Chapter 2
When Den woke me up it was 1:25 he handed me a new bag and when I looked through it I saw that it had everything I had asked for plus new credit cards for bank accounts that he had made for me the keys to his car and $3000 "Den you didn't need to give me this much cash let alone all this stuff but thank you I need to go put my stuff in your car and then I'm off" as I started towards the door Den stoped me, "I already moved it all not that you had much that's why I gave you that much cash and you're not leaving until you eat"
I should have know we went in to the kitchen and he poured me a cup of coffee and gave me some left over pizza we didn't talk because we had nothing to talk about we were friends and as close as family, but Den understood that if I were to get to close to him he would be in danger so we kept thing strictly business. I would send him letters when I was safe but I wouldn't give a return address and sometimes I would call him from pay phones, it was the best I could do.
As soon as I finished my coffee I walked out to my new car I didn't even look to see what type it was I just got in and drove away hoping that this would be the last time that I had to do this, the road was empty the entire drive but that was most likely because it was so early. I arrived in Canberra at 5:30 I drove around for an hour looking at the schools when I saw them soon I found the perfect one for me; it was called Merici College, I would enrol myself there later today.
The next thing I did was drive up to a real estate agent I parked in the same street even though it wasn't open yet I was going to wait and luckily for me it was right next door to McDonalds which was open, I grabbed another coffee and sat down by the window to wait. At exactly 9:00 the estate agent opened I walked in after giving them time to get settled after all I didn't want them to think I had been waiting all morning for them to open. When I walked in their was bald man sitting at the first desk when he saw me he was shocked but that was possibly because he didn't normally get many customers at ten past nine in the morning.
"Can I help you?" well better get this over and done with "yeah um I'm looking for a house that I can move into right away if possible" he looked at me as if he thought I was joking and in his defence I am only eighteen "young lady we have two such houses but are you sure you wouldn't prefer an apartment?" well at least he didn't accuse me of wasting his time "I'm sure I would like a house and yes I can afford it you see my parents died and I don't want to live in that house anymore and I sold it when I decided to leave that town and come here so I have the money from that house plus the money they left me and the reason I want another house is because I didn't want to sell my parents furniture" he started looking at me with pity well it could be worse I could have told him they were murdered.
"Like I said we have two such houses available one is a two story, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms house, the other is a one story house with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms we can go and look at them if you would like" I already knew that I would get the second house because it meant that I could escape from any of the rooms if I needed to but I decided to go and have a look at them, looking at them didn't change my mind I took the one story house it was even closer to the school I wanted to go to and it was cheap I pulled out a check book that I didn't even realise Den had packed and filled it in before handing it over to the agent whose name I now knew was Barry.
As soon as he left I brought my things in from the car I put the food in the pantry and my clothes in the closet of the master bedroom, the nest thing on my agenda was to enrol in school, then buy furniture for the house along with more food, clothes, some new bags and a school uniform, I decided to but the furniture first and ask if they could deliver it today, I went in to the first place I saw and just bought everything that caught my eye, I got a red leather lounge suite, 42 inch widescreen TV, a laptop, dining table and chairs, a king size bed and three bookshelves along with everything else that you need in a house like fridge, freezer, microwave, washing machine oh and a stereo system. They told me that they would deliver it at 3o'clock so I had four hours to do all my other jobs.
I went to the school next told them my story how stand to live in that town anymore how their school seemed like the type of facility that I could really settle into, they had one look at my perfect record, I really must thank Den, and put me in all the classes I wanted, they told me that they would have someone show me around tomorrow morning and would brief all my teachers on my situation so they didn't bring up any touchy subjects in class when they were introducing me.
I simply smiled and asked what I would need they sheet telling me what subjects I would have and what I needed for each as well as giving me my locker number and my homeroom number but they called homeroom Pastoral Care because I was in a religious school, they were even nice enough to give me three school dresses for summer and tell me where I could buy the winter uniform which would save me time. Then I went and bought new clothes and the groceries so I had all the necessities.
I got to my new home just as the furniture van pulled up with all my things they brought everything in and were even kind enough to help me set it all up. Once they left I unpacked everything else I had bought that day hoping I would be finished in time to watch the news to see if Jason's body had been found I really hoped it had, just as I finished the doorbell rang great it is most likely the neighbours trying to be nice and introduce themselves the news will have to wait.
I walked over to the door and opened it I didn't care who it was I was just going to be polite say hello and then hopefully they would go away. To my horror in front of my door where two inhumanly gorgeous boy's, Why do I have to have boy's at my door is God torturing me? I think so "hello how can I help you" was that me I sounded like a shy little girl wait that's good it might make them realize that I don't want them around and the will leave me alone.
"You're our new neighbour? We thought it would be some married couple or are you living with people that would explain a lot" I should have know buying a house would cause problems and these to probably only came over because their parents told them to "yes I'm your neighbour, no I live alone my names Shade" I was hoping the sooner the introductions were over the sooner they would leave. They were identical except for the hair colour so I knew I would remember their names and get them right every time but I would make sure we didn't hang out, after all they would only end up on the dead list if they were around me, the one with blond hair frowned when I thought that which was odd.
"Shade that's a cool name, mine is Rebel but you can call me Rez and my blond twin there is Adalrico we live on you right and if you ever need any help just come and ask us cause we normally have nothing to do and we can show you around Canberra if you want and hang out and stuff cause it gets boring with just the two of us and you will probably get bored living by yourself so it's a win, win situation." Said the one with brown hair, who I now know is Rez. Well they seem nice I don't like the idea of hanging out that much but the back and front yard of this house are a bit run down and over grown so maybe they could help me a bit and show me around so I don't get lost in this city who am I kidding I want to be friends with them and that will get them killed.
