Death & Love Returned to Me
Chapter 15

The Minister waited for Jackie to (probably) kill him; instead she went over to Arubey and looked back at the poster of her husband. She formed a fist and the minister saw it.

"How did he escape?" she asked turning right back to him, "Touch the wand and he snaps your spine in two, you'll be paralyzed for the rest of your life." She warned. Fudge nodded. Arubey knew, however that breaking his spine would kill him almost instantly, at least that's the other outcome. He's done it before; a vampire slayer was trying to kill him.

Jackie and the Minister stared at each other for a moment the entire room was in silence, waiting for death and torment. But before they could start the yelling match, the three Death Eaters shot spells and hit Jackie in the back, side, and chest. The blond girl yelled as she fell to the floor with a soft thump; Arubey was glad when Hardy and Durza appeared. They looked around as Arubey said they had his permission to kill the three humans; Liz glanced down at Jackie and nodded. Jackson tried to grab his sister's hand, but she pushed him away and ran over to Jackie.

"Jackie? Please don't leave here again." Jackie could only nod determined to keep her promise to the child she had no intention of getting to know; she just wanted her own daughter and son.

"What kind of spell was that, kid?" Arubey asked her.

"The Stunning Spell, for a vampire it'll weaken her, what shall I do?" she asked, she wanted to help; Arubey knew that but couldn't let her. Jackie sat up grunting, the spells hit her hard; she bled but barely. They healed right away and Arubey helped her up and she grabbed the girl out of the way just as a red spell was shot at her. "Thanks," she said to her, smiling. Jackie nodded and turned around away from her as DE2 came at her with his wand to stake her. She grabbed his wrist and pushed him away from her.

"Get out of my face," she growled at him. He chuckled and cast another spell to hit the youngest red headed boy. Hardy threw himself in front of it the spell and it hit him instead. Ron yelled and Harry jumped up. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley yelled for the kids to get upstairs. Percy pulled out his wand anyway and cast a spell at Hardy with his back turned. Arubey saw this and growled at him.

"We are on your side, if you wish to fight then put down the stick and fight. Otherwise do what the old man tells you to do." He said, Percy whimpered and nodded. He pushed him back slightly and the seventh year stumbled and turned to his mother, she held out her arm motioning to the upstairs and Percy hurried upstairs dragging the Minister with him….

Cornelius came back down to watched as the other kids pushed and shoved to get out of harms way; Jackson and Elizabeth Black crouched together making sure their mother lived. Jackie fought brilliantly; she was strong enough the throw a Death Eater across the room and breaks a table in two. Arubey held one down as the other two fought the remaining one together. DE3 died by lack of oxygen because of Arubey holding him down; he let go as soon as the human's soul left his body and was dead. He hadn't killed a human that way in months, it was a rush. The Death Eater was going to cast a spell so powerful at Jackie Black it sent her across the room to Liz and Jackson. She hit her and grunted barely feeling it.

"Do you have a wand?"

"No," she admitted.

Jackson held out his, "You should use one, take mine." He offered, she stared at him and thanked him quickly as Arubey cried out for her assistance. She jumped up and ran over and kicked the Death Eater in the shin and it shattered; he screamed and the other two looked over as Jackie stumbled backward on her own clumsy legs, but regained steadiness momentarily.

Jackson shook his head as a Death Eater came over to him and his sister. Lizzie was paralyzed with fear, "MR. WEASLEY!" they yelled, and Jackie turned around and saw the grim smirk across the Death Eater's face as she advanced without being noticed. She kicked him and he fell forward to fast to stop himself and he hit his forehead on the corner of the doorframe.

Lizzie and Jackson yelled out as blood gushed out from his skull; Jackie bent down to the girl and boy. "Come on," she growled and pulled them away from the bloody scene. They jumped up and Arubey turned in time to see the remaining Death Eater pull out a dagger and throw it towards Jackie.

Jackie only looked up to see Arubey getting between a dagger and her, "Arubey!" she cried and left the two kids to get to the vampire. Hardy turned around from helping Durza to his feet and saw Arubey on the floor with a dagger stuck in his chest. Jackson and Elizabeth watched as Hardy and Durza found their inner strength and killed the remaining human. They jumped over two tables at once and knelt down next to Jackie.

"Pull it out," he snapped finally.

Hardy took it carefully and yanked it out of his chest, Jackie ripped her cloak and used the sleeve to cover the wound, "Hold that there, Durza." She half whispered. He only nodded, Jackie was amazed he was even helping at all and not standing behind them laughing at Arubey as he lay bleeding to death. She turned around to the two kids, "Where's your mum and dad?" she asked them.

