The Demon Inside

by AiriaMurillo

Hollywood Undead aren't your average rock band. They are Cambions, demons who have lived for hundreds of years. They have been forced to keep it secret from everyone they meet, change their identities every few years so they are never discovered. Then one day they meet a man, a quiet man who needs their help. How quickly are the willing to change their ways to help just one man?

25. Chapter 25

Demon Inside Chapter 25

Mid 2014

Danny p.o.v

Scarlett is with Jason as Theresa's mother wants to see her granddaughter and spend some time with her. I don't mind that as she has the right as her maternal grandmother to see my child. However, like most of Theresa's family, she likes to slag me off at any given opportunity which is something I don't agree with at all. She has no right to say any of those things about me because the truth is always going to be that her daughter was the abusive one, not me. I mean she's serving life in prison for attempting to kill me four years ago, it shows a lot to someone about what she really is like. She can't even have open visitation with anyone, it always has to be done behind a glass screen and she is in a maximum-security women's prison. She is totally the "innocent" one in all of this.

Tonight, we have a show in our hometown for a change. Most fans have now grown to love me, but like every band in the world there are still a few haters. When I say that I mean there are only a small minority group of them compared with all the supportive fans we have. There will always be a Deuce vs Danny fight with every album or song that we release but they will come to realise one day that despite our similarities, we are both very different people. He doesn't have the same vocal range as I have, he doesn't have the same musical talents I have, and he certainly doesn't have the same personality I have. It would be very weird if all of a suddenly during this Cambion war that Deuce goes all nice.

"Danny, are you ready?" Jorel asks me, handing me my mask. I loved it on nights like tonight where we play the show as humans. I love the feeling of his warm skin against mine. It's easier for me to perform if I don't have to worry about keeping the bubble close to me. "Yup, but I want a kiss first," I tell him. He complies instantly with a smirk on his face. He had one arms around my waist and he pulled me close. "Feeling dominant today then Danny?" he says. I put my mask on and send him a grin. "Yup, I like to change it up every now and then," I tell him before making my way to the others. He follows and wraps his arm around me and I wrap one arm around him. I love it when we are like this.

We all put one fist against each other as we stand in a circle. "J-dog, care to do the honours?" Charlie asks the leader. It does feel weird to be doing a show and carrying on like normal despite the war raging on around us that we are in the centre of. We all look at each other with grins on our faces. "One, two, three," He starts, the pre-show rituals which are very basic compared with most bands. "Undead," we all cheer. Let the fun begin. I can hear the fans singing Undead from here. I can't wait for them to hear Day of the Dead when that album comes out next year. We've worked so hard to get this far and we aren't going to give up now. Well we have released the single Day of the Dead a few months ago.

We start our set list with Undead. Then we sing a range of our songs from the three albums we have released so far. During the shows we usually focus on songs from Notes from the Underground, and American Tragedy more than we do with Swan Songs. We usually only play Undead and No 5 from Swan songs. It would be nice to play Paradise Lost every now and then, but we want to play the newer songs first and the party songs to get the mood going. I slipped up and turned back Cambion without Jorel knowing but I managed to keep the bubble as close to me as possible, so I don't send any of the fans to sleep which would give us up and cause more issues than the ones we already have with Aron.

All too soon the concert is over. We have group hug to celebrate another successful show with the fans singing along to their hearts content. I noticed Jorel was back to his usual Cambion form as well.

"You guys go home without me, I'll catch up. I'm just going to have a cigarette first," I tell them, and they nod to show that they heard me and then I head out the back exit while they head off home. I open my packet of cigarettes and take one out before lighting it. I put it up to my lips and take a long drag. I breathe out slowly and smile as I watch the smoke float away. Any stress that I have is floating away with the smoke. This war is more stressful than I liked, but there is nothing I can do about it.

I flick the cigarette to the floor and stomp it out when I am finished with it and then put the stump in the bin. While my back is turned, I sense someone is walking down the alley, approaching me from behind. I quickly turn around to see a young male who was standing at the edge of the alley, but they were making their way towards me slowly. If someone was to ask me to identify him, I would struggle, but I could tell them what clothes he was wearing at the time. "Hello?" I call out, they walk closer to me. "Deuce rules," he says. He brings out a sharp knife which I would guess is about 6 inches maybe longer. They make a slash in my left leg at the calf, which makes me hiss in pain. The guy quickly flees the scene taking the knife with him.

