Part 1: Tis the Season
Christmas (about 3-4 months since last chapter)
Christmas was always fun for us, we got gifts, met the rest of the family and all that fun stuff. Only moms side wasn't very big and the Emerson, my our so called father side would be in Phoenix having their celebration and get to-gathers. we would come up and visit grandma and grandpa during those times. This year was different.
" Sam, be sure to get Micheals' room set up, Nicole will be staying in it." Mom says walking past, only to stop and give David a nervous look.
Sometimes David did that, come along to see what I was up to I guess. Right now he just stands behind me, ominously, I guess that's the word, for like being this scary dangerous presence, especially when he's smirking at something. I think David thinks no one is worth his time, he barely talks to my family, my mortal family and Howard.
Oh god that reminds me.
Howard has proposed to my mom, they plan to marry in the spring, great my nightmares of Howard and mom having puppies running around are going to come true. Howard's over every day and leaves late, Scott hasn't changed, he comes over a couple hours and leaves after checking on Sam that he's coping alright with his new life.
Mom ad managed to get a few cousins up here for Christmas, we didn't really want to go back to Phoenix, not now, not when our lives are so different and so many questions would be asked. And I couldn't leave, this was my home now and I found that thoughts of leaving gave me anxiety, especially if it meant leaving my pack. After the first two months of being fully turned I noticed I had grown an attachment to them. No matter that they had did this to me, making me this thing, I got comfort from them being near and being able to return to their den to rest with them, it was odd.
" Great, Nicole and Cris is coming? Cris gives me the creeps, I'm sure he's going to grow up to be a stalker." Sam starts laughing.
" Sam! that's not nice to say about your cousin." Mom shakes her head, walking past again and kissing Howards' cheek as she goes, Howard was helping her get ready for the guests. " They will enjoy it out here I know it, the fresh air and the nature!"
" And the mosquitoes." Sam then looks at me and David. " Some big one's." He smirks
" You don't want to forget the wookies." David has been listening on my thoughts and while I'm not sure if he knows what a wookie is, he knows it gets under Sams' skin.
Sam glares at him then looks at me . " Hey Mike you think Cris is creepy right?"
" I once woke with Cris standing over me, watching me when spending the night with us, so yea, stalker, he's probably gonna be the next Jack The Ripper." I think Cris had been sleep walking when he came in my room and just stared at me, it really was creepy.
" No one in my family is normal, mom think they're werewolves?" Sam asked.
" I don't know and stop talking about your cousins in that way, Cris is only six. They're related to you on your fathers' side, not on my side, so doubt they are werewolves." Mom walks into the kitchen, probably to check on what ever is cooking. "And just think of it as being special, don't think of yourself as not normal."
:: This is why I like coming here, your family make for good entertainment.:: David maybe silent towards my family, he however likes to talk to me in my head.
:: Nice to know my family is entertaining to you.:: I roll my eyes.
" Special is just a nice way to say you're a freak, or retarded, like Mike." Sam started snickering. " Ouch! Mom he hit me!"
" You just called me retarded you, you doofus wookie." I smacked Sam over the head for the little smart remark.
" Not. A. Wookie!" Sam then tries to look big and tough, which fails miserably.
" Boys play nice." Mom calls from the kitchen.
:: Don't be surprised, it's always entertaining to hear about how mentally fucked up your family is.:: David smirks when I shoot him a glare.
" Why don't we have anyone on your side of the family visit mom? It's like they don't exist." Sam calls otu so mom can hear in the kitchen.
:: They are not mentally fucked up.:: I well ok some of them are a little weird, that was beside the point.
" My side the family isn't very big, your grandpa was an orphan, so don't know any relatives from his side and your grandma didn't keep in touch, she and her family had a falling out because she married my father." Mom steps out of the kitchen." Will you be joining us..." Mom hasn't caught on to The Boys names yet, she mostly tries not to talk to them.
:: Yet your cousin gives you the creeps and liked to watch you sleep, you have a strange brother, you're grandpa might be a martian, you're mom is trying her best to be in denial about what you are no matter how much she gets slapped in the face with it. You also have a senile aunt that's a bitch, but hey no surprise, her brother, your father is a huge prick with a stick up his ass and a taste for little boys.:: David looks at me, smug.
