A/N: Yay! Early update! Love me! - Sam

Online Shopping

Weeks passed and my sleeping habits never improved. I tried numerous pills to make them go away, but they just seemed to make everything worse. I didn't mention this to Alexander though, he'd just get worried and really it wasn't a big deal, I wasn't even attempting sleep anymore. It was easy to hide too, all I had to do was wear cover up for the circles under my eyes. Every night I went to bed with him and just laid in his arms, watched him sleep then left his arms to do some online shopping. Before he woke up, I made sure I was safe and snug in his arms.

Simple as that!

Oh and online shopping is really addictive! I've been shopping for things in the human realm to donate to the orphanage. Why? Well, for starters I've got a lot of time on my hands. I also have a large amount of money to spend that I was going to use on buying my dad's house, but now have nothing to spend on. So I decide to do something good.

Another big thing: My birthday is tomorrow and Alexander wants to meet my friends. Yikes.

"Lovie?" Alexander called out. Dammit! He woke up early!

I quickly shut off my laptop then walked into view. I smiled, "Hey, Princey."

He rolled his eyes. "You really need to stop doing that."

I kept smiling, but shook my head. "I can't. It just works. But if you really want me to stop calling you by pet names, I suggest you stop calling me by pet names."

"Well what would I call you?"

"Violet. That is my name, after all."

"Fine, but you're going to miss them." He said, getting out of bed.

I looked at the clock, it was only six in the morning. "Why are you up?"

"Why are you up?" He countered, while making his way towards me.

"I couldn't fall asleep." I answered, honestly. And it's true, I couldn't fall asleep. Not when I kept having nightmares.

Alexander wrapped his arms around me. "Why is that, Violet?" He asked. Hmm...it is weird him calling me Violet.

I shrugged. "I just can't." Oh, don't you just love how truthful I can be while not telling him stuff?

He kissed the top of my head. "Did you have a nightmare or something?" Okay, so maybe he can tell I'm not telling him everything. Too bad, I'm not ready to make him worry.

I shook my head. "No, I haven't had a nightmare for awhile." I answered, once again with complete honesty. He stared deep into my eyes and I knew he could see that I was being honest with him.

"Alright," He said, gently squeezing me tighter. "If you do, just know you can talk to me, Violet."

I smiled. "I know." I said, before giving him a kiss.

What started off as sweet, gentle, soon turned heated and passionate. I don't know why, but these days, it's been happening a lot. We were all over each other, and honestly, I just can't get enough of him. But every single time clothes are ready to come off, there's an interruption.

As if to prove this, just as his hand moved under my shirt, Anita burst through the door. "Oh, good, you two are up!" She exclaimed, easily pleased.

Alexander sighed frustrated as we pulled apart and I understood his frustration. It's not fair! I want him inside me now!

Alright, I've never thought that before.

"We actually have to do something today?" I asked, distracting myself so I wouldn't think dirty thoughts. See ever since Alexander's friends got here, daddy dearest gave him some time to reconnect with friends. Which also left my angel and I some stolen moments (which only ended when Darrel decided to be an asshole and bring our attention back to him), but I still wanted more. Another new thing...

Anita smiled sympathetically. "Actually, just Alexander."

My eyes narrowed. "What?" I asked, dangerously low.

My Alexander gently rubbed my arms and kissed the top of my head. "What's on my schedule for today?" He asked. I crossed my arms as I listened, and I had a good feeling I wouldn't like what I'm about to hear.

"Well around noon you have a visit to the human realm, but for now you get to go hunting because you haven't done that in-"

"Hunting! Yay!" I exclaimed. It wasn't until I got a look from both of them that I realized... I wasn't going with him. "You've got to be kidding me." I said, with disbelief. It's been so long!

My boyfriend kissed me gently. "We're not." He said, speaking for himself and Anita.

I glared at him. "Easy for you to say, you get to enjoy the thrill of the hunt."

He smiled. "You will too. Just not today." He gave me another kiss, but the effect from before was gone the minute Anita came in and said flat out he gets to go hunt but I don't.

"No it's not fair that you get to go out while I don't. I'm perfectly capable of kicking ass today." I argued, pulling out of his grasp.

"Anita says-" He started, all serious now.

"I don't care what she says!"

Anita sighed. "Here we go..." She murmured.

