Carolyn
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Chapter Seven
At approximately five minutes before midnight Carolyn was beginning to stir in her sleep on top of her bed spread. Jake had moved from the sofa downstairs and was now sitting on the edge of her bed. He looked at Carolyn expectantly and when her eyes fluttered open he was on his knees by her side and was smiling at her. She attempted to smile back but her emotions were getting in the way and it wasn't helping her conjure up a mask to hide behind. Jake knew this instantly and was beginning to rack his brains to try and think of a way to get her to open up to him.
"Good morning" She finally managed to whisper. It was obvious that memories of what had happened that morning were rolling straight back to her.
"Carolyn, how are you feeling?" Jake asked with a look of complete concern in his eyes. When Carolyn next looked at him she seemed to relax a little more in his company and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I need to get out of this ditch" She whispered in his ear. Jake pulled away from her and looked into her eyes closely.
"How are you planning on doing that?" He asked. Carolyn tried to think of how it would even be possible to do it but she came up blank.
"I don't know but every time I try to think of what's going to happen in the future all I see is a huge void" She sighed as though it was normal to feel that miserable about your own life.
"That's why Andy and I are going to be here for you" Jake reassured.
"Andy doesn't care" She whispered at Jake.
"Well then how about we make you look gorgeous and make him jealous?" Jake asked with a bright smile. Carolyn couldn't even stop the small bubble of laughter that escaped her. Jake was trying his best to make her feel better and the least she could do was let him carry on with what he was doing. He practically pulled her off the bed and over to the mirror where he started putting eyeliner on her madly.
"Jake, what are you doing?" She asked whilst laughing. Jake was amazed to hear her laugh naturally for the second time that night.
"Oh, shut up and just let me do it" He laughed. She looked up at him and he saw complete trust in her eyes. She nodded slowly at him and closed her eyes so that Jake could carry on with making her feel better. By the time he was done she looked amazing. Any man would be lucky to even be able to look at her. Jake took her hand and led her over to the full length mirror where she gasped out in shock when she saw her reflection. Her hair was half pinned up in what looked like a very complex shape to make with her whilst the rest hung down to her waist. She was wearing a fair bit of eyeliner while the rest of her face was pale. Jake went over to her wardrobe and looked through her clothes.
"Jake, my hair is lovely" Was all she managed to say to him. He threw a dress over to her and smiled again.
"Vampires have good taste in fashion" Jake laughed. Carolyn took a look at the dress and could have cried. It was the last thing that her parents had ever gotten her before they had died. She picked it up and studied every last detail. It was red and black and was made of net. The dress was done up like a corset at the front and the skirt that was attached to it flared out. She slipped it on when Jake was looking away from her and looked into the mirror. She had to choke back the tears as she thought about her parents dying words. Andy had been by her side all the way through and his hand had been latched onto hers. He had never wanted her to go through the death of her parents alone and that was the reason why he had been with her constantly for that last month or so when they had known that their days were limited. Her dad had turned to look at Carolyn for the last time. He had tears building up in his eyes as he grasped for Carolyn's hand. Carolyn had held on to her dad's hand and had begged with her eyes for him to hold on for just a few more moments. She wasn't ready for him to go yet and she didn't think that she would ever be ready for him to leave. Her mum was fighting for air but Carolyn had to hear what her dad was trying to say to her.
"Andy, always look after her" He said to Andy. Andy had a small tear rolling down his cheek but he managed to nod at him. Carolyn's dad had something more to say on the matter. He leaned in and whispered in Carolyn's ear. "Never give in"
"I won't Dad" She had whispered. Her dad had then closed his eyes and his breathing slowed.
"Come on Carolyn" Andy had said to her. She was still holding onto her dads hand and was refusing to leave go.
"Dad, please don't leave me" She wept. When Carolyn was finally pried off of her dad her mum was already gone as well. Carolyn hadn't even said goodbye to her and it was too late to turn back.
Carolyn was torn back into the present and was now looking up at Jake. He had his hands on her shoulders and was shaking her violently.
"Carolyn, are you ok?" He asked exasperated. Carolyn had another tear brimming in her eyes but surprisingly it wasn't falling. She looked at Jake in a lost manner but managed to nod at him. He finally believed the lie even though Carolyn still looked miserable. Jake took her hand and led her downstairs.
"What am I supposed to do?" She asked.
"You just act normal and Andy will care and pay you attention" Jake laughed. Carolyn nodded slightly and walked downstairs. When she hit the last stair she saw Andy. He turned around to see who it was and when he saw Carolyn his mouth dropped but then he had a look of sorrow in his eyes when he saw what dress it was that she was wearing. He walked over to her and took her hand.
