I won't even try to explain… Long story where I have been… I hope there are still people out there keeping an eye on this story (: Please enjoy, though I am really not that happy with this chapter… however I love the next one (:
Chapter 28
When Serenity opened her eyes, the moon was shining brightly through the windows. She frowned; she was still half-asleep. Didn't Darien say they would only rest for a short while and then run back to the pack?
Smiling slightly she sighed with satisfaction. The steady breathing against the back of her neck and the familiar scent that was typical only of him made her relax like nothing else.
Strong arms were hugging her from behind making her back press against his chest as tightly as possible. Serenity slowly pulled a bit away so she could turn around and stare at his sleeping form. His black hair was rumpled from sleeping, a small frown wrinkling his forehead. Serenity imagined him opening his eyes, eyes that were red from blood and emotionless as every other vampire's eyes were.
Pressing her lips together, she shook her head. Actually, she only knew one vampire… William. But somehow, it seemed logical that every vampire was cold and pale with red eyes and emotionless life. Nothing like the werewolves were, nothing like Darien was.
Suddenly, the huge, strong body stirred besides her and Darien opened his eyes slowly. Serenity couldn't help but smile brightly when she saw the deep blue eyes staring at her. They were still unfocused from sleep, but it only made him even more adorable.
"What?" he asked his voice deeper than usual from sleep.
"Nothing," Serenity smiled at him resting her head on his shoulder. No, there was no way he would ever be an emotionless vampire. It was simple impossible.
They lay like that for a few moments in silence, when Serenity felt a light pressure against her stomach. Opening her eyes, she found Darien staring at her stomach while his fingers gently caressed her sensitive skin there. Pushing her shirt up from her stomach, he bent down and pressed his nose against it smelling and sniffing the air around her lower belly.
"How does it smell?" Serenity asked softly after a few seconds.
"Like a puppy," Darien murmured then glancing up at her he smirked. "But like our puppy."
Serenity opened her month for an answer when someone knocked on the door lightly.
"Darien? I am sorry, but if we want to get to the mansion before tomorrow noon we really have to leave," Kunzite whispered from the other side of the door.
Like awakening from a dream, Darien narrowed his eyes, jumped out of the bed, and throw a glance out the windows. "How long did we sleep?" he murmured frowning.
Serenity shrugged, "I guess a bit longer than we were supposed to."
Slowly sitting up on the bed, she stretched her arms and stood up. The next moment she felt like all her strength was leaving her, the world spun around her, her vision blurred, and she collapsed back on the bed exhausted.
Blinking to clear her vision again, she found deep blue eyes staring at her worriedly.
"Darien? What is going on in there? Are you all right?" Kunzite knocked harder on the door.
"Oops? I guess I shouldn't try to stand up so fast?" Serenity offered as an excuse, but Darien's frown didn't disappear.
"Darien! What the hell happened? I am going to break this door if you don't answer right now!"
"Meet you in a few minutes downstairs," Darien said not bothering to stand up or open the door.
"Is everything all right?" Kunzite asked.
"Yes, leave now. We will meet you downstairs."
Darien waited for a few minutes until Kunzite's heavy steps went downstairs than he stared back at Serenity.
"You need to eat," he said offering his hand to her.
"Yeah, I guess dinner sounds like a great idea," Serenity agreed and accepting his hand she let her pull her up from the bed.
Leaning against him, she closed her eyes. Hopefully once she ate her strength would come back.
"No, I mean you need meat. Raw meat."
Serenity went tense. Raw meat? "No. That sounds yuck Darien. I know I am supposed to crave for raw meat, but that just sounds disgusting," she shook her head still leaning against Darien.
"It is not disgusting at all. Your strength will come back with it," he tried to convince her.
"No Darien, I am fine with normal food," she said walking to the bathroom.
Darien watched her deep in thought but said nothing.
o.o.o.o.o
In a few minutes, the small group was already eating their late dinner downstairs. Andrew, Molly, and Seiya decided to join them as well while Karen stayed in her room. It was clear she needed more time to get use to this new situation. They ate in silence until Andrew cleared his throat.
"Darien? I was thinking on moving into this house as well. Now that we have permanent guests in this house, I would have to come everyday. It is no use spending hours with driving here and back to my other house everyday."
"As you wish. You know this house is as much yours as it is ours," Darien smirked a bit when he noticed the shy glances Andrew exchanged with Molly. If his thoughts were not so occupied with other things and worries, he would have teased his friend about it. Turning back to Serenity his eyes narrowed on her plate. She only ate a few bits spending more time with playing around with the food than eating.
Serenity could feel Darien's eyes on her. Deep down she knew he was right... she needed something else… The food must have been delicious, but everything felt just too dry… Suddenly thinking about eating raw meat sounded more applying than ever before. Thinking about it, it wasn't that bad… Like eating beef tartar… that was raw meat too wasn't it? She was about to turn to Darien and tell him, he was right and she needed raw meat. Glancing up at him shyly, she met his knowing eyes. There was no need to tell him. It seemed he knew her better than she did.
"So Darien, should we leave? I guess we are already later than we should. Knowing William it would take him no-time to find our home," Kunzite asked frowning.
"Yes, give me just an hour I-" Darien began but Serenity interrupted.
"I am fine," seeing Darien's eyes full with doubt, she blushed. "I mean I am not that hungry… It can wait a few more hours…" Now wasn't it embarrassing? What would the others think of her craving for raw meat…
Kunzite raised an eyebrow. "Meat?" he asked his friend simple.
