Crimson Passion

S haun watched her slip out for a minute then he grabbed the painting and frowned as he looked it over. He swallowed hard, something about it looked familiar, but not from something he'd seen or anything, but something that his sire had seen, or known.


***Sorry, I'm having issues with life. Long story. I keep my dog. (((

**Woohoo! Told you!**

I was scared to go back in there. I knew he had already looked at it. I listened and looked to the hallway to see if he would come storming down it pissed and asking why I painted that. He didn't. I must of sat there at the table for thirty minutes. Maybe a little more. Finally, a knock at the door broke the silence.

"I'll get it," I yelled. I heard a muffled 'alright' in response. I creaked open the door.
It was a little boy scout. He had a red wagon filled with what looked like boxes. I assumed it was cookies. "Hey little guy. What can I do for you?" I asked nicely leaning down onto one knee.

"Well, you can buy some of my cookies," he said in a cute little voice. He reached back to the wagon and put a box in front of my face. "These ones are really yummy. I know. I've been eatin' them all the way here!" he said. I smiled.

"Alright. I will take them," I said trading with him(Cookies, ten dollar bill). He took it gladly and I carefully placed the cookies on the counter and went back to close the door. I turned around and was blinded. I was about to scream, but I decided not to.

"Deadlove," I whispered scared as hell.

"Yes, dear. You are correct. Don't eat the cookies. That was no boy scout, love," he said. He was talking fairly loud and I wondered why Shaun hadn't barged in here yet. And where was Tuff?

"How do you know? If it was a demon then Shaun would of told me not to of answered the door," I said turning to where I heard his voice last.

"Oh no, that was no demon. That was an angel. We aren't the only one's hunting the child that you bear. Let me propose a prophecy to you. Your child will be born with beautiful white hair. She will have gorgeous ice blue eyes. She will be everything that you shall want. She will be the complete opposite of Satan. She will be his worst nightmare. Or Your child will be born with hair as dark as tar and ice blue eyes and will be everything that you don't want. She will stand next to Satan and his army and defeat all good. Or your child will be born and you won't be poisoned. She will have white hair and blue eyes and blah, blah, blah, but...come her 14th birthday she will be blamed for a serious crime and will be sentenced to death immediately. As the tears fall from her cheeks on the day her death is to be, she will cry blood. She will die, but be woken up once again only to be completely dark and evil. She will have the same looks though, but different personality. You can control her fait to be one of these, but choose wisely. If I were you, I would rid of the nasty vermon stealing my life as we speak. oh yeah, and when she is born...you will be the first to die in her presence on Earth," he finished and chuckled an evil little tune and I could see again. I could see fully. Shaun, walked in casually. I waited for his words before I spoke mine. I was fighting whether or not to tell him what I was just told. How did he not know Deadlove had came? How did he not smell the angel?

Shaun looked at Ettabell his head hurting. He sniffed the air a little and got tense. "Someone was here."

"Yes. YOu didn't know?" She looked at him confussed.

"No, I couldn't smell, or anything in that room. It aws like someone plugged my nose. I could smell you, but nothing else. Tuff was pawing at his nose too. It must've been a spell." He walked to the door and sniffed. Then looked at the box of cookies. "Angel."

"That's what Deadlove said." She replied.

"What else did he have to say?"


***I know she can't write anymore, I'm sorry for it too. I hope she does come back soon. I'll be praying***

"We're going to have a girl." She smiled a lil. But the smile didn't reach her eyes. He walked over to her and lifted her chin his eyes narrowing.

"What else did he have to say? Why are you upset?" He asked his thumb stroking her cheek gently.

"Nothing." She said looking down. He frowned and barely kept from growling.

"Ettabell, you are the worst liar I know." He replied. Tuff growled sitting next to his feet. "Even he knows it."

*okay Imma try my best and it won't be great right now but it will be enext time eI post, I promise*

I felt the salty tears filling my eyes. I tried to look at him without looking scared or hurt, but it was so hard. I lifted his muscular arms and wrapped my wimpy ones around his torso and buried my face into his chest and started weeping. He lifted his hands and put one on my lower back and stroked my neck with the eother.

"Are you gonna tell me what's wrong? I can't help you with no information," he said. I shook my head once. "Ettabell, come on. Tell me."

I whimpered and seemed to force out two words that always sesent chills through Shaun. "I'm scared."

((Don't worry about it. I'm just glad your writing again. ))

Shaun took a deep breath and kissed the top of her head. "It's ok, honey, I'll take care of you." He whispered in her hair. "Do you want to move again?"

"No, they'll always come." She replied. "I don't want to move anymore."

"Alright, but I might start hovering even more." He smiled helping her sit down and looking into her eyes. "Is there anymore that your not telling me?"


((Mine are short at times too. ))

"I don't want to be a mother. I don't want to die," I processed the words slowly.

"What? Who said that you were gonna die? Ettabell, what has happend?" he said, frustrated.

