Shawn Salvatore

Chapter 14.

Emily's P.O.V

On Saturday night once we had left the school parking lot Shawn and Stefan told me make two phone calls as they drove me to their home. The first was to my mother explaining that I'd be staying at Becca's house until Monday. My excuse was that she was having some "boy problems" as that wouldn't be the first time I've stayed at Becca's house because of a boy so my mum wouldn't think it weird at all. My next call was to Becca herself to let her know about my little white lies and to back me up just in case my mother called asking for me. I told her I'd tell her everything - sporadic parts not including vampires obviously - to her on Monday at school.

Shawn said he didn't want me to leave his side after those vampires entered the car park. He didn't know if they knew who we were that night but he wasn't taking any risks and my safety was forefront in his mind. I'm confused to why I'm so important to him though. No boy I've ever liked before has moved this fast. Even Tyler and I were friends for a very long time before we started dating. Shawn however has known me only weeks, and Saturday was our first proper long conversation. He can't feel too strong about me yet, maybe he's just being too honest? I can't say that though because I'm the one that's been telling him to tell me his secrets so I can't act hypocritical. I'll just have to talk to him about it next time we're alone. Which by the looks of it isn't going to be for a while what with Shawn's family having ears everywhere in the house. Literally.

Now it's Sunday morning, the day before I become a spy to my own friends. Shawn is somewhere downstairs with his family and I have a strong feeling they're talking about me. From their voices drifting up through the wooden floors I can tell Shawn is fighting his case strongly but with three against one his odds aren't looking up. I'm not sure why Shawn's family don't like me much but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough. I think I have a strong feeling why though. It's because I'm human.

I'm sat in a room on the second floor that I'm guessing is a guest bedroom. The dark mahogany four poster bed I'm sat upon is old but I can tell not many people have ever slept in it as the mattress feels new and still has that perfect bounce. The room itself looks and feels English Victorian with dark patterned carpet, burgundy painted walls, and a bold printed rug in the centre of the room I feel as though I've gone back in time. There aren't any modern electronics scattered around it either which makes it feel that much older. There's a large wooden wardrobe that reminds me of the one in Narnia sat opposite the bed and adjacent to that there is a small desk and chair all made in the same wood as the bed. And apart from some ugly looking lamps propped up on two side tables on either side of the bed and the dull bulb in the ceiling there isn't much light at all. Even the window which sits in the middle of the right wall doesn't create much help in keeping the room out of darkness. It feels dark and forbidding and I honestly would like nothing more than to be in my own room back at home.

I'm sure this house has many guest rooms as it was originally a boarding house a few decades ago. I haven't really seen the house as a whole yet apart from the room I'm in now and what I assume was the library / sitting room when I followed Stefan last week. I didn't get a chance after last night's events and truths.

To be honest I was kind of in a daze once Stefan took over driving and I made those phone calls, everything kind of just hit me. Vampires are real. Shawn is a vampire as is his whole family. There's someone going around turning my friends into vampires and I also don't want to die at eighteen years old. It was a lot to take in so quickly.

Now though as I sit cross legged in the middle of the magnificent bed I feel a lot saner. I somehow slept like a baby last night and today my mind feels less messy. That is unless I've officially gone mad and this sense of calm is what sane feels like after a break down.