"Mom, do I have to move in with Aunt Dottie and Uncle Bob?" I asked, whining.
"Yes. But don't forget that Logan's parents are letting him go with you. I'm personally amazed that Dottie and Bob agreed to let him live with you." mom said. Let me explain the situation. I'm being shipped off to Scotland to live with my cousin, aunt, and uncle. My best friend, Logan Smith, was going to be moving with me. His parents were the kind of people that wouldn't care if he disappeared off the face of the earth. Mom was sending me to live with Aunt Dottie because apparently I was too much to handle since she worked for twelve hours a day and whenever she would come home, there would always be something wrong.
I had been informed of the move two weeks ago and had to leave the next morning. I had thrown a fit, saying I wouldn't leave Logan. I didn't think that he would actually be allowed to go with me. My plan to stay where I was backfired majorly. So here I was making sure that I had absolutely all of my belongings packed up.
"I still think it's unfair." I muttered under my breath. I went to find my dog, who was also going with me. The dog was a reddish brown Pomeranian named Kisses. I made sure that all of her things were packed as well before going to the living room and lying on the couch. The next morning, a moving truck was going to come pick my stuff up as well as Logan's and then take it to a place and the things would be switched over to an airplane and then to a place in Scotland and then another moving truck would pick it up and take it to Aunt Dottie's house. Logan and I would leave not to long after the moving truck.
I curled up on the couch and fell asleep quickly with Kisses snuggled up against me. When I woke up, Logan was sitting in the chair across from me.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"Ten. Your mom went to the store but she let me in right as she was leaving." Logan replied.
"God. She knew I wanted to get up by nine thirty that way I have time to walk around this place one last time and not be hurried." I said. I got up and got ready for the day quickly before walking through the rooms one last time with my video camera. As much as I didn't really like the house, I had to admit I was going to miss it. I videotaped the whole house and the yard and everything.
"You're really gonna miss this place aren't you?" Logan asked when I came back inside.
"Of course Logan. I've never lived in another house at all in my whole life. You know that just as well as I do." I said.
"Well it's not like you're never going to come back at all. I'm sure you're mom will want you to come visit her sometimes. I mean, it's not like she's going to come out to Scotland every time that you guys see each other." Logan said.
"Still. I'm pretty mad at her for sending me away." I said.
"I'm surprised that your aunt and uncle are letting me move in as well." he said.
"They didn't want you to come at first because they thought that you and I would be doing things. Then mom explained that you were gay and they were fine with it." I replied.
"Oh wow." He said.
"Yep." I laughed. Mom pulled up in the driveway. She came inside with a few bags and a couple of boxes. She looked extremely upset. I knew that she really didn't want to send me away for good but even I had to admit that I had kind of left her with no choice. And in the past two weeks ever since I had found out that I had to move, I had rebelled against her completely.
"These are all for you. I know I can't ever make it up to you for basically kicking you out of the house, but this is the best I can do at the moment." Mom said. She laid everything on the couch. There was a laptop, several movies and cds, and other things that I'd had my eyes on for a while.
"Mom, thanks. But you didn't need to go out and spend a lot of money to try to make it up to me." I said. I got up and hugged her.
"I know, Candace, but I feel so guilty. I wish there was some way that I could make it work with you being here. But I'm never here except for the night and I'm so tired by then that I normally go straight to bed. It's not the kind of life I want for you. With Dottie and Bob, you'll have family with you all the time instead of being on your own all the time." she said.
A couple of hours later, she was dropping me and Logan off at the airport. Mom and I were crying while Logan looked close to tears himself. I hated the airport with a burning passion. The only good thing about it was that I could take Kisses onto the plane with me instead of her having to go under the part that I was sitting in like most planes. I was happy because that dog honestly did know how to cheer me up.
Within a few more hours, Logan and I were in Aunt Dottie's car and were arriving at the house. Apparently our stuff had gotten there a couple of hours earlier and they had just taken it inside and put it in our destined rooms. Aunt Dottie had acted overjoyed to see me again. It had been three years since the last time I had seen the Thompsons.
Tony was at school and had no idea that we were moving in. Logan and I went to work unpacking all of our things. He was done long before I was and came into my room to try to help. Uncle Bob had talked to me on the phone and asked how I wanted my room painted. Instead of the bright yellow that he had said it was, it was now a silvery color. Once all of my clothes and everything like that was unpacked and put away, I started on the decorating.
