I Hate Vampires!

20

After I finally stopped crying I told Jessica about Macey and she confirmed that Macey was Butch’s mate. I then flew off to finally talk to Macey. I touched down at our front door and rang the bell. The door flew open and I barely managed to jump out of the way before I got tackled into oblivion. Macey looked up at me from the ground with fake hurt and relief in her eyes. “Liz! You’re finally out of your room! And I didn’t have drag you out either! Now come inside and tell me where you went right now!” I laughed as she grabbed my arm and dragged me inside. After getting some ice cream (chocolate therapy) Macey and I sat down in the living room couch I told her what Jessica had said. “So we’ll never be free of them. We’ll be stuck with them for the rest of our lives and there’s nothing we can do about it!” I wailed. Macey turned her head away and I could hear the guilt in her voice as she replied, “Yeah, terrible. I wish they had told us.” I stared at her as my mind processed what my heart knew. “You didn’t tell me.” I whispered as Macey turned back to look at me. “You knew and you didn’t tell me. Why? You know how I feel about this Macey. You know what I’ve been through and you didn’t tell me. Why? I thought you were my best friend, we’re supposed to tell each other everything at yet you hid this from me! This changes everything! Why?” My voice started out as a heart-broken whisper then raised to a bone-chilling wail, then fell back down again. I could see the tears fall down Macey’s face and could feel my own as she told me why. “I didn’t tell you because I know what you’ve been through; because I know how you feel about this. I didn’t want you to feel this hopelessness and fear. I wanted you to fall for Brick like I did Butch before you knew so you’d accept it and want it. I didn’t want to hurt you; I was trying to protect you. I’m sorry.” At that point I couldn’t hold back; I cried harder than I ever have before. I hugged Macey and we cried together. I’m not sure how long we cried but I do know I’ll never forget the looks on Brick and Butch’s faces when they walk into the living room. They looked confused and terrified and Brick still looked heart-broken. Macey and I stopped crying out of pure shock and I felt my face go red. Crap.