Forbidden Kisses
Twice the Bite

Chapter 1.
Once Upon a Bite

Dullsville High School, the place where no dreams come true and where all cliques can agree they would rather be somewhere else.

I'm Skye Ciel, or otherwise known as the most invisible person you will ever meet. Sure, my name is crazy interesting and maybe I know my way around several sci-fi classic movies, classic novels, and monster movies.
But that doesn't mean a thing to most of the people at Dullsville High.

The one thing I'm not completely ignored for is my artwork, I am always being watched once I pull out a notebook or getting responses on my devilart account.
It makes me feel so nice to have people make me feel tangent … Not like a ghost that is doomed to roam the halls of Dullsville High for at least four years.

But I'm getting off track, this story is about how I came to believe in Vampires.

The days start the same – from waking up and showering, to brushing my teeth, to getting orange juice, and finally to school. I don't really need to get into detail much about school … It's pretty self-explanatory.

It was pretty normal till I went to slip past a girl and ended up getting knocked in the nose by her elbow.
I groaned from the pain on my nose and looked up to see her with her arm up wide, hissing something at this boy – his eyes drifted down to mine once I felt my blood drip into my palm. At that same time the girl turned around and placed her hand on my shoulder with an apologetic smile on her lips.
"Oh geeze! I'm sorry! I was just… I was taking care of this idiot." I adjusted my glasses and looked the girl over again.

Raven Madison, the goth girl who put Trevor Mitchell's underwear on his locker, I heard all about that… And I also laughed.

"It's cool, I'm gonna head to the nurse though… I think I'm bleeding." I had mumbled in response to her.

"I can walk with you?" The man offered, I felt his finger slip under the bridge of my glasses and slide them off with ease. "Brown eyes … hm…" He smirked while looking down to me.

"Yes, Brown eyes…. I was born with these and they happen to be the same color as most humans on earth." I leaned back from him and then held up my hand. "May I have my glasses back now? I sort of need them to see…"

He looked them over as Raven slapped him upside the head, "Give her the glasses back idiot!" She turned to him and gave him an icy glare, "And I am taking her to the nurse, I hit her so I am taking her… Not to mention I don't trust you."

"Why not?" The man leaned over Raven, he had reflexes that were almost snake-like … I wasn't sure whether I should be crept out or highly attracted to him. "Are you jealous?" Raven turned a dark red as she pushed him back from her.

"Of course not! I don't care if you take some girl to the nurse-"

"Then it's settled!" He linked his arm with mine and dragged me down the hallway, slipping my glasses into his shirt-pocket. As soon as my eyes looked at his black button-down blouse it began to take in the rest of him. He had white hair with black streaks, black nails, black tight jeans, and black boots. "Claude Sterling." He stated.

"Excuse me?" I hadn't taken my gaze off of him this entire time.

"Claude Sterling is my name, and you are…?" He turned his blue eyes down to me; I snapped my head to face the front and gulped.

"Skye…" It came out in a whisper; my cheeks were flourished with red since I could still feel his gaze set on me. "Aren't you new to this school? Didn't you come from Romania?" I wondered as I looked back – he was still looking at me!

"I am, I wouldn't mind being a brand new number in your phone- either." Smooth bastard. I shook my head and pulled back from him, the halls were empty now and I really needed to get to the nurse before my teacher thought I was late.

"Give me my glasses and go to class." I demanded now, my heartbeat was slamming itself against my ribcage to the point where I was sure he heard it.

"I'll go if we can meet up tonight?" He wondered, his body towering over me, my hand dropping so I could feel what was behind me while I backed up from him. "You smell … So yummy." He grinned and trailed his finger over my lips where some of the blood had trickled, then pulled his bloody finger back and glided his tongue along the liquid.

"What…?" I blinked in disbelief, "Keep the glasses! Goodbye!" I screamed and darted to the nurse's office.

Of course I ended up getting in trouble once the nurse sent me back to my classroom, but I managed to get away with not getting detention since I had a legitimate note from the nurse.

I was laying in my room thinking over everything now, he licked my blood off his finger! This guy was seriously something else!