"Well you should care, she's just looking out for you." Alexander reminded me, as he got all up in my face. "Right, Anita?"

"I-"

"Yeah, I get that, but enough is enough. I followed her stupid rules long enough. I'm healthy, I should be allowed to fight." I retorted. "Right, Anita?"

"Well-"

"You almost died three times in one week! A couple weeks later isn't a complete recovery. You need more rest. Isn't that right, Anita?"

"Can I-"

"I'm a vampire! I heal fast! If I was human, yeah that could be a problem, but I'm not! So put that in your juice box and suck it!"

"Why don't you suck it?" He shouted.

"Because we keep getting interrupted!" I yelled. "Plus I obviously can't right now because you get to go hunting while you expect me to fucking stay here!"

"I haven't left yet, have I?"

"UGH! You're impossible!"

"Me? You're the one who's all-"

"SHUT UP!" Anita screamed, silencing the both of us. We were both breathing heavily from all the yelling at each other and his face was only a couple centimeters away from my own. I glared at him ad he returned it, both of us obviously still heated from everything, just silent because Anita kinda yelled at us.

"Back away from each other." She ordered.

"Gladly." I said, bitterly, as I took a step back.

"Fine, if that's what you want, Violet." Alexander said, and I swear he only used my name to piss me off more.

"Now both of you...relax. Just breath. Don't say one word, or you'll get smacked." She warned. Psht, I can do that.

Now while Anita said we couldn't talk to each other, she never said we couldn't look at each other. So I couldn't help but stare at Alexander, studying him. His eyes were still blazing red, but the black in his hair was slowly starting to go away. His chest moved slowly as he took deep breaths, like Anita had instructed. He was shirtless, like always, and you could see his muscles move as he breathed. It was actually...really hot.

My eyes met his and the want for him started all over. Of course, I didn't want to give in (well, I sorta did) because I was still mad, so I just bit my lip to prevent myself from smiling like an idiot at him, that would clue him in on how I'm all so very attracted to him right now, therebye giving him the chance to use that damn persuasion of his to make all my anger fade. Stay angry, stay angry!

"Can you two talk like civilized people now?" Anita asked, sensing the mood change.

"That depends, can I go hunting with him?" I asked.

"No." Both Anita and Alexander said.

"Then no. I just won't talk at all. You guys have fun preventing me from living my life." It's the truth, too. Hunting demons is my life, aside from being a body guard. If Alexander goes hunting without me, I'm not doing either. I love what I do. How many people can say that about their job? Seriously, not many. And taking that away from me, is cruel.

Alexander relaxed, the remaining black was no longer there and his eyes were back to their original color. "You know that's not what we're trying to do." He said, cautiously, as he walked towards me.

I kept to my word and stayed silent, knowing it would bother him. Everyone hates the silent treatment.

I felt his arms wrap around me, but I willed myself to stay strong and not melt. Well...completely. "Stay here today while I go out. I'll be back before you know it." He whispered in my ear.

I knew if I stayed much longer, I'd cave, so I got out of his arms and faced him. "No. You would do the same thing if you were in my position. We love killing. It's a part of me. I need it like I need to drink blood. You need it like you need to fly. It's needed. I've been denied it for too long, are you honestly going to ask me to just not go?"

Alexander was thoughtful. "How about I put it this way-" I groaned. "Just hear me out, okay?" He asked.

I crossed my arms. "Fine."

"I always say you don't listen well...here's your chance to prove me wrong. Listen to Anita, listen to me, and don't follow me when I go to fight." He proposed.

I have to admit... I did like the idea of proving him wrong. But I need to hunt so bad... "I don't-"

"Just today." He added, quickly.

Just today...just one day... I can amuse myself for one day, can't I? I sighed, "Alright. Just today."

Alexander smiled brilliantly and kissed me tenderly. "And you can't come with me to the human realm either."

I groaned. "Oh come on! I want to go there!" Yeah, it'd be nice to see where I got all that stuff I bought online!

"Someday, I'll take you there, Violet." He promised. Ugh...that sounds so odd...

"If it makes you feel better, you wouldn't like what he's doing there anyways, it's official Prince business." Anita told me.

I smiled. "That does make me feel better."

