Chapter Seven

•Chapter Seven•

*Alex's POV*

"August is using Ethan.. to get to me?" I whisper.

"Apparently."

"Well why don't I just confront August and let them have me. Ethan cant get hurt."

"That's a stupid idea Alex. You'll get hurt." Nadine looks me in my eyes, holding a face of worry mixed with anger.

"I'd rather be the one hurt than Ethan. But why me. Why can't they go to Seattle and get any vampire." I hold my head.

"Well aren't you one of the wealthier families? Wouldn't that make you more powerful?"

"I would have thought so. But my father ran away with my mother when they were younger. Assumably that means we lost any sort of power."

"Call your family. You're going home to discuss this." Matthew says sternly.

"I can't leave Ethan."

"We will watch him. Bump into him one day, become his friend."

"He already knows Nadine."

"Then I will 'meet' him."

"Okay. I'll go in a few days. I need to process all of this though so I'll see you both tomorrow?" I ask, hoping they won't mind.

They both nod and get up. I don't watch but listen, before they close the door. I get up and go to the fridge in my closet, grabbing a bag of blood. I take a few sips before the door rings. I sigh and put the bag back in the fridge and close my closet door before going down the stairs to the door. It's likely Nadine or Matthew due to forgetting something.

But when I open the door there's a sobbing Ethan. He doesn't wait for me to say anything, give him a look or move. He instantly comes to me and wraps his arms around me. I whimper slightly as his scent surrounds me.

"I have to close the door." I whisper.

Instead of letting go, he jumps slightly and wraps himself around me. If we were still dating I'd absolutely adore this. But he is engaged, even if it's fake. I can't get hung up in the moment or take him to my bedroom. I close the door and carefully walk to the couch, sitting down.

"Is something wrong?" I ask.

His tears subside and he moves so he is no longer on me. I miss the warmth.

"Not wrong. August. He wants you in our life. He knows how much you mean to me. How much I need you." He smiles.

My heart clenches at the thought of him needing me. But also at the fact that August put forth another step in his plan.

"That's good." I smile.

"I missed you." He whines.

"I missed you too. I'm going back to Seattle soon." I pause but the look on his face tells me I should have continued. "For a few days."

His face relaxes for a second before worrying again. "Why?"

"I need to speak with my family about family things." I don't like lying to him.

"I could come with you. I could get a week or two off of work. I want to see Jules and my mother. It's only been a little bit but I miss them like crazy still." Ethan rambles.

"I don't think August would like that much." I give Ethan a tight smile.

"I can ask him."

Ethan pulls out his phone and starts dialling a number, I'm assuming belongs to August.

"Ethan really it's-"

"Hey, love. I'm thinking about going back to Seattle for two weeks, with Alex. Is that cool with you?"

"Ethan." I whisper. But also slightly upset he called August 'love'.

"Mmhm. Yeah. I get that. I know. Yes. Just us. But it won't- Okay. I promise. I love you too." Ethan hangs up.

"You didn't have to." I say.

"He's fine with me going." Ethan smiles.

"I'm trying to book a flight as soon as possible so.. Go pack. And I'll call you to tell you when our flight is." I try to hide my emotions.

Ethan nods and leaves. I sigh in slight relief. He's coming to Seattle with me. My ex boyfriend is going back to our home town with me. Where I'm supposed to talk to my family about his fake fiancé who wants me to help make some powerful being. Why is my life like a movie.

I was perfectly normal, well as normal as it gets for a vampire, before Ethan. But the second he comes into my life I'm some character in a movie. I sigh and go back upstairs, finishing the blood.

Pulling out my phone and realise I can catch a flight tonight around 11pm. We have a little less than twelve hours then. That's fine. I book our flights and text Ethan.

Alex to Ethan @ 11:32am:

Hey, the flight is booked for 11, gotta get there by 10, be here by 9? Hope that's okay. If not, I can cancel yours.

I toss my phone on my bed and dig around my closet for the suitcase I had brought with me. After finally finding it I toss it on my bed as well, making sure it doesn't land on my phone. What do I bring? Clothes obviously. But anything else?

I shove a weeks worth of outfits in there, including boxers and socks, along with some basics such as deodorant, body spray and face wash.