I sat him down and told him the whole story. The coming of Deadlove, the prophecy, how Deadlove told me to have an abortion, everything. When I was done, he looked like he was gonna murder Deadlove, if that was possible.

"Don't worry about Deadlove or his stupid prophecy's. He's just a jerk trying to scare you," he said brushing a strand of hair from my mouth.

"Or someone who isn't scared of telling the truth up front when something odd happens," I replied giving Shaun a deathly stare.

"Prophecy's rarely come true, and people can affect whether they do or not." He replied trying to keep his anger inside. "I was trying to protect you."

"You could've told me about it all a long time ago." She whispered. "Least you being a vampire."

"I didn't want you being scared of me or anything." HE replied. "Ididn't want you hating me. Not many people except what I am."

"And what's the difference between 'many people' and me?" I said trying to keep my anger under control. I felt as if it would burst through my mouth anymoment.

"I dunno. You tell me," he said impatiently.

The feeling of anger went away and I grasped Shaun's hand. "I do except you. For who you are and what you're not. Not one day in my life have I ever feared you in any way. I have always wanted you near, and if you leave I scream at you and sometimes smack you, but only because I love you so." I said so tenderly that it hurt. He pulled from my hands and brushed my face.

"Can you see?" he asked. I nodded slightly. "How long do you think you will be able to?" I shrugged.

"I'm not absolutely sure. I have been seeing for a while now. It can go at any given moment, but it could also stay for another week. It's like periods. Only it's on my face and not, er, down there" I said ending with a giggle. Shaun chuckled and put his hand on my stomach.

"Can there really be a baby in there?" he said sensitively.

"I don't know. I guess we are gonna have to wait and see, aren't we?" I said with a smirk. He nodded and cupped my chin. His lips were so close that I would strain my eyes trying to look at them.

Shaun kissed her softly his hand slipping from her face as her arms slipped around his neck. He held her close, loving the feel of her close to him. She pulled back and he let her so she could breath. He still had to remember to stop so she could breath. She didn't seem to mind to much. "Sorry." HE smiled.

"There is nothign to be sorry for." SHe replied with a smile. "You just don't have to breath and I do."

"Ya, I wonder if the baby will have to breath or not." he said his hand touching her stomach. He was so curious about it. He'd never heard of anything like this. Other then from books, and they han'dt been right on most stuff anyway.

I looked down to his hand and covered not even half of it with mine.

"I don't know. I've never even dreamed about having a baby half human or half vampire...what if it's neither?" I asked. We both were silent. I broke it with a yawn and a stretching of my arms. "I'm sleepy" I said holding out my arms and tilting my head. He laughed some and picked me up. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my lefs around his hips. He held onto me with one hand, his left. Sometimes I wondered if he was too strong. Other times I think he's not strong enough. But no matter what, no one could ever be stronger than him, nor weaker. It's strange how being a soon-to-be-possibly-if-Deadlove-is-telling-the-truth-mother can make you think about things more.

Shaun laid her down gently and kissed her softly. He laid next to her stroking her hair. "Get some sleep."

"What'll you do when I do go to sleep?" She asked laying her head on the pillow and watching him.

"Probably stay here with you." He replied stroking her cheek. "I like watching you sleep."

I giggled. "Yah? What if you get hungry? Are you gonna leave me again?" I asked. "If you get hungry please hold it off. I need you to stay with me right now. Kay?" I said. He nodded.

"I will try my best. Now close your eyes. I love you, Ettabell. So much," he said. And with that I closed my eyes and felt like I was being forced into my dream.

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Ron turned around and pointed a scraggly fingger at me. Behind him was all the demonds that Shaun and Deadlove had killed. In the very back lurked Lucifer. He came up to me and tossed everyone else out of the way. His breath smelled of something I have never smelled before. It smelled good but nasty at the same time.
"You. I am after you." he said talking to my stomach. I tried to run, but I couldn't get away from him. He followed me everywhere I went. Then I came to Deadlove.
"Deadlove, thank God!" I said.
"We do not thank such a man in this place," he said grabbing my neck and squeezing until I couldn't breathe.

"Shaun!" I cried out shooting up from my blankets sweating all over.

Shaun pulled her close wrapping her in his arms. "Hush, love, it was just a dream." HE whispered softly in her ear. "You'll be fine, my love."

"H-H-He...." She stuttered.

"Just relax, honey. Your fine." He kissed the top of her head rubbing her back and holding her close.

I shook my head. "No, I won't. Deadlove...he's a monster. He's always been freaky and I don't want anything to do with him. I don't him to have contact with my baby, if I am pregnate," I said pulling away from his hug and staring at his eyes.

"Are you sure? I mean, he does protect you," he replied to me.

"Yah, for now. What if he wants the child for himself? And that dog! What if he has as much control over it as we do? What if he just snaps his fingers and it attacks either one of us? Or worse...what if it kills my baby?" I said. I felt my eyes welling up with water.