Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 49

The elevator ride was silent and so was the car ride for the first couple of minutes. Finally, I broke the

silence," where are you going to go?"

Damon peeked at me," I don't know yet."

I nodded," do you have an idea?"

"I have some friends in Europe, some in Canada, I'll make a few calls today and tomorrow."

"Europe," I muttered, taken back.

He smiled," you don't like Europe?"

"It's not that, I was just thinking you'd go maybe to Alaska, not-"

"Not so far?" He finished for me.

I nodded again, this time staring out the window.

"Vesto made it clear that if he catches me, he'll kill you. If I want to win this hunt against him, I'm going

to have to disappear-"

"But Europe?"

"I'm not being chased by local law enforcement or the FBI Holly," he continued," Vesto has people all

over the globe, if I could I'd hibernate underground somewhere for the entirety of the year, but I can't."

"I understand, I just...how are we supposed to-"

"How are we supposed to see each other if I'm 4,000 miles away?"

I remained silent.

"We don't," he said. This was the answer that I was expecting, but I didn't know why it was so hard to

hear," it's not safe, they know about us, Vesto will make sure that you are under surveillance 24/7 the

entire time I will be gone."

I kept my gaze outside, trying to stifle the tears that burned my eyes. The feeling of dread, having to

live an entire year without feeling his touch, hearing his voice, or even being near him, it filled me with

misery. I felt my chest clench and my heartache. I felt his hand grip my thighs and turned to look at him.

"You didn't ask," I said. The tears had overflowed now and flooded down my face but I tried to keep my

expression somewhat neutral.

"What?" His forehead scrunched in confusion," ask you what?"

"If I could come with you, because I do, but you didn't even ask-"

"Holly, of course I want you to come with me," he replied, his gaze softening," but I can't let you do that,

before we met you had a life, a family, you need to get back to it and when it's safe-"

"When it's safe?" I exclaimed," you mean if you don't get killed if I don't get killed, waking up every day

for the next year thinking is this the day that I'm going to die if we somehow make it!"

He sighed out loud, turning his eyes to watch the road in front of him. I knew and he knew that was the

stress and the anxiety talking. I couldn't help the fear that flooded me, it was almost paralyzing. It was

getting harder and harder to breath.

"I'm sorry Holly-" he began but I quickly cut him off.

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault," I wiped away the tears from my face," I just don't know how I'm

supposed to go back to school and graduate like nothing happened, how do I fill out college

applications and do I even go to prom?"

"You do everything just as you would have done it if you didn't meet me," he answered.

"I'm scared of how I'll feel, worrying every day, just the idea of being apart from you now-"

"It hurts," he finished, staring into my eyes," I don't want to take my eyes off of you for a second let

alone a year. It's going to be absolute hell and Vesto knew that this would be far more torturous than

just killing me, but I need you to take it day by day and wait for me."

I nodded and interlocked our fingers together," I will."

"and try to not fall in love with any more vampires," he continued," I'm not good with jealousy."

I couldn't help but crack a smile that turned into laughter. I stared at his side profile and felt my heart

clench again. He was too beautiful for my eyes to ever get used to it. I had no idea how in hell I was

going to get through an entire year without him which was ironic because a month ago I could hardly

stand him.

The ride back to town was almost too fast. We drove past the small wooden sign at the side of the

highway that read;

Welcome to

Hope, Pennsylvania

I felt a sudden rush of déjà vu. It felt as if I had been gone for years. The amount of aging I had done

these past couple of weeks had been more than I had aged in years. I led Damon to where my house

was. I asked him to park a few houses down because I knew that if my mother were to see him, she'd

know automatically and I wasn't ready to tell her.

We sat in the far, starting at the last house on the street. I had lived at the little three-bedroom

greystone home since I was born. I stared at the small trees that lined the front entrance of the house

and thought of when my father had planted those when I was still a child. When everything was so

normal and so easy. I felt Damon place a reassuring hand on my thigh," are you alright?"

I turned to look at him and smiled," I'll be okay, I just feel like I'm not the same person that I was before,

I don't know if my parents will be able to tell."

He nodded," You're the same person you always have been, you just know a little more."

I smiled and leaned closer," I'm going to miss you, Damon."

He smiled and leaned in," I'm going to miss you so much more."

I placed my lips on his, unable to wait anymore. I wrapped my arms around his neck, trying to take in

as much of him as I could. I had never kissed anyone goodbye before and it felt almost as if we were

desperate for one another. I wanted to stay in his arms and keep kissing and tasting him forever. We

quickly got lost in the embrace of one another, I eventually had to pull back to breathe. I rested my

forehead on his and let one more fear slid down my cheek. Damon reached up to wipe it away. I

reached into my bra and pulled out the phone that Luna had given me. I placed it in his palm," use this

to contact me, my number is in there."

Damon looked at the phone as if he were confused about where I had gotten it from but said," Alright." Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

"Be safe," I insisted," please, and be smart."

He nodded and said," I'll see you soon."

I exited the car, feeling as if I had left an entire part of me in it. I had to drag my feet against the grass

to keep going, forcing myself not to turn around and run back into his arms where I was safe. I got to

my front door and reached up to ring the doorbell. In the distance, I could see that Damon's car was

still there. I sighed out loud and waited anxiously for someone to open the door. A couple of seconds

passed by and the autumn breeze was beginning to feel colder. The door suddenly whipped open and

on the other side of it was none other than my mother. Her unchanging beauty blew me away like usual

and her expression quickly turned from disbelief to relief.

"Holly!" She exclaimed, running towards me with her arms wide open.

I couldn't help the happiness that I felt now that I have reunited with my mother. I felt her arms wrap

around me tightly and I thought for a second that everything might turn out to be okay. Over my

mother's shoulder, I could see that Damon's car was beginning to disappear. I stifled my tears and

instead, I dug my face into the nape of her neck.