Chapter 6

For A Teen Stuck At Seventeen, You Would Have Guessed I Would Be Just Fine On My Own…But Boy Were You Wrong.

"Kristie? Kristie? C'mon, Kristie, you have to wake up!" was all I heard for days and days. I knew I wasn't at home because I could hear the heart monitor beeping.

I kept having these flashbacks from when I was dating Ian, but they just kept coming back.

Flashback

"C'mon, Ian! Please?! Please?! Please?!" I kept saying over and over.

Ian turned to face me, "I don't care how beautiful you are, the answer will remain the same for each answer…no, Kristie."

I ran up to follow him, "And I don't care how annoyed you are with me, I will continue to beg until you say yes! You know I'm stubborn, and that I won't give up no matter how much you are annoyed with me, and if I have to, I'll get your brothers."

I sighed, "I honestly don't care. Go get them for all I care."

I frowned, "What's wrong? You seem in a bad mood even before I started begging."

Ian frowned too, "I'm just worried about you."

I laughed, "I can take care of myself, thank you very much."

Ian laughed, "Yea. Sure you can. We all know very well of how your actions supported you the last time. We know that it landed you in the emergency room, and we know that you got hurt because of it. Kristie, no offense, but you really aren't the smartest street person I've ever met. With you coordination being not the best, and you not being the smartest person ever, one day it'll wind you up either like me, or dead. And I really don't want you either of those."

I sighed, "You told me you would think about it, Ian. You made a deal with me!"

Ian sat down on the grass for a few seconds before I joined him. As soon as I sat down, he brought me into his arms and laid down. "Kristie, I know I made that deal. But you forgot all the specifics of it. You told me that you would settle for you being changed only in an emergency situation or if you're desperate enough-"

I cut Ian off, "But how are we suppose to be together? We can't be together when you're seventeen, and I'm like eighty-five. I mean really, how would you ever like me then?"

Ian laughed, "I'm always going to love you no matter how old you are. Even if you don't get changed, and when you pass away, I will still always love you. I want to be with you forever, but I don't want to do any of this to you. I'm sticking with your conditions; only in an emergency. I don't want to talk about it anymore."

I sighed and got up and started to walk away. Ian called to me from a far, "Where are you going, Kristie?"

I screamed my answer in tears at him, "As far away as possible from you!"

Ian of course ran after me. As I kept running, I eventually got a little far enough to screw him up. As the hours went on, it started to get cold and dark. My crying just got heavier as the hours went on, and I knew that Ian was starting to get really worried. Ian and I never really fought, but when we did, it got like this.

See, there are these times when Ian and I can't stand to even be around each other. We have many dislikes, but then again, we have so much in common. With Ian, everything for him is still stuck in the early 1900s. And with me, I live year by year going along with the flow of things.

Ian always said that one day we will get married, maybe have a few kids, and just live happily ever after. Even though we haven't been dating for that long, we both know that we love each other more than anything, and that no matter how mad we get at each other, we can always conquer the obstacles that come in our paths.

"KRISTIE! KRISTIE!" I heard Trevor roar over and over.

I quietly moaned to myself, but I knew that it was a mistake because Ian had amazing hearing. As soon as he saw me against the tree, he immediately looked relieved. "Kristie Scarlett Hamilton," he started out quietly, "Do you know how stupid that risk was? You could have gotten killed. Do you not remember that Jonathan is somewhere around the state? I'm just so glad that you're alive right now," he said as he came to hug me.

As soon as he touched me, I cringed in pain. "What's wrong, Kristie?" he said with a worried expression on his face.

"I-I'm just r-really co-ld," I stuttered.

Ian quickly wrapped his jacket around my shoulders and then picked me up to carry me home. "You know I love you so much, Kristie. Your actions sometimes just scare me as all," he said while I quietly laughed myself to sleep.

End Flashback.

Through all of this, I just kept switching in and out of them. One after another, only about my relationship with Ian.

Flashback

"Hamilton! Could you try any less?!" our gym teacher yelled at me.

I just laughed, "Why would I try? Where is this going to lead me in life? I mean sure, if I wanted to be a professional athlete then sure I would be giving it my all. But seeing as though that is no where to where I want to end up in life, then I really won't try that hard," I said as I talked back to him.

Unfortunately it was just me standing there. The boys were on the farthest field playing football, and the girls were on the other end playing soccer.

"Ms. Hamilton, I would suggest you get your ass over there before I send it to the principal's office. Now, it's your choice. You could continue to be really stubborn about this, or you could listen to me and go play soccer or football with your friends."

"Do you know how uncoordinated I am!" I yelled at him. As soon as I said that, everyone stopped what they were doing and immediately looked at me. Some of the guys cheered me on to keep talking back, and some people just died of laughter.

"Ms. Hamilton, one more smart remark will send you into the office, and you could face failing physical education. I would highly suggest going over there right now," he said with a stern look on his face.

