"They did want the best for both of us yes. They had their own way of making sure that happened, and I wish they would have done fewer things behind our backs." Mathias replied, a slight smile appearing on his lips. She wasn't angry, and even wanted to stay with him. He liked that, as indeed he was a lot less lonely since she had come to live with him. He could even say he had started to enjoy life a little bit again, rather than just going through each day like a robot. "I wouldn't say it makes me uncomfortable to think of us becoming a couple tough. Just...not now. I can't let go of my past yet." Isabel, his ex-wife, had been the love of his life. She still kind of was. And until he could start letting go of the pain he felt for her and what had happened, he wouldn't be able to move on. "But only time will tell what the future will hold. Things could still go into many different directions." 

The rest of the trip wasn't much different. Some idle talk, some quiet moments while they just listened to music. The border was easy enough to cross, them just having to show their ID's and Mathias telling the guard that they were just visiting friends in Scotland. Then after another 30 minutes of driving Mathias turned into what looked like a forest. The road was a bit damaged and rather small here, so he slowed down to only 50 kph. It took another 10 minutes before they arrived at an old looking building with a garage door of some kind. It looked abandoned. Though Mathias took out a small remote, and when he pressed the open button the door opened. He drove inside, the interior appearing far more modern and well kept than the outside. There were more vehicles in here as well. An old looking car, a family car, and a Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle.

There was also a smaller building inside the garage. One that looked like a lift that would go down. Mathias parked the car and decided to explain where they were. "This garage was built on top of a world was 2 bunker. Gerald, the oldest of my friends, bought and renovated it to make it his home. He also camouflaged this garage so people wouldn't find anything of interest here." The entire 'house' was underground, since Gerald liked living a life away from society. Maybe because he was already really old even for a vampire.