"What if she doesn't call?" Tyler asked impatiently. Its been a about 4 weeks since he gave her his number, and he's been waiting patiently. He hasn't even seen her since that time. His patience was running out.
"She will, you just have to be patient." He replied in his cool, smooth voice.
"You've had time to gain your patience, I haven't." Tyler retorted, an edge to his tone. The mysterious man just laughed.
"This call will put everything into motion, if she doesn't call than everything is ruined." He was getting frustrated with time. Patience was something he never had.
"She will call, trust me." Was his only reply. Tyler sat in his chair for a few more moments when the phone rang. Praying that it was Brooklyn, he answered.
"Hello?" He greeted.
"Hi, is Tyler there?" The female voice asked with hesitance. Tyler smiled with accomplishment. It was her, and he was happy. The plan would be set into motion very soon.
"This is Tyler. What's up?"
"Um, just decided to call." Her voice sounded nervous.
"Well, it's good to hear from you. I thought you wouldn't be calling." Tyler joked. He heard the phone shift on the other end.
"I ended up calling. Anyways, I was just wondering if you wanted to come over for a bit." Tyler was stunned. He didn't want to go over and meet those evil creatures but he did want to spend some time with her.
"What do I do?" He asked the mysterious man.
"What do you want to do?" The voice replied calmly.
"I don't want to meet those evil creatures" He answered with frustration, gripping the phone tighter.
"Tyler?" He heard Brook call.
"The solution isn't that hard to figure out, just ask her to do something else." The male voice suggested.
"Fine, but if it doesn't work, than what do I do?"
"Figure something out." Tyler growled at the response.
"Tyler, are you there?" Brook raised her voice a little bit to get his attention.
Coming back from his mental conversation, he replied with, "Uh, yea, I'm here. Umm…do you want to get something to eat instead? I can pick you up and I'll buy."
"This better work…" Tyler thought.
"Sure that would be great. You can meet my family then." Brook replied sounding like she had a smile in her voice.
There just wasn't a way to get out of meeting those creatures. "Ok, sounds great. I'll see you in a while then." He said with fake happiness.
"Bye, see you in a bit." She signed off.
Brooklyn got off the phone with a smile on her face turning to Skyler. It's been a month since she came to live with Gabriel, Francesca, and Skyler. Things were going great. She was gaining weight, her bruises were gone, no trace of her being mistreated. Her and Skyler were getting along well. They were becoming best friends and been hanging out a lot. She was getting along with Fancesca and Gabriel. They were like her parents, which they basically were. She couldn't wish for anything more. Nothing could destroy the happy life she was living.
"How did the phone call go?" Skyler asked.
"Good, he wants to take me out to eat today. He'll be by in a bit." Brook replied with a smile on her face, happiness shining through.
"What happened to him coming over for a while?" Skyler asked with confusion, her shapely brows furrowed.
"I guess he didn't want to, which is ok. He's still meeting you guys anyway." Brook answered thoughtfully. She shrugged giving a sign that she couldn't come up with a better reason.
"Want to help me pick out my outfit?" Brook smiled. Skyler had better fashion sense than she did. Skyler smiled, getting up from her bed, then replied, "Sure, lets see what you have."
They went through all of Brooks clothes and ended up picking out a pair of jeans and a casual blue button down top.
"You look great." Skyler commented. Both of them were standing in front of the tall mirror. "Thanks." Brook smiled, appreciating the comment.
"Let's go wait in the living room for him." Skyler suggested, pulling her out of their room. Francesca and Gabriel were in the living room, sitting with Francesca cuddled in Gabriel's form.
"Wait, Skyler…" She said, reaching for her arm before they left their room.
"Yes?" She questioned.
"Do you think that...you could go with me?" She asked, not announcing her hidden fears. Skyler smiled and said, "Yes."
"Thank you, lets get to the living room."
"Tyler is picking me up in a bit. We're going out to eat." Brook said. Gabriel's posture looked like he didn't like the news.
"What happened to him coming over here for a bit?" Francesca asked.
