CHAPTER 26
I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it
I'm-a expose it
-Eminem, "Cleanin' Out My Closet"
"I can't believe you said that!" Alison scolded Rafe, her eyes wide in amazement.
"What, so now we have a secret?" he snapped back. "I mean, this could just be me, but I thought that I'd be a little more inconspicuous as a vampire slayer than as a dead man!"
Alison rolled her eyes.
"What is wrong with this town?" Rafe moaned, putting his head in his hands.
A few feet away from them, Lucy lay unconscious, sprawled out on the couch, with Ian attending to her.
'Well, at least we had a doctor,' thought Alison glumly.
"Ugh…"
Lucy stirred, groaning in discomfort.
"Rafe…" she whispered hoarsely, struggling to sit up.
Ian helped her up, while Alison offered their host a glass of water.
But Lucy didn't want the water; she waved it off.
"Rafe," she insisted.
The young man glanced at Alison, who shrugged in confusion. How was she supposed to know what Lucy wanted?
"Don't just sit there!" Ian barked. "Get over here!"
The doctor's outburst startled his young patient, and Rafe jumped to his cousin's side.
Alison bit her lip anxiously, unsure what to expect…
"Rafe…"
Lucy swallowed, the saliva returning to soothe her dry throat.
"I can see it," she murmured in wonder, cupping her cousin's face in her hands tightly.
"See what?" Rafe mumbled from between her fingers.
In her earnestness, Lucy had pushed in his cheeks, causing his lips to pucker excessively.
Alison thought he looked really cute, like a goldfish, and if she weren't so mystified by Lucy's behavior, she probably would have told him so.
"I see you, cousin," Lucy clarified, staring into his eyes in amazement. "I finally see you."
Rafe's hazel eyes darted away from her gaze. For one of the few times in his life, he was trying to avoid eye contact. Why?
"That's because I'm right in front of you, Lucy," he replied, still avoiding her gaze.
"No, I see you, Rafe," Lucy repeated, dumbfounded. "I see you, just like Doc saw Paige."
"Who's Paige?" Rafe wanted to know.
Alison and Ian were too stunned to say anything, let alone answer his question.
Lucy smiled warmly.
"You're an angel," she said sweetly.
"What?" Rafe and Ian asked in unison, shocked.
The two men's heads snapped around to face the person they knew would hold all the answers.
"Alison!" they cried, again in unison.
"I- How- Who-" stammered Alison incoherently.
All of the sudden, she was beginning to feel very dizzy…
The room started to spin around her, and she lost her footing, falling, falling, falling… into darkness…
I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it
I'm-a expose it
-Eminem, "Cleanin' Out My Closet"
"I can't believe you said that!" Alison scolded Rafe, her eyes wide in amazement.
"What, so now we have a secret?" he snapped back. "I mean, this could just be me, but I thought that I'd be a little more inconspicuous as a vampire slayer than as a dead man!"
Alison rolled her eyes.
"What is wrong with this town?" Rafe moaned, putting his head in his hands.
A few feet away from them, Lucy lay unconscious, sprawled out on the couch, with Ian attending to her.
'Well, at least we had a doctor,' thought Alison glumly.
"Ugh…"
Lucy stirred, groaning in discomfort.
"Rafe…" she whispered hoarsely, struggling to sit up.
Ian helped her up, while Alison offered their host a glass of water.
But Lucy didn't want the water; she waved it off.
"Rafe," she insisted.
The young man glanced at Alison, who shrugged in confusion. How was she supposed to know what Lucy wanted?
"Don't just sit there!" Ian barked. "Get over here!"
The doctor's outburst startled his young patient, and Rafe jumped to his cousin's side.
Alison bit her lip anxiously, unsure what to expect…
"Rafe…"
Lucy swallowed, the saliva returning to soothe her dry throat.
"I can see it," she murmured in wonder, cupping her cousin's face in her hands tightly.
"See what?" Rafe mumbled from between her fingers.
In her earnestness, Lucy had pushed in his cheeks, causing his lips to pucker excessively.
Alison thought he looked really cute, like a goldfish, and if she weren't so mystified by Lucy's behavior, she probably would have told him so.
"I see you, cousin," Lucy clarified, staring into his eyes in amazement. "I finally see you."
Rafe's hazel eyes darted away from her gaze. For one of the few times in his life, he was trying to avoid eye contact. Why?
"That's because I'm right in front of you, Lucy," he replied, still avoiding her gaze.
"No, I see you, Rafe," Lucy repeated, dumbfounded. "I see you, just like Doc saw Paige."
"Who's Paige?" Rafe wanted to know.
Alison and Ian were too stunned to say anything, let alone answer his question.
Lucy smiled warmly.
"You're an angel," she said sweetly.
"What?" Rafe and Ian asked in unison, shocked.
The two men's heads snapped around to face the person they knew would hold all the answers.
"Alison!" they cried, again in unison.
"I- How- Who-" stammered Alison incoherently.
All of the sudden, she was beginning to feel very dizzy…
The room started to spin around her, and she lost her footing, falling, falling, falling… into darkness…