Chapter Eight

•Chapter Eight•

*Alex's POV*

"Alex." Ethan mumbles, slightly pushing on my arm.

"mm?" I keep my eyes closed and refuse to move.

"You have to wake up." He pushes a little more.

"Just a little longer."

"A little longer and the plane will take off again."

I go to pick my head up quickly but knock my head into his.

"Ow. Why was your head in the way?" I whine and rub my head.

"Because your head was on my shoulder." He puts a hand on his head.

We landed. We're back in Seattle. I quickly stand up, bumping my head into the extra luggage area above.

"Shit." I whisper harshly.

Guess it's injure myself day. I walk down the aisle of the plane and exit, into the airport. I didn't warn my family I was coming home. My father still hates me. But my mother should be happy, right?

Ethan follows, trying to keep up with my fast pace. I pull out my phone as we near the door.

"mom?"

"Yes sweetheart?" She says, slightly excited to hear from me.

"Can you come to the airport and pick me and Ethan up?" I ask.

"Wait what?"

"We flew here. I need to discuss some stuff with you and he wanted to visit his family." I try to quickly explain.

"I'll be there as soon as possible."

"Thank you so much." I hang up and look at Ethan. "She'll be here to get us soon."

He nods his head and looks around. "Kind of weird to be back. I know we were here recently but still."

"I guess I get it." I look at him.

It's hard keeping distance between us. At this moment, while we both look at each other, all I want to do is kiss him. Maybe just a hug. But I want him near me. I want to make him realise why he liked me in the first place. But maybe its for the better. If someone knew our story they'd think he had a case of Stockholm Syndrome. I even considered it at one point. What if he only loved me because I somehow convinced him he did? I obviously hope that's not the case but who knows.

"Alex?" Ethan puts his hand on my arm.

"I-yeah. What?" I focus my eyes back on him.

"I asked you a question."

"Sorry.." I mumble.

He drops his arm. "It's okay. You acted like you didn't want me to come here with you. Why?"

"Can I tell you later. I feel like right here really isn't the place." I give him a tight smile.

"Of course."

We both look away to see my mother pull up.

"Boys!" She yells as she comes out the car.

She spreads her arms and pulls us into a tight three way hug. "Oh i've missed you two so much!"

"Mom. Mom. We haven't been gone for that long." I whine.

She rolls her eyes as she pulls away from us. "Put your bags in the backseat. Alex you get the back."

I pout slightly at the fact that she kicked me, her own son, to the backseat. How rude.

"How have you boys been?" She asks.

"Well. We. Uh. Good." Ethan smiles.

"Hows August?"

"He's okay. He wants to get to know Alex." Ethan smiles, as if that's a compliment.

"That's great. How have you been Alex. Any new friends?" She winks.

"Not really." I shrug.

"What about that girl.. Natalie?" Ethan looks at me.

"Nadine." I correct him, almost harshly.

"Who is this, Nadine?" My mother asks, clearly curious.

"A friend I made. I was walking to the store and bumped into her by accident. After that we became friends quite quickly." I smile slightly.

When looking down at my phone I noticed I have a text from Matthew and Nadine.

Nadine: Hey! Hope your plane landed safely, no crashing.. or killing Ethan by accident xx

Matthew: Update me on stuff with Ethan and your family. I'll keep you posted on August.

Gotta love friends. Before I know it we're back at my home.

"Is dad home..?" I ask, almost shyly.

"Yes but he's been in his study most of the time. He doesn't like to come out."

"Could you maybe tell him I really need to talk to him. It's about something.. important." I say.

We get out of the car and I look at Ethan to make sure he's looking away before leaning in closely to my mother and whispering "Vampire."

Her eyes widen slightly and she nods. Both Ethan and I grab our things.

"Weird to be back." Ethan says.

"Remember the first time you walked through those doors?" I smirk.

"Oh god I was honestly nervous." He laughs.

We stop on the steps before the door, my mother had already walked inside.

"Aw I make you nervous." I smile.

"Maybe a little." Ethan smiles and rolls his eyes.

I realise how close we are again and the urge to push him against the door and kiss him is definitely really bad right now. I clear my throat and walk inside.

"Your room is the one you used when you first arrived. As far as I know, it would still be the same but I don't really know due to not living here for.. a while." I pick up my suitcase and go up the stairs as fast as possible.

When I make it to my room, I walk in and shut the door, leaning against it. What the hell am I getting myself into. Being around him without August is not good for me. I'm going to end up kissing him if I don't keep my distance. I can't do that. Not yet. It's not time.

I look at my room and realise it's not really my room. It's the same room but none of my stuff is here. It's a guest bedroom. I sigh and start putting away my things.

Just five minutes into unpacking, my phone goes off.

New number: Hope you're keeping my lover safe. Thanks for letting him tag along to see his family.

I roll my eyes, already knowing who it is before replying "No problem. He's fine." God. He can't leave me alone even when we're hours away.

I walk to the other side of the bed and notice there is a picture frame on the bedside table. I pick it up and see it's a photo of Astor, Ethan and I. The first time we all hung out. Astor had asked me when I was going to tell Ethan I was a vampire. Oh god.

I smile sadly at the frame. I miss this. I wish he wasn't with August. I just want to hold him. Lay down with him in bed with my arms tightly around him. I sigh at sit down on the side of the bed, putting my elbows on my knees and my face in my hands.

There's a light knock on the door. I don't say anything but the person comes in anyways, the door shutting quietly behind them. The bed dips down beside me and the person puts their hand on my back, soothingly rubbing my back and their head on my shoulder.

Instantly I know who it is. My lover. I don't think about anything, I ignore my mind and turn to face him, wrapping my arms around him. I put my face in the crook of his neck and hug him tightly. I inhale his scent. I breath out of my mouth instead of my nose so I don't get so caught up in him.

**ETHANS POV BECAUSE AHA**

I freeze as he wraps his arms around me. He isn't much bigger than I am but big enough that I definitely look small compared to him. I put my arms around his waist and my chin on his shoulder. I try to still lightly draw circles on his back to continue soothing him.

Without any warning his breath starts fanning my neck and I freeze again. His mouth his so close to my neck. So so close. I want him to kiss me. I want to kiss him. I really do.

But I am with August. I love August. August is the one I'm going to marry. Hopefully soon, if he'll actually make plans with me. I can't be with Alex. Why would I even consider that? I'm not. I'm not considering it. I'm just getting caught up in the feelings I used to have. It doesn't mean anything.

And anyways, he is one hundred percent into that girl. Natalie? Natalia? No no. Nadine. He harshly corrected me about it earlier. He must really like her if that's the case. He tries to never be harsh with me, especially knowing how I am about all of that. Anyone coming off even slightly harsh will make me burst into tears. Who knows if its trauma or me just being sensitive but oh well.

No falling for Alexander on this trip. I need to marry August.

**A/N OH MY GOD I UPDATED LIKE A MONTH LATE. Im so sorry. I aimed to update way sooner but I couldnt figure out how I wanted this chapter to happen. It's mainly a filler chapter but i still wanted it to be 1500 words so I had to think of a lot. But ooooh a little bit of Ethans point of view. Their lovely hug. Ooooohhhhh**

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