Darkness

Chapter Three

Days later

Somehow I felt stronger and not weaker. I wasn’t sure if it worked but Austin was sure that it had. He had a plan that we would go to England soon to see his brother and see if it actually did work.

I really had no idea what to expect from Austin’s brother. Austin hasn’t even seen Andrew in fifty years. Andrew lived alone in his old mansion. He was alone bitterly hating on himself is how Austin described him to me. Rosalina had left him broken.

I was packing my bags when my mum came in the room. She already knew I was leaving.

“You’re sure you want to go?”

“I’m sure it will be good to get away for a while” I lied.

“Sierra…”

“I’m eighteen”

I grabbed my suitcase and shouted out a goodbye and went to Austin’s house. He was already waiting for me. He put my suitcase in his car and then we started to drive away.

“I should warn you about Andrew…” he said.

“What about him?” I asked.

“He looks older than me so don’t be shocked”

“How is that possible?”

He laughed before answering my question.

“We are able to change our age he looks twenty eight I look eighteen”

“The sun?”

“It depends on how old you are the older you are the longer you can stay in the sun” he replied.

“How old are you then?”

“About a thousand years old I’ve lost track”

“How long ago did this happen to Rosalina?”

“About five hundred years ago during the Italian renaissance”

“You’re old huh?”

He let out an enormous laugh and nodded his head. At least he wasn’t scared for his life.

We arrived at the airport and checked in our tickets. We headed down to the terminal and I got a coke and a packet of chips out of one of the bending machines.

I chewed on one of the chips becoming hungry and chugging down my coke. Austin just stared at me awkwardly and then went back to his book. I don’t know what stage you would put at us relationship wise. He hadn’t mentioned that he loved me and he didn’t kiss me again. So I was wondering was this all just so I would hold this thing inside of me?

Our flight was called so we started walking to the plane. He grabbed onto my waist and I pushed him. I wasn’t in the mood for him to get all lovey dovey then hate me in the next instance.

“Where are we sitting?” I asked him.

“First class” he replied like it was noting.

“Really?”

“Yep”

“Oh my god Austin how did you get first class? I said excited.

“Andrew wants you to have luxury…before the pain starts” he explained.

Whenever he would bring it up I would stop dead in my tracks. Would I really die? I mean they couldn’t be sure because Rosalina never got that far. I wouldn’t get to the point that I would want to die. Besides I was doing it for the vampire race.