Authors Note: Sorry everyone for the long time it took to update! I have been in the hospital and being high on pain killers makes creative writing hard. Here it is though! I promise the next one will be longer!
Chapter Two:
The next morning Hal awoke to a loud snore. He looked over to his sleeping Alex and smiled. Everything was perfect now that the Devil was gone and they were human. He only wished; No he was not going to think of Leo or Pearl, Annie and baby Eve nor the lingering stories in the back of his mind of Mitchell, Nina, and George that Tom constantly told. He had lost so much during his long life as a vampire and though he was now human he still felt old and stretched thin. He longed for a restart button. Suddenly he heard footsteps downstairs and looked at the clock. "It's only six in the morning? Surely Tom wouldn't be up this early." As Hal crept downstairs he heard a low whispering, it sounded familiar but it couldn't be…it was the impossible. As he entered the kitchen the smell of breakfast was consuming and there standing in front of him holding a mug of tea was Annie.
Hal fell to his knees. "Annie? It couldn't – how did you – wait, are you real or am I dreaming again?" Annie smiled as she held out the mug for him as he sat down in the nearest chair hanging his head in disbelief. "Am I crazy?" he asked. "No silly, it's me...and well the rest of us." Hal's eyes widened as Mitchell, George, and Nina holding baby Eve walked into the room. Mitchell laughed as he took Hal by the hand and pulled him into a one sided hug "We have been waiting forever to meet you mate!" Hal smiled weakly and sat back down…"We didn't make it did we?" he said quietly. "Are we…dead?" He said the last word in no more than a whisper.
"We don't know." George said cryptically. "What he means is we are just as confused as you are Hal. We are alive…human even. It's just…" Nina trailed off. "We don't know how it happened and what caused this." Annie finished. Annie knelt down in front of Hal and held his hand. "We have wanted to tell you for days now but we figured you needed time. I am so sorry Hal this was not the kindest way to let you know but we couldn't think of another way." "Don't get me wrong." Hal said staring into Annie's big brown shining eyes; "I am happy you all are here but this is impossible! Also if you are here where is Leo and Pearl?" Annie just dropped and shook her head; she knew just as much as he did which of course was nothing." He sighed bitterly as Mitchell placed his hand on Annie's shoulder "Let's give him some time to absorb this love, and then we can all come up with a plan to tell Alex and…Tom. God knows that this will be hardest on him." Hal looked up into each of their eyes "You have no idea."