Her Blood Tears

Ribcage

Fern's POV

Today my mom took off from her job at the hospital. She didn't want to be in the last blood transportation out of town after that happened to my parents last time. I couldn't blame her for feeling that way. Last night my mom told us that we were leaving.

She tried to find places outside of town that was far away from here. She looked at every hotel in the area. The closest thing was a inn. She was scared that there was vampires. "Start packing" my mom said from the kitchen. "Mom I can't just leave" I said knowing I don't want things to end with Rhys.

My mom walked up to me and grabbed my hand. "They are vampires. We need to leave. Who knows when Gideon will be back. He was invited in" said my mom who looked like a nervous wreck. She didn't sleep at all after the funeral yesterday.

Rhys and his family bought a brand new house. They took Alieen there to rest. They needed human blood as fast as possible. They have morals to not feed off people. Animal blood and old human blood is getting Alieen sicker. I was able to see her and she is weak.

I'm scared of losing her. My mom was trying to make me leave this town. I finally made friends and I have a boyfriend. Yes I lost my dad and my dog. I told my mom I wasn't leaving everything that I have been through. It wasn't a option. My friend is dying.

I ignored my mom when she was rolling her eyes at me. I made myself coffee as she left to go pack. I grabbed a homemade banana scone that I made after the funeral yesterday. I was sitting after everyone left. I told Rhys about what my mom wants to do. Rhys has to unpack and he doesn't want me to leave. My mom wants us to be apart today.

I was completely upset at hearing about that. She wants us to leave and I can't even say goodbye. If Rhys comes here then my mom will want us to leave faster. We told her what their powers are. They didn't have any like what the movies have.

My mom was still scared of what she saw Gideon do to my dad. My mom and Rhys didn't let me see the body. I asked Rhys and he just said my dad's spine was ripped out of his body along with his head. I couldn't imagine it. They said that but didn't let me see what he actually looked like.

Rhys told me because I had to know. I almost opened his casket to see. Rhys stopped to tell me before I had a scene. I wanted to see my dad. Rhys held me in place when I dropped to my knees. My mom pulled me away from Rhys after. I can't leave after all of this. My life was in shambles now.

When it was lunchtime I grabbed half of the falafel platter. I was grabbing leftovers since I was so tired. My hair was in mess pigtails and I was wearing sage green leggings. When I was at the kitchen eating lunch I saw my dad's sticky note. It's the only one on the fridge. It made my eyes teary when I saw it.

His last memory is here just like Fluffy's dog bowl is here. How can I just run and hide. That's not who I am. My hands were covered by my sleeves. I couldn't touch anything bare handed. When I was sitting in the kitchen I saw a photo of me. I was wearing the cutest dress and I was smiling.

My dad brought me flowers that day. I was so happy because it was all of us together. The last photo that had Fluffy and my dad. I stopped eating and started to break down in tears. I can't leave their graves behind. I cradled myself in my own arms. I didn't want my mom to hear me. She didn't need to know.

She had herself to take care of. She was barely able to do that right now. She broke down so many times last night. I was baking as if it was the last time I would ever bake. I made scones and cookies. I had to keep my mind distracted. It's just so hard. I miss my dad. I want my dad to be here with me.

I cried even harder. I know Rhys misses his parents. I talked to him and he moved on. His vampire emotions were unaffected but his human emotions were torn. We wanted the best for his parents and he was sad they died the way they did. His vampire emotions thought that they should be put to rest.

The vampire side of them wanted them to move on. My friends all thought it was best that they were going to rest. Their human sides just missed them. The only emotion they really had was anger. They wanted to hunt and kill Gideon. I wanted to as well but I knew I couldn't win against him.

I stopped crying and it was already dinner time. I had spaghetti Al pomodoro with vegan sausage, spinach, and mushrooms. My mom finally came downstairs with her hair in a messy bun and makeup all over her face. She has packed since this morning. Hours have went by and it seems like only a few seconds. I wish she would just stop and rest.

My mom grabbed leftovers as well. When we we're both done with eating I grabbed out heart shaped cookies that I had made. I grabbed my mom two glasses of wine. It was both of our comfort food. She needed to take everything in just like I am. My heart has been ripped out too. My mom is hurting so bad.

We both leaned against each other eating cookies. The silence in this big house has been overwhelming. This house feels so much smaller. My lungs felt squeezed like I couldn't breathe. All we had was each other and cookies. My mom needed the two glasses of wine to calm herself. We we're on our own.