Unwanted Blood (15 page)

“So did you get that Cam problem sorted out yet?” Tank asks and I see Finn stiffen. Does he know about what happened with Cam? I thought Tank was human? He can't know this stuff!

“Ah, no, not yet” Finn says evasively as he tries to tell Tank something with his eyes, probably telling him to shut the hell up.

“Tank, what are you?” I say bluntly to which Tank starts laughing loudly at me.

“Darlin, how old are you?”

“I'm 25 er, I mean 26, why?”

“Well that explains it” Tank says as he looks at Finn

“Explains what? Someone better tell me. I am so sick of people keeping shit from me” I hiss at them

“Alex” Finn sighs “I'm not trying to hide anything from you, I just don't want you to get upset while we are in public” Finn says calmly

“Finn I'm not gonna flip out. Just tell me” I demand

“Fine, move over here with me and I will tell you” Finn sighs as Tank moves to let me out of the booth so I can go sit by Finn. Once I am sitting Finn puts his arm around me and turns to give me a light kiss on the lips. I'm not used to public affection so I turn my face and he ends up kissing my cheek which makes Tank laugh loudly and makes me want to bury my face in my hands. I don't know why I just did that to Finn. Ugh. I hate myself.

“Looks like she isn't all that into ye Finn!” Tank says happily. Kill me now. This is so embarrassing, poor Finn looks hurt as if I wouldn't like him. Who wouldn't like him? I'm just a social retard

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“Ah, Finn, can I talk with you in private for a second?” I ask him quietly and shoo him to stand up so I can get out of the booth. I take his hand and drag him to the bathrooms. Lucky for me they aren't men and woman's bathrooms like most places, these are just a unisex room with toilet and sink. I drag Finn into the nearest one and lock the door.

“First, I want to say sorry for turning my head when you tried to kiss me. I am not all that experienced as you know and Zack hated public displays of affection. So I'm sorry” I say quietly as I walk closer to Finn and search his eyes for forgiveness. He must have believed me because the next thing I know he has me pushed up against the wall with his mouth fused to mine which makes me let out a whore-ish moan that under normal circumstances I would be appalled by. My moan just encourages Finn to grasp my thighs and pick me up as he continues to attack my mouth. Well this isn't what I expected when I came in here but I can't say I'm disappointed.

Chapter 17

“You are so hot. I wanted to kill Tank just for putting his arm around you” Finn pants against my neck in between kisses.

“I-I'm sorry, I didn't know it would bother you” I stammer as he continues trailing hot kisses up and down my throat while keeping me pinned to the wall. I feel like I'm going to fall to pieces any minute.  Finn breaks away from kissing my neck and lays his head on my shoulder

“I didn't know it would bother me either till he did it. I'm never like that but something about you makes me feel protective of you. Sorry I acted like a caveman, again” Finn says as he starts attacking my lips again as I rake my fingers through his hair with my nails which causes him to groan against my mouth.

“We need to stop” He pants out

“Y-yeah, we are in a bathroom after all” I say lightly

“I don't care about being in the bathroom, I just don't want Tank to eat all our food” Finn jokes as he slowly lowers me to my feet but doesn't let go of my waist.

“So are you going to tell me what Tank is?” I urge

“I promise I will try not to keep things from you Alex and I only didn't want to tell you in the middle of the restaurant because I was concerned about your reaction.”

“Well we are in the bathroom now so if I react poorly no one will see but you”

“You are right, I suppose I could kiss you quiet if you scream” Finn winks but its lost on me because I focus on the part that he says I might scream. What the hell could he be?

“Alright, do you know what a Lampir is?” Alex sighs at my head shake “How about a Vulkodlac?” Again my head shakes no “Jesus, did your family teach you anything?” Finn mumbles our angrily.

“I guess not” I say quietly. My family is making me feel so ignorant when it comes to Finn and others of my kind.

“Its not your fault Alex, you don't know what you don't know. You lived your life until now thinking your family told you everything they knew but my guess is that told you 5 to 10 percent of what they know. So you are a bit behind in the game but don't worry, I am a wonderful teacher” Finn says kindly with a wink

“Well Mr. McTaverish, teach me what the hell Tank is then” I say with a scowl

“Tank and his kind prefer to be called a Lampir so that is the first thing you should know. Its a bit of an insult to call them anything else in their eyes. An easy way to explain a Lampir is to say he is a warewolf and a vampire mixed” Finn says cautiously as he studies my reaction. My face pales and I am sure my jaw has hit the ground while I stand there in shock.

