Swimming With Fangs

Chapter 58

"Sometimes all a girl really needs is someone to hold her hand." 

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Brooklyn~ 

"By the way.." I say, looking around the room. "We need to redecorate." 

"Come on..." He pulls me back against his chest, the bed was still warm from our bodies.

I giggle and lay back down, last night took my mind off everything about Leah being taken and her still being here, I was wondering now... was she okay? What was happening right now... and Emma? 

"Stop worrying sweetheart... you've done that too much already." He cuddles besides me. 

I smile. "Maybe I should." 

He shakes his head. "So... you eat with my father... and brought Peyton?" 

"He wanted to meet her... and I didn't see how it'd hurt her." I shift to look at him. 

"I know, it's... just I didn't tell him I left to the Council." 

"Yeah, he called me first, to ask where you we're..." 

"Oh well, I'll have to pay a visit." He sits up. 

"Why didn't you tell him? What if something went wrong and he'd be able to help you guys out." I ask. 

"Because... I knew he'd never let me." 

"And why's that?" 

"Because he was once apart of the council." He meets my gaze with his tough one. "And he didn't want anything to do with them, and that counts for me too." 

I frown. "He seems so.." 

"Innocent? Kind...? He is, and that's what made him leave, he didn't want to be apart of such things..." 

"I see..." I sigh, walking to the closet. "Too bad." 

"Brooklyn, if you're worrying about Leah, and Em. They'll get out of there in one peace, the council can do bad to them if they're there." 

"But you said they're rescuing a prisoner... what punishment waits for them then?" I ask, annoyed, I was pissed... he wasn't even the slightest worried for them... 

"It wont be death!" He says. "Believe me, they're going to be fine, worse things happen to our kind! Death and torture Brooklyn." 

"Why go get Leah anyway's huh? As you left her with Emma without looking back." I cross my arms at him. 

"Because of you! She's been there for you since you both we're younger. So I did it for your happiness!" He growls. 

I wince. "Well, you shouldn't have... because.." I feel a tear come down my cheek. "Because this isn't the Leah I once knew." I sigh, sitting down. 

He comes over to kneel in front of me, and strokes my cheek. "She's the same person Brook, just a bit tougher." 

"Tougher isn't Leah." I look at him. "It's not her, she's not tough, she's a shy girl who was at the pool all the time!" 

He smiles, and kisses my hand. "She maybe slightly different... but she still is your friend, and still cares for you like one too." 

"Oh come on, if that we're true, she'd be here right now. And not running around the 'castle' that the vampires own." I huff. "She'd be. .here." 

"I know, it's hard to watch things change, I do all the time. But that's just something that happens is life, good or bad.... we have to keep going." 

"I guess." I sigh. 

"Let's go get coffee." 

"But you need to rest." I tell him, pushing him to the bed. "Go to sleeep." 

"Really?" He raises a brow. "You're punishing me?" 

"Oh, I don't see this as a punishment!" I laugh. "I see it as a gift, trying to get my friend back." I smile slightly. 

He teases me by a low growl and pulls me tightly against him. "Really now? And what If I said I didn't feel like like resting, as you call it." 

"Well, I'd say okay. But you." I point to his chest. "We're the one who wanted to take a break from the days of being awake." 

"I did..." He nods. "But I'm all rested now, come on. I need caffeine." 

"You don't need it, you just want to have it." I laugh and roll my eyes. 

"Fine mum." He chuckles and races towards the kitchen. 

Leah~ 

"Warren?" I whisper through the 100th room now. 

"Come on Leah, we need to go." Emma pushes again. "This Warren is maybe even dead by now." 

I growl at her. "Stop being so negative! He's done nothing to earn that punishment!" 

"Calm down Tiger." A voice startles me. 

I grin widely and race to the back of the room, he was leaning against the stone wall, he was bloody and bruised, I gasp and go over to kneel on my knees in front of him. 

"Oh Warren.." I say. 

"You came to find me..." He says, surprised. 

"Of course I did, would you think I'd just run off without you?" I smile at him... "You look bad." 

"Thanks Leah, that's the self confidence.." He mocks. 

I laugh. "Come on Warren, let's get you out of here." 

"Any windows close by?" Emma cuts in, looking around the walls. 

"Down the hall." Warren groans. 

"Let's go, I sense a bunch of vampires coming this way." She curses. 

I roll my eyes and help Warren towards the window down the hallway, Emma mentions for us to go first and I help Warren to the roof top, luckily this damn place has a ladder. 

"Come on Em." I say, looking at her. 

"I'll meet you downstairs, never liked heights." She grins, and speeds off. 

"Stupid vampire." I growl and half drag Warren down the ladder and to the grassy ground. It wasn't a long way from the ground floor, but the next thing was to get past the gate and guards, with Warren in cue. 

"Right, whose going to bite off some vamps?" Emma pats her arms, which were full of dirt... what was she doing? 

"Bite off?" Warren raises his brow. 

"Shut it Fae, I'm not that happy with you." Em snaps and faces me, not a least bit happy at me either, so I didn't defend. 

"Emma, we're not feeding on vampires." I wince, "That's something I wont do, either it saves us or not." 

She rolls her eyes. "Kid, I'm not going to feed of them, just stabilize them, are you crazy? I don't want to be punished by this shit council." She chuckles and walks straight to the guards that we saw before. 

This seemed too easy, just going out without being surrounded by vampires.... we're they fucking asleep or something?! 

"Is she really like that most of the time?" Warren winces, as he tries to walk. 

I smile at him. "She's a softy." 

"Not in my eyes." He mocks. 

"You'll not have to get used to her." I laugh and help him along towards Emma. 

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