Chapter Twenty

Impatiently Waiting

She was sitting up on the couch, filled with worry. When she woke up, Alexander was still asleep with his arms around her, and the only noise she could hear was the gentle breathing coming from the vampire laying next to her. She could hear no other sounds to identify where Sasha and Kris were in the apartment.

Not wanting to wake Alexander, she slowly slipped out from between his arms and tip-toed out of the room.

She searched everywhere in the tiny town house, but Sasha and Kris were nowhere to be found. She glanced at the clock and her worry instantly doubled. It was four in the afternoon. She had slept almost the entire day. 'Why would Kris and Sasha leave the apartment? Did Levi come and kidnap them too while I was asleep? Could I honestly have slept through that?' Morgan thought frantically.

She sat down on the couch and rested her face in her hands, and that was how she stayed only occasionally raising her head to glance at the clock. As the minutes ticked by her worry increased, turning into a terrible fright. About an hour and a half into her waiting, Alexander walked into the living room and when he saw her sitting like that, rushed to her side.

"Morgan, what's wrong?" he asked frantically.

She didn't respond and he looked around hoping for an explanation from Kris or Sasha. Then he realized that they weren't in the living room. He got up and searched everywhere in the tiny town house and, like Morgan, found them nowhere.

He made his way back towards Morgan and sat down next to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. He nuzzled into the crook of her neck and asked, "Where are they?"

Morgan gasped like she had been holding her breath, and half gasped-half whispered, "I don't know!" She had been holding back tears for so long and finally speaking pushed them over the edge and sent tears streaming down her cheeks.

He pulled her into his chest and soothingly rubbed her back, "Shhh, Morgan. Don't cry, I'm sure they're fine." He pulled back so he could look her in the eyes and tried to wipe the constantly flowing tears from her face. "They are strong vampires, Morgan. They know how to take care of themselves," the corners of his mouth pulled up into a small, reassuring smile.

"I know! But what if Levi came back for them? What if I just slept through the kidnapping of my two most trusted friends?" She began crying more fiercely and pulled back to her original position of sitting with her elbows on her knees and her face in her hands.

Alexander, unsure of how to comfort her, angled himself towards her and placed his left hand on her thigh and his right hand on the small of her back gently tracing small circles with his thumb. And that was how they remained for another three hours.

XxX

Morgan glanced up at the clock; it read: 8:30PM. She sighed nervously. It had gotten dark around seven and she was starting to wonder if she should go out and look for them. She had sat up and started stretching her tense muscles when a pair of voices could be heard walking down the hall outside the door. Someone started laughing as the door opened.

Sasha pushed open the door and Kris walked in laughing loudly, both of them smiling largely. Suddenly they paused when they took in the scene before them. Morgan jumped to her feet and rushed to their sides giving both of them huge hugs. Kris kissed the top of her head, "Is someone feeling better?" She received a glare from Morgan, "I'll take that as a no..."

"Where in Hell have you two been?" Morgan asked angrily. "I woke up at four and neither of you were anywhere to be found. I have been sitting on this couch for the last four and a half hours hoping that I hadn't honestly slept through Levi kidnapping you!" She started to get teary-eyed again and Kris immediately wrapped her arms around her.

"I'm so sorry sweetheart. We didn't mean to not be here when you woke up. Last night Sasha and I had a serious talk about this entire situation and then went out for some dinner. We hadn't meant to travel so far away from home, but by the time the sun was coming up we weren't even halfway back, so we had to chill out in an abandoned building for the day."

Sasha walked up beside the pair and gently kissed Morgan on the cheek, "We're fine Morgan. Nothing bad is going to happen to us. We're big vampires, and we know how to fight for ourselves. We promise we won't let even Levi get the better of us," he said, reassuringly smiling down at her. The corners of her mouth pulled up and returned his smile and she wrapped her arms around him.

"I'm so glad you two are okay. Never do that again, ever! Promise...?"

Kris and Sasha both looked at each other and smiled before turning back to Morgan and saying in unison, "We promise."

"Good," Morgan said with a smile and a small chuckle.

Kris glanced over at Levi and he gave a short nod, so Kris turned back to Morgan, "Sweetie, I hate to have to say this and take that beautiful smile off your face, but do you want to talk about Levi and what happened?" Morgan grimaced at the sound of his name. "I know you're upset about what happened and you've got to be grieving at least a little bit...we could go talk about if you need to get some stuff off your chest..."

"Please, don't mention his name," Morgan whined. "He made his decision, and if that's what makes him happy then I guess I just have to deal with that. He obviously didn't want to be here," she stated quietly.

"Do you honestly believe that after everything you two have been through?" whispered Kris, sadly.

"Yes," Morgan murmured, and then her face grew angry. "I thought he hated my father, but he obviously fooled all of us for a very long time. I guess he's just not who I thought he was," her voice faltered for a moment but then she regained control over her emotions. "I refuse to let myself cry over a man who obviously has no feelings for me or you two, for that matter. He's not worth our time."

"If that's how you feel," Kris murmured as Sasha placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.