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~Crews
"Kerry! What the hell happened to you?!" Sarah cried when Kerry, Ethan and Henry walked through the door. Of course Sarah's eyes had picked up on the cast immediately, but Kerry noticed that they kept darting between it and Henry.
"Oh nothing," Kerry answered with a one shoulder shrug. "This is Ethan and Henry," she introduced, pointing to them in turn. "Guys, this is Sarah."
The transformation in Sarah was hysterical. She was still playing the concerned friend, but with a more flirty attitude.
"So how do you know Kerry?" Sarah asked, mostly looking at Henry.
"Just met her actually," he replied. "My brother has known her longer apparently. Sarah looked back at Kerry, wide eyes saying brothers? You bad girl!
What actually came out of her mouth was a simple, "Really?" She turned back towards Henry as Kerry looked at Ethan.
"Henry, we're going to go pick up some stuff. You want to stay here?" Ethan asked. He narrowed his eyes slightly at Henry, warning him, but Henry didn't notice. He was flat out staring at Sarah, however the gleam had yet to come back.
"I'm good here," he said with a wave of his hand. He had moved closer to Sarah who started asking the usual questions: was he single, how old was he, was he gay.
"Be good," Ethan said. He moved to Kerry's side and they walked down one of the aisles. Ethan grabbed a bag of chips and a twelve pack of water. "You want anything else?" he asked.
"A couple apples," she replied. She looked at the chips. "Don't you have some of those in the car?"
"Yeah, but you can never have too many chips," he smiled. Kerry shuddered.
They made their way to the fresh produce and she picked out two apples, and deftly tied the bag opening into a knot.
"You've worked here too long," Ethan commented, watching her.
"I know, I really need a new job," Kerry answered. They started walking towards the front, but Kerry grabbed Ethan's arm and pulled him to a stop. "You know what? I want to know what is going on and I don't want to hear it later. I want some answers now." Ethan's eyes narrowed, probably in an attempt to scare her, but it didn't work. And when it didn't, he sighed, put the chips and water on the floor, taking a seat next to them. They were in the frozen food section, so he leaned back against one the many freezers.
Kerry sat down next to him, the apples by her side.
"Must we do this now? I don't see a reason…" he tried.
"No, I want to know some things now," Kerry cut him off. "Like why you seemed so scared when your brother picked me up. I saw the look on your face, Ethan, I'm not that stupid."
"You're not stupid at all," he answered automatically. He ran his hand through his hair; never a good sign. "Well, Henry is my older brother, but he hasn't," Ethan paused, seemingly trying to find the right words. "He hasn't been like this," he said, gesturing at himself, "as long as I have. I was pretty sure he'd hurt you, you know, just not on purpose."
The fact that Henry hadn't been a vampire as long as Ethan put a better perspective on things, especially when Henry had swooped in to pick her up and Ethan being scared. Kerry nodded.
"So is he your biological brother?"
"No," Ethan answered. "We were friends when I was like this and he was still human. He was older than I looked then, so he started calling me little brother. He always was the most immature, though." Ethan shook his head. "And when he got changed..."
"How did he get changed?" Kerry asked.
"If you're wondering if I did it, you're wrong. I was there though. It wasn't pretty."
"Okay, I understand that one. Now I want to know what it is you need help with." Ethan had looked happier when she had asked a different question, probably because he hadn't wanted to elaborate on it anymore, but he looked annoyed again.
"I need help with him. He's exposed himself more than once and there are hunters looking for him," he said slowly. He was watching her face closely at this point and he saw exactly when Kerry's eyes widened in terror.
"They heard about what happened here, didn't they?" Kerry whispered. Her mind was in an utter panic. She could barely think straight; all her thoughts jumbled together with new ones popping in, leaving others unfinished. Then her dad and brother's faces emerged. "Do they know about me, my dad? My brother? I can't do that to them again. I won't." Kerry was hyperventilating now. How could hunter's be coming here again? Kerry couldn't accept it.
She was suddenly in Ethan's arms and he was whispering unknown, yet soothing words in French to her.
"Shh, it's okay. They don't know about you. They won't go after your family," he tried to calm her down, switching back to English. "No one will go after them again."
"You don't know that," Kerry cried. She was doing well to hold back her tears, but it was becoming hard. "Last time…"
"That's over, it won't happen again," he cut in. "They're dead." They sat there in silence for a while, Kerry still in Ethan's arms. She wished that they could stay like this forever, never moving. But she knew they couldn't. Kerry had to help Ethan and Henry with the hunters and it was almost sunrise. She pushed out of his arms, grabbed her apples and got to her feet. Ethan grabbed his own things and did the same.
"We need to go," Kerry said, wiping at her face. She was exhausted and her arm hurt. "Can we grab some meds? My arm is killing me." Ethan nodded. They grabbed some pills and walked back towards the check out lanes.
Sarah and Henry were still standing there; Sarah in full flirt mode and Henry not taking his eyes off her.
"Henry, time to go," Ethan said. He put the items on the conveyor belt. Sarah looked longingly at Henry a second longer, then turned and started ringing everything up.
"You guys don't have to go, you know. It's almost morning and my shift is almost over," she said, winking at Henry.
"That's exactly why we have to go," Kerry said looking at her friend. Sarah sighed. She obviously thought it had to do with her getting off and not the sun coming up.
"Too bad," she said.
"Yeah," Henry echoed, "too bad." This got him a smile from Sarah and a glare from Kerry and Ethan.
"That'll be $15.75." Ethan handed over the money and grabbed the bags. The three of them walked towards the doors. "Bye," Sarah called.
"That was interesting," Ethan said. They had walked the couple of blocks to where the car was parked.
"Yeah," Henry answered. "I'm actually really debating on whether or not I should call her." He opened his hand and stared down. Kerry, standing next to him, looked down too.
"She gave you her phone number?"she asked, seeing the numbers etched in pen on his palm.
"Yep," he answered smugly. Ethan rolled his eyes as he got into the driver's seat. Kerry got in the passenger's seat and Henry ducked in the back. Ethan started the car, and they began to make their way towards the tunnel.
"Kerry, you're moving too slow," Ethan said as they made their way over the uneven ground. It was 4:17 a.m. and Ethan and Henry were jumpy. Sunrise was close.
"Hey, isn't she supposed to be asleep anyway?" Henry questioned.
"Oh yeah," Kerry said. Ethan scooped her up, and immediately Kerry felt sleepy. "Be careful with my arm," she yawned.
"Alright," Ethan answered, but she was already asleep.