"And they all lived happily ever after. The end."
The amber-eyed boy looked up, pale skin set off by sandy brown hair. He flashed a blinding grin at his companion before looking down at the pale, blonde girl. Only 6, she was easily satisfied with slightly advanced picture books.
She, however, like most of the world, was unaware of the fact that the boy, Gabe, and his companion, Rose, could have read her Snow White in Mandarin (all branches), Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, and 57 others, including Czech and Swedish.
Rose smiled back, dark, rich chestnut hair to her shoulder blades accenting her white shirt and dark blue jeans. Her amber eyes glowed against her pale skin, smooth and hard as the moon.
"How do you do that, Gabe? Know exactly what she wants? It's almost like you can read her mind." Her smile became a smirk, and Gabe punched her lightly, for a vampire, on the shoulder.
The fact was, Gabe could read the little girl's mind. Rebecca, oblivious, started crinkling the pages. Quick as a flash, Gabe swiped the book from her hands, smooth them out, and shelved it.
Though he rarely used his powers, Gabe had been born with the ability to read minds, otherwise known as telepathy.
But sometimes, like now, he wished that it would be reversed, so he could give Rose a piece of his mind without scarring present company. He shrugged.
"Just a gift."
They sprinted away from the house after Rebecca came home, heading for Rose's house. Gabe lived inside the woods that fringed their house, so he hung out with the Gwins a lot.
But then a new scent found their senses- human and a strong scent of vampire. They ran to the source in a flash, and then sighed in relief. It was only Tom, another friend of theirs, and another sniff revealed that he had been hanging out with his girlfriend, Claire, who was a human.
"How's the human?" Gabe said, smiling. He always made fun of the black-haired, amber-eyed boy for having human girlfriends.
"I broke up with her. She was going to leave me, and I wanted to make it hard. I could tell it was hard for her." His voice broke on 'hard', and he ducked away.
Rose held her shoulder with his hand. "I'm so sorry, Tom."
Gabe shivered, and Rose looked over in a millisecond, confused. He shook his head. He would tell her later. But there was one part he couldn't explain.
Why was he angry that when Rose touched him, Tom was ecstatic?