Chapter 8

The Words Got Taken Right Out Of My Mouth.

"Ian?" was the only word that I could speak at the moment.

I heard a dark, familiar chuckling sound, "Kristie, Kristie, Kristie, don't you know better to not say his name in front of me? I would have thought that the last time taught you a lesson. I really don't want to do this to you, but it seems like you need to be taught a lesson," he said right before he walked over to me and started to go for my neck.

"I thought that you can only get bitten once?" I said in a whisper.

Jonathan laughed, "That's what your told. They don't want to scare you any more than you already are. You see, I actually got bitten more than once. First there was precious little Ian," he said while I growled, "and then there was a nice young lady named Alexa who bit me."

I laughed for a minute, "Alexa couldn't have bit you. She died while you were there."

Jonathan laughed, "They never told you, did they?"

I cocked my head to the side, "I have no idea what you're talking about, Jonathan."

He laughed, "Of course you don't. They told you the story of how she died while Trevor was gone, but reality is, that she bit me. Once she saw me coming, she bit me, but I got her off of me just in time, and then I bit her. I don't like people touching me, Kristie. The more you get bitten, the less vulnerable you become. But with you, I wouldn't be surprised if you just died all together."

I got scared for a minute, "What do you mean?"

Jonathan laughed, "You are not like other vampires, Kristie. You still sleep, eat normal food like you have been doing it your whole life, you still use the bathroom, and you can cry. Kristie, you aren't a normal vampire. I think if I bite you again, you will either die, or go back to being a human," he said with disgust.

I laughed, "Like Ian would allow that."

Jonathan looked mad for a minute, "Ian doesn't know where you are right now. I sent him far away, I gave him the wrong directions."

I laughed a little, "Like Ian would believe that."

Jonathan smiled for a minute, "I blocked your thoughts from him, and if he has the ability to sense your thoughts, that's blocked, too. Do you know where we are?"

I looked around for a few moments. I noticed a big, loud furnace, and shelves full of board games. I gasped, "My old basement," I said tearing up.

He laughed, "Right you are, Kristie. So you were born here, and now you're going to die here," he said coming close to my neck.

"Do you really have to do this?" I asked in a pissed tone.

He only laughed, "If it keeps you away from Ian, then yes," he said closing the distance.

In one swift movement, his teeth sank into my neck draining all the vampire blood I had.

As soon as he was done, I fell limp on the ground. "You…are…so dead," I said right before I couldn't keep conscious anymore.

A few days later…..

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep was all I heard for days and days at a time.

"I knew he was lying. I knew that he would go to her old house. I'm such an idiot for believing him! Why does all of this have to happen now? I mean, we already graduated, but our wedding, ugh, how am I suppose to know if she'll even make it!" Ian said in broken sobs.

"Honey," Simone started to say. "He fooled us all. But you have to know that Kristie is a very strong girl. She can make it out of anything, and still have the energy to do what she wants. This girl barely complains about pain, an d even if she is feeling it, she won't let any of us know. She thinks way to much of other people, and not enough on herself. Ian, honey, this wasn't your fault. We all just got caught in a very bad time."

I heard Ian go up to a wall and punch it will full force. "God, Trevor. This is all of your fault!" he screamed.

Trevor tried to back himself up, "How is this any of my fault, Ian? Really, what did I do this time?"

Ian laughed, "Oh, I don't know, you only broke her arm, and punched her in the face. She wouldn't have been so upset if you didn't bring up how sucky your life is. Compared to her life, I'd say you have had life pretty good so far."

Trevor laughed, "Yea. In what lifetime, Ian? Really."

"I'm done with you, Trevor. I'm done trying to act like you're part of the family. I'm done trying to be your brother. Kristie means more to me than anything right now, and more than you any day. Sure we had a good run a couple of years ago, but you had to go along and ruin it," Ian screamed at Trevor.

