Chapter 6.

Loveless

I was curled up on the couch all day, I had gone out once to get a soda but that was it, I felt too terrible to do anything that would spite Alexander though I knew that I really wanted to. "Ooh … I hate this so much!" I snarled aloud placing the back of my hand over my eyes as tears came pouring down my cheeks. "Claude!" I screamed, I couldn't help it anymore I missed him; I couldn't stand loosing him like this! "God damn it!" I slammed my hands against the back of the couch while crying. "Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!" Sitting up I sobbed into my hands, and that's how I feel asleep that night, only to wake up with a wet face.

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The next morning I baked myself eggs and bacon, I was so surprised they had human food in the house and fresh food by the way. Once I was done I took a shower then walked down the stairs and turned on the television, popping out a soda can from it's plastic ring then drinking all my worries away, it went like that for three days in a row.

I got up, ate breakfast, took a shower, and then turned on the television while drinking my soda. As I turned off the television one night I began crying once more, I began to climb the stairs with tears in my eyes when there was the loudest knock at the door, I felt fear grip at my chest, turning around and looking for something to defend myself with, I grabbed an umbrella and kept the wooden part held up as I pulled the door open only to let my eyes on Claude.

"Whoa … a ... umbrella?"

"Claude!" I screamed with a wide smile across my face, I threw the umbrella down and hugged him while sobbing into his shoulder. "I'm so sorry! I didn't want to leave I wanted to stay with you! I really did you have to believe me!"

"I believe you; I left my gang back in the Coffin Club to cover for me so that Alexander doesn't come here and take me away."

"I don't want you getting in trouble Claude, but if Alexander trieds to lay one finger on you I'll rip those fangs right out of his mouth and shove them -."

"Easy tiger," Claude chuckled, and then eyed me a bit more. "You know I've never seen this side of you before, I kind of like it … so wild and spicy." I rolled my eyes walking away from him and up the stairs. "So what were you crying about when you opened the door?" I paused on the steps looking back to him; his delighted smirk as if to reassure me.

"Oh, nothing … I just got some dust in my eyes, I really haven't tried to clean up this place yet." He seemed wary as he tried to confirm my tale; I turned around and walked up the stairs regardless of his thoughts.

"You want me to sleep with you so you don't get lonely?" Claude purred following me up the stairs, I looked back to him and giggled. "I'll make sure that you don't need covers tonight."

"You're weird."

"Mm, but you'd like that wouldn't you?" He wrapped his arms around me and backed me against the wall on the stairs while staring into my eyes, I blushed his eyes were so bright and blue! "I want to know exactly what you're thinking right now."

"Your eyes are … beautiful …" Now realizing the strangeness of my words I had to come up with something to say behind it. "I-I wish that my eyes were that color you know?" giggling I started to push against Claude's arms, he refused to budge. "Come on Claude I want to go to sleep."

"Sleep in my arms tonight, just tonight, please?" I shook my head, "Let me state this in a different way, I'm not going to take no for an answer." My heart leapt, "I can't help it that you're just too hard-headed to see what is clear right here." He placed his hand over my chest causing me to blush and push him away.

"Don't touch me there! You pervert!" Claude laughed wrapping his arms around my legs and throwing me over his shoulder while waltzing up the steps. "Claude!" I hollered kicking my legs and flailing my arms about.

"I'm not going to do anything bad, you of all people should know this," He swung open the door to a room that had a vacant coffin in it with ruby red pillows inside of it. "Or could it be …" He began to muse, "You're nervous … because you are resisting your true thoughts of me?" He laid my back down in the coffin and snuggled in next to me with his arms around my body, pressing my head against his chest.

"No." I whispered, was I telling him that or … was I reassuring myself?

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When I woke up I snuggled closer to Claude, my cheek rubbing against his black "Munster Zumbie" t-shirt. "Mmm…" I hummed while opening my eyes.

"Have a nice nap?" I jumped when I heard his voice.

"Y-you're awake?" Claude chuckled while smoothing my hair with the palm of his hand. "B-but I thought that -."

"Yes, I was sleeping but ... you woke me up with your tight grip."

"S-sorry."

"Well, are you going to make me breakfast?" I was surprised by his question.

"B-but you're supposed to be asleep at this hour!"

"I just can't go into the sun anymore, which is a real bummer because I want to go to school and see you in this cute little outfit that I bought you."

"Oh! I forgot to give you your jacket! And Kat's hair clips … Tripp's glasses, and Rocco's bracelet."

"You got Rocco a … bracelet?"

"It's a spiked bracelet." Claude chuckled and opened the lid to the coffin; it was very dark inside the room as we climbed out of our silky tomb. "What are you supposed to eat exactly?"

"I'll get it myself since you don't seem to know." He grinned and walked down the hall and into the kitchen, everything was dark, I grabbed Claude's shoulder.

"Go ahead and go back to sleep, I'd hate for you to have to loose sleep just to keep me company." Claude pecked me on the top of my head then stared at my confused reaction, with a sigh he nodded.

"Fine."

"What was that for?"

"I had to decide if I wanted to stay awake or not."

"Hw did that help you decide?" I screamed to him, but he just held up two fingers as "peace" and walked into the vacant room once more.

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Few more days went by and I got to fool around with Claude, our bond becoming much stronger than before, I ended up falling asleep in a casket with him every night … I felt so much more relaxed now that Claude was here, but of course … you always have to wake up from every dream. I was chopping up raw meat for Claude; the blood was gooey against my fingers when I heard the front door slam open.

"Where is he?" Alexander snarled to me, I turned around with my finger in my mouth a drop of blood landing on my chin; I had to play it cool.