I walk inside as calmly as I can despite the blood gushing out of the wound in my leg. I had left a change of clothes here because I was planning on changing before I leave for home, so I grab the sweat pants. I changed into them in the bathroom after grabbing a first aid kit to attempt to patch the wound up. I stop the bleeding and clean the wound before covering it up with a dressing pad and a bandage. I felt blessed that my sweat pants are black. Although having said that, I am sure Jorel can feel my pain because of the soulmate bond but I haven't heard anything from him yet. I'm sure he said he can feel the pain but if my injuries are life-threatening then he will know about it. As far as I know the knife wound isn't that bad.

"Danny, are you still here baby?" Jorel asks me. I walk out of the bathroom and I find Jorel looking around the venue looking for me. He spots me and jogs up to me with a hug. "Yeah, I needed the bathroom and I was taking a while to enjoy my last cigarette," I tell him, and I hug him back. I'm attempting to quit smoking tomorrow with George and hopefully we'll be able to support each other through this and we can quit successfully. We all said we would stop smoking because management is complaining a lot and we have small children in the house we need to think off. There is Ava and Tyler who live in the house full time and then Scarlett comes over every other weekend and whenever she can.

"I'm so proud of you Danny. This is a big step and you and George are going to be fine," Jorel says, and he wraps his arm around my waist. I lean back a little bit and just enjoy the private embrace we are currently having. We rarely have time together where we can be like this anymore. We have been dating each other for two years now and recently we've been spending less time together. Jorel has had a lot of meetings with the council because of the coven war. I didn't like it because I wouldn't be able to go in the meetings because the strategies and topics they will be talking about confuse me and I just want to spend time with my boyfriend without having to worry about when the next meeting is going to be and how long he has to be there for and if Aron was going to attack him while he is out.

"Are you ready to go?" he asks me, and I nod at him. "Do you have another meeting tonight?" I ask him, trying to hide the disappointment in my tone. I don't think I did a good job because Jorel held me a little tighter in the hug we had. "No, I told them to ease up a little on the meetings. I feel like it is putting a little strain on our relationship and we might be going on tour soon. It depends on if Hayden will let us go while the war is going on," he tells me. He kisses my neck a couple of times and then moves up to my cheek. I kiss his cheek and he spins me around a little bit. I love being in his arms like this.

I take his hand once the hug ends and he shadow travels us home. I have honestly never shadow travelled before because I have never needed to. To be honest it was a horrible experience and I am not in a rush to go and do it again. Jorel took us into the kitchen, where the others were waiting. Jordon, George, Dylan and Matt are all sitting around the breakfast bar with beers in their hands. They turned to look at us and they had beers waiting for us. Well, Jorel already started drinking his, but mine still had the cap on. I think I am glad that my beer still has the cap on, I am trying to recover from the shadow travel experience has left me feeling a bit nauseous and I don't think that's going to go away anytime soon.

I was right because about two minutes later I get very nauseous and I grab the closest trash can to me and throw up in it. Then I had to do it again while my stomach was still unsettled. Jordon, Matt and Dylan started laughing at me straight away. George was worrying about me and I could tell he probably wanted to keep an eye on me throughout the rest of the night if he could. Jorel was feeling very irritated at the people who were laughing at me. "Guys, pack it in. You were all like Danny the first time you shadow travelled. Jordon you were even worse than Danny is now, you threw up three times," Jorel says, and I could feel Jordon getting a little embarrassed at the revelation. At least I know now that throwing up is a natural part of the first-time shadow-travelling.

I looked up from the trashcan I was holding close to my chest to snigger at Jordon just as a bit of slight petty revenge because he laughed at me. I sit down on one of the bar stools in the hopes of my stomach settling down and not bringing up anything else now. Now they all look at me concerned for my health and welfare. "I am alright, just need my stomach to settle down," I tell them. Telling the truth all though part of me wanted to keep the truth about how I am feeling hidden from them. They have enough to worry about with the coven war without me getting sick just in the beginning of it which could end up badly if Aron decides that he is going to strike now. He would have known about his minions that we took and killed a couple of months ago. He would be angry from that for sure.

Jorel walks behind my chair and massages my shoulders. It felt nice and I could feel his cool hands under my shirt. He also nuzzles my neck in a caring way to let me know he was here for me and he could look after me while I am sick. "I love you Danny, you'll be okay soon I promise," he tells me, and I smile at him. I know I can count on him to take care of me when I need it. "I love you too Jorel. I don't doubt that I'll be fine in a little bit," I tell him. I was even feeling a little bit better now. I don't feel as sick now as I did before. I'm not completely better right now but its better than how I was feeling a few moments ago. Jorel was still massaging my shoulders and it felt better than I was expected it too.

