The Future

I just stared at him when suddenly he pounced.

As soon as I saw him lift his feet of the ground I was 20 feet away from him in a crouch. A growl tore out of my throat and through my bared teeth. He gave me a small smile as if he expected this much.

"You still have your gift then"

Gift? What gift? Then I realized he hadn't moved from where he stood. He never did leap at me. I stood up from my crouch and just looked at him unable to utter a word. How could he still be in the same place? I saw him leap at me. He took a step closer as I took a step back.

"You have no need to fear me Alice. I'm not going to harm you" His voice was calm

"You... you just ... You just pounced at me. I saw you! How can you not have moved?" I was near hysterics. Can vampires get hysteric?

"I know you may be disorientated by what your saw but, you did see me pounced...in a way.

You see...you sort of...well you saw the future" He tensed like he thought I would pounce.

I just looked at him. Me? See the future? Great, the only person I knew was a complete phyco! And he was a bleeding vampire! Then I just laughed. I couldn't help it. I woke up as a vampire now I could see the future. Could this night get any worse? He took a step towards me and I growled.

"Ok if I could see the future how come it never happened, hey? Tell me that!" I said coldly. I was really annoyed now. He could not just tell me I was a vampire then say I'm physic and deal with it! There were some serious questions that needed answers.

"You did see the future but then I changed my mind" He looked away from me like couldn't bear to see me anymore.

"You know that makes no sense to me" I just stared at him, challenging him to look at me.

"I'll try to explain it as best as I can but I can't promise anything" he sighed then looked straight at me. I was taken back a little bit because the looks in his eyes were so intense.

"I decided that I was going to pounce and you saw my decision, when you jumped back I changed my mind. You did see the future but not the permanent future." I just gave him a blank look. "Unlike the weather" he continued "a person can change their mind. With the weather water ever is going to happen will happen but a person's future is not definite" I nodded starting to understand better.

"Let's test it" I said with a small half smile. He smiled back at me slightly as he turned around and took a few steps back. He turned back round to me a said two simple words but with a lot of meaning.

"Let's go!"

We practised for a while. He pretended to pounce at me again and again. He then asked me what he had decided to do after this and he kept changing his mind. Sometimes it was hard for me to get a clear view of 'the future' but I was getting better at it. He then asked me to predict the weather but I kept giving him the same answer over and over again so we soon quit that. I was starting to feel hungry and the burning in the back of my throat was more noticeable. Mark saw my discomfort and smiled.

"Is my pain funny to you?" I was getting annoyed as he just stood there and smiled. After a few moments he finally answered me but it wasn't the answer I was expecting.

"Come on I'll show you how to hunt"

"Wait...wha...did you say hunt?"

"Yes how else did you expect to feed yourself?" he talked to me like I was a young and stupid child. This really got me wound up.

"Hey I'm new to this remember? So don't talk to me as if I'm thick ok! And besides can't you just get another one of those...blo...blood bottles?" I was still uncomfortable with the concept of drinking blood.

"Sorry didn't mean to make you feel like that Alice" his smile disappeared as he looked away "And not we can't get another one of those bottles because they are really risky to get hold of. Anyway it's a lot easier to hunt for your food and it tastes a lot better" his expression took on a dream like state but it was only for a moment.

"Ok then, I don't really care as long as I can stop this burning!"

He turned back to me and smiled. "Come on then let's hunt!" He took off running and wow was he fast, but somehow I knew I was faster.

I ran after him and nearly sped past. We ran for a little while longer until he came to a standstill. We were on the edge of deserted road with a small building on the other side. It looked like a truck stop but I couldn't be sure. It looked as abandoned as the road.

"So what are we hunting?" I looked around but couldn't see anything that resembled food.

"Its right in there" he pointed to the building. I looked closer and I could see something moving around. Mark told me to listen closer too and I could hear a strong heart beat. I then realised what we were hunting. My eyes widened as I stared in horror at Mark.

"No"