then I grabbed his hand and we walked to the corner.

When we got to the corner I looked down Main Street, in search of my friends that didn't know about Aires. I saw them so faintly that I knew they probably didn't see me.

I sighed; my arms wrapped around Aires waist again then glanced up at him. "I guess you have to go now." Then I looked to the ground my forehead was on his chest.

He crouched and lifted my chin eye to eye with him in his crouch. "I'll be around later." He leaned forward and gave me an extremely soft kiss. Then he was gone. I would have at least waved to him but I didn't know what way he went.

I looked up at Dave. "You're sure that it would be better to wait on telling them?" I asked hopeful that he would change his mind.

"Yeah, unless you would like, Max to go into depression."

I sighed, I hated that he knew best. "Okay, so should we meet them half way or something?"

"I suppose." We walked down to start the night's events.