Over And Over
I flew softly to the ground and opened the car door. Davide started the car once again as I stepped into the passenger's seat. I took in a breath to calm myself and brushed my bangs out of my face.
"You ready now?"William asked and I nodded softly and stared out the window. Davide continued to drive the car toward Stokerton as I watched the clouds moved over the clear moon. "Who is that guy with your cousin?" William asked as he leaned over the seat to see me.
"That's...my friend." I hesitated only because I knew that they were Stokerton vampires. If they spoke of Vlad to any other vampires, I would be in danger as well as Vlad.
"Is he the one our father tells us about?" I shot Davide a confused glance. "The one he suspects is his brother?" I shrugged and looked down.
"I haven't a clue."
"I didn't like the way he was around you." Amare finally spoke. I turned and he shrugged without another word.
"Well he was glaring at us the entire time we were there. And then he yanked you aside and didn't seem happy about you coming to our fathers for dinner." William said coolly and I bit my lip and nibbled on it lightly. I nodded softly but said nothing. "So is he just a friend or what?"
"I love him." I sighed softly and the car became eerily silent.
"So he is your boyfriend?" Davide asked after the silence went on for five minutes. I shook my head slowly.
"He is Henry's best friend. I met him in eighth grade, and I fell in love with him after that. Since he was in second grade he has been in love with Meredith, a popular girl at our school. I was changed into a vampire and I told him the night I told him I loved him. When the time came for him to pick between me and Meredith... who do you think he picked?"
"Not you..." After William spoke Amare slapped him across the chest.
"He is dating his dream girl and he is completely and happily in love. I know he got jealous when he saw you guys. I didn't mean for it to happen, but after so long of my jealousy.... Is it wrong for me to be tempted to make him jealous?"
"I can help with that." Amare said with his voice smooth as silk and a wink of his blue eyes. I rolled my eyes in response and turned to stare out the window.
"Amare, father would not be happy if you were to interfere with Miss Mina's relationship with her mate." I ignored the brothers yet I saw Amare roll his eyes and William shoot him a dirty look. Davide had finally leaded the car into Stokerton, just ten minutes left.
"That would be a little sick anyway."
"What would?" William asked as they all fell silent.
"Me making Vlad jealous with one of you three. I mean...Technically I'm your aunt." They all thought about it and after a moment I watched each face slowly die. "You all are great guys, just now that I know who I was... It makes things weird."
"She has a point." Davide said with a shrug.
"I...I do not wish to be such a bother to him. If I could have things my way I would have never met him at all. All I do is torment him and at the time it feels as if I should do what I do. Yet afterward I feel hallow and as if I should have never come to Bathory. Every word I say pains him, when I am near him the bond just tears at his soul even more. He is afraid to hurt me or leave me because he knows I love him. I do not wish to make him jealous; jealousy is a monster that I hate to have inside me. Yet when I'm with him and only him I do not feel it. I feel love, love that is stronger than any I have seen or read in my life. If I love him so much why do I put him through so much pain at just the sight of me? I wish not to bother him. I wish I had never met him, his life would be easier without me."
