It all started on an average Saturday morning. Nelly had gone off to her work at the hospital, leaving Vlad and Henry to defend the fate of the earth alone. Well, on PlayStation anyway.
"Ha!" Henry exclaimed. "You make my mom look like a video game expert, Vlad!" Vlad rolled his eyes at the quip and attempted to blast an alien into smithereens, but it easily took him out with a single laser.
"Game over, I win." Henry declared proudly. "Could you get this messiah of the digital world a soda?"
Vlad chuckled. "Sure, man." He started to get up when the sleeve of his hoodie rode up to reveal small portion of a series of scars on his wrist. The three scars varied in different shades of pink to red.
"Hey Vlad, what's that on your wrist there?" said Henry, trying to sound as casual as possible.
Vlad's cheeks grew slightly red as he stuttered. "Oh, uh, nothing…a little accident when I fell from a, uh, tree last night."
Henry narrowed his eyes. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah. I'm fine." The half- vampire gulped and went to take refuge in the kitchen to get his drudge's soda.
Over the next few weeks, Henry saw that Vlad had become increasingly quiet. He didn't reply to Henry's texts as often, and when he did it was something like "yeah. Gtg, c u later.". October said that Vlad had been coming to the Crypt less. He even noticed Vlad's shift in personality in class, where he would just stare at the board. Vlad was hiding something, and Henry bet he knew what it was…
A/N: I know, I know, it's short, not very good, blablahblah. BUT I think it came out better than I thought it would, considering how crappy all my English essays were this year ^ - ^ Review if you're a nice person! Constructive criticism and suggestions are appreciated!