"Can we come in" asked Adalrico "and you can call me Ric" I just nodded and moved out of the way "wow you already have everything done and you have only been here a day" said Rez why did I let them in I'm trying not to become friends with anyone and I let them in I must be stupid. "Yeah the people who drove the truck helped me set everything up" we walked in to the lounge and sat down "everything looks new did you go and buy all this stuff today or something"
I didn't know how to answer I mean saying that I did would lead to all kinds of questions "she did, she did everything today bought the house the furniture enrolled in school everything and she thinks we will be killed if we get to close to her" said Ric "how the hell did you know that and what the hell are you because you are not human" Rez looked like he was going to kill Ric which would have been funny to watch "your right we're not human and I knew because I read your mind, I will tell you what we are when you tell us why you think us knowing you will get us killed"
That was a good offer and only fair "because every other guy who gets close to me is killed by the same person who killed my parents they are pinned to the roof of my house or theirs and then on the wall written in their blood are the words 'have you missed me' ok now you know" there was silence for a full three minutes. "I am telling you now he won't kill us no matter how close we get to you I promise" said Rez "you can't promise me that" Ric just smiled "yes we can we're vampires he won't kill us"
I started backing away this was not happening again I wouldn't let it "what's wrong? Shade tell me what's wrong" how could this happen this made everything worse why did I invite them in why didn't I figure it out before they were to good looking to be human "Bry the guy who kills everyone I get close to is a vampire just like you" I turned to run I should have known it was futile Rez had his arms around me in seconds and Ric was on his knees in front of me "I promise you we are nothing like him, we will not hurt you or anyone around you ok, how about we help you and protect you from him that way we get a friend who we don't have to lie to and you get protection"
I want to believe them they seem nice and I don't want to have to move again and it would be nice to have friends "okay but you better not be lying to me" we sat back down on the lounge Rez still had his arms around me but it was more like a friendly hug than a you are not going anywhere thing turned on the TV and it was the news they were showing photo's of Jason and how he was found this morning pinned to ceiling of his house "he was my best friend" I whispered before I started crying Rez tightened the hug and started trying to comfort me Ric just said "it will never happen again I won't let it"
They told me about their life here and how they were doing year twelve again at Saint Edwards School for boys and they kept talking about insignificant things until I calmed down they then ordered me Chinese and Ric ran to their house and grabbed a heap of movies along with their school uniforms and other stuff so they could stay over to make sure I was ok. They only met me two hours ago and they were this worried about me. it was nice feeling wanted without having to worry about anyone dying or getting killed I just hoped they were right. I told them all about my past my many name changes the amount of times I had moved and about all the people Bry had killed.
We ended up staying awake all night watching movies and talking Rez and Ric always did that because they never sleep but for me this was the first time in years that I had done this. Ric decided since I hadn't had any sleep they would drive me to school and pick me up so I didn't have an accident so I would have to wait for them at the front gate of the school. I didn't mind except people might think I was being dropped off by my parents Ric laughed at me so I knew he had read my thoughts "they won't trust me they will just think you either have to very hot brothers or you are one very lucky girl"
I didn't understand what he meant until I saw the car, it was a black Lexus SC 430 convertible with the top down "you are going to make me look like either a rick snob or a gold digger" he laughed at me "I know which one I would prefer" he whispered and I don't think I was supposed to hear it "looking like a rich snob will help you fit in" he said louder so I know I wasn't supposed to hear the first one.
We drove to school in silence but when they dropped me off every girl who saw us stared "see you after school" said the twins before they drove away I was instantly surrounded by girls asking me question after question about the twins I just ignored them as I walked in to the administration block "the lady at the front desk smiled at me as she remembered me from yesterday "hello Shade are you looking forward to your first day of school here?" I just nodded because I didn't want to seem rude "well we have a girl to show you around she is in all or your classes so that should make it easier for you to make a friend her name is Jamie and she is one of our best students I hope you too can get along oh their she is. Jamie can you come here please"
I looked at the girl who was walking over, she is slightly taller than me, she had shoulder length dark brown hair and brown eyes she seemed nice "Jamie this is Shade the girl you are going to be showing around as I just told her you are in all of her classes please try and make her feel welcome I know you will but Shade is in some special circumstances" I nearly laughed at the way she was trying to tell Jamie to be careful around me without telling her about how my parents were murdered.
"It's okay you can tell her everyone is going to find out anyway, I turned to Jamie my parents were killed in our home that's why I moved in the middle of a term I couldn't live in that house anymore and I didn't feel safe because they still haven't caught the killer." Jamie looked really sad after I told her "oh that's terrible are you okay, oh damn look at the time we better get to class if you need any help with anything just tell me because I really do want to become friends with and you have been through so much, we science first so this way."
I was right Jamie was nice she was also a genius as I saw during the day none of the teachers asked me to talk about myself they just said my name and told me were to sit which was always with Jamie and her friends which was okay except one of them had seen me this morning with the twins so I had to come up with an explanation as to why they drove me to school "they are my neighbours and they drove me to school today because my car had broken down and they had to drive past our school to get to their school or at least that's what they told me" when I told them they went to Saint Edwards all the girls laughed
"They went out of their way to drop you off at school so at least one of them likes you" Jamie explained school went quickly and by the time it finished Jamie had notified me that I was one of her best friends and that I could hang out with her and her friends whenever I wanted apparently they all liked me I sat on the fence out the front of the school waiting for the twins they showed up five minutes after school, I jumped in the car as quickly as possible because I wanted to go home my bed was calling me.
