Chapter 3

Deleon Nimott dreamed of the death of the three sisters and his best friends, and cousins. His mother and father were in the dream too- they were being beheaded.

Casper had to calm him down from the nightmare. Ursula gave him warmed milk because warm milk helps you to fall asleep faster. Jenny, Ursula's younger sister came from the basement; she reeked of sex and booze. Ursula kicked her out for bringing a guy over she never met before and bringing him into her home.

Ursula and Casper stayed up in their son's room for the duration of the night, until the milk kicked in and he fell asleep again. Casper whispered, "Why do you think it was so violent?"

She shrugged, "I have no idea. I'm scared," she added in a tiny whisper. He had to read her lips to know what she said, he put his arm comfortingly around her shoulder and they went to bed finally too.

Risika looked down, another fox, a black was one was sitting under her. "Arubey. Why are you here?"

"Angel sent me; stop giving the boy nightmares Risika. I'll kill you myself if that's what it takes to stop you," he threatened as she came down from the tree. "Nickolas and Christopher went to watch the sisters, Edam stayed with Angel and I'm here." Then sarcastically he added, "Lucky me." she tackled him to his back, "Remember what happened last time Risika. I nearly killed you." He reminded her.

She laughed, "Barely. You still bare the scar I gave you five years ago. Don't challenge me; Alexander is dead because of you-."

"He deserved it, he was a nuisance." He spat in her face. She growled and suddenly she bit into his shoulder. He howled out and snarled as they began fighting….

Nickolas and Christopher went around the house on two feet (as their normal stature). They reached the front door again as Arubey and Risika came to them. Both looked terrible and bloody. The four vampires jumped slightly when they heard a slight bang.

"Come on Lysandra," Elle could be heard from the garage.

"It's too hard! You try it Cedrella." Lissy snapped.

Elle held up her hands as if being told too by police and lowered them slightly as she said, "I'm not the Gymnast here- you are." She told her, "I know you can do this." She encouraged as she dropped her arms to her side as Lissy groaned and cracked her knuckles as she jumped and grabbed onto the bar. She lifted herself up more and dropped and spent the next two minutes getting herself in a complete circle while holding onto the bar. She then let go and landed back fell back- she stayed there.

Elle sighed, looking disappointed. Lissy saw Elle's face, "Don't you dare look at me like that you stupid git. I'm trying as hard as I can, Elle!" she exclaimed.

Cedrella nodded and glanced back into the darkened corner where a small blue light was on and Belvina was busy with her own talent. She strutted over to her and Belle pushed her away. "Stop breathing down my neck, I hate that." she snapped at her.

Elle rolled her eyes, "I'm interested…"

"Go and make lyrics or something," Belle told her and got up and went to the shelves where dozens of small paint bottles lay. Photos of the Sistine Chapel, Mona Lisa, the David, and a bunch of French paintings were posted around the area. "Elle don't touch," she warned with her back turned. "Why did Shane have to put them so high," she muttered and climbed onto the bench and was able to reach them better now. She grabbed a couple and jumped down. She glanced back up at the shelves.

"Just use the magic," Cedrella told her.

"No, I won't risk us being founded by the Followers." She muttered and mixed a little black with white to get gray.

Lysandra muttered as well, "We're witches, might as well use the magic to our greatest advantage-."

"Shut up Lissy, you still can't even make the needle turn into a match," Belvina told her, almost teasing.

Lysandra growled, "That isn't my fault, we never got to even start school to learn. Cedrella," she said her sister's name in a way that blamed her for it.

Elle gasped, "What? We agreed to run away together, didn't we?"

Belle shrugged, "I don't know, I think I'd rather be in London right about now. Or maybe Riverdale," she added in a small voice. They only heard the name 'Riverdale'. The two older sisters rolled their eyes. "I doubted that the lights at the school- we should be at right now- don't go out."

"Yeah, but just think of the other things that could happen?"

Belle answered right away, "Oh, you mean the magic learning, the secret passages, and the fairies, gnomes, elves, pixies, and centaurs?" she asked.

"Yeah that, they're dangerous-."

"No, Remus Lupin the Werewolf is dangerous, okay." Lissy laughed, "The unicorns are powerful creatures and the fairies are adorable."

"Hydro and Hydra." Belle muttered from her corner. She stopped painting for a moment, and then started up again. Then louder she said, "I wouldn't have minded growing up with our cousins. Nonetheless," She muttered the last word.