I talked back again, but only this time, everyone was within a hearing distance. "And what if I refuse both?" I said in a smart tone.

Mr. Adams face got red hot, and he looked like he was about to explode. Instead of getting yelled at like I hoped, he slapped me straight across the face. As soon as I was on the ground getting ready to get up, the girls were looking at me with sympathetic eyes, and the guys just started screaming.

A group of them that I barely talked to came over to where I was. "Dude! Did you really just hit a girl?" Josh said while all the other guys cheered in.

As soon as Ian saw me, he came right over. "Ah Mr. Evans. Are you here to talk some sense into Kristie to go and play with her classmates?" he said with a proud smile.

Ian looked in disbelief, "No, I'm not. I'm here to see why the hell you did that to her! Yea, we all know Kristie is stubborn, but being slapped across the face, I mean really! Do you know that you can get arrested for that?"

He laughed, "Like I really care what happened to her. She's a slut, and I don't see how anyone could even pay attention to what just happened."

Ian and Josh were the ones to get furious now, but Josh was the one to talk because Ian was just too much in shock of what he just said. "Um, yea. People actually care about this girl, and if you even look at her again, the police will be called."

Mr. Adams just laughed at Josh. "I can look at her all I want; I'm a legal adult, and she's also my student. If she wasn't so stubborn," he started to say as he grabbed my arm tightly.

"Ow!" I screamed as he tightened his grip.

"See? I can do whatever the hell I want to this girl. And what are you two going to do about it?" he said as the grip tightened.

"Stop! You're going to break my arm!" I yelled out in more pain.


Ian was the next to talk, but it wasn't to the teacher, it was to Josh. "Get everyone out of here as fast as you can. I think Jonathan got to him," he whispered low enough for only me to hear.

Josh quickly nodded and got everyone out of the scene as fast as possible. When everyone was gone, Ian finally showed his true vampire self to all of us. I never saw it before, and when I finally did, it scared me a whole lot.

"I'd suggest letting go of Kristie real soon, otherwise it won't end well," he said darkly.

Josh was the next to join him, "Do what he says, he really means it."

Mr. Adams just tightened his grip. As soon as I heard a snapping noise, I screamed as loud as I could, and Mr. Adams just threw me to the ground.

As soon as Ian saw that, he turned from bad to worse. "You really didn't want to do that," Josh said in disbelief.

Mr. Adams laughed, "And why not? What does this girl mean to him? Because to me, she means nothing, she's just a bug begging to be squished to me," he said with a proud smile.

Ian quickly went for his throat. As soon as he was on top of him, Josh ran over to hold him down. As Ian was killing him, Josh looked over and mouthed me 'are you okay?' I shook my head quickly.

Josh quietly whispered to Ian loud enough for me to hear, "Dude, she needs to go to a hospital. I think he broke her arm. I don't think she's doing to good."

As soon as Ian was done killing Mr. Adams, he came over to me and started pressing on my arm. Fortunately, it was my left upper arm, so I could survive with it broken. Ian looked mad, but at the same time sympathetic. "I'm so sorry Kristie. I just couldn't tell what he was. This is my entire fault."

I laughed a little bit as I started to cry, "It's my fault for being so stubborn. I just thought that he would send me to the principal's office, not try to kill me. I should be the one to apologize."

Ian looked dark for a minute, "Don't you dare apologize, Kristie. Now, what hurts?"

I pointed to the spot where he was gripping it. Ian quickly rolled up my sleeve to see how bad it was. As soon as he saw, he gasped in horror. "What is it, Ian?" I asked.

"Josh!" he called. Josh quickly came over, "What's up du-"he started to say before he saw what was wrong?

"I swear I'm going to kill him twice," Ian said.

"What's wrong?" I screamed at them.

"Well, the good part of this is that it was a really good clean break. I really don't want you seeing this, Kristie. It doesn't look pretty," he said in a small, quiet tone.

"What could be so bad about this? I've broken my arm before."

Josh laughed, "That does sound like you, Kristie."

"Lets just say that your arm isn't in-closed in its skin anymore," he said in a slow, careful voice.

"Oh how lovely," I moaned.

"C'mon, Kristie. I need to get you to the hospital," Ian said as he started to pick me up.

"Whoa, wait. I have a presentation in English today, and I really need to be there. If I don't give it, then I'll fail the class."

Ian and Josh just looked at each other in disbelief. "Kristie, you just physically abused by a teacher, and yet you're saying that you want to go back in school with a beyond broken arm. I think you hit your head pretty hard from that fall," Ian said in a beyond shocked voice.

I struggled to get free, "Let me go!" I kept saying over and over.

Ian just stopped walking all together, "Kristie Scarlett Hamilton, you are going to the hospital. You are staying home from school for a few days, and you are going to listen to me, okay? You just got abused by a teacher for crying out loud!"

