4 - Clueless

~Ben’s Point of View~

It was literally impossible for me to listen to Shane carrying on, not with Meadow pacing on the porch. She was quite obviously waiting for me to speak to her, and I was gonna be damned if I ignored her and made her feel insignificant. But how the hell could I get her alone and not make it obvious?

Going inside was out of the question. I could hear Skyler’s voice and several children. I couldn’t “out” our secret without her consent. Without her knowing, everything.

“So the family is all good,” he asked, with obvious concern.

“Yeah, a few issues but overall locked up tight. Called in a couple vampires we trust to do perimeter checks at night just outside the portal. Gives the…”

I paused abruptly as Meadow sat on a swing. I caught a foul odor of rotten food. Had she been sick? I’d felt a bit sick a few minutes ago when I was thinking about her and that was partly why I came, although I was looking to talk to the triplets. I thought being Christmas morning they