I had multiple pictures in picture frames that I hung up and put on my dresser and everything. I was pleased to find that I had my own personal bathroom that was adjoined to my bedroom. After I was completely done with everything, I went into Logan's room. I saw that his room was sapphire blue. It wasn't very long until Tony got home from school.
"Hey Tony!" I said when he saw me.
"Candace!" he shouted. He ran up to me and hugged me. I laughed and hugged back. Uncle Bob got home from his job and all of us just hung out in the living room and ordered pizza for supper. It was nice to be around people other than just Logan for once. Thanks to my dad leaving my mom and I when I was only five, I'd been raised by just mom and since she had to work extra hard, I never got to spend time with her.
"Oh by the way, tomorrow you two get to meet my friends Rudolph and Anna." Tony said.
"That sounds nice." I said.
"Yeah. You might get to meet their older brother, Gregory. He kinda scares me though." Tony said.
"Why would he scare you?" Logan asked.
"Once you meet him, you'll find out." Tony replied. Logan didn't seem to like the idea of someone scaring Tony. I thought it was funny. He had only known the kid for a few hours and already considered him an adopted younger brother. Aunt Dottie and Uncle Bob welcomed Logan into the family with open arms, just like I had figured that they would. That was the good thing about them. They were always welcoming.
The next morning, I heard Tony's voice. I went towards the sound and saw that he was on the phone. I eavesdropped on the conversation.
"Is Gregory gonna be there?" Tony asked. It was silent for a moment. "I was just wondering. My cousin and her friend are coming with me. Don't worry, they won't do anything or tell anyone about your secret." I snuck away when I saw Tony start to turn around. I went back to my room and got dressed. I pulled on a pair of black boots that had heels on them. They tied in the front, had a couple of buckles, and zipped up the side. I also threw on a pair of black skinny jeans and a tight black short sleeve shirt with a lime green long sleeve shirt on under it so it looked like the black shirt really had lime green sleeves.
When I was completely ready for the day, I went downstairs. We all ate breakfast and then Tony led Logan and I to a graveyard and down into a crypt. I wondered why we would be going down there but before I had the chance to ask, a girl ran up to us.
"Tony! You should have said that you were bringing others! You know how Gregory gets." the girl said.
"I told Rudolph that they were coming." Tony said.
"Well mom and dad are at Aunt Thea's house and won't be back for at least a week." the girl said.
"Wow." Tony said.
"Oh by the way, I'm Anna." the girl said.
"I'm Candace and he's Logan." I said. A boy around Tony's age ran up as well. Once we were all introduced, they started to chatter away. I was distracted by the sound of someone walking.
"Brother, Sister, who is this?" a voice said. Whoever had spoken walked out from a shadow.
"You know Tony. This is his cousin Candace and her friend Logan." Rudolph said. Tony backed up a couple of steps to put more room in between him and the boy.
Oh my god he's so damn hot! I thought. It was true. He had on an old leather jacket, a black shirt, black jeans, and black boots as well as a… black dog collar with spikes on it or something. I didn't know if it was truly a collar or something else. His hair was black with red and blue streaks in it and his eyes looked black with a hint of red.
"Earth to Candace!" Logan's voice suddenly broke through my thoughts. I looked at him.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"You were staring. You're lucky I'm the only one that noticed." Logan whispered.
"That's my brother Gregory." Rudolph said.
"So you're the one that scared Tony?" Logan asked.
"So what if I am?" Gregory asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm warning you now that you better not ever do a single thing to him." Logan said.
"Why not?" Gregory asked, clearly enjoying it.
"I don't know what Logan would do to you, but if I ever hear or see you doing something to Tony, I swear I'll beat the hell out of you." I said. The guy may have been hot but I could already tell that we would have to work at it for a while before we could be around each other without being at each other's throats.
"You could try, but there are few things that you can do that is actually going to hurt me." Gregory said.
"And why is that?" Logan asked.
"If Tony hasn't already told you, my family are vampires and if you don't believe me, I could show you proof." the boy said.
"Then show us the proof." Logan said. Gregory turned into a bat and flew over to Anna before landing on her shoulder.
"Alright. I guess that proved your point." I said. He turned back into a vampire. I looked over at Logan and could tell that he thought Gregory was hot as well. That was the worst thing about him being gay. We were into the same kind of guys, which made it kinda hard. Tony ran off with Anna and Rudolph, leaving Logan and I with Gregory.