"Well, we don't know where dad is, but you're right here. Mum," Jackson knelt down. "I'm your fifteen year old son, Jackson and your fourteen year old daughter Elizabeth." He said, Jackie started crying suddenly and Jack took her in his long arms and hugged his mother. "It's alright mother, we're right here. C'mon here Liz," he snapped and pulled his sister toward them as well. The two girls cried while the man of the family laughed and kissed his mother's forehead.

"I thought you looked familiar." Jackie laughed finally.

Harry came down the stairs; Jackson turned to him, but said nothing; not yet. "Mum, that's Hermione, Ron, Harry,…." he named everyone off as they came back downstairs. She stood up and turned and helped Arubey help as well, he leaned on her as she introduced him, Hardy, and Durza. Hardy shook hands with Jackson and kissed the top of Lizzie's hand, she blushed and thanked him for that.

He chuckled, "Are you a vampire too, Hardy?" Jackson asked him. Hardy nodded.

"Killed in 1989," he told him. "And yeah, I killed humans when I'm hungry." He turned to the Minister, "Do you realize what deep shit you gotten yourself into when you put up that damn barrier?" he asked him, Fudge said nothing. "More then half of the world's vampires have connections here in this city. When you put up the-."

"It's not going back is it?" Arubey asked him.

Fudge considered it right then, but he slowly shook his head and left the Leaky Cauldron.

Lizzie turned to her mother right away, "Move in with me and Jack and our foster parents."

"What?" she was too awestruck to say anything else.

"Please mother, please!" Lizzie begged, Jackie looked at Arubey. He grinned at her.

"Up to you, Fala won't care; she hates you for trying to get back into this city anyway." He told her, "You stay here and spend time with your spaw- kids, okay?"

"No you stay too, Hardy and Durza as well," Lizzie cried happily. They look at each other, Jackson muttered her name. "What? I want to hear stories about the past. Back then-."

Hardy laughed, "Back then it was dangerous. Still is," Elizabeth laughed and went over to Durza and took his wrist. He looked at Jackie as if telling her to get her daughter's hand off of him.

Instead, right then, he knelt down, "Back then it was even more fun. People didn't have talent in catching us- today they do. I mean it is 2003 for Christ sake," he added. Lizzie grinned and turned back to her mother and went over to her.

"Mum, we need you here with us. Dad-."

"Sirius will be fine, I'm going to find him before the Ministry does."

"Promise?"

"No, I don't make those. They end up broken one way or another." She muttered and Arubey suddenly pushed himself off of her shoulder. She held him to steady his balance on his own.

"How do you plan on keeping your children alive if they live with you?" Arthur Weasley asked, he had glanced at Harry first.

She shrugged, "They were raised wonderfully. Better then what I could have done-." She put her hand over Lizzie's mouth to keep her from talking. "Sirius would be proud and I am proud," she finished.

"Can we go home? Can they come too, mum?" Elizabeth asked again.

Jackie turned to Hardy, Durza and Arubey, "It's up to them."

Arubey shook his head, "This doesn't concern us anymore."

"Thank you," she said to them all. They disappeared.

Jackson took his mother's hand and led her over to a separate table where Elizabeth followed. For hours they began sharing stories. Elizabeth disappeared and came back a moment later with her notebooks and journal entries. Jackie assured Elizabeth that she'd read them as soon as she can; Liz nodded and went on about the morning they came to stay with Harry and the Weasley's.

Tom came over and sat down, "Here," he muttered and handed her that morning's newspaper article. She read it quick, skipping a few lines or word here and there.

After she finished reading the article, she sighed and sat back, Liz took her hand and held it tightly in her small hand. "You two look just like your father, you have my hair Liz." She added smiling running her forefinger through her daughter's blond hair; Lizzie Black reached over and touched her mom's face. She leaned forward and hugged her. Jackie pulled her closer to her and held her for a long time.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched as the fourth and fifth year spent time with their mother for the first time since, September 1989. Jackie held Jackson's face close to hers and studied him, Lizzie as well.

"In case something should happen to me, take these." She said. She was going to give over something that she's been holding onto for years. "Harry!" she called, Ron looked at him. Molly and Arthur glanced at each other; they only nodded when Harry looked at them.

He kicked back his chair and walked over a little worried. What if Jackie Black finished him off for Sirius Black? Instead she held out her hand and handed him a key. "What's this for?"

