"I hope this is all over." Skyler said, sitting down on the couch.
"It is." Gabriel reassured with a kiss on the forehead.
"I'm sorry for what I put you guys through. I will never do anything like that again." Tyler apologized, looking around the room at everyone.
"It's ok, we forgive you." Brook said with a smile. She walked up to him and gave him a hug to reassure him.
"Tyler, your welcome to stay with us for a bit until you get back on your feet." Francesca offered. Tyler smiled at her kindness. He didn't really deserve it. "No thanks, but thank you for the offer." He rejected kindly.
Gabriel walked up to him and said, "If you need anything, we're here for you."
"I know, but I have a question." Tyler said.
"What's that?" Gabriel asked.
"Well, you made me like you kind of, so how does that make me different? I know that I have enhanced speed and all. But I kind of would like to know the information." Tyler asked, looking at him in confusion.
"Well, you have enhanced speed, hearing, strength, and I would know what you would be doing a lot of the time." Gabriel answered.
"Huh." He shrugged. "Ok."
"I would also know if you betray us again. You can also speak to me telepathically to me. So if you need anything, I'm just a thought away." He explained the last part softly. Tyler figured that he may look like a scary guy but all in all, he's a good guy.
"Thanks." Gabriel said, reading his mind. "But I can also be very scary." He added, joking with him.
"Oh, I know you can be." Tyler said with wide eyes. Gabriel laughed a musical laugh that Tyler enjoyed listening too.
"Well, I better get going." He said, walking to the door. "I'll walk you out." Brook offered, grabbing her coat. They went outside, standing in front of the house.
"So, this is goodbye." Brook said sadly, balancing on the back of her heels. Tyler smiled at the tone of her voice, then said, "No it isn't. I'll always be around and stop by every once in a while." He said, looking down at her with the smile still on his face.
"Do you have to go?" She asked with more sadness.
"Yes, I have to figure a few things out for myself, and get my life back in order." He answered. "But I won't be far." He added to cheer her up. She smiled, believing.
"Ok, but promise you'll still see me." She ordered. "I promise." He answered, making it final with a kiss. Brook smiled into the kiss. She felt something this time, and was happy about that. Though it would still hurt to see him go. She could understand his reasons for leaving. It wasn't like he was going to die. He was more than capable of defending himself now, being that he has Gabriel's blood in him. That was her connection to him, through Gabriel. She stepped back, breaking the kiss.
"You better go, before I lock you up to keep you form leaving." She joked. The feeling of sadness wouldn't go away. He was the first friend she made after escaping Devin.
"Yeah, I better." He gave her one last kiss before turning to go. She stood in place for a while after Tyler walked away a long time ago.
"Hey, are you okay?" She looked in the direction of Skyler's voice. She was leaning against the doorframe, looking at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just… a little sad. That's all." Brook answered softly with her head down. She walked into the house, passing Skyler. She headed to their room to lay down. Skyler followed.
Brook laid on her side, facing the wall. She wasn't going to cry. This was a happy thing for Tyler and she wasn't going to be disappointed or sad about it. That would be weak, she didn't want to be weak. She had to be strong about it.
"Brook, are you ok?" Skyler asked sympathetically. Brook turned over too look at Skyler, crying. She damned herself for that.
"You should know." She laughed. Skyler walked over and sat on the bed, looking down at Brook.
"He's going to be ok." Skyler assured her.
"I know, but I wish he didn't leave." Brook confessed through tears. She sat up beside her sister. Skyler wrapped her arms around her, comforting her. Brook immediately let her tears flow at the affection she got from Skyler.
"It's ok to cry." Skyler whispered, caressing her hair soothingly. "I know." She hiccupped. Brook leaned back, wiping away her tears.
"I feel like a baby." She laughed, attempting at humor to cheer herself up.
"Think about it if you guys dated." Skyler joked. Brook thought about that for a second. She didn't know if she could date yet. Tyler was really the only guy she trusted out of any guy other then Gabriel.
"It wouldn't be that bad, he's really the only guy I trust ." She shrugged out of thought.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Brook asked, smiling mischievously.
"Errr, kind of." Skyler answered unsurely.
"Kind of? How is that happening?" Brook asked shocked.
"Um… it's kind of difficult to explain." She answered hesitantly.
"Try." Brook coaxed.
"Well, you know how that Francesca is a lifemate to Gabriel?" She asked, trying to make Brook understand.
"Yeah, Gabriel found her after he was on the verge of turning vampire." Brook understood, explaining.
"Well, I'm a lifemate to a Carpathian male." Skyler confessed. Brook looked shock at the news. "Wow." She mouthed.
