Outcast

Chapter 33: Truth or Dare?

Sam’s POV

 Daren had really gotten used to being a vampire after only a couple of months. He actually seemed to like it. The more I get to know him I realize that he’s not the big jerk he tries to make everyone think he is. Yesterday he told me how worried he was about his grandma and how disappointed he was that he couldn’t go see her. Of course I felt bad for him so I went to see her myself. She was actually really cool. When I told her Daren had sent me she told me, “You don’t need to feel embarrassed to tell me that you’re his girlfriend, I understand, I’m the cool grandma.” As much as I tried to tell her that Daren was just a friend she kept saying, “Whatever you say, dear,” in that you’re-not-fooling-me tone. After ten minutes I gave up. We talked a little bit and she explained to me that Daren was a difficult kid. She said he craved for love but he wouldn’t show it, always hiding behind that jerk mask of his. I agreed with her completely. Yeah, Daren was in need of love, and I was up for it as long as it remained friendly. I really did wish he would find some nice vampire in the future and that he won’t have this many problems like I do.

 After we hugged goodbye, I heard her saying, “Take care of him for me.” I promised I would. Something inside me told me that she would not last the night, and I was right. Carlisle informed us that she had died that night, but he said she had died with a smile on her face. She was happy now. Daren smiled a sad smile and when I asked him if he was alright he answered that now she was pain free, so of course he was happy. I showed him what had happened during the time I spent with her, he sighed. “Okay that’s enough emotions for one day; I’m going to play me some COD.” he said to hide the sadness he felt. I knew it was a trick so he would not fool me. I gave him some well deserved alone time and after a while I went to check up on him. He was just lying immobile on the couch.

 “Are you alright? Do you need anything?” I asked him quietly. He nodded. “Stay here with me. You don’t need to talk, I just don’t want to be alone.” he said. I walked over to him and hugged him, trying to seem as motherly as possible. We stayed like that for almost an hour. I understood his pain easily. Having to live without a person you love or care for is torture, but that’s life, a cold heartless bitch. We went hunting afterwards and when we finished we went back to the Cullens. Even though Jake and Nessie could be around the vampire side in Nessie and Jake’s natural stink made them unappealing to him, so we could go there whenever we wanted. As we entered the house we found that it was deserted. Of course, Esme was probably shopping, Carlisle was at work and the others were at school. As long as I had nothing to do I could always start cooking. I cranked up the radio’s volume and changed the channel from classical to a more modern one. I decided to cook a ham and potato soup since we seemed to have all the ingredients. I found it on the net back when I lived with Emily. She had loved it so I figured Jake and Ness would too. As I chopped and peeled the ingredients needed, Selena Gomez’s Love you like a love song started playing. It was not the best song I had ever heard but it was so lighthearted and fun that it was impossible not to learn the lyrics. The song reminded me of all those carefree moments with Alec. Like when we joked, or when he tickled me or when we kissed in the forest. I sung heartily to it and also swayed a little bit, after all I was alone as Daren was probably grenading and destroying soldiers with his virtual guns and stuff that he tried so many times to explain to me but I lost interest after sixty seconds. Seriously what was up with teenage boys and bloody high definition war games? When I had asked him that he answered, “What’s up with chicks and their handbags?” I seriously didn’t have a response for that. It was a lost battle when I was dealing with such a boy brain.

 “It's been said and done

Every beautiful thought's been already sung

And I guess right now here's another one