Chapter 54
The Vampire
Hayden's POV
The next morning, I woke up before Nina. She was still sleeping peacefully, and I smiled seeing the smile on her face. Soon she turned on her side and her eyes slowly opened. Her eyes locked with mine and she put her arms around me. And I flipped on my back, and she was on top of me.
"In a good mood are we? " Nina asked me and I chuckled.
"Just a bit…but I just wanted to tell you something," I said, and pushed some hair out of her face.
"What's that?" she asked me. Man, I want her so bad.
"I want you. I want no one else to have you, you belong to me and no one else," I whispered in her ear.
"No, not now," Nina said.
"Why not?" I asked. She doesn't want to do it now? Really.
"Because I'm not ready, Hayden I don't want to be rushed into doing this," Nina said, her voice was making me regret saying what I said.
"I'm sorry; I just thought that you would be ready. And I didn't know that you felt that way because the voice said that you love me like I love you," I said the last part really quiet.
"What did you say? Did you just say that…" Nina was interrupted by the door opening. Maria was standing there. She was standing there watching us with angry eyes, and steam should be coming out of her ears.
"Nina, can I talk to you alone?" Maria asked her.
"Whatever you say to me, you can say in front of Hayden," Nina said, simply.
"Nina, get off of him and come with me," Maria demanded. Nina rolled her eyes and got off of me. She left the room. "Nina, go to my room. I want to talk to Hayden for a minute."
Maria closed the door and came over to me and grabbed me by the neck.
"You ever get that close with my little sister like that again. I will personally kill you and make sure you go to hell. And I heard what you said to Nina. If you ever have sex with her, before you two are married, and she becomes pregnant I will kill you then. Stay away from my sister, and if I ever catch you with her, like that again, you will have a restraining order from me. So then you won't be able to be with my sister ever again," Maria let go of my throat and started to walk out of the room.
"You can't forbid me to see Nina. She will always find a way to see me. Nothing you do, can keep us apart," I told Maria. She turned and glared at me.
"What if I told you that I wasn't really Maria and that I'm from the school? And I took Nina, what would you do?" Maria challenged me.
"I would try and get Nina back," Maria ended up grabbing me by the throat again. This time I could barely breathe.
"I really am from the school. The real Maria is in the basement tied and gagged. And you Hayden are coming with me," the fake Maria said. She let go of my throat and I ran to the window and jumped. My wings came out and I flew to where Nina was.
"Hayden, what are you doing?" Nina asked from the window.
"You have to get out of there. It's a trap, that wasn't Maria, it was a clone sent from the school," I told her.
"How do I know you're really not a clone from the school?" Nina asked her eyes narrowed.
"Nina, I'm not from the school. You know that, now come on, the clone should get here any minute," I said trying to open the window.
"I'm not going with anyone. I'm staying here and fighting. I'm not going to run like a little girl," Nina said, and closed the window. I tried to open it again, but the clone showed up behind her. When the Maria clone saw me she narrowed her eyes at me.
"So you must be the clone of my older sister," Nina said.
"Let me guess your boyfriend told you that I'm here," the clone smiled and tried to punch Nina. She blocked, it and punched the clone in the face. Nothing happened, the clone just stood there like nothing happened. It disappeared and reappeared behind Nina, pulling her head back. Nina was fighting the clone, but nothing happened. The clone bit Nina's neck and I heard Nina scream. I opened the window and tried to push the clone off of Nina. It didn't work.
Then I pulled out my knife, and then I stabbed the clone in the heart with it. They kicked me into the wall and pulled the knife out. Man this girl is tough. A piece of wood fell on the ground and I picked it up and stabbed the clone with it, in the same spot where I stabbed it the first time. This time the clone dropped Nina and fell to the ground. I grabbed Nina, she was unconscious. I picked her up, took Nina to her room, and put her on her bed.
Then I went down to the basement and found Maria there. So I untied her and she thanked me. We walked upstairs and Maria saw her clone.
"Vampire," Maria whispered.
"You mean the school would come up with a vampire just to bring me there, "I said.
"I guess so. Wait why is there blood on its mouth? And a knife on the ground?" Maria asked me. I picked it up and put it away.
"Well I told Nina to get out of here, and she was too stubborn and tried to fight it. So when Nina wasn't looking the vampire appeared behind Nina and bit her. I got inside and stabbed it with my knife and then it kicked me," I pointed to the wall, "and then I found a piece of wood and stabbed it. Now it's dead."
"Where's Nina?"Maria asked looking around the hall.