He stops when I slowly get up from the bar stool. "Where are you going baby?" he asks me. He was still worried about me and I was happy to admit I am not the steadiest on my feet right now. "Just going to clean this out, I don't think the smell from the bucket is helping me out at all," I tell him. I manage to make it to the sink without any incidents. I tip the contents of the trashcan into the sink and then I grab the spray bottle of bleach and spray the trashcan. Then I rinse the bleach out of the trashcan and repeat those steps a couple of times before drying the trashcan. I don't feel like I am going to be sick anymore which is good. I don't think I need the trashcan now, so I put it down where I got it from.

"Now it can be used for trash again," I tell Jorel. He walks over to me and smiles. I put both my arms around his waist and he puts one around mine. Then he holds my chin with his finger and thumb and presses our lips together gently. It felt a little weird for me to kiss Jorel so soon after being sick, but he doesn't seem to mind it. I hear a phone camera go off while we are kissing each other. "George, did you have to?" Jorel asks, as I stand on my tiptoes to rest my head on his shoulder. I love being with Jorel like this. I hadn't even noticed that the others have left the room. It was quiet after I sat down, and all the laughing stopped while I tried to regain control of my body properly. I might tell Jorel that I don't want to shadow-travel anymore.

George took another picture of the two of us. "Yes, I had to. Instagram needs more couple pictures of you two," George says, with a big smile on his face. I sigh and reach out for my phone that he was holding since I left it here before the concert this evening. "No, you want more couple pictures to privately fangirl over," I tell him, I know the fans do want to see pictures of us two dating, but not as desperately as George is saying. I look at the photos he has just taken and pick the second one where I am standing on my tiptoes hugging Jorel and he has both his arms around me. That is going to be the one that I post to Instagram to please both George and the fangirls. It's actually been a while since I made a couple post.

Danny_Rose_Murillo: Me and my man Jdog_hlm hugging in the kitchen tonight after an amazing concert. 3 Thanks to Johnny for taking this photo and proving that I am one short ass mofo.

I am still to this day the youngest and shortest in the band. I know I am going to always be that way though and most of the time some members of the band like to point it out and take the piss out of that fact. I have gotten used to it now, so I don't mind it so much, but it would be nice if they did it less often. Sometimes I even wonder if Jordon is shorter than I am because we are quite close to each other height wise. I don't think we have been officially measured for a little while, so I can only guess that Jordon and I are close to each other height wise. I'm going to get flooded with likes and comments on my Instagram and I am just going to leave my phone alone for now. I can look at it later once I have probably slept a bit.

"How are you feeling now Danny?" George asks me, it has been a little while now since I threw up. I still feel a little nauseous and now I am feeling a little dizzy. "I'm feeling fine now George," I tell him. I hate lying to them because I felt bad about it, but at the same time I hated them worrying about me more. I have been through so much since I arrived four years ago, and they have been so supportive don't get me wrong. I just feel like maybe they should have a bit of a break from worrying about me now and focus on the coven war which is much more important. I mean I know to them I am important, but I don't want them to be focusing so much on me right now. George seems to accept my answer.

"Are you sure Danny? I know shadow travel can be taxing for a while afterwards on your first time," Jorel asks me, and I kiss him. "Yeah, I am sure, I'll be resting for the rest of the night anyway," I tell them both. I know full well if they know the truth then they will be so mad at me for lying to them. Well, when I say mad I mean disappointed because they want to look after me. Jorel looks a little unsure at my answer, but after a minute or two he seems to accept my answer as the truth. I give George a hug and I give Jorel another hug. They both felt a little bit happier about it now which was what I was hoping for. Now I need them to be not worried about me for as long as possible. This war like I keep saying is more important than me, if we lose this war then everything Jorel spend his Cambion life building will be destroyed.

"Anyway, the other guys want to know if you want to watch a horror movie with us before bed," George asks the two of us. "I'll pass on this one. I still hate them, and I think tonight drained me a bit, so I will get some rest now I think," I tell them. Jorel hugs me gently. "I'll join in with the movie. Danny if you need to go to sleep now then that is fine with me. I don't want you waiting up for me," he tells me. "Okay Jorel, you can do what you want to do," I tell him, then he kisses my cheek and leaves to join the others in the living room. I did kinda of want to have a night where it was just me and him, but I am more than willing to wait until everything calms down. We have a whole lifetime together where we can have one on one time.

George stays behind. "You seem to have lost more essence than you usually do during a show Danny," he tells me. I forgot that was a thing that he knows about, they can all sense how much essence someone else has. "I struggled a little bit keeping the bubble close to me and I was human for a little while," I tell him, being truthful as far as I was aware. I leave the kitchen and make my way to the stairs, so I can go to bed. George follows behind me, I assume to go to the lounge where the rest of the band are to watch the movie that he said they are going to watch tonight. We both have to go this way regardless. I was starting to feel a bit tired now, so I can't wait to get into my bed and sleep. I am never shadow-traveling again.

