Finding Love

Rating: T (M)

Chapter 2: New Additions and Findings

In response to Tristian's review: Good point with the fact that they never said that Gregory did or did not count toward the caring about her part. And yes she is like a living vampire.

(A/N: I don't know the exact time scale so I'll say that the comets coming that weekend and its Thursday right now.)

"You are not a freak," I whispered in her ear as I held her close. "You are unique and different and those are good qualities to have." I ran a hand through her hair and kissed her forehead. She pressed herself up against me, her fingers curling into my chest. 'She truly is unafraid of me.' I thought to myself as I looked down and saw her eyes drooping shut. "Time for the little mortal to sleep," I whispered with a slight chuckle.

"The curtains better be here when I wake up so you block light," She mumbled with a tired giggle. I looked at her with a very confused look and realization dawned on her. "Sorry… The curtains block light, so you better be here when I wake up." She wiggled herself so that the top of her head was resting under my chin, her fingers still curled against my chest. I felt a smile come to my face before I pressed another kiss to her forehead.

"Of course Mary," I whispered, she slowly drifted off to sleep. I ran a hand through her hair again, loving the feeling of it sliding through my fingers. She looked so small, curled up against my larger frame; I continued to run my fingers through her hair. "I shall stay as long as you wish me to." I felt her smile against my chest, she had heard me. I rested my chin on top of her and slowly drifted off to sleep myself.

-/- Around Midnight -\-

I woke up to Mary's gentle movements as she woke up. "What are you doing?" I asked as she shifted from under my arm, went to the edge of the bed, and got up. She stretched and walked over to her chest of drawers and opened a few of them, she grabbed some clothes and then walked over to a wardrobe where she pulled out more clothes. She walked to the bathroom, opened the door, walked in, and closed the door. I sat up, the blankets around my waist, and waited for her to come back into the room. I did not have a long wait, as five minutes later she came back out wearing a knee length skirt that looked rather gothic and had chains (not pictured couldn't find a good skirt with chains), knee high boots that were similar to mine, a long sleeve black shirt with a jacket over it that closed with a good many zippers. (The link to the outfit is on my profile.)

"We're going out, come on, get dressed," She mumbled as she walked back to her dresser, where she went through a box that was on top of the chest. I nodded and grabbed my clothes; I walked into the bathroom and quickly changed. When I walked out she was putting something in her lip. She turned toward me and I saw that she had metal in her lip and ears. "What?" She asked as she looked at me with a smile on her face.

"What did you put in your lip and ears?" I asked s she reached into the box again and pulled out a necklace that looked vaguely like something I had given a girl shortly after I was turned into a vampire. She put the necklace on and walked over to me and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Where did you get that necklace?" I looked down at her as I wrapped my arms around her waist.

"I got the necklace when my grandmother died, it's been in my family for almost 300 years," She replied quietly as she rested her head on my chest. "And I have snake bites and four piercings per ear." I pulled back a little and traced the metal in her lip with my finger, she giggled, before I took a closer look at her necklace and noticed that it was in fact the same necklace that I had given to a girl I had been in love with shortly after being turned.

"Do you know who originally owned the necklace?" I inquired quietly as we walked out of her room and down the stairs where we were stopped by her mother. Mary nodded.

"Glad to see you FINALLY wearing Eilionoir's necklace, I keep telling you that you look JUST like her," Her mother stated as she pulled Mary into a hug before she walked up the stairs. "Well good night you two, you know where to find us if you need anything. Remember to always use protection." The last part made Mary giggle, she pulled me out the front door and we walked down the drive way.

"You do look an awful lot like Eilionoir," I whispered as I wrapped an arm around her waist. She looked at me with a confused look as she stopped and turned to look at me. "I am over 300 years old Mary, I was in love with her before I was turned into a vampire, when she found out, she left me but kept the necklace. Now I am glad she did." I pulled her to me and kissed her forehead.

"You look sexy for someone who's over 300 years old," She whispered before she reached up and kissed me on the lips before she quickly pulled away. She pulled me down the road a little ways and then she pulled me into the woods. The further we walked into the woods the more at peace she looked and then I heard it, the tiny jingle of the chains on her skirt. I stopped us and turned to her and pulled her toward me by the chains on her skirt.

"Indeed," I whispered before I held her chin and kissed her lips. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped my arms around her waist. "Do not EVER take that necklace off Mary, it will offer you protection if you need it and I am not there." She nodded and put her head on my chest. She pulled away slowly and pulled me into a clearing that had a stone bench in it, we walked to the bench and I sat down before pulling her sideways into my lap.

"So what would you like to do tonight?" She whispered as she rested her head on my chest again. I ran my fingers through her hair as she looked up at me. "Well in the few hours we've got until the light comes to ruin everything." I held her close and held her tight, thinking about everything I would like to do to her and with her. She curled her fingers into my jacket and snuggled deeper into my chest, I could not help but smile.

"I think we should get back to the cemetery, I want you to actually meet my parents, have an actual conversation with them," I replied as I continued to run my fingers through her hair. "You confused my father when you did not fear him or me." She nodded as I stood up with her in my arms. "And you lost our bet, your parents do care or else they would not let you live there when you want to." She smirked up at me with a look that said 'fooled you.'

"I know they care silly, I wanted to see what would happen," She whispered as I took off into the air with her tightly in my arms. "You made the bet, you hold up your end and we'll be square." As we neared the cemetery I started our decent and soon touched down on the ground. I set her on the ground and pulled her toward the hole in the ground. I picked her up again and lightly jumped into the hole.

