Chapter Twelve
Caleb stood in the middle of the garden as the rain began to grow heavier. He closed his eyes as he felt Alison's anguish through the brick walls of the lodge. It was as if someone was trying to rip out his heart that he had thought dead for so long. He didn't care if the rain ruined his jacket or if the sky came crashing down. There wasn't any point in fancy clothes or beautiful skies if she wasn't going to be in his life. Opening his eyes he made his way back to the lodge dreading the rest of the night with Livvie every step of the way. What if she was awake now? She would surely be full of questions and accusations. He knew he should pick a rose from the garden to give to her with some half hearted excuse but he was tired of excuses and lies. She had become a thorn in his side and it was about time that that thorn was removed and there was only one way to remove that thorn. "Tess." He said softly as he opened the door. Sure the other side of Livvie had succumbed to his dark allure before she had given up the fight but if he could erase whatever feelings she felt for him it would make breaking things off with Livvie a lot easier.
She was a beautiful girl and any guy would be lucky to have her but only if he removed that one part of her that drove her to vengence. "You've been a bad girl Livvie and it's time that you changed for the better." He told the door to their room in a soft voice, a half smile playing on his lips. As he entered the room quietly he was relieved to see that she was still asleep. This was going to make what he had to do a lot easier. Walking to the bed. With steady hands he pulled the cover away from her lith form and looked down at the sleeping unsuspecting woman. She moaned softly and rolled over on to her back as Caleb began to chant soft words that only the ancients knew. It wasn't black magic persay, simply helping the cosmos as Lucy liked to call them along. Livvie's body began to radiate a soft glow and in front of his very eyes her black negligee changed to a prestine white chemise similar to Alison's.
Gasping for air Caleb stumbled back. The change was permanent this time, there was not goin back for Livvie this time. No more tricks, no more lies. She would answer to Livvie and she would be the same Livvie that had befriended Alison years before. All memories of him and the love that they shared were gone, erased from her mind. It was time for Livvie Locke to have a clean slate. Picking her up in his arms he vanished into thin air. He wasn't even mildly surprised to realize that the woman in his arms didn't stir any emotion in him. He knew what she could be like and he knew that a love like they had shared was destructive. Reappearing in Jack Ramsey's living room he laid the sleeping Livvie on Jack's couch. Ofcourse the boy wonder would have millions of questions but the wish that Livvie had made only a week before would take care of all the young man's worries. Caleb knew that Jack was still in love with the Livvie, decietful or not. Placing a kiss on two fingers he reached down and lightly touch her forehead. "Our time is over." He said softly before disappearing once more.
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Alison walked into her room to find Rafe sitting at the table, staring out the window. "Something has changed tonight." He said matter of factly causing Alison to stop in her tracks. 'Does he know?' She questioned silently as she forced her legs to carry her the rest of the way into the room. "Changed? How so?" She asked as she sat down on the end of the bed not daring to look him in the face. "There's been a shift and I'm not sure what has happened but for some reason it feels as if it's for the better." His statement left her speachless. 'For the better? Surely my conversation with Caleb isn't what he's talking about.' Turning to face him she found him smiling in her direction. "All is well and we're going to be married tomorrow." The happiness in his voice was like a stab in te heart. How could she put him through all of this?
Staning up she turned her back and dressed for bed. She stiffened slightly as he came up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "What's wrong?" He asked as he studied the back of her corn silk hair. Shaking her head she forced a small laugh. "Nothing, just prewedding jitters I guess. I'm really tired, I think I'm going to go to bed." Releasing her he stepped back and turned away, disappointment showing in his eyes. "So are you really going to do the whole no intimacy before the wedding night thing." Alison had to supress her sigh of relief. Pasting a mischevious smile on her face she turned around. "But ofcourse. You get to sleep on the couch while I.. get this big beautiful bed to myself." In her white chemise she slipped under the covers and settled into the middle of the bed, leaving no room for argument.
Rafe laughed and shook his head. "You're the boss." He said as he moved to the couch. As he fluffed his pillow Alison turned away from him and closed her eyes. It was his right to sleep in the same bed as her she knew but she didn't want him or even Caleb near her at the moment. If she was going to have to make a choice she was going to have to do some serious soul searching. If someone had stopped her on the street a year ago and asked her who she would choose she would have said Rafe hands down but she wasn't so sure any more. Her previous thoughts of Rafe's heroics to safe her life came back to her. Caleb had saved her life also she couldn't forget that. While Rafe had been off fighting with Joshua and Livvie was out hunting it had only been her and a mortal Caleb Morley all alone. Just the image of his face brought an ache to her chest. 'I'm in love with two men. How can that possibly be?' She wanted to scream outloud and ask God why this had to happen to her.
