Bloods Gem (30 page)

Mom looked at my ring. “Oh my gosh! How in
the world?” She glanced at Daniel. “Oh never mind, sometimes I
forget who I’m talking to. Mr. big shot,” she said nudging him. He
laughed and shook his head.

Mom came around and hugged me. “I’m so happy
for you two! So… is there a date set yet?”

Celeste walked in. “What about a date?” She
asked, excited.

“
Sis, calm down. There’s no date set
yet, besides Faith is capable of planning the whole thing anyways,
or she can hire a wedding planner,” he said, glaring at
her.

“
Hey now! If she wants me to help,
then I’m a willing participant!” Celeste said, wrapping her arm
around me. I agreed and she stuck her tongue out at him. He quickly
reached for it and held it between his fingers. He said something
to her through his mind but I couldn't make it out. She nodded once
and he let go, laughing.

“
That’s what I thought,” he said. My
mom glanced at both of them. “Okay, you two. This is a night to
celebrate. Not for sibling rivalry,” Mom said. Celeste went back to
the living annoyed. Daniel stayed in the kitchen with us, chatting
with mom as I cooked dinner.

Everyone sat down at the table. “Yum. This
looks so good honey,” mom said. “Thanks mom,” I replied.

“
Yeah, baby, thank you for the food,”
Daniel leaned in kissing me. Celeste and Daniel pretended to like
the tasteless food they ate. I made sure to stuff Daniels plate for
picking on Celeste. He kicked me under the table and told me with
his mind,
I cant believe your going to
make me eat all this
. I smiled. “Eat up honey!” I
grinned.

Me and Celeste laughed. Mom was too into her
food to notice anything.

Half-way through Daniels dinner he looked as
though he was going to puke. I quickly picked up his plate and set
it in the kitchen sink. I didn’t want to make him suffer any
longer. Mom thought Celeste was a vegetarian, so I only gave her
vegetables. Daniel glared at Celeste the whole time.

“
So when you going back home Celeste?”
Mom asked.

“
Yeah Sis, when are you going back to
YOUR home?” He asked sarcastically.

“
Actually I figured I would stay
another month or so…” Our mouths dropped. “Joking guys, come on.
Really though, I'll be off tomorrow morning. So the two love birds
can have more bedroom privacy.”

I choked on my food. I heard a thump under
the table as Daniel kicked her. Mom patted my back. “Are you okay
honey?”

“
Yeah fine,” I said, taking a drink of
water. I glared at Celeste now. She smiled and skipped into the
kitchen, putting her plate in the sink. “My work is done here. I'll
be upstairs taking a bubble bath. If anyone needs me.”

Daniel stood up. “Actually, sis? I need to
speak with you upstairs now.” They walked slowly up the stairs.

I swear I thought I heard him drowning her.
Mom looked at me. “Those two are just at each other throats a lot
aren’t they?”

“
They just play around a lot mom,
that’s all,” I said taking her plate into the kitchen. “Thank you
so much honey. I really am so glad for you two. He’s really a good
guy and I can see how much he loves you just by the way he looks at
you.”

“
Thanks Mom,” I said giving her a half
hug.

“
Wanna order a movie?” I asked, as we
walked in the living room.

“
Sure honey.” We checked online movie
rentals, deciding on Moulin Rouge. Daniel came down stairs with his
hair all wet. “What happened to you?” I asked.

He smiled. “I had to drown an annoying cat
upstairs. I hope you don’t mind,” he said smirking. I threw a
pillow at his face. “Your mean!” He flopped down on his leather
chair and laughed. He looked at me and shrugged.

I ran upstairs to check on Celeste. She
stood in the master bathroom, her clothes soaked in water and the
tub full. “Did he try drowning you?” She shook her head. “No he
actually did,” She patted my shoulder with her wet hand. “Don’t
worry. I recovered quickly. Remember, we can’t die?” She walked
past me laughing under her breath. “Wow, what a cruel joke.”

