Burning Fire ✔️

Chapter twelve

Alex's p.o.v

She had fallen asleep in my arms during the way home. She looked so peaceful and beautiful! I didn't have it in me to disturb her. So here we were! I carried her all the way and her mother opened the door for us, making it easier for me to take Annie to her bedroom. Mrs. Carson stared at me as I laid Annie on her bed and tucked her in.

"We need to have a little chat!" She said after sitting down on one of the chair at the kitchen.

"Of course! What would you like to talk about?" I took the seat in front of her.

"I have seen the way you are with my daughter!" She started.

"What way?" I was truly confused.

"Don't try to fool me!" She looked at me firmly. "I know you have feelings for her!"

"Mrs. Carson, I- " I tried to talk, but she raised her hand signalling me to shut up.

"I'm not finished!" She said and I remained silent. "You know that it has been two years since Aiden passed away and Annie hasn't been the same ever since. But when she's around you, I see how she was like before! And as her mother I want her to be happy, to live her life to the fullest!"

"Why are you telling me all of this?" I asked.

"Because I know Aiden came to visit you before he had that terrible accident!" She zoned out for a few minutes. "And I don't need you to confirm to me what I already know! All I ask from you is to make her happy! I know first-hand that she can be a handful at times, but I have a feeling that you will do just fine!" 

"Mrs. Carson, I don't know what to say!" I was at loss for words. I hadn't expected her to basically give me her blessing.

"You don't have to say anything!" She smiled. "And please call me Rose!"

And then we heard a scream coming from upstairs. Immediately, I stood up and ran towards Annie's room to find her sitting on her bed terrified.

"Hey, it's alright! I'm here now!" I pulled her in my arms and she hugged me tight. "You want to talk about what happened?"

"Not right now!" She shook her head.

"I see!" I nodded. "Just know that we're here for you, okay?"

"I know!" She rested her head on my shoulder and I caressed her back. "Can you stay here with me, please?"

I turned to her mother, but it seemed that she had already left.

"Of course, princess! I just need to change first!" I said.

"Yeah, I have to change too!" She said getting up and went to her closet to wear some more comfortable clothes due to her still wearing that dress.

I got up as well and took my shoes off. Then I went to my room and changed into some sweatpants. I went back to her room and laid down on her bed. A few minutes later, she came out wearing some pyjamas with pizza printed all over the fabric. 

"Are you hungry?" I teased her.

"Shut up and let me be!" She rolled her eyes and laid beside me.  

I threw an arm around her waist pulling her close to me. She didn't try to push me away, in fact she looked at peace.

"I'm so happy that you're okay! I would've came sooner, but my father said it would've been a suicide mission!" I tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear while rolling my eyes at the last statement.

"I know! Jack told me everything!" She sighed. "That's why I wanted to thank you!"

"No need to thank me, love! I promised you that I would keep you safe and I'm a man of my word!" I smiled at her. 

"Look, I appreciate it! I really do, but you seriously need to stop quoting TVD!" She rolled her eyes.

"TVD? What is that?" I frowned and gave me a stern look.

"You're joking, right?" She shook her head.

"No! Why would I do that?" 

"You're telling me that you have never watched The Vampire Diaries in your life?!"

"Sorry, I haven't!" I pursed my lips.

"Have you been living under a rock?" She asked completely serious. 

"It appears so!" I confessed.

"Oh, we're so watching it right now!" She got out of the bed and went to take her laptop with a huge smile on her face.

"You're very excited about this, aren't you?" I smiled when I saw the sparks in her eyes.

"This is my favorite series ever! Of course I'm excited!" She opened Netflix on her laptop and clicked on her favorite series.

"Why is this episode midway?" I asked noticing that episode 22 of season 5 wasn't finished and she stared at it blankly for a second, but recovered quickly.

"This is the episode I was watching the day my dad died!" She turned to me.

"And you haven't watched it ever since?" I asked and she shook her head.

"I couldn't bring myself to watch it without remembering that day!" 

"You don't have to show it to me if it upsets you!" I told her.

"No, I want to watch it! It's time for me to let the past go!" She sounded sure of herself and who was I to deny her what she wanted. 

"Alright then!" She pressed play and we accommodated ourselves.

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"So what did you think?" She asked after a few hours of watching episode after episode until we finished the whole series. 

"I still can't believe that Stefan died!" I said. "He deserved so much better!" 

"I know!" She stated. "Now, this is the ultimate question: are you team stelena or team delena?" 

"Well, that's easy! Team delena!" I stated the obvious and Annie grinned like a maniac.

"I finally like you!" She said.

"You mean, you finally want to admit that you like me!" I smirked at her.

"You're such a jerk!" She hit me with one of her pillows and we laughed.

"Alex. you have to come see this!" Shawn barged in looking rather pale.

"I'll be right back, princess!" I turned to Annie and she nodded.

I got out of bed and walked out of her room with Shawn following  me close by.

"What is so important that I had to leave her alone?" I asked him.

"He's awake!" 

"Good!" I said speeding down the underground tunnels where we kept our prisoners. We arrived at where the douche was being held and I opened the door. "Hello, Marcus!" 

"The man of the hour!" He smiled.

"We have some unfinished business, you and I." I grabbed a small sledgehammer.

"Yes, we do!" He nodded.

"Lets start at the beginning, shall we?" I smirked twirling my sledgehammer. "Why did you kidnap Annie?" 

"To get to you, of course!" He said and I hit his pinky finger causing him to scream.

"Who sent you?" I asked calmly even though my blood was boiling. 

"The same one who killed your uncle!" He turned to Shawn.

"Give me his name or I promise you'll beg for me to kill you!" I hit his ankle. 

"I don't know man!" He screamed in agony. "He has never revealed his face."

"A mysterious coward you say?" A dead one once I found him, I thought to myself and by judging by the look on his face, Shawn was thinking the same. 

"R.I.P douche!" Someone shot him.