Rekindled/Set Fire to the Rain {An Erik House of Night Fanfic}

Chapter 1

~Roxanne~

"Hey," I said hugging Erik. Dragon's pyre lighting was a few days ago and there was still no activity from Neferet or the red fledglings. However, Zoey and the rest of the gang returned to the main House of Night. Everyone had been in war mode, but there wasn't any need for that.

"Did your dad catch his flight yet?" he asked scoping me into his arms.

"The big bad bitch talked him into another week," I said smiling at him. I really was starting to miss my dad, and I wanted to hold Isis. I talked with her a little on the phone; well I did all the talking. I told Erik that my dad and his wife adopted her, which is true. They said I was too young to be a full on parent. I felt bad that Erik had no idea he was a father, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him and risk Neferet finding Isis.

"I'm not going to like you being around your dad all the time. It's bad enough I have to share you with Miles," he pouted.

"I love you," I said looking up at my Prince Charming. "Nothing will ever come between us," I promised him.

"Marry me," he said in a soft whisper.

"Wait what?" I asked him confused. He couldn't have said what I thought.

"Spend the rest of your life with me. Be my wife?" he asked sounding bolder and looking into my eyes.

"Erik Eugene Night, you're friends just found out we're dating, and my dad doesn't know about us. The world as we know it could cease to exist, and all hell is breaking loss. Why do you want to get married?" I asked him.

"All of it," he laughed and raked his fingers roughly through his hair. "I want to know no matter what, we have each other," he looked down at me as if I were his last life line.

"Erik I...Are you serious?" I asked knowing the answer already.

"Yes or no," he asked looking into my eyes.

"What do you think?" I smiled at him.

"Never forget I love you," he said kissing me.

"Gross," Aphrodite said interrupting us. Somehow our apartment manifested an open door policy. Whenever anyone wanted to come in they just did. The gang hung out here during class breaks or occasional lunches.

"If you don't like it you can go away," he offered pulling me in closer. Erik was a lot more comfortable bring affectionate now that everyone knew the truth, but he mostly dishonored the PDA rule to annoy Aphrodite.

"I love you," I said kissing him.

"Gross," Stark said mimicking Aphrodite's tone. They were like twins some times. Not as much as Shaunee and Erin these days, but they shared a like mind.

"I have to go," I said looking down at my watch.

"Or you could stay with us. More importantly, me, of course," he said kissing on my neck.

"I'll see you soon enough," I said playfully biting his lip.

"We get it!" Aphrodite yelled.

"Jealous," he said making everyone laugh.

"Bye babe," I said kissing his cheek. "Bye guys," I said running off to meet Miles.

~~~

"Zoey?" I asked seeing what looked like her talking to some guy. He kindda looked like Travis. Unfortunately it wasn't Travis. "What are you doing here?" I asked looking into Aurox's eyes.

"Please let me explain," Zoey said trying to calm me.

"He killed Dragon, and almost Rephaim. He's connected to the white bull and Neferet. Z, you need to do more than explain, you need to stay away from him," I ordered her. She was the one that told me she saw Aurox when he ran out the stable as the bull. And we both could feel the empty chaos inside of him.

"I'm not Aurox," he said looking at me. "I'm Heath," he informed me.

"I don't understand," I said looking to Zoey.

"He was my boyfriend, but Kalona killed him, and Nyx allowed him to come back through Aurox," she said making it seem simple.

"Get in the car," I said unlocking the doors to my now fixed dodge charger and insisting they both get in. "Take it from the top," I said as I pulled out of the parking lot.

~~~

"Zoey what are you going to do about Stark?" I asked her as we walked to the rec room. She was having feelings for Aurox, who was channeling her dead boyfriend Heath. Erik was right; everything Zoey got involved in was messy.

"Let it go," Zoey mumbled.

"Z, it's not fair to Aurox if you keep making him be Heath," I said. Zoey knew I thought she was taking advantage of Aurox, he just wanted someone to give him purpose and protect him from Neferet. Zoey was being selfish.

"Heath gets him to leave, not me. We can't talk about this now and you know it," she said before opening the rec room door. We were having a meeting and things just didn't feel right with me. My stomach pain came back, but my head was pounding.

"Okay, but tell everyone," I said feeling bile in the back of my throat.

"You're sick again aren't you?" she asked closing the door.

"I'm fine," I smiled walking past her into the rec room. Erik and Damien were running the first act of their play, and I was in charge of picking the right music for the production. "Hey," I said as Erik's arms immediately wrapped around my waist.

"Why are you so cold?" he asked brushing my hair behind my ear. Then his eyes darkened. "You're sick again aren't you?" he asked.

"I'm fine"-

"No you're not," Zoey said from behind me.

"I'll be okay promises," I said reassuring both of them.

"Okay," Erik said gently kissing me as Stark came over to claim Zoey.

"My stomach is never going to get used to that," he whispered to Zoey. They laughed and we all walked to the little theatre. Erik's class was there already running lines and getting ready. Stevie Rae, Kramisha, Aphrodite, the twins, and Rephaim were setting in the audience with Damien. Stevie Rae and Rephaim were managing the set building. I knew Stevie Rae was upset that Erik gave the music job to me, but happy he thought to include Rephaim. Aphrodite and the Twins were on wardrobe and make-up, while Kramisha was our resident hair stylist. Stark and I were doing the music while Erik was directing and Damien was on tech. We had a solid team and the kids liked us enough.

We watched the first run through and I couldn't be live the kids wrote this themselves. It was so moving and personal. The story followed three friends from totally different walks of life, who happen to get marked together. They soon found out they're not as different as they thought they were. Aaron Lattamor and Todd Denson were playing the two male leads, and Olivia Evergreen was the female lead.

"That was oddly amazing," Stark whispered to me.

"I know," I said shocked. "Damien totally edited that scripted."

"Aint that the truth," Shaunee laughed.

"Ditto twin," Erin added.

"Dorkamese twins we have shopping to do," Aphrodite said putting her notepad in her purse.

"I'm coming too," Kramisha said grabbing her stuff.

"Hatefuldite has got some ideas," Erin smiled to Shaunee.

"What are you thinking Hateful?" Shaunee asked.

"Ten thousand ways to kill you two," she smiled.

"I think we hurt Hateful's feelings," Shaunee smiled.

"I don't you need a heart to feel?" Erin asked and Stark and I couldn't help but snicker.

"I liked it so much better when you two were fighting," Aphrodite sighed instead of fighting fire with fire.

"We think you're great too," Erin smiled as they left.