*Daniel's POV*-
It's been a week since we found out that the twins were Hybrids.Sophie had been scared since the attack by the vampires and so every night Rachel would come to Sophie's room and sit with her till she slept. I was heading to sophie's room but Andrew stopped me halfway and asked me if we found out the people responsible behind the attack on the mall, only if he knew that all my day is spent in finding out those cowards.
I reached Sophie's room but Rachel wasn't there yet and Sophie started crying, I tried my best and put her to bed but she kept on crying. Rachel entered the room and made her way towards sophie. She told me go and get rest but I didn't leave the room.
"It's ok Angel. I am right here." She said while rocking her in her arms and humming a sweet tone. No doubt that her voice is so beautiful. I could see Sophie finally smile and slowly her eyes started to droop down.
I couldn't help but be amazed by this woman who handled my kids so perfectly. Her blonde hair was in a messy bun showing her sparkling and silky neck. The moon light rays from the window hit her face showing off her beautiful and sharp features in a new light. She was absolutely breath-taking. Like a GODDESS....What am I thinking?? What is she doing to me???
"Good night Angel" she said to sophie. For the first time I saw Rachel's eyes filled with so much love. I couldn't help but be captivated by her eyes. I knew that she was not the one to show affection to anyone.
"Good night Mommy" sophie replied.
Whattt??? MOMMYYYY!!! I was shocked and by the look on Rachel's face she was too.
"No sweetie I am not...." she started correcting her but stopped midway. I left the room as fast I could and waited for Rachel in the Hallway.
Mommy??? She has to go!!! There is no way in hell I am going to allow my kid's to get attached with anyone other than our family members.I have seen them suffer before when their mother left and I will not let them go through this pain again. She has to leave before my kids get so deeply attached to her that they totally depend on her. She is not going to stay in this family forever anyways, she will leave when her contract completes.
Just then I see her walk into the Hallway. Before she could do or say anything ,I went straight to her and stood infront on her while staring her down.
"What the HECK do you think you are doing??" I asked her with years of built in frustration.
"Going to Bed" she answered almost unbothered by my anger. She started walking right past me,but I wasn't going to let her go so easily. I grabbed her hand and pulled her back and made her face me.
"I want you to pack your things RIGHT NOW and Leave right this minute." I yelled.
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*Rachel's POV-*
Did he just grab me and within a second tell me to leave?!
"I am not going anywhere." I answered
"What did you just say?" he said while scrunching his eyebrows.
"Are you deaf? I said NO!"
I could see his cold dark blue eyes fill with anger. He is downright furious now. But if he thinks that his anger is going to stop me and make me leave these kids and my friends then he is Highly Mistaken.
"I WILL NOT allow my kid's to call anyone mom or mommy. They don't need a mother. I raised my kids all these years BY MYSELF! Their mother was not there when they used to cry all night , I was there. I will not let them emotionally get attached to someone who will never be in their life.They have their family , they don't anyone else.I refuse anyone to hurt them."
I was SHOCKED....That's all I could think. Behind all this anger, rage ,frustration ..there is Pain. This Pain is consuming him and clouding his judgements. It has over-powered him so much that he likes to live inside a small bubble and does not let anyone enter that bubble.Due to that one woman in his life, he doubts everyone else and expects everyone to leave him. But he really under-estimates me.
"Are you done now? Taken it off your chest? " I asked him. He looked at me like I was talking some non-sense.
"Now listen to me. DON'T. EVER . COMPARE .ME .TO. HER! She is lucky that she never got to meet me when she left those wonderful kids and hurt everyone. And get these words inside that thick skull of yours, that I will never leave or hurt them emotionally,ever. I will not leave until and unless your kids tell me to leave on their own! and if they do, I will leave without even a single word. With every passing day, I grew up to love those kids and your family. All these years, I have only cared about my dad and my brother but now I have more people in my life that I care about. I will do anything for them. Sophie, Carol,Susan, Ellie , even Andrew! Even though he does everything in his power to push me away but he is also stuck with me.There's nothing in this world that I won't do for him. I know that I am not going to be there for them every time but I will not try to leave them like their mother did." I yelled at him.
Daniel stood there shocked, not believing what I just said. And I don't blame him, even I shocked myself. I didn't know until today how much I cared for everyone in this family, till Daniel threatened to make me leave.
"And Daniel you are wrong about one thing. Everyone needs a mother or someone like one. Cause I sure do need mine....You more than anyone should know that too. But I will talk to sophie tomorrow and I will make sure that it doesn't happen again." I continued.
With that I went straight to my room and locked my door.
*Andrew's POV*-
(Few minutes earlier)........
I heard sophie crying, so I headed to her room but before I could enter I saw Rachel humming a tune to her so I stopped right outside her room. I waited for a few minutes outside seeing my little sister finally falling to a peaceful sleep. As I was about to leave I heard Sophie call Rachel as 'Mommy'. I left from there as soon as I heard that.
I took a deep breath trying to push away all memories with mom,but they were resurfacing. I was very close to her, I never thought that she would leave us. Although it was not sudden, we knew that she was changing, but the heart-break was inescapable. Dad used to be busy in company while mom would bring strangers home who would beat me for random things. Sophie was just 2 Years old but I understood everything.I was scared to tell dad because she would threaten to leave us if dad came to know. But eventually dad noticed bruises all over my body and when he asked I made up excuses so that mom would not leave us.
My dad was so blindly in love with her that he believed whatever she said, he never even questioned her. But one day all this changed, he came early from work to surprise us and saw a guy beating me while mom was high on drugs laying in another corner completely unbothered by what was happening to her son. That was the day when I saw my father completely changed from a sweet, kind, completely in love to a very cold,distant and a broken man ,that he is today. He tried changing her ,tried to help her through her addiction. She even agreed to him, but little did we know at that time that she was cheating on dad all the time. My dad completely broke after all this...and as for me...I hated my mom, I hated the woman who I used to love once. After she was caught, she just left us....like we never existed in her life.
I couldn't help but smile at Sophie's words. She has always liked Rachel. Whereas I....umm..I didn't think she was bad. I never tried to bond with her like sophie did, I have always kept my distance from her.I don't want to repeat what happened with my mom.
I heard voices coming from the hallway so I hid behind the closest door and heard dad and Rachel arguing. He was telling her to leave. But Why??!!
"Even Andrew!! Even though he does everything in his power to push me away but he is also stuck with me.There's nothing in this world that I won't do for him. I know that I am not going to be there for them every time but I will not try to leave them like their mother did." Rachel yelled at dad.
Wow!! I knew that she cared about sophie but I never knew that she felt the same way for me. I never expected her say that. I couldn't help but smile. All this time I tried hard for her to hate me so that she would stay away from me, but I didn't know that she would still care. After what happened with mom....after all those years....I am feeling...... loved.