UD: Chapter 22: The Boss is back in Town

+ LUCY +

I stared into Helena's wide baffled eyes. Liam was next to her looking even more surprised and flabbergasted than her, if that was even possible.

"Nick… Lucy? Is… is it even possible? We left you bickering about which Fast and Furious movie was the best and now… " Liam stated as he stared at us. "So the world is really ending, good to know." he mumbled beneath his breath.

"Look Mum, we can explain!" Nick started as he quickly slid me off his back.

"Yes, explain then. This ought to be interesting. Because it seems pretty obvious what's going on here. Just one question, how long has this been going on?" Helena said as she shot us a disapproving look.

"You don't understand, mum. This past week has been hectic. Lucy's mum got married and…"

"Really, Lucy? Your mum got married? That was quite sudden, how are you talking it?" Helena's soft side emerged.

"Oh, it's alright. But as Nick was saying, after the wedding my brother was drunk and he stabbed me." I heard both of them gasp at this.

"Are you alright now?" Liam asked me quickly, his eyes wide.

I nodded. "But only because Nick saved me. If it hadn't been for him he would have probably killed me. Nick gave me his blood and saved me." If I thought that I had their attention earlier, now I knew for sure that I had their whole undivided attention.

I continued before either of them could interrupt. "And even though his blood did save me, it also created some uh… difficulties." I said, finding it extremely hard to finish the sentence.

"What difficulties?" Helena asked as she eyed both Nick and me sceptically. I glanced back to a frowning Nick. I looked at him with an unspoken question in my eyes. Who would tell them about the bond? His eyes were almost unreadable and the bond was feeding me so many emotions from him that it almost felt like a whirlpool inside my head, about to crush my skull.

"We're bonded, mum. My blood formed a blood bond between us." Nick cut to the chase. Both adults looked at us in horror, too awestruck to even move. It was Helena who spoke first and her voice was so low that I could barely hear it.

"You bonded with a human! When you turned didn't your father and I warn you not to give humans your blood until you could handle it." She kept increasing the sound of her voice with every syllable so by now she was practically screaming. "Look at what you did! Do you know how dangerous this is, for the both of you? You could have taken her to the hospital if you wanted to help her!"

"But there was no time! She would have bled to death!" Nick yelled back, making his mother's left eye twitch at his disrespect.

"What do you mean Lucy and Nick are blood bonded?" A new voice joined in. I bit my lip at the sound of her voice. Solange. "Lucy, I want to know what's happening, and I want to know now. You've never been this distant from me. I knew something was up when Nick mysteriously shot out of the house after saying your name. You wouldn't even answer your phone." Sol said with determination as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. I turned around with a sigh to look at her honest, sky blue eyes and instantly felt guiltier.

"Sol, I wanted to tell you but we decided it would be best to keep it a secret till your change. We didn't want you to worry about me." I said weakly.

Sol fumed, "Don't give me that crap, Lucy. As your best friend, I need to know if something's wrong with you, especially if it concerns my brother too." she said and glanced at Nick accusingly. Nick looked down, not wanting to get caught between the two of us.

"Fine then. You want to know what happened after the wedding, Sol? Josh stabbed me. Nick gave me his blood and saved me but crated this annoying bond between us called a blood bond." I said, trying to keep my tears from spilling. It hurt me to keep things from Sol and it hurt me even more to tell her everything because I knew that right now she just couldn't anything except for the impending change.

Sol stared at me, wide eyed. "But you're okay now, aren't you?" she told me, her concern and compassion flowed with her words. I nodded. "Don't worry about me, Sol. I should be the least of your problems right now."

"I can't. You're my best friend, Lucy." she said, her voice breaking down after she said my name. I smiled at her and we both approached each other and wrapped our arms around each other. I hugged her for all I was worth and sniffled on her shoulder and tried to stay strong while she cried freely on me. She knew that I was soaking wet but she didn't seem to care.

After our moment, we broke away and smiled at each other like we used to as little kids after one of us confessed something.

"Um, Solange, I think it's better if you go upstairs. This matter has to be handled immediately." Liam spoke with authority. Sol nodded and after one last quick hug, she went back upstairs. Helena sighed while her husband set down at the kitchen table and told us to sit down. We did as we were told and I had a feeling that they were going to play bad cop, good cop. By the look of her, I knew instantly that Helena was the bad cop. She had a very dark look.

"So, how exactly did you find out about the blood bond? How did you simply assume that you were indeed blood bound together? If you did your research you should know that it is extremely rare." Liam began.

Nick grunted. "We asked Will. After I gave her my blood, her heart slowed down significantly and I was afraid that I had killed her or turned her into a Hel-bar, bur after a while it speeded to almost as fast as it had been before the whole ordeal happened." Nick started to explain. "Will researched Lucy's symptoms and we came down with the conclusion that we were really blood bound."

