Everyone's got different things
They hide behind or try to be
But the things I carry with me
All remind me who I am
When so much of me is not with me
What matters most is what I leave
Behind for you to keep
So smile when you think of me
The room was silent, a peaceful silence that hugged the crisp air. It had been a long day for Victoria, maybe too long. In the zone of her life she had run away into the woods, met a boy who saved her from a snake, had tea with friends and found out said boy was the brother of Jadelyn West, one of her most trusted and loved friends. As much as Victoria wanted Beckett to stay at their little tea gathering earlier shortly after shaking hands he took off into the house, needing to get reacquainted with everything. Very soon after Caterina had been called away to her home for supper, leaving Victoria last at the West residence. Now Victoria sat on Jadelyn's bed, as the black haired maiden brushed away at her hair. It was nothing but calm and relaxing.
"Jadelyn, can I ask you something?" Victoria asked, turning her head slightly to take a look at the other girl. Jadelyn placed the hair brush down on the bed and nodded.
"Of course, you can ask me anything." Jadelyn said.
Victoria pulled her hair to the side of her shoulder, playing with the edges of it with her fingers, "Jadelyn, we've known each other for over a year now. How come you've never mentioned you had a brother before?"
Jadelyn's eyes popped open a little in surprise and then she looked away a shy smile playing on her lips, she shrugged before turning back to Victoria, "I suppose I never had a reason to bring him up." she said honestly.
"Really? And all this time I just thought it was just you and your father." Victoria said averting her eyes to the floor, "I suppose it's a nice surprise to know you have a brother."
Jadelyn stood up and folded her arms, "Why? Why does it matter if I have a brother or not?"
Victoria stood and smiled, "I guess, it's comforting knowing when Caterina and myself are no longer here, you'd still have someone around. This big house of yours can get lonely at times... I can imagine."
Jadelyn's eyes softened instantly, she felt a warmness start to form in her heart at Victoria's words. "Yeah, I suppose when you say it like that. But what about you? You have no brothers nor sisters of your own."
Victoria laughed, "As if I could handle a sibling, my nanny is enough of a headache."
"That's true." Jadelyn laughed along, pulling Victoria's hand and holding it in her own.
There was a sudden knock at the door.
"Yes?" Jadelyn asked, frankly annoyed to be yet again interrupted.
Lidia the maid made her way into Jadelyn's room slowly, "Excuse me Miss Jadelyn, but yar' suppa is ready." she announced, " As for Miss Victoria, yar' carriage is here to take you home."
"Thank you ever so much Lidia, you can go now. Miss Victoria here will be down shortly." Jadelyn said, giving the maid a nod of acknowledgement before turning back to Victoria. Lidia left quickly closing the door on her way out as Jadelyn resumed holding Victoria's hand. "Come over again tomorrow?" Jadelyn asked.
"Of course, I can't think of anything I'd want to do more. Now go on and eat your supper, It's getting rather late and I'm tired." Victoria said, and then she leaned in and kissed both of Jadelyn's cheeks before letting go of her hand and walking over to the door.
"You want me to accompany you down stairs?" Jadelyn asked.
"Don't trouble yourself I'll be fine. See you tomorrow." Then Victoria gave her one last smile and left.
(x)
Victoria made her way down the hall as silent as she could, Jadelyn's father took time to sleep around this hour and the last thing she wanted was to wake him. Sneakily she made her way down the hall and to the stairs, but before she could move another inch, in an instant she was pulled by her waist and pressed up against the wall. Victoria gasped at the suddenness of it all, looking up she quickly discovered it was Beckett's eyes that hovered before hers. His chest was pressed surprisingly tight against her, making her a prisoner against him and the wall. He had one hand pressed against the wall beside her head while the other one rested on her hip.
"Mr. Beckett, we have to stop meeting like this." Victoria teased.
"Why Miss Victoria Marie Vega, where are you off to at this time of night?" He asked, his eyes glistening. Victoria rolled her eyes at the way he said her complete name, he was never going to let that go, was he?
