Immortal Love Book #1. Awakening

11. "Blood"

I hated funerals. No, I didn't just hate them, I had an almost paralyzing fear of funerals. But Adam was an important part of mine and my family's life, and I had to go to his funeral. I would've loved for Dennis to be there with me, but it was during the day, and him and the sun didn't exactly get along.

There were a lot of people at the cemetery, and when the time came everyone said beautiful things, including my mother. The funeral finished at around 4.30 pm, and Mrs. Kimmel was hosting a reception at Kimmel's, so we all headed there afterwards.

Me, Merissa and Luca walked together for a while in silence, taking in the situation. I noticed right away Luca was acting distant towards me. I thought it was because his father had just died, but I had a feeling it was something else. I touched his hand as we were walking to see if I could get a sense of what he was feeling, and he felt... betrayed. He felt betrayed and sad, and angry. He took his hand away from mine like I had some contagious disease. I frowned.

"Are you okay?" I asked. He silently nodded. Something was definitely off.

Merissa took notice of his distance and she gave me a 'what just happened?' look behind Luca's back. I shrugged.

We got to Kimmel's in no time, and Luca opened the door for me and Merissa. Once we were inside, Luca apologized for leaving us saying he had to talk to a lot of people, Merissa said it was okay and then he left us.

"What's up with him?" Merissa asked me.

"No idea." I shook my head.

We drank, because that was the only way I'd get through the rest of the day, and I knew Merissa felt the same way. We also talked for a while. She asked me what Mike Woodenford wanted from me the other day and I told her. I was afraid she wouldn't believe Dennis was innocent, but she did.

Around the time the day started to turn into night I saw Luca finally alone. He was sitting at the bar playing with his drink. I walked up to him and sat in the chair next to him.

"Hey." what do you say to a guy that's your friend -and former boyfriend- when his dad just died, and you think his mad at you? Exactly, I didn't know either.

"Hey." he said, but it sounded like he only spoke to me to be polite. He didn't even look at me, he just kept playing with his drink.

"I'm so sorry, Luca." I didn't know what else to say.

"Are you?" now he looked at me. His eyes were red, he was drunk.

"Yes, I'm really sorry for your loss. He was a great man, I..." and then something really unexpected happened.

He threw his drink, just like that. He threw his drink in front of him and it collapsed on one the shelves behind the bar, knocking out a couple of bottles in the process. I gasped and jumped off my seat. Everyone turned to see him.

"No, don't stop Stella. Keep telling me how amazing my dad was, how much he helped you and how deeply you cared for him. It's a really nice gesture of you to come, specially since you're fucking the vampire that killed him." he said loudly.

"That's not fair..." I said as I shook my head.

"No. You know what's not fair; having to bury your dad just because that fucker couldn't stop himself. That's not fair." he was getting really angry, so I took a step back. "And it's also not fair that he gets to walk." he pointed me with his finger and got even closer.

I had known Luca all my life, but I had never seen him like that. For a second I was afraid that he might physically hurt me, but Harry showed up out of nowhere and stood between us.