"I don't know. He said that he wanted to go out to eat instead of coming over here. But I said that he has to meet you guys first." Brook said, giving the same reply she gave Skyler.
"Alright, maybe Skyler can go with you guys out to eat. She can bring Joseph." Gabriel suggested, intent on her not going anywhere alone with Tyler.
"She already asked me to go." Skyler implied.
"You can bring Joseph with you." Gabriel said, making it an order. Skyler sighed at the order but agreed. She didn't really want to bring anyone with her.
"That sounds good." Brook said. Skyler went to change into something more presentable. They called Joseph up and had him come over. He was more than happy to go with Skyler. Joseph arrived a few minutes later. He was dressed in his usual attire. His piercings were in and like all Carpathians, he had dark features that were physically perfect.
"What's up?" He said, approaching Skyler.
"We're going out to eat so we invited you along." Skyler replied with a smile. Joseph pulled Skyler away from human hearing.
"Skyler, you know that I can't eat human food." He corrected of her, even though there was no need too.
"I know, but Brook might be in danger and my dad wanted me to go with her on the," she held up her fingers in quotation marks. " 'date' and so I called you." Skyler explained. Joseph pondered her explanation for a bit before agreeing.
He shrugged his shoulders saying, "Okay." They walked back over to where Brook and their family was sitting. A few minutes later the bell rang.
"That must be Tyler." Brook said with an excited smile on her face. She ran over to the door and answered it.
Tyler rang the door bell trying to keep his frustration down.
"I can't believe that I'm meeting these Carpathian people. I won't be able to stand their presence." Tyler thought with disgust.
"You will have to until you get out of the house." The mysterious man replied.
"I know." He retorted while waiting for the answer of the door.
The door answered before he raised his hand to for the buzzard again. "Hello." He said, putting his arm down. A smile appeared on Brooks face. The fact that she smiled at his presence was good for him. That means, he could get close and do what needed to be done.
"Hi." She breathed. She moved out of the doorway for him to enter into her home. He stepped in then looked at the decorating of the house. "You have a nice place." He commented.
"Thanks, let's go meet the family." Brook said, walking in front of him. He gave a fake smile and said, "Ok." He walked behind her into the living room where he sensed them.
He saw them. The damned ones. The ones who were killers. He buried those thoughts incase they could read his mind and kept his best fake smile in his face. Brooklyn smiled when she saw her parents.
"This is Gabriel." She said, introducing him. Tyler looked at him and shivered inside. This man was huge. It would take five of Tyler to reach the height of Gabriel. Power clung to him like a second skin, and he was tall that he had to crane his neck to look at him completely. Like all Carpathians, he had dark, perfect features.
"Damn, this guy is big…and scary." Tyler thought to himself. Keeping his fake smile on his face, he held out his hand which Gabriel took with a smile of his own, that of a predators that sent shivers down his spine.
"Hi, your taking my daughter out." Gabriel said in his perfect tone.
"Y-Yes sir." Tyler said, risking a look into his eyes. What a mistake that was. You could fall into his eyes and never get back up. They were like an endless black fall. He couldn't away look if he wanted too.
"Don't look into his eyes!" The voice snapped in his mind. At once, he jerked his eyes away from Gabriel's face.
"Did she tell you that Skyler and Joseph will be accompanying you?" Gabriel asked in a polite tone.
"No she didn't, sir." Tyler responded, looking at Brook. "I hope you don't mind." Brook said in a apologetic tone.
"No I don't mind, they are welcomed to come." Tyler reassured her.
"Good, this is Francesca." She introduced her with a gesture of her hand. Tyler was struck by her perfect beauty. Her silk black hair falling down her back, and enormous dark eyes that went along with her other striking features.
"Hi." He greeted, holding out his hand. She accepted the shake with a smile on her face and responded, "Hello, Tyler." He liked the way his name sounded when she spoke it with her entrancing voice.