"That's the vault key that Sirius and James created for you. Jackson- Elizabeth," she gave them their keys as well. "These three vaults have been holding for you for the past decade or so. I can't hold onto the keys anymore, they weigh me down."

"You knew my dad and mum?" Jackie nodded.

"James was my half brother, you're my nephew and Jack and Elizabeth are your cousins. I take it they've known for a while." They nodded guiltily, Harry gapped at them. He still had family? But NO, they're the relatives that betrayed his parents to Voldemort; he'd rather die then be related to them. She went on, "I know what you're thinking Harry and I don't blame you, but Sirius treated James like a brother and James treated Sirius like a brother as well. You should have seen them when they did become related; I never saw James so elated before then that day. James was Best Man and Lily was my Maid of Honour, a week later Jackson was born and you a year- no, two years later." She said correcting herself, and then she had to add. "James hated himself for his hair, you got it didn't you?" Harry could only nod as he held the key tightly in his palm. "He feared that his child would receive it; Lily wanting nothing more then to just have a child with him. A month before your birthday, James threw your mum the biggest party I had ever seen. She almost fainted when we jumped out; I saw their resting places. I'm so sorry for what happened. If I could take it all back- I would and so would your uncle. We wanted you kids to grow up together and give us grandkids; Lily wanted that, she couldn't wait to spoil them." Lizzie blushed and Jackson grinned. Harry sat down finally; the key was weighing him down too. He watched her face closely, "when I was told they had gone, I didn't believe Remus; I was too afraid to, James was the only family I had left besides my kids and husband.

"See, I was prison- muggle prison, for killing Jimmy… he was my father and James's father as well. Charlus adopted your dad not long after starting school. The only time I met your grandparents were when James and Lily got married 27th July 1988. Well the first time I saw Dorea, James's mum. I was hiding behind a door because Jimmy refused to let people see me after he nearly killed me. He had that summer; James felt so- so alone and so confused. I told them a couple muggle boys beat us up; you have no idea how grateful I am that you and Jack and Liz will never get to meet him. If he got the chance, he'd hurt you and if you fought back… he'd kill you and make sure no one ever found out about it. My sisters were in my head when I killed him, your aunt Jamie and Jodie. They're about twenty-three I believe.

"If you don't want anything to do with Sirius, or me- I'll tell him that. Unfortunately you're stuck with our cousins until they leave school," she grinned. Jack and Lizzie smiled; Harry nodded. She shook his hand and he got up and went back to the Weasley's.

Elizabeth turned to her brother, "Come on let's go upstairs Jack. Mum! Come with us now or risk losing us again," she teased. Jackie smiled and followed them upstairs. "I have pictures to show you!" she explained talking quickly as if she didn't need to breathe anymore.

(Back in Concord)

Arubey, Hardy, and Durza spent the next few hours alone thinking of the fight with the wizards. Durza couldn't believe that Jackie's spawn were that forgiving to their mother for leaving them. Hardy wanted to stay but Arubey made the call; Arubey needed to stay. He kissed had her and she didn't try to stop him either; she probably hated herself for it now anyway. He decided to forgot and never go back.

"Do we have to forget?" Hardy asked finally. Fala growled her warning but they ignored her.

Arubey nodded as he got up to leave, "That's the past. We have no future there in London," he snapped and left the bar to go home. A little over a year later, Fala will make him go as a high school student in Concord to kill a human girl named Jessica. He'll forget all about Jackie until she visits while Jessica is there.

A FEW MONTHS LATER

Jackie Black had founded her sisters with relatives and they met their nephew, Harry James Potter when he came home for the holidays. Jamie and Jodie cried in their sister's arms for over an hour when Jackie knocked on the door and they recognized her right away; even when she didn't recognize them. Harry was too pissed to even to Jackie, Jackson, or Elizabeth; he found out that Sirius betrayed his mother and father and was being stubborn.

While the kids were gone and Jackie and Sirius were alone they shared memories and he held her for long periods at a time, refusing to let her go. He kissed her nonstop sometimes, making up for the time he missed being there for her. Sirius acted like her dog all the time when he followed her to work. Showered with her every morning when he followed her to her new home that she stayed in with their two kids. They usually took a while to get dressed though; he never minded touching her body after all those years. He told her that he stayed sane because he knew he was innocent… and because of her. He honestly thought she had fallen in love with someone else and left him for the other man. She reminded him of their wedding day.

"Promise me something-."

"I hate promises."

