It was true, but he did not want to admit it. He liked Ava. These feelings were new to him. He once told his father: "Fight back! Make these mortal's blood run cold!" He was never a fan of humans, really he hated them, yet now he was falling for one. Gregory had been waiting for his parents to notice the human smell on him and after some time they did.
"Gregory, have you been with a human?" His mother asked in surprise.
"Yes." He answered simply. His father was at Freda's side in seconds.
"You didn't bite the human did you?" Frederick asked. Frederick was sure that he did, but he was surprised when his son shook his head, no. Gregory could see his father's shocked face, and could not help but smile in amusement. Freda cleared her throat.
"Why were they here?" Freda asked a little worried that their hiding spot had been figured out.
"She was visiting her newly dead brother." Gregory answered.
"At this time of night? Wait, did you say she?" Frederick asked. The first human Gregory had not tried to drain was a girl? Gregory sighed.
"That's what I said." He said slightly annoyed. Frederick narrowed his eyes at his hot-tempered son. Freda tried to keep a smile off of her face. She had not forgotten about what Tony had said: "Then, I saw a bunch of vampires and some red headed lady. I think she was human." Maybe this was the girl that Tony had seen with Gregory. Gregory had not bitten this girl which meant he cared for her.
"He likes her." Rudolf said. Ana smiled. She had told Rudolf about her suspicions of Gregory's crush. Gregory hissed at his brother. This was not a topic he wished to talk to his parents about. Frederick growled.
"She is human. Victim or slave-"Frederick started.
"I know. I know. I know. 'Dinner perhaps, but you can never be his friend." Gregory said repeating the exact words that his father said when Rudolf brought home his human friend. Frederick growled once more. Freda placed her hand on her husband shoulder.
"Is it so bad that he has found a girl?" She asked.
"It is when she human." He replied.
"That could be could be changed." Gregory growled. He glared at his mother for even suggesting that Ava would be turned into a vampire.
"I will not allow it." He said in a warning voice, but he knew that if his father agreed, then on one else opinion would count.
"I don't think turning her into a vampire will help, father." Ana said.
"I agree." Frederick said. Gregory let out a sigh of relief.
"She doesn't know about us, so all should be fine." Freda said. Gregory made a face and cleared his throat.
"About that-" He started. Freda's eyes grew wide. Frederick was mad.
"You told her! How could you be so reckless? Are you trying to get us killed? Little crush or not you cannot tell people about us!" Frederick yelled.
"She guessed! Besides look at me! I'm not exactly human looking!" Gregory yelled back referring to his pale skin, red eyes, and the sharp fangs that he had. He ignored his fathers last comment.
"He didn't deny his love." Ana whispered to Rudolf causing him to force himself not smile. He was not in the mood to deal with a mad Gregory.
"It doesn't matter. You could have lied!" His father argued.
"I didn't want to." Gregory growled.
"Love, Rudolf told a human, and Tony has done nothing but protect us. Maybe a girl will help him. I doubt that she will say anything." Freda said trying to calm everyone down.
"Bring her to meet us tomorrow. All of you leave now, it's almost dawn." Frederick said. Well, that should be interesting. Gregory thought as he got ready to sleep.
He was glad to see her there again, but he was also annoyed. Gregory pretty much was going to have to force her to meet his father. She was standing there looking at her brother's grave. Yes, she was sad that he died, but she no longer came to the grave yard for him. It was the only place where she knew to find Gregory. He watched her for a couple of minutes before breaking the silence.
"Hello, Ava." He said smirking when she jumped.
"Hello." She replied. His smirk almost stopped her heart. He sighed.
"My parents are aware that you about and because of this fact my father has asked me to bring you to them." Gregory said a little worried about how she would react. She was stunned, but nodded anyway.
"He's not going to like eat me, are they?" She asked only slightly kidding. He chuckled.
"No, the only one who might bite would be me." He said smirking when she blushed. "Come on." He said putting out his hand for her to grab. She blushed again and grabbed his hand. They walked for a couple of minutes before they came to the opening in the ground. He held her by her waist as he jumped in the opening landing on his feet. Frederick sensed his son and the human before they even jumped into the opening. He was waiting for them at the opening. Frederick had to admit that the human was beautiful.
"So you're the human who guessed our secret." Frederick said purposely scaring her. She looked at Gregory with a scared expression. Gregory sighed.
"I said he would not bite. I never said that he was nice." Gregory said glaring at his father. Ava cleared her throat and looked at Frederick.
"Yes, sir." She said
"Why are you here?" Asked Frederick, making Ava confused.
"Because I was told to." She said.
"Do you always do what you're told to do?" Frederick asked the first one of many questions.
"Well that was fun." Gregory said as he walked her home. He wanted to be nice, and he was also curious about where she lived. She laughed.
"Very fun." She replied. They arrived right outside her house. "This is it. Thank you." She said turning around to walk away. Gregory, without thinking, grabbed her arm and turning around and pressed his cold lips to hers. Ava stood there frozen, but after a second she found herself kissing back.
"Good-bye, love." Gregory said walking away. Ava blushed and walked into her house unaware that her mother had seen the whole thing.
Gregory made it to the grave yard write before the sun arose. He was happy which everyone could see, but Ana was the only one who knew why. She had seen Gregory and Ava kissing.
"How romantic." She whispered to herself.