Bloodstream

Chapter 13

Candles are flickering around a beautiful set up of a table for two. Roses sit on the table, draped with a white cloth and topped with plates and wine glasses. Ed wraps his arm around me and pulls me close to him.
"Thank you so much!" I say. He leads me to the table and pulls my chair out for me then sits on the other side of the table. The sun is slowly setting and the sound of waves makes the moment perfect. We eat and drink our wine while talking. He tells me his plans for the year and takes my hand.
"You'll be a huge part of my life this year love" I blush and my heart flutters.
"I hope you'll stay around for a while" I smile but my heart sinks. I can't be around for a while. I will be dead as soon as the vampire finds me. How will they explain the situation? 'Skyler Harrison, everyone's favourite actress, mysteriously killed by having her throat ripped out.' It will be hard on everyone, especially Ed...and Taylor and Katlyne and Uncle Jeremy. My movie will probably never be finished, my house will be emptied and sold, my cars will be sold, my horses will be sold, my career will be forgotten, my friends will be crushed, my fans will be crushed. It's all too much to process right now, under the stars, by the sea. Such dark thoughts in such a beautiful place.
"Skyler?" Ed says concerned.
"Hm?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" he looks at me unconvinced but doesn't say anything else about it. Oh if only I could tell him everything. We finish our food then we walk down the beach together. Hand in hand. He makes me laugh even though the evil feelings of my bonded crazy vampire are hitting me in waves. Ed keeps me calm and happy the way no one else can. Suddenly from the corner of my eye I see someone, sitting on the sand dunes. His hair blowing in the wind and his brown eyes staring at a girl and her son a little way away from me and Ed. My heart skips a beat. I know those eyes anywhere. It's James, his ghost, sitting on the sand dunes. My breath catches and I stumble slightly.
"Skyler? What's wrong?" Ed says. I take a deep breath and look up at him.
"Nothing, I'm okay, just tripped up" I say. I look back to where James is sitting but he's gone. Maybe I imagined it.
As we walk down the beach we pass the girl with short blonde hair and a short tight skirt and her child. She sees me and quickly turns away from me. She grabs her kids hand and turns him around too. But not before I see the child's face. His features, every single one of them hits me. Dark chocolate brown eyes and matching hair, lips that are small and pink, a button nose.....all the features look like....oh my gosh......my heart starts pounding. It's James' son.

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Yeah I actually don't know where I was going with that, I'm making this up as I go along. Though I have got a few little plot twists in mind

-Grace xxx