The Chronicles Of Vladimir Tod: A Year To Remember Chapter 2: Stranger
Oh, my, god! I finally beat Henry, my all time best friend ever in a video game. This was odd for me. It was defiantly one of my favorite moments in my life. It was pretty cool, but it didn't compare to kissing Meredith last night when I found her crying and went to comfort her.
Speaking of Meredith, I wondered why she wasn't at school today. I looked everywhere, but didn't see her. She must have skipped and gone to Melissa's or something. I didn't think too much of it because I was paying more attention to rubbing it in Henry's' face that I won Revenge of the Killer Psycho Dude the video game.
"Dude, that's totally not fair, my gun wasn't working and you left me there to die!" Henry always complained whenever I beat him at something.
I laughed and started to get up to walk to the freezer. "Whatever dude, hey do you want something to eat?" I asked, after all we hadn't eaten in almost two hours.
I opened the freezer door and practically inhaled three bags of blood before reaching for a green Popsicle. Henry didn't say anything; he just walked to the door and grabbed the box of left over pizza, chips, popcorn, chocolate, and pie. By the time he reached the living room the floor was covered in what looked like a giant rainbow of food.
After a while we both said goodbye and I headed upstairs to go to bed. I had the same dream that I had been having for them past few days. The story of my life, literally! I was getting tired of finding my mom dead in her bed over and over again. And every night I woke up with the same feeling, loneliness.
Then I woke up, I looked at my clock and was shocked at what the numbers read. Three 'o clock PM. I couldn't believe that I had slept so long. Before I headed outside, I gulped down 4 bags of blood and stuck a snack pack in my pocket. I didn't know exactly where I was going. Nelly had already gone to work and she wouldn't ever find out where I went. So, I just walked. On the sidewalk, to the park, to Henry's house, and then I just started to walk through the neighborhood next to mine. It actually felt good outside, and after a while the sun started to disappear down the road making the temperature cooler and cooler as time flew by.
I was on a back road next to the woods when I saw it, that gorgeous brown hair that smelled so good, like cotton candy. Then the wind started to kick up and I knew it was her, I could smell her shampoo from a mile away. I spotted her in the woods; on her face was a look of fear as if she had just seen a ghost.
Just then somebody forced a knee in my back. I shrieked and fell to the sidewalk in horror. I looked the man straight in the eye as he pulled me up by my neck, as soon as he picked me up he shot me back down and I smashed into the hard asphalt that was covered in gravel. I saw his face then; he had blackish brown hair cut short with a hint of gray peeking out every now and then. I built up the energy to ask him one question.
"Who are you?" I choked out.
"My name is Otis, and you boy, are in trouble." He said as he smiled a very evil smile.
He took one blow to the jaw and I was out. It was very dark and then suddenly I woke up and it was very bright. I saw gray walls and as I turned my head I saw the same thing that I had seen in the woods. Meredith. The terror on her face was enough to knock me out again, but that was probably just because when the man saw that I was awake, he had hit me so hard that went back unconscious.
I woke up for a second time. I peeked around to make sure nobody was there to hit me again as soon as I woke up. I spotted Meredith and crawled to her side. She was bound in rope, with duct tape on her mouth. I gently peeled the tape from her mouth, and untied the rope.
"What's going on and why are your eyes purple?" She whispered immediately when I took the tape off her mouth.
"I don't know, but I'll explain all I know later." I didn't know how or what I'd tell her but she deserved an explanation. I crawled over to the window.
I
had to think of a plan fast! All I saw was a window overlooking the city and everything else was concrete. The window had a latch on it. I knew my plan as soon as I saw that latch.
"Come on were getting out of here. Just trust me and as soon as we get outside close your eyes." I told her, and something on her face showed me that she'd follow what I'd say as long as she got out of here. The sun was about to come out. It was peeping out of the horizon, haunting me greatly. I slapped on some sunscreen that I found in my pocket and got ready to jump.
"As soon as I get out, jump I'll catch you." I almost yelled to make sure she heard me.
She nodded and I jumped. I floated in mid air. She closed her eyes and jumped out also. I caught her and floated gently to the ground.
"Okay, open your eyes." I said.
She opened them and gasped, but then I saw that man, Otis in the window that we just jumped out of and we ran as hard as we could. He wasn't chasing us because the sun was already out, and everybody knows that vampires are allergic to the sun. I found a car that was unlocked and got in. I was in the driver's seat and Meredith sat shot gun.
I remembered how to hot wire a car off of an old movie that just happened to be extremely accurate and did all that I remembered. It started up, I didn't know how to drive exactly but Otis was coming and I couldn't wait. Meredith was sitting in shock through this.
We drove home. It felt like forever but I just drove and drove, but the car ran out of gas five miles from my house. Stupid Jeep! Meredith started to talk.
"What are we going to do?" She sounded worried.
"I guess we walk from here." We both opened our doors at the same time.
My heart started racing because Meredith and I were holding hands. For a moment I actually thought that it was possible for a girl like Meredith to like a guy like me. We stopped, she looked at me, and our lips met for the second time. It was amazing because this time our lips were on fire. It burned like crazy but I loved it. I started kissing her cheek then before I knew it I was drinking from her. My teeth were clamped on her neck right under her jaw. It tasted better than any kind of bagged blood. It was sweet and warm; I almost forgot that I was DRINKING FROM THE PERSON THAT I'VE LOVED SINCE 3RD GRADE! I immediately pulled away. She was dizzy and fell to the ground. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't leave her there, and I for sure couldn't drag her all the way home. So I decided to sit with her on a park bench, I knew that if I brought her back to the car that with my luck, the police would find us and the stolen car and we would have done grand auto theft.
After a few hours she woke up. She stared at me with a smile on her face. I couldn't dare look her in the eye after I had drunk her blood! I just couldn't figure out why she was smiling, then after a while she parted her beautiful lips and started to speak.
"I know your secret." Oh god. Oh god. Oh god! "You're a vampire." She almost began to laugh.
"Mere-…" She interrupted me.
"Don't worry I won't tell." Relief ran through me.
"You won't?" I asked curious still not believing her.
"Of course not, Vlad I've had a crush on you since we met in 3rd grade. I won't tell people your darkest secret…" She rushed into.
Phew! I was so relieved that I wasn't in danger. I didn't reply to her, instead I reached up and kissed her again. We kissed for a long time.
"You aren't going to drink my blood again right, I mean I'm still a little dizzy from the last time you did." She giggled
"No, I'm full." We both smiled and then we just stared into each other's eyes for another few minutes.
And then we kissed…