"Carolyn, you do realise what dress this is?" He asked. Carolyn turned away and looked back at Andy. Hurt was clearly visible in her eyes but then anger replaced the hurt and she looked furious by what Andy had just said. She yanked her hand away from him and looked as though his touch had burned her.
"Of course I remember. Do you honestly think I would forget the day my parents died?" She shouted. Andy was shocked and was still trying to recover from the hurt that she had caused when she had pulled her hand away from him.
"I didn't mean that I just thought that you wouldn't want to wear that dress ever again" Andy whispered. Carolyn managed to hear though and her look softened slightly but she still wasn't being exactly friendly with Andy.
"Well people can change" She finally said in a flirty manner but if you looked close enough the hurt was still visible in her eyes. Andy tried to take her hand again but she pulled away again and walked into the living room.
"What have you done to her?" Andy asked Jake whilst getting closer to him. He looked as though he was ready to try and kill Jake, try being the operative word.
"I did nothing. She told me that you didn't care so I told her that if we make her pretty then you'll start to notice her more" Jake explained. Andy rolled his eyes but turned angry again. She grabbed Jake by his collar and shoved him against the wall.
"Don't you realise that you are opening old wounds?" Andy spat. Jake was beginning to recover from the shock of Andy shoving him against the wall and managed to come up with a response.
"Unlike you I've only just met Carolyn" Jake said with a slight sense of humour in his voice that just made Andy even madder. He put more pressure on Jake but by now Jake was sick of being pushed around so he pushed Andy off him.
"Get off me" Andy grunted when he fell to the floor. Jake bent down slightly and looked into Andy's eyes.
"If I was you I would be in there helping Carolyn right now" Jake said with venom spitting out of his mouth. He turned and left leaving Andy on the floor feeling like a complete fool. Andy managed to gain enough strength to go and see Carolyn in the living room and what he saw didn't surprise him. Carolyn was breaking down on the sofa. Her makeup was running and small sobs were escaping her. He ran over to the sofa and sat down by her side. She looked up at him and all traces of anger were gone and sorrow had replaced it.
"They're gone Andy" She wept. Andy put his arms around her and held on tightly. He tried to soothe her but he had no idea how so he assumed that a conversation would be the best way to go with this matter.
"I know they are but you're not and you have to focus on getting through everything that's happened this week" Andy sighed.
"I'm still adjusting to the fact that two vampires are living in my house" Carolyn laughed weakly.
"You need to stop crying every day and be more cheerful" Andy said. Carolyn looked up again and nodded.
"I know I do. I'm stuck in a rut and I need to get out of it before it swallows me up" Carolyn explained.
"How about we do something that will make you happy?" Andy asked.
"What are we supposed to do?" Carolyn asked. Andy thought hard and then it came to him. She was always so happy when she had a man locking hands with her. She always felt so carefree when she had a boyfriend to spend time with and when she had someone who could care for her in ways that Andy couldn't. He wanted to be the one to care for her in that way but he still didn't fully trust himself around her yet. As much as he hated to say it he knew that Carolyn had to get closer to Jake.
"You really need to give Jake a chance" Andy finally said. Carolyn pulled away from him, looked into his eyes and then burst out laughing.
"Jake and I aren't going to go out" She giggled.
"Spend the day together and see what happens" Andy begged. Carolyn looked at Andy one last time before groaning in defeat and nodding. Andy took her hand and kissed it like he always does ever since her parents had died. He wiped underneath her eyes where the makeup had smudged and she looked good as new.
"Goodbye Andy" She said before turning to leave. Andy grabbed her hand and stopped her one last time. He wrapped his arms wound her and took a deep breath. These next hours were going to be the toughest hours he has ever faced in his life and he was anxious to see the outcome. Carolyn was off to spend her day with Jake. The same Jake who had just proven himself to be dangerous but Andy knew that he cared for her and that he was incapable of harming her in any way, shape or form so he had to let her do it. Carolyn pulled out of Andy's hug and turned to leave again but this time Andy let her. He sat back down on the sofa and growled loudly. He loved Carolyn so much but right now she was making things so difficult for him. Surprisingly he was still trying to get used to being a vampire and he wasn't convinced that his new vampire body was ready to be hit with all of these emotions for just one person. It was just getting so stressful. One of these days he was going to have to tell her how he felt about her instead of trying to hide behind some mask. It wasn't fair and it was causing them so much pain to go through. He was the one who was making it harder for them not Carolyn. He was creating this huge lie and every day it was breaking Carolyn's heart just that little bit more until one day it would snap completely and Carolyn would probably be immune to any sort of feeling in the world. Feelings hurt too much.
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