"You're doing it again, my love."

Kevin paced back and forth before me, kicking at the ground every few steps out of frustration.

"I can't fucking help it."

I let out a sigh and let my head fall back slightly, resting against the tree, as my eyes still followed Kevin's every move. He's been like this since last week when Falon joined our classes. Yes, she was placed in every one Kevin and I previously had alone together. He was furious about it.

"Who the fuck does she think she is anyway!? Telling people that you two are dating now!?"

My eyes fluttered shut. It was my parents idea to make sure no girl or boy would try to gain a relationship with me. Though of course Falon and I did not act like a couple outside of school. Even in school I would only walk her to classes or hold her hand. This still sent Kevins blood boiling and I could tell with each passing day, it became more and more difficult.

"If I didn't know better i would just tell her to fuck off and start making out with you right there!"

"I hope you do know better, my love."

Kevin took a seat next to me, letting his head rest on my shoulder. "Is that a dig at me?"

"It could be."

I could feel the red head roll his eyes as he let out a small sigh. "What are we going to do Edd?"

"I have told you the easiest solution was to become a part of my tribe."

"And I told you to fucking forget that."

"Demanding, are we?" My fingers ran up through the soft red locks, knocking Kevin's usual cap off onto the ground.

"Just being the smart one in this situation." Kevin kissed me gently on the jar, his lips felt slightly dry, but warm and loving. "Listen, I promised my parents I'd be home shortly after school since they have something important planned, so I need to head out."

My eyebrow raised as I watch the muscles tighten under Kevin's clothes as he used them to stand back up.

"Parent important or hunter important?"

Kevin shrugged. "I don't know, I don't really ask too many questions cause I know they won't tell me everything until five minutes before."

"Oh, is that were you get your poor communication skills from?"

I smirked as Kevin mocked me, picking up his hat and returning it back to it's rightful place ontop of his head. I hated that hat. It was old and disgusting and always kept those beautiful red locks hidden away. But I also loved that hat because it was Kevin's and an item that was very important to him.

"I'll see ya tomorrow babe."

"Goodbye, mon chéri."

••••

Upon returning home, my parents were in their own distress. Mother was cleaning the already tidy house, and father was pacing up and down the hall. It was not very often that something got my parents flustered like this.

"Parent teacher home meeting again?"

My mother looked over at me from her spot of dusting the bookshelves. "Are you misbehaving in school again?"

"Of course not, mother."

I took off my shoes and put them in the usual place on the shoe rack, which I noticed was also just recently clean from the fresh scent of lemon.

My mother looked back over towards me. "Are the bottom of your shoes clean?"

"As clean as the bottom of shoes can be, mother."

She let out a sigh. "Really Eddward, I do not need your smart remarks. Please go shower and dress in something a little more appropriate."

Curiosity struck me now. "Is one of the head leaders coming to visit again?"

This time father answered me. "Listen to your mother, Eddward. Hunters are on their way and we do not need any imperfections and weakness to show. As they meet you I want them to feel intimidated on what our clans have hidden away."

I was very thankful at this moment for the training my father has given me with hiding ones true emotions. The enemy could sense weakness and fear; and so could my father. I could not allow that.

"Hunters? What reason do they have with coming here?"

"They were not clear of why they are coming, other than to discuss the fact that we both know of each others whereabouts now."

It couldn't be Kevins family.

I gave a slow, understanding nod to my father, before heading towards the stairs. "Then we shall look out best."

••••

I brushed my hair back, leaving my regular beanie on my bed. Mother is so anxious that whilst I was showering, she was in my room deciding what would look best for our hunter guest. Normally, I would do what I could to annoy my mother slightly more, and pick something different out to wear. But I dare not test those waters when the tension in the house was thick.

I also found myself slightly tensed and anxious for who our hunter guest were going to be. I should not be this anxious, it should not be intimidating to me. But if that redhead walks through those fronts doors...

Bells rang through the house.

Our guest had arrived.

I closed my eyes, listening at the footsteps and voices that not invaded my home. There was... Two?.. No... Three sets of feet... One of them was dragging their feet.