"And I hate to take that away, but I should go now. I want to be able to see you before I go the human realm." He told me. It was about seven now and he'd be gone for four hours. Then he had to be in the human realm for twelve, which worked for me because I had to pick up a rather large delivery and wouldn't want to explain that to him anyways. Still that leaves little time for just him and I...

I nodded. "Go before I change my mind about the proving you wrong thing."

He kissed me passionately and I returned it. "Stay safe, Violet." My angel said as he broke away. He headed towards the window and expanded his beautiful wings.

"Wait!" I exclaimed, before running over to him.

He gave me a puzzled look. I took off my tag that identified who I was and put it on him, smiling. "I have to be with you in some form. I wouldn't want to miss a good fight completely."

Alexander chuckled. "Whatever you say, Violet."

"Oh and another thing..." I said, pausing for a moment to make sure I really wanted to do this. "Don't call me Violet."

He grinned. "Knew you'd miss it, lovie."

I smiled. "Nah, I only missed being able to call you princey."

He rolled his eyes. "I bet."

I stood on my tip toes and kissed him. "Seriously though, leave, 'cause I'm about to change my mind."

"Going!"

Then, he was gone. And I was left behind.

Again.

"Come on, Violet, there's no point in pouting."

"I'm not pouting." I mumbled, even though we both knew I was so pouting.

So to try and bring me out of my foul mood, Anita tried showing me her daily deeds. Which are just as boring as meetings for the Prince. Only they require actual work. Which was also boring. To make it more fun, I complained. Okay, so it wasn't really fun for Anita. She probably didn't need all my whining on top of her work. But she could've prevented it all by just letting me go...

Eventually she passed me over to Alexander's friends. "Awh babe, you came just in time. You know, I was getting so lonely..." Darrel started.

"Go shove a tree up your ass and leave me alone."

"That's not very nice." Darrel stated, but from the glare he received shortly after, I believe he got the message that I'm not playing nice today.

"Where's Alexander?" Flo asked, with more than just curiosity.

"Oh he got to go hunting. While I'm stuck here with you guys." I said, without thinking. "No offense." I added.

They all murmured stuff. But one person, I heard clearly. "Why can't you go with him? You are his body guard." ...He never told them?

I sighed. "Because the hidden demon kinda used dark magic and struck my heart." I said, acting like it was no big deal. And to me, it wasn't. Alexander never hurt me, I completely recovered, "So I have to wait a certain amount of time before I'm allowed to work my heart up like I would in a battle."

It was dead silent. Everyone was staring at me and honestly, it was making me self conscious. "What?" I asked, innocently.

"Are you crazy?" Zane asked, one hundred percent serious.

"...No..."

"Well the how did you get yourself in that position? I'd bet my life that Alexander locked you up before the hidden demon came out!" He stated.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm attracted to danger."

"Obviously." Damien muttered.

"Well at least you won't make the same mistake twice, right? Now you know." Flo said, trying to make it all brighter. "After all, you know it wasn't Alexander and-"

"Oh I know. I'm okay with it. He's the one who wouldn't let it go." I told them.

They nodded in understanding. Of course they figured that out, they've known him forever.

"But yeah, that's why I can't go, he won't let me. I mean I could follow him, but I don't wanna make him feel bad and if something were to actually happen-" I started.

"It would kill him." Darrel said, for once in his life, serious.

I looked at him, a bit fearful. "I wouldn't go that far." I said, softly.

"It's the truth, Violet." Patrick informed me. "That's why he made you stay here. He can't lose you."

"Yeah, especially not after losing Lydia." Zane added. Mike smacked him and muttered something about not mentioning the ex. Stupid Zane...

I sighed. "I know, that was so hard on him. And you know what pisses me off the most? That his dumbass dad didn't do anything."

"I know!" Flo exclaimed. "He just allowed it to happen!"

"When I found that out, I wanted to kill him." I stated.

Zane tilted his head to the side. "So, you weren't happy that Lydia was dead?"

My jaw dropped, completely shocked. "Dude!" Damien shouted, before shoving him. But even then, the tension was incredibly thick.

I recovered. "Why the hell would I be happy about someone amazing dying? And someone who meant everything to Alexander on top of that? I wouldn't ever be happy about that."

"Well if she was alive, you wouldn't be with Alexander." Zane stated. Damien put his head in his hands, obviously frustrated.