My assumption was totally wrong. I should have known that deep down. He grabs my arm. "Come with me," he tells me. He didn't sound too mad at me. I guess he knows that I lied to him a little bit. We walk up the stairs to mine and Jorel's room and he lifts me up and throws me onto the bed. It wasn't too hard, but I felt a little bit of the frustration he was feeling. I don't know why I thought I was going to get away with lying to him like that. He found out when I lied to him about being poisoned when I died the first time. I don't want to make it a second death. Jorel said something bad happens when you shadow-travel and you have an injury. He doesn't know about the cut on my leg yet, I don't know when he will find out.

He goes to the en-suite bathroom and I can hear him running the bath for me. While it is filling up he walks back into the room and over to me on the bed. "Danny, you have got to stop lying to me. It cost you your life last time. What happened after the show? I know something went down because you lost more essence," he tells me, his tone was like that of a parent scolding their child. I stay silent, feeling a little fearful of what he might do when he finds out in the next few minutes. I heard him sigh but I was looking down at my feet. I still have my converse on, so I can't pick any bobbles of my socks to keep the truth from him for much longer. I don't even know why I feel so afraid. It's not like he is gonna kill me just because I have a cut on my leg.

He pulls me closer to the edge of the bed by my shirt. Then he takes my shirt off me and looks at my arms, torso and back. He was looking for any signs I might have been injured there and then ask me who did it. He would probably assume Aron has got to me, but I think at this point if Aron saw me he could kidnap me. Then he puts the back of his hand on my forehead. I think he was running the bath on the assumption I have a fever after I threw up earlier on. "Hmm, you are a little warmer than you should be," he says, and I feel like I want to shy away from his touch, but he is only trying to help me. He noticed how I was reacting to his tone of voice and rubbed my arm a little bit to calm me down. That made me feel a little bad.

He makes me walk into the bathroom, still being gentle and not as frustrated as he was before. He knows I only lie to stop them worrying so much. I feel fine other than the slight nausea and the dizziness. He turns the tap off, so the water stops running. "Take your shoes, socks and sweats of and get in the tub please," he says, and I comply with his request. I don't want to anger him, like Jorel he has a "dark form" and apparently it is not one that I would like to see. Jorel himself said he only saw the nightmare's "dark form" once and he never wanted to see it again after that. I believe him on that and I don't want to see his "dark form" ever. I get into the tub and George crouches down, so he can see my legs.

"Dude, why has Jorel not felt this yet?" he asks, now his tone has gone a lot softer and he was less focused on scolding me. I look down at my leg, the long slash that Deuce supporter made has now turned black. The skin around the wound looked like it was dead and the rest of it was rapidly dying. The veins around the area also look black. I am assuming that is not a good thing. "I don't know, even I can't feel it anymore," I tell him. That might be the reason why I can't feel my leg and why Jorel can't feel it. I have never had a wound that has gone black before. George rubs my back comfortingly and I look at him.

"You seem to have necrosis Danny. I am not sure what I can really do to help you. Jorel can't feel it most likely since he caused it. What happened? How did you get that wound?" he asks, I guess when a bogeyman shadow-travels with an injured person then they get necrosis as a result. While he waits for me to finally tell him what happened he grabs a plastic jug I left from bathing Scarlett in this bathroom and pours the cold water all over my body. I hope it will bring my temperature down a little bit. "A hater showed up, he told me that Deuce rules before he stabbed my leg. I stopped the bleeding before Jorel shadow-travelled us home," I tell George, finally telling the older male the truth. He continues to pour the water over me, only stopping once in a while to ruffle my hair to let me know it was okay.

"These haters have to stop, I am sure they don't know the war is going on. However, we need them to realise that attacking you isn't going to help anyone," George tells me. It has been about ten minutes since I first got into the bath and I was feeling alright now. He grabs the fluffy towel out of the cupboard and lifts me out of the tub before drying my hair. He pulls the plug out from the bath and leaves it to one side. "Get some rest buddy. I have to go cause the others are wondering where I am," he tells me. "Wait, don't tell them about my leg. I will do it in time," I say. He nods at me before wrapping the towel around me and hugs me tightly. At least he isn't mad at me anymore and he isn't frustrated anymore.

He left while I was drying myself off. I place a few gauze pads on the wound and keep them in place with the bandage George left behind. This might hide the wound from Jorel for a while since he can't feel it. I change out of the soaked boxers and put clean boxers and sweats on. Jorel has encouraged me to leave my shirt off at night now and he doesn't mind all my scars. George had put the rest of the clothes in the washing hamper in my room on the way out. I crawl into bed and snuggle under the covers. I wish I had more couple time with Jorel. He was right, I can feel a minor strain on our relationship at the moment. The meetings always get in the way and always seems to be in the evening till late at night. I roll over and close m eyes. Maybe tomorrow we can have some alone time.

