The final chapter
The night came and found them still sitting on the couch discussing everything that happened. As much as Laura wanted to be calm and brave, she was so scared. And she didn't want Carmilla to know that. Carmilla may seemed like she wasn't scared, but Laura knew her better. She knew that she was trying to be calm because of her. And Laura was petrified with the idea of Carmilla being scared. Afterall, she did all that to save her from Victoria. But did she succeed though? She was able to get her expelled, but was she able to stop her from coming near Carmilla? She would find the answers to these questions sooner than she thought.
Two hours later, and the girls had fallen asleep on the couch. Suddenly, a loud banging on the door woke them up. Carmilla stood up and started walking towards the door when she heard a rather familiar voice.
"Open up bitch. You are in big trouble now. If you think you are done with me, then you have it all wrong!". Carmilla froze behind the door and turned around to look at Laura. She wanted to be reassured that everything was going to be okay. Laura tried her best to look fearless, but the fright had taken over her. Victoria sounded pissed and the idea of grabbing a knife passed through Laura's mind.
"Carm don't open the door. She will go away". Laura knew that she wasn't going to convince her. Carmilla was too audacious and didn't want Victoria to think otherwise.
"Cupcake, don't get me wrong, I am so scared right now, but she is not going to stop. I have to open the door. But just in case, stay back."
"If you think you are going to open that door alone, you are mistaken!" Laura stood up and walked next to Carmilla. She took a deep breath and opened the door. Victoria entered with so much force, pushing both of them further into the house.
"Do you know what you just did? You think you can mess with me and my family and get away with it. You know you have to pay, right?"
"Victoria I warned you to stay away from us. I told you you were screwed if you didn't, and yet, you started taking photos of us. You started it, and now you have to live with the consequences." Laura was shaking and she was glad that it didn't show on her voice.
Victoria just stood there, feeling victorious. Laura was confused by that. Why was she smiling. And then she saw it. She saw her hand moving towards her back. And then she knew.
"Carmilla get behind me". This was the only thing Laura had the time to say, before the gun was out.
"Victoria what are you doing?? Put the gun down. This is crazy". Laura didn't know how the words still came out of her mouth. All she was thinking was to protect Carmilla. Literally, she would die for her.
"I am not putting it down. You destroyed my life, and now I am going to destroy yours. Choose. Who is it going to be? Bitch number 1 or bitch number 2?" Victoria kept changing the direction of the gun. She was aiming back and forth.
"Me then" Victoria smiled, like she has already won the game.
"Carmilla don't even think about that. Don't you dare taking one more step." Laura was crying so much that the words barely came out of her mouth. The fear had taken her over. How did she let that happen. She wanted to teach a lesson to Victoria and save Carmilla, and now she made things worse. A gun is aiming at Carmilla's head and all she can do is stand between.
"Alright then. Say your goodbyes." Suddenly the cracking of the wooden floor made Victoria turn around. She was shocked to see a man standing at the door. And seconds later she was on the floor screaming her lungs out. The gun was now in the man's hands.
"Dad!" Laura run towards him and hugged him so tight. She couldn't believe that they were safe now.
"I told you to always carry a bear spray with you, didn't I? I think we should call the police now! Noone is going to hurt my baby girl!" Laura was still holding her dad and couldn't stop her tears.
Minutes later, the police arrived. The sirens were loud and they could see the lights from inside the house. Victoria was now sitting in the police car with her hands cuffed. The police spoke to everyone in the house and left an hour later.
In the house, silence was taking over, when finally someone spoke.
"Okay girls, you look like you need to be alone now. I will come back tomorrow morning, when things are calmer. Carmilla it was nice meeting you, even under those circumstances."
Carmilla smiled at Mr. Hollis but the fear was still in her eyes. Laura followed her dad towards the exit. And she gave him a warm hug.
"Thank you dad. I don't know if you know that, but you saved our lives today."
"I will never let anything happen to you. And you should know that I left you some sprays on the counter. You should start using those. You should be careful. And I mean both of you!"
"We will try, even though we are failing lately!" Laura kissed her dad goodbye and closed the door behind him.
"Carm, don't ever do that to me again. You don't go around sacrificing yourself. You know that I can't live without you, right? Throwing yourself infront of a gun, won't save me"
"I couldn't let her harm you Laura, I just couldn't. I want to..." Before Carmilla could finish, Laura jumped on her and started kissing her. That kiss felt like a first time after that night they had. She really thought she would lose her tonight and that kiss felt so alive and calming. She doesn't want to imagine her life without Carmilla.
6 months later
"Come on Carm! We are going to be late!"
"Coming, coming! The class starts in an hour cutie, we have time!"
The university was different now. After that night, everything changed. Victoria went in prison for a few months, but when she got out, her mother took her and left the city. They both messed everything up and walking around with everyone looking at them, was not pleasant. And without victoria around, Laura loved to arrive early at the university! She wanted to enjoy sometime in the sun before her classes. Of course Carmilla wanted to sleep, but she couldn't say no to Laura. Laura is making her happy and she wants to make her happy too, in every way possible! And that's what she will try to do for the rest of her life.