I couldn't stop crying, I was quite devastated. Daniel had gone, he had left and there had been nothing I could do to stop him. I didn't realise how long I had been there crying until I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. I jumped at the contact, having been on my own I hadn't realised how much time had passed. It was now clearly nightfall.
"Lilla, what's wrong?" Eric asked me, a frown prominent on his face. He was clearly worried about me. I couldn't even blame him really, I was sitting in tears by the front door- a place where I wasn't really meant to be any way since I was grounded and the door could be dangerous if some kind of supernatural decided to come in to it. The thing was, I just couldn't bring myself to care. Daniel had left! He'd left me and there was nothing I could do about it. I looked up at my father, the concern on his face and the love that his eyes held and knew that I had made the right decision. It just pained me that the 'right decision' meant that I lost my best friend.
And now I had to tell Eric and Melissa that he had run away. I had to tell a mother that her child had left without leaving a note. I couldn't believe he would do this. It wasn't fair. He was meant to be okay with this. I mean, I was, I am, I want to become a vampire when I'm old enough. They're my family, why wouldn't I? I honestly couldn't understand why Danny would want to get old and die, alone, when he could live forever with his family.
It wasn't the best family, sure we were treated like small children a lot of the time, but in their eyes we really must be, Eric was at least one thousand years old, Pam over a hundred, god only knew how old Melissa was, I never asked, but the point was, to them we were toddlers, if even that. How was Melissa going to feel about her baby, Daniel just up and leaving. They had been so angry when we were younger. I was a little afraid. Could they blame me for this? I didn't want to be blamed! I just had to tell the truth. He was gone.
"Danny's gone." I told him, my voice shaking a little. "He just left, he asked me to go with him, he said that we could have a life outside of this world and left." I said tears streaming down my face. "I couldn't stop him, but I didn't want to go, Papa, I swear I didn't!" I said, reaching up to him, grateful when he took me into his arms, holding me close to him. I needed the comfort. He was muttering little reassuring sounds, telling me that I had done the right thing, holding me close to him. I was grateful, I needed him right now, I was honestly scared. I didn't dare look at Mel. Who knew how angry she was?
I hid my head in Eric's shoulder. I was relieved he wasn't angry with me. If he had been… well I didn't know what I would have done. Suddenly I felt a lot younger than seventeen. I understood why Eric was so protective and often worried when I was out alone. Danny was alone out there, in the daylight! Who knew what could happen to him! I certainly knew that I wouldn't want to be out alone during the day. I was known as Eric Northmans ward! I could be snapped up by fang bangers in a second!
That and I knew that if I ran off Eric would find me. And it would not have been worth running off. I wouldn't sit down for a long, long time. I could hear Eric speaking to Melissa, but it was so low that to me it was only a dull buzz rather than actual words. He continued to stroke my back and hair while they spoke. Honestly, I didn't even want to know what they were talking about, it would only prove to cause me stress and worry. Both of which I had enough of! At least for one day.
Eventually I could stand it no longer, I looked at Melissa, I had to know what she was going to do. "Are you going to find Danny?" I asked her, looking her in the eye. I was shocked by how calm she was, since returning home she had not showed even an inkling of panic. I had seen Eric more panicked if I didn't reply to a text within ten minutes of receiving it.
She was so cool and calm and collected, it worried me. She looked at me, her eyes quite cold. "No, I don't think I will go and find Daniel." Melissa said, her mouth set in a hard line. I gasped, completely shocked by her reply. I looked up at Eric, he looked slightly irritated with the woman, clearly this had been what they were talking about.
"Why not?" I asked, I was too shocked to think that it may not be particularly bright of me to challenge a vampire on her decision. Not that Melissa would have been able to do anything to me with Eric near by.
"It is clear that my child no longer wishes to be with me." Melissa said, dusting her shoulder as though it had a fleck of dust on it. "I do not wish to keep him against his will. Clearly he has no want for the eternal life and youth which I was willing to offer him." Melissa sneered.
I couldn't believe it. She was letting pride get in the way. She was going to let Danny go because he was being a stubborn teenage boy. Shouldn't she realise that he was still her child? She had raised him as Eric had raised me. And I couldn't see Eric ever giving up on me.
I felt Eric's hold around me tighten as Melissa moved. "I must be going now, Sheriff Northman," She said, making her way towards the door. "Without Daniel here for his playdate there is no reason for me to hang around."
I wasn't sure if she was hurting and attempting to hide it or just plain cold. I liked to opt for the first option, but I wasn't so sure. It just wasn't right. She left, walking out of my life. If she wasn't going to find Danny I doubted I would ever see her again.
I wouldn't see either of them again. Two people who I had previously considered as a part of my family permanently gone from my life.
AN- Hey guys! It has been a very long time since I last wrote! There are a few reasons for that. I started university and got a very crazy social life and had a lot of course work! But also, I got a few flames which really put me off writing. One of which was this – "I'm glad you won't write anymore, this is crap, you perverts with a spanking fetish are sick"
I'm not going to lie, it completely bummed me out. It was written in reply to chapter five. Now from the start of this story it has been made very clear that there is spanking involved. So why this woman read so far in only to give me a rude review I do not know!
But thank you to FrankieRae who messaged me asking me to write more. She is the reason I went on to finish this chapter and this chapter is dedicated to her. Please leave me some reviews if you're still with me! – Inkbolt xxx
