Bloodstream

Chapter 26

I take Masons hand in mine a hold it tightly. At first we say nothing and we let the reality of my new state as a ghost sink in. Then out of no where he embraces me. I feel his body tighten and I know it's because I'm as cold as death itself.
"Mason..." I say but he just grips me tighter.
"I missed you" he says. I rub his back as I hold him.
"I know hunny but I'm not going to be able to come back again. Not after this." He pulls back.
"Why not?" I take his hand in mine again and stare into his eyes with seriousness.
"I have to explain some things to you but first I need to see Ed." He nods and stands up then leads me to the kitchen where I see Ed standing, a cup of tea in his hands, looking out the window into the rain. I wish he could see me. Mason turns to look at me, knowing that Ed can't see me. I walk forward, my white dress flowing behind me. I want to scream. Ed turns to look at Mason. At first it's like he's looking right at me and if my heart still worked I'm sure it would of jumped and fell in love with him all over again just from looking at him. He stares at Mason blankly then down at his tea which doesn't stay in his hands very long. He throws it across the kitchen, and it hits the wall with a great smash. Ed falls to the ground crying as Mason runs up to comfort him. He gladly accepts the hug from his son. Once he calms down he speaks and his voice soothes me the way it used to it.
"I have to tell everyone. My manager organised a press conference" he says with a sniff. And so an hour later Ed is in the Aston with Mason and me in the back. I look into the rearview mirror but I see no reflection.
I know that this won't be easy for Ed. Since becoming a vampire, every difficult things Ed has had to do, he has done it with either me or Mason by his side but this time he is alone. Press are piling into the huge building with cameras and I can see Ed shaking with fear. I turn to Mason. He jerks his head in the direction of a door that leads into an unused closest.
"Explain." He whispers. And so I tell him all about James and about how I have only today to see them and then I am to spend the rest of my afterlife as a source of pain to Cameron. When I am finished he stares at me with intensity. He embraces me and cries, knowing these will be his last few hours with me. A teardrop from his eyes drops onto my shoulder and I feel a strange warm tingle. Like when you are so close to a fire you're almost touching it but you're not so you don't feel burning just intense heat. That's what the skin under his tear feels like. And then it spreads. Down my arm, up my neck. Another tear falls onto my chest and the warmth spreads from there too. But not just a warmth in my chest...the feeling of my heart beating is there too. I pull back from the hug alarmed and look at my skin, no longer ghastly white, but my usual cream complexion. Masons eyes widen and he grabs my arm.
"You're warm." He says alarmed. The warmth is spreading to my legs now.
"Mason.....I'm alive!" Without saying a word he opens the door and leads me back to Eds dressing room where he sits in there crying and waiting. Mason yanks the door open and Ed looks up. I can see my reflection in the mirror beside me and know I am alive and visible. Ed has his beautiful blue eyes trained on me with disbelief. He stands slowly and walks forward. He takes small, slow steps at first then a final long stride brings his body right in front of mine. A tear slips down his cheek as he reaches up to touch my face. When he feels my warm skin under his fingers he gasps and pulls me close. He sobs loudly and so do I.
"How is this possible? My Skyler is alive!" He says then he kisses me.
"Mason" I say. "Mason healed me" We turn to our son and pull him into our hug. Someone opens the door.
"Ed your up- oh, when did you get here Skyler?" He says.
"Just sort of arrived" I say. We laugh and the man gives us and awkward look. Ed takes my hand.
"We will both be going out there." I look at him confused and he leads me out to the stage with a desk where there are lots of press, microphones and cameras. He whispers something to a security guard and him and a few others move the desk off the stage then hand Ed a microphone. We climb the stage and Ed starts speaking to the crowd who is as confused as me.
"Thank you all for coming. As you all know, I have a very important announcement to make." He turns to me and smiles then looks back at the press.
"Skyler and I have been together for a while now and I am convinced that she is the girl I am in love with." He turns back to me and reaches into his back pocket. Getting down on his knee he pulls out a beautiful ring. It's a silver band with two sapphires on either side of a sparkling diamond. I gasp. He hold out the ring in his fingers and says
"Skyler Harrison, I love you, you're beautiful and you have everything I could ever want or need. Will you please give me the honour of becoming your husband....and marry me." Tears stream down my cheeks and my heart that just recently began to beat again starts thumping in my chest. I nod rapidly and he slips the ring on my finger and stands up, kissing me passionately. Questions are being fired at us but we are escorted off the stage. Mason comes up to us and we hold him close. My dear family is one again and James has no more possession over my soul because it is back in my living body. And that's where it's going to stay.

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Sorry this took so long! School has just started :'(
-Grace xxx