CHAPTER 2 - WE ARE WHAT WE ARE

We managed to avoid cat for the rest of the evening which wasn't easy. When both Cat and Paul went to bed me and Abby were able to relax in relative peace in the living room. We snuggled up together and watched TV, I didn't care what was on I was too busy staring at Abby's face as she watched the television. She had such an innocent look about her and I loved it when something came on that amused her because the corners of her mouth curled up into a smile, that of course made me smile in return. Her head was snuggled under my shoulder with my arm wrapped around her.

"I like it when you do that" She said.

"Do what?" I asked.

"Curl your fingers in my hair"

I hadn't even noticed that I was doing it but now she had brought it up I couldn't exactly stop so I carried on. As the night went on and the hours in which the sun would soon make its appearance drew nearer Abby started to complain how tired she was.

"Can you carry me upstairs Owen I'm so tired"

"Really? You're sooooo tired you can't make it up the stairs?" I asked suspiciously.

"Pleeeeease!"

"Fine, come on" I relented.

I picked Abby up and held her in my arms, thanks to my unnatural strength she wasn't so heavy. I carried her up to the loft which we had turned into our very own cosy bedroom and placed her gently on the bed.

"My hero" Abby declared giggling.

"Ha ha" I sarcastically answered with a smile.

The next night both Abby and I agreed to go into town. Not only was it something to do but it was a great excuse to avoid Cat and 'Operation Here Comes The Bride' as Paul had started calling it, that always made me and Abby laugh when we heard it. We managed to get out of the house quick enough I think Cat knew we were trying to avoid her so she didn't make a big thing about it she just smiled as we were leaving. It didn't take us long to reach our destination which was the cinema, I think Abby would come here every night if she had her way but I didn't mind. Half way through the movie a group of lads started making some noise, they were chatting and laughing behind us. We ignored it at first but I could see Abby was starting to lose her temper. I gripped her hand tight and gave her a look which said 'Keep Calm' she smiled and nodded her head in agreement. The last thing we needed was Abby losing her temper who knows what might happen. The movie soon ended and once outside Abby vented her anger.

"Idiots, I hate people like that, no consideration for anyone else. That movie was completely ruined for me. You should have let me say something Owen"

"No I really shouldn't Abby, if you had said something they would have most likely retaliated thinking you were just a little girl and then what were you going to do? Rip their throats out? I think you did the right thing keeping quiet" I told her.

"I know, it just winds me up that's all and when the anger builds up its hard to calm down" she confessed.

"I know" I said hugging her tight.

We both decided against going bowling tonight, Abby throwing a heavy object around when slightly annoyed wasn't in anyone's best interests. We slowly made our way through town looking in different shop windows as we strolled together. It was then we noticed flashing lights in the distance. A number of police cars had parked up in the distance and it became clear something serious had obviously happened. As we walked by the scene a crowd had developed and the police were telling people to stay away. We both caught the smell before we could actually see anything and straight away we knew what it was….blood. We managed to get a quick glimpse and saw a body lying in the street. I couldn't see much but what I could clearly make out was that the persons head had somehow been detached from the body was a few feet away under a police cover. The crowd were both intrigued and horrified in equal measure and as the smell of blood started to effect me Abby grabbed my arm and led me quickly away from the scene. As we walked home I wondered what could have been responsible for such a horrible attack. Initially I thought another vampire could have been responsible but then I thought not every murder that happened was the result of a vampire humans could kill one another quite effectively without the need for anything supernatural. That's when Abby spoke up.

"Did you hear what the police were saying?"

"No, why what were they saying?" I asked.

"They said it was some kind of animal attack" Abby said with worry in her face.

"Really? You don't think that means-"

"I don't know yet, but I hope not" Abby interrupted.

We had finally settled down in a place we both loved with people we knew and trusted, the last thing we need was trouble drawing unwanted attention here. But who knows like I said it might very well have been a human who had done this, well that's what I kept telling myself anyway.

We made it back home and explained everything to Cat and Paul. Cat told us she had heard something on the radio but they weren't being very specific about what exactly happened, she had started to imagine the worst that maybe we were responsible. Abby and I put Cat's mind at ease and told her we had nothing to do with it and that we were as much in the dark as they were which I think calmed Cat a little.

Later that night Abby told me not to worry, she said that being who we were made us overly suspicious, she said we shouldn't panic and hopefully this whole thing would just pass and be forgotten in no time. We curled up together in bed that night and I just hoped what Abby said was right.

A/N: I hoped you enjoyed these first two chapters, it feels good to be back writing this story again. As always I love reviews and like I said follow me on Twitter BJWright83 as I put stuff about this on there too….Thanks again