The Unknown Bloodline

Chapter 12

~Violet's POV~

When I woke up Nick wasn't in bed. I got up and walked over to the mirror and pulled my hair up into a messy bun. The bedroom door opened and Nick came in. He hugged me from behind and kissed my neck. "Morning.", I said as he buried his head into the crook of my neck. "Mmm.... morning.", he said as I laughed. "What's so funny?", he asked as I closed my eyes. "Nothing... I just wish we could stay like this all day...", I said as he smiled. "Well... there is this carnival in town and I was going to ask if you wanted to go... kind of like a date?", he said as I started busting out laughing. "What now?!", he said sounding a bit angry. "Nick Armstrong is asking me on a date?! Thats most definitely an offer!", I said as I continued to giggle. "Whatever.", he said as he let go and went to walk away. I grabbed his arm, stopping him, "Nick! Of course! I would absolutely love to go with you. I would go anywhere with you. I just find it funny how you said you were never going to date me and now look at us... we are about to go on our first official date. I'm just happy is all." He smiled at me and kissed me passionately. "We should probably get ready. You want to shower first or?", he said as I smiled. "You can go ahead and shower. I'm going to go home and shower.", I said as he nodded. I gave him a quick peck on the lips and then left. When I got home Ninko stopped me before I could head upstairs. "Violet... we need to talk.", she said as she avoided eye contact. She seemed upset. Her eyes were puffy like she had just cried and she wasn't smiling like usual. She always smiles. "What's wrong?", I asked as she sighed. She seemed very hesitant with her words like she was om edge or something. "Aunt Ninko, you know you can talk to me about everything, right? We are all each other have.", I said as she nodded. "So where are you heading?", she said with a small smile still avoiding eye contact. "Nick asked me out on a date! We are going to the carnival that's in town for the weekend.", I said as she nodded. "Well you two have fun. We can talk later.", she said as I sighed. "You sure?", I asked as she nodded and smiled. I ran upstairs and jumped in the shower. After about an hour I was ready. I put on a black leather jacket and a white crop top with a black skirt and boots. A couple minutes later there was a knock on the door and it was Nick. "You look beautiful.", he complimented as I smiled. "You better take good care of her, Nicholas. And keep your paws off of her.", she said as I rolled my eyes and laughed. "Yes ma'am.", he said mockingly. "Ok ok let's go, Nick!", I said as he nodded. "See you later, Aunt Ninko.", I said as she waved and we left. When we got to the carnival it was packed with people and you could smell all of the fried food from miles away. "What do you want to do first?", he asked as I smiled. "Anything and everything!", I said as he laughed. I loved his laugh. He rarely ever laughs, but when he does it's adorable. After we paid we got something to eat. Then afterwards we rode rides and played games. It was finally around closing time. "Now what do you want to do?", he asked as I stared into his eyes. "I wanna ride the farris wheel", I giggled, "and makeout when we reach the top like in the movies.", I said jokingly. "I like that idea.", he said as he smirked. It was night and the carnival looked beautiful. All of the rides had their lights on, which made the experience even better. Once we got onto the farris wheel I laid my head on Nick's shoulder. Once we reached the top I looked over at him. "What do you say about using some magic to create fireworks?", I asked as he smirked and nodded. I grabbed his hand and closed my eyes. I imagined the fireworks shooting from their holsters and then exploding into beautiful colors and shapes. I imagined the loud bangs and the heat. When I opened my eyes there were fireworks going off. I looked over at Nick and smiled admiring the way the reflection of the light from fireworks made his face glow. "It's not polite to stare.", he said as he turned and stared into my eyes. The things this man did to me. I loved him so much. More than I thought was humanly possible. I put my head back on this shoulder and he kissed my head. After the fireworks ended they started unloading us off the farris wheel. When we got off it was about closing time, so we just decided to leave. When we got to the car Nick didn't look so good. "I feel... dizzy...", he said before fainting. I caught him and thats when I heard footsteps. "He'll be fine. It's just a minor sleeping spell. He should wake up soon, so I'm going to have to talk pretty fast.", an unknown male voice said. I looked over and he was leaning on Nick's car. "What do you want...", I said as the unknown man snickered. "Well my name is Sébastien. And I thought it was about time that you met your dad.", he said as I laughed. "My father's dead. Now I won't ask again who are you.", I warned as the man known as Sébastien smiled. "I just want to talk. And I'm sorry to hear about your 'dad'... but your mother had an affair. With me and then she had you. I take it she never told your father that you weren't his.", he sighed as I shook my head. "You have no proof that you're my father.", I said as he nodded. "I don't, but deep down you know it's true.", he said as continued to hold Nick. "You know you two can't stay together forever. They won't allow it. They'll kill you both.", he said as I shook my head. "Who are 'they'? And even if 'they' come for me the circle will protect me and so will Nick.", I said as he laughed. "They don't care about you. You may be their friend now, but you aren't apart of their precious little circle. If it came down to you or their circle you're a goner. And as for Nick... he will find someone better and throw you off to the side. That's who he is.", the man said as I rolled my eyes. "That still doesn't answer who 'they' are.", I said as he ignored me. "I think it's time for me to be on my way. He will be up any minute now.", he said as I went to speak, but before I could say a word he was gone and Nick was waking up. "What happened?", Nick asked as he rubbed his head. "Not really sure... you just fainted... maybe you rode to many rides for something. We should be going.", I said as he nodded. We got in the car and drove home. "I think I'm going to stay home tonight.", I said as he sighed. "Ok... goodnight... I love you.", he said as I smiled. "I love you too.", I said as I gave him a peck on the lips and then headed inside my house. My aunt welcomed me home. I looked her directly in the eyes and spoke, "we need to talk." She sighed, "yes... we do..."