Chapter 7

So Forget Being a Lonesome Teenager, Say Hello to Being a Full Grown Adult

"So, Trevor," James started, "Is there something that you would like to say to Kristie?"

Trevor groaned, "Not really," he said right before Simone smacked him on the arm. "Fine, Kristie, I guess I'm sorry."

Ian pushed it a little bit, "For what?"

Trevor pointed his finger at Ian, "Mom! That wasn't part of the deal!"

Simone groaned, "Trevor, first you break this poor girls arm, then you punch her straight in the face. Now tell me, why did you do that?"

Trevor sat down and looked bored, "Because she left me to go find Ian. Now I really don't want a repeat of a few months ago, because when she left for the couple of days, Ian was miserable. Ian, I really want you to be happy, but does it have to be with her?"

Ian started look furious, "Yea. It does. I didn't dare say one word when you were with Alexa, now did I? I just don't get why you don't like her. I mean, really, what did she ever do to you that made you hate her?"

"She left-"he started to say.

Ian cut him off, "We know she left to find me. I meant before any of this happened. Because to me, she did nothing. All she tried to do was be your friend. Kristie still has the courage to love you, Trevor. Even though you hate her, she doesn't hate you. When you broke her arm, she even said that it wasn't your fault, and she forgives you. You know that she did nothing to deserve any of this, Trevor."

"He's right you know," Seth and Nathan interceded.

Baily and Cecelia showed up at the bottom of the stairs, "Trevor, you know we love you, but if you keep hurting Kristie, we will make you leave. We all want you to stay, but if you keep your attitude up, we won't be able to be the family we once were," Cecelia said.

"We were a pretty happy family before it came here," he said in a whisper.

"So now she's an 'it'?!" Ian roared.

"Yea," Trevor said in a bored tone, "Like I give creatures like her a name. Why did you ever change her in the first place? You know that you would have to stay with her after you changed her, and would you rather have her, or us? Really, Ian, make your decision."

Ian spoke right after Trevor, "Kristie is going to be part of the family soon anyways, so I have both."

"That's not what I mean, Ian. If you weren't going to marry her soon, who would you pick?" Trevor said getting mad.

Ian didn't even have to think about it for more then half of a second, "Kristie. Any day, Trevor."

Trevor laughed. "Really? What happened if she was still a human? How would you love her? She wouldn't be one of us, Ian. I would think that you would pick us because we took you in when you needed help, and what do we get in return, crud about Kristie from you," Trevor said in a proud voice.

James started to get mad now, "Trevor, you know very well that Ian has done so much for this family. In fact, he did more than you. We owe Ian this favor to have a life. He can do whatever he wants, Trevor. We love Kristie, and we think of her as a family member already. And I really don't blame him for picking Kristie over us. After the way you have been acting for there few weeks, I wouldn't be surprised if he picked a rock over us. Ian loves all of us, and he would do anything for even you. We should be happy that he found Kristie, because would you want Ian to be like he was in the beginning, or when Kristie first came here?"

Trevor immediately answered, "As he was in the beginning. He was quieter, and he paid a lot more attention to me. Seth, Nathan, Baily, and Cecelia were always together, and Ian and I were doing just fine on our own. Now it came in the picture and I was all by myself. Do you know how it feels to loose the one you love the most? It hurts, badly."

I was furious at this point, "Yea. I know. Guess what, Trevor, I lost everyone except Ian. Even as a child I still lost people, and being abused didn't help either. Do you know what that feels like? No, you don't. And what you just did to me these last few days is my childhood all over again. Ian was the first one to understand who I actually was, to accept me as a person, not a bug. Then meeting his family was the best day of my life because you all accepted me, and that's just what I always wanted; a family. For you to loose Alexa was for me to loose my mom, my dad, my best friend, and my grandparents. When all of that happens to you, let me know how it feels like," I screamed at him.

When I was done, the whole family, including Trevor, was in shock. "I'm sorry, Kristie," Trevor said in defeat.

"I think we all are," Seth said still in shock. The whole family joined with him in 'ditto.'

Ian was the next to talk; "Now you see why she is always around me. She feels protected, she feels safe when she is with me, and she feels wanted. We all know what happened to you, and we are all very sorry, but next time, just think before you speak."

After he said that, I bursted out into tears, "I'm sorry James, Simone, Nathan, Seth, Baily, Cecelia, and Ian. I'm sorry all of this happened."

Ian came over and wrapped his arm around my shoulders and brought me into his chest. He laughed a little, "Don't apologize, Kristie. You have done nothing wrong."

Sobbing into his chest, "Yes I have. You loved me, that was enough for all of you."

