Emily Ashworth is just getting settled into college, making new friends, when all of sudden her entire life changes. Who would have thought, the town sociopath would be the one to help her through everything when she needed it most...
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It must have been at least a couple of hours later and despite Kai trying his hardest to teach Emily some basic spells, and trying to be patient with her, they were both getting pretty fed up.
"Look. I don't know about you, but I could do with some fresh air. Should we take this outside for a bit? Maybe a change of scenery will help?"
Emily couldn't fault him for how patient he was being with her. She imagined a few days ago it would have been a completely different situation. He didn't strike her as a man of much patience.
"Sure. That could help I guess."
They walked downstairs and past Damon who was sat on one of the sofas, drinking bourbon as usual. "And where might you be off to?" he asked, without even lifting his eyes from the book he was reading. 'Just outside. We've been trying to get these spells to work for a while now and Kai thought a change of scenery would help..." "Did he now. Well, best Kai remember I'm right here and I have vampire hearing. I'll be listening and the second I think Emily may be in any kind of danger, I'll be right there to rip your throat out. Got it?" He glared over at Kai who stood silent for a few seconds, then let out a nervous laugh. "Sure thing 'Dad'..."
With that, the two of you stepped outside onto the grass. The sun was shining brightly and there was a slight breeze. Emily almost thought she caught Kai staring at her, but she shrugged it off and walked a bit further out before sitting down in the soft green grass. She flung her shoes off and started curling her toes, feeling the blades of grass between them. She smiled, remembering back to when she was younger and her and George would run around barefoot in the back garden playing cowboy games.
'Whats the stupid look for?" He said, plonking himself down beside her. She shifted away from him slight again and he sighed quietly to himself. "Its called smiling Kai. You should do it sometimes." 'I know what smiling is genius. I just couldn't figure out WHY you were smiling." She looked down at her feet then looked back to him "Just remembering. Good memories from when I was younger, that kind of thing, you know." His face dropped slightly and he looked down at the grass. Almost as if he was trying to think of his own memory. "Nope. Not really. Only memories I have from my childhood were of my family avoiding spending time with me, or better still, berating me constantly for being an abomination."
She wasn't sure what to say. She knew from what others had said that his family weren't overly pleased with the fact Kai was born as Siphon, but this was the first he'd ever really mentioned it to her. "Surely you must have some good memories?" She asked him hopefully. "Actually, yeah. Me and my brother Joey. We used to play Doctor Mario. My favourite memory was when I finally beat him!" He grinned. he looked genuinely happy in that moment. Emily couldn't help but smile with him. Then his face shifted. His grin turned into more of a smirk. "But my favourite memory, was when I beat him to death." He looked at Emily and gave her a huge smile. Her face dropped in shock. It took her a few seconds before she could even think of a response.
