Carolyn

Chapter One

The trees billowed in the wind as she slept silently in her bed, taking comfort in the small sheets that wrapped around her fragile, pale arms. The girl was so oblivious to her surroundings, the building around her could collapse and she wouldn't even stir in her sleep. Her eyes flickered beneath her closed eyelids and her hands tightened on her sheets. She looked as though she was at the precipice of a nightmare and was clearly beginning to panic in her unconscious state. The trees hit the window harder and the rain began to pelt off the windows, her head shook and she let out a sharp gasp. The door clicked open and a slender looking man walked in, holding a small glass of water in his hands. When he saw the girl shaking he walked over to the bed and gently shook her. Her eyes shot open and she sat up in bed so quick that the glass in the man's hands almost got knocked out of the hands. The girl looked up at him and smiled weakly, but he could not be fooled. This man clearly knew what the girl's behaviour was now and he knew exactly what had happened. He sat down on the edge of the bed and handed the girl the water whilst playing with the corner of the bedspread.

"Are you ok Carolyn?" He asked her.

"Andy I'm fine, everyone has nightmares" Carolyn explained. In her mind she thought she was fine but to Andy she was clearly shaken up and he wanted to comfort her. Andy's hand could be seen moving in the darkness and resting on Carolyn's hand; she gave him a look of kindness and then reached over to turn her bedside lamp on. Carolyn's face lit up slightly and it shone a golden colour which made her look even more beautiful than normal. Her features were carefully highlighted every time the light hit her. Even though she wasn't wearing any make up and her hair was messy off sleeping she still managed to look mesmerising.

"Why don't you come and get some breakfast" Andy suggested. Even if she had only had a nightmare, Andy was worried about her and he always would be for as long as he lived. He had grown up with Carolyn by his side and it had become a natural instinct to turn protective when Carolyn was involved in anything. Carolyn had either not heard him talking or she had decided not to answer as she got up and looked out the window. The tree was still beating off the window but it had lightened up over the last few minutes and the rain had now turned to snow.

"The storm doesn't look like it's letting up" Carolyn murmured. Carolyn had been wanting to take a walk for so long but the rain had been holding her up and if it wasn't rain then it was the snow causing to many problems for her so she had to stay inside all day. Andy never wanted her to feel as though she was isolated, especially not when she was in her own home but he didn't want her to go outside where she could get seriously hurt on account of the weather. Andy strolled behind her and put his hand on her shoulder. She shivered slightly when his hand made contact with her skin but she didn't pull away. She welcomed his touch but something about it was different to the way anybody else touched her. It made her feel as though an electric current was getting shot through her but it had always been that way with Andy.

"Please come and get something to eat" Andy pleaded. Carolyn turned around and looked into his glittering blue eyes. Every time she looked into those eyes she got lost, it was like she knew him from somewhere else but just didn't know where. It was a weird and almost unexplainable feeling but Carolyn knew that she didn't really like it. Andy had changed so much in the past few weeks that Carolyn sometimes felt like she didn't know this man but he never changed his urges of protection towards her. Carolyn managed to tear herself away from his eyes long enough to manage an acute nod. He smiled at her and took her hand, leading her towards the kitchen. When they got there he pointed to the seat at the quaint, little table, she managed another nod and sat down.

"So what are we having to eat?" Carolyn asked. Andy closed his eyes for a few seconds as though it pained him to answer that question or he was trying to come up with a lie in a few seconds. Carolyn just couldn't tell what he was feeling anymore, it was like he was wearing a mask and he was only trying to hide from her and it killed Carolyn inside.

"I'm not hungry but you can have whatever you want" Andy laughed, the laugh was empty and it was so obvious he was lying but Carolyn didn't understand why he would lie about his eating patterns, it didn't make sense anymore. Carolyn rolled her eyes but was careful that Andy couldn't see what she was doing.

"Toast is fine for me" She muttered. An anger was beginning to boil over her now and it was like it was trying to swallow her whole. Why was he trying to hide everything from her and make up all sorts of lies? It was just the same every morning now and it was beginning to get Carolyn miffed. She wanted her old Andy back and she wanted to be able to talk to someone about everything again. Andy had put the toast in the toaster and had came over to sit next to Carolyn. He pulled the seat out slightly and it made a scraping noise that went straight through Carolyn, she shuddered and then turned to face Andy.

"How about we have one of our movie marathons that we used to have when we were younger?" He asked. They used to have movie marathons when they were a few weeks younger not years younger like Andy was implying but Carolyn mentally shrugged it off and focused on what Andy was offering. She played the offer back in her head and then a grin spread across her face, flashing a set of pearly white teeth.

"I would love that" She laughed. Carolyn was so glad that she was finally starting to get through to Andy; he was finally starting to shed a glimpse of the old Andy that he was just a few weeks back. Carolyn was filled with so much joy at that minute that she felt as though she could burst. She stood up and threw her arms around Andy's neck and hugged tightly. She could still smell the same Andy, which was a faint smell of cigarette smoke and aftershave, and she could still feel the same hair that spilled over her shoulder when he hugged her but something about his hug was distant. Carolyn pulled back and managed to smile at him again, she was beginning to get good at faking all of her emotions; after all she had to do it so often.

