AN/ So I think this chapter, and then one more and its basically finished. After re-reading this on my quotev, it seems I made a lot of grammar mistakes o.o Shout out to my first ever story reviewer on either quotev or here, Emzy2k11. If you guys have any input on how I can pro-long the story, feel free to say so

I found the way they were all so nervous and twitchy as the blood dripped from the odd muscle in my mouth weird. Marko had finished up the other piercing, and I started to feel a bit drowsy and lightheaded. David, watching me with his eyes of ice, seemed to notice as he hollered at Paul to fetch some of the candy they had laying around.

"Sugar'll help" David said after Paul tossed me some hard candies.

"I'm gonna take you home kay?" Marko said, resting his chin on my shoulders.

"Um... I actually have no idea where home is..." I felt my cheeks turn red with embarrassment. "I was supposed to meet my folks at that new karaoke place on the boardwalk...when I went there they were gone..."

"So where were you planning on sleeping tonight?" Marko asked me, still resting his chin on me, looking me in the eyes.

"Here for the night" David said. "There's plenty of beds."

"Thanks" I said getting up to pick one.

"Need someone ta keep ya warm?" Paul flopped down on a bed across the room.

"I assure you I will be fine" I told him, and then I felt sorry after the face he pulled. "So what music you got on your rock box Paul?"

"Hm... A couple stations... my records are over there on the shelf by it," He responded to me, not looking up from the joint he was holding. I got up and looked through the shelf. My eyes got bright wide and my lollipop even dropped outta my mouth. I automatically put in Motley Crues, Girls Girls Girls. "You like hair metal?"

"Mhm! I know they're pretty popular, but Crues my favorite!" I said happily.

"Yeah Crues pretty sick" Paul said. I started to dance to the song, and Paul came and joined me. "Friday night and I need a fight..."

"My motorcycle and a switchblade knife..." I finished the next line of the song as we danced.

"GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS! Long legs and burgundy lips!" We giggled as we sang the chorus together. Marko eventually joined us, and the D's just sat and chuckled. David in his wheelchair, Dwayne on his book pile.

A few songs later, I fell onto the bed, all giggled out and exhausted. As the boys retreated deeper into the cave, I curled up in the blankets.

I was running. I didn't know where, I knew I was running from something. I'd been running so much my feet hurt, it felt like each grain of sand was a blade of glass. I finally collapsed of exhaustion when I hit the water's edge. My heart was racing, it was like a heavy metal drum beat pulsing through my chest. I was picked up by my hair and I let out a scream of pain.

I had no idea who it was, their face was an ocean of shadow, slowly drawing closer to me. And then I felt it. The reason I was running. It felt like two needles were tearing into my neck, it was almost like I was giving blood but they weren't going to stop. I felt every stream, every drop, each sucking motion as the ruby life source left my body.

I woke up covered in sweat. Weak sunlight poured in from the mouth of the cave. I felt the need to draw or document my dream somehow, but I couldn't seem to find paper anywhere. By the time I did find some, the dream was almost gone. All I could remember once I had paper was the pain. The pain and the small of ocean water.

I wrote my dream down as best I could, and then I went to get into the book bag I had with me. I had no clue when the guys would wake up, so I took out the comic that the Frogs had handed me yesterday. Vampires everywhere. I flipped through the pages, garlic, holy water, initiations. All in all it looked like a rather decent comic. Although everything I saw as I flipped through I had already known about. The blood trick thing was new though. I'd heard of vampires biting people, exchanging blood, but never just a casual sip of vampire blood. In the time span of about an hour I had finished Vampires everywhere, and decided to go back to the comic store. I left the boys a note, and I headed out of the cave.

The door to the store was propped open, most likely to keep the heat out, or to at least create a breeze. I started in the Marvel section, moving into the DC area. I moved to the manga, and found the latest issue of Tomie, and Magic Kaito. As I picked them up I began to look for the brothers. Turns out they were lurking through the shelves.

"See enough freaky stuff last night you had to come back for more?" Edgar asked me, coming around the shelf.

"Well actually, yeah. I started reading the comic you gave me yesterday, and I was wondering if you had any sequels or something?" I looked around.

"Thought so. They all come back" Allan said, handing me a copy of Destroy all Vampires.

"I'd also like to buy these couple books," I said, following them to the register.

"How was the first night? Anything go bump?" Edgar asked me as he rung up my total.

"Only the rides and tides" I told him. Allan glanced suspiciously towards me as I grabbed my bag and headed off to my father's new bar. "See ya around Frogs" I waved my hand as I walked out the door.

I finally had some luck seeing my parents in the building. It was a nice little place. It was stuck between two places, a pizza parlor and I think a video store. The part facing the boardwalk was covered with glass, allowing you to see in or out. The bar counter was set up, and I could see a stage from where I stood. I walked inside and automatically I was being yelled at.

"And where have you been young lady?" My father yelled at me.

"I was with some friends, not like you care" I yelled back. He seemed shocked that I had grown a pair.

"Of course we care" My mom said from bar where she was hanging some plants.

"No you don't. If you did I wouldn't have had to sleep in a strange place" I told her. Apparently my father had told her he waited for me, and I didn't come back. Lies. He was probably sleeping around. We argued like this for a while, until my father's hand made contact with my left cheek. "You know what? F*ck you!" I yelled as I left the store. I had gone there to help set up the place, not to get smacked around like my mother. The only man who had the right to touch me at all was Skylar, and even he was unfit to touch me.

I could hear father's footsteps following me, so I turned into the video store next door and ran into an older man, with glasses and dark hair. "Excuse me" I told him as I went to hide in the shelves. I heard him stop my father, and then my father leave. "Thank you" I said coming out of hiding.

"It was no problem at all. Would you care to tell me what happened?" He said. I looked at him. "My apologies, I'm Max. I run the video store here" he explained.

"Hello Max. I'm Raven" I said. Excuse me please" I walked out of the video store and sat on the railing of the boardwalk.