She had been given the most precious gift when Rafe was sent back to be with her but that had been before Caleb's return and Rafe's renewed slayer ways. While Rafe had been fighting the good fight he had put her aside. He had given it up in the end but Alison knew that it would never be over for him. 'There will always be a battle to fight. How can I live like that?' She felt her body grow heavy as sleep began to wash over her like a slow tide. Caleb's voice came back to her from the shadows in her mind, 'Follow your heart.' But what could she do when her heart was torn in two?
End of Chapter Twelve. Well, the Livvie problem is solved..now to get Rafe out of the way. Sorry I just could leave Jack all girless and stuff.. he's just to cute to be alone and they do make a stunning couple don't you think? R&R pweety pweet pweeese.. I know my two newest chapters are probably riddled with typose but heh to err is human right?.
kaguelfan4ever: heh. thanks.. I thought the movie was a nice touch. Serves her right though doesn't it? I can't wait till Tainted Love either.
xXcrimsonXtearsXx: I can't wait to see what Rafe will do either.. heh.. I have to write it first though. ~scratches brain~ think think think.. hmmm.. Will is graciously step aside or will he fight be big bad Caleb for his lady love?.. ~grin~ Oh everything is fine with me and the baby. Not as tired as I used to be.. heart burns a killer though.
Cherry Jade: I missed you to girl! But ~sigh~ I didn't have time to squeeze in a chapter but now that the Holiday rush is over with my job should be a little easier ~crosses fingers~ I don't know what the baby is yet. The little bugger was sitting on it's tail when I had my last ultrasound.. modest it is it is..
aribeth: I'm glad you like my story.. hmmm a sequel.. ~scratches brain again~ yeah.. I like it.. what danger could I put those three in.. that is if they are a couple at the end of this story.. If not I'll still make a spin off where they're together but will the trials and tribulations of being the wife of a vampire be to much for poor wittle Alison.. ~evil grin~
Caleb stood in the middle of the garden as the rain began to grow heavier. He closed his eyes as he felt Alison's anguish through the brick walls of the lodge. It was as if someone was trying to rip out his heart that he had thought dead for so long. He didn't care if the rain ruined his jacket or if the sky came crashing down. There wasn't any point in fancy clothes or beautiful skies if she wasn't going to be in his life. Opening his eyes he made his way back to the lodge dreading the rest of the night with Livvie every step of the way. What if she was awake now? She would surely be full of questions and accusations. He knew he should pick a rose from the garden to give to her with some half hearted excuse but he was tired of excuses and lies. She had become a thorn in his side and it was about time that that thorn was removed and there was only one way to remove that thorn. "Tess." He said softly as he opened the door. Sure the other side of Livvie had succumbed to his dark allure before she had given up the fight but if he could erase whatever feelings she felt for him it would make breaking things off with Livvie a lot easier.
She was a beautiful girl and any guy would be lucky to have her but only if he removed that one part of her that drove her to vengence. "You've been a bad girl Livvie and it's time that you changed for the better." He told the door to their room in a soft voice, a half smile playing on his lips. As he entered the room quietly he was relieved to see that she was still asleep. This was going to make what he had to do a lot easier. Walking to the bed. With steady hands he pulled the cover away from her lith form and looked down at the sleeping unsuspecting woman. She moaned softly and rolled over on to her back as Caleb began to chant soft words that only the ancients knew. It wasn't black magic persay, simply helping the cosmos as Lucy liked to call them along. Livvie's body began to radiate a soft glow and in front of his very eyes her black negligee changed to a prestine white chemise similar to Alison's.
Gasping for air Caleb stumbled back. The change was permanent this time, there was not goin back for Livvie this time. No more tricks, no more lies. She would answer to Livvie and she would be the same Livvie that had befriended Alison years before. All memories of him and the love that they shared were gone, erased from her mind. It was time for Livvie Locke to have a clean slate. Picking her up in his arms he vanished into thin air. He wasn't even mildly surprised to realize that the woman in his arms didn't stir any emotion in him. He knew what she could be like and he knew that a love like they had shared was destructive. Reappearing in Jack Ramsey's living room he laid the sleeping Livvie on Jack's couch. Ofcourse the boy wonder would have millions of questions but the wish that Livvie had made only a week before would take care of all the young man's worries. Caleb knew that Jack was still in love with the Livvie, decietful or not. Placing a kiss on two fingers he reached down and lightly touch her forehead. "Our time is over." He said softly before disappearing once more.