"Were there other symptoms?" Helena asked us bluntly. I looked back at Nick and his eyes told me that this question was all mine. I could assume him saying to himself that there was no way that he would be the one to tell his parents about the animalistic attraction or the blood lust from both of us.

"Well, first it started with a deep attraction. I did kind of like Nick before everything, but I never dreamed of acting upon it. And from what he told me I think that Nick liked me too but none of us were ready to act upon a little crush." Nick nodded to back me up. "Now we find it almost painful to be without each other. That's what led to the emotional part of the bond. We can feel each other's feelings."

"I can even track her down through her feelings. It's really weird. Most of the time I feel like a compass and she is my north. While she was at school I couldn't even sleep without her close." Nick added. Liam nodded while Helena was tapping her fingernails impatiently against the wooden table and urging us to talk on.

"Apart from that there's the blood lust." I said in a small voice.

"Blood lust?" Helena asked her husband with wide eyes. Even he seemed to be surprised.

"From both sides." I added. Helena's eyes turned almost saucer-like while Liam nodded. "Of course it makes sense. It would strengthen the bond if they shared a sip of blood every once in a while."

After that everyone fell silent. I could almost feel Helena and Liam's brain going on overload as they tried to find loopholes. Nick's hand found mine underneath the table. He kept drawing circles on my palm and grasp my hand a bit tighter every now and then. I smiled a little at him. He traced the words 'I LOVE YOU' on my skin. I mouthed 'I love you too' and for a short moment I forgot that we were still being questioned as I was already leaning up to kiss him.

It was Helena's words that interrupted me. "Is there a way to break the bond?" Nick shot to his feet, his hand grasping mine tightly. "I won't let you break the bond. I love Lucy, mom" he said firmly. His eyes were shining and the emotions he was transmitting to me were enough to make a single proud tear fall freely down my cheek.

"I... Nick the bond isn't letting you think straight. I may not know much about it but I know that its main purpose is for you two to procreate. Maybe in the olden days it wasn't that bad for a couple of teenagers to have kids, but nowadays, it would ruin your chance at a career and a normal life. I want both of you to think it through clearly and tell me that you're ready for that sacrifice." Helena challenged.

"Helena, we already considered this. In fact, our first thought was about how we could break it. There are no steps we could follow to break it, but one thing is certain, it would be very painful for both of us. We will try to take it slow and we'll do all we can to control the bond." I said shyly as I tried to hold Helena's eye contact.

Helena's sharp features softened, "Dear, don't think that I'm not eager about this bond because of you. In fact, I'm glad that out of all humans, you were bonded with him. Not many human girls are strong enough to handle our word, but you showed that you were worthy from the beginning." I smiled back at her.

"We will need to discuss further in the future, but for the time being, I need both of you to be on your best behaviour, and I don't mean just about the bickering. As Helena said, the last thing you need is to get Lucy pregnant. You… you didn't make love yet, did you?" Liam asked us in a reserved voice. I felt heat rush to my cheeks. I looked down, pretending that suddenly the wooden table had become interesting. I denied it quickly, but Nick wasn't as smooth as me.

"No, I mean, not yet. We did come pretty close but no…" he said. I looked up to give him an are-you-freaking-kidding-me look but he too had lowered his head as a cute pink blush crept itself under his ashen white cheeks.

"Well, we're not taking any chances. The first step in mastering this bond will be to learn to live with the anxiety. Don't think that just because I like Lucy you two are going to get a free pass to mess around in the same bed. For now, you two shouldn't be trusted in the same room alone. We'll tell the boys too so that they can help us out with that." Helena said determinately.

Nick's eyes went wide. "No, Mum, please leave my brothers out of this! I'd never hear the end of it if you tell them."

Liam smirked at his desperate son and I couldn't help but laugh at them. "Son, trust me, you won't be able to control yourselves on your own, you'll need help. It's bad enough having to deal with your teenage hormones, let alone adding this bond to the mess."

Nick looked up to the heavens wit a groan. "Kill me now." he muttered. "Well, now that Nick has a girlfriend I think it would be okay to start the humiliation."

"What?" Nick said with a sharp voice. His mother smiled almost cynically.

"It's what we parents live for, sweetie. Come on Lucy, let me show you some of Nick's pictures from when he was being potty trained. And I think I also have a picture of the time he glued the toilet seat to his hands. I had been so mad at him but it gave the doctors at the ER something to laugh about." I followed her with a smile on my face before winking at the poor, speechless Nick.

"Aw, I want to see a picture of Nicky making a boom-boom and a wee-wee." I said. All three of us laughed as Nick buried his hands in his face in shame and humiliation.

Oh, but my dear Nicky, this was just the beginning.

xxx

I feel extremely guilty for the long wait. I'll try to fall back into schedule and update 1 or 2 times a week, since I'll start school next Monday. I'll start writing the next chapter once I post this one. Get ready for some yummy Drake brothers galore :D

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