Nobody's Angel

Nobody's Angel: Ch. 14 {A Vampire Romance}

That night I sat up in bed, a pain causing me to wake up. It was still dark and I could barely see thanks to the moonlight shining bravely through the thin, black curtains.

Another wave of pain crashed through my lower stomach, and I let out a soft groan. I bit the inside of my cheek hard, trying to distract myself from focusing on that spot. The metallic taste of blood exploded in my mouth.

"Stupid cramps," I moaned. I glanced at the clock on the bedside table – 1:36 A.M. – and sighed. I knew for a fact I wasn't going to fall back to sleep anytime soon.

Careful as to not wake up Seth, I got my new laptop that was sitting on the desk on the other side of the room among piles of Seth's paperwork and signed on. I planned to research some music and useless entertainment.

Seth adjusted his position in his sleep, then groped around, like he couldn't find something that was supposed to be there. "Eva?" he wondered sleepily. Oh, he was looking for me. I stood up and tiptoed over to him with the laptop, deciding to sit on the bed. I set the computer on the nightstand before I rested a hand on his bare shoulder.

"It's okay, Seth. I'm right here," I whispered.

His hand found mine and he yanked me down, settling me next to him. He threw an arm around my waist and pulled me toward him more, tucking me into his side as if trying to hide me away. "Don't leave ever again," he mumbled into my hair. "Don't leave me for Owen or Alex or Joe or that guy at the sports store or anyone else. Stay with me."

Another dart of pain hit me and I hissed in pain. "Seth, it's okay. I'm not going anywhere. I just need to get up for a while, then I'll come back to bed, alright?"

I gasped when I turned my head to find bleary green eyes staring down at me. "Why?" he asked. I was still hurting, and I took deep breaths to try and sooth it.

"I just need to do something for a while until I can fall asleep again." I winced at another hit really hard yet again.

"What are you going to do?" he asked through a yawn.

"Research some music, maybe read a little. The usual." He nodded, then got up too and stretched.

"What songs are you thinking about?" he wondered, sitting up.

"You can go back to sleep, Seth. You don't have to get up just because of me."

"I want to. Besides, I'm too cold without you."

"Maybe you could put a shirt on?"

He looked at me as if I had just said I could beat him in an arm wrestling competition without bribing him. "It's easier this way." I dropped it and didn't ask how. There was no use in trying to dissuade him. I shrugged and turned back to the laptop. Seth sat up with me and leaned against the wall behind us, putting an arm around my shoulders and studying the laptop to see what I was doing.

Nothing held my interest for too long, and I couldn't focus on anything but the waves of pain hitting me one right after the other. The boring webpages didn't distract me at all, so I gave up and shut down the computer. Seth noticed and put a hand on my lower stomach, which helped a little. His hand was almost like a heating pad. I was going to protest, but it felt better and he wasn't doing anything funny, so I allowed it. 

I knew I wasn't going to be able to think of anything other than the pain. I sighed and tried to get back to sleep. He rubbed soothing circles on my stomach, but my eyes were still wide open. "Seth?"

"Yes, Angel?" I faltered in my response, not really knowing what I had planned on saying. I could say anything, do almost anything, try to persuade him to do something.