Stevie Rae's child

Written by Thomas G. Arndt

The winds go blowing down the plains

Chapter 11

Carla

Ok after that night we had fun, I mean we didn't have sex or anything, and his room had two beds, so it wasn't like we had to sleep together. The next day we had made plans to go shopping, but I liked to look out the window before I went any where, when I opened it it hurt so bad I knew we would have to wait until later. He had eight thousand dollars in his pocket, and like four major credit cards, he had a bank card, but we had no idea of what his pin number was, it sounds like we had it made. But you wouldn't believe how fast you can spend eight thousand dollars, I completely made her wardrobe over, in what I considered a thirty-six year old should wear. I did it over in like a week, I bought myself like three pant suits, all with pretty skirt accessories, one even had inlaid flower design, I mean it was the same color and stuff. One of all the good colors, navy blue, black, and heather gray, then I noticed something, all the women that looked close to my age did dress like I was, I kinda felt bad, I mean I should have found this out before I spent any of the Extreme's money. I had changed my name again, now I had him calling me Kyly, I thought it was a simple four letter name, and to me it invoked power, don't you think, well it wouldn't last long either.

We had live here for a week without incident, then he was told that his home office expect him back in a day, we cashed in the plane tickets that they sent us and decided to make a run to another town. I was all for us filling up my car and making the run for it, but he didn't think we had enough time, so we went ahead and just ran, of course we would get a road map within the first day we were in this city. On the back it had and interstate guide, so we could go to Wichita, Arkansas, or Tulsa, we decided that Texas was out of the question, so Dallas and Amarillo was out of the question. And we finally decided on Tulsa because it's basically in between the other two choices, and if we needed we could easily deviate two one or the other, so now we were on the road. We did everything within the law, as we didn't want to get pulled over for nothing, and since we couldn't go during the day, we decided to leave just when the sun set. So we left out at eight at night, we were on the road for just over an hour when it happened, it was the most scariest time of my life, you see as we drove red and blue lights started to flash in our rear view mirror.

I had just taken over for my half of the drive, so I pulled over slowly, and had to look at my speedometer as I got off the road, then I took up my purse to get out my license. Then it hit me, my license was out of date, oh I knew he was going to arrest me and throw away the key, I could see that the Extreme was tense as well, I had to lean out the window as the police officer came to my window. He then asked, " Ma'am can I see you insurance and driver's license please?"

I then asked, " Hey where is your insurance?"

He then even looked more nervous as he looked into the glove compartment, I mean neither of us even bothered to look to see if we even had insurance, he then pulled out the Hertz agreement, he then said, " It has to be in there somewhere, I mean Officer I rented this car, this young lady is only helping me with the driving."

He leaned in and asked, " Did you know this car has been reported stolen?"

" No officer, I assure you I rented this car from Hertz, or my car rented it for me, my business in Oklahoma City fell through, so I thought I would go to Tulsa to try and pick up another, she needed a ride so I said I would drive her if she would share the driving load."

" That's nice, Ma'am can I see your license."

" Oh God, do you have to, I mean I really want to be on our way."

" Well I . . ." he looked a little confused so I added, " Officer you can let us go and we'll promise to go to a Hertz place and get this all sorted out."

" Oh, I a, well, ok I guess this is good enough, now make sure you get all this straightened out when you get to Tulsa."

I couldn't believe what had just happened, so I gave him my sweetest smile and said, " Thank you officer, we'll be on our way then."

He got a stern look on his face as he said, " Ok then, you two just get out of here before I change my mind."

So I put the car in gear and slowly pulled out, I watched as the red and blue flashing lights disappeared, then I blew out a long sigh of relief, the Extreme then asked, " What just happened?"

I had to replied, " I haven't a clue, but what ever just happened I thank the gods, man I thought I was busted for sure, did I tell you my license was out of date."

" But all those clubs, how did you get in?"

