Chapter 8: Back to Reality
A/N: Sorry it's short, but don't worry it's not over yet! :D Thank you for reviewing and please keep it up.
Tia's POV
My flashback stops for now as Benjamin, Kebi, and Amun come back after the business they had conducted what business, I do not know nor do I ask. I saw them as they entered our hut of today in a line with Amun first followed by Kebi and of course Benjamin. Their eyes were getting less crimson which meant off to hunting very soon. My throat has been tingling for the taste of blood lately so all of us will have to be off soon. His turn to enter the threshold. He smiles at me, that one smile, the smile that I fell in love with. I see his shining teeth, the perfect curve of his mouth, all that I love. It comforts me, it welcomes me to him.
I get up, walk over to him with open arms and greet him home. He holds me tight, the kind of tight that makes you feel so snug inside. The kind of hug that makes you feel good to never want to get out of. He kisses me on the forehead as I look up to meet his glaze. He longed for this for the whole day, I sense it, and it's a woman's touch. It never gets old, never gets tiring after all this time that we've been together, it's still great to feel him against me knowing that he will be there for eternity. I know this, and he knows this. I am his companion, his wife, his lover, his best friend. I'm always there.
Benjamin lets go, takes my hand and leads me to our corner of our hut and cuddle with one another. Amun and Kebi take the couch and cuddle as well. I don't understand because we revolve around Benjamin. Benjamin knows a sense of right and wrong much better than Amun. Everybody says so, Amun just refuses to let him lead.
I sit between his sprawled legs as he grabbed my waist with his cool hands. I lean back against him and kiss his beautiful olive neck. I do not wear a cover since the times have changed, which makes me feel free and independent. "What did you do today?" He whispers when I'm through.
"Stayed here, thinking about you." I responded with a smile on my face.
"Is that it?"
"Did you want more?"
"No, just the thought of you thinking of me makes me feel better." He smiles and rubs his hand up and down my stomach, I feel his fingers through my thin dress, and the ice gives me a shiver. "Did you want to know what I did today?"
"What did you think about today?"
"You." He stated.
"I had a feeling you would say that." I replied. We start again with each other, looking into our crimson red eyes that was fading. We never let go of this glance, not one bit. Amun and Kebi just stare at us, like we're crazy. Do we care? No, we only care for each other.
"Why do you guys always go into another time with one another?" Amun retorted to us speaking for Kebi as well.
"You know, Amun, we have no idea. We've been together for a century and yet, these little things that we do never get old. It's never the same, in a way, it's always different." I couldn't of said it better myself.
"Whatever." Amun ignored us once more and paid attention to Kebi as he whispered to her as well. I and Benjamin continued on.
My worries go away, my thoughts change. I think and remember how we almost were separated when we left for Washington, USA to witness with the Cullens and the newborn Renesemee to the Volturi. Irina, of another vampire coven claimed the child was immortal which is forbidden. She misunderstood for the child was half human-half vampire. The father being vampire and the mother being human at the time. A nice family who surprisingly does not drink human blood but of animal. It was the right thing to do. We were scared that the Volturi would take him due to the battle that was fought instead of death. He survived, thankfully. We were almost separated; I wouldn't be able to live with myself if he was gone. Thankfully, we weren't separated.
Benjamin reaches towards my cheek as my hand goes on top feeling him like I always do. We stare for the longest time. I get jitters in my stomach as if he's touching me for the first time. He senses this and soothes me with his voice. This is what I mean by just me and him together with no interruptions.
Night quickly falls and me and Benjamin walk out of the hut once again hand in hand. Amun doesn't ask where we go, he knows our routine. There is nothing else to do, we cannot sleep. We walk through the desert sand as Benjamin tells me about his day.
"You know, Amun really drives me crazy sometimes." Benjamin stated in some kind of fury.
"I know the feeling because I think the same thing sometimes, but we have to stick together." I reply as I feel the sand through my feet. I don't wear shoes, I don't like the feeling.
"I suppose. Sometimes I just wish we were off on our own. You know? Not having to listen to his rules and how he wants to do things. To be independent, Tia." Benjamin sounds meaning and he really wants to go out on our own. We cannot, we all must stick together like a great big happy family.
"Yea, I know."
"But as long as I have you, I am willing to stay anywhere."
I blush, thankful that it is dark and he cannot see. I concentrate now at the night sky with its stars. I wonder what kind of dance they will do tonight. What kind of entertainment we would be able to watch. Or what figures they will for just for us on this night. This beautiful glorious night that we never want to end. I watch the stars with anticipation, just to see what show they will put on next.
We walk to a shallow part of the town we now live in. We sit and once again cuddle against one another and watch the stars. Benjamin points to a constellation and we laugh as we make up stories about them. That's also part of our entertainment.
Both of us do not want this to end. The laughter, the story-telling, the star watching, it's what we both live for. We are summoned to immortality; it's the little things like this that keep us sane.