"In her room. I'm betting she lost a lot of blood," I said.
"At least you tried to fight it. Go and check on Nina. I'll tell Fang what happened," Maria said.
I walked to Nina's room and she was still lying on her bed, but she was awake. She looked at me and glared.
"I didn't need your help," Nina said.
"Yes, you did. If I didn't help, you would be dead," I said. I pictured Nina, on the ground dead, pale white, with a bite mark on her neck. The vampire stood above her, blood on its mouth, laughing at killing another human.
"So if I died, I died trying," Nina said, crossing her arms.
"Nina, I don't want you dead. If you die, I die. I said that a long time ago. And I'm sticking to that phrase," I said and sat next to her.
"Well maybe you should stop acting like Edward Cullen and leave me alone. I want to be alone right now," Nina said. She still was glaring at me.
"No, I'm not leaving you. Damn it Nina, I'm just going to sit here," I yelled, glaring at her. She stopped glaring at me and then she looked away and she slipped off the bed and I heard a quiet sound. It sounded like whimpering.
I went to the other side of the bed to see what it was. It was Nina, she was crying. Great, I made her cry. Aren't I just the perfect boyfriend? I picked her up and set her in my lap, she cried into my chest. I just stroked her hair comforting her. Soon she stopped and looked up at me. Nina kissed my cheek and rested her head on my chest.
"I'm sorry for yelling," I told her and wrapped my arms around her.
"Please let me fight my own battles," Nina said and she slipped one of her hands in mine. I intertwined them.
"I don't make any promises," I told her and she blushed a bit.
"Well I will make one promise," Nina said, and she continued, "When I'm ready I'll tell you, then we do it."
"Really?" I asked her. I couldn't believe this was happening.
"Yes, but let me tell see when," Nina said. She's been practicing her new skill. So now every time she touches someone, she won't zone out. She had a blank expression on her face. Then it changed, quickly.
"What did you see?" I asked her.
"I found out how old," she said, her voice was shaking. Is she scared?
"How old then?" I asked. I really want to know when.
"We're seventeen, at a weird house. It looked the Cullen house from Twilight. But it was after Alaina and Dylan's wedding," Nina shook her head.
"You didn't want to find out that you were that young did you?" I asked her, and she shook her head.
"I found out what… never mind. You'll find out in two years," Nina said and she walked to her balcony.
I followed her and it was raining. What is it Chicago all over again? We were both getting soaked. I went over to Nina and I wrapped my arms around her. She pushed me away and she was mumbling about stupid teenage hormones.
"Why are you acting so weird?" I asked her. She looked up at me; her dark eyes are so beautiful.
Nina shook her head and closed her eyes. "I'll tell you okay. A week after we do it… we get captured by the school. And that same day I find out that…" she said the last part so quietly that I didn't hear it.
"What?" I asked, and Nina said something a little bit more loudly. But I still couldn't hear it. "What are you saying?"
"That same day I find out that I'm pregnant," Nina yelled at me. She looked down and the ground. Wait, did she just say? Yes she did. I'm a dead man. Maria is going to kill me. Fang might help her too. And I can't prevent this too, its set in stone.
"And we can't do anything about this," I said and sank to the ground.
I told you that you're blind. You're going to try and prevent this, but it won't happen. Whatever she sees then it will happen. Now she won't tell you the rest. And don't make her. You know that Nina has had a troubled past.
Nina sat down next to me and she put her arms around me. I didn't want this to happen, even if it doesn't happen for two years. Tears started to come out of my eyes and Nina was comforting me for like the hundredth time.
"Nice to have a change once in a while," Nina said, and that made me laugh a bit. "You never told me what you said this morning."
"Why do always bring that kind of stuff up?" I asked her.
"I don't know, it's just me," Nina said.
I stood up and brought Nina up with me. And I said, "Nina, what I was going to say is that I love you. I've loved you since I met you. But I was too young to notice then. But now I really know that I love you."
Nina stood there staring at me. I knew this was a bad idea; she's probably going to laugh at me and tell me I'm crazy. But she came up to me and kissed me. She pulled away and said, "Hayden I love you too, with all my heart. And you just made me feel like the luckiest girl in the world when you said that to me."
I smiled and hugged her. Even though a crazy vampire came after us, and we're both soaking wet. In the end we both confessed our real feelings for each other. And I'm glad about that.
Aw. What a happy ending to a crazy chapter. Yes, I had to add a vampire and they do go to the Cullen's later. And Nico if your reading this then I'm sorry. You know that Shannon is very gross. REVIEW OR DIE!