But… was it horrible that I still thought he was so frighteningly attractive? He had those eyes… Those "get lost in me" eyes. They were the kind that you would read about in stories … The ones with magical properties to allow creatures to get whatever they desired from their prey.

I shook my head and sucked in my breath, I had vowed not to date – I wasn't going to fall in love since I knew it didn't exist.

And in times like these there was only one place I could really go to.

Countless memories were captured here, my innocence was lost here, my heart was left shriveled and dead here.

It was an outdoor theater that had hardly been used since its hay-day in 18-whatever, I had a boyfriend at the time that took me here… But all he wanted from it was sex … And what he got from it was so much more.

And what I paid for that was so much more.

"Aw, you like the arts too?"

Sounded a voice from behind me.

I looked back and saw Claude with his hands in his pockets, stalking towards me with that devilishly handsome grin on his lips.

"Go away." I growled, standing from the picnic table I had parked beside, I didn't want to be caught in a place like this with another man. "How did you even find me? Why are you-?"

"Glasses?" He offered, holding out my teal-framed glasses for me to take. I looked down to them and then back up to Claude. "I mean … If you want me to keep them as a token of your love then…"

"Thank you." I snatched them from his grasp and slipped them back onto my face, "Now leave me alone."

"You're pretty adamant about being alone places, huh?" he draped his arm around my shoulder and looked over the theater. "I'd think you might get lonely with a mind-set like that?"

"Well I'm not, so go away."

"Are you lying to me, toots?" I gulped at his sudden nickname, "Man, you're really red right now aren't you?"

"Shut your mouth!" I laughed and covered my cheeks, walking away from him. "I do not appreciate your attempts at flirting." I looked back to Claude to see that he had his arms crossed stubbornly.

"Attempts?" He truly seemed off-set by this, "I thought that was my A- game, thank you very much." He flipped his hair with one hand, giving that signature smirk of his. If I didn't have my glasses on then I would have sworn that I saw sparkles fling themselves from the tips of his hair. "So what is the story with this sad-looking place?" Claude wondered, grasping his chin while he studied the theater.

"It's an old theater …" I could feel my heart sinking as he asked, "But it hasn't been used in a long-long time…"

"So why are you up here? Reliving the memories of old drama geeks?" He wondered with that grin still lifting his features, now standing beside me as I fiddled with my fingers and looked at the busted down stage, the places where chairs used to be but people stole over the years.

"No … I come here to think sometimes… Places with negative memories tend to make me think better." I gulped, hopefully that would be enough to satisfy his curiosity.

"Negative? What is this where your ex took you-" He was laughing when he looked down to me and noticed my expression of worry, gulping nervously he rubbed the back of his neck. "W-well at least you didn't end up sixteen and pregnant." He laughed and looked at me again, but as a tear escaped my eye he coughed. "Jeeze…" He gulped.

"I don't want to talk about it…" I mumbled, I already knew he didn't really need to know anything else… My face gave everything away. "At least now you don't have to waste your time with me." I smirked and turned around to go back to my car.

"Hey! Wait a second!" He hurried after me and took my arm, pulling me against him with a grin. "Why would I give up so easy?"

"Sorry, I forgot to mention – I had sex with him but I'm not interested in sex with you." I pushed him back, "Or anyone for that matter." I flipped my hair and began walking away once more, but he grabbed my hand.

"You're pretty stubborn, huh?" He laughed and stroked his thumb over the skin on my knuckles. "None of that stuff matters to me, toots." He grinned, "You taste way too good to let go over some fuckboy."

"UGH!" I shouted and slapped him, "You're gross! Are you talking about when you tasted my nose blood today?" I shouted, reeling my hand back to slap him again but he caught it; his eyes were glued to mine.

"Let's meet up in town for a date?" His hand moved up to my chin to keep it in place and set on his electric blue hues. "I want to take you shopping."

"O-okay…" I mumbled helplessly, my mind was functioning normally but I was numb! I wasn't sure what I was agreeing to exactly but I couldn't help myself!

"Perfect! I'll see you tomorrow, how about after school? I'll pick you up … Toots!" He winked and flipped his finger off my chin- causing me to blink as he then walked off.

While standing there for a few more minutes I then realized what happened, throwing my keys onto the ground in frustration I shouted.

"Shit!"