Something I'm Not 2- History (Sequel)

Chapter 40

I had to wake Harry up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, this was unusual. Normally he was waking me up, but now the tables have turned again. Now it is my turn to take care of his problem like he has done for me. Not to say that I have completely healed from my experiences with being held at Matt's but I am better. We have just hit a small bump. And hopefully, moving here with him will just let us get past this. 

I woke up early in the morning while he was still asleep. I know he didn't go back to sleep for a while after I had waken him. So I knew he'd probably sleep for a few more hours. I wanted to figure out what it was. What else has gone on his life... There's gotta be more than just Matt that happened for him to react to his mother that way. I really don't know that much about his childhood, besides him going haywire after his experience of witnessing what happened to his sister. 

I didn't want to take his rental and then have him freak out, besides, there's no way I'd figure out how to drive here, everything is backwards. I got his sister's number from his phone and called her. She answered and said she would love to meet and talk.

"Hey Ed?" I ask quietly and he opens his eyes. Blinking a few times to adjust. He was tangled in his blankets, peaking through the blankets was bare skin, I hope he wasn't naked. 

"Something wrong?" he asks and I shake my head. "I'm heading out to talk to meet Diana for breakfast." I lie. I knew if I said it was Audre, he would end up telling Harry. That's another argument I would like to avoid. "This early?" he mumbles, looking at the time. 7. "Yes. She wanted to talk about some stuff. Just, letting you know so when Harry freaks out." I tell him and earn a chuckle from him, despite him still being half awake. "Okay. Be careful." he says and I ruffle his hair before closing the door behind me. I nearly fell down the stairs when I didn't see Arrow sleeping at the end of the steps. 

I took a cab to the cafe Audre spoke of and paid the man when I stepped out. It was only about a half hour drive. 

Once I saw her bright green eyes, she smiled and waved me to come over. She was very pretty, her makeup was done up though she was wearing jeans and a normal shirt. 

"So what did you want to talk about. I assume it's Harry?" she asks, handing me a coffee she had already ordered. I thank her and nod. "Yeah. I only know about what Matt had done." I begin quietly and she looks down at her drink. "And I knew that had a major impact on him growing up, and I know your guys' mother had struggled with alcohol, but after seeing last night, there's just got to be more that happened. I've never seen him flip like that." I say gently only because I knew it was still a touchy subject by the look she had and the way she avoided eye contact. 

She paused and sighed. "Yes. There is more to his story. But can I ask you something first?" she asks and I nod. She looked more kind of weary or almost like she didn't believe me. "Why do you want to know? What are you to Harry? You know of Matt, so you know about what we are, correct?" she asks folding her arms as she sat back in her chair and I nod. "Harry, turned me." I answer and her facial expressions soften just a tiny bit. "Me and Harry had met when I caught him feeding one night and he knocked me unconscious and locked me in his room. I was still in college then... or was until he found me." I say rubbing the back of my neck. 

She laughed and covered her mouth with her fingers. "That sounds like Harry." she says amused. "So what had happened?" she asks, urging for more. "I was absolutely petrified of him until his cousin died, he never hurt me, I had stopped him from killing for blood by letting him use me and he said he marked on me, which is something I still don't quite understand but Matt had a problem with me being human and knowing about you guys so he kept coming after me and one night he found me at one of Harry's concerts and I don't remember much after he nearly drained me. I guess Harry found me and turned me." I clear my throat.