Chapter 14
"Wow." Beth was so out of breath that she could only say wow.
Mick smiled, "You can say that again." Beth hit his arm playfully, "Hey! What was that for?"
"That? That was just a love tap." Mick turned towards her, "A love tap you say?"
"Yes I say." Beth giggled. She snuggled into him and noticed how hot he felt when he was normally cold. "Mick?"
"Yes?" Mick looked like a schoolboy that had just kissed the hottest girl in the school.
"Why are you so warm." She placed her hand on his forehead and nodded, "It almost feels like you have a fever. Mick I don`t think that`s a good thing."
Mick away from her, "It`s nothing really. It`s just that after vampires...you know we have to cool down. Our bodies over heat and we ju-" Beth sat up, took his hand, and started pulling his arm. "Beth what are you doing?"
"You have to go home. I don`t want my vampire to overheat and die on me." Mick laughed.
"Beth I`ll be fine. I`ll leave in the morning. I can`t leave you after that. You could fall." Mick kidded with her. Beth smiled and cuddled back into him. "I do like you like this."
"So you don`t like it when I feel cold." Mick teased her.
"Well it-. I just-" Mick quieted her with a kiss and it looked like round two came sooner than they both expected.
*6 Months Later*
Beth woke up in Mick`s arms after another intense night and looked up at him. He looked like he was really out and she didn`t want to disturb him, so she sneakily crept out of bed and into the kitchen.
Mick was in the deepest sleep he had ever been in...
I opened my eyes to find Beth still wrapped in my arms. I smiled and woke her up with a kiss. She started to move around and when her beautiful blue eyes opened, I pulled away, smiling. "Well Good Morning to you too."
"I love you."
"I love you too. Now I`m going to make some breakfast for Nina and Brady. They have school at 9 don`t forget." She walked out of the room in her pink camisole and shorts that she wore to bed. I loved that outfit, a little too much.
After a few minutes, I smelled pancakes coming from the kitchen and got up. A much older Brady and Nina sat at the table and I was really confused. That`s when I knew this had to be a dream. I smiled at them and sat with them. Nina looked like a miniature version of Beth and Brady looked almost like me.
"Hi daddy!" Nina yelled. I laughed, "Hi Nina."
"Daddy can you take me to the park after school and help me practice for baseball?" Brady asked me. It would be tough because it was so sunny out today, but who could deny your own child?
"Of course. After your homework is done." I said, I was really getting a hand of this parenting thing.
"Breakfast is served." Beth set the plate of pancakes in the middle of the table and put a glass of A- in front of me, she leaned down and gave me a kiss, in which I returned. I sipped some and suddenly smelt a new scent. Out in the hall I could hear a new heartbeat coming toward Beth`s door. The smell wasn`t new to me and I was on high alert.
"Mick?" Beth asked and I quickly quieted her. I listened as the stranger came closer to the door, the door flew open, and Beth screamed as he walked man wore all black with a mask and held a gun. I got up and tried to get Nina and Brady to safety, but I was too late. A bullet tore through Brady`s precious head. Brady`s face was full of shock and horror as his head fell and blood went everywhere.
Mick woke up screaming and gasping for air. He didn`t need the air, but he somehow was. He gripped the sheets around him looking for Beth, but she was already running in to see what was going on. She ran over to the bed and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Mick? What`s wrong? Are you hurt?" Beth asked, worried.
"It was a dream...It was so real...Where`s Brady?" Mick asked. He was so confused.
"Brady and Nina are at the table. I gave them some bananas. You should seen them trying to eat them. It was so cute." Beth wished she could have had it on camera, "Why?"
"It was just a dream Beth. I didn`t mean to scare you." Mick said.
"Oh okay. You can talk about that dream at the table. I made pancakes." Beth said, smiling. Mick`s eyes widening. Was his dream really coming true? Beth took his hand and led him to the kitchen table. He sat in front of a glass of A- and tried his best to smile as Beth sat down next to him. She started cutting up pancakes for Nina and Brady and Mick sensed someone was outside. Mick put his glass down and went into panic mode. The assassin slowly crept toward Beth`s door and Mick got up and grabbed Brady and Nina. "Mick wha-"
"SHHH!" Mick shushed her and motioned that someone was at the door. She was slightly confused, but took Brady and Nina from Mick, "What`s going on?" She asked in a hushed whisper.
"There`s a guy outside. Go into the nursery and don`t get out till I get there. Theres a stash of stakes under both of their cribs, grab one and hide in there. Got it?" She nodded at him and grabbed his arm and pulled him to go with her, "Beth I have to fight him. Go." She looked upset as she hurriedly went into the nursery and did what Mick said. Mick faced the door and watched as the door flew open, just like his dream.