"You should go get ready and I'll start getting some DVD's" Andy said. Carolyn nodded and went out of the room but not before grabbing the toast that had just pinged out of the toaster. She stuffed it in her mouth and ran up the stairs to go and change. The toast was a nice feeling to have as she was absolutely starving; she just wished that Andy would have something to eat. When she had finished her toast she opened her wardrobe and looked through her selection of black clothing. Carolyn wasn't necessarily a Goth; she just took comfort in wearing the colour black and Andy did too. She pulled out a black hoodie and some black skinny's and pulled them on. When she looked in the mirror next she started looking more like the normal Carolyn that Andy was so used to seeing. When she ran a brush through her hair and lined her eyes with eyeliner she returned downstairs to see Andy crouched down at the DVD cabinet. A feeling of happiness washed over her when she saw him, he was finally acting like he normally did before the sudden change. They both sat down on the two-seater cream couch, Andy pressed play and the DVD started. Andy had put in his guilty pleasure which was the film Titanic. Carolyn had looked at him when the credits rolled up and rolled her eyes at him but in a fun friendly way. Carolyn snuggled up to Andy and wrapped an arm around his waist like she always did but yet again he seemed so distant, he wasn't putting his arm around her like he always did and his body had went stiff as though he was afraid to move.

"Andy, are you ok?" Carolyn asked. She had put off asking if he was ok for so long but now she couldn't wait for him to tell her himself. Carolyn was just too worried about him now, she knew that something was wrong but the only problem was that she didn't know how to confront him about it, so she went for it.

"I'm fine" Andy sighed. It wasn't like he ever wanted to hurt her but he knew that he couldn't tell this secret, she would probably never understand and to be honest Andy didn't blame her, even he had trouble understanding it sometimes. Carolyn paused the DVD and was looking straight into his eyes. Andy could see the hurt that was swimming around in hers and it killed him inside to ever see her feel like that, but what could he do? He would never be able to tell her the secret that manages to haunt his lie everyday now.

"Andy, tell me" Carolyn ordered. By this point Andy was starting to lose himself and turn into something else, Carolyn had never looked so good to Andy before. He wanted her so much but he knew that he couldn't have her; if he did get her then her safety would be gone. Andy had always wanted to protect her but how would he protect her from himself?

"I can't" Andy gasped. It was an inner fight now, the real Andy wanted to be friends with Carolyn but the evil Andy wanted her blood. The secret was that a few weeks back Andy was turned into something that wasn't human and the thing he was turned into was a vampire. He didn't know how he would ever explain this to Carolyn and for a while there he didn't think he would ever have to but she's been digging deeper and deeper every day.

"Andy what are you doing?" Carolyn asked. Andy hadn't even noticed that his head was now resting on her shoulder and looking at her neck, he was breathing hard but when he looked into her eyes and saw fear Andy just crumbled away. He pulled away from Carolyn and stared back into her eyes, every time he looked into those eyes he managed to get himself lost in them. He had been so consumed in his thoughts that he hadn't even noticed that Carolyn was shaking. He snapped back into reality and then turned back into his caring loving self.

"Carolyn, are you ok?" Andy asked. He was busy trying to put his hoodie round her, thinking that that would stop the shivering but it didn't. He gave her a helpless look and then sat back down on the couch.

"What are you?" Carolyn gasped. Andy hadn't thought that she would have thought that he wasn't human like her but then again Carolyn had known him since he was five. Andy knew now that he had to tell her, anything would be better than having her wonder for the rest of her life but Andy still had to work up the courage to tell her.

"You won't understand" Andy groaned. He had stood up off the couch and was standing by the old creaky door with his head against it. Carolyn had followed him but she was wary and wouldn't even touch him. Andy shut his eyes tightly and let out a long deep breath. He couldn't tell her so he opened the door and escaped to his room.

Carolyn was so annoyed with Andy right now; she needed to know what was making him act so weird and scary. Carolyn would never be able to forget how scared Andy had made her feel. Why was he just sitting staring at her neck and acting as though it was appealing to him? Andy might have easily given up on telling her but that didn't mean that Carolyn was going to give up on trying to find out what's going on with Andy. She left the living room and shut the old brown door behind her. She walked slowly up the wooden staircase and creaked all the way up. The house was very old and the only reason Carolyn had it right now was because her parents had died about a year ago. Andy had been arguing a lot with his parents so Carolyn had offered him a place to stay and he took it. Carolyn had been so consumed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed that she was now standing at Andy's door. She took a deep breath and turned the handle. Andy was sitting on his bed and as soon as Carolyn entered the room he turned to look at her.

"Andy, tell me now" Carolyn ordered. Andy knew now that the best thing to do was to just tell her so he took a deep breath and stood up. She still had a look of terror in her eyes but now bravery was beginning to take over. She might actually be able to handle the news that Andy was about to deliver.

"I'm a vampire"

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