Chapter 14: No more secrets?!
We landed in the park I had once adored as a child.
"Tell me, everything." Vlad said.
I sat on the bench and he sat next to me, Zarola sat crossed legged on the floor. After I long pulse of me think of how I could tell him my darkest secrets.
"My real name's Amy." I said.
"So why did you tell me otherwise?" he asked.
"I changed it..." I said.
"Why?" He asked.
"I changed it when we were put into care; the social workers said it was too dangerous to keep our real name." I said unable to look him in the eye.
"Why was it too dangerous?" Vlad asked.
"You saw what Danny did too her." I said.
"He hurt you?" He asked.
"He hurt them, he never touched me, the whole world would know about it if he did," I said, while praying to anyone and everyone that he didn't notice that I was lying, i know I promised him the truth but this part I'll be taking to hell. "She hurt them as well,we got the blame for dad walked out on us." I said. "They were terrified, i didn't know how to stop them. Tyler, Robin, whatever you want to call him, he went through hell. They were fights at school that he had to separate, he always got hurt. then we went home and he got hurt even more. It was always my fault." I said breaking down in tears. Vlad put his arm around me trying to comfort me, I put my head on his shoulder, like I used to when we were together, it felt so natural.
"Why didn't they hurt you?" Vlad asked.
"They wouldn't dare I know how to fight back, but I was always too scared to fight back for them." I said cry uncontrollable now, Vlad seemed to believe it.
"But that doesn't make social people remove you from your home." Zarola said.
I shook my head; I think Vlad understood what it meant, because he changed the subject to a more recent matter. "Why did you start biting after I turned you?"
"I don't think I can tell you why." I said through the tears.
"It can't be worst then what I've been thinking over the last 16 hours." He said.
"And what were them guess?" I asked him.
"Do I have to say?" He asked.
I nodded unable to talk. Terrified of what he was going to say.
"Well, I thought that maybe you, well, you started biting in an attempt to purposely get yourself staked." He said. I paced my head in my hands I cried even more. "Come here." He said as he pulled me closer, trying to comfort me. "It's going to be ok."
"No it won't." I said.
"Yes it will, I help you through it, I'll be here for you." He said.
"I'll help you to, but I swear if you tell the boys I was out of that room I will kill you." Hazel said. "Who are they?"
"I'm Zarola."
"I'm Vlad."
"And why are you hugging that idiot?" Hazel asked Vlad.
"I think I preferred you when you were asleep." I said.
"You know I love you, really." Hazel said.
"Hazel." Someone shouted behind us; Tyler. "You are supposed to be inside."
"Why is it was me that gets into trouble?" Hazel asked.
"Just go in before dad catches you." Tyler said.
"But..." Hazel tried to argue.
"Hop it." Tyler said and with that Hazel walked off in one of her moods. Tyler sat on the bench next to me. "Hey what's up with you?"
"It doesn't matter." I said.
"You know that thing you do when something matters?" Tyler said. "Stop it. You know it really bugs me when someone says there's nothing wrong when obviously there is something wrong. So what's wrong?"
I stayed quiet for a while, when Tyler was convinced that I was going to say anything he spoke.
"Come on tell me or do I have to beat it out of you, because I've already got a fractured arm I don't really want to get hurt anymore."
"Is it really fractured?"
"Yes, now stop changing the subject." Tyler said.
"Sorry. It's just, I'm a nightmare." I said cutting it short.
"We already know that, now what really wrong." Tyler said.
"Life would just be easier for everyone, if I just wasn't here." I said.
"What's brought this on?" Tyler asked.
"I just wreck everyone's lives." I said.
"No you don't..." Vlad said.
"I've wreck your life nearly more than anyone's." I said.
"You've never wrecked it, edited it for good and bad, but never wrecked." He said.
Vlad's phone went off.
"We're needed." He said, I guessed it was Jonno.
"Oh shit" I said earning at slap on the arm from Tyler for swearing. Tyler ran as fast as he could away from the bench. "Ouch" It didn't really hurt it was just the shock that he hit me after last time.
"She didn't hit me; I will remember this moment for the rest of my life." Tyler said.
"You really have nothing else in your life." I said.
I looked at Zarola who was softly muttering words in her sleep. Vlad picked her up, like what he did with Wolfie, so careful, so caring.
"Tell him I sorry" I said to Tyler. He nodded, I didn't really know what to say to him, what do you say to your brother before you die? I love you, I know that I never showed it but I do, no that wouldn't sound right coming from me, so I left with nothing else being said.
We landed outside the slayer guild the air was cold and the butterflies in my stomach were erupting like volcanoes.
"They're still here? Bit risky." I said, trying my best to calm my nerves.
"Why's it risky?" Zarola asked, as sleep filled her voice.
"Because everyone that shouldn't know where it is, does, and they are the people who can causes the most damage to the people here. And since they move into this building, about 2 years ago, I thought that the roof was going to fall and kill someone. " I said.
"Could it fall down now, with us inside it?" Zarola asked.
"No, these old buildings were made to last, the chances of it falling down are very small." I said.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's safer then the school I went to when I was 15, and health and safely said that was safe, maybe someone should have told them that after the fire was started due to a dodgy wire and a leaky roof." I said, realising that I probably shouldn't have said that. "Nothing is going to happen."
As we walked into the building we were meet by Jonno. "You took your time." he said as he took my arm and pulled me towards the cells.
I lied in my cell for the next few hours, which seemed to go on forever; all I could think about was will happen; will Zarola ever see her dad again? How long until...until death, can't be long now, they want me dead, they can't deny that.