Jorel p.o.v ~ the next morning~

I feel so guilty that I didn't spend more time with Danny last night. Especially since I had the time off from meetings. Also, Danny fell ill last night, and he was fast asleep when I got to our room at bed time. The horror movie we watched last night turned out to be really shit. I know Danny doesn't want to watch any horror movies. He isn't into that genre, he is my little fluffy bear. I should have stayed with him last night though, George told me he gave Danny a bath last night since he had a fever, but he seems to be fine so far this morning. Danny is snuggled up with me in bed and I am just going to take this time to soak that in. A morning where we can snuggle undisturbed is a morning to treasure.

I play with a stray strand of his blonde hair. I could see the sunlight breaking in through the curtains. Danny's daughter is coming over today so even though we are cuddling now, we have to get up, so we can be ready for when she arrives. "Wakey wakey little bear," I tell my boyfriend, who just buries his head into my chest more. "Noo, cuddle," he tells me, I knew he was like barely awake at this point. I chuckle at his adorableness. "We can still cuddle buddy, I just want to see your eyes," I tell him. He seems to be feeling better this morning which is good. I don't feel like he is a fan of shadow-traveling though. I know more often than not Danny hates the mornings. I roll from my side onto my back, taking him with me.

That gets him to open his eyes. I love staring into those chocolate brown orbs every day. "Morning little bear," I tell him. I kissed his nose and smiled at him. "Morning Jay-pup," he tells me, he had that just woken up voice as well. "Jason is dropping Scarlett off for a while," I tell him. This makes his eyes light up. He loves his little girl so much. Jason told us that he wants to see Theresa this morning and her parents won't take Scarlett, so she gets some daddy daughter time. I get out of bed and scoop Danny up in my arms. It is one of those mornings where he doesn't want to wake up. I kiss his nose a couple of times while I carry him into the kitchen. He has a tight grip on my t-shirt and he doesn't want to be put down.

I try to put him down on a barstool, but his grip on my t-shirt tightens even more. "Someone is feeling very cuddly today it seems," I tell him. A few moments later George walks in with Ava in his arms she has kindergarten this morning. Ava was clinging to him like Danny is clinging to me this morning. "Danny doesn't want to leave me this morning even though he knows Scarlett is coming this morning," I tell him. "Aw, Ava is a bit cuddly this morning too," George tells me. Danny is so quiet I thought he had fallen back to sleep on me. I plant little kisses on his face and he smiles at me. He definitely is awake right now then. I notice that Danny is a little bit on the warm side, but I think he is trying to be human for Scarlett's sake.

"Remember what I told you Danny, focus on a slow breathing pattern," I tell him. He relaxes a little and soon I can feel a heartbeat against my chest. George places a mug of tea and one of coffee in front of us. "Thanks," Danny says before drinking a mouthful of the hot tea, "Jesus Danny, how can you do that and not burn your mouth," I ask him. He decides to let go of me and gets up, he sends me a little cheeky grin while he is going it. "My preference has enough milk in it to make it drinkable enough without taking the taste away," he tells me. I still don't understand it. I watch as Danny makes himself some toast. I crinkle my nose as he puts marmite on one of the pieces of toast. "Don't you dare, this is gonna help build up my immune system which is somehow better than yours," he tells me, pointing the knife in my direction.

I can't help but laugh at my boyfriend when he tries to be threatening but it fails. It is true though, he has been human more than I have so he has managed to develop a stronger immune system than I have. Being a Cambion since world war one or world war two does have its disadvantages. Also, marmite is a thing that you either love it or you hate it, there is no in between. Danny was the same about marmite, he hated it too until Asia made him eat some so Scarlett would eat it. He sits next to me and starts eating. He breaks a small bit of the toast for me. "if you want to try some then go for it," he tells me. Damn the soulmate bond, he can sense my curiosity. I am considering trying it again to be honest.

The last time I had it, I didn't like it, but it amused Scarlett when I made a face at it. I guess that makes it okay. I take the bit he saved me and quickly put it in my mouth. Oh, god it is just as awful as I remember it being. My reaction to the toast must have amused Danny because he started giggling a little bit. Yes, a fully-grown man can giggle. "I am glad you are so supportive bear," I tell him sarcastically, that turned the giggles into full laughter. Then that got cut short when he starts chocking on the bit of toast he was eating before I tried mine. I get up and hit his back right in between his shoulder blades with enough force to dislodge the toast that is in his airway. Then I rub his back while he keeps coughing. "It's gonna be okay bear," I tell him. I did swallow the toast, but that doesn't mean my opinion has changed.

