I own nothing of Vampire Academy. Chapter 3 Tasha and Ivan, Janine and Abe.
"Do you care if I join you?" Tasha asked as she came to sit beside Ivan. It was now dark out and Ivan was in the garden outside thinking of Rose.
"No T. I don't mind. How have you been?" Ivan asked her sincerely. He knew already how she had been. He had spies everywhere.
"Thinking how it is that you were awakened and here you are." Tasha was nervous. After being bitten and used as a blood whore she was leary of Ivan.
"Relax T. Had I known, I would had you being guarded T. But I didn't know you were coming into the area. Why are you here to begin with?"
"My sensei and his wife just moved to St. Petersburg. She had her baby girl and I was to be her godmother. I already the god mother of his oldest son Damien. He is two as of last month. What do you think Rose wants to do with Damien? Is she going to hurt him?" Tasha was getting ansy.
"I know wildcat and she would never do such a thing. I honestly can't tell you what she is thinking though. I am pretty sure that she just wants to make him safe." Ivan tried to reassure her the best he could. "From what you described the boy lost all of his family."
"Yes and then she went and burnt the home down! She didn't even wait!"
"T she had to destroy those bodies and you know that. Here let me show you something." Ivan got up and held his hand out to her. When she touched him he noticed that it wasn't the same as with Rose. Rose made him feel alive yet Tasha made him feel ordinary. Pulling her into the room that Damien was sleeping Tasha saw what she hadn't seen. Her eyes glistened with tears and a little resentment she felt towards Rose was starting to leave her. Beside Damien on his bed was his dog curled up with him, his favorite teddybear, and a picture of his family taken right after the baby was born on the nightstand. Ivan pulled Tasha out into the hallway.
"Rose didn't kill his dog?"
"God no! She took her time and grabbed his dad's wallet and mothers purse along with a few things she knew he would cherish. The dog was with him and since she was going to torch the place she didn't want to kill the only family that child had left."
"I thought she killed the dog."
"NO. She wouldn't do that to a child. But T, when do you want to talk about our circumstance."
"Not now Ivan I need to sleep." After that Tasha turned back around and went into Damien's room. When Damien heard her he faced her and started crying at first in fear. Then when she turned the light on the nightstand he climbed into her lap. "Damien do you want me to stay with you until you go to sleep?" The little boy nodded and wrapped his arms around her neck tightly burying his head into her shoulder. Leaning back onto the bed with the boy, Tasha laid down and fell asleep with the only person she cared about right now.
Ivan looked at Tasha as she held the child. He used to think she was an uptight bitch he was destined to be in a loveless marriage with. Now he wasn't sure if she was that. She cradled the child as the babe cried his broken heart out. Closing the door gently he turned to go to his room. Its now been 3 days since his wildcat left. "Please be safe wildcat. " Ivan murmured softly as he looked out the window.
Janine walked into her tempory room Rose was having them stay in. Abe looked through every document he and his sources could dig up on Damien's family. "Any luck my love?"
"Nope. Our kiz might be happy to know that the government beilieves all the family was burned up and no way to determine which body was which."
"That makes it easier for her about the paperwork don't it?"
"Yeah, Red it does. " Turning away from his computer he looks at her. Her tired eyes glistened with unshed tears. Abe stood up and ran a thumb across her cheek. "How about you go down stairs and get a cold bottle of merlot and some glasses. Our kiz has a huge bath in that suite of hers. Why don't I draw up a bath for the two of us and we just call it a night?" Kissing Abe softly Janine nodded her head before leaving the room. Abe started the bath while he made a few phone calls before she returned to him holding the bottle and glasses. "Red?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too Abe." With that he took her hand and led her to the bath. He took his sweet time undressing her while showing her just how much he loved her. Tonight would be just about the two of them. He was not about to let anyone tell her their Rose was calling for the gauntlet. Janine has had so few pleasures in this life and tonight he planned on it being one of those few.
He helped her into the bath first and let her get comfortable before he climbed in behind her. He poured them a glass of Merlot and let her lean back against his chest. The bubbles surrounded them like a mist hiding them away from the hell that awaited their family outside.