I really had to think about that as we drove, the only thing I could think of, was that every time they checked my license they wouldn't check my expiration date on it, and they never did. Then I had to think of what just happened with the police officer, and I then realized that I had controlled their thought's, I had to laugh as we got to the sigh that read 25 miles until Tulsa. He looked at me and asked, " What's so funny?"

I then had to tell him what I had come up with, " You kinda hit the nail on the head, as I looked back I had to realize that I was controlling their thought's, I mean I thought of what I wanted, and then they did it the way I wanted it, and if I'm right I think it's really cool."

" Hey do you think I can do that?"

" Well go ahead and try it on me."

But after I thought it I had to think was that very smart, so I braced myself for driving nude, but nothing happened, and after a few minutes he said, " Well I guess I don't have it, I mean I tried something easy, and you didn't do it."

Then we drove until we found the airport, you see I figured they had a Hertz dealer, then we left the car out front, I mean we weren't super geniuses, I mean the smart thing to do was to find a hotel, then drop off the car. But on our drive I had to think of how many times I wanted him to buy me a really cute dress or scarf, and he didn't buy it for me, so as we walked away from our abandoned car I said, " I don't think that's it, I had to think about it, and if I could control your thought's, I would need at least one more suit case, so maybe it's just human thought's, hey have that guy over there pick his nose."

And with that he lifted up his hand and put his finger in his nose, I had to laugh as he had done it, I then kissed him, it was more to calm my emotions then a real kiss, but yes I had committed a sin. I mean we were friends and not lovers, and I'm not sure I wanted to go beyond that, I mean I really like the Extreme, well except for his name, I mean he was more like a Tom, John, or Pete. You know a good buddy, the name Extreme just wasn't a friends name, to me it was as if someone was going to hit you, or a pro-wrestler, he smiled at me and said, " Wow, I would like a little more of that."

I then said, " Well we'll see, except you have to do something about your name, I mean I don't want to be the girlfriend of a pro-wrestler, and I mean you look like you're fifty-two years old, how would you think if your Dad was named the Extreme, not that I want any kids."

" A why are we talking about kids, I mean can vampyres even have them, and I can say that I think we have to have sex before we can even think about that."

" Well that isn't happening any time soon, but as boyfriend and girlfriend we will get to like make out and stuff, but I hate bad breath so you'll have to keep on you breath mints."

We then started to move faster down the road, when we got close to a stop sign he said, " Hey Kyly, I'll race you to that stop sign."

Ok, so he wanted to race me, well I knew how to handle this, so I said, " Don't be such a guy," and as I took off I yelled, " GO!"

I was laughing as we made it to the sign in a blink, he had barely caught me, he then had a strange look on his face, so I asked, " What's wrong?"

" Do you see that traffic light down there?"

" You mean the one that's about a quarter mile away?"

" Yeah, I'm going to run to it, now you might need to move your head to keep up with me, but what I saw was strange and really cool, and since I had your mind control thing, I think you can do this."

I then nodded my head, then he moved fast, I mean really fast, I couldn't keep my head up with him, he then yelled, but I could hear him like he was next to me, " Now you try it, and watch how fast you catch up with me."

So I ran to him, and he was right, it was so fast I was scared I might run into something, but he caught me in his arm's to stop me, and again I was so happy he stopped me that I kissed him again. He was a gentleman and carrying my bags along with his, I then had to say just for Q. and A. " I was nervous, that was a nervous kiss."

" Oh, so you meant nothing by it?"

" Well yes, I meant that I was happy that you caught me."

He then did a deep bow and said, " Well then my Lady, think of me as your protector."

I smacked him in the shoulder and said, " That's for being such an ass."

He then made me laugh with, " Ooh my Lady, hit me again, I love the pain."

And I think as I laughed really hard, I knew that this boy and me were going to be really good friends, I mean I had to also wonder if I wonder if I would give him my virginity to him, then it came to me, I had to wonder if this body was even a virgin anymore. It was a strange state of affairs that put a fifteen and seventeen year old in older bodies, and would I ever be the same again, he put his arm around me and said, " Kyly you don't have to cry, I'm here, I promise, I'll try my best to protect you."

