Chapter 2
A dark figure runs his fingers through his luscious jet black hair. Taking off the black jacket that covers the cotton black t-shirt and jeans, he throws it upon the chair at the small dining table in a dark and cold kitchen. His masculine chest was enchanting.
"So she knew I was there…but she seemed so frightened. Ah man, you're a coward!" he said as he entered the large living room. The massive fireplace roared from the middle of the room. The fire screen surrounded the massive flames keeping the fire in the fireplace. A man in a black and white tuxedo. He had a middle aged face and was obviously not of the masculine type. His dark chocolate brown hair was streaked with white on both sides of his head and a receding hair line. Presumably the butler.
"Master Damian, what is it that makes this girl special to you. I mean after all these years. Plus we know that the shock of her parents death had made her forget you completely," he said with obvious concern. Damian gave the butler a deadly glare.
"If I'd had my way you wouldn't even be here!" he said in a boyish pout. Edward laughed at the young masters attempt to insult him.
"You know they only sent me with you to pester you about this, Master Damian. I would be a disappointment to your parents if I did anything other than what I promised," Edward replied cautiously. Obviously ready to move out of the way of Damian's wrath.
"Damn them…" he mumbled to himself. Edward laughed at the insult. "Master Damian, you and I have known each other for a long while. And I know you mean that all too much," Edward again laughed but this time Damian chuckled with him. "I think you know me all too much, Edward," Damian said as he sits himself inside a lazy boy chair and laid himself back within it. The bit of mockery made Edward roll his eyes but walked away as he left Damian in his chair, staring into the massive flames. The blue in his eyes seemed to dance with the flames. "Edward…you have no idea what that girl meant to me. Even though she knew who I was she looked past that fact and still looked at me the same way. The fact that I'm not like her. The fact that I'm a vampire," he said softly to more of himself then to Edward. When Edward returned Damian looked at him in a different manner then before. A more tamed person. "It's amazing how she can change you without even being here. The mere thought of her changes your entire mood, Master Damian. She is indeed quite amazing. I can't see why your parents never liked her," Edward smiled. The comment about his parents made Damian groan. "Well isn't it true that they simply hate, Lady Serenity," Edward chuckled. Damian smiled one of the warmest smiles that Edward has ever seen to grace Damian's face. "Master Damian…why, I haven't seen you smile like that in years," Edward said in amazement. "It's just you said 'Lady Serenity'. You really were fond of her weren't you Edward?" Damian said softly to him. Edward smiled at him. "It may not be my place to say but yes, I was fond of Lady Serenity. And I was so happy that you had finally found a friend that was as interested in those crazy stunts as you were," Edward chuckled.
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"Young Master Damian, what are you doing?!" Edward called with fright as the young master strolled through the living room with a pack full of bottle rockets and roller-blades.
"I'm just going roller-blazing," he said to Edward with a mischievous grin. "Wanna try with us, Edward?" he said with a seemingly innocent look on his face. Edward made an exhausted sigh at the young boy's attempt.
"Your only 10 and your already trying to kill yourself," then Edward realized something. "Us?" he reiterated.
"Yeah! I met this really interesting girl the other day! Me and her are gonna race! That's why I needed that first aid," Damian said with a smile. Edward laughed.
"Well that isn't very descriptive. I swear you need a first aid kit daily," Edward said with a smirk and Damian stuck out his tongue as a response, for he was out of witty comebacks. Edward was indeed happy to see he had found a friend but he also worried because that was just another child to worry for. But before he could say more the young master was pulling him out toward the door. As they exited the house or rather, the mansion, Edward laid his eyes upon another child.
"Damian, who's that?" the young but delicate Edward was indeed amazed.
"Oh him. He's just Edward. Edward, this is Serenity," introducing the two. Doing as instructed when he applied for the job, he bowed to her.
"Pleased to meet you, Lady Serenity," he said elegantly.
"What are you doing?" she asked clearly about to laugh.
"That's what he has to do when he meets someone," Damian explains.
"Well, not to me," she said sternly. "I'm not royal you know. I'm just another person. We can be friends," she said nobly.
"As you wish, Lady Serenity," but instead of bowing he smiled. She smiled in return. "If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?" Edward said with clear curiosity.
"I'm 8 going on 9 next week," she said with pride. She smiled at him. They all had a laugh before the race had began and Damian ended up on the flat of his back giving him a good gash on the back of his head.
"Young Master Damian?" Edward said as he walked up to the boy.
"Ow! That was a mistake," he mumbled holding his head. Serenity was also quick to his side and noticed that the wound was healing already.
"What aren't you telling me?" she said immediately. Both looked at her with astonishment. She just glared in return. "I'll say it again. What aren't you telling me?" she said with childish fury.
"Well, uh, um, you see," Edward said trying to think of something but only making it worse. Damian then raised a hand to silence Edward.
"I'm a vampire. You happy now?" he said with an obvious hurt in his eyes. He quickly looked down to try and hide it.
"Okay" she said not really fazed.
"I'm not kidding!" Damian said with his childish anger rising within him but then he looked up to see her, not angry, not annoyed, and not laughing. She smiled at him.
"Neither am I, Damian. You think a simple thing of who or what we are makes a difference to me. I'm a freak at my school because I'm open minded. So don't think for one second that I wouldn't accept you for being a vampire," she said with a warm and very serious face for a child.
"But everyone else just runs away," Damian said to himself aloud.
"Well not everyone can be like everyone else now can they?" she said with a smile.
"Just how are you so mature?" Edward's words slid off his tongue before he could catch them with his teeth.
"Well, I am taking schooling with my parents," Serenity said with pride.
"Maybe you can teach Damian some of those manners of yours," Edward said with a smile. Damian glared at him but before he could say anything Serenity had taken up his hand into hers. He looked over and she was glowing with happiness he was silenced by.
"It would be my pleasure!" she said excitedly.
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"It's amazing that just a week later…" Edward said quietly to himself.
"her parents were killed," Damian finished his sentence and his smile faded away. They both stood in silence. Edward ended the silence.
"I actually wanted to come with you to see her again. And to see you smile like you did before. Like that one you just had until now. She brought out a part in you that I had never seen. And I knew you had fallen in love with her that day when you hit your head," Edward said. The word love surprised Damian for a moment.
"Edward, it was just a crush. I assure you," he said trying to shy away from the subject.
"Oh really? Then why are we here?" Edward said with a smirk.
"To see an old friend," Damian responded trying to hide his face.
"Master Damian, why are you so red?" Edward chuckled as Damian's face turned a deep crimson. "I'll go get you some coffee," Edward said with a mischievous smirk of his own.
"I'm not blushing I'm just…too close to the fire!" Damian said in his own defense in which Edward had no interest in as he kept walking.
"I believe you, Master Damian. Whatever you say," Edward said in a clearly sarcastic tone.
Damian just sunk deep into his chair. Then when he was sure Edward wouldn't peek in on him he reached within his shirt and pulled out an oval shaped locket with a rose design on it. He rubbed his thumb over the top then opened it. Inside was a picture of an elegant couple that was his parents in which he was forced to put in. Then on the right side of the locket was a picture of Serenity, sticking out her tongue at the camera. "The day before I lost you…" he said silently to himself.
Author's Note: I know. But it gets funny later on. Please review