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Chapter 16
That night Marisia is awoken by crash followed by Calvin swearing. What the hell? She throws off the covers and tiptoes to the door. She opens it a crack just in time to see Calvin disappearing out the front door.
Where was he off to? She resists the urge to follow him, remembering how well that went last time. Instead she waits, settling onto the couch.
Twelve, twelve thirty, one, two. The hours tick by and still he doesn't appear. She falls asleep for a bit, unable to hold back the exhaustion. When she blearily opens her eyes, she sees a half hour has gone by. Three, four, am. Finally at four thirty the door opens quietly, with Calvin sneaking in.
"Where have you been?" She demands, making him jump.
"Geez Mar you scared me to death."
"You didn't answer my question."
"I just went out to get some air."
"For over four hours?"
"I-I." He stutters helplessly.
"In fact where do you keep going off to? And who do you keep getting these secret calls from?" She had been so absorbed in her own problems, she had failed to put together all the pieces together.
"Is now really the right time to integrate me?"
"Can you think of a better one?"
"Marisia." He pleads
"No Calvin tell me now."
"I'm just meeting with some people."
"People," Marisia says raising her eyebrows. "Really? If it was just "people" you were meeting you wouldn't hide it from me."
"People like me."
"Like you how?" He sighs.
"Half vampires."
"What! Why?"
"I knew you'd act like this! This is exactly why I didn't tell you."
"I'm sorry I'm a little freaked but I honestly can't see why you'd want to hang out with them."
"We're not "hanging out" we talk about things."
"Like?"
"Stuff. I don't know, you wouldn't understand." He says sounding frustrated.
"Maybe I would."
"No, you wouldn't, you can't"
"You never know. You don't tell me anything Calvin."
"You have enough to deal with without adding my problems."
"Calvin you don't have to hide things from me, I want to hear your problem that's what friends are for."
"But when I do this is how you act. You just don't get people."
"I do too!" Marisia protests hurt at his accusation.
"No you don't, you have two things you understand completely vampires and vampire hunting. That's all you're ever focused on, all you ever think about, and you can't figure out anything else. It's not your fault, its how you've been raised its all you've been taught. I don't blame you, I understand, I grew up that way too remember? But you are just so disconnected from the world."
"You're wrong, that can't be all I am." She whispers.
"It seems like it is." He says sitting quietly beside her.
"What do mean?"
"It's what you live for right, killing vampires and finding the ones that killed your parents. You don't know anything else. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I just wanted to you know be with some other people who got me."
"Don't I get you?"
"No you don't. And getting those memories back today showed me how much you used to get me, you know in other lives."
"And why was that?"
"Because-because of this. " He says as he leans forward and unbelievingly kisses her. She leans back surprised but relents and he kisses her before pulling back breathless, his blue eyes wide.
"Do you know how long I've wanted to do that?"
"Calvin what was that?" Marisia asks stiffly.
"I-I honestly don't know. Sorry." He mutters.
"No-no its fine. I'm just surprised."
"Surprised?"
"Well you're my best friend that was well unexpected."
"Unexpected, have you not seen our past lives? We were engaged once you know."
"What! No Haydn must have hid that from me, I haven't seen that memory yet, I had no- engaged?!" She sputters, shocked.
"Yes engaged." He says irritated.
"But Calvin that was like what a hundred years ago wasn't it? It's different now we're not engaged, we're not even dating. Calvin we're just friends I-I don't want to mess that up." His expression darkens.
"You kind of just did." And with that he disappears. Marisia slumps down onto the couch and puts her face into her hands.
God, was there anybody left who she hadn't made hate her? She screwed everything up. Even her best friend was gone now.
So what was there left for her to do now? She couldn't bear to stay here with Calvin and her old roommates hadn't heard a word from her since she left, there was no way she could go back there.
She could just get a hotel room, stay there till this blew over, if it ever did. Yeah, that would have to work. Screw school, what good did trigonometry ever do for anyone? And screw every guy out there they just messed her life up, she didn't need any one but herself.
She jumps up, bursting with energy now and itching to do something with it. Good thing her one hobby is a twenty for seven activity. You know what, she really just needed to go and kill something evil.
Yeah...her life is complicated. Who should she pick? Cause I have no freaking clue but I'm leaning towards Haydn. I'm planning on introducing a characters though so no one will end up alone, and also because I really need more characters. Remember, its going to be a trilogy though so there's plenty of time for her to be with each of them!