Ian instantly got furious, "See what you do to her, Trevor? Now she's feeling guilty for something she didn't do. Do you know how hard she tries to pretend that we aren't who we are. She never thought of us as a group of vampires, but just as a group of normal people. The only thing that ruined that image is you, Trevor. I wouldn't be surprised if she never wanted to see you again, because if that was me, I'd be out of here in a matter of minutes after what you did. And just look, she actually accepts your apology even after what you did. You know, you have a pretty remarkable girl in this household, and what do you do about it, you treat her like crap. She has done nothing to this family, and yet, you think that she was the one to break up this family. Trevor, she wasn't the one, you were," Ian said as he walked us out of the house.

As soon as we stepped outside, I fell to the ground with tears pouring out of my face. "I'm so sorry, Ian. I didn't want any of this to happen. Your family was so happy without me here."

Ian brought me into his chest, "You did nothing wrong, Kristie. You actually brought this family closer together. When we aren't together, which is really rare, my parents are always talking about you, and how they are so happy that we are going to be married in a few weeks," he added with a smile. "You see, Kristie, Trevor just has his moments. He took Alexa's death really hard, and he doesn't understand that you have been through way worse. He thinks about himself a lot more then he should."

"This is my fault though! What if you were the one to do this? What would you do? Because, I'm actually doing something better than what I could be doing. I could run away again, or maybe I could go to Jonathan, or I could just kill myself, but, I really don't want to do that. I just love you to much," I still said in sobs.

Before he could speak, I had another flashback.

Flashback.

"So Ian, huh?" Amanda asked as she sat down at my table.

I blushed and smiled, "He's pretty cute."

Amanda laughed, "Cute, huh. I'd try a word like gorgeous, godlike, sexy, beautiful, irrestiable. Something along those lines. But I'd watch out Hampton, Ian doesn't go out with anyone from school. Last I heard, he's never had a girlfriend."

I frowned a little, "Oh. Is it normal for him to keep looking at me with like daggers in his eyes?"

Amanda laughed, "You should have seen what he did when he was a freshman. He only stuck with his siblings. You know that he has like six of them? It's crazy. It's really hard to believe that they are actually related, because they really look nothing alike."

I laughed too, "They actually don't look anything alike. Well, some of them actually look alike. Do they socialize with anyone? I've never seen them talk to anyone."

Amanda just looked down to the desk, "You're lucky that he even looks at you. I'd be surprised if he even said 'hi' to you."

I laughed, "Well you never know."

She laughed along, "With Ian, you will never know."

I sighed a little, "Do you ever get the feeling that something really bad is going to happen?"

Amand looked worried for a minute, "What do you mean?"

I looked down, "I don't know, but all day I've just been feeling like something really bad is going to happen really soon. I know that Josh is coming to get me…again…and I just feel like something is going to happen."

Amanda still looked worried, "No. I've never had that feeling." She laughed for a minute, "Well, when you're with Josh, I'd suggest wearing like a helmet, and padding under everything."

I laughed, "And speaking of him, here he comes now."

As soon as he walked into the library, he immediately smiled, "Hey, Amanda, Kristie."

We both smiled back a 'hey, Josh.'

"You ready, Kristie?" he asked taking my hand.

I quickly shoved it off, "Don't touch me please. And yup, on my way to vocabulary. Again, Josh, this really isn't necessary. I've been here long enough to find my classes by myself."

Josh laughed, "Yea, but I like you."

I sighed quietly, "Fine."

As we walk down the two corridors to get to my class, Josh just kept rambling, "You know, Kristie, you are the best addition we have had to Geneva Prep. I can't name three guys that don't like you already. Maybe," he said starting to get shy, "Do you want to go out with me sometime?"

This time I sighed loud enough, "No thank you, Josh. I kinda like someone already," I said with a smile.

Josh looked all defensive, "Who is it? I bet it's that Ian kid. Kris-"

I interrupted him cruedly, "Never ever call me Kris again."

Josh laughed a little, "Okay, Kristie. But why do you like him?"

I smiled a little, "I don't know. There is just something about him that makes me smile, that makes happy for once."

Josh sighed, "You know, Kristie, you would have a lot of fun with me."

I stared at him with a blank expression, "Oh sure I-" I started to say before everything went blank. I just knew that something bad would wind up happening.

End Flashback.

"Kristie, for the last time this isn't any of your fault!" he screamed.

"Yea. I got the point!" I screamed back.

Ian laughed and hugged me, "Flashback?"

I nodded, "The day that I fell down the stairs. I was talking to Amanda about you, and then Josh came, and then I fell down the stairs."

Ian smiled, "Talking to Amanda about me?"

I blushed, "Wondering why you wouldn't stop looking at me in a weird way," I said in a smile.

Ian laughed, "I was just trying to figure you out. It was weird hearing your every thought. Although, some of them I greatly approved of," he said with a smile.

I laughed, "I would have kept them to myself."

Ian smiled, "Now why would you do that?" he whispered against my neck.

"Because I love you," I said against his lips.

"That actually makes sense in a weird kind of way," he said right before he kissed me.

"I love you-" I started to say right before things went black.