“You're joking right?”

“No, I'm absolutely serious. Tank is well over five hundred years old. A Lampir starts out as a man who shifts to a warewolf at night to hunt. When a Lampir is killed it resurrects itself into a Vampire who changes to a warewolf at will” Finn explains

“I-Is he going to bite me?” I ask in a panic. I didn't think I was that affected by Cam biting me but when I am close to someone who could bite me again I must be more upset than I thought.

“No, Lampir do not feed on humans which makes them different from full vampires. This also makes them stronger than full vampires because they have the Lycan blood in them which is essentially brute strength. Lampirs are as hard to kill as we are”

“Wow, I don't blame you for not wanting to tell me out there. I am glad you didn't. I probably would have ran away from Tank” I say shakily “so is there some sort of book like “mythical creatures for dummies” or something that I could buy? I feel so lost”

“Donna worry Alex. I will be here to show you” Finn says as he tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. Yeah he will be here for me but since I'm leaving in a few weeks what the hell am I going to do then? Maybe he can skype me. Just the thought of being away from Finn is upsetting. I am growing attached to him already which isn't a good thing. I hate relying on others so much.

“Are you ready to go back out there?” Finn asks while hugging me to him. I could get used to his affection, its so comforting to me. I've never been hugged much so this is a change for me, I guess its one of those things you never missed cause you didn't know it was missing. Now I think I would miss Finn's hugs.

Nodding my head I reply “yeah, let's go. I'm starved.” Finn takes my hand and kisses my knuckles as he leads me out of the bathroom and back to the booth where Tank is eating like its nobody's business.

“You two have a good talk? Cause I know she doesn't like you enough to do anything else in there with ya Finn” Tank laughs at him which earns him a growl and a glare from Finn. Guess I really screwed up earlier, now Tank is going to make fun of Finn forever because I can't handle a little PDA. Instead of turning red like usual, I square my shoulders and plant a big kiss on Finn right in front of Tank and the rest of the restaurant which causes catcalls and whistles throughout the bar.

“Tank, shut the hell up, its obvious you don't have a clue what you are talking about” I stomp by Finn and drag him into the booth with me. Looking over at Finn he just dumbly stares are me with open shock. Guess he didn't see that coming. Finn finally snaps to and gives a hard glare at Tank.

“Don't think I'm not gonna continue where that left off when we get home tonight” Finn threatens in my ear which causes me to shiver

“Anyway, if you two are done now? Did you explain to Alex what I was while you were in the bathroom frolicking?” Tanks interrupts

“Yes, I know what you are” I respond shyly and look away from him. Even though Finn explained the difference between Tank and Cam I'm still a bit nervous around anyone who has fangs. Really I've only seen trolls before I came here. Now I've seen a vampire, pixie and most recently a Lampir.

“Finn told me what happened with Cam. I'm sorry about that. I promise I won't bite you so you can stop looking at me like that” Tank smiles

“Looking at you like what?”

“Like you think I'm gonna bite into you like a rare steak?” Tanks laughs at me which makes me turn red and hide my face in Finn's shoulder.

“Leave her alone Tank. She is still pretty new to all this, she just got her abilities you know” Finn defends me but he might as well have said I was a toddler just learning to walk cause that is what it feels like sometimes.

“Oh yeah, just turned 26 right? When was your birthday?” Tank asks me while stuffing some more bread in his face, but when he sees me seal my lips shut he turns to Finn with the question.

“Ah, well she won't tell me. I tried to tickle it out of her earlier but I got...ah...rather distracted when she took off and hid on me in the apartment. Well you know how much I enjoy hunting. Let's just say when I found her I forgot I was trying to get an answer out of her” Finn says as he smirks at me. Damn it, I was totally hoping he forgot. Thanks a lot Tank, I glare at him.

“Ya know, I could hold her down and you could tickle her if you need some assistance” Tanks says with a pervy look which causes Finn to tighten his arm around me and glare at Tank.

“No, I think I will be just fine getting an answer out of her” Finn growls.

“Fine! Jesus, my birthday was five days ago! Now will you leave me alone?” I throw my hands up, hopefully they will buy my lie. Its not that I don't want them to know, its not a big deal really but I don't want to be it to be awkward and feel like they have to do something for me like a normal birthday, so if they don't know then I won't be disappointed. See how my mind works? I try my hardest to make it easier on those around me not to disappoint me.

