"Look just calm down." Christopher said as him Alec, and Dimitri took a few steps towards us. We glared at them and they shrank back.
"No! Stay away from us. Don't touch is until you tell us what is going on." Poppy said as she stamped her foot. I shook with silent laughter. Apparently it wasn't as silent as I thought though because Poppy turned and stuck her tongue out at me. I poked her, and then she bumped my shoulder. As we began taking turns slapping each other's arms everyone began getting annoyed. Leila stepped between us and grabbed our hands in midair.
"Can you two stop acting like children for five minutes please?" Leila asked in a pissed off voice. She was always a motherly figure for us since she was older. I Poppy, and Hannah were 17, Christopher, Dimitri, and Alec were 19, Tristian was 23, and Leila was 22.
"Sorry." I and Poppy whispered to her. She sighed and nodded her head then released our hands. We turned back to the boys, crossed our arms, and began tapping our foot on the floor, as we waited for them to start explaining. They seemed reluctant to say anything and we began getting mad after around 5 minutes of them looking stupidly at each other and waiting for someone else to say something.
"I have an idea. How about I take Hannah and explain to her. Ash takes Mary-Lynette to explain. James takes Poppy to explain, and Coring takes Leila to explain. Since you guys seem unlikely to actually say anything to them." Seth said as he stood up.
"No!" Dimitri, Alec, Tristian, and Christopher yelled.
"It doesn't matter what you think! Since you aren't going to explain, we are going with them." Leila snapped at them. The boys grabbed our hands and pulled us each into different rooms. Holding Ash's hand was a sensational feeling. I never wanted to let go. He led me to the bed in my room, and I sat on the edge with my hands folded on my lap. He hesitantly sat beside me.
"Ok so this is going to sound very crazy and you probably won't believe me at first, but I want you to know. It is all real." He said as he gently took my hand.
"Ok, I will believe you. I promise, so explain." I said as I stared into is beautiful eyes.
"I'm a vampire." He whispered as he reached a hand to my face and pushed a piece of hair behind my ear. My eyes widened as I saw the complete honesty in his eyes. I closed my eyes, as it fully settled, he was a vampire. I opened my eyes and nodded my head as a way to say continue, because I couldn't trust my voice.
"Ok well there are witches, vampires, werewolves, and even vampire hunters. Many of them hate each other and there are feuds between them. Then there is circle daybreak, which is a group dedicated to peace and harmony between humans, and all the other species. Then there is the soul mate principle, which is when you meet your other half. You would do anything for them, and be anything for them." He said as he got a dreamy look in his eyes.
He was saying something else but I wasn't listening. I was fighting back the tears, because the way he had looked when he said soul mates, he had to know what it felt like. I noticed he had stopped talking and I felt a tear go down my cheek. I reached my hand up to swipe it away as fast as possible but he saw it anyway. He stared intently at me for a moment, then leaned forward slowly and kissed me softly.
"Whoa! Go Mare! Getting some action from the hottie!" Lucy yelled in my head.
"Not the time!" I yelled at Lucy. She huffed then went quiet. Thank god I thought then I refocused my attention on Ash.
I hadn't realized it but I had been kissing him back, and it felt right, and perfect. I placed my arms around his shoulders, as he moved his arms around my waist. He pulled my body closer to him, and I ran my hand through his silky hair. We pulled away gasping for breath.
"You're my soul mate." He whispered in my ear.
"Really? Wait what about Christopher?" I asked him. He flinched when I said Christopher's name and I instantly wanted to comfort him.
"Well the pull of the soul mate connection is to strong, we would end up together no matter what." He said quietly.
"I feel that pull, and I want to be close to you, I want you. I want to be with you." I whispered. He pulled me close to him again and I kissed his cheek softly.
"It is ok if you don't say this back, it may seem soon, but I love you already." He said to me. My eyes widened, and I gasped. For a moment I sat there stunned, and then I realized I did love him already. He looked down and I saw the sadness in his eyes. I realized it had been a long silence, and then I put my hand on his cheek, and said,
"I love you too." He looked up at me with adoration.
"Would you like to sleep? It is around 5am." He asked me.
"Sure." I said as I leaned back and placed my head on the pillow. I rolled onto my side, and felt the bed move as he got off. I heard his retreating footsteps and I felt a pang in my chest.
"Stay, please." I whispered to him. I looked over at him and saw him nod his head. He walked over and lay behind me. I curled my body into him and I felt him kiss my forehead and say,
"I love you." I smiled and fell asleep quickly.