I nodded. "Yeah, but he'd be happy. And he wouldn't have had so much pain. He'd be more...carefree."

Darrel smirked. "Yeah, and you'd get to be with me."

I rolled my eyes. "Darrel, I wouldn't be with you if you were the last male on the planet. I'd go lesbian." Everyone laughed and the previous tension evaporated. I sat around with his friends, getting to know them more. My heart ached for Alexader, but hanging around with his friends made me feel a little better. It seemed like forever, but eventually, my angel prince came through the double doors into the living room. I could smell his delicious cologne before he walked in, so I was already running towards him before he even walked in.

Once I got to him, I jumped on him and wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms went around his neck. "I did it! I stayed here! Ha, I can lis-!" I started, before being cut off by his lips moving urgently against mine. His tongue enveloped my own and I ran my fingers through his hair, caught up in the moment. His hands rested on my waist and he pulled me closer, holding me tightly against his body. He pinned me against the closest wall and his lips made their way down my neck, his tongue occasionally poking out. I let out a moan once he kissed my sweet spot, that he just officially discovered. Liking my response, he decided to leave a hickey there, right on my sweet spot, like it was a way to remember just where it was. And I, too caught up in the pleasure his very touch gave me, allowed it. Hell, I fucking loved it.

That was...until I realized Flo was video taping us. Again.

"Ahemm, babe, your friend is videotaping us." I informed Alexander just as our lips were about to reconnect.

He smirked. "Guess we better put on a show then."

I giggled then started to kiss him, picking up just where we left off.

Okay...so maybe I just completely loved every single moment.

A thousand more kisses, a bit of fooling around and a hickey later, then Alexander was off again. Which I felt better about, now that I had left my mark on him.

It was twelve and I was waiting outside for my delivery, when Flo came out to join me. Dammit! He's such a gossiper! He'll tell Alexander what I'm doing!

"So your birthday is tomorrow, right?"

I froze. This is even worse than him telling Alexander what I'm up to. "Why do you want to know?" I asked, guarded.

"Well I already have your gift, I just wanted to make sure it was ready in time." He said all too innocently.

My eyes narrowed. "Really? Because I never mentioned my birthday coming up." I said, taking a step towards him. "So who did?"

His eyes widened once he realized I was onto him. "Oh shit."

"Flo." I said, through gritted teeth, "Who told you?"

He laughed nervously. "Oh haha, no one. I umm... BYE!" He ran off and I was going to chase him, pin him down and demand answers but my shipment came. Damn him!

I went up to the guy driving the huge truck full of imported goods and handed him a nice wad of cash. "I'll be back in a couple hours after I unload this." I told him.

"You sure? I could help unload if you want."

I shook my head. "No thanks, I've got it. Go take a nice break, you deserve it."

He smiled and tipped his hat. "Thank you, ma'am." Then he was gone.

I got in the truck and drove towards the orphanage. The kids were out playing in the yard, but they quickly ran inside once they saw the truck approaching. I slowed down so I wouldn't scare them and the girl who runs the place came out, prepared to defend her orphanage. I parked the truck and hopped out.

Immediately, she relaxed and smiled warmly at me. "Violet. Good to see you, I didn't know you were coming."

I smiled. "I'm just full of surprises."

She chuckled. "So I see. Do you always drive a truck?"

I shook my head. "Nope! I actually have something for you. It's a donation." I said, taking her to the back of the truck.

"What could you possibly-" She started until I opened the back and she saw the massive amount of animals and supplies to care for them. "Oh my god." Rayne whispered.

There were hamsters, fish, lizards, turtles, frogs, cats, dogs and two ponies. Then there was all the food that they needed, cages, etc. They were really cool!

"Alright, so I was going some online shopping and I was looking at all these animals from the human realm! And after reading their descriptions I thought that they'd make good pets and be good at teaching kids how to take care of other living things and compassion. And well...these kids are the only ones I know and I thought they might enjoy them." I said, looking at all of them.

Rayne was still staring at it in amazement and I saw the kids peeking around the corner with curiousity. "I can't accept this, you probably paid a fortune on this! Where did you get the money anyways?"

"I was saving up to buy my father's house." I said, smiling sadly. "But my mom sold it to someone else before I had enough money so I had all this cash to spend along with my new addiction to online shopping."