Trevor stopped talking, "Bye, I guess." he said before he stalked out of the room.

"Ian, "James started, "I really hope that you didn't mean that."

Ian sighed for a minute, "I don't want to mean it, but he's ruining my relationship with Kristie. She may never say it out loud, but she is scared to death of Trevor. If you could read her thoughts, she is basically screaming out for help whenever he comes near her."

Everyone grew quiet for a few minutes, "I guess we will just have to wait it out, I guess. But, Ian, Kristie is a very, very strong girl, she's going to make it out of this no matter what," James said.

Ian sighed, "What happens if she's not a vampire anymore? What am I suppose to do?"

James laughed, "What ever you two were doing before. You two were doing pretty good before any of this happened. And even you know that Kristie doesn't think of us as vampires, but as normal people. She won't judge us, Ian."

Ian sighed, "Yea. I guess."

After listening to their conversations, I finally got the strength to wake up and talk. "I'm sorry, Ian."

As soon as they heard me talk, they each breathed a sigh of relief. Ian was the first one to talk, "Kristie, how many times do I need to tell you to not apologize?"

I laughed a little bit, "Maybe just a few more."

They all laughed, and then Ian came over a kissed me really quickly, "How are you feeling?"

"I honestly don't know. I don't really remember what happened."

Ian sighed, "You really don't remember?"I shook my head. "Jonathan tried to kill you."

I laughed, "He never succeeds, does he?"

Ian laughed, "No, he never does. But, Kristie, we were talking one day, and then the next day, we were both in different places. I was in like Europe, and before I could realize what was happening, he bit you. He wanted you to die, but it's either you die, go back to being a human, become less powerful, or you grow in strength. I know you didn't die, and I don't think you're a human, so it's one of the other two."

I laughed a little, "We had more fun when I was a human. Trevor wasn't as mad at me then," I said with a settle frown.

Ian picked up my chin with his finger, "Kristie, this wasn't any of your fault. Trevor is just an idiot thinking he can get whatever he wants because of Alexa-" he started to say before I cut him off.

"Was Alexa a vampire before she was killed?" I asked in a shy tone.

Ian instantly froze up, "What do you mean?"

I started to get mad. "Jonathan said Alexa was a vampire before he killed her. He said that she tried to kill him, but he was more powerful, and then he killed her. I'm sick of the lies, Ian. I really want to be told the truth in stories."

Ian was the next to get mad, "I never lied. I wasn't the one to tell you the story. And do you really believe what Jonathan says?"

I was at the point where I wanted to get up and walk away, but I could barely turn sides. "You know you lied, and that is the second major time. And yes, I do believe him, because everything that he has told me so far has been the truth."

Ian put his hands on either side of my face on the pillow. He got really close and looked like he was about to explode, "I only lied that time to protect you, Kristie. If you don't want to believe us, then go join Jonathan and believe his lies," he said in a strained voice.

I looked up in furious eyes, "You lied to me, Ian. I've never majorly lied that bad to you. And when I lied, I admitted it right away. And you know better, Ian. Do you really want our relationship to be full of lies? Or do you want to live like James and Simone perfectly happy? It's your choice if you even want to keep this relationship going," I said basically screaming at him.

Ian got up and looked at the wall for a few moments, "Why did I even change you in the first place?" he whispered.

I looked at him stunned, "I don't know, Ian. Why did you even bother saving me from the stairs. You should have just let me die when I had the chance."

Ian looked shocked, "I honestly don't know, Kristie. I honestly don't know."

I was at a lost for words at this point, "Wow, Ian. So I guess all those times you said I love you was a lie, too? Or was it just a cover up because you felt sorry for me? Oh, wait, and let me guess, you all really hate me. I get it now. You really don't want to marry me, I guess it is just a cover up so you don't get kicked out of the house. Yea, real mature, Ian."

Ian looked like he was about to explode, "I did love you, Kristie, but right now, you're making it really hard for me to."