"Promise me something," he repeated, she sighed and nodded. "If something were to happen to me-."

"Sirius don't say that, please don't-." he kissed her and continued.

"If something were to happen to me… find someone to love again." She was shaking her head, "I won't live forever and you will."

"Then I'll make sure you live forever!" she cried and hugged him, the water poured over them continuously. They had forgotten they were even in the shower. She held him close to her body; he kissed her neck and then her mouth. "I'll turn you Sirius, I can't let you die- I love you then and I love you still." She whispered loud enough for him to hear him. He chuckled and kissed her as he pushed the water knob; their wet hair fell over their faces and he continued to hold her close to him.

Jackie listened as he continued; "I love you enough to give you up Jackie. After I'm gone, live without me; keep Jackson and Lizzie safe from our enemies." He told her, she pushed hair from his face and stared into his beautiful dark eyes for a while. They she took his face in her hands and pulled him toward her and kissed him like when he kissed her for the first time. "Don't turn me, Jackie." He told her.

"Why? You can live forever with me," she cried. He kissed her; he moved his hands down to her hips. They were the same from when he saw her as a human in 1989. He tried to forget the time they saw each other: they had fought and she left the house for hours. He woke up with a kiss on his lips and her gone; he thought she ran away. James came over and stayed with him for a few hours, James had gone too. He told him that Jackie came back late in the night and told him to go home.

He never cried, not in front of his young son or infant daughter he didn't. He only did at night when they were asleep and her side of the bed was empty.

Sirius grabbed her around the waist and lifted her up off the floor of the shower; he held her against the wall and kissed her. She wrapped her legs around him, and he…. well you get the picture…

At Christmas that year Jackie got a call at two in the morning from Remus saying that Harry had a vision of Mr. Weasley being attacked. Jackie knew right away that Voldemort wanted him to see that, but didn't know why. It became clear a few months later when Harry saw Sirius being tortured by Voldemort. Jackie raced to the Ministry herself and broke a human's wrist when they said she wasn't allowed inside.

"My husband is in there," she didn't go to the House. Harry's first vision was correct, why wouldn't this one be? She found the Department of Mysteries easily and could hear Hermione and some other girl's screams. She sent word to the House to Tippet to get help. He sent it a while later. Jackie was with Harry already, she was un-conscious when Sirius arrived. He checked on her first and Lucius chuckled. Jackson and Elizabeth were there as well as stowaways; they had their wands out and pointed at Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy.

"Try to kill me Jacky!" Bella cried happily. Jackson wouldn't kill her, but he would hurt her if given the chance. Harry watched as Sirius watched him carefully as well as keeping an eye on his family. Remus Lupin was now closest to Jackie and she was waking, he helped her up by grabbing her arm and pulled her to her feet. She leaned on him for a while until the fighting started.

Jackie leapt and got the Prophecy away from Lucius, "NOOO!" he screamed when Jackie threw it and it shattered against a wall of the tavern they were in. Hundred of thousands of pieces shattered everywhere. Bella gasped and shot a spell at her, but Sirius- being the fool that he was- jumped in front of her and got hit. Bella didn't know that the Killing Curse wouldn't affect the vampire. Sirius didn't either.

The last thing he has said was to Harry, he called him James.

He gasped when it hit him, Jackie screamed and Harry was frozen. Jackson and Elizabeth didn't see what happen but they something had.

Finally as Sirius started to fall back, they yelled his name. "Sirius!" Harry and Jackie both cried. Jackson and Elizabeth turned to see their father disappearing into the veil. Moody held Liz back and Mr. Weasley got Jackson. Remus got both the vampire and her nephew.

"Let me go, I have to get him back." Jackie cried. Harry grabbed her hand and they pushed Remus away and they went after Bellatrix who ran for it as well.

Jackie pulled him back hard enough where he almost fell, as Voldemort appeared out of thin air. "Harry stay back!" she gasped as he sensed him coming. Bella tripped when she heard her master's voice.

"Bellatrix, the Prophecy." He said calmly and happily. He held out his hand but when she didn't hand it over, he pulled his hand back and cast a spell at her. She whimpered and crawled over to a fireplace and disappeared. Voldemort turned to Jackie Black and Harry Potter, she held Harry back far away from the Dar Lord.

He laughed and cast a spell at them both; Dumbledore turned up for it and blocked it easily. He cast his own wand and they fell backwards away from them.

It all happened so quickly… the spells, the fighting, the words exchanged, Harry still trying to help and Jacks pulling him back.

