I wrinkled my nose at the horrid hotel. We were on our way to California from Pennsylvania. I know, long trip. Ecspecially when you're taking it in a car! My father insisted that me and my family see the country. I had to be honest the only places I had been were New York for one day, which I was not impressed by, Florida to do the whole Disney thing and South Carolina for the beach almost every year. So now I got to see the baren midwest. Like I really cared about that. All it is, is fields. Who wants to stare at that for the entire day!
So, here we were about half way through the unbarrable ride. At a run down motel, where the sign outside that identifies it as a motel is missing the m because the light is dead. In the middle of nowhere, I think my dad said Nebraska, we walked towards the check in building.
There was an old man with a huge smile on his face when we entered. He obviously didn't get many costomers. I looked around the check-in building. There was a few rows of snack stands and a coca cola vending machine. Behind the counter there were cigarettes, beer, and the keys to the rooms. Besides the one that the owner or manager or whatever he was gave us, there were two other keys gone. Like I said, slow business. We walked outside to the separate building that were the rooms. The big black #3 notified us that this was our room. We walked in and I wanted to throw up. There was water leaking from the cieling, the bathroom door was gone, and there was a mystery stain on one of the beds.
"Come on Olivia. It's only for one night, it won't be that bad." My mom said trying to cheer me up. It was a horrible attempt.
"How much longer until we get to California?" Asked my little brother Mike.
"A few days." My father answered trying to get reception on the fuzzy T.V. My brother groaned.
The annoying thing about this trip was that we weren't even going to the beaches in California, we weren't going to Hollywood, or anything cool. We were going to all the historical sites. My dad was a history guru and teacher.
As my mother tried to clean up the bathroom, and my dad tried to fix the T.V. I sat down on the bed, trying to avoid the stain. My brother started jumping up and down on the bed, he had a deck of cards in his hands. "Olivia? Will you, please, play go fish with me?"
"No." I answered with my head in my hands.
"Oh, come on. Please Please Please Please Plllleeeeeeeeaaaaaseeeeeeee!!!"
"No!" I said turning around and grabbing his legs so he would fall onto the bed and stop jumping.
"Olivia! Be nice to your brother. Play a game of cards with him!" My mother scolded.
"I don't want to." I said getting up and walking towards the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" my father asked.
"Out. I can't be with you guys for one more second. I have to ride in the car with you all day and then I have to be cooped up in a smelly old room with you as well. I need some alone time!" I yelled and slammed the door.
I walked around the small parking lot about five times. I started to feel a little guilty for acting like a child and running out, but not too guilty to make me turn around and go back into the room. It was still smelly. I walked towards the check in building and pulled out a couple of dollars. I was a little thirsty form the yelling and the long car ride. The little bell sounded as I opened the door the old man smiled at me and I attempted one back, but it didn't feel like it was a good one, so I gave up quickly. I walked through a few of the rows of food thinking I might grab something to eat as well. I hadn't eaten much at the little diner that we had stopped at earlier. I grabbed a bag of chips and rounded the corner. I bumped into someone, my chips dropped out of my hands, but as I leaned down to get them, I hand flashed out before the chips had even hit the floor. I looked up and saw the most beautiful face ever. Better than any actor, model, singer, or angel. I could feel a look of shock on my face which made me blush with embarassment. I mumbled a thank you while looking down like the floor was the most interesting thing I had ever seen.
"You're welcome." He said, his voice was even better than his face. "I'm Edward by the way, Edward Cullen."
"Olivia Stanton." I said looking up this time because my blush had finally gone away. He smiled this breathtaking crooked smile. I held out my hand for him to shake and when his skin touched mine there was a shock that ran through my body. My mind was thinking. I can't believe He'stouching me. But, why am I so overly excited. He probably has a girlfriend already. I mean no one that gorgeous could stay single for long. And, plus I barely knew him, and I wouldn't know him because he and I were going to go different directions tomorrow, and I would never see him again. He would just be a memory. Might as well enjoy it though. His hand was freezing, but I didn't care.
"Would you like to go outside?" He asked pointing to a bench right outside the door.
"Sssure." I stammered. "Um, just let me get a drink." I walked around another corner to where the vending machine was. There was a man by the magazines, he was probably about 26 and very goodlooking, but he looked over and assesed me. That was the only way I could put it. He looked me up and down and when he met my gaze he winked. A chill ran through me and I hastely grabbed a soda and went to the cashregister where Edward was waiting. After I paid he led the way, holding the door open for me, and we sat on the bench.
"nice night out huh." He commented looking up at the sky. I looked up too. I had to admit, it was nice out. The temperature was nice, probably about 60 something.