Was I crying, I guess I was, and as I was trapped in my thought's we walked down the road, we had no idea of where we were going, but we knew wherever we were going we could get there fast. As we walked we made the decision to take a bus somewhere else, oh you might want to know why we walked. Well you see in this town the airport closes after a certain time, so there weren't any taxi's around, so we couldn't easily catch one. I had to laugh at this, I'm sure that in a big city the airport would stay open, and I have to say that this city to me wasn't a small city, you almost need a car to get from point A to point B. So as I said we walked, and through our ability we were easily able to make it to the down town area, by the time we got there I had to be glad that I had worn tennis shoes. We sat in the Bus station until we decided to go to a motel, it was one of those cheap ones, we had cleared out all the money on his cards we could, but we also knew we had to make it last. Some might say why did you carry such a large sum of money on you, weren't you afraid of getting robbed, but for God's sake I mean we are vampyres after all. We got into our room and sat on the beds we had picked out for each other, no television, no radio, no talk, all we did was sit. And as we both felt the sun coming up, we made sure we would be disturbed, I went in and took my shower, then he did the same, and we went to bed, I had no idea of what we were doing. I think at this very point we were totally lost, I mean what were we going to do.

I woke up and felt like a new person, then I looked over and it all came back to me, you see I saw him just lying there as if he was a baby, and I had to think of how much I had no idea of what I was doing. I then went into the bathroom and put on a pretty sun dress, I mean you could see through it with out a slip on, but it made me feel good, and then I put on my new sandal's, they had three inch heels, but I was getting use to walking on them. Then I came out and he was just getting up, he smiled at me as he asked, " Do you feel better today?"

I gave him a half heart-ed smile as I replied, " No, but I'm going to force myself to fell better, what do you think we should do first?"

" Well I don't know, maybe we should get us a car."

" Yeah that would beat walking, but maybe we should eat first?"

" Ok, we find someone to eat, then we search for a good cheap car."

" I think we should go back to the bus station, I believe we can find vagrants there, and if we accidentally kill one, no one will miss him."

He got a stern look on his face and asked, " Kyly that only happened once, and if you didn't do it I wouldn't be here, so I have to think someone's divine hand is in on that, so you just stop it."

" I know you don't think it could happen again, but what if it does, then what are we going to do?"

" Kyly are you trying to get rid of me?"

" No, why would you think that?"

" Well, every so often it seems that you get into this mood, then you try to send me away, I mean I know you need me so I would never go, but the way you talk some times makes me think your trying to send me away."

What was I to do, I mean the boy saw more of me then anyone had ever seen before, we were very good friends, I leaned over and knocked his shoulder and whispered, " I'm not going any place."

He smiled at me and kissed my forehead, then he said, " Good, because I'm not going anyplace either, hey maybe if we look at the phone book we can figure out what we're going to do next."

We then searched through the desk for the phone book, it was easy to find, and we looked for anything that would tell us what we were going to do, plus clubs that we could frequent. And as we looked we came across the House of Night add, we were unsure of what to do, so we made it a point to see if we could visit later, I mean they had to know what it meant to be a vampyre.

Zoey

We had gone a week with out an attack, Stevie Rae looked as if she could pop at any time, I mean you should see her, she's as big as a house, and she's just about bit off everyone's head. It's surprising at how much Aphrodite has taken, I think she has retreated to her room until the birth, I mean Sister Mary Mary-angelic has really kept Stevie Rae in line, I think you have to think of her as a drill sergeant when it comes to Stevie Rae. And the twins have taken extra guard duty shifts, just so they don't have to be in the line of fire for Stevie Rae, the good sister said that when a girl has a baby they go through changes, and that's what is happening to Stevie Rae. I love her to death, but man she has really unloaded on me as well, I guess the only one that she hasn't unloaded on is Raphraim, and I think she would win a fight with Neferet right now. The next night after our guard had gotten here, I had to assign them to each of us, I assigned one to Stevie Rae, and one to the baby, well that was the first time she fired upon me, she thought I had done it because of how big she was. Raphraim calmed her down enough so I could explain it to her, after we finally talked she said she was sorry, but some of the things she said really hurt, it may take me a little while to get over the remarks, the sister told me to just get over it. I always laugh at her, I mean she's tough, but come on, she's talking to a bunch of vampyres and fledglings, the only two humans are her and Raphraim, and he's only that for half the time, I don't know what you'd call him during the day.