"Who?" I blinked so innocently, Alexander stormed into the kitchen then clenched his fists once he saw me.

"You know exactly who I'm talking about!"

"No …" I squinted at him then wiped off my mouth turning back around and chopping up more of the raw meat and humming to myself.

"Are you going to eat that or is he?"

"There's no one else here, fang-boy." I snapped and pulled out a frying pan as thought to cook the meat that I had worked so hard to find in this damn house!

"Skye …" Alexander leaned on the countertop behind me, his hands on either side of my body gripping the tile. "I'm only going to ask this once more … where is Claude?"

"At the Coffin Club I thought, unless the hunters got to him first?"

"No, right now my parents are dealing with the hunters, now where is Claude if I find him here then I promise that you two will never see each other even as a glance."

"What is so wrong with me being around Claude? I know you think he's going to accidentally bite me or something but, practice makes perfect doesn't it?"

"So he is here!" Alexander snarled, completely ignoring me, and storming up the stairs. "Claude! I want you out here right now!" I began to freak out as Alexander descended up the stairs, but as I glanced over the kitchen I spotter Claude in the window, laughing. "Claude!" Alexander snarled as he swung open the door to where Claude and I slept every night, he stormed into the room, a few minutes later I heard him marching down the stairs. "What is this?" Claude ducked down from the window as I looked at Claude's clothing in Alexander's hand.

"Those are … mine." I whispered, I was sure that my face was pale as a ghost; he must've known I was lying! But I couldn't draw to conclusions just yet maybe I had a chance!

"Even these?" Alexander hissed, pulling out a pair of Claude's black underwear, I blushed and looked at the ground.

"Yes …"

"Skye don't even try it! Where is he?" I shook my head still not bearing to meet my gaze with him, not while he was holding Claude's underwear!

"He isn't here…" my voice was just so soft! I couldn't speak any louder as fear gripped at my throat.

"Yes he is! And I'm staying here until he decides to show up!" I looked into Alexander's eyes my face must've been the same color as his by now. "He is here." Pursing my lips my breath quickened, my head spinning with anger, he was here to take Claude away from me! I walked towards him and with all of the strength in my body I slapped him across the face. He stood there for a moment, taking in exactly what I had just done then glaring into my eyes, dropping Claude's clothes and grabbing my wrists while slamming my back against the ground. "I am doing this for your own good Skye, I don't want you to get taken away by those hunters, and they should be gone by tomorrow anyway so you'll be free to go home after then."

"Let go of me before I decide to drive a stake through your heart!"

"I am trying to keep you alive!"

"Claude can do that just as well!"

"No he cannot! He hurt you, he left you here alone and heartbroken!"

"Because you and Raven wanted him back in Transylvania!" I struggled with Alexander's grip but he only tightened it making me ground my teeth in pain.

"Where is he?" I shook my head.

"I don't know!"

"Yes you do!" His eyes were red again as he growled like an animal in his chest. "If you don't tell me then when I find him it will be worse than if you would have just spilled!"

"I'm here." I looked over; my eyes began to water as Claude stood there in his jacket, black t-shirt with a red bat on it, tight black Tripp-pants, and black shoes.

"Claude…" I wined as a tear trailed down my cheek; he was going to be thrown away from me once more I just knew it! Alexander stood leaving me there on the ground as he waked towards Claude grabbing his throat and slamming him against the doorframe. "Claude!" I rolled onto my stomach pulling up my torso. "Let him go right now! If you want to hurt me then don't you dare hurt him!" Tears were pouring from my eyes.

"Look away." Alexander hissed squeezing Claude's throat till I saw a thin line of blood trailing down his throat. I stood up grabbing two fists full of Alexander's hair and yanking on it till he released Claude. "God Damn it Skye!" Claude wrapped his arms around me and glared at Alexander.

"Don't touch her." Claude snarled low at his cousin; Alexander eyed us with those blood-red spot-lights. I gripped Claude's shirt tightly and cried hard into it, he couldn't leave; I wasn't going to allow it.

"Get out of my house, Claude, now! You're just going to end up hurting her once more, you had the choice whether to leave or not."

"Are you sure, it seemed like you and Raven didn't want me here! I wanted to stay but I was meeting with our agreement that once I was a full-vampire I would return to Transylvania."

"I thought you changed, and I would have allowed you to stay but you didn't say anything about it, now you're only causing Skye more pain by being here."

"No, you are! You just don't want to face the fact tat it's your fault this time Alexander, you can't stand being the bad-guy can you?" Claude shot back to him.

"You're the bad one here Claude and you always have been, I was a fool to think you had changed your ways."

"Shut up." I sniveled, lifting my head to glare at Alexander. "I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth, the only pain here is the pain that Claude was gone, now that I've found him I don't want him to leave again … and as I recall you left Raven also, fleeing from Jagger."

"That was different I was trying to protect her!"

"Just like you're trying to do Skye?" Claude growled meeting Alexander's glare.

"Claude, get out!" I pulled away from Claude and stood before him, straightening my back to keep me looking tall.

"If he's leaving then I'm going to leave with him!" Alexander grabbed my arm and pulled me beside him, pointing to Claude. "No! Don't you dare touch me you stupid blood-sucking vampire!" I snarled while tugging on my arm.

"Go Claude!" Alexander snarled. "Or should I throw out Skye instead?" Claude gathered his clothing and turned around, I struggled so much with Alexander's tight hold on my wrist.

"Claude no!" I screamed, he looked back to me with a smirk on his face, pain in his beautiful blue eyes, and blew me a kiss. I pressed the tips of my fingers on my lips … he shut the door behind him. "You're a monster … Alexander, a monster."