November 8th, 2099

work in progress but I figured I'd put it up

November 8th, 2099

Marianna woke to a random knock on her bedroom door. When she went to get out of bed to see what or who it was, she saw a body curled up on the floor next to her bed. She cautiously approached the body, and noticed that it was a young woman. Rather than trying to see if she was moving, Marianna quietly left the bedroom to find Kimber. She knew Kimber would most likely know what was going on more than Marianna did.

Only when she went to open the door, a figure appeared in front of it, forming out of the little shadow in the room. The shadow of a person formed, and held a finger up to his lips to ensure she didn't make a sound. As Marianna stood in shock, he made his way over to the young woman, watched her for a moment, and then disappeared into the shadow in the corner of the room. Leaving Marianna beyond confused, and waiting for the mystery women to wake from what she assumed was sleep.

Before Marianna could get anywhere near her, the door opened, and Kimber stood in the doorway.

“Is everything alright, love?”

Marianna nodded, but kept looking at the young woman. “I think we have a problem...”

“What do you mean....” Kimber looked over Marianna's shoulder at the woman. “Go downstairs and grab some water, will you? I'm going to check her out and make sure nothing's wrong.”

Marianna nodded. “Alright,” She said in a sleepy tone, before wandering out.

Kimber walked over and knelt by the woman, and the door shut. Kimber froze for a moment, but returned to inspecting the woman. With the light shut off, she could barely make out her face, even with her ability to see better in the dark than the normal human could. She stood, and walked over to the bedstand to turn the lamp on. When she did, she saw a familiar face in the corner of her eye.

“What happened to you, Evan?” She asked, knowing very well who it was. There was a moment of silence. “I'm not a complete idiot.”

A moment later, the shadow of a man formed out of the shadow in the corner of the room, and knelt down beside the woman curled on the floor. The woman Kimber now recgonized as the one from earlier.

“Leilani?”

Evan and turned to look up at Kimber. As soon as he got a good glance at her, he smiled. But moments later, t he smile was replaced by an almost frown. “Remind me again why you left?”

Kimber shrugged. “I can't even remember, love. It's been far too long.” She paused. “Did you bring her here?”

He nodded.

“And I suppose you won't be staying?”

The silence answered Kimber's question, and she frowned. “You know, it would be nice if you actually stayed a night somewhere. You don't have to always be on the go.”

Evan nodded, and lifted Leilani from the floor, carrying her over to the second bed in the room. “Is here alright?”

Kimber nodded. She walked over to the other bed beside him, and rested her chin on her fists as she looked over at Evan trying to tuck Leilani in. That was until she felt another set of eyes on her. “Could you please tell your friends to stop breathing down my back? You know I always hated that.”

“They're just curious, Kimber. They haven't seen you in over twenty years.”

“Yeh, I know...”A few minutes of silence went by, until Leah could barely stand it, and spoke up.
“Are you sure you can't stay the night-”

“Why can't you just come home?”

Leah sighed. “I have a new family to look after now. And one of them knows about...”

Evan's hands went to his face. “Jesus, Leah. How did you manage to get caught?”

“Apparently he was spying on me for a while, and caught me mid transformation.”

“Great.” He sighed heavily, but a moment later turned his attention towards the two black figures, whom were making their way towards the door. “Get back here!” The shadows hesitantly crept back over and sat on the bed beside Leah, and Evan knelt in front of her. He took both of her hands in his, and looked up at her. “I need you to come home.”

The almost pitiful look in his dark, but soulful eyes, made Leah look away, biting her lip out of hesitation. “No, you don't need me to come home.”

Evan looked away. “You're right, I don't need you to do anything, but...”

“But what, love?”

“I...”

“What?”A knock on the door made Leah jump, but when she looked back, Evan was gone, along with his little shadow minions.

“Leah? Everything okay?” It was Marianna.

Leah, still unnerved, answered, “Yeh, everything's fine.” She then realized the door was more than likely locked, and quickly went to unlock it, letting Marianna in. “Everything is alright, just get some rest, and I'll be in in the morning.”

Marianna nodded, looking over at the other bed. The only light came in from the hallway, and it was a dim hallway light. “What about her?” Leah looked over at Leilani.

“I took care of her, love. She's passed out for the night. Just get your rest and I'll be back in around nine.”

Marianna nodded, placing the glass of water on the nightstand, and hugging Leah. “You get some rest too, Leah.”

“Don't worry about me, love. You just get your rest.”

“Alright. Night.”

“Goodnight, love.” She left the room, shutting the door behind her as soon as she knew Marianna was in bed. Her heart somehow felt different...a different sort of weight she wasn't familiar with. She walked down the hall, until she found the door to the covered balcony. There was a little couch on both sides of the door, and little tables for coffee. Apparently Nate had a wife who loved sitting on the balcony with her tea or coffee, just listening to the wildlife. She died of cancer a few years after they finished the home, which was what drove Nate to choose immortality. He didn't think it was a coincidence that she got cancer weeks after her first visit with the government doctor, and was bent on making them pay.

Even if it meant going to the edge of the earth to do so.