Right now I sat next to Stark, we had stopped sleeping in the buff, it was my way not to tempt him, his control problem is an issue, he said it only happened since he came back from the otherworld. I have a feeling this has something to do with what happened in the other world, I can't place my finger on it, but it has Kalona and Neferet all over it, so now all we do is sleep, eat, and make out together, heavy on the making out part, I mean a girl has her needs. But I have to say that when you've had it, you kinda miss it, and I so miss Stark, he's right that what has happened is a lost of control, and nothing else, but still I have to wonder, and the Kalona and Neferet thing, how could they make him do such things. He looked so cute and so much like a young boy right now, I had to lean down and give him a kiss, I could see his eye's pop open with a smile in them, he then deepened our kiss and started to rub the center of my back just above the bend to my butt. I loved it when he did that, except that we both knew what would happen next, so he abruptly stopped, but at least he didn't stop kissing me, and as we ended our kiss, as per-usual we were out of breath. I then leaned in and said in a raspy voice, " That was nice."

His breathless voice came back with, " Yeah I know, will we ever get used to that."

" I hope not."

" Me to, well I guess we should get up and get dressed."

" Can we may a little while?"

He smiled at me, and opened up our covers, I laid in his arm's and we kissed again, and as he traced my tattoo's I ran my hand down the front of his chest, we loved each other so much, I hated that this had come in between us, this, this control issue. We finally pulled apart and as we had to sit for awhile because neither of us had breath to speak, then I said in a low voice, " I wish I could have more of you."

He replied with his head in my chest, " I wish I could give you more, but we can't take the chance."

I then got slowly up and took off my night things, he didn't have to, I mean he preferred his underwear to sleep in, so there wasn't no night clothes to get out of. I then put on my new jeans that Shawnee had bought me, I mean I never put anything on until I wash it, and since we had just washed it, this wash my first chance to wear them. I also put on my T-shirt with the picture of the cat that looked like Nala, it was olive green, not the best color for me, but they didn't have it in any other color, I also decided to wear my light blue tennis shoes. I had to laugh as I asked, " Hair up or down?"

I laughed because I knew what he would say, you see he loved my long hair, so it was no surprise when he replied, " Down Baby, let everyone know who you are."

I looked into the mirror that Damien bought me, and decided to pull it back, but in the way that held my hair down, a part pony tail, I used my brush and put all my long hair into place. Aphrodite was right, I really need a hair cut, I mean I'm split end central here, but with everything that's going on I really haven't had the time, Stark came up behind me and started to stroke my hair, I loved it when he did this. I then pull my comb as I allowed him to do that, I then separated my hair, so I could put it into a pony tail, he knew to stroke my hair when I got done, I then smiled and looked into his eye's through the mirror. He gently pulled my hair back and kissed my neck, I had to hope that he never stopped being like this, my Stark and I loved him with all my heart, then I kissed his hand and said, " Come on, Sylcilia will be here in a few minutes." He then gave me a stern stare, and I knew what he was going to say so I answered before he could ask, " I picked her for my guard and that's that."

He put his hands up and said, " I wasn't going to say anything, but as long as you brought it up, I think it was smart of you assigning Aros or Thomas to Stevie Rae, but you should have kept one of them for yourself."

" Now Stark don't start, as I've said, I depend on them all, so I had to give the strongest to Damien, and the fastest to Aphrodite and Kramisha, and Calius to the child, then you have the twins, if I gave one of them one, you know I had to give the other the other one."