Serenity raised an eyebrow in surprise. It seemed her worries were unnecessary. Of course, it was natural for them… She used to forget she grew up under different circumstances than normal werewolves. She should have got used to it already.
"Yeah," Darien studied Serenity for a while. "Are you sure Chérie?"
"Yes. Please… I would feel better if we could go back as soon as we can. I am worried about the pack too."
Darien fought down his urges to protest and instead took a deep breath. "Fine, let's get ready then. Andrew? Can I have a few words with you before we leave? I am afraid we need to set up some more security in case William decides to pay a visit here too."
Andrew nodded and the two men left the room. Soon after that, Seiya cleared his throat.
"Sere? Can we take a walk in the garden please? I need to talk with you."
Before Serenity could have answered, Kunzite jumped from his chair. "Like hell you can. Don't even dream of it!"
"Kunzite it is okay. He is a friend not an enemy. Sure Seiya, let's take a walk," Serenity smiled at him.
"Hell no! You think Darien would approve you leaving with another male ALONE?"
"I am sure Seiya understood it was better not to play with the fire, right?" Serenity turned to Seiya.
"You mean play with a werewolf… Yeah, sure I won't even dream of that," the dark haired man lifted his arms in defense.
"See? Look Kunzite he is an old friend and I trust him. Sit back and enjoy the rest of the dinner," with that said, Serenity turned to Seiya and they left the room.
They walked silently next to each other for a while. Only the sounds of their steps could have been heard in the night.
"You know… You know I always had feelings for you," Seiya said suddenly. Serenity nodded uncertainly.
"I always felt so torn… I mean… I never understood why I wasn't enough for you. But since I found out that he is a… a…" Seiya cleared his throat. It still sounded insane to admit there were other being beside humans in the world.
"Werewolf," Serenity smiled finishing the sentence for him.
"Yeah… well since then… I understand I can't ever be the one you need. I just want you to know… I finally understand. I am not saying it doesn't hurt like hell though. I just want us to be you know… cool about it I guess," he smiled half-heartedly.
"Thank you Seiya. I wouldn't want to lose your friendship," Serenity smiled whole heartedly at him and hugged him quickly.
"Yeah… yeah. I can't imagine you turning into a wolf though," he hugged her back. He wished they could stay like that for a while, his heart still ached for the girl in his arms, but slowly, but surely, the pain vanished. He could feel her body tensing in his arms and let her go when she pulled away.
"Sorry. I bet he is not that found of other males touching you," he smiled apologizing.
"It is not just that," Serenity smiled calming down her nerves. She considered telling her friends about the baby, but then decided against it. The less they know the safest.
"You fucking piece of shit!"
Serenity and Seiya turned towards the angry roar and found Kunzite standing a few feet away from them, his light eyes burning with anger.
"I knew it you would try something!" he jumped forward.
"Kunzite please. It is not what you think," Serenity lifted her arms surprised. Since when was Kunzite so protective over her? Last time he was so angry at her, he almost attacked her.
"Kunz please… Sorry Sere I told him it was a bad idea following you guys…" Mina rolled her eyes stepping around the small bush they were hiding behind. "I swear he is acting like Jedite sometimes."
"I have to make up for Darien and for you too Serenity! I acted like a mad man. From now on I promise to be like a big brother for you!" Kunzite said suddenly turning to Serenity.
"Gosh… Kunzite, thank you, but Darien is over-protective already I really don't need a-"
"No, let me do this for you… and for Darien," Kunzite said his eyes so honest Serenity couldn't help but nod. She lived around werewolves for a while now and their mood-changes were still freaking her out sometimes.
Seiya was staring at the small group wide-eyed. His limited knowledge about werewolves made the situation even more confusing, but wisely, he kept his month shut.
"And here I was wondering where you all vanished," Darien's voice drifted their way suddenly. He was coming towards them Andrew and Molly right besides him. Serenity smiled at her mate and when he stopped next to her, she happily curled to his side. Wrapping an arm around her Darien raised an eyebrow at the others.
"Is everything all right here?" he asked.
"Yeah. We can leave anytime you want to," Kunzite said gathering Mina into his arms as well.
"Good, the sooner the better. If you are ready, we can leave right now. Andrew please let us known if anything unusual happens," Darien turned to Andrew and the blonde man nodded.
"Shouldn't we better wait till morning? I mean… I am not sure but… vampire can't bare the sunlight right? It would be safer to travel at daylight maybe," Serenity asked worriedly.
"No Chérie that is a human legend. They have no problem with tolerating the sunlight. But it is true they prefer dark places better. The sunlight doesn't hurt them, but dulls their senses. However when it comes to their breed-mate… William won't care about anything, if he thinks we know anything about his breed-mate," Darien explained.
"Yeah so the sooner we warn the pack the better," Kunzite agreed.
With that said, Darien and Kunzite shook Andrew's hand while Mina hugged Molly. Finally, Serenity stepped to Molly and hugged her briefly.
"I am sorry you guys got involved into this. I will come back and visit you as soon as I can. Until then take good care and-" leaning closer to her friend Serenity whispered into her ears. "Good luck girl. I think he likes you too."
Molly blushed furiously and Serenity winked at her.
After more hugs and goodbyes Darien and his small group changed form and run towards the forest not knowing yet what was waiting for them at home.
Yeah like I said please wait for the next chapter! I really loved writing that!
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sabina21: Sorry Molly and the others are going to be left alone for a while. The story will focus more on the pack now.
Cosmic-lover: I am actually not that happy with this chapter but I am veeeeery happy with the next one (:
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