Hunting
I watched Adam drag someone up the hillside, his body was mangled already, probably from a crash. He looked up at me and I kneeled over the boy. He looked familiar but I didn't really think of it, Adam leaned in and bit into his neck. I could hear the boy whimpering in pain as Adam sucked his blood. I bit into the boys left wrist and ate. The boy eventually went unconscious. Adam continued drinking until the boy's skin was pale. "I think you've had enough" I said nudging Adam and his eyes changed back to their normal shade of blue/green. He pulled away from the boy's neck and smiled in satisfaction at the dead teenager.
"How long do you think this will calm us for?" Adam asked looking at me with a worried expression.
"Five days to a week" I said grunting as I stood up from the ground, looking down at the boy. I never liked seeing people dead, it bothered me. Adam started covering the body in snow and leaves before he stood.
"Okay… I just don't want to blow this" he said looking down at the ground sadly. "Not like last time" I walked over to him and patted him on the back.
"I know you can do it, you've learned how to not make the same mistakes already. You didn't attack her when you first saw her" I said looking into his eyes solemnly. I knew his main reason for wanting to go to this party was because of Fiona Coyne. I could see it in the way he looked at her. She was beautiful, but I knew to back off. He was an aggressive one when it came to girls. But I was more focused on Clare anyways.
"Can you promise me something?" he asked looking down and then back up at me. He must really like this girl, if he was making me promise something to him.
"Sure…" I said half smiling and looking at him. His expression made my smile fade. This was probably serious.
"Promise me that when I go places with her… You'll be around to make sure I don't hurt her. I mean IF we ever go places" he said looking into my eyes. He really cared for her too. I guess there was something about her that I didn't notice, that he did. The way she talked? Nope can't be. The way she smiled? No. The way she…smelled. That was it. Her scent intoxicated him… He wasn't attracted to beauty, he was attracted to scent.
"I promise, but what if you guys… you know…" I said looking around the woods awkwardly. Adam started to walk towards where we came from.
I followed him and he mumbled to himself a few times before answering me. "Don't watch us… Smell us" he said stopping when we got to the backyards that we walked through to get to these woods.
"Okay, and if something happens I'll stop you. I promise" I said smiling as he climbed over a fence and into a backyard. He ran across the backyard and into the alley. I continued following him until we go home.
"Thank you" he said as we walked in the door. It had taken him long enough to respond. But he was quiet around me. He was quiet around most people too, but not around Fiona.
"Where have you been?" Mom asked as we walked in the door. She sat on the couch in our main room watching TV.
"Out. Meeting people, you know. Like NORMAL people do." Adam said sitting in the chair and looking at the TV.
"Mom why are you watching a vampire movie?" I asked sitting on the arm of the chair. She looked at me and shrugged.
"Why do humans assume we are like this?" she hissed glaring at the TV screen. "We don't burn in the sun. Nor do we sparkle" she added looking over at Adam then back at the TV.
"I dunno mom" I said shrugging and looking at the TV screen. Adam got up and went up to his room. I followed him. He left the door open a crack and I could see him sitting on his bed, gazing into his palms. I knew he regretted that night, but I thought he was over it.
"Adam you okay?" I asked, still standing in the hallway. He jumped and ran over to the door, slamming it shut.
"I'm fine! Go away" he said. I heard him slide down the wall. He was trying to remember her. He shouldn't think about it too much, or he'll get upset and start jumping off of buildings again.
"Uh… Okay but if you need anything just ask me" I replied and pressed my ear to the door, trying to see if I could hear him crying.
"I said go away!" he yelled again, banging on the door right where my ear was.
"Ow!" I yelled, pulling my head away from the door and walking down the hall to my room. Something was wrong with him. I don't know if he was missing her, or trying to get over her. She was the past, it was all a mistake. We had both lost someone important to us, but I had gotten over it. Sometimes I missed her, but only sometimes. Adam is constantly thinking about his ex. It wasn't his fault that we had to protect our secret.