I am sooo so sorry i didn't get something up sooner, but i wanted to even out my stories and with school, things have been a bit hectic. I hope that you guys like this chapter and i promise i will try to get another chapter up in 2 weeks. I have 2 stories so a chapter for this one every second weekend and a chapter for the other every other weekend. I hope you enjoy this one.
When Freddie felt himself waking up, his brain was telling him something wasn't right, but it wasn't until he opened his eyes and the light assaulted them, making his head suddenly feel as if someone had pounded it with a jackhammer.
"Morning sunshine." Pete said and Freddie groaned, putting his arm over his eyes.
"Why did you let me near that whiskey bottle?" Freddie asked.
"You're the one that drank the entire bottle." Pete replied.
"Don't talk so loud." Freddie mumbled and Pete rolled his eyes.
"This is the first time he's had a hangover Pete." Amber said as she handed him a cup of coffee.
"It's his own fault." Pete muttered and Amber sighed, leaning into his side and wrapping an arm around him, his arm absentmindedly wrapping around her waist.
"Leave him alone." Sam said as she walked out of the bathroom, going over to Freddie's side and gently lifting his head before sitting down and resting it in her lap.
"Make my headache go away." Freddie said to Sam and she sighed.
"Do pain killers work for vampires?" Sam asked and Pete shook his head.
"Not really. They just make us dizzy and it makes it harder to keep control." Pete replied.
"What exactly happens if you lose control?" Sam asked.
"We become blood crazy and start killing random people. I've seen it happen and believe me, it's not pretty." Pete said.
"Have you ever lost control?" Amber asked and Pete put his coffee on the coffee table.
"Not really, but I did see someone lose it. I was 19 and me and a couple of the vampires I was living with were running around in the forest when we ran into some hunters. One of them was bleeding and we just sort of freaked out. I managed to stop myself right before I attacked them, but one of the others didn't. They went insane and in just 10 minutes they had killed all 4 hunters. I had never seen anything more terrifying. It was like she was possessed. We got her back to where we were staying and next thing we knew we were burying her." Pete said.
"She died?" Sam asked, her eyes wide.
"Our leader or boss I guess had to kill her. Once a vampire loses control there's no going back. If there is I don't think it's ever been found." Pete said. There was silence in the room for a few moments before Sam's phone went off and made them jump, Freddie whining softly in his sleep.
"Carly said that Freddie's mum is freaking out because she can't get in touch with Freddie. That woman really is insane." Sam said and Pete and Amber looked at each other, slightly confused and amused at the same time.
Over at the cabin, Cassie was pacing the cabin and Danny was watching her from the couch.
"You know, there's going to be a hole in the ground soon if you don't stop pacing." Danny said and Cassie glared at him.
"What if Millie's dad did stab her?" Cassie asked a moment later.
"Then we go from there. We can't really do anything right now." Danny said.
"Why not?" Cassie asked.
"Because it's just a suspicion. It might not be the case at all." Danny replied and Cassie sighed, continuing to pace the room.
"Okay seriously. Stop pacing. You might actually wear the floor away." Danny said.
"I can't help it. I'm nervous about this whole thing." Cassie said, chewing in her thumb nail.
"You don't need to be. Millie can take care of herself. We both know that." Danny said.
"That's what I'm worried about. We all know what Ben did just to protect her and Freddie got a knife in his side. What would Millie do if it turns out her dad was the one that stabbed her? She's stronger then Ben now and probably her father as well. She could kill him and then what? What if she loses it? What if we then have to kill her? She's so innocent and what if she suddenly goes crazy with revenge and tries to kill him?" Cassie asked and Danny quickly stood up and put his hands on her shoulders, knowing she was close to having a panic attack.
"Cassie, you need to calm down now. Freaking out won't help anyone. We'll deal with that if it comes to that, but until that happens, if it even happens, you need to calm down." Danny said.
"I can't. What if she goes on a killing spree and hurts her own brother or Sam or Carly or someone else? What if we have to end up killing her because she goes nuts and then-" Cassie was cut off by Danny's lips slamming to hers. Cassie stood in shock as his lips moved against hers, her lips not kissing back, but her head not moving away.
When Danny pulled back a few seconds later, he was stunned for a moment before he became very aware of what he had done and he stumbled back, shock on both his and Cassie's faces. They were still standing like that when Millie and Gabe walked into the room and they instantly felt the awkward.
"What happened while we were out?" Millie asked and Cassie snapped out of her shock, realising they were there.
"N-nothing. We were just talking. What were you two doing?" Cassie asked, glancing at Danny who still looked shocked
"We just went out to get coffees. Danny, are you alright?" Millie asked, noticing his expression. Danny suddenly then went bright red before he quickly walked past Millie and Gabe and ran out of the house.
"Should we go after him?" Gabe asked.
