Would I lie to you?
Three months after Maya dies Thierry is uneasy. He sees Maya while hunting. He thinks it's a dream but soon sees her again. He has to keep lying to Hannah to keep her safe. But with Maya's appearances getting closer to where Hannah is, Thierry starts to question, Is Maya really dead?
Unreal
Hunting, a basic necessity for vampires, easy for me, I've had years of practice. I don't think the deer had even spotted me yet. It was small and furry. Most humans would call it cute, I call it lunch. I dived towards the deer. It jumped away at the last minute. Damn, I jumped up and raced after it. No deer was fast enough to beat me. This time I grabbed hold of its neck. I sunk my teeth into it. It slowly stopped struggling in my arms. It felt good to taste blood. I had to run out on Hannah the minute I felt thirsty. I'll never hurt Hannah again, and with Maya gone, neither will anyone else.
"Good catch, Thierry." Her voice was cold and smooth. It was the voice I had hoped I had never to hear again. I stood up and turned around. "You're dead." I said through gritted teeth. Maya laughed. "What's the point in being immortal if silly little human girls can kill you." She laughed and walked behind a tree. She disappeared. She was a dream obviously. She had to be a dream, if she was real. Hannah wasn't safe anymore. But of course Maya was dead.
I ran back to my car. On the windscreen there were words scrawled in blood. "I'm immortal." I wiped them off frantically. "You're dead! Maya! You're dead!" I screamed into the forest. She wasn't alive. She was dead. I saw her die. I climbed into my car and started the ignition. I turned around and sped away. I would never see Maya again. It was the blood, it was making me hallucinate. That was it. I took deep breaths and pushed Maya out of my mind. Of one thing I was sure, Hannah couldn't know about any of this.
I pulled into the drive and rolled up to the garage. Hannah skipped out. Oh no what was I going to tell her? I just walked out on her earlier, I didn't even say anything. "Where have you been?" she said as I got out. "Hunting." At least I hadn't lied to her, yet. "Why are you covered in blood?" I searched around for another answer other than Maya may be alive and wrote in blood on my windscreen and I wiped it off with, oh the new shirt you got me. "Hunting a messy job. I'm sorry I ruined the shirt but I was thirsty and I didn't want to be tempted by you. You being so sweet." I hugged her. I hadn't realised she was inspecting my car at the same time
"Thierry! Is there blood on your windscreen?" busted what to tell her? "Oh, yeah. Some idiots had thrown mud at it and I tried to wipe it off but I still had blood on my hands and got it on the windscreen." Hannah raised her eyebrow sceptically. "The truth?" I smiled at her hoping it didn't look too fake. "Would I lie to you Hannah?" she shrugged and pulled me towards the door. "I suppose not, let's go. I rented another movie, you owe me for walking out earlier." I laughed and followed her in. I looked in the general direction of the forest. I prayed Maya had been a dream, she had seemed unreal. But anyway, I couldn't have her hurting my Hannah. "Stay away from her Maya." I whispered and closed the door.
We went into the lounge and Hannah turned on the DVD player. "So what have you got this time?" Hannah smiled and chucked me the box. "It's supposed to be really scary." I looked at the box "The others. Sounds interesting enough." She hit play and curled up on the sofa.
It was a pretty scary movie. Hannah jumped at the really scary parts. When the movie ended Hannah got up and put the DVD away, talking about how confusing the film was. My mobile went off. I picked it up. "Hello?" there was a sound of trees being blown by the wind and leaves' crunching like someone was walking on them. "Tick, tock. Time flies by when you're mortal like Hannah. Enjoy the moments." The phone went dead. The person had hung up.
"Who was that?" Hannah asked cheerily. I turned to her. I had to lie again. "Business. Sorry Han, I have to go out again. See you later." I turned to walk out "What sort of business?" I shrugged and looked at her. "Just the usual." She eyed me carefully "Who for." I shrugged again and opened the door. They only gave me an address." Hannah put her hands on her hips. "Are you lying to me?" I shook my head. "No they just didn't give me much info." Hannah walked over and kissed me. "Silly question. You'd never lie to me again." I nodded and walked out.
I got into my car and dove away, towards the forest. I had no doubt who the girl on the phone had been, but I knew I had to know for sure. I could see the forest. It was 200m ahead. Then I saw something on the road that made me stop dead. I climbed out with a flashlight to check it out.