Adopted By Vampires

Chapter Twelve

We all got in the car and Willow started to drive. Eric sat in the back with me so we could talk.

"You need to stop talking bad about yourself." He stated after about ten minutes of silence.

"You don't think I haven't tried that. Its hard to do when all my life I've been bullied and I grew up with people that hurt me emotionally!" I exclaimed.

"Kayla you need to just stop, you're beautiful and I don't understand why you can't see that." Eric said

"Eric every time I look in the mirror I hear the voices of people that bullied me all these years." I stated.

"What do they say?" Willow asked.

"That is not important." I said and looked away.

"Kayla, why can't you talk to us?" Eric shouted frustrated.

"Eric calm down." Willow stated from the front seat.

"No, I don't understand why she can't just stop talking bad about herself. Why wont you talk to me?" He asked me turning to me.

"Its hard for me to trust easily Eric and I have only known you for three days." I explained.

"I have not given you a reason to not trust me. You can't go through life just keeping your feeling to yourself. Its unhealthy and dangerous, because if you keep it all in one day you're going to burst." Eric shouted. I looked at him as he was furious. I swore that his eyes turned red for a brief second, but that didn't stop me from what I was about to do.

"I can't just meet someone and automatically trust them. I can't just one day stop talking bad about myself because you want me too. I am who I am and I can change that." I yelled back. "I look in the mirror and sometimes have to look away, because I know I could do something about it if I really wanted to. I just can't" We were glaring at each other. Willow pulled in to the mall parking lot and I jumped out of the car when it had stopped.

"Kayla come back." I heard Eric yell.

"No, Eric give her time to cool off." Willow said and held on to Eric's shoulder. Tears filled up my eyes and I looked at Eric in the eyes. He saw the tears and it looked like he was in pain that Willow was holding him back. I turned and walked into the mall. I immediately went to HotTopic. The sound of black veil brides filled my ears. I smiled and walked over to the section with supernatural stuff. I saw a wallet that had Dean and Sam on it. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the rest of my money I got last night from Anna and Jack. I went to the counter and the clerk rang it up. He had tattoos up and down the side of his neck. He was wearing a black t-shirt and I could only see some of his arms, but what I could see was covered in tattoos. He had a piercing in his eyebrow and his septum was pierced. I paid for my wallet and smiled at the guy. I walked out and realized I was hungry. I went to the food court and got lo mein with shrimp. I sat down and started to eat. Someone sat down beside me and I could tell who it was.

"Kayla, I'm sorry. I need to understand you don't have a good self esteem and that you were bullied a lot." Eric stated and put a hand on my shoulder. "But, you need to understand I am here for you, no matter how long I have known you. I will always be there to help you."

"Why do you care about me so much? I am not that unique of a person to stand out to people!" I exclaimed.

"You are very unique to me. The moment I met you I wanted to protect you, get to know you, and help you." He explained. I looked down at me food and started to remember the guy that had started all of this.

"Who hurt you so much to cause you to act like this?" Eric asked me.

"I can't say, it hurts too much. Over time I will be able to tell you. If you have the patience to deal with me and my insecurities." I explained and looked up at Eric. He smiled and hugged me.

"You don't have to ask and I don't need time to think about it. I will help you get through this." Eric said and I snuggled into his chest.

"Eric you just met me three days ago, why do you care so much about me?" I asked him.

"How about this, I will tell you when you tell me about why you're insecure." Eric stated and I nodded. We pulled apart and he reached into his back pocket. He pulled out a credit card.

"Where did you get that?" I questioned.

"My parents gave it to me, they said and I quote. 'Try not to spoil her.' I don't know what that means." Eric answered. "We should buy something awesome."

"Like what? Wait where is Willow?" I asked.

"She is getting some girls number." He said like it was no big deal. "We should buy like matching shirts or something."

"Yeah definitely." I stated. Willow walked over to us. "Hey, did you get her number?"

"Yeah," She answered. "Her name is Porsche."

"How did you get her number?" I questioned.

"I got her with a pick up line." Willow explained and I looked at her trying to tell her to proceed. "I said do you work for google because you have everything I'm searching for."

"Oh my god your so cheesy." Eric stated and pushed her playfully. Willow grabbed her chest in mock hurt.

"I could have said a lot worse." Willow stated and Eric nodded. She punched him playfully and I laughed. Willow looked at me and smiled. "So, who is your boyfriend or girlfriend?"

"Well I don't have one." I explained.

"A girlfriend." Willow said hopefully. Eric smacked her arm. I laughed and shook my head. "So you don't have a boyfriend." I nodded. "Ew, you like boys thats gross." She said like a preppy person would.

(A/N if you're preppy I am so sorry.)

"Willow don't judge us but we had agreed on this before school. Kayla why don't you tell her." I looked at Eric confused. "Kayla, we don't have to hide from Willow and Michael. Kayla and I are really dating."