Chapter 4

Are There Really People Who Care?

After we got back into our somewhat regular routine, I decided I wanted to go to sleep now. Ian told me that the vision was probably one from before that came back. He said he made sure Jonathan was dead before he threw him out of the house. He also told me that he wouldn't want to come anywhere near us after what happened. I think Ian was just saying that, I think that Ian does believe that Jonathan is still alive and out here somewhere, but he just won't admit it.

"C'mon, Kristie. Don't you want to go to sleep?" he said as he would his arm around my waist.

I laughed, "Don't I always?" I said while both of us laughed.

After we laughed for a little bit and settled into the bed, we started talking a little bit about our future. "Can vampires have children?" I asked.

Ian laughed, "Of course they can. Even though we do come with a burden to carry, they cut us a break and let us have children. You know, Cecelia, Baily, and I were the only ones that James changed in the family. Simone had Trevor, Nathan, and Seth. I just look a lot like them because when you get changed, you usually turn out looking like them."

I laughed, "I don't really look anything like you. I mean, you have blond hair and blue eyes, and I have brown hair and green eyes. I think I just grew through the transformation."

Ian smiled, "You did grow a little bit, but I'm glad you don't look like me. The Kristie I fell in love with was and is the most beautiful girl in the whole entire world," he said smiling at me.

As I smiled back, I had a flashback of when Ian and I first started dating.

"Evans, Hamilton, separate right now," our math teacher said.

We both laughed, and I was the one to talk back, "Why? We aren't really doing anything that bad. Now are we?"

As we noticed the teacher getting furious, the bell rang and we were free. Of course the teacher pulled me over to talk for a few minutes, but I got off easy because I was one of her top students.

As I met up with Ian at our next class, Josh came by. "Hey Ian, Kristie," he said right before he coughed slut.

"Now that's where I draw the line," I screamed as I went for his throat. Ian of course had to grab me and pull me out of the way. As he was bringing me in, he whispered in my ear, "We both don't want a repeat of a couple of weeks ago, now do we?" he said as I sighed giving up.

Josh laughed, "See, Kristie. Ian doesn't let you have any fun. Now if you were with me, you could do whatever the hell you wanted. I wouldn't care if you wanted to sky diving, or throw yourself off of a bridge-"he started to ramble on, but thankfully, Ian interceded.

"And this is my point. You would let Kristie kill herself. At least I can protect her, not use her as toy to make yourself more popular. I bet that you would take advantage of her on the first date-"he also started to ramble on, but I was the next to talk.

I was starting to get angry at this point, "Both of you shut up! I mean really! You two are acting like children over the new toy. I'm a human, and I can make my own decisions, thank you very much. I really don't need to be told how to live my life, all I need is some guidance so I can make the right choices. I mean c'mon, could you two be more childish?" I said as I started to walk away.

Ian, knowing that he made a mistake, came after me. He encircled his arms around my waist from behind and whispered in my ear, "I'm sorry. I just feel really protective over you. I don't want to loose you to him."

As he said that last part, I bursted out laughing, "Like I would date Josh instead of you. And people say I'm dumb."

As Ian and I made up for what happened, Josh still had the nerve to talk to me. "You know, Kristie. I bet you anything that we would have wound up dating if you never fell down the stairs," he said as he put his hand on my face, bringing the hair back behind my ears.

Smacking his hand off, "I wasn't the one to fall. If you never distracted me, I wouldn't have fallen. And no, I'd pick a rock over you any day. You are annoying, greedy, ignorant, and so full of yourself. No one wants to date you; no one even wants to look at you. How do your parents put up with this?" I screamed as Ian laughed his way into hysterics.

"You got to admit, dude," Ian started off, "Kristie is right about everything."

After Josh calmed down a little, he walked away and didn't bother talking to either of us for the next week.

"Kristie?" Ian said looking at me worried. I just smiled and laughed at his expression. Ian looking confused as ever said, "Flashback or vision?"

"Flashback. This was the time when Josh and I got into our really big fight. It was a few weeks after the accident," I said as Ian laughed remembering good times.

After we talked for a few more hours, I finally fell asleep. I think I fell asleep when we were talking about our plans for the future: our kids, where we want to live, and if I wanted to go to college. College was a touchy subject for me, I mean, I am a vampire, I'm going to be married, and have kids, and college just seems to be to much.

The day, Ian woke me up to soon as always. "Kristie, c'mon, you need to get up," he kept saying over and over again.

Every time he would say that, I grunted and moaned. Ian, of course, found it hilarious and kept trying to get me up. He finally threatened me, "Kristie, I swear that I will call Trevor and tell him to come down here and wake you up." Right as he said that, I was up in a flash.

As I woke up, I was in basic shock from his threat. I woke up by falling off of my bed. As Ian laughed and helped me up, I said, "Dude! Was that really necessary?!"

He laughed, "It was the only way of waking you up. I'm sorry," he said as he smiled.

Smiling back, and being my smart mouth self persuaded him to try a different approach. "You know, Ian, there are other ways of waking me up," I said as he smiled. As he came closer by me, he put his arms around my waist, as I did with my arms around his neck.

"And what is that," he said against my neck.

I smiled and laughed, "I think you know." Ian smiled and laugh and brought his lips down to mine. "I think I know, too," he said with a slight laugh.

A few minutes later there was a knock at the door. As Ian went to go open it, I started to make the room more messy. Ian and I both knew that it was just maid, so I packed the bags quickly and started to leave.

"KRISTIE SCARLETT HAMILTON SOON TO BE EVANS," we heard Trevor start to roar. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?!" he said as he came running over towards me.

