Mirthful Circumstances

11: The last Straw

“Mommy, Where’s daddy?” I heard Quinn say as we walked home together from their day care.

I had a strong urge to scowl but kept a small smile on my face as I answered him. “He’s still at school baby, he’ll be home later. You know that.” I said while messing with his hair.

He smiled up at me before frowning.

“Mommy, are you sad?” I heard Julia ask.

I chuckled, of course vampires can sense when we’re lying. It’s just easier to hide the truth from kids than have to actually tell them what’s going on.

“No, mommy isn’t sad. I just don’t feel very well, remember what I told you guys about my changes. Well I think it’s going to happen soon.” I said while cringing. And that wasn’t a lie, I felt somewhat physically weak.

“Ohhh” I heard both Quinn and Julia chorus.

I smiled while continuing to walk. Leave it to my kids to make me feel happy on the worst of days.

“Mommy, someone is near us.” I heard Julia whisper.

I tensed because I felt it too, but it’s a town of course there are people everywhere, but I knew I had felt this person before and I felt my anger grow as I tried to ignore her.

“Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in.” I heard Paris say, and I wasn’t even looking but I could tell she was smirking.

“Mommy” I heard Quinn say as he turned to look at Paris.

I turned to look as well, and to my displeasure she had a couple of big guys near her. Like big men, you know like the body guard kind of people.

“What do you want?” I said with as much disdain in my voice as I could muster.

She tsked at me and smiled. “Don’t you think you should be a little nicer…” she said while walking circles around me. I grabbed onto Quinn and Julia, making sure to keep them as close to me as possible.

“I mean, we wouldn’t want your kids to get hurt.” I heard her say.

I could feel the anger radiating off of my twins as they stared at Paris, probably wanting to hurt her. It’s a vampire’s instinct to protect their loved ones.

“I didn’t know you were a mother.” I heard Paris say from behind me, I chose not to look at her as she circled me but I could sense her and I wasn’t about to give her any kind of chance to hurt me or my kids. “Only a cheap whore would get pregnant at such a young age. What are you eighteen, nineteen. These kids look like their seven…” she said, somewhat confused.

I almost chuckled at her confusion, god this girl is stupid.

“I’m five” I heard Quinn stubbornly say.

Paris laughed, a scary demonic laugh, you know the kind you hear on movies, when the bad guys laugh.

“Ok then, their five. Still emphasizing the cheap whore line.” I heard her say.

I glared at the two men in front of me. They were big but I could feel their humanity, and that would only make it that much easier for me to kill them.

No one threatens my family and gets away with it.

“Mommy?” I heard Julia say, I looked down at her and smiled.

“It’s ok baby, nothing’s going to happen, stay calm.” I told her and Quinn, knowing full well that they were ready to attack and defend themselves, I didn’t want my children to be weak so I trained them. How to fight, defend themselves, and hunt

“Of course not. Nothing’s going to happen to your children…” I heard Paris say.

This just made me wonder what Landon was doing because if he had anything to do with this I will personally kill him as well.

“Everything will be fine, you just have to stay away from joseph from now on…” I heard her say with a sneer, “He is going to be mine, and neither you nor her stupid little wife will get in the way of me getting what I want.”

I almost chuckled, if only she knew I was both his wife… and then just me.

“And what if he doesn’t stay away from me?” I asked with a smirk as I turned around to look at her.

She snorted, “Why would he want you when he has me.” She said while walking around, her hips moving way to much as though she was actually trying to impress someone.

I groaned. “Ok, good for you. Can I go home now?” I said while looking at her with a bored expression.

She turns to me and scowls… before getting a very, very creepy smile on her face.

“But first…” she said while walking up to me.

I frowned as I watched he walk over to me slowly before I heard the guys behind me move.

“MOMMY!” I heard both Quinn and Julia yell.

I turned to them just to find Paris in front of me. He was smirking as I watched my two kids being forcefully grabbed while trying to fight.

I turned to Paris, a huge scowl on my face, I was burning with anger and I was sure my eyes were bright red because I saw the fear in her eyes before I punched her in the gut.

My I glared at her as she flew a couple feet away from me, her eyes showing both shock and anger.

“What the fuck.” I heard her say before standing up.

I walked up to her with my vampire speed maybe that will show her who she’s messing with.

I smiled as I punched her on the face, making sure that I broke her nose, and I heard the awful crunching noise as she one against flew a couple of feet away, but this time I didn’t give her time to do anything as I went up to her and started kicking her. Enough force to hurt her, but not enough to cause her to fly feet away from me.

“Do not come threatening me.” I said while kicking her again.

“I am not someone you should want to mess with” *kick*

“And the next time you mess with my family.” I said while kicking her with all my might causing her to fly away from me, and I mean fly. She landed about a clock away crashing into a street pole.

“I will seriously make you regret it.” I said while scowling, she was far and while I said my words with a calm tone I was sure she heard it.

I walked up to the two guys who were holding my kids.

I walked up to one of them while scowling, I could tell he was trying really hard not to shake in fear as he stared at me.

But I will admit he has balls because he socked me on my lips before I could stop him.

I smiled, my anger only rising as I grabbed onto his shirt and threw him away from my Quinn, he too landing about a block away.

I turned to the guy who was holding onto Julia, smirking as he shook with fear before running away from me.

I softened my face as Julia and Quinn wrapped their arms around me yelling “MOMMY”

“Come on, let’s go home.” I said while walking with them a few feet before I felt myself get light headed.

Holly shit.

And then I hit the ground, and blacked out.