Brothers

I had settled into my new existence, my life before almost forgotten, it's scary how easily you forget what you was before, forget there's family out there missing you. A month passed and I really started thinking about them, but no missing posters had been placed. Now I wasn't sure what was going on, but I expected something, anything, but nothing. I also wanted to see Sam, how he was. My disappearing would ave hit him the hardest. So I headed home, well what was once my home for a short time.

The house was mostly fixed up, no one looked to be up. I circle around to the side, where mine and Sam's' room windows are. I thought of going threw Sam's' window, but I didn't want to give him a heart attack, so threw Mine I went. my room looked much like it did the night I left to the Boardwalk to see Gale. Gale, well I'm still angry at her and it'll be awhile before I'll forgive her for what she did.

" Sam." I whisper to the darkness. Nothing, he was likely asleep, but then I picked up the acceleration of a human heart beat, he was awake and likely knew what I was now for that reaction and yet no word. I crack the door open a little more and look in, Sam's' sitting in the dim night light a stake in his hand, fear in his eyes, he's looking dead straight at me. I have no idea how he'd know what happened, but some how he knew, how many nights had he been like this in fear I'd come for him?

Slowly I open the door. I don't feel any different towards him, sure he's human, he's not what I am, but even if he's no longer family, he's still my brother, that hasn't changed. " Sam?" I look at him confused, maybe worried, I can still worry, even if I can't feel sympathy or remorse for what I am and do. I'm worried for Sam, what has he been threw?

Sam drops the stake and suddenly is latched around me, mumbling over and over that he can't do it. I place my hand on top of his head. " Sam? What happened? Someone do something? How long have you been sitting up at night with a wood stake?"

Sam pulls back, wiping tears from his eyes. " The Frog brothers... They saw, they saw David and then said you're with them, you're one of them and that you'd come after us now and try to turn or kill me... I'd have to stake you to free you... I can't Mike." Sam then hugs himself to me. He already been threw this mental battle before with having to try and accept what I had been turning into. Sam had started coming to terms with it then as i had. He still feared though, but as he said, he couldn't do it.

I stand holding Sam. " You're my brother, Sam, remember doesn't matter, I'm still your brother? They're right though, there's no turning back this time and they didn't die, none of them did." My last words come out in an almost monotone sound.

After a long moment of silence Sam stirs and then slugs my side and hard. " That's for disappearing for a month you jerk! I don't care if you're a shit sucking leechy ass wipe! You could have left a note or something!" Sam and inside voice often don't mix.

" I, I didn't think to, I didn't know what to do, I didn't want to come back and hurt you or see you hate me!" I nearly yelled.

" I don't hate you! You ass hole we didn't know what happened and then we're told you're a monster and out munching fat ugly virgins." Sam had stopped crying, but he still looked very upset.

" I'm sorry, I just couldn't come back, not then. I won't vanish again like that, I swear." I meant it, I'd come see Sam and not disappear for so long again.

" So you're coming back? We can get your room fixed, take the window out put up a wall, that way you wont have to worry about burning in th.." Sam trails off at my shaking my head.

" No Sam, I wouldn't feel right, I'm not human anymore and it wouldn't feel right or safe and you wouldn't be safe, not just from me, but the boys would come to take me back. I'm one of them and don't belong here, I belong with them now. I mean I'll visit, I wont disappear again, but I can't stay in the house." I didn't want to have to break Sam's' hopes, but I couldn't stay, only come back to visit. " Think of it as i moved away, it isn't like I was going to live in this house forever."

" I know, but this is different, you're not getting a job and moving away. You're a shit sucking vampire with breath that reeks." Sam takes a few steps to his night stand and pulls some double mint from the drawer. " Seriously Mike, breath mints are your friend." Sam holds the gum out, which I take a stick and pop in my mouth. " How do vampires get dates when you're breath smells like you've been licking Nanooks' ass."

I rolled my eyes. " It's not that bad you doofus." We both laugh a little, some sort of normalcy restored. Sam has had a lot of time to think of this. Sam was far from happy, but from a short glimpse of his mind he was relieved I was still mostly me and that I came back.

Sam had thought I may have stayed away because of him, that because how he acted before and the killing the vampires that I didn't like him now and that I didn't want to come back. I couldn't respond to these thoughts because they are thoughts and I didn't want Sam worrying anymore things than he already dose.

" Mike? They aren't going to come for me, or the Frogs?" Sam asks nervously.

" They aren't happy with you and don't like you, but they won't come for you Sam or any of the family... The Frogs though will have to watch what they do and can't wonder anywhere during the night, David gets hold of them, they wont live. He's ignoring them for now." I walked over and sat down on Sam's' bed, next to him. Sam had flopped down on it after giving me the gum.

Sam looked like he hadn't slept in days and he probably hasn't if he's been up terrified i was coming back to kill him at some point. Sam suddenly sits up and grabs the phone and starts dialing it.

" Who you calling?" I looked at him with confusion, but my answer soon came When Sam nearly shouted Edgar.

I groaned and stood up, turning towards Sam, watching him.

" Mike showed up like you said." Sam glances up at me. I can hear the gruff voice asking him if he did what he had to do on the other side. " Uh, I, He didn't attack me." Another voice saying something about not letting his guard down and don't let it fool you. Great I'm now an it.

I hold out my hand for the phone Sam gives me this nervous look, but hands it over as the gruff voiced kid starts saying something like that I need to be staked. " Listen you little shit, stop filling my brothers head with bull shit or I'm going to come over and kick your little lame-o ass!

" Mike!" Sam jumps up and grabs the phone, trying to wrestle it from me. " And mom asks why I don't have many friend, cause you threaten them soon as they say something you don't like!"

" No I threaten them when they start telling you to do stupid shit, like these little homo virgins saying kill your brother you'll feel better!" Sam's' hanging on my arm, trying to climb up my side to get the phone from my hand as I hold it straight up.

" I'm not going to do anything, I'm not going to kill you! Stop threatening them, they're ok, sides i don't want to be banned from the comic book store!" Sam tries to swipe the phone, but I move my arm, causing him to miss.

" Alright, I won't kick their ass... Right now, seriously." I put the phone against my ear. " I won't kick your ass's... Better Sam?" Sam huffs.

" Give me the phone." Sam holds his hands out, I plop the phone in them. " Uh Edgar?" I hear a unsure response on the other end. " I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?" the weird kid grunts and Sam hangs up. " Mike, you're a jerk."

" What's going on in here?" Moms voice, naturally the yelling got her up. " Micheal?" Mom suddenly shouts and crushes me into a hug, crying. Guess even if you're no longer part of the same species, family still is family after all.

" Uh, mom. I have something to tell you." I say, getting moms attention. " I dropped out of school." This made mom laugh and hug me again.