Ian grabbed me quickly and pulled me behind him. "Dude, wait. Calm down for a minute," Ian said in a soft, hushed tone.

"NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN. HOW CAN YOU STAND TO BE AROUND HER WHEN SHE DID THAT?!" Trevor yelled as loud as he could.

Speaking from behind Ian, "Um, Trevor? The only reason of why I did what I did was because I missed Ian. I never wanted to do that to you, but it just sorta happened. I am so sorry that I can't even put it into words," I said as I went up to go hug him.

Trevor quickly pushed me off of him, throwing me to the ground with full force. After I let out a little scream, Ian quickly came over to me, and Trevor instantly looked guilty. "Kristie? Are you okay?" Ian said.

Rubbing my head a little, "I don't know. My wrist really hurts," I said pulling up my left wrist. Ian quickly started pushing on the bones to see if they were broken, and one of them was.

"TREVOR YOU AMAZINGLY MORONIC IDIOT," Ian started to scream, "WHY DID YOU JUST DO THAT? I mean, what Kristie did was pretty bad, but you just went to far on this one. Kristie wouldn't turn to physical abuse. Dude, this is low, lower then you could have gotten."

Trevor came over right away to see what was wrong. "Now, Ian. Just think of what Kristie did to me. In a small way, she kinda deserved it," he said in a small tone as he was looking away.

After what Trevor said, Ian started to get furious. He went up to Trevor and pinned him against the wall. "No way in hell did Kristie deserve that. Compared to what she did, she is a saint right now. So she apologizes, and you feel the need to break her wrist? Amazing, Trevor, just amazing," Ian said as he came over to lift me up onto the bed.

"Well, sorry dude," Trevor said right before he walked away.

After Trevor left, Ian sad down on the bed beside me. "How is the wrist feeling, Kristie?"

I gently turned away from his touch, "It just hurts, you know. How long will it take for it to heal? I thought I couldn't get hurt anymore," I said in a sad voice.

Ian felt my expression and matched it. "It'll take a few weeks to heal. He did do some damage to you. You shouldn't be getting hurt, but I guess it happens. Maybe because you still have human traits you can still feel the pain. Normally, lets say I broke my wrist, I wouldn't even notice it until I looked at it."

I let out a big sigh and laid down. "I guess my friend relationship with Trevor is ruined now, huh?"

Ian laid down next to me and pulled me closer to him. "Don't worry about Trevor. He'll come around eventually. I bet he didn't even mean to do that. You know he has some anger issues. To be honest, he's actually jealous over you," he said with a smile as I cocked my head to the side.

"You see, even though Trevor had Alexa, there was always something missing with her. When he found out that I had you, he knew that you were better than Alexa. Actually, he was going to ask you out, but I beat him to it. When we first started dating, he would always ask about you, he was actually obsessed. He eventually gave up and let me not feel guilty. But you know, Trevor is just an idiot lost in this world," he said with a smile.

I laughed, "And for a second I thought that you were the one with the anger issues," I whispered quietly. Ian just looked up at me and smiled.

"I'm not always that bad, Kristie," he said in a playful voice.

I laughed and matched his tone, "Oh sure you aren't."

"Ian! Ian! Ian!" I said as I was running down the hall. He automatically saw me and smiled.

Ian was in the middle of a conversation with Carter when I came running down all out of breath. When I walked up to him, he wound his arm around my waist without thinking. Ian laughed before he talked. "What's up, Kristie? You look kinda excited."

"Frank is coming!" I screamed out in pure joy.

Right as I said that, Ian's smile and eyes turned grim. "Who the hell is, Frank? Anyone I should be aware of?"

I was still smiling after he said that. "Frank is my ex boyfriend," I said right before he got more mad. "We were best friends when we were little. We learned how to ride our bikes together, go to the park, and even help me to the hospital when I broke my leg. There really is nothing to be worried about, because we broke up just a few weeks before I moved. Frank moved on, so I had to, too. Are you actually jealous of Frank?" I said with a sly tone.

After I said that, Ian was pulling us away from Carter. When we got to my locker, Ian pinned me gently against it and put his arms on either side of my face. "I actually am a little bit jealous. But I mean really, why is he coming here? I really don't want to loose you."

I laughed a little. "We just wanted to see each other again. It's really no big deal. He'll be here for a few days, and then he is gone forever from my picture. If you really want, you can be there all the time. The only one I love is you, Ian. That's never going to change," I said giving him a small kiss.

"We both know very well that I will be there. I'm not letting you be alone with anyone but me," he said in a dark tone.

I laughed, "Whatever floats your boat, Ian. Whatever floats you boat."

"Kristie? You okay?" Ian asked.

I just laughed, "Why wouldn't I be?"

Ian looked serious for a few moments, "Oh, well I don't know. Maybe because you just broke your wrist. That does tend to hurt from time to time."

I just smiled and laughed, "Well, I think I can handle a little bit of pain."

Ian smiled back, "True. You have had worse."

"So, when are we going back?" I asked while I finished packing.

Ian came over and helped me. "Not until Trevor calms down. I really don't want you around him."

I laughed a little, "How could it get any worse?"

Ian looked dark and sinister, "Don't even go there, Kristie."

I looked sad for a minute, "Okay. I'm sorry."

Ian brightened up a little, "Don't be sorry. I just don't want to see you get hurt anymore then you need to. We really don't need anymore accidents."

I laughed, "Well, there are many more to come, Ian. There will always be more stairs to fall down on. Really, the pain just comes with the name."

Ian laughed, too. "Let's just hope that nothing to drastic comes along."

"Can't make any promises," I said with a grin on my face.