"So, how's life as a vampire?" I asked.
"Don't ask me stupid questions." the apparently moody vampire snapped.
"God I just asked you a damn question. You don't have to bite my head of." I said.
"How long are you going to be here?" Gregory asked.
"Until Tony decides to leave." Logan replied.
"I wasn't talking about here in the crypt. I meant in Scotland." the vampire said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well considering we just moved in with Tony, I guess we're here permanently." I said.
"Don't expect me to hang out with the two of you every time that Tony decides to hang out with my siblings." Gregory said.
"Trust me, if this is how you always act I don't think that is going to be much of a problem." I snapped.
"Good."
"You're so moody compared to your siblings. Why the hell is that?" Logan asked.
"Because, human, I was turned as a teenager. Would you like to be stuck in puberty for centuries?" Gregory said.
"Good point. I guess you have a reason to be moody." Logan said.
"Any more stupid questions?"
"Yeah. Can you quit acting like we're idiots or something?" I asked.
"If you would quit asking dumb things than you wouldn't seem like idiots." Gregory said. I walked towards him until there were only a couple of inches in between us and put my hands on my hips.
"Listen here. Just because we're humans instead of vampires doesn't give you the right to treat us like we're lower than you." I growled. Gregory looked very unimpressed.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"For now." I said, knowing that it hadn't changed anything except for made the situation worse. I backed off and retreated back towards Logan.
A couple of hours later, Tony came into where we were. Logan and I had been busy pestering Gregory just to see how far he'd let us go. I think he had realized what we were doing and was just watching us warily.
"Guys, we have to go. Mom wanted us to be back for lunch." Tony said.
"Gladly." Logan said, jumping off the floor. I got up as well. Anna and Rudolph walked in.
"When can you guys come back?" they asked.
"This evening after supper." Tony replied. We said bye and walked back to our house.
"So how did you like Gregory?" Tony asked.
"He's not the easiest to get along with." I said.
"I asked mom earlier and she said we could spend the night. Will you PLEASE go with me?" Tony begged.
"Sure." I replied.
"Good."
Later that evening, we packed everything that we would need and went back to the graveyard. Tony had called and said that we were spending the night.
Gregory growled when he found out the news. Logan laughed at the vampire's distress. I smacked him lightly, causing Gregory to for once look at me approvingly. I smirked.
"I'm going to go to the cows." Gregory said around ten that night. Tony, Logan, and I had all slept the rest of the day so that we would be able to stay up that night.
"We will stay here, brother." Rudolph said. Gregory sighed and left.
GREGORY'S POV
Rudolph and Anna suddenly took off. We had been sitting in a chamber in the crypt. It took me a moment to realize why they had taken off, but I heard Tony's voice. After a couple of minutes, I walked over, figuring I should probably at least say hi to the nine year old even if I didn't like him much. I was surprised to find two other humans with them, both around fifteen or sixteen. The girl was hot, but there was another guy there as well, so I thought that they were probably dating.
"Brother, Sister, who is this?" I asked, stepping out of a shadow.
"You know Tony. This is his cousin Candace and her friend Logan." Rudolph said. I smirked slightly when Tony backed away from me. I knew I intimidated him although I had no clue why. True, I'd tried to take a snap out of him once, but I had gotten over it and hadn't done it since then. I think it was my appearance more than anything that scared the poor boy.
"That's my brother Gregory." Rudolph said.
"So you're the one that scared Tony?" Logan asked.
"So what if I am?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm warning you now that you better not ever do a single thing to him." Logan said.
"Why not?" I asked. It was amusing to see Logan get so defensive over the younger boy.
"I don't know what Logan would do to you, but if I ever hear or see you doing something to Tony, I swear I'll beat the hell out of you." Candace said. I made a mental note to never hurt Tony because I had no doubt that she'd kill me somehow.
"You could try, but there are few things that you can do that is actually going to hurt me." I said.
"And why is that?" Logan asked.
"If Tony hasn't already told you, my family are vampires and if you don't believe me, I could show you proof." I said. I had figured that they would have known that we were vampires already. My God, Tony wasn't the best at keeping sevrets. I don't know how he kept that one from them. Then again, his parents didn't even know until that night at the cliff.
"Then show us the proof." Logan said. I turned into a bat and flew over to Anna before landing on her shoulder.