Ethan to Alex @ 11:40am:

That's fine. I'll start packing now. See you around 9 x

My chest aches at the 'x' he ended the text in but I shrug it off. He probably didn't mean anything by it. I sigh. Anything else to pack?

I toss in a pair of sneakers. I can wear my slides on the plane. Please tell me I'm not forgetting anything. I'll grab my phone charger, wallet and earbuds on the way out.

"Don't forget Alex." I mumble.

"Well don't you seem awfully weird talking to yourself in a basically empty home." I throw my hands in the air.

I zip up my suitcase and pull it down stairs. Now we wait.

***

I open my door and see Ethan standing there with his suitcase.

"Howdy." He smiles.

"Never. Ever say that again." I hold a face of disgust and laugh a bit.

He rolls his eyes and walks in. I close the door behind me and lean against it, looking back at it.

"You know. You've lost all your bad boy vibes." Ethan says out of no where, turning around to face me.

"Maybe to you." I mumble.

"You're all nice and sensitive. With a touch of 'i'll kill you if you look at me the wrong way'." He looks down. "Kinda hot."

I choke on my saliva. "We should get going."

I grab my suitcase, put my hand in my pocket and feel my charger and earbuds, grab my phone and head out the door. I go downstairs and notice August sitting in Ethans car.

"About that. August needed a way for the car to get back home." He shuffles awkwardly, making sure to stay away from me.

I nod and get in the backseat, along with my suitcase.

"Good evening, Alexander." August smiles.

"August." I nod.

"How are you." He starts the car and begins to drive off.

So much for letting me buckle, huh.

"I'm alright."

"Why are you going back to Seattle on such short notice?" He asks quickly.

"I have some family matters I need to take care of."

He simply nods so I pull out my earbuds and start some music. Of course it has to be sad music it decides to play so the popular song It's You by Ali Gatie plays.

I roll my eyes but let it play. It may be sad but I do like the song. Not that I can relate too much. I've dated a total of five people. Four girls on obviously one boy. The girls were mostly when I was in high school. One was after high school, when I attempted college. None of them lasted. And only one managed to hurt me deeply.

Ethan on the other hand. I'm truly hurt by. But I suppose I should stop thinking about that. Can't make myself cry in front of August. Not only would that be awkward but it would lead to the next conversation starter and I really would rather not talk to him.

When I finally focus my eyes back on the outside world after my own little conversation inside my head, I realise we arrived. I look at my watch. Perfect time. I pause my music, pull my earbuds out of my ears and open my door. Pulling out my suitcase, August watches me intently.

"Yes?" I ask, slightly pissed that he wants to watch my every move.

"Nothing." He focuses his eyes on my mouth.

Looking for fangs buddy? Nice try.

I imagine myself walking up to him, leaning in and whispering "Might not want to look at my lips so much." and throw a wink. But I know if I did such a thing, he might suspect something and Ethan may get mad thinking I'm flirting with his fiancé. So I decide against it.

I close my door and start heading into the airport. Behind me I hear I love you's and comments to be safe. Mental gag. By time I get inside, Ethan caught up without his lovely tag along.

We walk further in and start the lovely long process of checking in for our flight. Meaning going through detectors and talking to plenty of people. By time we finally sit down and wait to board our flight, its 10:15pm. Apparently we start boarding in about five minutes. They board so early.

I sigh slightly and look at Ethan. He's looking around the room as if he's trying to take in every single detail. But his eyes stop finally on a family. A mom, dad and a child that looks quite young, maybe the age of five.

"I want that." He says.

"You can have that, one day." I smile slightly.

"August doesn't want kids."

Because he doesn't want a future with you. I want to say it so bad. But I decide against it. I remain quiet.

"The 11pm flight is now boarding. Please get in line to board." A woman says loudly over a speaker.

"Back to Seattle we go." I smile slightly.

And I swear, Ethans smile was bigger than it usually is.

**A/N

updated later than I wanted. But I finally got a chapter done. This is more like a filler. Like i couldn't go from being in Baltimore to suddenly being in Seattle.

But Ethan is going ((: wink wink what do you think will happen? (: ***

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