Cedrella and Lysandra looked at the youngest triplet, Belvina made sure her eyes didn't look at them. To the middle, Elle said, "If we had stayed, we'd be dead right now, you know that right?" Lissy nodded and went back to the bar to try again. She had landed on her feet but hadn't completed the trick.

Lysandra and Cedrella went silent for a moment, but a snarl from outside made Belvina get up and go to the other door of the garage. The wolf was dark brown with a gray muzzle; he went right to Belvina and sat down. She pets his head and he nudged her cast-wearing wrist.

"Just sprained, it'll be fine. Are you better?" she asked, he lowered his head then raised it back again. He did that twice more, he was nodding to her; talking, communicating, corresponding. She looked up at her sisters, "he found dinner, not that interesting-." She stopped when he got up and went to the door, "Nathaniel- I just mean not interesting for them-." they had to wait. Finally, "Oh." She muttered.

Lissy stepped forward, "What is it, what did he say?"

"There are hunters in the forests, killing his pack. They're leaving the area because of it; humans can't hunt in the forest can they?" she asked Elle. She shrugged; Belle bit her lip and turned back to Nathaniel. She nodded this time, "good luck Nathaniel." She muttered and he whined and left. "We'd only been here an hour when he found me, the pups were adorable."

"His, er, kids?"

She nodded, "Four of them. Three boys and a girl," she told them. "I'm gonna miss them," she admitted.

"They're wolves, not people. And they hunt and killed wild game-."

"Yeah, to live." She snapped, "Lissy if you were in the woods, lost for a few days, you'd do most anything to live wouldn't you?"

"Yes, but I'd first find a stream or something. And the animals go to fast for me anyway, I wouldn't be able to catch them." she told her sister.

Belle added "It's a normal thing to do. Fight to survive, kill what you need to sustain life-."

"Just go and join them, Belvina!" Lysandra snapped at her. Belle went silent.

She sighed, but Elle spoke first, "Stop it both of you. The wolves are gone, Belle- I'm sorry they left. And Lissy, leave her alone-."

"What? But Elle, she's talking about killing people-."

"I didn't say that and besides Nathaniel and his family don't hunt people, they go after weak or injured animals. Nathaniel used to hunt the hunter, but he changed. Anyone who used to kill human beings can change Lissy. I know they can," she said encouragingly.

Lysandra glared at Cedrella and she glanced at Belvina as she picked up the paints and brush from the water glass, "I doubt everyone can change Belle." The artist glanced at them and turned away.

Lissy nodded, "The only kind, that can't are the Upirs, and you know that as well Belle-."

"Shut up Lissy," she muttered, not at all threatening to the older two.

Elle glanced at Lissy, "they aren't real-."

"If werewolves are, then they are." Belle snapped finally, "the Count, Lilith, Darla, Elizabeth Bathory, Gilles de Rais (Ray)… all of them. The myths and legends have to be real-."

"But that's what they are," Lysandra said getting annoyed- it showed in her body language, posture of how she stood, and her voice. "Myths. Legends, not real-."

Belle got up and washes out the glass and brush and set them in their places. "Lissy, they are, I know they are-."

"Belle, the people you said a minute ago, were humans who acted like demons. They aren't real, get over it." Lissy snapped and reached behind her and pulled the hair tie out and began to unwind the braid. She went inside the house.

Elle sighed and into the house following Lysandra, Belvina went over and turned off the cerulean light. She went to the door that Nathaniel and entered and exited from and flicked the switch and the lights went out slowly and she hurried over to the door. She looked at the front and back doors of the garage and closed the door leading into the house and locked it behind her.

At about four in the morning, Belvina got a call from Deleon saying she needed to come over right away. At first she thought she was dreaming but his crying made her get out of bed and pull on jeans and a sweater. Belle didn't leave a note or anything; she was too afraid.

Deleon and his parents cried softly as the men carried Jenny from the backyard in a body bag. Belle gasped and stepped aside as they came from the back yard; Sierra was locked upstairs in the bathroom. Belle could see her golden-brown head looking through the window. She hurried into the house to find it full of people, Ursula and Casper were crying; Deleon was cuddled up in the large brown chair- tears ran down his cheeks and nose. He looked up when Belvina hurried to him; she hugged him quickly and went to the Ursula and Casper.