"Alright. I guess that proved your point." Candace said. I turned back into a vampire and saw Logan scan his eyes over me. Okay, so he was gay. That definitely made me want to get away from him as soon as possible but I had a feeling that he'd be around more than I wanted. Rudolph, Anna, and Tony walked off.
"So, how's life as a vampire?" Candace asked.
"Don't ask me stupid questions." I snapped. I could tell that it was going to be hard for me and Candace to get along.
"God I just asked you a damn question. You don't have to bite my head of." she said.
"How long are you going to be here?" I asked.
"Until Tony decides to leave." Logan replied.
"I wasn't talking about here in the crypt. I meant in Scotland." I said. I had thought it was as obvious as it could have been without using the word Scotland in the sentence. I mean, I might not like the dumb questions, but I wasn't going to be as rude as to say something to make them leave the crypt.
"Well considering we just moved in with Tony, I guess we're here permanently." Candace said. I thought about it for a moment. If they lived with Tony, chances were he'd probably bring them along with him most of the time that he came over here. I didn't mind Logan that bad, but I didn't want to hang out with a gay guy all the time if he liked me. I'd have to set that straight with him if he ever acted like he liked me. Candace on the other hand was going to be challenging to get along with at times although I'd gladly work on trying to keep my temper down if she was around a lot. Hey, she was hot. And as a vampire, I don't get to see many pretty girls.
"Don't expect me to hang out with the two of you every time that Tony decides to hang out with my siblings." I said.
"Trust me, if this is how you always act I don't think that is going to be much of a problem." Candace snapped.
"Good."
"You're so moody compared to your siblings. Why the hell is that?" Logan asked.
"Because, human, I was turned as a teenager. Would you like to be stuck in puberty for centuries?" I said.
"Good point. I guess you have a reason to be moody." Logan said.
"Any more stupid questions?"
"Yeah. Can you quit acting like we're idiots or something?" Candace asked.
"If you would quit asking dumb things than you wouldn't seem like idiots." I said. She walked up to me and put her hands on her hips, leaving only a couple of inches in between us. I thought it was rather funny that I could get her so riled up just by saying the smallest things that most people probably wouldn't be fazed by.
"Listen here. Just because we're humans instead of vampires doesn't give you the right to treat us like we're lower than you." she growled. I stared at her blankly.
"Is that all?" I asked. I had thought that she would start screaming or something. I hadn't expected it to end after just the few seconds that she talked.
"For now." she muttered. She backed away and went back over to Logan.
A couple of hours later, Tony came into where we were. Logan and Candace had been busy trying to pester me. It hadn't taken long for me to catch on. Though they weren't being very obvious about trying to rile me up, it was only a couple of minutes before I realized that they were doing it on purpose.
"Guys, we have to go. Mom wanted us to be back for lunch." Tony said.
"Gladly." Logan said, jumping off the floor. Candace got up as well. Anna and Rudolph walked in.
"When can you guys come back?" they asked.
"This evening after supper." Tony replied. They said bye and left.
"So what did you think of Candace and Logan?" Anna asked.
"Logan's alright except for the fact he's gay. Candace is going to be hard to get along with all the time." I replied.
"Really? I thought you would have liked Candace. She seems like the kind of girl that you woul have some things in common with." Rudolph said.
"Yeah, well now I know how you guys feel whenever I act like that." I said. I could tell that Candace and I did have a bit in common although it wasn't enough to really influence anything.
"She did seem to have a bit of an attitude." my brother said.
"Yes she did. I liked her though." Anna said.
"It really doesn't count Anna. You like almost everyone that you meet." I laughed.
Later that night, Tony, Candace, and Logan showed up. They each had a backpack. Rudolph explained that they were spending the night. I growled and Logan laughed. Candace smacked him lightly.
"I'm going to go to the cows." I said around ten.
"We'll stay here." Rudolph said. I sighed. I hated going by myself because I didn't know how well I could control my thirst. True, I've never killed a human, but I had turned one into a vampire. The graveyard keeper. And he was still the graveyard keeper, but he only did the chores at night so he wouldn't get burned by the light.
I guess it was a good thing in a way that I was going by myself. It would provide the first time that I could really stop and think about a few things since a long time. I couldn't get my mind off of Candace. True, we definitely wouldn't get along the greatest, but she was extremely hot.
After I was done with the cows, I decided to take my time getting back to the crypt.