Before I start this chapter. I want to thanks all my reviewers from last chapter! And without further or do here is Chapter 20!
Gabby's POV
After Alexander made the comment about getting his scar from Eric, we left Olive Garden pretty quickly. It was a pretty awkward ride home sitting between my mom and Brad. I was really getting sick of Brad always finding a way to sit by me. And I decided to let him know that by the glares I threw his way.
Usually I would ignore him to not cause him trouble. But mother nature was visiting me soon so I wasn't exactly in the best mood. See I had two very strong emotions during this time of month angry and sad. I could be happy too, but only for a very good reason.
"So what's your mother's name again?" Brad asked me. Asshole he knew what her name was.
"Why don't you take a guess? I have a feeling you would figure it out" I snapped. See anger issues! Shoot it must be tomorrow I'm getting it.
"Ah it's Lucy. Are you okay Gabby?" my mother asked. She looked pretty nervous, probably because Rob was still giving her the death glare or maybe because now Brad was now giving me a death glare. Alexander just looked confused as well as Mindy.
"A charming name," Brad said resuming his charming matter.
"Thank you," my mother answered politely. She may be a better actress than myself. The question is what is acting and what is the truth. Did she really care for me? Or was it an act for herself so she could gain something?
"When we get back to the house Gabby, if you are not too tired I would like to talk to you in my room," Alexander told me.
"No I am fine. But what about ah my mother?" I asked.
"I will have her shown to your room where she can stay until we figure out some things," Alexander said.
Fifteen minutes later I stood in Alexander's room while Alex sat on his bed. I wonder what he wanted. I hoped he didn't think I knew about Eric. Maybe he thought I conspired with Eric on bringing him down. If that was the case, I was as good as dead.
Alexander's POV
I watched Gabby nervously play with her hands standing in the middle of my room. I had thought she was beautiful before, but now in her red dress and the necklace hanging perfectly positioned on her chest she looked even more breathtaking.
"Gabby why don't you come sit by me on the bed?" I asked her.
"Okay sir," Gabby answered.
"Gabby it's just Alex, remember?" I asked her. I thought we had got pass the formality. She must be even more nervous than I thought if she was reverting back to call me sir.
"Okay Alex," she said seeming a bit more relaxed. She sat down on my bed as far as way as possible causing me to almost smile.
"Now Gabby before we get started I want you to know you are not in trouble here. I just want to ask you some questions. Okay?" I told her.
"Alright," she replied with a slight shake in her voice.
"Okay first question did you know anything about Eric before tonight?" I asked her. I hoped she would say no, because I don't think I could take it if she had known about Eric and not have told me.
"No, I promise I didn't know anything about him. Let alone that the man I thought was my father my whole life was really not. And then that my biological father was a evil vampire," Gabby exclaimed clearly still in shock. I shouldn't of ever doubted her. She had never actually done anything to prove herself untrustworthy.
"Very well I just had to check. Next question, Do you want your mother to be moved out of your room? I don't know your whole story, but if you are not comfortable sharing a room with her she can be moved to another guest room," I explained to her.
"I think it's for the best if my mother stays with me for now," Gabby answered.
"Alright good we have that settled. Any questions you might have?" I asked her. She brightened up when I said that.
"Yes actually what did you mean about Eric giving you the scar?" Gabby asked.
"It's kind of long story. But in a nutshell Eric is about 1,000 years older than me. He was the vampire king at one point, but he was a cruel ruler. He often captured vampires who he felt were powerful to be prisoners for him. I was one of those prisoners. He marked all his prisoners by burning them with a fire stick, hence the scar," I explained. My voice sounded calm but inside I was simmering with anger.
"Oh my God! I'm so sorry. That must have been very painful!" Gabby said clearly disturbed by what she had just heard. She looked about ready to cry.
"It was painful, but it wasn't your fault. You weren't even alive at this time. But anyways Rob was lucky enough not to get caught. You see we had both just been turned by a vampire about a year before I got caught. Rob was not quite as powerful as me. Eric wasn't aware of our brotherly bond, so he believed when Rob said he didn't even really care about me. Rob said he was just using me for protection," I continued.
"Long story short Rob worked on getting free vampires to overthrow Eric, while I worked on getting other prisoner vampires to help with the overthrow. Cynthia, Sam, and Peter were three of the ones that helped the most. With their help and Rob the prisoners including myself escaped. We came back for Eric but he had already went into hiding," I finished.
"Okay now I just have more questions! Like how the hell did you escape? And what happened to Eric's followers? Wouldn't they try to stop you?" Gabby said throwing questions at me. She was a little bit more snappy than usual. I think I kind of liked it.
"Rob got one of the night guards on his side named Tim. Tim and Rob were put on guard duty together one night. They let us out. We almost made it out of one of the small tunnels before some guards spotted us. We defeated the guards but not before Tim was killed. We went into hiding for awhile, and built up an army which consisted of escaped prisoners as well as new ones like Shanna and Damon. By the time we went to attack Eric had went underground. Someone must have been a spy on our team and tipped him off that he wouldn't win. Now he has building a even bigger army," I said trying to answer all her questions.
"Wow! Poor Tim! So ah Shanna and Damon joined your army eventually too?" Gabby asked. She looked like she didn't believe it.
"Yes but it was years after we began building it," I explained.
"oh…okay," Gabby answered. She seemed to be thinking about something.
"Any more questions?" I asked her.
"Yes, a lot. But I will give you a break for now," she replied with a smile.
"Good because I think I relived my past enough for the night," I said returning her smile.
"But I do have a favor to ask of you," Gabby said in a timid voice.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"Can you make sure to tell everyone not to hurt my mother? She's not exactly my favorite person right now, but I do feel like I have a chance of at least forgiving her. Though I probably will never form a good relationship with her," Gabby explained to me. I could see the sadness reflected in her eyes.
"I promise Gabby. And I almost forgot I have one more birthday present for you," I said reaching under the pillow behind me. Hopefully this would cheer her up.
"Oh no, you already gave me enough," Gabby protested.
"Hey I'm the king, and I say you are taking this gift," I joked.
"Yes sir," Gabby replied. I think she was joking as well.
I brought the gift from behind my back. Gabby's eyes filled with tears as she saw the dream catcher before her. I had seen it at an old fashion looking store and I knew I had to get it for her. It was made out of sticks with green feathers that reminded me of her eyes.
The next she did surprised both me and her. She threw her arms around me. I sat stiffly in shock but soon wrapped my arms around her as well. It seemed so easy to make her happy. For just giving her a good birthday she had hugged me.
"Thanks so much Alexander!" she said after the hug. I was tempted to correct her to call me Alex, but she was just so happy I couldn't do it.
"Your welcome I'm glad you liked it," I told her sincerely, "Now go to bed. You need your sleep"
"Yes sir," She said and this time I knew she was joking. With that comment she left the room, the happiest I had ever seen her.