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Chapter 19
Bliss. That was the only thing that could describe how I had been feeling the past month. Josef really did make me happier that I thought I could ever be. He had finally allowed me to go back to work about a week after I moved in with him. He figured out that to much free time on my hands probably wasn't a wonderful idea – I had to much time to make changes to his house and I had access to too much money for them to be small changes. I was happy to be back with him, doing something semi productive.
Beth and I spent a lot of time with each other when I wasn't at work or with Josef. She had cut her hours back at Buzz Wire and was only working two or three days a week. She was the closest thing I had at this point to family. It had been hard for me to push my family away the way that I had. Beth had been there, she knew why I had chosen to do this. I couldn't stay living in my world, knowing what I did about the night that always surrounded us. I didn't know how long I would be human. Even with all of the pain that I had gone through when I was first told about this world, I knew that this is where I wanted to be. I didn't know if Josef would agree to turn me or not, but I would be able to find someone.
Mick was the big brother that Adian had never really been able to be. I was so glad to have him in my life. He took care of me, and for that I would always be grateful. I pulled myself out of my thoughts and out of the chair in front of the library fire that had become mine. I walked out to the balcony that gave you the feeling of being on top of the world. I walked to the railing and closed my eyes. I felt the light breeze whip my hair around my face. I took a deep breath of the moist air. There was a storm on the way.
I stood there for another hour before I felt the first drops of rain falling from the sky. The first sound of rolling thunder brought a harder rain fall. Moments later I felt Josef's arms around me. He didn't say anything; words weren't needed at this point. My life was finally making sense and for the first time, I wasn't running from it. He was the only person that would ever be able to give me that. For now, I was happy and Josef had given me this feeling. This was all I needed.
-Fin-
A/N: Okay, I know that this took much longer than it should have. This is the end of this story, but I do have more ideas. Part of the reason that this took so long was because I couldn't decide whether I should put my other ideas into just this story or make it into two stories. I have decided to split it up and I will try and start that story soon. I am in the middle of a condensed 6 – week semester and that is taking up a lot of my time. Thank you all for sticking with me through all of this and I hope that you will stick around for the next adventure. Please leave me one last review, they truly make my day! Thank you again - Lucky