"I'm so sorry about Jenny," she whispered and went back outside. She found a man who had just loaded the corpse into the back of the van. She told him, "I'm family, what happened?"

The man looked down at her; he was African American and wearing dark blue pants and a blue shirt. He had a mustache and looked tired and sad.

He took a deep breath, "she was stabbed with a steak fork. One wasn't found-."

"Hey get away from her," they looked around as Casper came from the house. Belvina stepped between them.

"Casper, go back inside, now. Comfort your wife and son," she told him and used her own mind control to make him do it. She turned back to the African American man, "I'm sorry- please tell me what you know?" she asked again.

He nodded and repeated, "She was stabbed with a steak fork-." This time she interrupted.

"May I see?"

He was flabbergasted, "What? No, girl- wait, until the funeral-."

"Please, she was my aunt. I need too, it's a comforting thing- it's hard to explain." She lied to his face; he groaned and led her over. His companions watched as the man, named Wittenby Marks, opened the doors and unzipped the black body bag. She gulped as she stepped forward.

Wittenby pulled on gloves and hand one to her, he took Jenny's head carefully in his hands and moved her head so she could see the wounds. She felt tears form, but didn't say or do anything; Jenny's eyes were still open. She hesitated but reached up without the gloves and closed her eyes; Wittenby felt proud but grossed out.

"Bodies don't bother you girl- what's your name?"

"Belle and no- my mom's half sister is a Mortician. I'm used to it, thanks." She whispered and knelt down and grabbed Sierra's collar before she ran into the street. She held the dog tightly and walked to the side of the house, she leaned against the side as she cried a little; she didn't like it when people saw her cry. Belle got down to her knees and Sierra whined and laid her head on her lap. She bent over the golden and cried in the fur of the pooch. Sierra whined and cried too as she whined and never smiled.

Belle was waiting in the driveway for her sisters to get up two hours later, she had forgotten her key to get inside, in her room and didn't want to go inside anyway. Sierra was asleep in the back seat; she told Ursula that they could let the dog stay with them for the next couple days so she wouldn't get in Ursula and Casper's way.

Cedrella got up at six-fifteen and showered quickly and laughed when Lissy came into the bathroom wearing her green facial mask. Lissy hit her over the head and smeared the green gunk on her older sister when she wasn't paying attention.

"Are you still pissed off at Belvina about last night?" Lissy nodded, Elle scowled and went to wash the green crap of her face. They wore makeup, but lightly; eye shadow lasts about six months in that house. They don't wear lipstick, just carmex and gloss; they use a nail strengthening liquid for their nails instead of polish and Elle and Lissy wear the necklace of a silver heart around their necks.

They checked Belle's room to find her not in it, but the blanket whipped back as if she had been in a hurry and running late for something. They stepped into the room an Elle went over and grabbed her cell phone and took it with her as they went outside to find Sierra running around and the Golden ran over to them.

Belle got out of the car and took her offered cell phone, "thanks. Um, Sierra is staying here for a day or two- maybe until Saturday. It's hard to explain," she lied and got into the driver seat before Elle or Lissy could claim it. Lissy hurried over and let Sierra inside and txt her father that Sierra was gonna stay with them for a few days. He txt back, but Belle just took Lysandra's phone and explained that Ursula asked her if Sierra could, she told Shane to tell Gina, to talk to Ursula as soon as possible. Shane sighed and hung up after he said he loved her, and she said it back and tossed the cell phone in the back to Lissy. Cedrella and Lysandra both asked what that was about and why their mother had to talk to Ursula. She wouldn't- couldn't tell them… it was too painful.

The school had no idea the younger sister of the Language Teacher was killed last night. No one but Belvina and she wished she had the courage to tell her sister's but couldn't. However, (lunch) like yesterday, Edam came over to her table after she snuck back inside.

He sat down smirking, "I saw you sneak in." he whispered.

She grunted and didn't bother to look up, "Okay. Great," she whispered and finished the newest drawing. She closed the notebook and held it close to her chest.

"You look like shit, skip sixth hour and sleep for a while."

She shook her head, "I don't s-skip Edam, but thanks anyway for the somewhat offer." She muttered. She didn't see him look back at Arubey.

