Vampire 1 entry (continued)

Arywin’s eyes widened in horror at his words. The knots in her stomach started to twist around tighter and tighter making it all the more harder to breath. Not that she needed that breath. Trying to calm herself, Arywin took another sip of coffee. Her hands shook so bad that it was hard for her mouth to cover the hole on the coffee lid. It took all of her strength to lower the cup gently to the table without spilling it.

Her eyes happened to glance at the clock and guilt filled her as she realized that she had been away from Libby and Rave far too long. She looked back at Dr. Maxner and nodded slowly to him. “Thank you for the warning, John.” Arywin said as she stood up. Not wanting to hear more, she turned around and basically flew down the hall, throwing her coffee away as she walked passed the trash.

Her mind was racing with questions and concerns as she made her way back to Rave’s room. She was so preoccupied that she didn’t even realize that Rave was dressed and ready to head home. It took Libby’s constant nagging to bring Arywin back to reality. Together, Libby and Arywin helped Rave out to Libby’s car.

Normally, Arywin would have insisted that Rave sit in the back cause she had the dress on but tonight, Arywin climbed in the back without a word. Her thoughts were elsewhere and eventually both Rave and Libby gave up trying to keep an conversation with Arywin. It didn’t take Libby long to drive back to Arywin and Rave’s house.

After the two girls helped Rave into the house and settled him on the couch, Arywin ran upstairs really fast to change clothes. She came back down in a dark blue hooded sweatshirt and a pair of black sweatpants. Rave was now lounged on the couch, starring up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. Arywin looked around but could find Libby anywhere.

“Where’s Libby?” She asked with confusion on her face as she starred at Rave. Rave laid there for a little while before returning her answer.

“Libby took off. She had some things to do before dawn and you weren’t much company anyway.” He turned his head to look at Arywin with a small smirk on his face. Arywin looked down at the floor with embarrassment.

“I’m sorry. I just had a lot of my mind.”

“We could tell. We didn’t get a single word out of you since we left the hospital.” Rave sat up on the couch and watched his sister with concern. “Arywin, is everything alright?”

Arywin looked at Rave with tears hanging from her eyes. She could hardly see him with the watery mist clouding her vision. “Oh Rave.” She squeaked and flew into his arms when he opened them to her. Sitting beside him, Arywin buried her head into his shoulder and allowed a few tears to fall. She could feel his arms wrap around her protectively. Slowly and smoothly, he began to rock her back and forth, gently smoothing out her hair.

“Hey, hey.” Rave said gently. “It’s alright, Arywin. Tell me what’s troubling you, Schwester.” Arywin made a sound somewhere between a hiccup and a sob. Rave chuckled at the sound and rested his cheek against Arywin’s head. She took several deep breaths before pulling away from Rave to look him in the eyes. His hands still remained on her shoulders incase she needed the support.

“I was talking to Dr. Maxner earlier about my relationship with Daniel. He doesn’t know Daniel’s name just that he’s a mortal and all. John, Dr. Maxner, warned me not to tell Daniel about me being a vampire. Said that mortals push away what they don’t understand.” Arywin buried her face in her hands. When Rave tried to pull her close to him, she pulled her hands away and shook her head.

“There’s more.” She stated and took a deep breath before looking up at Rave’s face. “Dr. Maxner also said that if Daniel would ever find out……he would either do one of two things. One, he’d either tell someone about me to get rid of me. Or he’d try and kill me himself.” Unable to stop them, tears rolled down her cheeks, blinding her vision. “The thing is Rave is that I can’t keep secrets from him……I love him too much.”

“Oh Arywin.” Rave sighed and pulled his sister close again. “Sh, sh. Everything is going to be alright, hun. You’re overacting to what one person told you. Daniel might be different. You just have to ask him and find out, alright?” Arywin nodded against Rave’s shoulder. Her tears began to slow until they had dried up against her cool cheeks.