The alarm went off. I groaned annoyed. I grabbed the clock and threw it against the wall hard. It shattered and felt to the floor broken. I went back to sleep. But of course 30 minutes later, my mom walked in the door.
"Honey. Your going to be late for school." I groaned again, and put the sheets over my head.
"What's the point..." My mom sigh.
"Even if I agree with you... You know is the law." She gulped and I knew my mom, hated the world we were living in, as much as I did. "I got you a new dress for today."
"You know I hate wearing dresses..."
"Every girl at your school will be wearing one."
"The more reason not to wear one." My mom sigh again.
"Why cant you make this easier?"
"Why should I?" I stood up annoyed and went to the bathroom. I took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, and put on the dressed.
The time was 3015, and vampires rise from the darkness one night and fought us. OF course we gave it our best shot… but we were not match for them. They kept in hiding and planning a war against us since forever… and when they decided to rise. They did it smartly. They took our military first, then they kill every president, governor around the world. And they told us, who was our king, which was a vampire. He gave us a year to adapt to the knowledge that vampires were real. After that first horrible year they gave us the following rules.
Day time is going to be look as night time. Any human that is seen in the day time, will be terminated on sigh. (Believe me, they kill off 100s of human that first year, We learn after the killing started.) Male human will work on the farms from 5am to 6pm with 30minutes Lunch. Women's will work at the house. In the case two human's want's to get together, they shall ask a written permission, and keep away, until they have an approval letter. Every high school graduation, the human girls and boys will dressed formally and at the end of the school day go to the assembly building were vampires would reunite and choose their bride and groom to be. Those unfortunate that don't get chosen will start they assign job immediately…
I sigh put my hair in a pony tail, and just put on chopstick. I walked down and sat at the table were my mom just finished putting oatmeal. I stared at it, and ate the unsweetened oatmeal.
"I'm sorry, this month we didn't get any sugar." (Did I mention. That women get a monthly grocery were each moth, they put different items and they make sure, were miserable each moth. Those family that are lucky enough to have a man. Get more benefit because of the man working in the farms, so they can afford some privilege when is concerning with food.
We had to walk everywhere. Cars were for vampires, any luxury were for vampires and their brides. So you can imagine, that graduation was the happies for some. Because if they got choose by vampires, they would live the rich life. I ate the oat meal, and helped my mom do the dishes. My mom turned to me, and smiled at me.
"I got something for you…" I stared. She went to her room, and 5 minutes later, she came with a really expensive bottle of Cocoa Channel. My favorite perfume. I wore it once, when a friend of mine was bragging me what her vampire husband bought her.
"How?" My mom looked down for a second… I put my hands into a fist. "Mom." I whispered.
She shook her head, and wiped some tears from her eyes. "When I was your age… I got stubborn and felt in love with your dad… If I followed the rules… I wouldn't have to." She gulped. (She wasn't going to say that she prostitute her self to vampires for pennies and nickels so she could buy me the stupid perfume. And she had to be doing it for more than a year while I was in school. And she still had time, to clean what she was suppose to, then our house AND cook.)
"I don't want it."
"DON'T!" She almost yell it desperately.
"Mom." I look at the bottle, which was just enough for tonight.
"Please." Tears felt down more freely.
"Mom…"
"Please.,
"I really don't want to be chosen." She felt down to the floor.
"Baby if you don't get chosen…" She shook her head. "At least you'll be sleeping with ONE…"
"Ok." I took the bottle and put it behind the ears, behind the hands, and on the chest. My mom gave me a kiss on the cheek, then I walked to the school. At school the girls were dressed in slutty clothes, and they had make up. They looked at me and laughed. My dressed was expensive as well, but more conservative, and I wasn't wearing any make up.
"I see you choose to be a prostitute just like your mother." I turned around fast and slapped her, making her fall to the floor with the impact.
"YOU DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER!" She glared at me, with a hand on the cheek I just slapped.
She stood up about to say something when.
"Is something happening here?" I looked up, to see our teacher. Which was a vampire…. Of course. I glared at the girl and walked to the classroom…..
The day dragged on. But it ended and the announcer told us to go to the assembly building. We arrived and started sitting down…. It took us an hour, to settle down. Today was suppose to be like a beauty pageant. Girls would walked, and do a show… I choose to do belly dance. I was really good at it, and like doing it. 3 hours later they call my name. I went to the stage, and stood next to the vampire that was speaker.
"Hello Jazmine Bellerose." I tried to smile.
"Hello."
"What have you prepared for us tonight?"
I smiled. "Belly dance." He stared at my clothes.
"Like that?" I put my hand on the back, and let the dressed slide down.
I had the belly dance bra, which was blue, cover in gold, then the bottom was like sexy pants/ skirt, that was connected to the hands, so when I danced it would flow…. I heard a intake of breath. I took the pony tail out and let my hair flow in a cascade of curls. I gave the vampire the belly dance CD, as the music started flowing I started dancing and got lost in the dance…. Once it was over. I was breathless. I started leaving, when the single vampires looking for wife stood up…
"Again!" I ended up doing three dances. Finally the moment where the vampires would say who they wanted came…. When it was my turn… I had a lot of old guys stood up to ask for me…. I grimaced… the only good thing I had, was that I get to choose.