It means I am willing to try anything. "I'm sorry for laughing, but your facial expression just cracked me up," he says when he manages to stop coughing his lungs up. "No need to be sorry Danny, it is my fault. I should have waited until you finished your mouthful," I tell him., still rubbing his back to make him feel better. "We leave you for fifteen minutes and he nearly dies," Asia says, as she walks into the kitchen to grab Ava's lunch box. "I tried marmite on toast again," I tell her. "That still doesn't explain why Danny was chocking," she says, placing a cup of water to Danny's lips. He drinks a little bit of it and then she takes it away. "He made a face and I laughed at it, but I forgot to finish my mouthful first," he tells her. "Silly boy," she tells him, ruffling his hair and then leaving the room.

Soon the doorbell rings. Danny's eyes light up. "Go get her bear," I tell him, and he runs to the door. I follow in case things go bad. He opens the door to be met by the blur of a small child. "Daddy!" Scarlett shouts as she runs into his arms. "Hello baby girl," he says, holding her tightly to his chest. I stand by the door to the kitchen and smile at them. "Bye Scarlett, I'll pick her up at one," Jason tells us. "Okay see you later Jason," I tell him. He nods and closes the front door behind him when he leaves. Danny put Scarlett down and she saw me for the first time this morning. "Papa!" she shouts, and she runs up to me for a cuddle. "Hello Scarlett," I tell her, picking up the three-and-a-half-year-old so she could hug me.

I shoot Danny a questioning look, but all he can do is shrug at me, he didn't know why Scarlett just called me papa for the first time. We walk into the lounge where Scarlett makes grabby hands for Danny who takes her and snuggles her tightly again. I walk into the kitchen to give them some one on one time. I wonder why she called me papa. She has never done that before with me, she always calls me Jay. She only just recently found out that I am dating her father because her grandmother was being a massive homophobe. Jason showed Scarlett our Instagram page, so she knows that she is going to have two dads instead of just one. I bin the toast crust from Danny's breakfast and wash the dishes.

I didn't even notice that Matt had walked into the room until he spoke. "Did I hear Scarlett call you papa?" he asks me. "Yeah, must be because she knows I am dating her dad now," I tell him, still not knowing why. "I don't know Jorel, she has always looked up to you like she does with him even before she knew you were dating her father," George says, he was already in the kitchen when I walked back in. Ava is in kindergarten now. I shrug, then we hear a squeal from the lounge followed by two sets of laughter. I quickly focus on a normal breathing rhythm. I run into the lounge to see my soulmate lying on the floor tickling Scarlett who is sitting on his chest. "Are you having fun?" I ask them, Danny was smiling. "Yeah, but I think daddy hit his head," Scarlett tells me, I look to Danny who looks like he is okay.

"I'm alright Jorel, I knocked my head on the sofa. It doesn't hurt at all though," Danny tells me. I walk closer to them and kiss Danny's head. Just to make sure that it is okay. "Papa kissed it better," Scarlett says, and she was so happy that I did that. "Yeah papa made it all better," Danny says with a small grin on his face. Normally on a day like today Scarlett would go to pre-k, but since Jason had to go off to the prison and stuff like that she gets a day off. Also, she hasn't seen Danny in a few weeks, so she needs some daddy daughter time. She is doing really well in school so having one day off won't hurt. I get pulled from my thoughts by a loud click. "You really are in the wars today aren't you Danny?" I say as he winces.

Scarlett holds his right wrist and kisses it gently. "Yep, today is not my day today," he tells me. Scarlett looks at the two of us. "Papa, I need the toilet," she tells me, carefully getting off Danny who is still rubbing his wrist a little bit. "Okay Scarlett, I'll take you," I tell her since she doesn't quiet remember where the toilet is. I hold my hand out for her, she takes it and I lead her to the downstairs bathroom. I wait just outside the bathroom for her to be done. "Papa I done," she says five minutes later. "Okay, let's go find out where Danny is," I tell her. I pick her up and we walk back to the lounge where I thought Danny was. Danny had left the room. "Where daddy gone?" Scarlett asks me. I carry her to the kitchen.

Danny isn't their either. Okay now we are going to play hide and seek it seems. Scarlett spots George in the kitchen. "Where's daddy?" she asks, George. "I think he went upstairs Scarlett," George tells her. I turn to face the direction of the stairs. "To the upstairs, quickly," I say, running with Scarlett to the stairs which makes her happy. She was laughing because she found it funny. I put Scarlett down, so she can climb the stairs on her own. I smile as she uses the banister rail to help her get up. "Daddy, where are you?" she calls out on her way up. There is no reply from Danny, which makes me start to get a little bit worried. I leave him for ten minutes and he disappears. "Go find Danny's room," I tell her when we reach the top of the stairs. She looks at all our doors and quickly finds Danny's door which I have also moved into recently. She manages to open it on her own. "Daddy?" she asks. "Danny?" I ask. Danny is lying on top of our bed and is fast asleep.