"You didn't spend all your money on this did you? My goodness, I really can't take all this."

"I didn't spend all my money!" I protested. "And yes you are! If it makes you feel better, I wasn't even thinking of you when I bought it. I was thinking of the kids. It's for them, are you going to deny them this awesome gift?"

She laughed. "You really know how to twist things around, don't you?"

I smiled proudly. "It's a gift."

Rayne laughed again. "Do you have a gift for unloading huge orders from other realms?"

I laughed too. "As a matter of fact, I do."

Two hours later, all the animals were unloaded and set up. All the supplies for them were stored in a shed. Immediately after the work was done, I was ready to split. "Don't you want to say hello to the kids? I'm sure they want to thank you." Rayne told me.

I smiled and shook my head. "I'm not very good with kids."

Her eyebrows furrowed. "Really? You seem like you would be." She's joking, right? I look cold, distant and not very friendly. Hell, I am all those things! Plus I don't know what to do...

"Trust me, I'm not." I said, backing out. "However, I would like to know if they like the pets. It'll help with next time." I winked.

"Next time?" She shook her head. "You're too kind." Me? Kind? That's a first...

"Like I said, I was happy to do it. Bye, Rayne." I said, cheerfully.

"Bye Violet!"

As I walked out. The kids stared at me and one of them went to approach me, but another held her back. I offered a small smile, but made no attempt to talk to the children or anything. I'll probably scare them away anyways.

I drove the truck back to the house and gave it to the delivery guy. It had been a couple hours, but my boyfriend still wasn't home. So I decided to busy myself with a workout that Anita agreed was fine for me to do: Swimming.

"Who wants to come swimming with me?" I asked, deciding to be nice and offer Alexander's friends something to do.

"Depends. We skinny dipping?" Darrel asked with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes. "You aren't invited. Everyone but you is invited."

Damien sighed. "I can't. If I went swimming with you, I'd feel like I was cheating on my girlfriend...well she'd see it as that anyways."

I laughed. "Wouldn't want that."

Flo sighs. "Sorry, chica, I have to call my boyfriend."

"Clubbing." Zane said, automatically.

"Anita needs me for something." Patrick said, dismissively.

I turned to Mike. "Up for a swim?"

He looked torn, and I could feel all the other guys behind me making gestures at him. Before mike could answer, Patrick said, "He's coming with me. Sorry."

I looked at all the other guys, insanely suspicious. Maybe it was not getting sleep, the nightmares or my birthday tomorrow. Either way, I was wicked paranoid and had a feeling they were up to something. "Okay, suit yourselves." I said, lightly, while really I was insanely suspicious.

Regardless I went up to Alexander's room and dug deep into my bag then pulled out my black string bikini that I hadn't worn for awhile. What can I say? I don't have much time for swimming. Once I was dressed I contemplated taking out my diamond stud belly button ring, but decided against it considering no one was going to see me anyways so it really didn't matter.

I followed the smell of chlorine to the indoor swimming pool. Once I got there I did laps for an hour and a half. Afterwards, I decided to see if I still had that girl side of me, and tried doing some of my dives and cheerleading gymnastics into the pool. Turns out, I've still got it. Not that I would ever use it, it's completely useless...Although being flexible does have it's advantages...

I had just gotten out of the pool and laid down on the chair, when Alexander walked in. He came in rather sluggish but when he saw me something changed. He actually stopped in his spot and stared at me. I looked down and realized that I probably looked a lot different. I was more relaxed, had more skin exposed than I ever had in front of him, he can now see my tattoo and my belly button ring, and to top it all off, I'm still wet from the pool. His reaction is a good one, right?

I got up and walked over to him, a smile on my face. There's only one way to find out... "Good evening, my prince. Is there anything I can do for you tonight?" I asked seductively.

Alexander's eyes, which were still on my body at the time, moved up and met mine and a grin spread across his face. "As a matter of fact, there is."

He was about to kiss me, but I put my finger on his lips. "First, tell me something."

"Anything."

"You're not planning anything for tomorrow, are you?" I asked, completely serious.

He sighed, realizing before he got any kisses he'd better answer. Seriously. "Okay...I was thinking of a nice, romantic evening just the two of us."

I eyed him suspiciously. "Nothing else? Like no party? Promise me you aren't throwing me a party. I'm not like Dara, I don't find them fun."