"Don't fall for her beauty, she's one of them." The male voice interrupted. He instantly broke the hold of their hands and stepped back. Being in their presence was making his skin crawl and he didn't know how much longer he could keep his smile on. He desperately wanted to get Brook and himself out of their. This was her knew family and she was blind by their appearance. She was under their power and she didn't even know it. He would have to save her; but if he ever came head to head with Gabriel, he would definitely lose.
Brook introduced Skyler and Joseph and he wasn't too happy at the fact that Joseph was one of them. But he could at least tolerate the young Carpathian for at least tonight.
"Well, we better get going." He said looking to Brook.
"Yeah, we better go. Come on Skyler and Joseph." She announced. They said goodbye before walking out the door.
"So where are we going?" Brook asked with a bit of excitement in her voice.
"Panara's." Tyler answered with a smirk. They walked to Panara's.
Brook enjoyed the walk and was happy for Joseph's and Skyler's company. They talked about their interests and other things. Skyler and Joseph chatted about random stuff that Brook heard. Some of them were funny and odd. But from what Skyler explained of Joseph, he was a pretty funny guy. He was growing on her.
"Here we are." Tyler announced.
"Good, cause I'm starving." Joseph said, rubbing his stomach with a goofy smile on his face. Brook and Skyler laughed. "Let's go." They both said in unison. They went in and ordered their food, then went to pick a table to wait for their food to be called.
They took separate tables that were a distance away from each other but Skyler could still keep an eye on them.
"What do we do about Joseph? He's one of them." Tyler asked in his head to the mysterious man.
"I'll do something so that he only thinks that you guys are having a friendly conversation by putting up an illusion." The mysterious voice suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Tyler replied. He never heard a response from his mysterious voice.
"So how long have you been living with your new family?" Tyler asked.
"Just for a month." Brook replied simply.
"What happened to your parents?" Tyler asked with fake curiosity. He knew what happened to her parents.
"Died in a car crash a couple of weeks ago. I was the only one alive." She responded, putting an end to the topic.
"Wow, you were lucky to get out alive." He commented.
"Yes." She said with a sharp tone.
Skyler looked over at Brook and Joseph. They looked to be having a friendly conversation. Brook was laughing at whatever Tyler said while he was holding her hand. They seemed to be very friendly. They were probably catching up on old stuff.
"Sorry. We don't have to talk about that if you don't want to." Tyler apologized.
Brooklyn sighed, saying, "It's ok. I'm still going through the grieving stage." She wanted to change to another topic. "So, how old are you now? The last time I saw you, you were ten." She asked.
"I'm eighteen and going into my last year of high school." He answered.
"I bet your happy. One more year and your out." She joked.
"Yes, I am very happy." He responded. He got a thoughtful look on his face. "What?" She asked, her voice curious.
"Nothing."
"What is it?" She coaxed. Their food was called, Tyler got up and went to get his and Brooks food. He came back and set their food down.
"So, what were you thinking?" Brook asked, looking down at her chicken salad.
"Umm, I don't know if you would believe me or…think I was crazy." He said with a bit of hesitation.
"Well, you wouldn't know if you tell me." She encouraged with a smile.
"Well ok. Do you believe in supernatural stuff?" He looked her straight in the eye while asking. This was a complete change of topic. She didn't know how to answer and she definitely did not want to answer. She's been stuck with the most evil being on this earth. She could lie but she didn't want to.
"Why?" She asked instantly, her eyes going wide.
"I'm trying to prove something." He answered calmly.
"What's that have to do with supernatural?" She wanted to know. He didn't answer for a few minutes.
"I'm trying to prove that supernatural beings exist, such as vampires." He answered with the same calm tone.
"Why would you want to prove something so evil like that?" She asked, her voice raising a bit.
He shrugged his shoulders, saying, "Why wouldn't I? I'm curious about stuff like that. Plus so many other people wonder about what's beyond them and their understanding."
"Yes but people don't like what they don't understand." She was getting aggravated at him and this ridiculous topic.
"True, but why not cure that part of them?"
"Why of all things would you want to prove this type of evil? It's ridiculous." She asked, her curiosity upped.