"Just give him some space for a little while." Cassie replied with a frown and Gabe and Millie shrugged before walking over to the couch and sitting down. Cassie just stared at the door, her mind running through what happened just moments ago.
2 hours later, Millie was sitting in a café waiting for Ben to arrive for brunch. Ben had said that he was bringing a surprise and Millie was nervous and excited as to who or what he was bringing.
After 10 minutes of waiting, Millie was beginning to worry about where her older brother was. As she waited, she started drumming her fingers on the table, listening out as far as her hearing would let her for her brother's arrival.
When Ben finally arrived at the café, Millie had been there for almost 45 minutes and she was annoyed. However, her anger almost completely dissolved when Ben walked in with a woman and a small child.
"I'm sorry it took me so long to get here Millie. I had to go to the train station to pick up these two and the train was running late." Ben said and Millie smiled.
"It's fine. Just glad you didn't ditch. So who have you brought with you?" Millie asked.
"Right. Well, this is my wife Emma and our daughter Katie, your niece." Ben said.
"Wait. When did you get married and have a kid?" Millie asked, shock on her face.
"Well, we got married last year and Katie was born about 6 months ago. I know it's a bit of a shock." Ben said and Millie shook her head.
"No. It's cool. Just a little confused as to why you didn't say something sooner. Anyway, it's nice to meet you." Millie said, giving Emma a quick hug.
"You too. Ben's told me a lot about you. It's so exciting to finally meet you." Emma said and Millie smiled, all of them sitting down around the table, Katie sitting in Ben's lap.
"So have you decided what you're going to do for school in a couple of weeks?" Emma asked after a little while and Millie nodded.
"My friend Freddie enrolled me at his high school Ridgeway. He said that it's really good except for 2 teachers, but I'm kind of excited to not be at a boarding school for once." Millie said and Emma raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you want to go back to boarding school?" She asked.
"Well, not really. I mean, I know I have only known Freddie, Sam, Cassie and the others for a little while, but they saved my life and they are really good people." Millie said.
"Well, I haven't heard much about them so why don't you tell me what they're like." Emma asked.
"Well, Cassie is Freddie's aunt and she is really sweet, but she can be tough when she needs to be which is awesome. Danny, he is the immature one of the adults, but he is also really fun and quite attractive. Pete is kind of like the dad of everyone and also the leader. He keeps us all in order and stops us from being stupid which is a difficult task with Danny. There's also Gabe, the newest addition to our weird group and also a good friend from boarding school. He came down here to find me and he decided to stay down here. And then there's Freddie. He's a little bit older than me and he is the kindest person I've ever met. He puts everyone else first and rarely gives himself any thought. A couple weeks ago he saved my life and about a week ago he saved my friend Gabe's. He is just all kinds of amazing." Millie said.
"Do I sense a crush?" Emma asked.
"No. He is nice, but he's more of the brother type for me. And even if I did he's made it very clear he isn't into me like that. He's actually in love with this girl Sam who coincidently is one of his best friends. They do a web show called ICarly and they are amazing people. Just don't get on Sam's bad side because she is all kinds of tough." Millie said.
"Hang on. You're friends with the ICarly kids? That is amazing. I love that show. I watch it every week." Emma said.
"It is freaking awesome. Just don't be a crazy fan because they really don't like them. Apparently Freddie got pulled into a massive crowd of girls at Webcon last year and then they also have this super fan called Mandy who sort of stalked them." Millie said.
"I remember her. She was pretty weird." Emma said and Ben and Millie smiled.
"Okay. Am I allowed to hold my niece now?" Millie asked, bouncing in her seat and Ben and Emma chuckled.
"Sure. Just don't jump around so much while you're holding her." Ben said and Millie rolled her eyes as Ben handed Katie to her.
"Hello Katie. I'm your auntie Millie." Millie said and Katie gave her a smile, grabbing her finger and then leaning into Millie.
"Awe. She likes you." Emma said.
"Well duh. I'm awesome." Millie said and Ben rolled his eyes with a smirk.
"So you said that Freddie is in love with Sam. Are they dating?" Emma asked.
"I'm honestly not sure. No one is. Carly says that they pretty much are a couple, they just don't make out. No one even knows why they even broke up the first time anyway." Millie said.
"Have you asked Sam or Freddie?" Ben asked.
"I asked Sam and she said it was none of my business and when I asked Freddie he just said that it was a mutual and that the rest was none of anyone's business." Millie replied.
"So it was mutual. They never actually clarified that." Emma said.
"You do realise that you're obsessed with them right?" Ben asked and Emma shrugged.
"At least I haven't looked up their addresses and stalk them." Emma said.
"She has a point." Millie said before she turned her attention back to Katie.
