Chapter two
I had a long and hot bath. I felt so tried. I look at my refection, for some reason I had marks on my shoulders they were red. I thought they were growth marks but they hurt a lot. I got dressed in my pyjamas, white pant with little blue angels on it and a blue tank top. I put on my robe which was the same design as the pants and went downstairs.
Zane and Zara were sitting on the single couches, Luke and my mother where sitting on the family couch. There was a fire going and they had mugs of (from the smell of it) coffee. But all of them stared off in nowhere.
"Umm… Is everyone okay?" I asked
Luke looked up the rest of them didn't move.
"Sit down, Emma."
I sat on one of the single couches and looked at him. He had changed in fact all of them had. He look serious and paler than ever. His eyes were coal black something about them scared me and I felt numb.
"What's wrong" I heard myself asking. Although I had no control over the words or myself.
"Emma, what do you know about your father?"
For some reason I felt a pain in my heart. I don't know why I didn't know him He died when I was born. I had asked once and mom told me that he was in a car crash the day I was born he was rushing to the hospital to see me. A drunk diver was coming the other way and crashed his car into his the drunk driver was fine just a couple ribs broken and a minor head injury but my dad died.
"I know he's died" I replied
"He's not."
I looked up surprised "Are you joking?" I asked
"No, I'm not"
"Mom"
"It's true" she replied but didn't even look up.
"What does this mean? Why are you telling me this? Why now?"
"Emma, you need to know that you…you aren't human."
"What?"
"You, Me, Zara and Zane aren't human we're Vampires. Of course we don't call ourselves that."
"That's impossible. I mean mom's human. How do you know?"
"Today you woke up lazy and your eyes were red correct?"
"Yes"
"Do you have any marks on your body?"
I thought about the weird marks on my shoulders. "I have red marks on my shoulders but I think their growth marks."
"Zara, can you go and check if…"
"Yes dad"
She rose to her feet and motioned me to follow her. I took off my robe she briefly looked at them and we went back.
"Don't worry. Nothing in your life will change. You'll go to the same high school as us. Now you know what I meant as gifted:" she gave me a nervous smile.
"You sure it doesn't hurt?" I said nervously
"It's in your genes there's no transformation. And don't worry about the blood it doesn't come till you're an adult."
We entered the room. Luke looked up and Zara nodded.
"Emma, do want to know a bit about what you are?" He asked me. When I nodded he continued. "You're a vampire. Well in English your known as that we have many other names such as vrykolakas, in Greece. There are a lot of legend and stuff but most of them aren't true. One of the legends is that as soon as you're a vampire you have a craving for blood. The truth is that you have to undergo a change and that takes most of your childhood. When your adult you have that craving until then you basic don't feel it. Another one is that we only come out at night." Zane laughed a short laugh but then became serious. "The truth is that the only reason we can't go out into sunlight is because it hurts our eyes but after sometime you get used to. There is nothing mythical to our creation. However we are mythical creatures you will learn that later in school."
"I want-t to know about my father" I said
Mom finally looked up and said "Your father was a vampire and I knew that. He would never feed from me. He said he loved me and that he wanted to marry me and of course we did. I was American and you father was British so we moved to London. His family never really accepted me. You were born one year later. When you were born your father wasn't there, his uncle told me he had a meeting of some kind and couldn't come. But he didn't come for months however his uncle came with a divorce notice. I went back to America and raised you myself but I soon noticed that you where like him a vampire. That's partly why I married Luke. Another reason was because I really-"
"Mom if its love please keep it to yourself" I cracked a smile.
"Your- Your not mad" she asked startled
"No. Why would I be? You're still the best mother ever. And as for the vampire part that's what I am you can't change it neither can. And plus I don't think I want to change I think this'll be fun." I smiled mischievously and I truly felt that way.
"Did you unpack you bags?" Luke asked me
"No, I was going to but Zara wasn't back yet I thought I would find her to keep me company"
"That's good you have to go to the dorm it's far from here it's surrounded in a forest because... well you know. Your first day is tomorrow you all might as well get some rest. Good night."
Mom hugged and kissed my forehead "goodnight"
"Night Mom"
Luke and mom went leaving me, Zara and Zane ALONE.
"So... that is how you're gifted. Huh no wonder it comes naturally or else you wouldn't even be gifted that way"
Zara burst out laughing and so did I. Zane just looked at us
"Ha-ha, very funny" he said
"We know it is that's why we're laughing" I shot back
"I would shoot back at you but I'm too tried see you tomorrow"
"Night" I said to him.
"Emma I know we tell each other everything and I just want to tell you that I could tell you this it would have freaked you out and- and" She sound so worried "I'm sorry" she added quietly.
"It's okay Zara. I understand. You're it would have freaked me out. I'm not right now because I don't know. I think I've always know I was different from my friend and when I met you I finally felt normal. And now I am I'm a normal vampire." She looked at me warily. "I sound mental don't I?" I asked.
"Yes you do" She said and laughed.
"we should go to bed after all we have school"
"Night, sweet dreams"
"You too"
I went upstairs and as soon as I found the sheets I drifted to sleep.
