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Chapter 6

Blaise was standing in front of the house that Thea was now living at. She had been knocking on the door for a few minutes, before looking at her watch and seeing that Thea was still in school. Blaise took a breath in and took out her cell phone and sent a massage to Thea, to call her after school. Then, she walked over to Thierry's place.

At the front door of the mantion the butler opened the door and let Blais walk into the room. Blaise went to the kitchen, she pretty much lived here now days, this was the only safe place that her and Thea could meat at. Blaise then started walking around the house, she dcided to go up stairs to see Poppie, they were friends now.

When she got there she ran into Poppie walking out of the room. Poppie was not in a mood to talk, but she stopped anyways. "Hay, Poppy, what's up?"

"My brother called. He told me my mom is in the hospital." she huffed out.

"Umm, well, I am sorry."

"James will not let me go back." she said, starting to walk away.

"Poppie, you are dead to them," Blaise said, not expecting what came after she said that. Poppie came at her, teeth bared and ready for action, she was not the sweet little fairy-like girl that was her friend, she was a vampire, deadly. She was pressing her arm into Blaise's throat, Blaise could not breath properly, and was starting to feel lightheaded.

"Help." Blaise said, well whispered. But there was a swarm of vampires in the room anyways. They were pulling Poppie back, Poppie started sobbing into James's shoulder when he had her off of Blaise. "I am sorry, Poppie."

After that Blaise walked away, going to the kitchen again for some water and to calm down. She was going to leave the house in a few minutes, the house had gone from welcoming to scary in a seconds.

Blaise said good bye to some people and walked out of the house to go to Grandma's place.

"Lara, are you going to eat?" Nina said from the door of Lara's room. She did not know this human girl enough to just walk into the room without permission. Lara had not come down the stairs much today, she spent most of the time in bed.

"No," she heard the one muffled word from the bed of blankets.

"Sweetie, do you mind if I come in?"

"Come on in."

"Lara what's the matter? You have hardly eaten a piece of bread today." Nina said sitting on the bed, and pulling the covers back so she could see Lara's face. Lara closed her eyes and moaned, the light made her head pound even more.

Lara shrugged her shoulders. "My head has been hurting. And I miss home a little."

"Well, have you taken anything for the headache?" Nina said.

"I took some Tylenol earlier." Lara was not in the mood to talk, she only wanted her head to stop hurting.

"I might have something stronger here in the house. Do you want me to get it?" she was trying to be nice, and well trying to make Lara to feel more at home here in the new to her house.

"I would like that." she said, smiling. She pulled the blankets off of her, and stood up. "I think I'll try to eat dinner."

"Okay, it will be done in about an hour." Nina said, standing too. "How does chicken sound?"

"Good."

"Go wait down stairs, I'll be down soon." Nina said, and Lara nodded and walked away. When she got gown there she heard the TV going on some show. Lara peeked in there and saw that Nick was sitting there, not looking at the TV, but out the window.

"We are having company tonight. A witch, by the name of Claire Lynne." Nick said, frowning at the carpet.

"Why?"

"She is back in town, she was like an aunt to me when I was little, and had to leave almost twelve years ago, we have only talked to her through letters since then." Nick looked sad, he did not know what to think about that.

"I am sorry, Nick." Lara went over to give him a hug, but he pulled away, looking at the stairs as him mother walked down the stairs with a bottle in her hand.

"Here, Lara, it is a caffeine pill. It should work." she handed the bottle over with a smile and a nod. "Did Nick tell you that we are going to have a visitor."

"Yeah, he did."

"She will be here in about half an hour, how about you go and get ready?" Nina told her and she nodded and went upstairs and took a quick shower.

Finally, Claire got there, looking a bit tired but ready for anything. She had long brown hair, and dark eyes, and she was wearing just a normal T-shirt and jeans. She had just flown in, from Europe and family over there that she had visited. She walked into the house and went straight for the living room and sat down on a chair.

"And who is this?" Clair asked, smiling at Lara, but Lara could have sworn that she seen a flash of unease run through her eyes.

"My name is Lara."

"Well, Lara, I am Claire. It's nice to meet you. Are you a friend of Nick's"

"She just moved here from Salem, Oregon. She is staying here for a while, her mother could not, Lara, I am not going to say this to sound rude, but she could not handle her any more." Nina said, talking to the other lady. "She is the sweetest person that has walked through this house, well other then Nick's other friends."

"Don't worry about offending me, my mother has not been able to handle me for some time." Lara said.

"Well, I am sorry to hear about that." Claire said, and Lara nodded. Then Claire and Lara walked into the living room to sit and talk."

Lara sat there, quietly looking at her. She knew the woman from somewhere. The woman, Claire looked at her, then away to talk to Nick about school and friends outside of being homeschooled.

Lara kept looking at her, then out of nowhere she asked. "Why?" Just one simple word that made Claire look up at her.

"Why what?" Nick asked, looking at Lara.

"Umm, I am sorry. I. . .I need to go." Lara said, she thought about leaving the house, but that would be rude, and dinner was almost over. So she went to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face.

After that, she walked into her room to look around for a picture of something of the lady that she knew but could not remember from where. She was almost taking her room apart when there was a knock on the door, and Nick walked in.

"What are you looking for?" he asked walking over.

"I don't know." was all she said.

"Well, dinner's ready." He said and reached over and gave her a small hug.

"Okay, I'll be down in a minute."

When Nick left, she walked over to her suitcase and pulled out a picture of her and her mother when she was five, that is the earliest picture that she had of her and her mom. Then she walked out of the room, closing the door lightly behind her.

She walked into the kitchen and seen that everyone was already at the table. So she walked into the dining room, everyone looked at her. Lara smiled and looked down.

"Sorry." Lara said, walking over to her seat by Nick.

"How is little Alice doing?" Nina asked Claire.

"I. . . umm, she is doing okay I guess." Nick picked up on her lying before she even spoke, he could smell it around the room.

"Where is she? She should be about fifteen or sixteen?" Nina asked.

"I miss her, we have not seen her in years. We used to be good friends." Nick said, thinking back to when him and Alice would play in the back yard, that brought a smile to his face.

"She is sixteen now." she replied, then changed the subject. "So how have you been, Nina? How is work?"

"Well, Nick and I have been doing good, and Lara has been here for a few days, but . . Lara?" Nina said and asked Lara all in the same sentence.

"I have loved it here, everyone is so nice." Lara said climatically. "So how long are you here for?"

"I don't know yet," Claire said, giving Lara a smile. "I am sorry for asking, but have we met before?" Clair asked in a confused voice, seeming to see something else in Lara.

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