The Death of Peace of Mind

Nineteen

-Noah-

Nick managed to get Liv and I home in one piece. The others made their own way, knowing that they would have to prepare the house for six vampires now.

"So it's finally over?" Nick finally spoke, "You got the revenge Lou deserved?"

I smiled stroking Liv's hair. "I did... you want to know the funny part?" I paused, "Call me crazy but I felt like she was here with us."

"It's not crazy." He smiled, "I felt her too. It was like she was helping me when I was turning Liv."

"She never left us Nick... I think she was letting us know that what we were doing was the right thing."

Nick stopped the car. "How is she doing? I'm not that good with things like this."

I started laughing, "Honestly Nick, her body is handling the transformation pretty well. I was worried because she was in a much worst state than you when we found you." I closed my eyes holding Liv closer to me, "You took a couple of days for the transformation to complete. I suspect it's going to be longer for Liv." I said sadly.

"We're all going to be here Noah." He turned to us, "You're not alone in this. You're both family." He smiled. "Wait here I'll get the doors for you."

- - - -

Days turned into two weeks and there was still no change to Liv's body. Jolly had explained that because Liv was ready to go, mentally her body wasn't ready for the transformation.

Everyone had come to sit with us, Nick hardly left. He was convinced that he had done something wrong.

"Jolly wants you to get out of the house for a bit." Nick looked at me, "You know the fans are asking for merch again."

"They're always asking for something." I didn't look up, "You model it Nick."

"You know I can't do that. The fans think Nicholas and I live on the East Coast remember. It has to be you and Jolly otherwise they're going to get suspicious." He sighed, "Nicholas and Jolly don't want to say it so I will... We're worried about you Noah. The fans are picking up on things." He came and sat at the side of me, "We need you to throw them off. Just pose in the new merch with Jolly it won't take that long."

I stared at him, "What if something happens when I'm gone?"

"Nothing is going to happen." He smiled sadly, "It's not like she's going to die while you're downstairs Noah." I sighed. Nick was right. At Liv's current state it would be sunlight or a stake that would kill her. Her body had accepted the transformation. She just needed to wake up.

"You'll let me know if anything happens right?"

Nick rolled his eyes, "The slightest movement you'll be the second person to know."

I gave Liv a quick kiss on the head, "I'll be back soon Liv." I rolled my eyes as Nick pushed me towards my bedroom door. I sighed as I left the room and headed downstairs.

"He finally leaves the room!" Marie laughed running over to me. "We were starting to think you'd staked yourself in there." She gave me a quick hug. "I'm going up so me and Nick can keep an eye on her. You boys have fun with the photoshoot."

"Nicholas? You're joining us?" I asked as I walked into the lounge.

"Yeah, we can just give the fans the impression that we're working on new material." He smiled shrugging, "It's nice to see you out of your room Noah." Nicholas came over and gave me a hug as Jolly stood up, "She'll wake up. I just know she will you just need to be..."

"Patient?" I looked at them, "You both know I'm impatient." I tried to laugh. "Sorry I just miss her you know. It's been two weeks but it feels like a lifetime."

"While you were upstairs, Marie explained more about her transformation." Jolly came closer to us. "She said that she was out for a few weeks before she came to." He put his hand on my shoulder. "Liv will wake up but right now we need you to be our front man. We can't forget we have a human persona we need to keep up with." Jolly was right, I had to stop focusing on Liv and start focusing on the Noah Sebastian that the humans on this planet know and think they love.

- - - -

"How many shirts are we trying to promote here?" I groaned. Our photographer Bryan was stood next to Nicholas looking over the merch that was just sitting on the table.

"I think if we have Noah do two shirts and a hoodie? Nicholas can do one and possibly the joggers and then Jolly can get the other hoodie?" Bryan spoke with a grin as he grabbed his camera. "Nick busy?"

There was only a handful of humans we allowed to know our secret. We hand picked every member of our crew. That's why Matt was able to help us get into venues. Bryan was always in tour with us.

"We had a situation." Nicholas was telling Bryan, "He's in Noah's room with Marie. They're looking after Liv while we do this."

Bryan's head turned towards me, "Wait? You guys turned Liv already? What happened to waiting?"

"Her life was in danger." Jolly quickly interjected, "You know our rule Bryan. She would have died and Noah probably would have gone with her."

"Listen, I didn't mean anything negative about your choice." He smiled, "I'm just glad your girl is okay. I love you guys and I love my job." He laughed awkwardly.

"It's fine Bryan honestly." I smiled, "I actually think everything is going to work out but can we please get this photoshoot started?"

"Of course you're the boss man." He threw a hoodie at my head. "We'll start with this and before you say anything... I know Jolly is the real boss man." He laughed again, "Now shut up and let me work my magic that everybody loves."

- - - -

"One more! Come on Noah, get your head in the game." My patience at this point had gotten so thin that Nicholas had to step in to stop me from ripping Bryan's head off.

"Are we done?" I snapped.

"All done. Hey Ruffilo thanks for saving my butt and Noah go fucking feed." He chuckled, taking his camera from around his neck. "I'll edit these as soon as I get home and I'll send you the results before they go online." He said as he was packing his equipment away, "Give Liv my wishes."

I nodded, sensing a change in atmosphere. The others must have noticed it too as they were rushing Bryan out of the house.

"Safe journey home Bry!" Jolly shut the door behind him.

Hey Noah? I think she's waking up.