Lissy and Elle had snuck out of class saying that had to go to the office and went down to the cafeteria instead. Lysandra tapped Edam's shoulder and he looked to see Lysandra and Cedrella behind him. "May we speak with our sister, Edam? Alone?" Elle asked silently, but Belle stood up when he did. "Belle what happened, something did- I know you well enough to know that something bad took place at Ursula's while you went to get Sierra."

She shook her head, it wasn't lying. Something happened but not while she went to get the dog- something bad happened when she found out that Jenny was murdered by a vampire. "It doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done. Remember dad and the cousin?" she asked and took a deep breath and hurried from the cafeteria. Andy and his group looked up as Daryl got up to block her. "Daryl, stop it," she snapped when he went to reach up too take her arm.

"Oh come on, just sit and spend quality time with me, I don't bite you know." She rolled her eyes, he frowned. "Don't you dare roll your-."

"Or you'll do what?" she snapped at him, he frowned and went to take her other arm, but she punched him hard enough that people on the end of the room heard it. Arubey looked over and stood when Edam burst out laughing. Elle and Lissy ran over and pushed and pulled Belle away from Daryl. His mouth was bleeding and a tooth was cracked. "I want to kill him; do you have any idea what he was thinking?"

"Nope."

"Good, you don't wanna know. Let me go-."

"Ms. Canis," the café supervisor came after them.

"Let me go," she snapped at her sisters. They stepped back and glanced at each other, "Yeah I hit him, either let me go to class or give me detention." She said.

That was when the oldest knew something was wrong. Belvina would rather shovel horse shit then stay for one of those. The Super just stared at her and said she could go.

"Thank you, and how is he. I didn't mean to hit him that hard."

He chuckled, "Daryl had a chipped tooth, cut lip. He'll be fine," he sounded disappointed.

Belvina stepped forward, "if he tries to do that again. I'll hit harder, I promise." She smiled and the Super laughed and went back to the cafeteria.

Belvina glanced at her sisters before turning on her heel and going to sixth hour Chem. And then gym.

In Gym however, they had started on working with the equipment and Belvina hadn't brought clothes yet, she had them sitting in a small bag with the word ADIDAS on it and you closed it by pulling on the thick strings. She told the truth and said she was locked out of the house, but said she slept in the garage. The teacher asked why she was locked out and she lied again and said she ran away for a few hours and as punishment had to sleep in the pitch black garage.

Arubey smirked. She asked why he was smiling, "You're lying to the old man." Their gym teacher, Mr. Border, was maybe thirty-two. She shrugged, "Why were you locked out, I believe that part."

She shrugged again and lay down on the bench and looked behind her as she pulled the iron cast rod and stuck it under the weight that said '50 lbs'. She was pushing up a total of seventy-five pounds because the handles you used weighed twenty-five all by themselves. He watched as she did that easily. She was a normal human and is stronger then she looks.

She closed her eyes and finally said, "I was locked out because I left at four in the morning to go over to a friend's house- they have their reasons for pulling me out of bed that early an it's none of my business in telling people. I'm sure you'll hear tomorrow anyway," she muttered and moved it down one more to sixty to equal eighty-five. Belvina struggled but was able to get a good ten in before giving up and worked on the muscles in her legs. Twenty minutes later she was on the treadmill for the rest of the hour and was for about ten minutes, she was about to finish mile number 2 when Arubey came in to join her.

"You can tell me you know." He told her from behind; Arubey watched as she grabbed the arms of the machine and turned it off. She turned to face him. "Belle, please." He whispered, he stepped up onto the treadmill to stand with her. He took her arms lightly and Belle leaned against him lightly.

"Jenny, Ursula's sister, she was-."

"You both ran on that thing? How was that?" Nickolas asked as they came from the Weight Room.

"Interesting. Time to go in?" Belle asked him, he nodded slightly and she followed him from the room, but turned right as he went left to the boy's locker room and she went to the girls. In the showers Bella only wet down her hair in the shower to cool down. She wrapped it up in the white towel and brushed it out with Kate's brush and made a mental note to remember hers tomorrow. They walked out together and waited for the bell to ring. Around Kate Winslet, Belvina was in a better mood and Arubey came from the locker room with wet hair as well and shook it out slightly. He held onto his bag with the strap hanging from his left shoulder and hanging on his right side.

"Hey, Arubey," Kate smiled as he approached. He nodded back and took Belvina's arm lightly.

"You were saying about Jenny?" he asked her asked, she shook her head and he knew why, Kate was there.