:: You're an ass, so I have a couple family members that are a little strange. :: I hadn't much to say, I wasn't the best with words.
" David and I'll pass, I'd rather not vomit my guts up a few hours from now because my body doesn't like... Food, I'm sure Micheal might agree." David wasn't using the cold nasty tone he can get about something that annoys him and the subject of eating does annoy him, but the way he said it, even without the tone, you could just hear the spite in his words.
" You could just say you don't want to eat." I shoot him a glare and jab him with my elbow. Sam looked annoyed with David also, but he said nothing.
" It's alright." Mom smiles, but casts David this nervous glance. " Sorry, sounds unfortunate. Is drinks alright?"
:: I like making it clear food is off the menu, you should stop being nice, I'm a little tired of feeling you being sick just because you can't get over the fact it don't taste good anymore and you can't handle it and don't want to hurt your moms feelings, she'll get over it. I sure as hell am not going to eat just to please your parent.:: David was irritated, I could feel it and his mental tone held it.
:: You're still an ass.:: I didn't care that I was repeating myself, he had a point, but still he could have said it in a better way.
" Got any hard liquor?" David has an amused smile on his face.
" Whiskey for the Egg Nog. Can you drink Egg Nog?" Mom looked hopeful. It was strange, I think my mom really wanted to have some sort of friendship with David, but then mom has always been like that with anyone I brought home with me, she like's trying to please people.
There's not anything she can do about David turning me into a vampire, so she's just back to her pretend it's all normal and now treat my pack like they're like the guys from the team in Phoenix. I think mom's now going to be sad since setting up some kind of meal for my "friends" isn't going to happen, like she did in Phoenix after a football game.
" It's liquid, so yes." David was no longer annoyed with the offer of alcohol.
**** The Cousins ****
" Hey cousin Mike, who's the scary guy with the spiky head?" Cris asked, he his sister and parents had arrived and he as usual was asking a million questions.
" I'm the boogey man." David states flatly, I think he doesn't like kids.
We're at the dinner table David's next to me, no one sat in the chair next to David, the look he'd give someone getting close to him was enough to keep anyone from sitting there, that and he seemed to have started giving off this feeling like he's just bad news. I feel sorry for my mom, cause there's going to be questions about my strange guest latter.
Cris gets nervous and leans onto his mom a bit. " I'm not scared of the boogey man."
" You should be, he steals childrens' souls and takes them down to h..l" David stops only because my hand had slapped over his mouth, but he pulls my hand from it, looking like nothing just happened.
Cris and Nicoles' parents just had this shocked expression, like they actually couldn't believe what was just said to their son. Mom was a slightly red from embarrassment and I could see the shock in her eyes that she was trying to hide. Sam had this scowl on his face, Howard, well he was a bit in shock to. I was a bit shocked, but not so much, I shouldn't be. David has made it no secret that he thinks humans pathetic and not worth his time and now it's official that he hates kids.
" Uh, sorry, he can be a bit dark with his joking around." I smile nervously, last thing I wanted was to have my mom upset or ask me to leave.
" Who said anything about joking?" David smirks, no warmth, he was was cold, tone was sinister.
:: Don't, you wanted to come here with me, don't fuck with my family.:: I was close to pleading.
:: We are your family, but I'll give you that your mother and brother counts to some extent and I have some respect for the old man, but the rest aren't as off limits to me if they want to annoy me.:: David with my mom and brother had not been bothered by them, even if he was an ass, my cousins he was bordering on traumatizing.
Cris's mom clears her throat. " Well I hope no more "jokes" like that will be said." She looks down at her son. " There's no boogey man, alright? He's just trying to scare you."
:: I can do a lot more than try and she can be part of the fun too.:: David was smirking and sounded smug.
:: No, come on David, don't do anything, I don't need problems with my mom." I glance at him, I hoped he'd just let it go and ignore the kid, Cris really hadn't done anything other than ask questions.
" Yea, but the closet monster is." Sam says without thinking, earning a look from mom. " What? Oh, uh sorry." Sam then shoves a piece of roast in his mouth, looking a little red.
:: Very well, I wont do anything. :: David leans back, I could feel him relax, which was a sign that he really wasn't going to do anything.
I relaxed then, glad I'm not going to have to tend with my mom having some kind of break down due to David scarring my cousin and his mom into the nut house.