Typical.

I took in a deep breath, seeing if I could recognize any of the scents... Unfortunately, all the scents were mixing with something foul, not allowing myself to get a clear scent of anyone.

"They must have masked they scent so we would not be able to able to remember it. Clever."

Marie's footsteps rang loudly in my ears as she made her way to my door. I pinched the bridge of my nose, rubbing the area slightly as I let out a sigh. I could feel her big, smartass grin drilling into me from down the hall. She was excited. This is the first important meeting my parents allowed her to come to and she was soaking it up.

It was not that my parents did not trust her with other meetings. No, she showed she was trustworthy rather quickly after being turned to a vampire. No, it was not that at all. It was of the mere fact that she simply just can not behave or be ladylike at all.

If she does not agree with what is being spoken, it did not matter your rank, Marie would let you know.

She is a strong character, indeed. Alas, father and mother allowed her to come to the meeting with the hunters. Not because her behavior has gotten better; I lost hope it would ever get better. They allowed her to come because this is the first meeting in years that vampires are having with hunters. This will allow the best experience for Marie to learn how they are like, what they are planning, and figure out what she can work out to defeat them.

"Ready to go meet with those scumbags?" Her voice was rough but filled with excitement.

"Now, now Marie. That is no way to speak of our guest. They are hunters and we should not think anything less of them."

Marie rolled her eyes and I proceeded to walk by her. She turned on her heels and followed close behind.

"If I didn't know better, I would say you had a soft spot for these humans."

"I haven't a clue why you would assume that." My foot reached the last stair and my eyes widen as our guests were now seated before me. A lovely older lady with long, wavey brown hair. A strong looking gentleman with buzzed red hair. And my firey redhead sitting next to him.

Our guests were not just hunters, they were Kevin's family.

Kevin's eyes were just as wide as mine. It was normal for the situation of meeting your significant others family to be awkward. This was a nightmare.

"How strange, I did not expect this one to be a hunter." I said quickly to take any attention off of the tension that was now between Kevin and I.

Kevin quickly took the hint and soften his expression. "Yeah, I should've known a weirdo like you were a vamp."

I took a seat on an older, deep red arm chair that was placed next to my father. "Was a vampire, my sir."

Kevin rolled his eyes and I smirked; though our parents, hopefully, sees this as enemies being enemies. Kevin and I both knew that this was just a regular occurrence in our relationship.

Kevin's father spoke first, his voice was low and deep, but could easily pick of traces of similarities in Kevin's and his fathers voice. "Smart aleck, as expected from a vampire."

My eyes switched over to the taller and more muscular redhead as I let my chin rest lightly on the back of my hand, after placing my elbow onto the arm of the chair. "Oh sweet red, you have no idea."

"Eddward, enough." My mouthed hissed a command at me.

My shoulders shrugged slightly as a response, but I kept the slight grin with my eyes locked on Mr. Barr. Taking note of the slight tightening of his fists on his legs, before his eyes left mine. Anger or uneasy? I could not tell, perhaps a little of both.

"At least our children know their place."

This time my father spoke up. "Eddward knows best. To respect those above him and treat those below him as so."

Mr. Barr huffed at my fathers comment and my grin grew. I could now see that the apple did not fall far from the tree. Very similar in looks, body language, and temper. Though it was not for good reason, it was pleasantly satisfying to now meet the two halves of what made up the one and only Kevin.

This time the lady of the Barr family spoke up. Her voice was much softer, along with the way she held herself. Fairly surprised that a woman with this kind of grace could have a child as rough around the edges as Kevin.

"Pardon me, but can we please discuss the fact of why we are here. We have found your kind spying on our fellow hunters, so it is only natural to come to the conclusion that your kind is preparing for battle, just like my family."

Father slowly gave his head a nod. "We are."

"Then you must understand that this will take a great toll on both of our kinds."

A chuckle escaped fathers lips. "We are quick to drag the other down, are we? The battle may take a toll on your kind, but my kind is much stronger." Father stood up and gestured to me. "We have Eddward, one of the most skilled vampire there ever was."

