I'm so sorry I've been gone! But I do have the ending to this story, and I'm pretty sure it will continue into another story. I am still debating it though.

IMarriedAVampire

I woke the next morning with a headache. I opened my eyes, hoping to see Derrick. He was nowhere in sight. I got dressed and went downstairs. I found Sophie and Nathaniel on the couch, deep in thought. They didn't notice me when I sat in the chair directly in front of them. It was a good 10 minutes before someone said anything.

"What's going on?" I asked, trying to break the ice.

"We have no idea." Sophie responded; she was emotionless.

Nathaniel looked distressed, whatever was going on was really bugging him.

"What do you know?" I pressed.

"Derrick came downstairs early this morning and answered his cell phone. He left immediately after. He hasn't been back since." Nathaniel whispered.

Confused, I looked at the clock; it was 8:00 PM.

"So? It's only eight; maybe he has a lot of things to do."

"It's only eight to you; you've been asleep for two days." Sophie said.

Terror instantly washed over me. "Maybe he had a lot of things to do." I knew Sophie didn't believe me, I was trying to convince myself more than Nathaniel and Sophie.

Suddenly, the door slammed. We all flinched and turned to see Derrick walking slowly inside.

We all stayed where we were while he slumped into a chair. It was quiet for a few moments.

"So, what's been going on around here while I was out?" Derrick asked cheerfully.

We were taken aback by his attitude, Nathaniel and Sophie still seemed confused, so I responded.

"Nothing much has been going on around here, where did you go?"

"Ha, you guys always rely on me." He was avoiding my question. "can't you guys have fun without me?"

"Where did you go?" I pressed

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Claire, are you hungry? I've been gone for so long I've forgotten that you are a horrible cook."

"Where did you go?"

"You know what? I think I'm going to go lay down, it has been a long day."

"Goddamn it Derrick, where have you been that is such a big secret?" Sophie exploded.

Derrick was quiet. I thought Sophie was going to jump him.

"It's none of your business." He said coldly.

"What about me?" I asked.

"Especially you. It is not your business either." He replied.

"It's not my business to know where my husband's been?" I was starting to get pissed off.

He got in my face. "It is because you are my wife that it is especially none of your business!"

I was shocked. Before I could say anything else, he ran upstairs and slammed the door.

I was frozen. I felt as though everything was crumbling around me and I could only watch in horror. Sophie and Nathaniel tried to reach me, but even they couldn't pull me out of the blackness that consumed me.

They left me where I was. I stood there all night. I even saw Derrick leave at about 3:00 AM. He looked at me for a moment, as though he felt bad. It was only for a moment and he slammed the door afterwards. When the door slammed, my body shook. My body's consistency became that of a jellyfish, and I collapsed onto the floor. Sophie found me there a few hours later and she carried me to the couch. She asked me the normal questions:

"Are you hungry?"

"Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"Have you slept well?"

I didn't respond.

"Are you ok?"

When she asked that, I burst into tears. She flinched a bit, but quickly pulled me into a hug.

"Don't worry Claire. Derrick gets like this sometimes; he doesn't know how to control his anger, so he takes it out on others." Sophie reassured me.

Nathaniel came downstairs and saw what was happening, he immediately cam up from behind and hugged me. He put his head on my shoulder.
"Sophie's right. I've known Derrick for 100 years, he's always been that way."

"It's not that," I sobbed, "It's that he won't trust me."

"He rarely trusts anyone." Sophie and Nathaniel said in unison.

"But I'm his wife! If he can't trust me, who in the hell can he trust?"

Sophie and Nathaniel did not know what to say to that. They only sighed and held me close. I got up a few minutes later. Sophie asked where I was going. I told her I was going to clean off my face. She nodded and smiled at me.

I got into the bathroom and doused my face in cold water, I looked in the mirror. I looked like hell. The dark circles under my eyes seemed black, my eyes were red from crying and I was paler than usual. I decided to take a shower. When I finished, I grabbed a towel a wrapped it around my body. I opened my eyes to look in the mirror and screamed. Sophie came rushing upstairs, she busted down the door.

"What's wrong? What happened?"
I stared in horror at the mirror, this couldn't be happening. She followed my eyes to the mirror and gasped.

On the mirror, there was a blood message.

"I told you Derrick was MINE."

Ok, that was an especially long chapter for me. I hope it makes up for my absent time. Reviews?