I quietly whispered to myself, "That isn't the first time someone has hit me."

After I said that, Ian was outraged, "What? Who the hell hit you?" he said in a dark, furious tone.

I tried avoiding the subject, "No one."

"Kristie! Who the hell did anything to you like that!?" he yelled.

"I don't want to talk about it!" I screamed at him as I got out of his arms, but unfortunately fall as soon as I tried running. As soon as I landed, I started to feel the worst pain in my arm, and I just bursted out into tears.

Ian quickly sat down next to me and brought me into his arms, "It's all okay, Kristie. We'll go to the hospital to make all of this better. Don't worry, he's not ever going to touch you again," he said softly over and over in my hair.

End Flashback.

After that flashback, I had only one more before I could even think about waking up.

Flashback

"Mom!" I yelled out, "There's someone I want you to meet!" I screamed again.

As my mom came in from the kitchen, she had a smile on her face. I never introduced her, or even spoke about Ian to her. "Hello, Kristie, and-"

"Ian," I said as I cut her off.

Mom smiled, "Hello, Ian. I'm Sarah, nice to meet you," she said as she went up to go hug Ian. Ian loved that my mom was so friendly, but I think he was also a little bit scared.

"Nice to meet you too, Mrs. Hamilton," Ian said back.

Mom laughed, "Please call me Sarah, dear."

Ian smiled as we all sat down on the couch to talk for a little bit before dinner was ready. "So Ian," my mom started off, "I want to know everything about you, and how you started dating my lovely daughter here."

"Mom! Isn't that just a little rude, don't you think?" I yelled at her.

Ian laughed, "It's okay, Kristie. I don't mind," he said with a smile.

"Well, Mrs. Hamilton, I come from a family of six kids and two adults. My brothers, Nathan, Trevor, and Seth are all older than me. My sisters, Cecelia, who is one year older than me, and Baily, who is one year younger than me, all live together with my parents, James and Simone. Kristie here is best friends with most of them," he said with a laugh, "She is having a hard time being friends with Trevor, though," he said as I elbowed him, but I should have known that it wouldn't hurt him one bit.

"As a kid, I moved a lot. I was actually born here, but then moved brown state to state finally ending up back here."

"Oh really," my mom started. "Kristie was actually raised here for a few years, but then had an accident, and then we moved."

Ian laughed, "She does tend to have a lot of those," he said while they laughed.

"My mom, Simone, is an amazing musician. I learned most of what I know from her actually. And my dad, well he tries to hard to be a parent sometimes," he said with a laugh. "But what's amazing about my family, is that we always get along. I can only think of a few instances that we actually got into a really bad fight.

"I actually met your daughter when she fell down the stairs a few months ago. You see, we both secretly had a crush on each other, but the other person didn't know. Unfortunately, Kristie had to get hurt for us to realize that we both love each other. I love your daughter so much, Sarah. We both know that we won't leave each other," he said with a breathtaking smile.

My mom interrupted, "You said that you are a musician. What instruments do you play?"

Ian smiled, "Mostly piano, but some others."

Mom's face lit up real fast as soon as he said that, "Would you mind playing something for us?" she asked pointing to the upright to the left of us.

Ian smiled, "I would be delighted to," he said as he got up to go and play. As soon as he started playing, I immediately recognized the song, Sonata K. 545 by Mozart. He played it flawlessly, and even made my mom cry at the end.

"Ian, that was just amazing," she said in tears.

Ian came back over and sat down, "Thank you, Sarah," he said with a smile.

"You can come over and play any time you want," she said calming down a little bit.

I quietly whispered to myself, "Why don't you just adopt him? I'm sure you would be happy to have him as a son, he could make you proud for once."

When Ian heard that, he looked at me with a worried expression on his face, "Kristie, your mom loves you more than anything. I think she's just really happy for you right now. Did you see her smile when she walked in the room? And if you can make me proud, then I'm sure you make her billions of times more proud."

I smiled a little bit, "I guess."

"Kids! Dinner is ready!" mom called to us.

"Are you sure you can eat?" I asked in a puzzled tone.

Ian laughed and put his arm around my shoulder, "I never said vampires couldn't eat human food. I just said that it's not our choice of food."

I laughed, "And what is? Oh, and I'm warning you, my mom doesn't cook the best. So if at all you start to feel sick, just tell me, and I'll make sure you never ever come back here again," I said with a serious look on my face.

Ian laughed, "I'm sure your mom's cooking is just fine."

I smiled, "Oh. You just wait, Ian. You just wait."

End Flashback.

"Kristie? Please, Kristie, please just wake up," I heard Ian cry over and over.

I quietly moaned, "Where the hell is Trevor? His death wish is awaiting him," I said in a pained, soft voice.

Ian laughed, "That's the Kristie I missed," he said in a smile.