Chapter 4
"MOM! It's not a big deal! You skipped school!"
"THAT WAS OK BECAUSE I WAS A VAMPIRE" the words stung me. "Fuck you." I murmured then ran upstairs and locked myself in my room. Please don't try to talk to me. I'd rather just be alone. Feeling sorry for myself I slipped into warm cuddly pajamas. Seth had bought them as a gift when I began to complain about the cold. Even the fuzziness of my Seth in a drawer couldn't ease the bitter cold of my mom's words. Concentrating on drowning the bitter after taste out, I breathed in my pillow. It still smelled like Seth. Only a few nights back he was chasing my nightmares away with his protective arms and the humming of Citizen Cope.
Tears began to seep out of my eyes. Being the only normal one in my family was like being a bum leg. A soft tap came from my window, as if not to make me scared. Wiping the tears out of my eyes I opened the window. Before a murmured hello could budge, Seth's rough yet tender grip held me against him. "Blake" he murmured in my hair. "Your dad phased, I heard what your mom said. Oh Blake." He pressed his lips on my head. "He was rather livid about it; I just knew you'd be hurt babe."
My tears dampened his shirt ever so slightly "its ok princess, I got ya." He ran his hands down my back. "Sethy?" my whisper seemed to echo in the dark. "Yes?" I curled a bit closer, hearing the desire to comfort in his voice. "Stay the night here please? I don't want you to let me go." My whole body was shaking with sobs. "Alright sweetie"
Lying in bed with Seth was like drinking a hot cup of apple cider steaming straight through your body. "Your dad is going to be mad about this you know?" I shrugged. "You're just making me happy." He let a soft contented sigh escape his lips. I didn't move in the slightest. The gentle way he held me against him and the bed made me feel like I was the only thing that mattered. Maybe to him, I was. "Nothing's going to harm you, not while I'm around." Seth sang softly into my ear. If only he could stop my mother. "I really wish you would stop defending him, Jake" my mom's voice rang out from outside my door. "You may not have noticed, but our baby finds safety in him." Even with his voice clenched and curt I could tell it was my dad.
Score one for parental unit XY and zip for parental unit xx. "He's a guy; he won't be able to control what his body wants!" The unison shudder between me and Seth reinforced what my father said next. "He values her desires, he'll respect them. She doesn't want that yet! The way she acts, she probably won't want it for a LONG time!" Seth began to play with my fingers, feeling my tension rise up in my spine and throat. "I give up! You insult her then try to take away the one thing she treasures aside from her music and combat boots!!" The silence dragged on and I assumed they'd gone elsewhere. "Daddy must see how much you care." My body readjusted in his arms, our bodies matched perfectly. "Oleander, remember the adventures we use to go on. Let's talk about them." The perfect ending to the worst night.