Hey, so I know the chapter name sounds strange and all, but I was playing with words one day and now I can't call it anything else, sorry!

CH. 4- Bistro Feasto

Alden drove her about twenty minutes down the coast past beautiful scenery, but Alden was going so fast, Camdyn was white-knuckled the whole time. Nestled in between a café and an antique store in a small, nice town, lay Bistro Sofia. The door and shutters were painted blue, and the whitewash looked fresh. Smells of fresh baked bread and good food wafted out the door to greet them as they entered. A waitress in a white apron seated them in a booth with a window that looked out on the quaint street.

After a few minutes of studying the menu, the waitress came back to take their orders, "So, what'll it be?"

"I'll have a roast beef sandwich," Camdyn said.

"And for you?" the waitress turned to Alden.

"Oh, just a glass of ice water please," he smiled at her.

"Are you sure about that? You have to eat something. The clam chowder is really great today," she nudged.

"Well then, I guess that will do."

The waitress smiled, wrote down their orders, and left.

Camdyn gave him a look. "I thought vampires didn't eat human food," she laughed at him.

"They do not. I was hoping you would eat it so I will not get into trouble with 'mother' over there."

They both laughed and were still laughing as their food was served. Camdyn enjoyed her roast beef as well as half the bowl of Alden's delicious clam chowder.

"Too bad you can't taste this; it's great!" Camdyn said of the chowder.

"You are just lucky I do not try to taste anything!" he joked.

With their lunch finished, Alden took her out for another scary drive, this time they ended up on a beautiful outcropping over the ocean. A lone tree stood on the cliff, and Alden and Camdyn took advantage of the shade and support and sat down under its leaves. Alden leaned against the tree and Camdyn lay against Alden, his arms around her.

"So, why did I never see you at school before?" Alden asked her.

"My mom," Camdyn smiled, "is overly protective. She kept me at home so that she'd be able to help me if anything happened. If my blood sugar goes too high or too low, I could go into shock."

"And who else is a part of your family. I have only heard about your mom so far." Alden ran his fingers through her silky brown hair.

"Well, there's just me, my mom, and my dad. My mom's a teacher at different high school, thank God, and my dad is a computer technician. He's the one who brings in all the money, because a teacher sure doesn't earn much. How about you? You mentioned a Jason before, to Mrs. Carasoni. Is he your brother?"

Alden looked contemplative, "Well, no, not literally. He was created by the same vampire that created me, but he was made only seventy years ago. Of course, my teacher left him in my care only three years after he was made, and I have been taking care of him and teaching him what I know. He does not go to school at all. His blood lust is still too great for him to be able to handle so many people at once, and his blood is still close to his skin, so he stays home, but maybe I can introduce you too sometime."

"It get's lonesome, being at home all the time. You're alone for long periods of time, because your parents are at work, and you just go crazy," Camdyn said in sympathy.

"Did you go crazy?" he asked.

"The truth? Yes, I did. Often. You have no idea of the things I would do to pass the time."

"Like what?"

"Let's just say I was a bad kid and leave it at that," Camdyn laughed.

"Come on, I want to know," he nuzzled her neck, leaving traces of soft kisses.

Camdyn laughed, "Oh, I liked to climb onto the roof and pretend I could fly. I never could, but that didn't stop me from trying, and I set things on fire just to watch them burn…"

"Like what?"

"The furniture," Camdyn laughed. "I almost burnt the house down once, when I decided to set one of the dining room chairs on fire. Too bad my nanny was there and caught me."

"Too bad? I am really happy she did catch you, or I would not have you in my arms right now," Alden turned her head towards him so he could kiss her. Her lips softened as the kiss intensified, and she pressed her hands to his chest.

"Anyway," Camdyn continued, a bit breathless, "my parents took me to see a shrink and he told them it was because I was 'socially deprived'. So, they took me to a kid's club that met both Saturday and Sunday every weekend and on Wednesday evenings, but ever since then my dad's been trying to get my mom to give me more freedom. My going to school was a big step for her, but dad and I won out in the end."

"So, I finally have the Therona's story."

"Can I ask you a question?" Camdyn held his hand in between both of hers.

"Shoot," he said.

"Do you still kill humans? I mean, it doesn't seem like you do, but…"

He smiled down at her, "No. I used to, but I met a group of vampires three hundred years ago who lived off of hunting animals. They showed me I did not have to kill people anymore."

"So what do you… eat?" she didn't know the right word to use.

"Oh, bears, fish. Any animal in the region, really. It took me a long while to stop hunting human's, though. Their blood still tastes better than any animal. Jason started being 'vegetarian' with me, but sometimes I think it was easier for him to make the switch because he was still so young and impressionable."

"'Vegetarian?'" she asked.

"It's our personal joke," he laughed.

"Right," Camdyn smiled at him, "Can I ask you another question?"

"Of course you can."

"Why did you kiss me and then avoid me?"

Alden frowned but answered, "I kissed you because I found myself falling for you, your beauty, and your quirks. I felt an attraction I could not seem to ignore."

"Beautiful? Ha. Pretty maybe, but not beautiful."

"You are beautiful."

Alden turned her face towards him and kissed her deeply. Camdyn reached up to hold his face as his lips captured hers. Breathless, Carwyn finally pulled away.

"How come I'm always the one who has to pull away?" she whined.

Alden laughed at her, "I do not have to breathe, but it is not like I can when I am around you anyway."

Camdyn smiled, but she soon took to searching his face, as if trying to find the answer to a question written on his brow, "So why'd you ignore me?"

Alden took her chin into his hand, making sure she was looking into his eyes, "I am a monster, Camdyn. I could kill you at any moment, for no other reason than I lost my temper, and you could be dead. I wanted to protect you from me."

Camdyn smiled, "Do me a favor?"

"Anything."

"Don't protect me from you again."

"I cannot promise that," but he smiled and bent down to kiss her again.

Yes, I know it's short, but the next one's longer, ok? I promise! I love how it's going, I mean, taking them away from school made this whole part run soo smoothly. My favorite part to write was in the last chapter where Camdyn screams when he turns off the interstate. (lol)