"Where were you, it is almost dawn?" My father demanded as we neared the family. My father approached us as I put Mary down again. "You could have been hurt; you could have been caught by Rookery." I looked up at my father with my arm around Mary's waist. "What is Eilionoir doing here?" He looked at Mary with a confused look on his face. 'The simple addition of a necklace made him think she was Eilionoir.' I thought as I pulled Mary closer.

"No father, it is Mary, she is however related to Eilionoir," I replied as Mary rested her head on my shoulder with a yawn that sounded rather adorable, in my opinion of course. "We were at her house where we both respectfully lost a bet." My father gave me a look that could only say 'FOOLISH boy' as he looked at how I was holding Mary. "I should not have made the bet; I was FOOLED by a MORTAL." I felt a smile creep onto my face as I thought back to it.

"What DARE I ask did he bet you young one?" My father asked with a slightly worried edge to his voice. Mary giggled as my father led us back to where the rest of the family was sitting.

"He told me that if he could find nobody that cared about me I could do as I please with my life, but if he proved that even one person cared for me he'd turn me into a vampire," She replied gently as she looked at my father. "What he didn't know is that I truly do NOT care about my life, he proved that my real parents cared about me, I knew they did anyway. So your son made the bet and it was VERY foolish of him." My father nodded.

"Yes my son is foolish, but a bet is a bet, it seems that you both made a deal with the devil," My father stated as Mother took notice of the way I had my arm around Mary. She muttered something to my father who then said, "Go fulfill your little bargain then come and talk to us."

"Of course sir," Mary whispered as I nodded and pulled her off to a side corridor. "You don't have to if you don't want to Gregory, I don't really care." I pulled her so that her back was to my chest and kissed her neck before I bit into her neck as gently as I could. "I guess you wanted to," She whispered as she grabbed onto my jacket before I felt her start to slack in my arms. I pulled away and turned her around so that I could watch as her face paled a shade paler and her eyes staid the same colour.

"Of course I wanted to," I whispered as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small container that had an L and an R on it, she reached for her right eye and took something out with her finger, it was red, she put it into the little round labeled R and repeated the process with her left eye. She looked up at me with crimson eyes. "I do not want to lose another person I love." She put the small container back into her pocket.

"We should probably go speak with your parents," Mary murmured as she grabbed my hand and smiled, revealing her newly acquired fangs. I nodded and pulled her back to where my parents and siblings were waiting. "Everything looks so different now." We came upon the rest of my family. "Hello all," She stated as we sat down on a stone bench.

"Hello Mary dear," My mother replied calmly and sweetly as I wrapped an arm around her waist.

"You said you wished to speak with us," I grumbled as Mary rested her head against my arm in a calming manner and she grabbed my hand. My parents nodded.

"So you DID turn her, very well," My father stated, I nodded and pulled her as close as possible, mother smiled. "I just have one question, do you truly love and care for my son?" Mary nodded gently; it seemed that being tuned made her calmer. "Very good, we shall all go feeding tonight but for now we should sleep." I nodded and stood up, pulling Mary up with me, she gave me a look and waited.

"Just think about turning into a bat and it will happen, it is easier to sleep as a bat," I whispered as I turned into a bat and flew up to the ceiling. She looked up at me with a look that said 'Are you CRAZY.' I turned back to normal and let out a chuckle as she watched me hang from the ceiling. "It is easy, just try it." She continued to look at me as she began to look like she was in pain.

"I AM trying Gregory," She growled as she glared at me. "I'll just find a dark corner." She walked over to one of to one of the coffins and squeezed herself behind it before she laid down carefully.

-/- That Night -\-

-/- Mary's P.o.V -\-

"Mary darling, how was your first night?" Mrs. Sackville-Bagg inquired as I opened my eyes and found her looking at me. "Sorry to startle you young one." I slowly sat up and crawled out from behind the coffin and slowly stood up. I looked and saw the rest of the family coming down from the ceiling.

"It was very peaceful," I replied quietly as Gregory turned back to normal and looked at me. "Truly one of the best sleeps I have ever had." I watched as Anna and Rudolph followed Gregory's lead. I smiled as the entire family seemed to gather around me.

"Do you regret your choice?" Mr. Sackville-Bagg asked as Gregory held me. I shook my head in a no as a rumbling could be heard above us. "ROOKERY!" I suddenly felt very scared, I had met that vile man once before. "Do you know him Mary?" I nodded shakily.

"He tried to kill me two years ago, thought I was a vampire back then," I replied quietly as I looked up at him, him being Mr. Sackville-Bagg. "I was picking my little brother up from his last day of school, I was sitting on a rock under an umbrella, to shield me from the sun, completely covered up and waiting in a shadow. He poured holy water on me, it was awful." They all nodded at me as we went deeper into the crypt. "How exactly are we going to get out of here?"

"The back door love," Gregory whispered in reply as he grabbed my hand and pulled me close. I nodded and followed him closely. "Do not worry love; I shall protect you from that vile man." I smiled.

"He's not coming down here," I whispered as I stopped following them and leaned up against the wall. "He has no proof you're down here, he's not down here." Gregory stopped as well and turned to look at me, he gave me a look that I couldn't place and grabbed my hand.

"How can you be sure? Rookery is a tricky man," Mr. Sackville-Bagg asked as the entire family stopped and looked at me with slight worry. "We heard him thundering around up there, he is probably just waiting for us to come up."