Blueblood 3: The Others - 1. Getting Wayne Prepared For The World

Now that things were shaping up for the vampires in England. Our focus could shift a little from what was happening here and think about what our next step should be. We had contacted Director Mattingly about Wayne’s passport and it would be coming to Thornwood. Sean sent the drawing about his ideas about the medical and housing building for future vampires. When built, they could do five vampires at once if needed to house and the rooms could be closed off from any sunlight or open to let that sunshine in. There was a lab that would almost rival George’s lab in Manhattan which we needed to get equipped for Evan Bennett, Emma Bennett and anyone else that helped with a vampire’s medical needs. We were generally going about business as usual, but we were also planning to go back to Charleston. The teams in this part of England were increasing and they were patrolling nightly. There were quite a number of vampires caught and unlike Wayne, they were wild and feeding on anything, including humans, or were about to. Wayne had been wild, but he was feeding on livestock and he didn’t resist being caught.

We were packing. It was amazing how things just sort of accumulated even though we weren’t even home.

Colin came in our room sighing and flopped down on our bed and collapsed down. “I am sick of packing!”

I grinned at him. “We could just stay.”

He looked surprised a second. “What?” Then he smiled. “You’re looking as forward to going back as I am.” He looked about the room we’d been in the past few weeks. “I would like to see Wentworth Manor.” He grinned. “Even if it is for only a few weeks.”

I nodded. “The problem is…I feel as comfortable here as I do in Charleston and Manhattan.” I shrugged. “I am home as long as we’re together.”

Colin’s face softened as he smiled at that. “Our mother and Gabriella are planning a wedding for Mom and Willie.” He smiled. “We’ll have another vampire in the family.”

I nodded. “And a new one on the way after they do.” I came over to him and sat on the side of the bed.

Colin grinned reaching over and pulling me toward him. “We need to send Mom and Willie somewhere for their honeymoon as a gift.” He grinned. “Then again, we haven’t been on ours yet.”

I smiled as I ran my lips over his lips. “Colin, we have been on a honeymoon since we married.” I chuckled. “Even before we said I do. We go on little trips all the time.”

Colin smiled kissing me more. “Still, I’d like us to go somewhere and it be just us. Nowhere to be or when…just us…no vampires…nothing.”

I smiled again. “That sounds good.” I pulled him so he was on top of me. “Where are we sending Mom and Willie?”

He grinned. “Well, it just so happens, I know of a lovely little place in the South of France.” He smiled as his hands went over me. “We send them for two weeks. What do you say?”

I nodded and let my hands enjoy what I enjoyed. “It sounds like you have it all planned. Why ask me?”

“You should be involved!” Colin said. “She’s your mother.” He said logically. “Mine by marriage.”

“Is there another reason you came in here?” I asked touching the side of his face and let my fingers run over his face. “I wonder what that reason is.” I said knowing what it was.

“Yes, there was.” He said kissing me deeper.

Spontaneous loving in the afternoon. What is there better than that?

We walked through Thornwood seeing the increased personnel. We arrived at what Edwin had decided was going to be his office here. The door was cracked open, so we came in.

I grinned as Matt stood up quickly from his place on the desk. He had been seated facing Edwin who was in his office chair. Matt grinned as he quickly pulled his pants up and zipped them. “I should have closed and locked the door.”

Edwin smiled. “Well, we were going over some future events coming to Thornwood.” He grinned more. “When something sort of…” he grinned bigger, “…came up.”

I rolled my eyes. “That was such a PUN!”

Edwin chuckled. “Yes. It was!” He folded his hands behind his head not bothered at all. “What’s up?”

“Two weeks from now,” Colin said. “We plan to have a wedding here.”

Edwin nodded with a chuckle. “Your daughter and mother already did that.”

“They did!?” I said. “What are they planning?”

Edwin nodded. “Your mother insisted on something small. A more private wedding. Just family and a few friends. A small dinner afterward.”

I looked at Colin who shrugged. “It’s both their second weddings. If that’s what they want.” I said simply.

“But you have to come to Charleston for Gabriella’s and Alex’s wedding. I know her wedding will be very lavish.” Colin grinned.

Edwin nodded. “Of course!”

“We’ll need passports, too,” Matt said with a smile.

“We know a person at MI5 that can make it possible,” I said and grinned. “Next time, shut and lock the door.” I grinned and we left the office.

Further down the hall was the library. Wayne sat in front of a computer.

“…but it wasn’t like that.” Wayne was saying. “I was there! It was all over the world! She was the first monarch crowned on television and I saw it. I was a teenager, but I remember.” He said to the image of his granddaughter Kelly. He sighed. “Now, is there something else you need to know?”

Kelly was writing what she’d heard and smiled. “Nope, Grandpa.” She smiled even bigger at her grandfather. “Thanks! Now, I have to write my paper better.” She looked beyond Wayne. “Hi, Devon. Hi, Colin.” Then she brightened. “I could ask you, too! You were alive when Queen Elizabeth was crowned, right?”

Colin smiled at me. “I was alive. I heard about it, but it didn’t have the same impact in New York City as it did here.”

I shook my head. “I wasn’t even born yet.”