I lift Scarlett onto our bed, so she can cuddle her daddy. He must not be feeling a hundred percent still. "Daddy, wake up," Scarlett whispers while hugging him. I get a few pictures on my phone of the two of them together so they can have more memories for when we eventually go on tour. "Scarlett?" Danny asks sleepily. "Found you Danny?" she says, I don't think Danny knew we were playing hide and seek with him. "Yeah you did baby bird," he says, rubbing his eyes as he sits up in bed. "Are you feeling okay Danny?" I ask, kissing his neck. "Yeah, I feel really tired today for some reason," Danny replies. "Come on, lets make lunch before Scarlett goes," I say, gently pulling Danny to his feet. He was a bit unstable on his feet, but he was alright after a minute.

Scarlett makes grabby hands for her daddy and he picks her up. We make our way to the kitchen where we found that the others had left to do whatever they wanted to do. "Want to be daddy's little helper?" Danny asks her. "Yes, please daddy," Scarlett replies. Danny grabs one of the kitchen chairs and puts it up to the counter and lifts Scarlett onto it. Then he grabs the ingredients from ham and cheese toasties. I grab the toastie cooking thing from one of the cupboards and I put it next to Danny. I quickly clean it and turn it on, so it can warm up. Danny butters one side of the bread and flips it over so the butter is on the outside. "Is Scarlett going to place the ham on?" he asks Scarlett. I stand on the other side and smile while I watch them.

When he learned that he had a daughter that he was going to be raising with Jason, he was really scared that he was going to be the worst father ever. I told him that he had no need to worry because he is good with Ava, so I knew that he was going to be good with Scarlett. It is a little bit of a shame that Jason has joint residency with Danny. Theresa's family have done nothing but try and turn Scarlett against her father. It nearly worked too. One time, Scarlett came over and she wouldn't go near him. It was only when she found him crying after he remembered what his ex-girlfriend did to him then Scarlett changed her mind. "Earth to Jay-bear," Danny says, making me jump. He chuckles at my reaction and Scarlett laughs at me.

"Here you go spaceman," he says, setting a plate down in front of me. "Thanks" I say before taking a bit of the toastie. Food is so much nicer now then it was when I was growing up. Danny was lucky to have nice food when he was growing up that was cooked properly. Most of our food was boiled as we knew nothing else we could do. Now that made me feel really old. "Why did you call me spaceman?" I ask. Danny pauses mid bit of the toastie he was eating. "Well, you were so deep in thought that it was like you were lost in space. Away with the fairies is more accurate, but it didn't enter my head," he says. "Papa away with the fairies?" Scarlett asks, feeling confused. "It's an expression used when someone daydreams," I tell her.

Danny and Scarlett go outside in the back yard to play for an hour. One pm arrives too quickly for our liking. Jason knocks on the door and it is time to say goodbye. "Bye Scarlett," I tell her, she wraps her arms around me tightly. "Bye papa, me miss you," she says. "I'll miss you too," I reply. I pass her to Danny and she wraps her little arms around his neck tightly. "Bye baby girl, you be good for Jason," he tells her. "Bye daddy, me miss you. I don't like nanny," she says. "Aw, I'll miss you too. I will see you again soon though," he says, walking to the front door where Jason is waiting. "Hey Jason," he says. "Hey Danny, Theresa asked to see you both, but I told her no and she decided to split up with me. I guess you'll be able to see Scarlett a lot more from now on," he says.

"Um, okay. What if her parents want to see Scarlett?" he asks Jason, while passing Scarlett over to him. "They can't see her anymore. Theresa dating me was their only way to get permission to see the little one," Jason says. "Well then, I guess we'll arrange for me to see her soon," Danny says, feeling a little confused. "Yeah see you soon," Jason says, then he walks away to the car. "Well, that escalated quickly," I say, when Danny closes the front door. "Yeah, I can't believe after everything that happened that she still wants to see me," Danny says. "She probably wants to find out if you have moved on or not," I tell him, wrapping my arms around his waist to comfort him. "Well, at least Scarlett has no problems with us dating," he says, after a minute.

