My Vampire Mate

Realization and Apologies

Daren's POV

I woke up with a severe pounding in my head. I looked at my surroundings and realized I was on the couch in the living room. I rub my eyes and sit up. I can't remember anything that happened. Everything is a blur. I go to get up and make some coffee when I notice my phone in my hand. I turn it on and see the message "We're over." I look at the of the name it was sent too and my eyes bug out while my heart starts beating erratically. I sent it to Kiera. I drop my phone and place my hands over my face. Everything comes crashing back to me. Seeing Kiera kissing some guy, walking away form her, coming home, the tequila. I snap to a realization. There was no way I would tell Kiera we're over being sober. I text that to her while I was drunk, which makes it even worse. I stand up and pace around the room. "You idiot!" I yell at myself, while punching the wall, leaving a hole the size of my fist in it's place. What am I gonna do? Oh my god she probably thinks I was serious, which means she's probably been balling her eyes out since yesterday. God I'm such an asshole. And what makes it more worse is that I didn't even let her explain what had happened. I just automatically thought she had cheated on me. I have to talk to her and sort everything out. I look at the clock in the kitchen and see that it's 3 in the afternoon. Ok, school will be out in 15 minutes. I'll go to her house at 3:30 when I know she's home and I'll talk to her. Wait, but her mom will be home and she probably knows all about this. I'll wait till 6:30, that way I know she's by herself.

The first thing I did while waiting was make a cup of coffee. I hate it, but it helps a little with the hangover. I really don't want to go to Kieras house and have a headache the whole time I'm talking to her. That will just agitate me and I'll end up snapping at her, which is the last thing I want to do right now. Once I have the coffee, I walk into the living room and back down on the couch. I take a sip of it and cringe at the taste. I take a few more sips and then just hold it in my hands, contemplating what I'm going to say to Kiera when I see her tonight. She probably doesn't even want to see me. She didn't text me back, I noticed, after the text I sent her. Just thinking about what I had done tore me apart inside. I had been so unfair in doing that. I should have let her explain to me, instead of running off like a little kid. I hate what I did, but I couldn't take it back. All I could do was try and fix it and hope that she forgives me.

Soon, the time came  for me to go and see Kiera. I grabbed my leather jacket and walked outside to my motorcycle. I hopped on and drove to her house. 15 minutes later, I parked my bike and got off. I walked up the drive way and rang the door bell. I waited for a minute and then the door opened. What I saw, broke my heart. Her eyes were puffy and her cheeks tear stained, like she had just been crying before she opened the door. I looked down at the brick steps and felt tears brim my eyes. After a second, I looked back up at her and when she saw my face, the tears started rolling down her cheeks. I held my arms out in a silent invitation to come to me and she ran right into my arms, crying into my chest. I held her close to me and stocked her hair. I felt a tear fall from my eye but I dint care that I was crying. I was just happy to have her in my arms again. "I'm so s-sorry." I heard her rasp out through her tears. I pulled away a little so I could see her and face and I placed my hands on both sides of her face. "Baby, you have nothing to be sorry about. I should have let you explain. And I'm so, so sorry about that text message I sent you yesterday. I don't mean it, I was drunk. I was just so mad and I automatically jumped to conclusions and I shouldn't have. Baby, I am so sorry." "Daren it's o-" I cut her off. "No, it's not ok. I should have never done that and the fact that I did it when I was drunk makes it even worse because-" "Babe." she says, cutting me off this time. "Really, it's ok. I'm just happy you're hear right now. With me." I pull her close to me again and kiss her with as much passion as I can. She responds to the kiss immediately and wraps her arms around my neck. I pull away and we are both breathless. "I swear, you're too nice for your own good." She giggles and I kiss her lips once more. "Come on, lets go inside. I'll explain everything." I nod my head and grab her hand, following her into the house.

We go upstairs to her room and sit down on her bed. I lay down and pull her on my lap so she's straddling me. "Ok, now tell me what happened." I say. "I was in math class and I was sitting with Jessica and my friend Drake, you haven't met him yet, and he just out of the blue asks if I need to go to my locker after school. I told him yeah because I had to put my math textbook away and he told me that he'd walk with me. After school ended, he walked with me like he said he would. I put my book away and then he asked if he could talk to me for a second. He started talking about how he had promised that he wasn't gonna ask me out anymore until I was ready and-" "Wit hold up, what do you mean 'until you were ready'?" I cut her off. "I had told him that I didn't want to go out with him because I didn't want a boyfriend which was true, but it was also because I don't like him the same way he likes me. But I told him I wasn't ready for a boyfriend before I met you. Now let me finish." she says and I nod my head smiling a little, amused at her tone. "So then he told me to close my eyes because he had to give me something. I protested at first but eventually gave up and just shut them. Nothing happened after a few seconds but then all of a sudden, I felt his lips on mine. I pushed him away and that's when you said something." She finished the story and I felt like a total asshole. "God, now I feel even worse." I tell her. "Well, you should of let me explain." she said in a cute little voice. "I know, I know and I'm so sorry." "Babe, stop apologizing. It's over now and we're ok." "So, you take me back?" I ask. "Of course I take you back!" she says will a smile on her face. I chuckle and pull her down on top of me, our lips a few centimeters apart. "Good. Because I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you with me." I say, my lips brushing against hers. "I'm sure you'd be fine. You can do so much better than me anyway." She says the last part so nonchalantly. I sit up and bring her with me. I wrap my arms around her waist, possessively and hug her closer to me. "Don't ever say that again. I could never do better than you. You are my mate. No one compares to you. Do you understand that?" I say in a serious tone that I'm sure matches the serious face I have on right now. All she does is nod her head at me, like she's in a daze. I smile and lean in and kiss her lips. She's unresponsive for a moment but then she kiss me back. I nibble on her lips and she moans and opens her mouth for me. I massage my tongue with hers and she moans into the kiss. I pull away and trail kiss down her neck until I get to the mark I left on her. I glide my tongue over it and she shivers with pleasure. I chuckle and move away so I can look at her. "Why does it fell so good when you touch where you bit me?" she asks. "Because that is my mark. When anybody else touches it, you will be in pain but when I touch it, it brings you pleasure." I smirk at the end of my sentence. She blushes and looks way. I can tell she wants to say something so I turn her face to look at me. She doesn't sat anything so I tap into her mind. "I want him to do it again but I think it would sound weird if I asked him to." My smirk returns to my face and her eyes get a little bigger at realization of the fact that, I can read her mind. "It's not weird babe. But if you want me to do it again," I get closer to her ear. "you have to ask me." I whisper low and seductively. She shivers and I fell her nod her head. "Can you do it again?" she asks, barely above a whisper. "Can I do what again?" I ask, rubbing my nose down the length of her neck. "Can you...can you lick the mark again?" I smile to myself. Without warning, I stick my tongue out and flick it across my mark. She gasps and I slowly start licking it and she moans in pleasure. "I could so get used to this." I hear her think to herself and I smile, knowing that I'm bringing pleasure to the woman I love and will always love.