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CHAPTER 12
We did eventually get a little bit of sleep. When I woke up it was the middle of the day. I knew that we weren't going to school today, and probably not for a few days. I knew that everyone would understand. I just hoped that people wouldn't pity Abigail for her loss.
I was happy that Abigail was finally able to sleep. She was lying down with her head rested on the pillow just in the crook of my neck. She was still clutching on to my shirt and she was moving around a lot in her sleep.
My shirt had tearstains all over it, but I didn't care one bit. I just wanted Abigail to feel better. When I saw tears escape her eyes my heart literally broke. She didn't deserve this. We stayed like this for about an hour. She was shaking a lot while she was sleeping and I would try to rub some calming circles on her back.
She woke up a few minutes later, I immediately knew that she was awake because her clutch on my shirt tightened. I turned my head and kissed her forehead.
I whispered, "Hey."
"She's gone, she's really gone."
"I know, but everything's going to be okay, I promise." What else do I say? "Um, do you want to talk about it?"
"I just don't understand why people I love keep leaving like this. First my parents and now Aunt Annie."
"I'm not going anywhere, I promise you that. We're going to get through this."
"I love you."
I kissed her hairline, "I love you too, and I promise you that everything is going to be okay and I am not going anywhere."
"Thank you."
Then I felt moisture on my shirt again, she was crying, and her body was curling up closer to mine. I tightened my arms around her and tried to get her to calm down.
"I just can't believe that she's gone. She wasn't even that old. And she was the only family I had. I lived with her for 16 years. She's been a mother to me. And I just never imagined life without her."
"I know, I know."
"And, I'm 18 now, I'm going to have to get a job, and I'm going to have to get a small house. And then college, ugh, I mean I'm sure her will would have enough money for all of that, but I mean it's just all so fast…"
"You don't have to worry about any of that."
She let out a small, sad laugh, "Of course I have to worry about it. I'm 18 now. I have to start living in the real world, I guess I just wasn't ready for it yet."
"I don't want you to live like that ever."
"Well it's not really…"
I sat up and leaned my back against the backboard. I moved so that she was on my lap and her head was resting on my shoulder.
"My parents and I talked, and we want you to move in with us."
She didn't say anything for a while, well it felt like a while. Was it too fast? Maybe she just didn't want to move in with us. Maybe she still wasn't comfortable with my and my family. Maybe she wasn't ready for this, she might have wanted some time alone. Maybe she finally realized that I was a freak.
"Anthony?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you being serious?"
I took a small breath, "Of course. We would love to have you here. And I'm not so comfortable with you living alone."
I looked down into those beautiful brown eyes and she said, more whispered, "I would love to move in with you."
I smiled and she smiled back, it was the first time that she had truly smiled since her aunt had passed away. I leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips. I brought my thumb up and wiped away the tears that were now mostly dried. I tried to move my hand away but she held it their with her hand.
Don't think anything embarrassing, don't think anything embarrassing, don't think anything embarrassing.
She let out a small laugh, "You don't have anything to be embarrassed about."
I smiled and then leaned down to kiss her one more time. "Are you hungry?"
She shook her head. I knew that she wasn't hungry but she probably hasn't eaten recently.
"I have so eaten recently."
Oh right, I forgot, she could still read my mind.
"When was the last time that you ate?"
She didn't say anything for a second but then said, "I don't remember. It's kind of hard to keep track of time."
Another tear fell out of her eyes. I quickly kissed it away before it rolled all the way down her cheek. "Why don't I make you something to eat? Do you want some soup or pasta or something? We could go out if you like. Anything you want."
"I'm not hungry."
Yes you are.
"No, I'm not."
Yes you are, and I am forcing you to eat something.
"You can't force me to eat anything."
Yes I can.
"No you can't."
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She took my hand off her cheek. And I let out a small chuckle. I kissed her cheek then said, "I'll make you some soup."
I tried to get out of bed but she wouldn't let go. "Don't leave."
"I have to get you some soup."
She latched her arms around my neck, and started crying again, "Please don't leave."
