Reckless Minds

Reconciliation

I keep driving until I can't anymore. My phone buzzes constantly, alerting me of my concerned parents and ex boyfriend. I pull off to the side of the road and I look in my purse. 200 dollars with the money that Damian gave me for the baby. Enough for a few nights at a cheap motel. Luckily Dad taught me self-control, so that if I were ever in a situation where I didn't have blood bags, I could drink from the vein.

I keep driving, but soon the baby starts kicking. My little girl. I pull off and I lie in the middle of the road, waiting for someone to stop. Eventually it happens.

Humans can be kinda stupid.

"Oh my god! Ma'am, are you okay?" I open my eyes.

"I don't know."

"I'm going to call for help, try not to move." She goes over to her car. I flash over there. She turns around.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry. This isn't going to hurt one bit. You're not going to move or scream." She falls under my compulsion and I gently sink my fangs into her neck. After getting enough for both me and the baby, I let go. I feed her my blood and she looks good as new, no bite marks, no evidence.

"You won't remember this. Get in your car, keep driving, all you remember was that you had to help a stranger with a flat tire." She gets into her car as I instructed and I do the same. As I drive, I play the name game, trying to figure out her name.

"Valerie? No." I keep thinking until finally- "how does Elizabeth sound, sweetheart?" I feel her kick extra hard and I smile.

"Elizabeth it is, then." I rub my baby bump gently then I put both hands back on the wheel again. I pull into a hotel after driving 2 more hours. I'm heading west, far enough away so that I can get some sense into my head. So that I can actually breathe again. I head inside and after getting a room, I put my stuff away and lay down. My phone buzzes and Damian flashes across the scene. I slide the green phone.

"I'm fi-"

"Where the hell are you?!? We've been calling for hours, Ember!"

"I just needed to get away for a little bit. I was feeling a little overwhelmed."

"I get that but you had us freaking out!!!"

"I'll be back in a couple of days, okay?"

"No! Come home now!"

"Damian-"

"Fine. But I'm looking for you whether you like it or not." He hangs up and I groan. After ordering a burger from room service, (damn pregnancy cravings) I change into some pajamas and I fall asleep.

I wake up early to knocks on the door.

"Crap..." I open the door and I groan.

"Really?"

"If you don't want to be found you shouldn't answer your phone. Sheriff Forbes can pinpoint an exact location." I open the door wider and he steps inside. I close the door.

"You didn't tell my parents where I am, did you?"

"No." I sit down on the bed and he sits next to me.

"Why did you leave?" He asks me. I shake my head a little. "I'm feeling things I don't want to feel. Things I can't feel." He looks at me and his dark blue eyes get hopeful. His fingers link with mine. I look down at them then back up at him. He starts leaning in. Surprisingly, I lean back. Our lips barely touch, but fireworks explode in my mind. He fits his mouth to mine and I smile. I wrap an arm around his neck and he sets one of his hands on my neck. The other one rests on Elizabeth. I decide not to tell him the name yet. It would be better as a secret.