Chapter Ten

~Declan~

Today is Theodore’s birthday. He would be the same age as I am today. I wanted him to be here with me right now. This is going to be one depressing Saturday. Shaylee and Lyla stayed the night last night. Aiden had a family thing going on at his grandma’s an hour away from here. So he stayed there last night. He should be back this afternoon though. So I am happy about that. I got out of my bed and went to the butler’s pantry. I am so hungry this morning. I have no idea why. My hunger is way out of control. I ripped open a bag and drunk until I couldn’t drink no more. “Declan?” Shaylee asked. “Sorry I am just so hungry right now. Mostly depressed but hungry.” I said drinking another bag. She ripped the bag from my hands. “Look on the ground. You drunk enough!” She points out. I look down and ten bags were gone. Oh…… I grabbed the bags and threw them in the trash. “Why are you depressed and eating like you are dying?” Shaylee asked. “It is Theodore’s birthday.” I informed. She smiles. Why is she smiling so weirdly? “Why are you smiling?” I asked. “I have something in mind.” She crosses her arms and leans back into the chair. “And what is that?” I asked awkwardly. “I can do this spell, contacting the dead so you can see him. But…. If it goes wrong, you may get stuck in the dead zone with him.” She informs. My eyes widen. “Will you please? I have not seen him for hundreds of years. Please!” I beg. “Why is he begging?” Lyla asked walking into the kitchen. “I offered Declan that he can see Theodore again. Because it is Theodore’s birthday.” Shaylee pointed out. “You mean I get to meet him as well?! Hell yes! Go for it!” Lyla shouts.  Shaylee nods and grabs a book out of her bag. She opens it up and dust flies everywhere. That thing collected the dust. She lights four candles, putting them into a circle. “I need a picture of Theodore.” Shaylee informs. I grab a picture and handed it to her. She puts it in the middle of the circle of candles. She closes her eyes and says, “Educ de mortuis, ut sit in cella.” Over and Over again. The candles shoot up in flames and goes back off. Shaylee opens her eyes. “He should be here.” Shaylee informs. “Declan?” A voice said from behind me. I turn around and start balling in tears. We run to each other and our hug was so amazing. I missed him so much. More than anyone could explain. He cried into my shoulders. “I missed you so much Theodore.” I cried out. He kissed my cheek and cried more. I can hear Shaylee and Lyla aweing in the background. “Who are they?” Theodore asked. “This is Lyla and that is Shaylee.” I point out. He smiles at me and walks slowly over to them. “I am Theodore.” He shakes their hands. “He is hotter than he was in this picture!” Lyla shouts. I giggle and so does Theodore. “What year are we in?” He asked me. “2014” I point out. He looks at me confused. “That is many, many years Declan. I still remember that I was in your arms bleeding everywhere like it was yesterday.” Theodore explains. He looks around the house. “Where is Vanessa?” He asked. “She is actually at work. But she should be home any minute now.” I smiled. Theodore ran over to me and hugged me again. “I can’t believe I am seeing you again. It has been too long.” He started to cry again. He put his hands on my cheek. He leans in and kisses me. Oh gosh… I haven’t felt his kiss for so long. I kissed back instantly. It is ok too kiss him right? I mean Aiden and I haven’t said we were together at all. So I believe that it is ok. “Theodore?” Vanessa shouts from the doorway. She runs over to him and hugs him so tightly. She grabs his face and looks at him and hugs him again. “How is this real?” She shouts. “Shaylee brought him back for the day because it is his birthday.” I inform. She smiled at Shaylee and hugs Theodore again. “Vanessa, you are killing me! Literally!” He tries to push her away. Lyla and Shaylee giggle. “What? I missed my ex future brother in law!” She laughs and walks into the kitchen. “I heard Shaylee whispered to Lyla. I wanted to listen in but I couldn’t. I just grabbed Theodore and hugged him tightly. “Are we in Lynn Haven still?” Theodore asked. “We are. I would show you but… You may need some new clothes considering you are in the same clothes you died in.” I pointed out. He laughed as I dragged him up the stairs. “Wow, you are rich now aren’t you?” He asked me looking around in my room. “This was my great, great, great, great grandfather’s place…. Well considering I am the grandfather.” I laughed as I diged through the closet. “Go take a shower.” I demanded. He nodded and walked into the bathroom. I grab some clothes and lay them out on the bed. I walked back down stairs to Lyla and Shaylee. “He is taking a shower.” I informed and sat on the couch. “Can I got look?” Lyla asked. “NO!” I shout. I got back and walked over to the bar. I poured myself a glass of scotch. “Can I have one?” Shaylee and Lyla asked. “You two are too young.” I wink. “But considering I am in a good mood…” I said and grabbed them a glass. We started talking about how Theodore and I met. “Are we ready to go into town?” He asked. I turned over to him and damn! He cleans up nice! “He looks even hotter without his bloody clothes.” Shaylee laughs. “Are you sure that you are gay?” Lyla asked. I laugh and grab his hand. “Are you guys coming?” I asked. We walked out of the house and got into my car. “What is these things on the road?” Theodore asked. We all laughed. “Those are cars. Just like what I am driving.” I informed. He gasp. “What are cars?” He asked. “Cars is like carriages. But instead, they don’t need horses. They just need gas.” I informed once again. “Look at all the homes. The corn fields are gone. Is the abandoned house still here?” Theodore asked. “I am not sure. I never went to go look.” I smiled at him. “You girls mind if we go find the abandoned house?” Theodore asked. “Sure.” They smiled at him. “Why can’t all guys be a gentlemen like this?” Lyla asked. “Because guys in the past was nicer then what they are today.” Shaylee tells her. “Guys are mean today? But why are they mean? No man should be harsh to a woman. Never. It is just wrong.” Theodore crosses his arms and pouts. I start to laugh. He slaps me in the arm. “Do not laugh at me.” He shouts at me. I forgot how demanding he was. I just smiled and tried to find the abandoned house. We drive into the woods and got out. “It should be behind these trees if it is still here.” I pointed out. We walked for about 10 minutes and finally made it. The house is still here. Barely here, but still here. “Oh my god! This place is old and huge!” Lyla shouts. Shaylee stops us. “I feel spirts inside that home. Dark spirts. We can’t go in there.” She says. “But I want to see what it looks like now darling.” Theodore says and walks aside. He tries to open the door but it wouldn’t open. I walked up and rammed into it. The door flies open. We walk in and I can feel Shaylee’s hear beating faster and faster. “Don’t be scared Shay… Everything will be fine.” I inform. When we walked in, Theodore’s bones and Benjamin’s bones are lying on the ground. “Whose bones are those?” Shaylee asked. “Mine and Benjamin’s.” Theodore smiles at them. We walked down into the basement. “You girls know that Declan and I made love down here for the first time. This was our secret hiding spot.” Theodore explained. Lyla and Shaylee laughed. I walked over to Theodore. “Theodore, you don’t tell people that.” I laugh. “Oh… Is that how people are now? They don’t talk like that anymore?” He asked. I shake my head and laughed. “More people died here.” Shaylee informs walking over towards the wall. “What are you doing?” Lyla asked. “There is something behind this wall.” She informs. She pushes on the old book case trying to open it. But it would open. “It’s behind this book case Declan.” She says. I walked over to the book case and ripped it off the wall. Oh my god. There is stairs leading down from this house. “We are not going down there.” Shaylee says. I started to get scared myself. What could be down there? I know this was Fritz old house. But could he have hid old bodies down in here? “I got it. Stay here.” I demanded. I started walking down the steps. This is so creepy. How didn’t I know this was here? I made it to the bottom and grabbed my phone for a flashlight. I turned it on and looked around. I found the light switch and flicked it. The lights turned on slowly. This is like an old shelter that someone used to live in. In the middle of the room lied two couches and a table. On the walls were book shelves with books everywhere. I walked over to the books looking at them. There books about supernatural people. Like Vampires, wolfs, witches, and so on. “Come down here!” I shouted at them. “What is this place?” Lyla asked looking around. “Witches.” Shaylee said grabbing the witch’s books. I grabbed a werewolf book and handed it to Lyla. She smiled and walked over to the couch. Theodore looks around and looks through the books. “I think I should tell you guys something.” Theodore says. “I am a witch. A powerful one at that. I never wanted to tell you Declan because I thought you would freak out. My mother was one as well. Those witch books were hers. The werewolf books were my father’s and the vampire books were Fritz. Fritz was my father’s best friend. Who killed me obviously. But I never really died. I just went into a safer place. I was stuck. Now since Shaylee brought me back just for today, I casted a spell making me stay forever.” Theodore informed. We stared at him. I can’t believe he never told me this. I am still happy that he was staying. But he should have told me that. “So you used my magic in order to save your ass?” Shaylee asked Theodore. “You are correct.” He smiled at her. “I like him. He thinks just like me.” Shaylee smiled. If he is staying, then…. Aiden… Oh god… How do I explain this?