"Yeah, that papa thing took me by surprise today. I never realised how much she looks up to me," I say, resting my head on his shoulder. "As you can see, one of our couples can't keep their hands off each other," Jordon says. Danny flips him off while I am hugging him. "This is the first chance we have had to hug," Jorel, tells Jordon who is holding one of the vlog cameras. "You and Randi keep trying to suck each other's face off," I tell them, this time Jordon flips me off. I take the camera off him. "Hey guys, sorry for the lack of Danny at the end of yesterday's vlog," I say. "I wasn't feeling one hundred percent after the show, so I went to bed," Danny says, as Jordon leaves, probably to go and snog Randi.

"Anyway, today is a bit of a lazy day. Not much interesting things going on," I say. "It is usually like this after a show when you are not on tour," Danny says. Then Danny was jumped on by the slightly taller child. "Uncle Danny," Ava says, when she jumps into his arms. "Hello Ava," Danny tells her, hugging her gently. "I swear she can be a blonde demon at times," George says, I chuckle as Danny puts her down. "Hi Jay," she tells me. I turn the camera off. "Hello blondey, how was school?" I ask Ava. "It was okay," she tells me. "Scarlett was here earlier," I say, when Jordon walks back into the room and Ava leaves to go and play. "I can tell, he is a lot happier today," Jordon says. "Hey, I'm still here," Danny cries.

"We know bear, we are talking about you not to you. Anyway, how is the little one?" Jordon says. "She is okay. She started calling Jorel papa today," Danny says. "That's awesome," Jordon replies. George had gone with Ava, so she could play with her dad. I take Danny upstairs, back to our bedroom. We lie down and focus on having no heartbeat or breathing pattern. "Maybe now we can have cuddle time," I say, hugging him tightly. He relaxes in my arms and I turn the TV on. I flick through the channels until I find Captain America playing on a film channel. I play with Danny's hair while we watch the film. "I love you my little bear," I tell him. "I love you too Jay," he replies. Towards the end of the movie, Danny fell asleep again.

It's quite early in the evening, but I didn't mind Danny having a little nap. He has been through a lot in the last 24 hours and maybe the rest would be good for him. "Danny's asleep this early?" George asks me quietly when he walks into the room. I am watching an old war film while my soulmate sleeps. "Yeah, he has been through a fair bit today. He did choke on his toast this morning and he told me earlier he felt unusually tired," I tell him. Danny moves a little bit in his sleep, but he doesn't wake up. "I know, Asia just told me, and she wants to make sure that he is okay," George tells me. "He is okay, just very tired. I think he has been waiting for me to get home from the meetings, so he hasn't been sleeping well," I tell him. "Yeah, I understand. Whenever you were in a meeting he would stay up, but always fall asleep just before you return home," he says.

I look at my sleeping bear. He always seems to sleep better when I cuddle him at night. "I hope the meetings ease soon. Nothing is really happening in the war right now," I tell him. "I'm sure they will ease up soon. Hayden will know what's going on," George says and then he leaves to put Ava to bed. I gently kiss Danny's forehead, and he doesn't wake up. I love spending time with him just like this where we have one on one time. When he was human and before he died I was always the first to help him when he had a nightmare. We always used to cuddle just like this. I look at the TV and see the credits for the film I was watching. Oh well, it is 9 pm now. I move Danny, so he is more comfortable.

We have been through so much lately with the coven war and everything, so I am surprised that I am able to remember who I am. This war has already proven to be too stressful. I need to remember to kill and not kick any members that act likes Aron did in the future. Danny and I have now been together for two years and we will celebrate it properly soon. I love my little bear so much. I have been alive for a long time and he knows that. I have dated a lot of men and women during that time as well. It never felt right until Danny came along, I guess that is why we are soulmates. When Danny came into my life everything changed. I fell for him and boy did I fall hard. I am never letting him go now. Maybe one day we will be able to get married to him.

"Jorel, you're still up?" Danny asks me, he sounded groggy since he just woke up from his little nap. "Yes, little bear, it is only nine pm now," I tell him. I give him a gentle cuddle while he tries to wake up a little bit. "Oh, when did I fall asleep?" he asks me. "Around half seven," I tell him. I help him sit up. My poor bear, I feel like he should sleep more at night. Maybe then he wouldn't be so tired all the time. Then again in the last couple of days he could have gotten sick or even hurt. I did feel some pain in my leg yesterday, but it faded when we got home. Danny grabs his laptop and starts to edit the footage from today so that the video can go up tomorrow. I love watching him work, I love his concentration face, but his smile makes me melt.

We snuggle again a few hours later when he stops editing because he has finished. "I love you Jorel Decker," he tells me, sounding very sleepy. "I love you too Daniel Rose Murillo," I reply as he drifts off into dreamland. I play with his hair before I join him in dreamland.

And that is the end of another chapter I hope you enjoyed. Now there are only 9 chapters left until this story is over.

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