A Vampire's Life For a Human Girl

Chapter 31

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I was tired but I wanted Vincent to stay with me. I knew we had both given up fighting but we hadn't talked since i answered him.Vincent had perched himself on the end of the bed, his hands clasped between his knees, staring at nothing in particular. He was satisfied with my answer but he didn't know how long I would believe in my strength. I was nervous and even though he said he loved me, I couldn't help but feel doubt.

Vincent could be acting. He could be in alliance with his father's wishes and this could all be a game to them. What if he didn't love me... It hurt too much to think of him abandoning me too.

I want all this to be over. I want Vincent to kiss me on the cheek and lie with me until I fell asleep. I just want a few moments with him until he said something I don't want to hear.

"I'm sorry for hurting you."

"It's not your fault," I groaned. "You didn't know."

"I still hurt you." Vincent looked at me and I was shocked at the amount of saddness I saw in his eyes. "If only I had never come to your cafe. You would have lived a normal life without all this drama."

"You said drama was good--that it wasn't boring." Now I was the one reassuring him. I was screaming at him only minutes ago and now he's the one in pain. "I still love you....if that matters."

Vincent didn't say anything which made my heart burn. He didn't love me... then why did he string me along?

"Father wants me to mate with you a few nights before our wedding or on our honeymoon."

"I'm not going to sleep with you because your father says so."

Vincent smiled. "I know you won't but he will make us. I just wanted to warn you."

"Do you know when the wedding is?"

"Fist there will be a ball announcing our engagement and then the wedding will be a week after that." He sighed. "The ball is in three days. Caroline told me."

"Why didn't she tell me?"

"She wanted to but mother thought not."

"I hate your family."

"Don't worry, I hate them too."

I rubbed my eyes resisting the urge to burst into tears again. Taking a deep breath i coughed to clear my throat and stop the tightness of emotions. "I don't know what to say. it's like my mind is a puddle of mud."

"I guess we have to go with the flow."

Another wave of anger boiled in the pit of my stomach. "How can you say that. It isn't highschool anymore, you can't just breeze. This is marriage! A vampire marriage not some stupid fairytale."

"I know, I'm just saying there isn't much we can do."

"But I need to do something!I'm seventeen, I'm human, I don't want to get married and have kids. I barely know how to drive."

"It's my father's choicel, not mine!"

"But it was your choice to pick me," I retorted with a low blow."

"Now you're just trying to piss me off. Youi said it yourself it wasn't my fault." Vincentr rose to his feet and waved his arms in exasperation. "You're just going around and around in circles."

"Because we're not getting anywhere. We keep arriving at the conclusion of defeat. I jsut want to find a way out of this ridiculous fucking problem. Your father may lvoe you and his nation but he is minipulative and selfish. He's just using you for his own benefit; your brother also."