“Alex, you are a terrible liar” Finn shakes his head disapproving

“Yeah, even I would want to play poker with you and I am horrible at it. You have a terrible poker face. Next time you want to lie, try not to grimace after you say it” Tanks laughs at me. Shit, I didn't I know was that bad of a liar. I roll my eyes at them in attempt to get them to buy my lie.

“Keep it up Alex” Finn threatens “ Why not just tell me?”

“Why do you want to know so bad?”

“Why do you want to hide it so bad?” Finn fires back at me

“Ugh, Fine. My birthday is in about two hours, there happy?!?!” I blurt out after looking at the clock above the bar. Why do they have to bully it out of me? I slump down at the table and pick at my food while the guys stare at me.

“Why didn't you say anything?” Finn asks quietly

“Just let it go Finn” I say as I push him out of the booth so I can stand up “going to the bathroom” I mumble with my head down as I pass the table. Great, now they probably think I'm a dramatic chick. I'm beginning to think my family has messed me up in the head. I can't even tell someone when my birthday is without coming close to crying. I walk in the bathroom and shut the door while I slide down to the floor and contemplate my shit life.  Another year has gone by and I'm still lonely and sad inside which is just stupid. I just want to go home and lock myself in until the dreaded birthday has passed which is ironic since I was just saying how lonely I am. God I'm pathetic. A soft knocking stops my internal ass kicking.

“Alex, open the door please” Finn says quietly. I think about it for a minute and pull myself together to let him him.

“Hey, I was just finishing up” I say as I open the door with a fake smile plastered on my face. Finn says nothing but walks up and gives me a tight hug for about five minutes. During that time I am trying my hardest not to sob on his chest. Finn finally lets me go with a big sigh.

“Alex, I could just kick your families' asses. Come on, let's go home” Finn says as he takes my hand and leads me back to the table which is now empty.

“Where did Tank go?” I ask quietly. I hope he didn't leave cause I am a drama queen. God how embarrassing.

“He got a call and had to take care of some things. He said he will see us again sometime this weekend” Finn explains as he throws some money on the table and pulls me out the door back to the apartment.

“So, do you want to sit in the hot tub?” Finn asks as we walk into the apartment.

“Well, I don't have a swimming suit so I guess that won't work” I have shitty luck cause relaxing in the hot tub would be great right about now

“Actually, my sister has about fifty suits she left here for when she comes to visit. You can use one of those” Finn says happily as if he just solved world hunger. Boys just don't get it.

“Um, sorry Finn but its sort of gross to me to use another chicks suit. No offense”

“Alex, they are all brand new with tags still on them. God girls are weird” Finn mumbles as he drags me into the changing room by the pool. Hanging on hooks are a bunch of different colored swimming suits with tags on them. Who knew? I am looking through the suits trying not to gasp at the price on them when Egypt comes trotting over to lean against my leg.

“Hey baby girl” I coo at her while I scratch her ears “what did you do while we were gone? Sleep? You are so lazy” I tease her which causes her to head bunt my leg in retaliation. “Egypt, I almost fell over” I shoot her a dirty look as I select a suit and head towards the changing room. Could Isabelle buy any skimpier suits? Jeez. I feel so exposed as I walk out with a towel around me and over to the hot tub. Since Finn isn't in there yet, I quickly jump in and hide myself in the water. I lay back, close my eyes and let the jets massage my body. So nice, maybe I should make this my birthday tradition instead of sulking around the house having my pity party of one.

I hear a loud splash and look over to the pool to see Finn's head pop up from the water. Didn't he say we were going in the hot tub?

“Egypt! Come in for a swim” Finn calls over to her while patting the water. Oh boy, he is going to get it now. Egypt loves water, she is never going to get out of that pool. I start to laugh as I see Egypt stand up from where she was laying and run full speed to jump into the pool almost on top of Finn who is now sputtering with a face full of water.

“Finn that was a big mistake! Egypt loves water. She will probably grow gills and live in there now!” I call over to him as he holds on to Egypt while she paddles around in the water, she is like his personal motor boat. Its so cute how they get along so well now that they have gotten past that initial trust issue. Egypt tows Finn to the pool steps as Finn lets go and gets out to walk over to the hot tub.