Vampire Awakening

Part1

I sighed I passed the school for the fifteenth time that day. "Mark, there's nothing going on down here, so I don't know why you're so paranoid." I said into the com-link on my wrist. I brushed my dirty blonde hair out of my eyes and looked back to the boring brick structure. 'Damn, it looks more like a prison now that any day it's actually open.' I thought.

"Keep checking. I'm telling you, I saw something in there… and it looked gross." Mark replied. I sighed again and sat down on the pavement looking up to it "You know Mark, I never thought I'd have to constantly be here for the summer… when are you going to join me?" I asked wearily knowing his answer would be the same.

"I told you already, my mom has me working in the restaurant this summer, and when I'm not working, I have to stay at home with my grandmother." He replied hurriedly. I shook my head in exasperation. 'If you're too afraid to come, why won't you just say so, bastard?' I asked myself disconnecting the com-link's earpiece and looking at the stones beneath my feet. A soft crunching behind me alerted me to someone's presence but I didn't turn. Whoever it was may just walk away and leave the little schoolgirl sitting on the pavement in peace. No such luck in my department. "Are you alright?" a familiar voice asked. I looked up to see Malcom standing over me with concern written all over his face. I burst out into a bright smile and replied. "I'm fine. My legs are just a little tired. But thanks for asking." True enough. Seeing him here put me into an instantly brighter mood. For one thing, he's really cute. His curly brown hair always seemed to fall to frame his aristocratic visage. He raised an eyebrow and looked at me over his wire-rimmed reading glasses. He lowered the book he was holding to his side. "Really? You know, for some reason I don't quite believe that." He said gently wiping a tear from my eye. I pulled back in shock and buried my face in my arm to dry my wet eyes. I hadn't even realized when I started to cry.

"Oh that's nothing!" I said raising my head again "I just got something…" even before I said it I knew it was cliché and dumb, so I let my voice just trail off. He gave me a knowing smile that made me melt. 'God I wish I was older!' I thought as he walked off shaking his head and going back to his book. 'Why do I have to be only fourteen? Why couldn't I be eighteen?' I thought staring at his back as he raised his hand to mess with him hair. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move in the direction of the school and I turned quickly and stood up. Inside one of the darker classrooms, an eerie red light shone and sent shivers down my spine. "What the-." I gasped as the moved and seemed to be extinguished. 'Shit Mark! What the hell were you thinking?' I nearly shouted moving away from the school. 'Why do I do the things I do?' I asked myself walking quickly back home trying to forget the lights…

"I'm telling you Mark, they were just lights. Nothing creepy or anything like that." I called him as soon as I reached home and told him what I saw, because I really wasn't in the mood to stay by that school for a minute longer.

"And you didn't bother to check it out, because?"

"Because," I sighed trying to decide which half truth I could tell him "I really wasn't in the mood to break into the school I was dying to get out of all during the term."

"Fine, whatever you say I guess." He mumbled. He couldn't really talk because I was actually the one spending all my time in that area, when he didn't even want to go. I started playing with the stationery on the desk, thinking about my meeting with Malcom. "Hello? Is anyone there?" Mark asked banging the phone on his desk trying to get my attention.

"What!" I cried into the phone scolding myself for zoning out the way I did.

"I was asking if you wanted me to come tomorrow as I have a free day and you've been begging me for the longest while." He said in a tone that plainly said he didn't want me to say yes. I smiled wickedly to myself.

"Of course I want you to come." I cooed as he groaned. "You see, I want you to know for yourself that there is nothing in there so that I may enjoy the rest of my summer in peace." I smirked as I hung up the phone. I may actually enjoy this…

The next day I found myself standing outside the school yet again with Mark no where in sight. I let out an exasperated sigh and checked my watch for the tenth time within the hour. 'When you finally get here Mark, I'm gonna kill you.' I thought staring at the second hand. A familiar cough behind me told me that the object of my objection had just arrived and I swung my arm around and felt satisfied as it connected with flesh. "Ow! What was that for?" he cried out.

