Chapter 12: Endless Dreams
Josette led Balo up the stairs. She walked to the first door on the right.
"You can stay here." She looked at him.
"Do I get a goodnight kiss?" He asked making a childish expression.
"Balo...I have not heard from you in 4,000 years. You helping me does not make everything better. What happened today does not change the past...i will al love you, but...you have done nothing but hurt me."
Josette looked at him and walked down the hall to K-mart's room. She knocked on the door.
"Yes?" K-mart asked.
"May I come in love?" Josette crossed her arms.
"Yeah...one sec."
K-mart ran to the door and opened it. Josette slowly made her way inside. She sat down on the bed.
They were silent.
"Why didn't you tell me?" K-mart said breaking the silence.
"Tell you what?"
"Who you were?"
Josette gave her a small smile and turned her head.
"I didn't want to scare you...let's face it, if I would have told you that I was the oldest vampire in the history of time you would have been jumping out of your bones." She laughed.
"Sure I would have been scared...at first." K-mart sat next to Josette.
"Well it's too late for that now."
"Josette will you tell me...your story?" K-mart looked at her.
Josette stood up and walked over to the window. She looked out and took a deep breath.
"Maybe another time. I'm rather tired...and if I'm correct you are too." She made her way over to the door.
"Good night love." She looked back before she left.
"Goodnight." K-mart yawned.
Josette walked down stairs and went into the kitchen. She was about to grab a bottle of blood from the fridge but she stopped in her tracks. Her eyes quickly darted to the living room entrance. She used her speed to go to the entrance. She sighed.
"Luke...what are you doing here?"
"We need to talk."
K-mart put her hair in a loose messy bun and crawled under the covers. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She drifted off to sleep.
"My little angel you're safe in my arms. Forever my love, forever my own... My little princess you'll always be mine. My beautiful daughter so pretty and kind. La La La La La La La La La La...Hmm Hmm Hmmmm Hmm Hmmmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hm Hm."
A woman set down a sleeping baby in a small white crib. The room was painted a gray lavender color and had a moon and stars painted on the ceiling.
"Goodnight." She whispered as she kissed the babe's head.
Just then there came a loud noise. The mother ran out of the door and began to yell at a man in hushed tones.
"Ben be quiet! She's sleeping!" She whispered.
"Sorry hun…how is she?" He said taking off his bright yellow hard hat and setting it on the coffee table quietly.
"Better…her fevers gone."
"Good…good."
"How was work?" She asked him as she set a plate of food on the coffee table.
"They still haven't found Arthur's body…his wife says it was a woman that killed him. Said she bit em', then snapped his neck clean off. The police say it was probably just another animal attack."
"Jesus Christ." The woman took a deep breath.
Josette walked over to Luke.
"What the problem?"
"What do you think?"
Josette sighed and walked over to the fridge. She grabbed three bottles of blood and then handed them to Luke.
"Give her these…it should help. If she's not better by tomorrow night get some sage and come back here."
"Alright…thank you." Luke said walking towards the back door."
"Tell her that there's hope. We will find a way to fix this."
"I tell her everyday Jose…but I can't lie to her anymore."
Luke walked out the door.