a different kind of love

a different kind of love;chapter7

“Lucas is a vampire”, we’re all sat in Sarah’s living room. After running for our lives out of the forest, we all charged into our house and barricaded the door. Luckily Sarah was out at Bingo with some of her friends tonight. We raced around the house locking all the doors and windows and shutting everything else. Doing our best to stay safe. I then called Sarah and asked if Ed and Tim could stay over the night then called their parents and asked the same. Right now we’re all sat in the living room, me on the chair hugging a cushion, Matt sitting on the floor by the fire place hugging his knees, Tim and Ed sat on the sofa and Harrison sat on the floor by me, leaning against my chair.    

“Dad tried but failed to kill him in the past. When he failed, Lucas tracked down his family and it led him straight to us. He watched how dad was with us and then made his move. He picked me up after school and told me dad wanted him to take me somewhere to meet him. I was so young and trusting, I believed him. Stupid really. He held me for four days before dad worked out where we were hiding. And over them four days, Lucas fell in love with me-“

“HE WHAT!!”

“Harrison.  Calm down. Please. Let me finish. Anyway, when dad finally got there, Lucas didn’t-no, he couldn’t kill me. They had an argument and by the end of it, Lucas tried to turn me.”

“One minute. Tried to turn you?”

“Yes. Into one of them. A vampire, to live out my eternal days with him. But dad shot him. The shot didn’t kill him but was enough to stall him. While dad made sure I was unscathed and then he did the last thing he could do. He blocked my memories from me and made sure I wasn’t a part of that world. But he gave me some advice before that, he knew that one day I would be pulled back into it all. And then I watched my own father die. But I didn’t know it was him, and when I came home I didn’t remember anyone else either”

“I remember. We used to stay up crying all night coz it was so hard to look at you while knowing you didn’t recognise us. But then...then you did. We didn’t understand why or how, but we didn’t care. You just came running up to me after school one day calling my name. I was so happy!” Harrison’s voice broke as he tried to explain his feelings.

“But, why has he come back? And how did you suddenly remember?”

“My nightmares. When he came back to the forest, I started having them. I was running through the forest with something following me and calling my name and when I had that accident and ended up in hospital it all became clear, as through dad’s barriers had suddenly come tumbling down and my life had become mine once again. I remembered everything, but not clearly. That’s why I went to the forest. I knew that’s where he would be and I tried to find him. But there was no need for me to try, he was expecting me. He’s always expecting me. Seeing him and speaking to him made my memories clearer than ever. But then it happened again. He tried to turn me, and that made me remember what happened to our dad, what he did to our dad!  He killed him!! Right in front of me!! I could never forgive him for that! No matter how much he loves me! Never ever, ever!! And he asked me outright and memories are terrible things to have, especially those that come flooding back and hit you like a tonne of bricks! So, so I hit him and ran. And I kept running and running until I found you!” suddenly I burst out crying, it just comes from nowhere and Harrison jumps up and pulls me into his arms and slides in beneath me and cradles me in his arms. Both of us, sat there, crying and hugging and clinging to each other.

“It’s alright sis, it’s alright. Tomorrow we’re all gonna go back to school and back to a normal life. Ok?” taking a glance round the room everybody, in turn nods their heads in agreement. Tomorrow everything will be alright; everything will go back to the way it was.

-

Eventually the twins leave and I just feel a pair of arms wrap around me and carry me off to my bed. And then I’m running again. Faster than ever, but I’m in doors. I’m in a building, and a building I recognise. It’s the school!! I’m running down the main corridor towards the hall, a feeling of anger, betrayal and worry are hiding deep within me but right now I’m just showing anger and feeling very scared. I know what I’m gonna have to do: kill. As I’m running I see the number 2 posted everywhere, like a special date-my birthday!! Then I freeze as I hear screaming, but it’s a scream I recognise. Images of creeping up on Sophie and making her jump and scream...that scream! I can hear my best friend in the whole wide world screaming!!

“Lucie!! Lucie, wake up!! It’s just a dream Lu. Just a dream!” somewhere in my tangled thoughts my brother’s voice brakes through. Arms are held tightly around me and the real world slowly returns. I’m lying in Matt’s arms crying.

“Harrison! Harrison!!!” we’re in his room on the bed. Suddenly Harrison comes flying in and pulls me into his arms. Yep, everything back to normal.

“What happened? Did you dream again?”

“Yes, but it was different. I was in the school and I think...I think it was my birthday and I could hear screaming. I could hear Sophie screaming. Oh god, it was so real Harrison!” I cuddle up to him and nuzzle my face against his chest. Then I rest my ear to him and can hear his heart beating, the sound soothes me and incredibly I feel tired again. When I yawn Harrison picks me up and walks me into his room. I look up at him questionably and he simply says:

“You're sleeping in with me tonight. And the next night. Just in case, remember what I said? I’m always here for you, and I stand by that. Ok?”

I simply nod and let him pull me into his bed and then into his arms. He lets me find his heart again and then the world fades around me and I slip into another restless night, but feel somewhat safer with Harrison by my side.