The Last Vampire on Earth ?? | OC x Lestat | Interview with the Vampire

"Thank you... I.. Thank you for telling me" I managed to stutter out

"I'm so sorry dear, you never explicitly told me why you felt so connected to that family... but you were their guardian angel" she spoke "you were watching over them without them even realising it... but even guardian angels can't stop everything"

I swallowed back a sob as I nodded

I just kept nodding as I looked at her and she waited for a response. I couldn't speak- wouldn't speak.

If I opened my mouth I knew it would not be words that exited.

"Thank you for that information- I think my wife and I need some time... alone" Lestat said when he saw that words were failing me

"Oh of course. Good day and... sorry for your loss sweet child" she said

I managed to dig deep within myself and offer her a small tight lipped smile.

Lestat shut the door before I heard two sets of feet rushing down the stairs.

Our family had never felt like a family. Yes we all lived together and Claudia did feel more like a daughter figure then I would ever admit... but we never felt that family connection- not until that day.

I don't really remember it, but I somehow ended up sitting on the floor.

I was broken- absolute devistated.

The one thing I had been holding onto to make myself feel human- to feel normal- was gone and I hadn't even met them.

I remember Lestat lowering me to the floor as an empty look settled behind my eyes.

I wasn't sure what to do, wasn't sure what to say.

I remember Louis taking my other arm and helping Lestat with his task- the two of them didn't even glance at the other as they simultaneously helped me.

I remember resting the back of my head against the front door and having a clear view up the stairs.

Claudia stood in the middle of them as she slowly descended and made her way towards me.

She stopped infront of the three of us on the floor.

Lestat was whispering things that I never registered into my ear and Louis was stroking my hair on the opposite side of me.

And Claudia...

Claudia slowly walked towards me and sat on the floor at my front.

Slowly she shuffled closer to me while she  whispered

"Oh mama... the pain will fade, it took a few months for me, but you will get better- you will realise that the family you have here is going to be enough... it has to be enough"

With that she placed her head in my lap like a tired puppy

I just sat in the middle of our family pile, unsure what to do after.

I had unconsciously been clinging to my family as a way to keep me sane... now they were gone and my stability had left with them.

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I would never recover... never fully.

It took me about a month to feel 'normal' again, but the photo album had to be kept inside its cupboard.

I felt normal because I was trying to forget- I was trying to push out the pain when I should have been facing it.

But after that month, of just moping about or shutting myself in my painting studio for hours,
I finally decided to bring my old self back one random day in February.