"Kate," he sighed, "Andy's calling your name." he muttered, Belle couldn't help but smirk as Kate went down to the others to find Andy. Edam and Nickolas listened from where they were. Arubey turned back to her, "Belle, tell me what happened to Jenny." He whispered, she felt him take her hand out of the view of his brothers.

"She was killed last night, Deleon called me at four- he found her Arubey." He frowned and looked back at Nickolas and Edam. Turning back to her, her grip in their hands became tighter as she closed her eyes. "Jenny was murdered and she wasn't even supposed to be there, Ursula told me that she was kicked out last night and she was to go stay at a friend's house." She whispered. The bell rang and Arubey pulled her to eighth hour, "Arubey, Jenny was so nice, she didn't deserve that."

"Sweetie, I know," he muttered. He still had her hand in his, "Just try to forget about it and you'll feel better Belvina."

They entered the eighth hour classroom and she went to the back too her seat and Arubey took her hand again, she glanced at her as Cedrella and Lysandra entered the classroom. They were smiling and enjoying the second at their new school. They asked where Mrs. Nimott was as Mrs. Collie entered and announced that she was serving as substitute for Ursula Nimott.

Lissy looked back at the youngest Canis sister, Belle was avoiding eye contact and didn't seem surprised too see Ursula gone today. "Um, do you know why she's gone-?"

Belle interrupted her by saying, "Lysandra, sit down." she snapped.

Lysandra sat down and looked at Cedrella; Mrs. Collie glanced back at Elle but didn't say anything. Arubey looked at Edam and Christopher and then to Risika and ending with Nickolas.

Class started just barely when there was a knock on the door and Mrs. Collie opened it. "Ma'am we need to speak with Ms. Canis." The voice was hard and everyone knew that was the voice of a cop.

"Um, okay, but which one?"

"Belvina?" he asked unsure if he pronounced it right.

Without waiting for a call for her name, the youngest triplet stood up, Elle spoke to her, "Belle? What did you do?"

"Nothing, just questions about Jenny," she had read the man's head and knew ahead of time what this was about. She put her things away and went to Lissy, "take this home for me; after they're done I'm going to Ursula's to be with Deleon-."

"What happened to Jenny?" Andy asked her, "She came to this class all the time."

"I'm sorry Andy, but she was killed last night," Belle muttered and hurried out the room and followed the Officers from the school to their car and they drove to the precinct in silence.

Lissy and Elle didn't say anything all hour and they'd mainly nod to an answered that wasn't a yes or no question. When the bell rang, they near ran from the room. They paused when they saw Arubey Karew and Risika Dawson.

"What did you do Risika?" he growled. Risika said nothing but smiled.

"What?"

"Risika, I'll kill you before I admit I actually consider you my friend." He snarled, she laughed firmly. Arubey looked up when he saw them listening.

"Come on Cedrella, we have to go to Ursula," Lysandra said and got into the drivers side and they left a minute later.

Risika turned to Arubey, "think they heard you threaten to kill me?" she asked in a whisper.

"I hope not, you better hope that they don't do something stupid because you got hungry last night and felt like eating the aunt." He growled and got into his car and left her there. She had no choice but to ride with the other three boys.

Lysandra and Cedrella got to the house just as Ursula got done watering the plants. The flowers that Jenny planted two years ago that haven't died yet. "Ursula, I'm so sorry about Jenny." Elle cried right away before Ursula could say anything.

The three of them went on a short walk and Ursula told them about last night. When they got back to the house, Gina and Shane were there. Shane and Ursula, kissed cheeks and Gina took Ursula and Deleon out to a late lunch while the girls and Shane went home.

A Week Later

The three sisters were doing what they did best while Belle finished the final touches on the small mural she was doing for Jenny's funeral tomorrow. Sunday Jenny would be buried and then everyone was coming to Canis house because it was bigger. Lysandra and Cedrella would go over and look at the painting and couldn't help but say it was even more beautiful then the last time they looked. It was Jenny's head magnified so it took up most of the board that Belle was painting on; it showed her head and down to her collar bone and part of the shirt was wearing. The blouse was frilly and white; her eyes were the best part of the entire thing as they looked down at the rose that Jenny held between her fingers. The rose was the second best part, it was a pale pink rose, Jenny's favourite. It looked so real, Elle thought that Jenny was alive and holding it. Her skin looked porcelain but Belvina hadn't put the shiny stuff on yet so until she did, it looked odd at first. Jenny's smile was pretty and lit up her small fragile face. Her blond hair was in waves, the way her style looked on the day that Ursula and Casper married- Ursula said that was her favourite hair style on her younger sister. A butterfly barrette that Deleon got Jenny for her birthday two years ago, held back bangs in view if the on looker of the painting- of course. It was emerald green with purple and blue. The pattern was exact as the real thing.