He smiled. "I promise that I am not throwing you a birthday party." He paused. "However, I am getting you a gift."

"Alexander." I whined.

"What kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't get you something?"

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my body against his, smiling seductively, "A good one."

He put his hands on my waist and I felt a craving for him to touch me more. "That almost worked." He said, referring to my attempt at using seduction to make him agree with me. "But I'm still getting you something." He added.

I didn't have a chance to respond because right after that his lips were moving against mine passionately. My hands ran down his chest and we broke apart only for me to take his shirt off, before reconnecting once again. My bare skin pressed against his was almost more than I could take. His hands ran over my curves and I shivered in pleasure, wanting more. Luckily, my boyfriend was happy to do just that. His hand moved up my back and he untied my bikini top. It slowly came-

"Violet! Alexander! Where are you guys?" My sister's voice boomed. Damn her!

We pulled away, staring at each other with that same hunger that never had a chance to be quenched. "Your sister's almost here." He murmered.

I sighed before fixing my bikini top. "Yeah." I said, sadly.

Before he could say anything else, Kiara burst in, Kyle trailing behind her. "There you guys are!" She exclaimed, happily. Then she actually took a look at me and her eyes widened. "Woah. Who are you and what did you do with my sister?" Even Kyle was staring, surprised.

Honestly, it made me feel really self consious. I wasn't use to this kind of attention. Well not anymore... "Shut up, I'm still your sister. Just your sister in a bikini. Is that really such a crime?"

Alexander wrapped his arms around me from the back and whispered in my ear, "Not at all." I couldn't help but smile.

"I never knew you had a belly ring." Kiara stated. "If I remember correctly, you didn't want me to get one."

"I don't want you to be like me. And I especially don't want you to be how I was in high school." I told her.

"How were you in high school?" Alexander asked. It then occurred to me that I knew how he was in high school, that he went to human and mythical high schools, I've seen his baby pictures and one of his videos when he was actually in high school. But I had never told him what I was like in high school, never showed him any pictures of me from when I was younger, never showed him any of the videos that my dad recorded. Of course, I had them all locked up, but still.

"Yeah, what were you like? I mean I know you were different, like really different and wore pink, but that's about it." Kiara said, taking a seat on one of the pool chairs. Kyle dutifully sat next to her and wrapped his arm around her. How cute!

"I was actually really girly. I wanted to be the daughter that my parents would be proud of. So I wore pink, got perfect grades, was on the cheer leading squad... I was the captain of the team, actually. I dated guys who did sports and were 'popular'. Most of my friends were like that too, only they were truly like that. I had a couple friends who were shy, but they all wanted to be girly and everything. I followed rules and never broke any, because I thought they were there to help and protect. Basically, the complete opposite of who I really am, who you know now." I explained.

"You were a cheerleader?" Kiara asked, shocked.

"You followed rules?" Kyle asked, also shocked.

"You dated?" Alexander asked, with a tinge of jealousy.

I giggled. "Yes and yes. And of course I dated, Alexander. You dated too."

"I'm way older."

"Yeah and I'm almost twenty. I started dating at thirteen. I'm sure you started dating when you were young too." I pointed out.

"Yes." He grumbled.

I kissed his arm. "Plus, it's not like I'll let you meet my ex's. So you'll have no worries." Well, unless I want to make him jealous. I might let him meet them in that case.

"Why not? I'm sure we'd get along great." He said, smiling in a way that made me think otherwise.

I rolled my eyes. "Just remember, harm my ex's and you can expect the same for yours." I said, before getting out of his grip and getting my towel. "Kiara, you sleeping over?"

"Can I?"

I looked at Alexander, who smiled at Kiara and said, "Of course. You're always welcome."

She brightened up. "Yay! Where can I sleep?"

"Not with Kyle. Sorry, but I'm not going to be responsible for you losing your virginity." I told Kiara.

She blushed. "I want to wait until after marriage anyways. But I understand where you're coming from." I was actually surprised that she wanted to wait until after marriage, but at the same time I was happy. I don't want my little sister growing up too quick...

Alexander chuckled at her innocence. "Well it's late and you should be getting to bed soon. You two can say goodnight."

I smiled at him. He just wants her to go to bed so we can continue what we were doing before the interruption. Smart guy. Very smart, indeed.