"I've never seen so many stars." I commented. "So." I said turning to him to look at his face again. "Here with family?" I asked.
"yeah. We went on a trip to Pennsylvania and were on our way back to Washington." Yeah, never going to see him again.
"Pennsylvania, really. I live there."
"That's cool. Yeah we visited Pittsburgh and Philidelphia, and then Lancaster...we had to see the Amish."
"Yeah I live in that area. So, you're one of the tourist that all the locals hate." I said jokingly. He laughed, it was so musical. I wanted to commit it to my memory as well.
"So what room are you staying in?" I asked.
"One. You?"
"Three."
"So that other guy in there must be two." Edward commented. I shivered, he looked at me confusidly.
"He stared and winked at me all creepy back inside. I just can't wait until we leave this place and get to California and back home again."
"Ah, California. Going to see Hollywood."
"Nope. We get to see historical sites." I said with sarcastic enthusiasm.
"Oh, I guess that's not exactly what a seventeen year old like you would want to see."
"oh, I'm fifteen."
"Really? you looked so much older than that." He complimented me adding a smile. It left me speechless for a few moments. "Well, I'm seventeen." He added.
Just then the creepy man walked out and walked by us, winking at me again. I looked at Edward trying not to make anymore eyecontact with this guy. We tried our best to ignore his passing. He must have walked into his room because when we turned around and looked towards the building, he was gone.
"Edward!" Someone called. It was a young women from what I could see. "Time to come in."
"Coming Mom!" He called back. "Well, it was nice meeting you Olivia Stanton. Have fun with the historical sites of California." he laughed again, leaving me breathless again while he walked away.
"Bye" I finally choked out but he was pretty far away, but he turned at that moment and waved. How did he hear that? I wondered.
Guessing that my parents were starting to get worried too, I walked towards my room. But, when I opened the door, there was no parent standing there ready to start yelling at me for my rudeness. The lights were off. The red glow from the digital clock read 10:00. It wasn't that late, but I could see the lumps under the covers. I creaped towards the suit case that we had and unzipped it as quietly as possible, but none of them stirred a bit. I slipped into my PJ's and crawled into the space left next to my brother. I hugged him goodnight, figuring he couldn't be too asleep, but...something was wrong, there was something wet on his arm, and I noticed it was on the bed too. I turned on the light that sat on the bedside table between the two beds. I pulled back the covers and saw red liquid all over the bed. I kicked back the rest of the covers as I screamed my head off. I pulled the covers off of my parents bed too and there was the same red color. A dead stare from my parents accompanied the look of shock and fright on their faces. Still screaming, I saw a movement in my periferal vison near the bathroom.
Then they came into full view. It was silent, I was now too scared to even scream. "Hello Olivia." the man said. He walked out into the light, it was the same creepy man that had winked at me. Something was wrong with him though...his eyes were bright red. Then out of nowhere, he was gone, and then right next to me with one hand on my shoulder and the other hand on the lamp that turned the light off. The only thing left was his red eyes and the red glow from the clock. I screamed again, but it was soon muffled by a kiss. I tried to push away, but he pinned my hands behing my back and knocked me on to the bed. I screamed again, but this time he wasn't so nice, he slapped me and started to undress me. He planted kisses down my neck and lingered there for a minute. He looked up at me again and from the glow of the clock, I could make out a line of red coming out of his mouth. Was it just a bloody lip, or was it something more...but i refused to think that. Vampires didn't exist.
He finally managed to rip off my shirt leaving it in shreads, and I wasn't wearing a bra because I had been getting ready to go to sleep. He kissed my chest over and over, he moaned with pleasure. I managed to scream as loud as i could, my throat hurt. There was a pounding at the door, but he held his hand over my mouth so I couldn't scream again. There was silence for a second, and when there wasn't another knock he went back to my chest. Then there was a loud crash. Someone had burst through the door. But, Creepy Man didn't miss a beat, he grabbed me by the arm so i couldn't run away. The light flicked on. There was Edward, flanked with two other guys, one was huge, the other not as huge, but still muscular. I tried to cover myself with my hands, but Creepy Man held them back. There was a loud growl that came from Edward. He crouched down, like he was going to pounce. Creepy Man threw me across the room where I hit my head hard on the dresser.
I could feel just a little blood pouring out of my head. I saw Edward fighting this man. They were both too strong and too fast for a normal human being. I saw the other two picking up my parents and my brother. I wanted to yell at them and ask what they were doing, but I couldn't find my voice. Soon, after that, I slipped into darkness, all around me was black except for the glowing red eyes of the creepy vampire.