"For making me wait you backside." I answered looking at him as he held his now red face. "I didn't hit you that hard so don't start crying like a baby." I said turning my back on him. My breath caught in my chest as I glanced into the school and saw that the red lights were back and this time they looked like eyes…glowing red eyes. "You know, I guess you were right about the school." Mark said softly next to me. I turned to him in wonder. 'Can't he see them?' I asked myself trying to maintain my breathing and looking back to the school. The eyes were still there and freaking me out. I moved towards the gate and a bit to the right. To my horror, the eyes followed my movements keenly. I sighed and turned to Mark in hope to get some answers and saw him eyeing the school with reckless abandonment. 'Oh shit, he can not be thinking…'

"Why don't we check inside?" he asked looking at me with glee. "Unless the brave Krya is afraid…" I scowled at him for using my second name and implying that I was a coward like him.

"Why not? Let's go." I said making him start.

"Umm, well… I- kinda… fine." He said looking furious with himself. I moved myself directly in front of the gate, ignoring the piercing movements of the eyes. He sighed as I leapt over the gate and muttered something that sounded vaguely like 'Show off' under his breath. I knelt down and began dealing with the lock on the gate so that he could come in. When I had finished and let him, I felt the hairs on my arms and the back of my neck stand up sending an eerie chill through my body. "Feels like a graveyard." Mark whispered walking in. my senses went on high alert as I remember that the school actually was built on a grave site. I didn't feel like freaking him out so I withheld that delicate piece of information and continued inside, heading away from the glowing eyes. As much as I tried to get away from them, however, was as much as the seemed to get closer. Just as I turned to face Mark, the lights instantly vanished sending a chill up my spine. He seemed completely oblivious to the fact that there was anything there at all. "You know… maybe the action actually happens at night…" he said gleefully "We could do a stake out."

"Do you really want to be sitting around the school, during the holidays, in the middle of the night?" I asked and oddly, he nodded. I looked at him as though he had lost his mind, and I asked him

"Are you insane? Don't you think I have better things to do than hang around a school that I'm dying to get out of during my free time?" I glared at him but he seemed unfazed

"It would be cool… just like in those movies."

"Not really." I said under my breath. Mark just wouldn't understand the true meaning of 'stakeout' unless he had to deal with it himself. So I sighed and reluctantly agreed, hoping that I'd been imagining those eyes…

That evening, just as the sun set, I left home and went back to the school. At minutes past six, my com-link beeped and I tuned in. It was Mark. "Listen Krya, umm… my mom really needs me to help her out at home right now, I'll come as soon as I can."

"Really Mark. How am I so sure?"

"Just… Just open the gate for me… Alright?" I rolled my eyes like he could see me. 'Right… I'll open the gate, but I won't be expecting you as usual.' I thought barely refraining from actually speaking my mind. When I told him I would the connection broke. I sighed and couldn't believe that I was doing this for the second time today. I propelled myself over the gate and landed deftly on the ground feeling the hairs on my arms and back of my neck raise. I quickly undid the lock and stepped away refusing to look back. Refusing to look and see those eyes follow my every motion. What would be worse would be if they moved forward… A wind brushed my arm sending me into a panicked state. I whirled around and saw nothing. Now breathing in ragged gasps I tried to take my mind off the fact that those eyes had been staring at me for so long in the day. But the more I tried, the more addicted to the thoughts I became until the slightest sound had me on edge…

A warm breath caressed my neck and strong arms wrapped around my waist. I tried to pull away, but in vain. Whoever it was was inhumanly strong. I couldn't break the grip. A soft voice whispered in my ear "Don't be afraid… I brought you here for a reason."

"You brought me here?" I asked suddenly feeling weak. His breath ticked my ear as he laughed

"You don't believe that you came here by yourself? It was natural curiosity." My mind was beginning to get foggy and I wasn't thinking straight anymore. All I was thinking about now was the stranger's strong embrace and smooth voice. His lips came upon my bare neck and I felt two very sharp objects pierce the skin and I cried out in pain, falling completely into his arms. Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of red before I blacked out...

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