Kyle kissed Kiara goodnight, leaving them both with these goofy smiles on their faces. Once Kyle left, Kiara turned to me. "Can I sleep with you tonight? It's a big castle and I don't really know anyone else and I don't wanna be alone." She said, with perfect innocence.

If I said no, made her go sleep on her own, I'd be a cruel big sister but I'd get to finally have sex with my boyfriend. If I said yes, she'd sleep in Alexander's room with me and I'd have to wait...but at least I would be a good sister.

I sighed. "Sure. Let's go."

She skipped off, leading the way to Alexander's room. He took my hand and I intertwined our fingers, and we followed. "It's okay, love, another time." He murmered.

I smiled slightly. "Yeah that's true. Plus, Kiara probably got me some new...outfits we could use."

He grinned. "Sounds good to me."

We got back to the room, Alexander said he was going for a late night flight and I showered, then changed into what I normally wear. Kiara was passed out on the middle of the bed when I got out and Alexander still wasn't back. I pulled the blankets out from underneath my sister then pulled them over her, and tucked her in.

"Looks like your good with kids to me." Alexander said, coming in through the window.

"She's not a kid, she's a teenager and she's also my sister." I answered, automatically, before realizing what he just said. Oh. "So I'm guessing you went to the orphanage."

"Yeah, Rayne had a hard time getting the kids to sleep because they were all still excited about the new animals. It took a lot to convince them that the animals would still be there in the morning when they woke up." He said, walking towards me. Once he got to me he wrapped his arms around me. "But do you know what they remembered the most?"

I shook my head. "They remembered the nice lady with the gold, sparkly eyes." He informed me. Of course I should've known that he'd figure out I was the one to donate those animals. Stupid eyes...

"Oh."

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to donate all that to them?"

I shrugged. "Something I wanted to do on my own, I guess."

He smiled. "You could have done that on your own while telling me, you know."

I smiled, but it didn't reach my eyes. "Yeah, I know."

"Is it because you didn't want me to know how you spent all your hard earned money on it?" He guessed. Oh no, now he's going to guess. It's okay maybe he won't find out about- "Or because you knew I'd question where you got all the time to do this without my knowledge?"

Busted.

I looked down. "What exactly are you asking?"

He gently grabbed my chin and made me look at him. "Where did you get the time to do all this? It's a great thing and I think you're truly amazing for doing it. But how did you get the time to do so, without me knowing?"

I stared into his eyes, ready to watch his reaction. "Usually I go online when you're sleeping."

His eyebrows furrowed. "Really? How often?"

"Every night..." I trailed.

That's when I saw it. Realization came over his eyes and he had a mixture of emotions all seen in his eyes. "You haven't been sleeping because of those nightmares. They never went away, did they?"

"Actually they went away. Well, once I stopped sleeping."

He shook his head, not happy with this. "Violet, you need sleep." Awh man, he only uses my name when it's serious.

I sighed. "I know. But whenever I try, I don't get sleep anyways if I'm always woken up. So I figured I'd just do something useful instead."

Alexander pulled me to his chest and held me tightly. "If you don't get any sleep, you're going to get run down." He said, concerned. So he's not mad that I didn't tell him? He's just worried about me? Concerned? Wow.

"I know." I mumbled against his chest.

"How about I have Anita get you one sleeping pill? Just for tonight. It'll knock you right out, you won't have any dreams or nightmares." He offered.

I contemplated telling him about how Esmeralda already tried giving me stuff, but then I realized it would be different. Sleeping pills are different than experimental pills to get rid of nightmares. I nodded. "Deal."

Immediately he called Anita, who came up and gave me a sleeping pill after asking why. And of course, Alexander told her the truth and she looked concerned too. I reassured them that I would be just fine, took the sleeping pill and said goodnight to them both.

I crawled into bed beside my little sister and I heard Alexander and Anita talking in whispers. I couldn't make out exactly what they were saying, because I was already starting to feel drowsy, but I heard "ready", "house", and "tomorrow". I have no idea what that meant, and as sleep started to welcome me, I didn't care.

I felt someone kiss my forehead and murmur kind words that filled my heart with joy, just before I fell asleep.

A/N: Hope you like it! Please review then read Alexander's side, if you haven't already! - Sam