I laughed, "So here I am, just got bitten by a vampire, and yet you still have the nerve to lie to me right to my face! Oh this is good."

Ian came back to my bed and put his hands back where they were. As soon as he looked into my eyes, he immediately bent down to kiss me hard. Instead of pulling away like I would have, I just wound my arms around his neck and made the kiss deeper.

Over and over I kept whispering 'I hate you' into his ear. All he did was laughed and respond with 'I love you.'

After a while of that, a nurse came in a crudely interrupt. "Ms. Hamilton, it's time for your next dose of morphine."

"I'd rather not," was all I simply responded.

"It will take away the pain," she said trying to convince me.

"I don't take morphine well. It upsets everything in my body. Also, my stomach doesn't take it that well," I said matching her tone.

Ian walked over to the nurse and started to whisper something in her ear. After he was done, he slowly walked over to my bed and stood by there for a moment or two. After a while, he started to lean over and pin my arms and legs together. The nurse quickly walked over and injected it into my arm. After a few seconds, it started to kick in.

The nurse quickly left, and I had just enough strength to say, "God I hate you."

Ian quietly laughed, "Love you too, Kristie."

Soon after that……

I awoke in Ian's room with all the lights off. I started to get up but realized that there were aches all over. As soon as I quietly moaned, Ian quickly appeared and picked me up and set me on his bed, "Kristie, don't hurt yourself."

I laughed, "I already am hurt. What more could happen to me?"

Ian shook his head, "Don't even go there, Kristie. You're lucky the hospital let you out when it did."

I laughed again, "Why does everything hurt so badly? I though I only got bitten?"

Ian looked sad for a minute, "He did more than that, Kristie. When you went unconscious, he started beating you, and when I got there, we all thought that it would be to late."

I smiled, "I'm still alive though. Can't really complain about being alive, now can I?"

Ian smiled too, "I guess you can't. Kris, I need to tell you something."

I looked mad for a moment, "Don't call me Kris."

He laughed, "Okay, Kristie. You were right at the hospital." I cocked my head to the side while he laughed, "Alexa was a vampire. Trevor changed her before I joined the family. The truth is, they were actually married, and when I joined, they were inseparable. On their wedding anniversary, Alexa was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and unfortunately, she got killed."

I was doumbfounded at this point, "And this was kept a secret for so long because?"

Ian looked at the wall for a moment, "We didn't want the truth of Jonathan to scare you that badly. We figuered that you have been through enough, why bother scaring you even more."

I laughed for a minute, "Now, after everything that went on in my life, why would I be scared? There could be a gun to my head and I would just laugh that off."

Ian looked worried for a minute, "The fact that you just said that scares me of what happened in your childhood."

I laughed, "You really don't want to know."

Flashback.

"Kristie, Kristie, Kristie, now what did I tell you about talking back to your mother and me?" my dad said in a loud tone.

I started to back away slowly, "Don't do it, sir."

He smiled, "Right. Now, I really don't want hurt you, but I just don't know. Was the little comment you made worth it?"

I was still backing up as he said that, "No, sir. There was no intention with that comment. I really am sorry, sir. Please don't hurt me."

Dad smiled an evil grin, "I'm considering it, Kris. You know that those comments are not to be made around us, and I just don't know if you deserve to be let go."

This time I actually got down on my knees and begged, "Please, sir. Please don't hurt me. I didn't mean what I said, I just heard it at school."

Dad's smile turned into a frown, "You know, I don't think you really deserve to be let go this easy. You know better then to repeat what the kids say at school. You know better thanto even make some friends."

I started to cry, "Please don't, daddy."

He smiled again as I was forced into a corner, "Sorry, Kris. This I just how it will have to go down," he said as a powerful smack went across my face.

End Flashback.

I got out of that vision in shivers, "Kristie, what is it."

I looked at him straight in the eye, "My childhood sucked." I said as he laughed.