"Okay. Where the heck is Danny? He hasn't been here all day." Gabe said to Pete, Cassie, Freddie, Sam and Amber later that night, Sam and Freddie on the couch, Freddie with a headache and his head on Sam's shoulder, Pete sitting on the armchair and Amber sitting on his leg, his arms around her, Cassie sitting on the couch next to Sam and Gabe standing up in the middle of the living room.
"He's probably hiding out somewhere in the forest." Freddie mumbled tiredly and Sam wrapped her arms around him.
"But where?" Gabe asked and Cassie stood up.
"I'll go looking for him. I need to talk to him about something anyway." Cassie said and the others nodded as she walked out of the cabin.
"I wonder what happened between them." Amber said.
"I don't know, but when Millie and I walked in this morning they were acting all weird before Danny went bright red and walked out. Cassie just told us to leave him be." Gabe said.
"Do you think that maybe they kissed?" Sam asked.
"Probably. You can see they have feelings for each other, even if they can't see it." Freddie said and Pete, Gabe and Amber looked at each other.
"We've acknowledged our feelings thank you very much." Freddie said, having noticed the looks.
"Then why don't you do something about it?" Pete asked.
"That's none of your business." Sam replied and Freddie sighed, grabbing one of her hands and linking fingers with it, Pete, Amber and Gabe silently watching them.
20 minutes later deep in the forest, Cassie had just reached the lake that was hidden from anyone who didn't know where it was and she could see Danny sitting in the shallow waters. Silently walking over, Cassie sat down next to him, not minding that she was sitting in the water.
"So this is where you've been hiding out all day." Cassie said and Danny nodded.
"You came to talk about the kiss didn't you?" Danny asked and Cassie shook her head.
"No. I mean, I am confused as to why you did it, but that's not why I came out here. I was just wondering where you were." Cassie replied and Danny looked down at the clear water.
"If you're embarrassed about kissing me, don't be. You did stop my panic attack." Cassie said and Danny showed a small smile.
"Glad to be of some service." Danny said and Cassie sighed. She then looked out at her surroundings and then made a small humming sound, making Danny look up at her.
"What?" Danny asked.
"It's so peaceful out here. I can't believe you ever even found it." Cassie said.
"I used to come out here when I was little with my sister. We were hiding from our dad one day when we stumbled into the water and so we memorised the way and came here almost every weekend. When she said she was moving away, I ran away from her and came here. It felt like she was betraying me and leaving me to deal with our father alone. And she was, but for a different reason than I thought. She came back as much as she could and we would always come out here, even if I wouldn't talk to her. When she stopped coming I was 17. The last time I heard from her was almost 18 months ago." Danny said and Cassie looked down.
"If there's one thing I know it's that no matter what happened, you should try and get in touch with her because you don't know how much time you have left to say that you love them." Cassie said.
"Cass, I'm sorry." Danny said, grabbing her hand and Cassie smiled, squeezing it.
"It's fine. I admit, it does still hurt that he's gone, but I'm not grieving anymore. It doesn't hurt as much as it used to. I still have Freddie and Marisa, as crazy as she is. They're my family and they're still here. Why spend forever grieving when I have so many great people still with me?" Cassie said.
"Doesn't it hurt to look at Freddie? You said he looks a lot like your brother." Danny said.
"At first it did. When we would watch him in the shadows it hurt to see him, but I think that's also because I couldn't comfort him from what he saw." Cassie said and Danny nodded.
"Do you think he's roaming out there somewhere? Lost in the world and trying to find his way out?" Danny asked and Cassie shrugged.
"Maybe, but I know that he's not really gone. I see him in Freddie every time I look at him. The sparkle in his eyes when he's happy, his smile, the way he laughs, even the way he talks. I know that my brother is in him and I'm hoping that it always stays that way." Cassie said.
"I never realised how good of a talker Freddie was. He gives some great advice." Danny said and Cassie smiled.
"He has an old soul. His parents knew before he could even talk. You can see it in his eyes. People don't tend to notice though because they don't notice him." Cassie said. She and Danny then sat in silence for a few minutes before Cassie absentmindedly rested her head on Danny's shoulder, closing her eyes and breathing in deep.
While her eyes were closed, Cassie felt Danny move, but she didn't open her eyes. When his hand softly rested on her cheek, she slowly opened her eyes and stared into his eyes, keeping hold of his hand as he leant in and softly kissed her. Cassie soon melted into it and pushed her lips more on his, moving her free hand to the back of his neck.
As their lips moved slowly together, their eyes fluttered closed and after a couple of minutes, Danny gently pushed Cassie down so that her back was in the water and he was leaning over her, their lips still moving together.
Stopping for a moment to look the other in the eye and get their breaths back, they both knew they were in deep. Leaning back down to kiss her, Danny grabbed her hand again and linked fingers, resting their hands in the water next to Cassie's head, showing the beginning of something amazing.