Mr. Barr now was standing on his feet, firmly pointing back at Kevin. "Kevin here is the strongest and best skilled from the others that were raised to be warriors like him. You only have one, we have an army."

Father laughed, but my eyes widen in shock. If there are others that are trained as Kevin is, and is as skilled as he is, this could mean trouble for my kind. Though vampires were often much stronger than humans, Kevin was not like any other human. He was super human, one could say. He was stronger and more witty than half of the vampires I am currently training. If there are more like him, that could easily mean danger for my family.

But why didn't he tell me this before?

My eyes shifted to my redhead and all he could do was shrug in response to my look.

"If you flee from this town, we will let you go back to trying to hide. But if you remain here, we will defeat you in battle." Mr. Barr's voice was almost like thunder at this point.

But father was like lightening, snapping back at the low growls. "We shall not flee. This is our home, we have been living here peacefully. You must be the ones to flee, or there will be more than a few nightly watch outside your window."

I let out a sigh as the two head of households fought with one another. Leaning back in my seat and studying Kevin, his attention was on his father, more interested in what was going on than I was. I shall thank the new bits of news for making me lose my interest.

It was very unlike Kevin to hide things from me, or at least I thought it was. I trusted him for telling me everything on his side, as I would tell him for my side. I guess part of us will always remain loyal to our kind and keep our dark secrets. Even if it could me the destruction of one another.

I raised to my feet, catching the attention of the fathers. "I do apologize, but this is boring me greatly and I have a group of vampires I shall need to train. As long as one of us does not step out of line, then there shall be no need for war."

Kevin's father glared at me, my stance did not weaken. "But when you do step out of line, we shall be ready. Now have a good day."

Before his father could snap back at me, Kevin grabbed his arm and gestured his head towards the door. "Come on pops, it's not worth it."

"Rotten breed." The taller redhead hissed, and with one last up and down glare at me, the father obeyed the son, and the family walked towards the door. Kevin giving me one last look before he left, the look that he usually gave when we needed to talk. And we did need to talk. Mother closed the door behind the last of the Barr's.

"What on earth was that Eddward, this was suppose to be a peaceful talk."

"It would never have been peaceful. I have fought with the son before, I know his strength, I know how powe-."

"You have fought with the boy!? Where Eddward!?"

The for once quiet Marie, stepped in. "Because of Eddwards appearance, all the dicks at the school try to fight him."

"Yes, well, as I was saying. I know how strong the boy is, I was surprised by it myself, and didn't doubt that he could take out some of our own fairly easily. If they have many with the same skills and strengths as him, then we must not underestimate them and train harder."

The room fell silent, the fear of war was now starting to hit my family. Though much stronger by nature, this has been the first time we felt more anxious than normal towards hunters. I must admit, though I worried only for Kevin's safety, now I also worry for my tribes safety.

Fathers hand rested on my shoulder. "I shall call for an emergency training. We will not be defeated by a breed like theirs."

We are of different breeds.

•••

"Eddward, listen to me, I just found out myself about this a few weeks ago." Kevin's hand reached for mine, but my fingers quickly slipped away out of his grip.

"You should have told me right away. You know this could mean danger for my kind." I hissed quietly.

That night, Kevin and I snuck out to be together. Instead this was of pure business and not for a rebellious love night.

"I swore to protect my family, Eddward."

"As I did for mine, but if it meant putting the life of my partner in danger, I would not be as foolish as to keep it from him."

Kevin now captured me in his arms, wrapping them strongly around my waist and pressing his forehead against mine. Those green eyes gazed into my blue, and looked deep in my soul, calming me.

"I will never let you be in danger."

"Or your family."

"Of course not, and neither will you with your family. We will figure this out. I promise."

"I find it hard to believe you."

Kevin's lips gently pressed to mine. "I'll prove it to you." He pulled me into a hug, quieting the rest of the complaints and questions I had for the night.

I hated when he did that, but I won't complain.