Her face fell slightly. “Oh.” She said slightly disappointed and a second later brightened again. “You were born before both World Wars, right, Colin?”

“That, I do remember.” Colin nodded. “Both wars.”

She let out a little squeal. “I’ll have other papers to do for World History! Darleen would be so jealous!”

“Okay, I’m asking. Who’s Darleen?” Colin asked.

Kelly smiled. “She’s my best friend. We’ve known each other…almost…forever! We grew up together.” She said. “Gotta write now. Love you all! Bye!”

I chuckled as the screen went to its screen saver. “She is a dynamo!”

Wayne chuckled back. “That she is.” He smiled as he touched the computer. “I love this thing! I can chat with Katie, or Sean…help my granddaughter with her homework. This is great!”

I chuckled again. “It will work even if we’re in Charleston, Manhattan or anywhere else.”

“We’ll give them notice before we leave England. That way they can see you before we go.” Colin said. “And our mother is planning to marry in two weeks.” Colin looked at me. “I may be out of line, but…they should come, too.”

I nodded. “Absolutely. Katie, Sean, and the kids are family. Edwin said Mom and Willie were having only family and few friends.” I waved at Wayne. “They’re both.”

Wayne smiled when I said that. “Sure, but…I think Betty or you should invite them.”

“Are you packed?” Colin asked.

Wayne looked surprised. “I don’t have anything to pack.” He said simply.

I patted Wayne on the shoulder. “We’ll have to change that.”

Colin rolled his eyes. “Here we go.” He said knowing what I’d say. “We’re going to Harrods’.” He said to Wayne.

Wayne’s eyes grew. “Harrods’!?”

I looked at Colin in mock surprise. “Well, it has everything you could want. There are other stores in London, I know that.” I looked at Wayne. “We can go down next Friday, have a good dinner that night, go shopping all day Saturday and part of Sunday.” I smiled bigger. “It will be fun.” I glared at Colin. “I like Harrods’.”

Colin looked at Wayne closer. “At first, we went so he could say he’d been there. Now, I’ve created a monster.”

“I’ve only been twice!” I said exasperatedly.

“A monster. He says he doesn’t like shopping, but I don’t see that.” Colin repeated monster in a stage whisper to Wayne who chuckled. “Tell you what, I’ll call Director Mattingly, tell him to keep your new ID and passport there. We’ll go by and get them at the MI5 offices. We’ll go early to London, go by a bank and start a bank account in your name.”

Wayne bowed his head slightly. “I can’t thank you guys enough. You’ve been very generous to me.” He said softly.

Colin shook his head. “No, it’s an investment. You’ll be working with us. You’ll get a paycheck now. You need an account to put that in and pay expenses when we are abroad.”

I nodded. “And it’s selfish.”

Wayne grinned. “How is it selfish?”

“We keep you around this way,” I said logically.

We did just what we said. We’d gone on a few patrols with the local vampires that week, but Friday morning we left Thornwood and drove to London. Colin insisted I drive.

“You’re going to have to learn to follow the rules of the road in other countries.” He shrugged. “You might as well start here. You said England was easy. So, do it!”

I was on my toes when I drove to London. I’d studied the rules they had for driving in England and I’m happy to report, no accidents. I was worried that after a while, I’d relax too much and slip into my old habits without thought. That never happened.

We did go by the MI5 offices and went to Director Eric Mattingly’s office where he again was shaking his head.

“This is just amazing.” He said as he looked at Wayne. “If I hadn’t seen him that Monday…wild and trying to attack, I would never know.”

Colin smiled. “That’s why we’re doing this.” He said tapping Director Mattingly on the shoulder.

We then went to Barclays downtown London and opened Wayne’s account there. He would have Thornwood’s address as his permanent address, with a letter from Edward Addams, and even a video conference with Edward, who on paper was still the owner, where he attested Wayne Scott did have a residence there.

We checked into a couple of rooms at a nice hotel in London and had a nice meal. Then hit the stores Saturday as soon as they opened.

It was later while we were shopping Wayne let out a startled yelp. He looked down at himself. “What the hell?”

I heard the vibration and chuckled. “You have your phone on silent and vibrate. You have an incoming call.”

Wayne smiled. “Oh.” He dug in his pocket and got his phone out. He was still learning the technology, looked at the phone and smiled. “It’s Katie.” He hit the screen to pull the call up. “Hello?” He smiled at what he heard. “I’ll let them know.” He looked around where he was. “No, I’m in London. At Harrods’.” He grinned again. “I know! I never really came here before. This is nice.” He nodded to a daughter that couldn’t see him. “I’ll tell them.” He smiled again. “Okay. I love you, Bye.” He looked up at Colin and me. “She and Kelly will be coming alone to Thornwood Saturday.”

Colin nodded. “We have the room!”

“We’ll be going to Charleston first,” Wayne asked to confirm.

“We’d like to show it off,” I said smiling.

“It’s not Thornwood.” Colin clarified.

Wayne shrugged. “But it’s your home. I can’t wait to see it.”

“You need something for a wedding,” I said looking at the large selections for men. We were getting ready for the next phase of what we did as a team of vampires in the world now.