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We are on our way back home. I guess all of us decided we would come here to get away from everyone. To do research about our pasts. I couldn’t stop thinking about Aiden. I love Aiden. I really do. But Theodore…. I loved him for hundreds of years. I could not just throw that down the drain just like that. Well I kind of did when he died. Considering that I have two guys now…. This is going to be bad. When all of us walked into the house Aiden was sitting on the couch. He turned to us and smiled. “Hey.” I smiled awkwardly. “Who is that?” Aiden asked. “This is Theodore…. Declan’s ex who I just brought back from the dead and who is also a witch like me.” Shaylee laughs, sitting down next to him. “Oh….” He finally said. He got up and grabbed his jacket. “Aiden. Stay.” I demanded. “No. It’s ok. I know who you would always pick before me. I get it. You loved him first.” He said and walked out. I sighed. “Did I miss something?” Theodore asked. “Aiden and Declan like each other… Like, like.” Lyla informed Theodore. “Not helping!” I shouted at her. “I get it. I was dead. You had to move on. I would have too after hundreds of years. I wouldn’t want you to grieve. But if you want to be with him you can. I understand. It was a long time ago.” Theodore gestured. How am I going to do this? I love both of them equally. But I kind of love Theodore more considering…. “I don’t know. I need to think. This is just too much right now.” I said and ran up the stairs. I locked myself in my room and hid under the covers. Why must this be such a struggle? Why did I agree for Theodore to come visit? Wait… because I wanted to see him that is why. How am I going to know what to do? I don’t want to hurt either one. I just want both of them to be happy. But both of them love me. And I love both of them. This is why you never bring back dead people.