Bloodstream

Chapter 20

We begin packing up the house, waking Mason in the process.
"What are we doing daddy?" He asks Ed.
"We are going on an adventure!" He says. I smile but inside I'm dying. Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I wasn't a vampire. Me and Ed would probably still have our careers reaching their highest points, living in hotels. But we were rushed into being a family. While it works well, I wanted to be married before I got this kind of life. But me and Ed are just not ready to marry yet.
We have a house ready for us that Ed brought as a get away home. I can take one car. Since the koenigsegg is away being fixed I decide to bring the Jaguar but Ed wants to bring the Aston. So we came to an agreement and take the Jag. None of the horses are coming with us. We quickly learn that Mason is very hesitant to go.
"But what about Arrow?" He asks.
"We can break him in when we get back Mason." I say. He groans.
"I want to bring him."
"We can't, you know that." I reply.
Ed puts the last of our suitcases in the car and we leave. We head to the lake house a little while away from here. It's more like a lake side mansion...
After a couple hours, we are driving up the dirt road to the big house. Mason is in the back seat, his almost 9 year old eyes looking at the world outside his window. Ed takes my hand from the drivers seat and smiles at me gently.
"How are you doing Skyler?" He asks. I give him a tight smile.
"I'm okay" I say.
But as we drive along, our tire gets a puncture so Ed pulls over to change it. Mason jumps out of the car and comes and hugs my legs.
"Why are we going mummy?" He says.
"So that you can be safe." I say stroking his ginger hair. I look up and see a blur of grey move in the corner of my eye. I turn my head and see those familiar brown eyes and brown hair. James.
"Who's that mummy?" Mason says pointing at James. I look at my son with shock.
"You see him too?" I ask.
"Yes, I see him all the time. When I'm outside playing, when I run around with Dimitri. I even saw him in the kitchen once. My heart pounds. What does he want? I'm about to approach him when he disappears. I knit my eyebrows in confusion then feel Eds hand on my back.
"Ready?" He asks. I nod. Ed gets in the car and I pick up Mason.
"Don't tell Daddy you can see that man ok?" I whisper.
"Ok mummy" he says.

We pull up at the house and I take Masons hand leading him to the front steps. Taking the suitcases inside, Ed locks the door behind him and I send Mason up to bed. The magic he possess is tiring him out.
When me and Ed get to our room, he picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist while hugging him, my arms around his neck. My skirt and oversized knitted top drape around his body. He nuzzles his face into my shoulder.
"Everything will be ok baby." He says softly, kissing my neck. A tear rolls down my cheek.
"I don't want to lose him again Ed." I say between sobs. He carries me into the bathroom and places me down beside the sink, on the bare, cold surface. My legs are still wrapped around his waist but he takes my shoulders in his hands and pushes me back. He looks into my eyes.
"We will be okay." He says. His gentle hands move up to my cheeks where he wipes away my tears. He places a gentle kiss to my lips. The kiss I fell in love with. During the time our lips are together I don't feel like the world is against me. But as soon as they part I get smacked by reality again. The vampire council, James watching my family. It's all too strange. Ed wets a cloth and wipes my smudged make up off my cheeks then carries me to bed, tucking me in. "Maybe everything will be ok." I think to myself. And then I hear the scream.

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Picture of Mason up top! I didn't proof read this so there are probably lots of mistakes sorry x
-Grace xxx