"First and foremost just call me Victoria, second it is late, I must be getting home now."
"Home?" he looked like a wounded dog by her words, "But we haven't finished where we left off earlier. I thought you said you wanted to be my friend?" He said.
"I do. And now that I know you are the brother of one of my good friends I will be sure to be seeing you around." Victoria said, making a move to squeeze away from his hold.
"How about tomorrow?" He said, pressing, if possible, closer to her. Did he not know a thing about one's personal space? It made Victoria confused, she didn't know if she felt uncomfortable or intrigued. She couldn't understand why a part of her liked the way his strong body held against hers, it made her feel electrified, she could feel every hair on her body rise. But yet another part of her felt uneasy.
"Wh-what about tomorrow?" Victoria stuttered.
"I'll take you out into town, we'll go anywhere you want. And then we can talk, become better acquainted."
"I've already made plans with your sister." Victoria said.
"I'm sure Jade won't mind if I borrowed you for the morning. You two girls can meet in the evening, what do you say?" He asked.
"Okay," Victoria said, "tomorrow."
Beckett smirked before stepping back, grasping Victoria's hand and bringing it to his lips he gave her tender skin a quick kiss. "Goodnight Victoria." he whispered.
Victoria gave a small curtsy, "Goodnight Beckett." and then she whisked away down the stairs, still feeling the tingle of his lips on her skin.
Neither Beckett nor Victoria knew that Jadelyn herself was pressed against her bedroom door listening in on their conversation. A sudden pang in her heart started to rise and she suppressed it with all her will.
(x)
Jadelyn walked into the dinning room of her house, her steps loud enough for Beckett to hear, he slowly pulled his fangs out of Lidia and held her body close to his. He licked his lips as he absorbed the blood that tingled down his throat.
"Haven't you ever been taught not to eat the help?" Jadelyn sneered at Beckett.
"Haven't you ever been taught not to drink deer blood? That stuff you left me in the woods was disgusting by the way." Beckett snapped back at her.
"It's wasn't deer blood you idiot, but goat blood. I'd thought you'd at least have the decency to be grateful." Jadelyn snapped.
"Thank you." Beckett said in a mock tone, and then surely and slowly he placed the maid on the floor. Jadelyn snickered at him, as if disgusted. "Don't worry, I only took enough to sustain myself, she'll be up and going by no time tomorrow morning, with nothing but the memory of falling asleep on the job." Beckett said stepping over Lidia.
"I overheard you talking to Victoria earlier." Jadelyn said.
Beckett turned to Jadelyn surprised, "Eavesdropping, how rude."
Jadelyn smiled at him and in a flash she was standing in front of him. "Let's get something clear here, dear brother aye? If you think you can feed off of Victoria you're wrong. She's not a walking blood bag, you can have anyone else in this town except her, if I so much as see a scratch on her I'll tear out your liver. Do you understand me?" Jadelyn said.
Beckett stood in front of her, his eyes in deep concentration as if he was trying to understand her words. "Does that mean that your little red-headed friend is far game?"
Jadelyn was a moment away from smacking his stupid smirk off his face before he gripped her arms. "Relax little sister, I won't use your pretty little friends for feeding, in fact I like her, I think we could be friends." Beckett said turning away.
"You don't even have friends."
"Ouch." Beckett said placing his hand over his heart, "Well now I've found one. I'm sure to take a great deal of care for her tomorrow."
"We're the only vampires here Beck, please, try to be subtle."
"I am subtle, look I had a long trip now I'm back home in Greywood. Haven't been here in centuries. In your letters you said you wanted to see me again, now I'm here."
"We're the only vampires here in Greywood, none of the founders suspect a thing, most of them still believe that the witches curse from decades ago still hangs around this place. If you want to feed, feed in another town, not here and especially not from my maid, thank you." Jadelyn said. And then they both stood there in silence.
"Is that all?" Beckett asked.
Jadelyn nodded her head, "For now."
Victoria is sixteen. Beckett and Jadelyn are both eighteen. Cat's seventeen.
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