She shrugged as she threw her clothes on the
floor. “Yeah. It’s something fun to pass time. Don’t worry Faith,
it's not like I was hurt or anything. He’s just stronger then me,
other wise I would have had him. But he still has to sleep
sometime,” she reminded me smiling.

“
Please don’t do anything,” I
said.

“
Don’t worry. I'll get him back when
you’re not around. Calm down.”

I shot a nervous smile. “Yeah.”I mumbled, as
I walked back down stairs.

Daniel was still lounged in his chair. As I
walked passed, I shot him a glare. In a flash he pulled me down to
his lap. “You're not mad at me are you baby?” He asked. I rolled my
eyes and tried getting up. He held me there. “Let me up,” I
whispered. He shook his head. “Not until you say you forgive me for
what I did.”

I narrowed my eyes. “How… why would you do
something like that? It just seems wrong.”

“
Babe, you just don’t understand our
humor yet. If you knew the things she’s done to me… You’d probably
want to kick her ass too. She has killed me more times then I can
count, strange as it sounds. So please. it’s all in fun. You’ll
understand eventually.”

I sighed. “Whatever, if that’s what
makes you happy, killing you sister then by all means… have fun!” I
said. He let go of me and slapped my butt as I stood up. I pointed
a finger at him and mouthed,
No bubble
bath.

Later, when we got ready for bed, I had
something's I wanted to talk to Daniel about. He laid on the bed
watching me put my pajamas on. “You're so beautiful Love. How did I
get so lucky?”

I turned around and smiled. Climbing onto
the bed I nested my head on his chest. “I've been thinking lately
about our sex life. I have a few questions but I don't want to
sound stupid or foolish.” I said, glancing up at him.

“
What is it? I'm sure you
wont sound that way Love. You may ask anything you like and I will
try to the best of my ability to answer.”

“
Okay. Here goes. Well, I
know the majority or virgins bleed after they get deflowered and
it's said to hurt.”

He sat up and cleared his throat. “Uh
huh.”

“
I don't understand why I
never did. I mean no blood or pain. Am I broken or something?” I
asked glancing up at him.

He seemed pained and uncomfortable. “This is
not my area Love. I'm sure everything is fine. Can we go to bed
now?” He asked folding his arms.

“
Why? Whats
wrong?”

He shrugged and rolled his eyes.

“
And another thing, when
we do make love, it's like we are in a dream. Have you noticed the
haze around us? I mean is that even normal?”

He got up off the bed and started pacing the
room. “I don't know why you have to evaluate every little detail of
everything Faith. Yeah, the haze is heat of passion in the moment,
it doesn't mean anything. Can you please stop over analyzing!?” He
walked out and slammed the door behind him.

Daniel

It was the last day of school before summer
break started. I decided to stay home to let Faith spend some time
with her friends. Plus, I needed to make arrangements for our trip.
We were going to stay a few weeks at the castle. After, I planned
on taking her on a cruise to different islands. She was excited to
get away for awhile. I couldn’t wait to see her in all the bathing
suits I’d bought her.

I sat on the phone at least an hour on hold.
I was getting impatient so I hung up and called my Father. “Hill
residence,” he answered.

“
Father, how is everything?” I
asked.

“
Very well son. How are you and your
queen doing?” he asked.

“
Very good sir. Thank you for
asking”

“
Son, what are you
needing?”

He knew I wanted something. “Well, I called
the airport to make the arrangements to get us a flight to London
but--”

“
Yes, I'll send the jet. How
soon?”

“
Let’s see. it's Nine am here so can
you have it here no later then 10 tonight?”

“
Sure son. I'll get right on that.
I'll call you myself when it’s there.”

“
Great thank you Father. I really
appreciate this.”

“
Anytime son. Keep treating that girl
right son. You have a diamond.”

“
Wouldn’t be anything less
father.”

Celeste kept blowing up my phone when I was
trying to pack. Saying they planned an engagement party for Faith
and I. I thanked her and told her to make sure it’s planned around
our sleeping schedule. Usually when they threw parties it tends to
be late ones. Faith and I had been on a schedule for school lately.
And I knew she wouldn’t be able to stay up too late considering we
went to bed before ten.