Cornelius turned up just as Voldemort was about to finish them off, Tom Riddle turned and hissed. Then turning to Harry and Jackie he disappeared.

"Give me Bella, Voldemort, give her to me and I'll kill her!" Jackie yelled after him. She got no answer; instead she got up and staggered to her kids in the other room. Jackson and Elizabeth came at her and they fell to the ground as they continued crying and she started.

Harry was to spend one week with the Dursley's until Jackie took him away from them to live with her and her kids. Before she did that, she went to Concord to seek comfort and advice from the only father-figure she's known in the last decade and a half. She had been crying a lot and hoped she wouldn't start here, Fala would rather murder her own kind then deal with that at the moment…. Jager was sitting drinking with Edam and Hardy, they were laughing. She stopped after she entered to find him first, he saw her before she saw him.

"Jackie!" he jumped up and went to her, he frowned when she didn't smile back. "Sweetie what is it?"

"Jager," she whispered. He took her outside and they sat against a tree as he held her like a father would and she told him what happened at the Ministry.

Arubey and Jessica were passing when they heard Jager speaking, "It will be alright. It's not the end of the world."

"Yes… it- is." He recognized Jackie's voice and knew something has happened. He thought of that fourteen-year-old daughter, he wondered if something happened to her or her brother. "Sirius is gone from me forever," she whispered and buried her face in his chest. She grabbed his shirt and held onto it, Jessica looked at Arubey and he told her to go in without him. He went over, Jager and Jackie looked up when he approached them. He knelt down and took her from Jager, she came to him easily and he held her too. Hardy and Edam came from the Black Rose to see what was keeping Jager. Jager, got up and told them that Sirius, Jackie's husband, was killed by his cousin in June.

"What about Liz and Jack? Are they all right? What about Harry?" Hardy asked.

She looked over at them and Arubey helped her to stand up, "Liz won't stop crying and Jack refuses to break down. Harry blames himself and hates himself more and more. He can't even look us in the eye anymore," she told them.

"What about a funeral, do people do those anymore?"

"There's no body, he fell through a veil and disappeared, who knows when we'll find him again. What about when we do find him? He won't be the same. He could be only bones or something…. Jackson and Elizabeth saw him fall through; they have nightmares almost every night because of it. Harry barely sleeps, James is already gone and Lily isn't either. Remus can't look at me or the kids without feeling guilty himself," she finally just fell onto Arubey's shoulder. He held her close and tight.

He whispered in her ear then looked up at the others, "I'm taking her home and gonna talk to the two kids and their cousin." He paused as if debating if he should say it in front of her or not. Finally he told them, "Tell Jessica I'll be back as soon as I can, alright?" they nodded. Jackie heard this but didn't care.

He picked her up and held her close to him yet as he disappeared, her head was resting against his shoulder when they got to London. She muttered where their home was and he knew the street's location so he went there.

"Where are your kids?"

"With Remus's family. His parents raised them, they wanted to spend the night with them; Harry moves in, in two days or so." She muttered, she closed her eyes and almost wanted to fall asleep. He walked to her bedroom and sat her down; she felt like a doll in his arms and looked like a child crying over a dead parent. He ran his hand down the side of her face. "I'm sorry about going to Concord and having you bring me back here-."

"Don't worry about it," he suspended. She said nothing, "I wanted you to come back, but come back happy. Never like this," he muttered. He stood up and paced for a moment. "Do you remember when we kissed in that tavern?" she nodded, without even having to think about it. He noticed that right away and smirked inside. "I swear I wanted to stay with you, but you were needed by Jack and Liz more then I needed you-."

"Now you have Jessica?" she asked smiling. "I'm happy for you Arubey, I really am. Er, before something happens or is said… you should probably go back to her. She's worried, I'm sure," she whispered as if Jack and Liz were listening behind a invisible closed door.

He stared at her, "Your husband just died and you're worried about me and another girl?" he asked her.

"Just because my existence was broken doesn't mean it give me reason to go and break yours. It's not fair to me, to you, or to her; I've made bad decisions and so I won't let you make one now, not tonight or any other night." She lingered for an instant, "Please Arubey, go back to Concord, go back to her. For me?"

He didn't say anything as he left again.

Arubey left down the steps as he appeared on the porch, he could sense Jackie getting up and going upstairs; he wanted to hit something but could wait until he got home to Jessica. That doesn't mean he'd hit her, but something close to Jackie's type. Maybe a human or another vampire; there was a woman working in a library that resembled Jackie pretty well…. He left the porch finally and didn't even look back at the house; instead he followed Jack's scent and found out where he and his sister were. The people who raised them, were sitting in the other room talking in low voices as Jack and Liz lay on the couch on opposite sides watching home movies from when they were five and three or so.