Okay, I understood that she wouldn't want to be left alone, but I was going to be in the next room, and it would only be for a few minutes, I knew that something was definitely wrong.
I started stroking her hair, "Honey, I'll be right in the next room. I'll be gone for five minutes at the most. But you really need to eat."
"Please just don't leave."
"Why don't you want me to leave?"
"I don't want to lose you."
Ohhhh.
I held her closer to me, "Is that what you're afraid of? You losing me? Abigail, you will never lose me and I promise you that. I will never leave you, never. And I can't die, I would never leave you. You don't need to worry about that, okay?"
I kissed the top of her nose and she slightly nodded.
I didn't know what made me say this, or why I said it, but I wanted to tell her, I would never lie to her.
"When we came home from our hunting trip I was going to head over to your place. But then Alice told me that you were in the hospital."
I couldn't finish telling her the story, so I put my hand to her cheek, something that was happening quite often.
Alice told me that you were in the hospital. I didn't wait to hear the rest. If you had gotten hurt, I would feel awful, if I didn't go on that hunting trip, you would still be okay. I ran as fast as I could to the hospital, there's only one in this town, so I knew where you would be. I talked to the secretary and they kept saying A. Smith.
I thought they meant you.
A doctor told me that there was a car accident and that an A. Smith was in it. He told me that an A. Smith had died. And I just, I couldn't think. I didn't know what to do. I thought that you were gone. And I couldn't have you back, no matter what I did. I didn't know how to live without you.
Before I knew it Abigail attacked me with her lips. My hands left her face and went around her waist. Her arms wrapped tighter around my neck and I could feel the tears falling from her eyes as they stained my cheeks.
She pulled away and put her hand on my cheek while leaning her forehead against mine, "You don't have to live without me."
I looked into her eyes, "We need to talk about that."
She nodded her head, "Yeah, yeah we do. I mean, obviously I'm human, and you're not."
"Right. I just, I don't know what to do, I just want to be with you forever. I don't want to live without you, I don't think I can."
She paused, "Well, maybe you don't have to."
I just looked at her, trying to read her face, "What do you mean?" I knew very well what she meant.
"Your mom did it, didn't she? I mean she was changed, and look at your parents. What's the point of me staying human?"
"You would seriously do that for me?"
She nodded her head, "Yeah." she paused, "Would you be okay about that?"
A strand of hair fell in front of her face, I tucked it behind her ear and then put my arm around her waist again.
"It's not something that you can take back. Once you're changed, you're changed, there's nothing that can change it back."
She nodded her head, "I know, but why would I change my mind?"
"You won't regret it?"
"Turning into a vampire? No, I wouldn't."
I looked down, looking into her eyes was a little too hard this moment, "I actually meant that you wouldn't regret spending a lifetime with me?"
"What? How can you even say that? Anthony." She moved my head so that I was looking at her, "I love you, and there's no way that I would regret spending eternity with you." She paused and then whispered, "You wouldn't regret spending a lifetime with me?"
"No, I wouldn't."
She smiled and then said, "You might get bored of me."
"I don't think that I would."
"So, am I getting changed?"
"That's your choice. I don't want you to feel like your have to do that. We would be able to work things out if you stayed a human."
"But what would be the point of it? I don't have anyone else to worry about, or anyone else who really would care if I were still human. I mean, I would get old and you would stay young. What's the point of that? Just so that I keep my mortality? And so that I can sleep at night and eat human food? And, I'll die eventually. I don't want to die, I just want to be with you forever."
"You really want to do this?"
She nodded her head, "Is that alright with you?"
I sighed, "Yeah, I guess it is, but I would rather you have more time to think about this."
She nodded her head, "Yeah, I want to know more about vampires and everything."
"Maybe we could go to college first?"
She shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. I mean, I've just wanted to be a photographer. I actually never decided if I wanted to go to college. I didn't tell anyone this, but I thought about just traveling for a while after high school, maybe go to college after that. But you want to go to college right?"
"Not if you don't."
