Age Of Blood

Chapter 13

December 22nd, 2013

Parker's Apartment

Parker

"Please let go of me."

"No."

"Parker..."

"No!"

The body she was clutching very tightly just sighed and returned the hug. She breathed him in, a familiar homey smell.

"Ew, did you just sniff me?" Aiden pushed her away and scrunched up his nose in the exact same way she did. When Claudia and Conor had landed, Parker had been waiting for them with the S.H.I.E.L.D. file tucked under her arm. After she found it, she went back upstairs to see Romanoff had ditched her. So much for that. She was totally, absolutely not expecting her older brother to walk out too.

She was shaking with happiness because it had been so long. She hadn't seen him in years since she had decided to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and move to D.C. Aiden chose to stay in New York because it reminded him of their mother and he loved it. Last she had visited, which was quite a long time ago, Aiden had been living in Brooklyn keeping an eye on the supernatural beings over there. Parker had also lived in New York for a while after... Well she didn't want to think about that.

Instead, she took his appearance in. He looked older, sterner. She gathered this from the wrinkles in between his eyebrows and even though vampires were ageless, Aiden had always shown his stress. He had light stubble and his hair was cut like the fashion these days.

Aiden didn't share much of her traits since she had gotten the reddish-brown hair from her mother and also her dainty facial features. Aiden was tanner and his blonde hair was light and curly. They did however, share the same blue eyes and were very tall. Their mother was about 5' 7 and Aiden was around 6' 1. Parker was only 3 inches shorter than him.

"Why are you here?" Parker exclaimed, tugging Aiden into her apartment. He rolled his eyes and followed her.

"Yes darling, it's so good to see you as well. My trip was excellent, thanks for asking," Claudia interrupted, dragging her suitcase inside. Parker grimaced before rushing to her partner and hugging the life out of her. Hah, not that she could since they're basically dead. Man, she loved these undead jokes.

"Sorry Claud, but it's my brother. I promise we will chat tonight," Parker said before slapping Aiden on the arm, "What the hell, bro? What is this surprise trip for?" Aiden glared at her, rubbing his arm before his eyes caught Claudia's. Parker noticed the exchange but before she could ask, Conor fell through the door surrounded by luggage.

"Ow."

"Conor! What are you doing carrying all this baggage upstairs?" Parker demanded, pulling the baby vamp up. She looked at him and noticed he looked much healthier, his ginger colored hair trimmed, and his resting face now a smile instead of his worrying frown.

"He offered," Claudia said as she poured herself some bourbon. Aiden grasped the bottle out of Claudia's hand and moved it away from her. Her dark eyes narrowed but she didn't comment.

Parker immediately went on alert, back straightening. See, she knew her best friend and brother each like the back of her hand. And they never acted like this, they were always bickering. Always. So much so that they sometimes had to be on opposite sides of the room when they were together. What exactly happened on this trip to New York?

"So, how has life been?" Conor asked, reaching for the bourbon. Aiden then removed it from his grasp and raised an eyebrow. Conor had a look of disbelief on his face.