I stirred in my bed, I didn't know if what happened was real or not. If it was the grief messing with my mind, or the fact that I missed Darren. I had no clue what it was. I sat up in my bed, and laid my head in my hands and laced my fingers through my hair, letting out a long sigh.
"It was my choice." I heard from the corner of my room. I saw Darren looking out my window, new muscles emerged around his arms, even his neck seemed changed. I was shocked, I had to admit, but I knew that what I saw was real and not my mind tricking me. I couldn't say anything though, so Darren continued,
"There was this spider there... you know how much I love them. I stole Mr. Crepsley's spider, and it bit Steve, and I had to become one of these... freaks to save him." he said, next thing I knew he was leaning over of me in my bed. I closed my eyes slowly, and leaned against my pillow, I felt his breath on my neck, his lips ran down my jawline, and then down my collar bone. I closed my eyes even tighter. Why was I afraid? I quickly grabbed his face and pulled him into a hard, deep, heavy kiss. He pulled back quickly breathing heavily. I could see the surprise in his eyes, Darren never was really ever involved with any girls. He was very shy, and a little timid, so I must have taken him off guard.
"This isn't going to be good." he said,
"Why?" I asked, afraid of his answer.
"Because I can't stay away from you. The vampaneze are going to be after you, along with Mr. Tiny." he growled, his voice was low.
"The vampaneze? Mr. Tiny?" I asked, questions whizzed through my head like crazy.
"I'm a half-vampire, we don't kill the people we feed on. The vampaneze are brutal, they tear their victims apart. And Mr. Tiny is just... apart of it all." he said, frustrated. Tears welled up in my eyes, and I placed my hands on my face again.
"What's wrong?" he said, quickly coming close to me in my bed, pulling me close to his body.
"I'm freaked out. The boy I love is a vampire and now I have these blood thirsty vampaneers after me-". I heard Darren chuckle behind me, "What?" I snapped through my sobs, "it's vampaneze." he said.
I smiled through my tears, "bottom line is, I can't leave you either. So I'm going to have to deal with it." "Darren." I heard Crepsley say from the side of my room.
"We need to go, the sun will be up soon, so she will be safe for the time being." he said. I could feel Crepsley's eyes on us, singeing through my skull.
"Just wait, until she falls asleep..." Darren breathed as I turned to the side, grabbing Darren's shirt, pulling myself into him and placing my head under his, and buried my face deep in his neck. I felt him tense up and then ease his body into mine.
"Just until I'm asleep..." I whispered. I was awakened by my mom sitting on the side of my bed. Without opening my eyes, I felt for Darren, who was gone. I smirked, of course he wouldn't still be there, don't be stupid. His familiar scent still lingered in my sheets. My mom ran her fingers through my hair, which made me open my eyes.
"Hi sweetheart." she said, and then she did something I didn't expect and started to cry.
"What's wrong?" I said, sitting up and looking her in the eyes. The only times she ever cried was either when I did something wrong, which I was pretty sure I didn't I was in my bed this whole time... for all she knew. Or if something was wrong, not even if something wrong happened, even if she felt like something was going to go wrong.
"I don't know what I would do without you." she said.
"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." I lied. I got out of bed and made my way onto the couch, where I stayed for the day. I couldn't make it to school, even though Darren was alive I couldn't deal with those kids, they pissed me off and plain annoyed me.
"Alright Ron, I'll be back!" my mom said getting her car keys off the table, I heard the front door click shut and then open again.
"Forget something?" I asked, next thing I knew I was face to face with Steve, stunned, unable to move.
"Ste-" I tried to choke out. I was pushed against the living room wall, I winced at the pain of the impact of the wall, my arms flailing, trying to get the knife out of Steve's hands,
"I can't believe you're a vampire too!" he grunted as I kicked him in the stomach.
"What the hell? Steve, I am not a vampire!" I said, patting myself off and picking the knife up from his hands.
"And you're a missing person, I thought you died?" I said, blinking my eyes.
"No. Now I know this is all going to sound strange, but vampires are real!" he said, I arched my eyebrows, pretending to be surprised, even though I knew probably more than he did.
"I'm going to be a vampire hunter, until someone can get me to be their assistant. Darren, that traitor took my place, and I'm going to kill him, AND Vur Horston." he said, filled with rage. I walked over and picked him up, looking him in the eyes and then slapping him across the face, his head turned and he swiveled it back around and looked back at me, his eyes heated.
"Why would you want to be a vampire, and basically fake your death! Are you insane!" I said, taking a couple of steps back.
"Like my mom would care anyways. I'd rather die than live there! This is my destiny!" he yelled. I sighed and shook my head, how the hell did I get in a situation like this. I've read books and seen movies and thought and wondered how those people got in these situations and now I'm smack right in the middle of one. Vampires. Go Figure. Steve looked up at me,
"Sorry I tried to kill you." he grumbled, not making eye contact with me. I sat down on my couch. I thought quickly. I had to make sure that it seemed like I had nothing to do with Darren right now. It could be dangerous with Steve knowing that I knew about him, so I decided to act stupid, something I was way too good at.
"Darren's a... vampire?" I asked. Steve sat on the couch next to me,
"Yes. I'm sorry. I know this will hurt you..." he said, placing his hand on my knee. He looked at me, expecting me to burst out and cry, like I normally would do. But I wasn't an actress, even though I could fake being mad, and hold a grudge forever, I wasn't THAT good. I shook my head,
"I'm all cried out, I seriously can't believe this." I said, running my hands through my hair like I would normally do. He leaned forward, getting his face close to mine. Oh no. He placed his hand on the small of my back,
"I would never do ANYTHING to hurt you. The way Darren did. I'm going to get him... and I'm going to become one of the most powerful vampires in the world." he hushed and then kissed me. I tried to pull back, but all my warning signs went out of my head, I finally let my eyes close. I broke the kiss and closed my eyes,
"You should leave." I said. Steve stood up and nodded his head, without saying anything else.
I didn't think it could get anymore complicated and now it did. I loved Darren, unconditionally, first over anyone, ever since the fifth grade, and yes, I would have to tell him what just happened. Even the kiss, even though I thought about keeping that part out. But I knew it would just eventually come back and bite me in the ass if I didn't tell him. The sun was starting to go down, which meant Darren would be coming by soon. Well I hoped. I needed to know who Mr. Tiny was, and what I had to do to be safe from him. Even if it meant becoming a vampire myself. I was open to that option, I would miss my mom, yes. But I wouldn't want to put her in danger herself. And I wanted to be with Darren, I knew that for a fact. My thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of footsteps upstairs. It was probably Darren and Mr. Crepsley, but I had to make sure. I crept up the stairs making sure to keep my walking quiet. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw Darren. He didn't look as strong as he did before. He was very pale and he had dark circles under his eyes.
"You look... terrible." I said, running the back of my hand down his face. Cold.
"What are you doing to him?" I snapped at Crepsley, shooting him a glare, I've always been protective of Darren.
"Nothing! He refuses to drink human blood. He has been feeding off of animals and that will only keep you alive for so long, he needs to drink it or he will eventually die." Crepsley snapped, staring at Darren. I looked up at him,
"Is that true?" I whispered. Darren nodded his head,
"I refuse. I'd rather die." he spat, disgusted.
"Why not! If its going to kill you if you don't, you need to do it!" I argued. He looked down at the floor,
"I'm not getting rid of the only thing thats keeping me still human." he whispered. Crepsley looked at me,
"That is not the only problem right now, Darren's stupid excuse of not drinking blood can be figured out later. Mr. Tall has seen into the future, and you are playing an important part in it Ronnie."