Henry did not sleep, but then again he has no reason too, He was busy watching Vicki catch some shuteye. He was scared that Christina would come back; he knew Mark could defend himself, but Vicki in her condition was weaker than normal.
The next couple of days Henry was on high alert for any sign of Christina. Vicki and Mark were spending their nights at Henry's for protection.
Mark was sleeping and Vicki and Henry were up late talking. Mark was more tired than normal, so he slept during the night for the first time in over a month.
Unbeknown to Vicki or Henry, Christina, using her supernatural powers, invaded Marcus' sleep.
Mark was awake, but asleep at the same time. She walked over to his bedside and sat down as she watched him sleep. She ran her fingers through his dark brown curls. He breathed so silently; she wanted to kiss him as a dark passion stirred within her. She had been waiting for someone like him for over 5 centuries. She leaned over him and placed her hand on his pale face. She brought her face close to his and gently kissed his lips, then moved her mouth towards his neck. Christina bore her fangs and sunk them deep into his skin. Immediately Mark woke with a start, and the vision of Christina vanished before his eyes.
A cold breeze swept through the room and Henry stood up and went to his room, Vicki followed.
"Henry? What is it?" Vicki asked with eagerness.
When he entered his room, Marcus was sitting up in bed, and quickly got up when his father came in.
"You felt her too?" Mark asked.
"Yes, I did." Henry looked over at his son, and blood trickled down his neck, and quickly down his bare chest.
Vicki went over to him. "Mark, what happened?"
"Did, she bite you?" His father asked simultaneously.
Mark nodded at his Henry, and his wound healed right before their eyes.
At that moment anger raged through him, like he never felt before, and he went to his father, and grabbed him by the shirt, Henry did not fight back, he didn't want to provoke his son anymore than he already was.
"What does she want with me!" He yelled at his father.
"I cannot answer that." Henry replied.
"What do you mean, by you cant answer that?" He asked in the same tone as before.
"Mark let him go." His mother demanded. Mark looked over at Vicki and did as he was told.
Mark let go. "Dad..I, I'm sorry." He said apologetically.
"Its okay, Mark." You were only reacting to your emotions.
"Dad, you know I would never…" Henry cut him off.
"Its alright, Mark." He said reassuredly. Mark walked over to his father.
"I love you, Dad." Mark said with a smile.
Henry smiled when he heard his son say those words to him.
"You too." He replied.
That night was a very long night for all of them.
"Its time you went to sleep, you start your last year of high school tomorrow." His mom said.
"Goodnight, Mom, Dad."
"Night, Champ." Henry said.
He fell asleep on the couch and in less than a few hours his senior year would start.
"Mark, wake up." Vicki woke her son up with a slight tug.
He opened his eyes with a smile. "Hi Mom, can I take the car?" He asked.
"Yeah, here, " She said handing him the keys to his father's car.
"Thanks, I will see you later." He smiled and rushed out the door.
Mark's first day of classes was uneventful, and after school he went to practice and then to pick his mom up from work.
"Hey Mom, Coreen."
"Hey Mark, how was your first day?" Vicki asked with a smile.
"It was awesome, guess who was named captain of the soccer team?" He smiled.
"You?" She said with an even brighter smile.
"Of course." He said.
"That's awesome, I'm so proud of you." She replied.
"Yeah, I was pretty surprised." He smiled back.
"Sarah was really happy for me."
"Whose Sarah?" Vicki asked with her hand on her stomach.
"My girlfriend." He replied.
"Oh, I see, now do I have to give you the whole sex talk." Vicki smirked.
"Mom! No." He said laughing. "Its not like that, we just started dating."
"Oh okay." She replied.
"You all set to go?" He asked.
"Yeah, lets go home." She said handing Mark her bag.
"God, what do you have in here, bricks." He laughed.
Mark drove home, they ate dinner, and headed to his fathers, something they have both gotten used to in the past couple months.
"Hey Vick, how are you feeling?" Henry asked with a kiss.
"Pretty good, like I'm going to explode." She joked.
"You have 4 ½ months left, lets not think about exploding yet." He rubbed her stomach.
Mark sat down at the table, and started his homework, he didn't have much, but the teachers like to get started right away, especially in honors and AP classes.
An hour later Vicki and Henry were cuddling watching a movie, and Mark finished his homework.
"I'm going over to Sarah's house, I will be back soon." He told his parents.
"Whose Sarah?" Henry asked.
"My girlfriend, she lives not too far from here. I won't be gone long, were just going to watch a movie."
"Ohh I see." He replied.
"Alright, just be careful." Vicki said as he walked out the door.
Vicki laid her head on Henry's chest, and closed her eyes. Henry ran his fingers through her hair and finished watching the movie.
When the movie was finished, he covered Vicki up and went to work on his sketching, it was around 11:30 when Marcus came home.
"How was your night?" Henry asked as soon as he walked through the door, his back facing Mark.
"I will never get used to that." He smiled taking his coat off.
"Well, how was the movie." He asked again putting down his pencil.
"Oh that, it was fine, nothing too special." Mark replied.
Henry smiled. "You put the moves on her?" he teased.
"I don't have too, girls just find me irresistible." He smiled and went along with the joke.
Henry smirked. "That's part of the beauty of being like us, we have a natural aura about us, that women find so attractive." Henry said pouring himself a glass of wine, and one for his son.
"Thanks." He said accepting the glass from his father's hand.
He took one sip, his night form overcame his day form. His head ached for a minute, but quickly shook it off.
"Again, something I still have not gotten used too." He said taking another sip.
"You will, in time." Henry said putting his glass down.
"Yeah" He said softly.
They finished the wine, and Mark stayed up until the sun rose, and then dropped his mom off at work and headed to school.
This regime continued for the next two months, then when Mark was coming home from school to pick his mom up, something happens that he is not prepared for.