Cedrella and Lysandra spoke finally, "That's your best work sis." Lysandra muttered in her ear and smiled.

Belvina shrugged, "I guess." The cops said the case was closed yesterday- they had no leads and no evidence of anything and the only sign of struggle was the dead skin cells under Jenny's nails. That just meant that someone poor bastard who had been buried, attacked her- to Belvina that meant that a vampire killed her and it was a vampire that was somehow connected to Jenny. A friend whom she never considered odd even though he or she only came out at night? Maybe it was a man she was meeting and found him 'kissing' another woman and he killed Jenny to hide his first murder?

Lysandra Canis spoke again, "Belvina- it's late, come on. Please?" she asked.

Belvina smiled a painful smile and looked at them, she had dark circles under eyes and looked terrible- sick almost. "I'm almost done Lissy, you and Elle go to bed; I'll be there in a few minutes." she then added, "I just have to put the shiny stuff on, and I'll go to bed. I need to sleep tonight for the funeral tomorrow anyway- well in about seven hours." She corrected herself when she looked at the clock of the garage. It was one in the morning and the older sisters were fighting themselves to stay up with Belvina. They gave up just when they decided to go to bed.

After they left, Belvina kept the light of her art area on and turned off the others. She opened the shiny paint can and poured a little into a plastic container and took the biggest brush she had and carefully placed the coat on the painting. There was a small knock and she frowned and set the container and brush down on her table. She wiped her paint filled hands on her smock and went over to the door and opened the wooden door. She stepped outside but no one was there, her hands shook as she expected someone to jump and kill her. No one did, as she turned to go back inside a small dark box caught her eye. It was long and about three inches in width; it was addressed for her. She sighed and brought it back into the garage with her. She put it down carefully on the table and picked up her brush and container and finished the coat.

Up and down, up and down, for the next ten minutes that's all she did. The coat had to be even and perfect for tomorrow. Belvina finished finally and let the water run warmer then it needed to be as she cleaned the brush and container. The skin on her hands were red, she took off the smock and hung it up and turned to the long box.

There was no note or anything and she opened it to find a blue rose lying on silk, she smiled and picked it up carefully. Then she saw that there were no thorns. It looked like whoever sent it to her, dropped sparkles on it slightly- it glittered in the light and it smelled beautiful. There was another tap and she went to the door and found Arubey on the other side.

"Where did you find-."

"It doesn't matter," he whispered and stepped into the garage. "Show me the painting of Jenny, Lissy mentioned something about one." He whispered. She nodded and led him to the studio, "It's beautiful. Mrs. Nimott and her family will love it." He told her.

"Really?" she whispered, she sounded disappointed in her own work.

He turned her to face him, "Belle, you have a gift and it's wonderful."

"Thanks for that and for the rose- why did you come, it's late."

"I came to convince you to go to bed," he said and ran his thumbs under her eyes. She closed her eyes and looked away from him.

She shook her head, "If I sleep, I dream about Jenny and it's never good-." She stopped when he turned off the light and took her arm. "The light, Arubey- I need-."

"I'm right here," he whispered and picked her up with her legs hanging over his arm and his other under her mid-back. "Do you really like the rose, or you just too tired to really tell me the truth." For an answer she kissed his cheek, he looked down at her although she didn't know he was looking at her. "Okay, then, your welcome." She smiled and let her head fall against his shoulder. "Where's your room?" he whispered.

"Up the stairs and to the right, the door at the end of the hall on the left," she muttered….

She suddenly felt him let her go on her comforter. Arubey took the rose and set it down carefully and asked if she needed help getting into her bed clothes. She smirked and nodded.

She got up and gathered what she needed and he pulled off her shirt keeping his eyes on hers and pulled the night shirt over her head. Right away she kissed him, something neither of them expected until it happened. Arubey smiled as they broke apart and stood her up and she undid the button and he used his fingers and pushed the jeans down. He kissed her again and she wrapped her right arm around his neck and he picked her up and Belle wrapped her legs around his waist. Holding her tightly with his arm around her back, they lay down as he kissed her and tasted the inside of her lovely mouth.