He leaned over the table a bit, then asked, "Why would you be calling these beings evil?"
"Keep coaxing her, if you do, you'll be able to get her to admit something." The mysterious voice suggested.
"Because they are." She almost yelled.
"How would you know?" He asked. She paused, not answering.
"I don't." Her voice low.
"You sound like you do. Something must have happened for you to be calling these supernatural beings evil." He observed.
"Let's just stop talking about this. It's ridiculous." She said, beginning to eat her salad.
"What happened?" He asked, ignoring her statement.
"Something that I don't want to talk about." She retorted, not looking up at him. "Ok, then." He let it go at that.
They finished eating in silence. Joseph and Skyler got up and went over to their table after they were done eating.
"We're done." Skyler said, approaching them. "We are too, let's go." Brooklyn said getting up and walking past them. Skyler looked over at Tyler, asking, "What happened?"
"Nothing really. She didn't like the food much." Tyler lied.
"Wow, she gets mad easily." Joseph commented.
"Yeah, let's head home." Skyler said, catching up to Brooklyn.
They arrived home soon. Tyler went home and so did Joseph. Skyler sat down beside Brook observing her face. She didn't look to happy and something was bothering her. She could feel it coming off of her in waves. She was aggravated and sad.
"What's wrong Brook?" Skyler asked, her voice concerned.
"Nothing." She answered hiding her face.
"Something must be if your feeling sad and aggravated." She said, pulling her hair behind her ear.
"How do you-never mind. You're an empath. I forgot about that." She said remembering Skyler's talent.
"Yep. So what's wrong?"
Brook sighed, giving up the fact that she couldn't hide much from her new sister. "It's Tyler." Brook began. Skyler furrowed her brows, listening. "He wants to prove something really stupid."
"What?" She asked.
"He wants to prove that vampires exist. I got angry at that and he must have figured out that I know that they exist because I kept referring them as evil." Skylers eyes got wide at the news.
"Why would he want to prove something like that?"
"I don't know. But he knows that I know something." Brook told Skyler.
"You can never tell him what happened to you."
"I won't." Brook promised.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"What exactly are Francesca and Gabriel?" Brook asked.
Skyler hesitated for a minute before answering. "I can't tell you that. They will tell you when they think you are ready to hear the truth. But I will tell this…" Brook furrowed her brows. "They are really good people."
Brook smiled, saying, "I already know that."
Tyler was sitting in his recliner thinking.
"What did we accomplish tonight?" He asked his mysterious companion. "Absolutely nothing." He answered his own question with frustration.
"Calm down. We accomplished something tonight. It might not be a lot but we found out new information." He answered, in his usual smooth, calm voice,
"What's that?" He asked.
"Brooklyn is very angry. When one is angry, they don't think very rationally." He said from his earlier observations.
"Yeah, I knew that." He said.
"All we have to do is get her in an angry stated, then use her emotions to convince her on our side. She is an easily swayed girl." The voice implied.
"Yes, she must be if she's fooled by those Carpathians." Tyler thought with gloom.
"The plan is set. Just apologize for your earlier actions and ask her on another date." The voice said.
"Alright, fine." He picked up the phone and looked through his caller ID for Brooks number. He dialed it and waited for the phone to answer.
"Hello?" A voice greeted.
"Is Brook there?" Tyler asked politely.
"This is her." The voice lowered to an angry one.
"Brook, I'm sorry for my earlier actions." Tyler apologized.
"Yeah, so am I." She retorted.
"Let me make it up to you. How about dinner next friday night?" He suggested. Brooklyn didn't answer for a bit. She was probably weighing her answers.
"Alright, then." She agreed but he could hear a smile in her voice.
"Good, next friday it is." He said making it final. They both signed off after that.
"Good, now we have make her come to our side by that time." The ordered.
"I don't know if I can make it that soon but I'll try." He said with uncertainty. He never heard from the voice after that.
NOTE: This chapter was long and nothing really happened in it, it took me forever to finish it. But the next chapter will have some action it. Please R&R. I would like some comments and criticism is allowed.
