Vampire Protection Program

Chapter 13: SOOO

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I remained curled up on the couch, as far away from everyone that I could be, but as close as I could be to Deric without it being noticeable. I was terrified and I felt like crap. I was freezing and feeling sick. My skin was clammy and pale and I was shaking. Every now and then, my heart felt like it was fluttering and I knew that Deric could hear it, because each time it happened, his looked even more worried. I held my knees tightly to my chest and rested my chin on top of them.

Everything was quiet as Ortho looked at me quietly. I didn't remember anything from last night. I didn't remember what happened that made me run away last night. I didn't remember getting attacked. I didn't remember being brought here or what happened before I fell asleep. I didn't remember really even waking up. All I knew was that I found myself in a place I did not know and that scared me a lot. The only thing that I knew was that Deric was there and that he would protect me.

I remembered finding out that everyone I ever cared about was either a werewolf, vampire, witch or hunter—maybe that was why I ran—and that I was scared of them, though I knew that I should not be. I remembered that Andy had said some very mean thing that I knew he didn't mean, because he caught Deric and I kissing. I remembered getting hurt and Andy freaking out because he had hurt me. I remembered Rick showing up and say that if either one of them hurt "his niece" again, then he would not hesitate to kill them. I remembered being so scared, as I was now, but nothing after that.

All I knew was that I was here now and I wasn't sure that I wanted to be.

Ortho reached over to me and I flinched away with a gasp. I breathed hard as I watched it before I a glass of water formed in his hand. He offered it to me, but I shook my head. I didn't want anything that had anything to do with magic. I didn't care how thirsty I was right now; I didn't want anything to do with it. It was something that I could not explain, though I was not someone into science or anything trying to prove something that existed or did, it was just something I could not explain or understand right now and I didn't want to be near it.

Deric stood and I lifted my head as he started walking away. More fear filled me as he disappeared from the room through the doorway. I looked at the others and then back where he had gone before he showed back up a moment later with a glass of water. He came back over and knelt down beside me. He held out the glass and I met his eyes. He nodded some and slowly, with shaky hands, I reached up and took the glass. I glanced over at the one still in Ortho's hand and breathed shakily. My hands were shaking so bad that some of the water spilled out onto my shirt as I lifted it to my lips. Deric's hands covered mine, steadying them, and I met his eyes once more as he helped me drink some of the water. His thumb ran over my fingers and though they were cold, they felt warmer than my skin, making me feel warmer.

"You are so cold." He murmured as he took the glass from me again and set it aside. He took my hands in his and rubbed them together. "Dad, can you start a fire." I glanced over at his father as he stood and gave another shudder as I remembered the pain that came from landing on the ground after a two story fall. "He's not going to hurt you." Deric made me look at him. "I promise."

"H-how can you be sure?" I breathed.

"I just... know." He said softly. "I will protect you no matter what Sam. I promise." He said that a lot. He promised me a lot of things, but would he be able to keep those promises? I didn't know that he would, or even that he could. Something was bound to happen and I wasn't sure he would be able to protect me like he claimed.