Chapter 2
Pictures. That's how he knew who she was. She was a cousin, but they had never met."I thought you were on the island?"
Rowan's face went white.
Oh. They must have escaped that boring island. Oh. That's why they were out here.
"Don't worry! We won't tell! I swear!" James blurted out, putting his hands half way up.
Rowan's face added a few shades of color. She looked at him. He knew what she was thinking. Can we really trust him? She smiled, she trusted them-somehow he just knew.
"Would you and umm...."
James was shocked at himself.
"Opps, sorry. This is Poppy. Secret for secret-Poppy is a made vampire and my soulmate. I changed her so she wouldn't die from cancer, but it turns out she is part witch and all ready part of the Night World."
Rowan looked interested and only part surprised. Then Rowan turned to say something to someone behind her. Before she could two girls walked up behind her. Kestrel and Jade. He knew from other pic's and descriptions, from one of Ash's unwelcome visits who which one was which. James introduced everyone.
"Poppy/Kestrel, Kestrel/Poppy, Poppy/Jade, Jade/Poppy..... they are all Ash's sisters." Poppy was shocked at this, her expression said it all.
"How about we all explain everything inside?" Rowan suggested.
James helped Poppy from falling into the hole in the porch and made it inside.
"So how did you know where we were?" Kestrel asked one eyebrow up.
"Oh, well I guess witches are good at sensing things like this. I guess. We were driving through here to go to Washington to see Poppys father... when Poppy just knew I had family on this road."
James smiled at Poppy, but she looked confused about some stuff. James was about to ask her about what exactly it was when he realised Jade had sat down next to some boy on the couch.
"Who's that?" James asked, he knew he wasn't a vampire.
"This is Mark!" Jade said smiling and taking Mark's hand.
"Does he......"
"Yes he knows everything and is human and is my soulmate." Oh. "Nice to meet you Mark." James and Poppy said at the same time.
This time Mark spoke up.
"Are they......"
"Yes they are vampires and yes we can trust them." Jade interrupted again, squeezing Mark's hand.
"Oh. Too bad Mary-Lynette and Ash aren't here. I bet she went to that place way, way, way, way down the road.............. but she rarely goes there its only good for star watching sometimes." Mark said.
James and Poppy both froze, and their eyes got huge.
"She... Mary-Lynette.... human?" James asked through his teeth.
Mark spoke again, "Yea she is my sister and her and....."
James exploded.
"YOU LET ASH ALONE WITH A HUMAN GIRL! YOUR HIS SISTERS AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM! AND THAT MEANS HE KNOWS YOU ARE HERE! ARE YOU GIRLS STUPID!!"
James was running so fast he almost fell into the hole as he was going out the front door. He ran to his car. He almost didn't notice Poppy running right behind him jumping into the passenger's seat.
There were shouts coming from the porch, but James wasn't paying attention. He was already driving full speed down the road. When they got to the fork in the road James made the sharpest turn almost hitting a tree.
Poppy was holding on to the edge of the seat with both hands. James didn't really look at her face, because he only glanced at her. James was too.... too... stricken to worry too much about her. She was strong and handling it really well, even though she said nothing.
James had no idea what he was looking for, but helped to drive (really, really) fast. They had driven for a long while when all the sudden Poppy pointed out James' window and said "Look!"
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A/N SO...........? What do you think?! Please review!! (sorry for any grammer problems)
