August 10th. - Marianne's fifteenth birthday.
For my birthday, we all went into town for lunch, then aunt Donna bought me some gifts, from some of the stores. I preferred picking my gifts out, then letting others surprise me with them.
After choosing a shirt and a pair of jeans, in one of the department stores, Victoria, aunt Donna, and I went into the market to look at the jewelry, while Tony and uncle Bob looked at the yo-yo's, which a man was hand making at the craft table.
I saw a necklace, on the rack, that looked like the one I was wearing. I had not taken mine off since Rudolph gave it to me, at the cliff.
I turned around because I got startled by a truck that made a loud noise, because it was stopping. I saw that it stopped in front of one of the town houses, that had a sign in front of it saying it had been sold. Just as I was about to turn away and continue looking at the necklaces, I saw two people standing outside near the truck. I walked towards the house, and as I got closer, I saw that the guy looked a lot like Rudolph and the girl looked a lot like Anna, except her hair was a very light blond.
"Marianne, what are you doing?" I heard Victoria shout after me. She walked after me, and when I stopped, she asked me,
"Who are you looking at?"
"Please tell me that those two over there are Rudolph and Anna..." I said, pointing to where I was looking. Victoria looked and seemed to have a surprised expression on her face, as I had on mine.
"If it is them, then they might hear if we whistle." Victoria said.
"But what if that was only something they could hear when they were vampires... if it is even them?" I questioned.
"Try it anyways." She urged. I pursed my lips together and started to whistle.
Victoria and I watched as the two slowly turned away, looking our way. Victoria smiled widely.
"It must be them! They are looking right at us!"
Victoria said, in an excited tone. I did not say anything, I just ran towards them. When I got closer, the guy dropped his suit case and approached me.
"Marianne?" He said, looking at me.
"Rudolph." I whispered to myself. We ran towards each other, and when I reached his arms, he held me tight, spinning me around in one circle, then putting me down.
"Bloody hell Rudolph... it is you. I knew it, when I started to whistle and you and Anna looked at me." I said to him, still in his embrace.
"But did you think it was us, before you started to whistle, so you tried to see if we could still hear it?" He asked.
"Yes, I did. Victoria is the one who told me to whistle." I said, letting go of him and motioning Victoria to come over. She smiled and approached us. Rudolph smiled at her and gave her a hug.
"Nice to see you again Rudolph." She said.
"You too Victoria." He replied. He turned and motioned Anna to come over, just as two adults and another guy walked out of the house. It was Gregory, Frederick, and Freda. The three of them looked at us, and then walked over with smiles.
"Well hello there Marianne and Victoria." Freda said.
"So you found us?" Frederick asked, with a smile.
"We sure did." I said. Rudolph and I smiled at each other as I put my arm around his shoulder and his went around my waist. I turned and looked waved over to Tony, uncle Bob, and aunt Donna. The three of them saw me, but Tony is the only one who ran over to us.
"Rudolph, you're back!" He shouted happily. Rudolph and him gave each other a high five.
"I sure am dude." Rudolph replied.
When uncle Bob and aunt Donna came over to us, we introduced the Ssckville-Bagg's to them as friends we had met we when first moved here, but they were so very busy that they did not have time to meet them until now. Thank goodness they believed us, and did not question it.
Freda and Frederick invited us all inside their new house, for aunt Donna and uncle Bob to have a cub of tea with them, and for Rudolph, Anna, Gregory, Victoria, Tony, and I, to talk for a while.
Victoria, Anna, and Gregory, agreed to play tag with Tony, but Rudolph and I decided to go for a walk. We walked hand in hand, from the back yard, around to the front.
"So this is what you meant when you said ''sooner then you think''...? That we would see each other again this soon..."
"Exactly." He replied. We stopped near a large tree, and shared a kiss. This time, unlike the first, when I kissed Rudolph, his lips were warm. I felt my heart fill up again, as there had been a whole in it since the night of the ceremony when it happened.