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Alison walked into her room to find Rafe sitting at the table, staring out the window. "Something has changed tonight." He said matter of factly causing Alison to stop in her tracks. 'Does he know?' She questioned silently as she forced her legs to carry her the rest of the way into the room. "Changed? How so?" She asked as she sat down on the end of the bed not daring to look him in the face. "There's been a shift and I'm not sure what has happened but for some reason it feels as if it's for the better." His statement left her speachless. 'For the better? Surely my conversation with Caleb isn't what he's talking about.' Turning to face him she found him smiling in her direction. "All is well and we're going to be married tomorrow." The happiness in his voice was like a stab in te heart. How could she put him through all of this?
Staning up she turned her back and dressed for bed. She stiffened slightly as he came up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "What's wrong?" He asked as he studied the back of her corn silk hair. Shaking her head she forced a small laugh. "Nothing, just prewedding jitters I guess. I'm really tired, I think I'm going to go to bed." Releasing her he stepped back and turned away, disappointment showing in his eyes. "So are you really going to do the whole no intimacy before the wedding night thing." Alison had to supress her sigh of relief. Pasting a mischevious smile on her face she turned around. "But ofcourse. You get to sleep on the couch while I.. get this big beautiful bed to myself." In her white chemise she slipped under the covers and settled into the middle of the bed, leaving no room for argument.
Rafe laughed and shook his head. "You're the boss." He said as he moved to the couch. As he fluffed his pillow Alison turned away from him and closed her eyes. It was his right to sleep in the same bed as her she knew but she didn't want him or even Caleb near her at the moment. If she was going to have to make a choice she was going to have to do some serious soul searching. If someone had stopped her on the street a year ago and asked her who she would choose she would have said Rafe hands down but she wasn't so sure any more. Her previous thoughts of Rafe's heroics to safe her life came back to her. Caleb had saved her life also she couldn't forget that. While Rafe had been off fighting with Joshua and Livvie was out hunting it had only been her and a mortal Caleb Morley all alone. Just the image of his face brought an ache to her chest. 'I'm in love with two men. How can that possibly be?' She wanted to scream outloud and ask God why this had to happen to her.
She had been given the most precious gift when Rafe was sent back to be with her but that had been before Caleb's return and Rafe's renewed slayer ways. While Rafe had been fighting the good fight he had put her aside. He had given it up in the end but Alison knew that it would never be over for him. 'There will always be a battle to fight. How can I live like that?' She felt her body grow heavy as sleep began to wash over her like a slow tide. Caleb's voice came back to her from the shadows in her mind, 'Follow your heart.' But what could she do when her heart was torn in two?
End of Chapter Twelve. Well, the Livvie problem is solved..now to get Rafe out of the way. Sorry I just could leave Jack all girless and stuff.. he's just to cute to be alone and they do make a stunning couple don't you think? R&R pweety pweet pweeese.. I know my two newest chapters are probably riddled with typose but heh to err is human right?.
kaguelfan4ever: heh. thanks.. I thought the movie was a nice touch. Serves her right though doesn't it? I can't wait till Tainted Love either.
xXcrimsonXtearsXx: I can't wait to see what Rafe will do either.. heh.. I have to write it first though. ~scratches brain~ think think think.. hmmm.. Will is graciously step aside or will he fight be big bad Caleb for his lady love?.. ~grin~ Oh everything is fine with me and the baby. Not as tired as I used to be.. heart burns a killer though.
Cherry Jade: I missed you to girl! But ~sigh~ I didn't have time to squeeze in a chapter but now that the Holiday rush is over with my job should be a little easier ~crosses fingers~ I don't know what the baby is yet. The little bugger was sitting on it's tail when I had my last ultrasound.. modest it is it is..
aribeth: I'm glad you like my story.. hmmm a sequel.. ~scratches brain again~ yeah.. I like it.. what danger could I put those three in.. that is if they are a couple at the end of this story.. If not I'll still make a spin off where they're together but will the trials and tribulations of being the wife of a vampire be to much for poor wittle Alison.. ~evil grin~