"Well, maybe we could go to college for one or two years, but I don't really want to go older than 20, it would be a little difficult if we ever did decide to go back to high school."
"I can wait for college. I just want you to be happy."
She smiled, "We can talk about this later." She moved her hand to her stomach, "I'm hungry."
I smiled, "See? I am always right."
"Yeah whatever."
I picked her up and then walked to the kitchen. My parents were the only ones who stayed home from school with us. The rest of the family went to school. They figured that they wouldn't be able to do much to help Abigail anyways.
I put Abigail down on the counter and walked over to the cabinets, "So I'm making soup right?"
"I can make it, it's really okay."
"Um, no you can't. I am making you some soup."
I started looking through the cabinets for a bowl. Once I found one I went to the fridge to try to find something. Because I totally knew how to make soup. Five minutes later I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I turned around and there my mom was.
"Anthony, you are not trying to cook."
"Um, yes?"
I looked over to Abigail and she was trying hard not to laugh. She was laughing, and smiling, thank god. She looked happy, I could still see some sorrow in her eyes, but I would try my hardest to get rid of that. I could do that, I would do anything to do that.
"There is no way I am letting you cook anything."
"But mom Abigail is hungry."
"So I'll cook her something. Besides, Edward wanted to talk to you."
I turned to Abigail, "I think that I should stay with Abigail."
Abigail said, "It's okay. I'll help your mom, go and talk to your dad."
She smiled and I walked over and kissed her lips. I pulled her down from the counter and set her next to my mom, "If you need anything you know where I'll be."
She nodded her head and then I went to kiss my mom on the cheek and went to my dad. I didn't know what he wanted to talk to me about. Or if it could wait or anything like that. Maybe he just wanted to say hi…
I walked into my parents' room and he was sitting on the piano chair. I walked over and sat next to him, "Um, you wanted to talk to me?"
He nodded his head, "Yeah, I heard that conversation between you and Abigail. About her being changed."
"Oh, well, it's not official or anything, we're going to wait a little to make a definite decision, but yeah, what about it?"
He looked at me, "You're going to take away her humanity?"
"It's her choice."
"You're not even going to try to stop her?"
I looked at him confused, "Dad, why should I stop her? We want to be together. She's going to get old, and I won't. We just want to be happy, there's nothing stopping her."
"You're sure that it's what she wants, and not just what you want?"
"I didn't even know that I wanted it until she brought it up. And yeah, she wants it, and so do I, and there is no reason why we shouldn't do that."
"You guys have only been going out for a little over a month."
"So what? What ever happened to true love? Or love at first sight? Huh? I'm all that she has, and I love her, and there is no way that I am letting her go." I was getting mad now. And I could see that my dad was getting mad too.
"Did you guys ever talk about having any kids?"
I shook my head and gave him a disbelieving look, "You have got to be kidding me dad. Mom practically died giving birth to me. I am not letting Abigail go through that."
"What about what she wants?"
"I am not letting her go through that pain. Okay?"
"She might not go through that much pain. The kid wouldn't be half vampire. Maybe it would be less dangerous."
"I'm not taking that kind of risk."
"I don't think that you should take away her mortality."
I glared at him, "I don't need your permission."
"Who else do you expect to change her?"
"What about mom?"
"She won't do it without my permission."
"Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Grandma, Grandpa. You're not the only one in this house with rights dad. Why are you so against this from happening?"
His eyes were getting darker now, I could tell that he was mad, really mad, "Things aren't going to be easy for you two." He took a deep breath, "She's going to be attracted to your blood. And while your skin is hard, and you're strong, just about as strong as us, but she's going to be harder. And she's going to have to work hard not to drink your blood. It's dangerous for you."
"So we'll be careful. It was easy for mom to resist my blood. Abigail and I will just be careful is all. After a while she won't be as strong and everything will be fine. I just can't live without her."
"But Anthony…"
"I'm not listening anymore."
I got up and headed out the door. Then I heard my dad say, "Just think this through a little more."
Whatever.
I walked back to the kitchen and saw Abigail crying in my mom's arms.
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