"Belle, there's something I want to tell you before you kiss me again." He whispered as he pulled his mouth off of hers, she lay there under him, patient. "I'm different then most guys at our school. In fact my brothers and Risika and I- are the same, in a way." He whispered, she said nothing and waited for him to finish. "Belvina, we're vampires and I know who killed Jenny- do you want me to leave?" he asked.

She smiled, "no and already know you're vampires."

He frowned and fell to the side of her, her long bare legs bent at the knee slightly. "I'll show you," she said and only in her night shirt and underwear she got up and went to the book shelves in her room and pulled out a informational guide to the undead. "Page two-fifty," she grinned and he took it and opened the leather bound book to two-fifty. He never saw this book before, he had no idea what to expect.

Arubey opened the covered and flipped to the page she told him to open too and saw his face on the page, his full name at the top; date of death and birth. Then a twenty page biography of him, "You read it all?" he asked her.

She nodded, "I didn't tell Lysandra or Cedrella, Arubey I've known for about month who you are before even meeting you. I just have to try to convince my sisters you exist, they refuse too of course." She told him. She sat down in front of him and turned to Risika's, Nickolas's, Christopher's, Edam's, Spike's, Angelus's page. He frowned, "I've known for awhile." she said and kissed him, he was too stunned to take in account of anything but what she was showing him.

"Risika killed her, Belle- Risika murdered Jenny." He said finally, she frowned and took the book and moved so she could sit in his lap with her legs either side of him. "Aren't you going to threaten her life, make me go and kill her, you go and kill her?" he asked.

She smirked, "You think I'm going to go and kill her wearing nothing, but this?" she asked, he frowned. "I know what you mean and no, I'm no match for Risika and I know that." She sighed, "They dug around her friend's place and found evidence of drug abuse and some other bad things. Of course Gina and Shane won't tell us, I know because I read their head. I can read minds and apparently she got extra cash by selling to kids younger then Deleon. I loved Jenny, but if her being gone means that her little business is done, then so be it. I hate saying this-."

"She didn't deserve it," Arubey said quickly agreeing. "But it does help save kids, doesn't it?" she nodded and kissed him again….

Gina and Shane got up and showered together, dressed each other and went to wake their daughters, Elle and Lissy were already up as so was Belvina. They also saw that a guy was with her in the garage as she put on the last coat of shiny paint. Gina told her to hurry up and get in the shower. After her mother left, Arubey spoke silently. "Does she like me? I don't want to read her head. You do know what she and Shane did already right. I can just tell," he added quickly.

She groaned, "Look, just because I read minds, doesn't mean I want to know about my parents' er, personal life. Okay?" she groaned at him, he laughed and added, "She likes you. She thinks you're cute," she said. Arubey pretended to blush she laughed and he kissed her as Lissy and Elle came into the garage. They stared and said nothing. He put his arms around her shoulders from behind her as she reached up and did one last stroke of the brush and paint on the mural. He let her go and she thanked him as he took the brush and container and went to the sink. Lysandra and Cedrella came over to them.

"What the hell? When did this happen?" they asked at the same time, Arubey smiled as he continued to work at the sink.

Belvina answered her sisters, "Last night. He came by and you just had to be there." She said and smiled at Arubey's back; he glanced at her and winked. She giggled and turned to her sisters. Elle went over to Arubey and stood next to him.

"What's the catch?" she asked him.

"There is none except meeting my uncle," Belle shrugged when the eldest looked at her.

Elle repeated it, "your uncle?"

He nodded, "Yes ma'am." He said laughing at her.

She rolled her eyes then decided to try, "So um, is-."

"Belle, shower now!" Gina yelled from somewhere close by.

"Alright mom," Belvina turned to Arubey.

He spoke first, as he turned off the faucet and turned to her, "I should go get ready as well. Do you want me to meet you there?" she shook her head.

"Come and get me," he grinned and nodded. He told her, she had twenty minutes. "Okay, see you then." She said and they parted, Lissy followed her upstairs. Belle ignored her the entire way.

Sorry it's taken so long to post this chapter, sort of internet deficient for about a week. I wrote chapter over my Spring Break and if you had one, I hope you had a good Break.

Thanks for reading everyone.