" Yeah, but both of them have the fire arm's experts, couldn't you have at least taken one of them?"

" Stark give Sylcilia a chance, I have a feeling about her, and I kinda like her, I mean I think it's cool to be the only girl among a sea of guy's."

We both heard Sylcilia clear her throat as she asked, " May I come in Priestess?"

" Yes Sylcilia, maybe you can help me with my argument about why your a better protector then the other seven warriors."

She moved the blanket and smiled at me, but before she could speak he put up his hands and said, " Hey I already give up, I know when I'm beat."

She then replied, " It takes a good warrior to see defeat before it happens, and the truly wise would avoid problems before they become so."

" Hey Sylcilia, you know I don't dislike you, I'm just speaking to the point that Thomas is so much stronger then all of you."

" Yes, and his strength can be used against him, he is a good warrior, if not a little brash, but as all warriors, we all have weaknesses, all you have to do is learn how to use them, just as yours is that your main weapon can be damaged. It is good you learned how to use the blade as well, it helps to have a back up, but young warrior remember, seldom does a warrior get the chance to pull his or her secondary weapon, if your enemy gets past this, then you have to be fast."

I knew what she meant, and she always did it in a kind way, but Stark knew that his bow was only so good, one of his greatest fears was his bow failing him. I could see the pain in his face, he was very good at hiding this from others, but he couldn't do this to me. So I tried to end the conversation with, " Sylcilia you can use my mirror."

She moved to my mirror and as she did her hair she said, " Warrior I do not say this to be mean, I do this so you will be ready, Zoey are you ready for your trip this day?"

I had almost forgot, I called my Grandma, and we said we would meet at the American Eagle, then we would have dinner together, of course I had to tell to tell her of my guard first, and Stark then took a pool so I could go. He raised just over twenty dollars for this outing, I don't know if that will be enough, but it just has to be, I miss her so much, and all we seem to do is text anymore. I had put my foot down to myself, and was going to stop this, one way or another we were going to meet, and just think about it, it was me that almost forgot, well I had to show my appreciation to her, so I gave her my biggest smile I could. I think she knew because she returned the favor in the mirror, then she threw me my little bottle of concealer, and I started to smudge it on, she then threw a bottle to Stark as she started to do the same. Of course I would have to help Stark with his tattoo's, he was so helpless when it came to make up. Most vampyres would never hide their tattoo's, but they were doing it for me, the one thing that I hated was that they're making us take the mini Cooper, I love my light blue bug. They said it was for my own safety, I think it was more for Aros's state of mind, he so worries about everything.

We then went to the parking lot, on the way Calius gave Sylcilia a small sword, if your a vampyre you know it as a dirk, and Stark told me that it isn't called a sword, that in truth it's called a long knife. Darius gave me one of his small daggers, he told me just throw it, even if it doesn't stick, it'll surprise them enough so I could get all my elements, Aros gave Stark his bow, and Hoverious put his quiver in the trunk. He also had a talk with Stark, I think he put something in the trunk for him, I have to say, that this leaving felt strange, I mean I was only going to my Grandma's, but everyone was treating it as if we were not going to see each other again. I had no idea of what was on everyone's mind, but I felt fear, it was a tangible feeling, I knew we couldn't be going to our deaths, and I really wish everyone would stop acting like that. We pulled out, and to be safe, Stark drove and Sylcilia rode on the passenger side, I sat behind him, and as we moved out I asked, " Did all of you feel that?"

Sylcilia then asked, " You mean the feeling of despair?"

Stark replied, " Yeah, do you think they think we're going to our own funeral?"

I then said, " Well I'm not planning on dying."

Sylcilia then said with a wary smile, " Neither do I, but we never pick the place of our death."

Ok, that kinda did us in, so we drove in complete silence the rest of the way, I mean we every once in a while would open our mouths, but then we would close it, a wise man once told me the only stupid question was the one not asked. Well we must have been really stupid, I mean I knew we all had questions, but none of us even asked one.