"That's my mummy, and this-."

"Liz my turn!" a five year old Jackson snapped, Liz giggled and ran the other way. They were looked like they were in a playground, and then he saw the same house in the background. "Okay, okay. This is my daddy, his name is Sirius black and my mummy is Jackie Black. They married the other on- on- Grandpa Lupin what day did you say-."

There was laughter behind the camera, "On 14 August 1988, Jackson. Elizabeth get off there, Jack- here." Mr. Lupin handed the camera to the young boy and hurried over to the young girl. Jackson moved it so it was facing him again; he set it on the ground and hurried over to the lens.

"Yeah, what Grandpa Lupin said on that day, then I'm born a week later ad Lizzie a few months later and then Cousin Harry was 31 July 1990. The same day as my mum!" he cried happily, the clothes he wore were blue jeans and a red shirt with a giraffe on the front in the corner, it was small but visible.

"That shirt is ugly, I can't believe I wore it." Jackson muttered suddenly. Liz cried as she watched the video.

Liz came into view again with a worm in her mouth and one in her hand, Jackson rolled over laugh and Mr. Lupin picked up the camera again. He got a shot of his wife coming from the house. "You three kids-."

"Sweetie, I'm not a kid. They are though," he said pointing at Liz and Jack so the camera saw it. They giggled and Jackson saw the worms and took them from his sister and threw them. Instead of crying Lizzie jumped her brother and they rolled around fighting, Mrs. Lupin came running down and Mr. Lupin grabbed one and she got the other. All while he held the camera.

"Hey, you two stop it."

"But he took my lunch!" Lizzie cried, she started behaving like a real three year old and started crying. Jackson rolled his eyes in the camera and Mr. Lupin chuckled.

"It's not funny!" Elizabeth sobbed, she ran over to Mrs. Lupin and she held her.

"Love, maybe the camera is done for the day," she and Lizzie wore pants as well, but the woman's wasn't full of dirt and grime. Lizzie's pants had mud stains and grass stains.

Arubey couldn't watch anymore, he turned away to leave but Jackson sat up and looked at him. "Liz, look." He said, she sat up and wiped the tears away from her face.

"Arubey!" she whispered and hurried to the door, he met them smiling.

"I'm amazed you two still remember my name, it took Fala a few days."

"You saved us and our mum! We wouldn't forget you…"

"… How are Durza and Hardy?" Jackson asked him. Arubey shrugged. "That good uh?" he joked. Arubey grinned at them. Lizzie still had her mother's natural blond hair and Jackson looked more like his father then two years ago.

He sighed, "I heard about your dad, I'm sorry he passed away." He mumbled. They came down the steps to him together.

Lizzie smiled, "It's alright, he loved us. That's all what matters, are you here to see mother?" she asked hopefully. He shook his head.

"I already saw her, she came to Concord and I brought her home."

"Did you kiss her again?" Lizzie whispered, Arubey was dumbstruck. "I knew," she told him. "Dad wanted mother to move on, she would have too. With- with you, I think if she wasn't so crazy." He held up his hand.

He groaned, "Elizabeth, Jackson. I know that the last we met wasn't a good way to meet. I never loved Jackie; I care about her more then anything I had ever cared about anyone. But she and I had a relationship away from each other. Do you two understand?" they nodded, Lizzie still looked hopeful however. "Liz don't look at me like that-."

"Arubey?" it was Edam. Arubey turned around and was shocked to see him there.

"Edam what are you doing here?" he sighed.

"Gonna ask you the same thing, there buddy." He snapped, and then he turned to the two human kids. "You must be Jackson and Elizabeth."

"Call me 'Liz' or 'Lizzie'. Only 'Elizabeth' when you're angry, that way I know. Something new I'm trying," she added. He smiled and took her hand and kissed the top of it.

"Call me just Edam," he muttered. Jackson nudged her and she glared at her brother, Edam pulled her down from the stairs. "I'm came to find Arubey here, and I also remembered that your father died not to long ago." She nodded. "Are you alright?" he ran the back of his hand down her left cheek.

For Elizabeth Black and Edam Dawson it was love at first sight. For Jackson and Arubey it was gross and disturbing. Edam held her hand as they walked in large circles near by so the other vampire and the older brother could keep an eye on them.