Livi's in the hospital again.

Updating.

I'm sure tons of reviews would make her uber happy.

-Josh.

Chapter 10.

Joe and I walked through the doors of the mansion. He bounded toward the basement where Kahn waited for us. Joe pushed through the doors and walked toward him.

"How'd it go?" He said in his thick European accent. Joe looked down at his gun and ejected the mag. He set it down on the metal table and sighed.

"He's dead." Joe spat.

"Wonderful." He said. "And what's your excuse for being late?" Joe sighed again. He fell silent.

"Cause Human-Joseph came out." I snapped toward him.

"Human?"

"I shot a human." Joe said begrudgingly.

"And?" Kahn asked.

"It was my brother." Joe said, avoiding my eyes.

"And he's human?" Joe nodded. "Well, there's nothing you can do about it now."

"He didn't die. Joe decided to try and help him."

"You can't do that!" Kahn said.

"Don't you think I know that!? But honestly. My brothers hate me already. I didn't want to kill one of them." He spat.

"Why do they hate you?" Kahn asked, intrigued by the conversation now.

"Ask Lilly. Its her fault." Joe snapped at me.

'Uhg… Joe, I'm sorry, ok? God, you don't have to bring up my mistakes to defend yourself." I countered.

"So… they hate you for being vampire?"

"Yeah. Pretty much." Joe said.

"Correction. They hate me for making you a vampire." I said.

"I'm pretty sure Kevin's gonna hate me a lot more for shooting Nick." Joe spat.

"Whatever. I'm going to bed." I said quietly. I started to walk out of the room.

"Lilly!" Joe yelled back at me. I whipped around. He was following after me.

"What, Joe?" I asked in a annoyed voice. He stepped closer to me. I sighed.

"Lilly… I…" He started. He took my hand and moved me horizontal to him. He held my chin up to look at him. "I'm trying…" I nodded and turned toward the hall. Joe grabbed my hand again. He turned me toward him. He pulled me closer to him and kissed me. I pulled away and bit my lip. No, its not cause he kissed me. He's my boyfriend (well, blood mate, meaning we're pretty married.) , yeah, but… He's hard to stand sometimes.

"Joe…. I'm going to bed. If your coming, come. If your going to stay down here, stay. Do what you want, ok?" I said. He nodded. I turned and started walking. He was now following. We made our way to our room.

Yeah, blood mates share a bedroom. Its dumb and awkward for us, but slightly forced. I walked inside and threw off my shoes. I sat down on the bed and sighed. Joe looked at me.

"Lilly, what's wrong?" He asked in a serious voice. I sighed.

"Its nothing." I said. I stood up and walked over to the dresser. I pulled out a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. I slipped them on when Joe had his back turned and I walked back over to the bed. I pulled up the covers and slid underneath them. I sighed and lay back into the bed.

"It isn't nothing. What is wrong? Was it Kevin and Nick? I'm sorry I did that.. I just.. I couldn't leave him there…" He said. He took off his coat and then his shoes. He started to take off his outer clothing and started putting on a t-shirt.

"No, Joe. That's the problem. You expect me to be mad at you for saving your brother." I said looking up at him. "You need to quit it with the whole Terminator thing. You saw how scared Kevin and Nick were of you." I said. Joe sighed and sat down next to me in bed.

"Lilly… I'm sorry… but… it had to be done." He said. I sighed. He looked at me worried.

"I just kind of feel like… you lost yourself… with all of this happening." I said quietly.

"Lost myself?" Joe asked raising his eyebrows.

"You aren't really the same person anymore….and I just… uhg… I don't know." I said. Joe lay down with me.

"Lilly… I'm sorry… I just… I miss my family…" He said quietly. I nodded.

"I know… and I'm really sorry about that… but… I'm your family now too, and you haven't been giving me much thought." I whispered.

"We're… family?" He asked. "You would want to have a family with me?" He asked. I smiled and nodded.

"Of course, Joe." I said.

"Oh… well… I mean, I know we're blood mates, but… I didn't think you liked me that much." He said . I smiled.'

"Your strongly mistaken. I like you lots."

"I really think I like you more." I grinned. Joe smiled and kissed me. After a few seconds, we moved closer to each other and he put one arm around me. He kissed my cheek as we lay there quietly cuddled together.

Now you see why I put up with Terminator Joe?

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Joe got up and walked over to it. He opened it and Alex stood there. Joe let him in.

"Joe… Nathaniel wanted me to get you for a meeting… but… if your busy…" Joe shook his head.

"No… I'm fine. I can go." Alex raised his eyebrows and looked at me. I nodded. Alex left and Joe got re-dressed.

"I'll be back…" He said in a frustrated voice. I nodded and climbed under the covers. I sighed. Joe was great. In some ways. In others,…. He seriously lacked personality.