There was only one problem about going to
the castle in the summer. The Sadie’s clan would be visiting just
like every summer. I got along with a few of the male vampires but
the twins were trouble. They called them the twin seductress for a
reason. With one look they would have a man on his knees. Any man.
As a teenager one summer when they were visiting, I sat in my game
room watching some television. The twins walked in wearing
basically nothing and I glanced. Instantly, regretting it. The
wicked blond sisters pressed me against the wall, my pants around
my ankles as father walked in. He saved me thankfully. Slashing
them with his whip. They got away before he could finish.

Father told me Adrian sent them to seduce me
to make me loose my focus on training. I was worried this time
because I knew that twins were close to Adrian. In more ways then
one. Adrian never made his personal life secret. He was proud of
the evil things he did and would often gloat about them to anyone
who’d listen. He bragged about the twins. He was sleeping with both
of them for a few years. It was a sick love triangle. He never
loved them but they obsessed over Adrian. They would often fight
over him. It was sickening to watch.

I cringe to the thought of them
pulling something crazy on me. I figure now that I’m older and
stronger, I would easily be able to resist their special
seductive
powers. I think it’s a
waste if that's their only ability. I made a mental note to tell
Faith about them, so she too would make sure to keep her eyes down,
knowing they could do it to anybody. Faith being a fragile human,
the twins would easily have her in their bed sucking her
dry.

I heard Faith pulling up in the driveway. I
couldn’t wait to tell her the news about Father sending the family
jet. She walked in the door and I quickly picked her up into my
arms kissing her. “What’s the occasion?” She asked.

“
Well father is sending a jet for us,
so we don’t have to hassle with those damn commercial flights
tonight.” I said, putting her down.

“
Wow, so we’re leaving tonight?” She
asked.

“
Yeah, I thought we’d already talked
about this. Why? What’s wrong? You change your mind?” I
asked.

She sighed. “Well, I kind of promised my
friends we’d go camping. I was coming home to pack a few things and
I would only be gone a few nights.”

“
Meaning. You, Mike, Kate, Melissa,
Drew and Chris right?” I started pacing. “Why are you upset about
this? Its just some friends getting together having a good time.
Plus, you never specified when we were leaving. You could have told
me before.”

“
Why am I upset?” I laughed. “You’ve
got to be kidding me!” I flew upstairs, feeling myself get angry. I
punched the wall in the guest bedroom. I couldn’t believe how
selfish she was being. She knew we were leaving soon and she also
knew that common sense would tell her not to stay the night with
her ex-boyfriend, regardless of whoever went. I flew back down
stairs to tell her exactly what I thought.

“
So you want to go without me and stay
the night with your ex-boyfriend? Please say your joking and are
not that naive!” I raised my voice.

“
Um. okay… I’m going to my Moms. When
you decided to talk to me respectfully, give me a call.” She
started walking towards the door. I jumped in front of her blocking
her path. “No… how about this Faith. You go and stay the night with
your ex and guess what? I'll do the same,” I said, glaring at
her.

Tears fell down her cheeks. “You have an
ex?” She asked, wiping her eyes.

“
Hmm. let me think. Uh, yeah!” I said,
sarcastically.

“
How? When? I thought u
said--”

“
Let me correct you. I said I never
had sex before you. I didn’t say I never had a girlfriend, now did
I?” I was a good liar and proud of myself. I felt the need to pull
one back on her seeing how she liked hurting me. I wanted to give
her a taste of her own medicine so to speak.

She glanced down at her feet.

“
So you go have your fun, camping.
I'll be in London, sipping on some blood, relaxing with my
ex-vampire girlfriend. Sound good honey?”

She sobbed louder, dropping to her feet. I
began pacing again. I wanted to comfort her but I was angry. I felt
her emotion and realized she was in pain, thinking of me with
another woman. My plan worked. Walking closer to her, I picked her
up. “Listen, you understand now how you made me feel? You
understand how much it would hurt me to see you around him?”