"Why do you sound so…." Brook searched for a word. "unpleasant about it?" She finally asked.
"Because…" Skyler began reluctantly. She shifted her position on the bed uncomfortably while Brook waited for an explanation. "it kind of scares me to be with a man. Especially anyone so powerful" Skyler confessed.
"What scares you about him?" Brook asked.
"Just the fact that he's male. Carpathian males tend to be controlling of their lifemates if they find them. I won't be controlled again." Skyler explained.
"How do you know that you're a lifemate to him?"
"He found me when I was attacked in the mountains. He gave me some of his blood. You just know, sort of feeling connected to them in an odd way." She answered, playing with the blankets on the bed. "Plus when I was little and being mistreated, he would come in my dreams and comfort me when I slept." She added.
"It doesn't sound so terrible to me." Brook said with wander.
"It's not but it's really scary when you find out you're a lifemate to a Carpathian male." Skyler said.
"How? I think I would be grateful."
Skyler sighed then began explaining. "Ok, you've been mistreated the same way that I've been. Controlled, misused, verbally, physically, and sexually abused." Brook nodded, urging her to go on. "Then all of a sudden, you find out that you're destined to be with someone as big as Gabriel or bigger, powerful, stronger, and can easily control just with a thought. That is really scary." Skyler finished.
Brook began thinking about it. Skyler was right. After what has happened to her, she would run the other way if she found out that she was destined to be with someone like that. "Are all Carpathian males like that? Big and powerful?" She asked. Skyler nodded. "That would be scary." She said with awe.
"But I don't have to worry about that. I'm still young and can basically live a normal life." She said.
"I wouldn't think that yet. The only way a human can be a lifemate to a Carpathian male is if she is a psychic. You have a psychic gift. The ability to create fire with your mind." Skyler said, ruining her image of having a normal life.
"Errr, I don't think so. I would just run away and he couldn't get me." Brook said, unsure of herself. Skyler shrugged her shoulders and said, "That didn't work for me."
"What's his name?" Brook asked.
"Dimitri." She answered, walking over her to her dresser and pulling out pajamas. "He's letting me live out my life until he comes to claim me." After that, she walked out the room, leaving Brook in thought. She walked out of the room, in search of Francesca. She wanted to talk to her about this.
She found her in the living room, making a blanket. She looked up from her work. "Hi honey." She greeted with a loving a smile. Brooks mother would look at her that way.
"Hi, can I ask you something?" Brook asked, sitting down beside her.
"Sure."
"Skyler said that she was lifemate to a Carpathian male, how is that possible?" Brook asked. Francesca set her work down and shifted toward her.
"Well, a Carpathian female or a human psychic female can become a lifemate to a Carpathian male." She explained. Skyler said the same thing to her.
"Isn't that kind of scary?" She asked.
"It can be, but it can also be wonderful." Francesca answered.
"How?"
"At first I was scared, but then he showed me all the wonderful things about being Carpathian. In the end, it was the happiest thing of my life." She answered softly, smiling.
"You said a human psychic female, does that mean…" She hesitated, wanting to see if Skyler was telling the truth. "that I could be a lifemate to a Carpathian male?" She finally asked.
"There could be a good chance but you also have a chance of not being one either." Francesca answered.
"That's good. I don't think I could handle being a lifemate to a Carpathian male." Brook confessed.
"You're still young. So you have a while before you know." Francesca caressed her hair.
"I know but I don't really want to be. Trusting guys is going to take me a while. I only really trust Tyler and I like him." Brook confessed. "Plus I think it's rare to be a lifemate to a Carpathian male." She added.
"I know. But know that if you are, it's a wonderful thing." Francesca said, smiling. Brook smiled a little at the happiness she had in her voice.
"Alright, well, I'm going to bed. I'm kind of tired." She hugged Francesca then kissed her on the cheek before getting ready for bed. She stopped walking then turned around and said, "Goodnight, mom." Francesca smiled, then went back to her work.
Gabriel came into the room. "Is she ok?" Gabriel asked.
"She's fine, but she knows about human psychic women being a lifemate to a Carpathian male." Francesca answered.
"At least she'll be ready if she is." Gabriel said, sitting down beside her.
"True, but it's going to be a while for her to trust him if she is." Francesca explained, repeating her words.
"That's true but she'll be special. But for right now, she's only fourteen and has her life ahead of her." Gabriel explained.
"She's happy right now and that's all that matters." She said, going into Gabriel's arms.
-This is the end of the story but their is one more chapter about Tyler. Please tell me what you think. Reviews would be appreciated. Criticism is also allowed. :D-
