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Chapter 3

Ethan rolled over in his bed and looked at his clock. "That's weird my alarm didn't go off." He rolled out of the bed, found his clothes and got dressed, then cleaned up for the morning. Something was definitely off, not necessarily wrong but off. As he walked through the hallway and down the stairs he was shocked to find the house unusually silent. There were no voices, no washing machine, not even the TV could be heard. And another thing the windows were letting more light out than in, even on the most overcast days it seemed lighter than this. "What's going on? MOM, DAD, is anyone here."

"I'm here" Ethan jerked around to see Erica licking blood off of her covered wrist and hand. "What's the matter Ethan didn't you think that I would find out about it."

Now Ethan didn't know what to make of things, which question he should be asking first. "W…w..what's going on Erica." Ethan couldn't help but stare as Erica continued to lick her hand.

"Well let's see you thought that I was stupid, ill allow you that because given my past record I haven't been the most knowledgeable. And then you took advantage of me, well I was used to that also. But that wasn't enough for you now was it? You had to take all that was left of me twirl it around your finger, shine it up real nice, shove it back into my chest, then rip it out again and hang it up to dry for everyone else to see. You pushed and you pushed and well, I am what I am. Unfortunately for you, you are what you are, and there is no choice as to what will set your soul on fire. I'm guessing that what I've done will do just nicely." Erica licked her hand again and giggled, but it wasn't a normal giggle, it was broken somehow as if something had been twisted around past its breaking point. "And now if you'll step this way ill show you my masterpiece." Ethan slowly started to walk towards the doorway Erica was leaning on, horrified of what he only guessed would be around the corner. He felt Erica brush past him, following him step by step, only a few more and it would all be clear. His neck hot with her breath somehow it felt okay and mundane. And as he felt her fangs start to touch his sensitive throat and he rounded the corner, everything started to blur and all that could be heard was the repetitive sound of his alarm chirping.

"What the fuck was that!" Ethan hurried out of bed and rushed to the bathroom sink he looked into the mirror, as sweat poured off his head. His breathing was far from normal, his heart running a one man marathon. He felt like he had just died inside and that something unholy had dragged him back. He stuck his head in the sink and flooded himself with ice cold water, and compared to what he thought had just happened it didn't phase him at all. …. "Was it a dream, I need to know was it a dream!"

Hallway Before Second Period

"Hey Benny what's up."

"Oh hey Ethan not much just getting psyched about the new ninja movie out toni….what the crap happened to you. Dude you look like you've been on a twenty four hour sleep deprived zombie apocalypse marathon."

Ethan had to smile a little at that. "No I just had an awful dream last night, and I don't think I got that much sleep."

"It wasn't an undead dream was it?"

"No it was nothing really probably just my mind playing humorous jokes on me." Truth was Ethan didn't know what this was, all his premonitions had been during the day and only after touching something. At any rate he wasn't one to jump to conclusions, truthfully he didn't want this to be anything more than a crazy nightmare.

"So do you want to go to the late showing of all you can eat ninja madness."

Ethan knew that he and Erica were meeting up, and he had no idea what it felt like to be actually drained of blood. He did remember getting bit and Sarah having to save him which was…well it was hell, the burning alone was almost boiling. He knew that Erica had no desire to turn him and ruin her perfectly good supply of special blood, but would it hurt all the same. "No Benny I think ill pass I need to catch up on my sleep, ill feel much better after a full night of sleep."

"Ok but you don't know what you're missing."

Later At Lunch

"Ill have the mash potatoes, corn, a cookie, and pizza slice."

"That'll be three fifty hun."

Ethan paid for his meal and went over to the table where Sarah was sitting. "Hey this seat taken"

Sarah looked up at Ethan. "No but you really really don't look so good"

"And you really really do but that beside the point, yeah I didn't sleep very well last night. Nightmares I guess maybe it's this ridiculous diet that I'm forced to eat day in and day out."

"Could be who knows. At least you get to enjoy your food, all of this really just doesn't do it for me."

"Yeah, I meant to ask you something and take it worth a grain of salt but…. When you drank my blood was it hard for you to stop?"

Sarah shifted her weight only slightly almost unnoticeably. "Yes and maybe. It was hard for me to stop, harder than anything else that ive ever had to do. I mean imagine like getting a prime rib in the middle of a famine. But I know where you're going and… maybe, your blood is different which could have added to why I had such a hard time stopping but you were also the first human blood that I was able to get a taste of. Ethan you know that I would never intentionally hurt you but.., if I bit you again I don't know whether or not I could stop. As bad that sounds I am what I am."

"W..w..what did you just say?"

"Um.. just that I am what I am."

"I don't like that, please don't ever say it again. Sarah you can be more than you think, you can't just give up because you think something is preset."

"Thank you Ethan but ive pretty much come to term with the fact that while you and Benny will become older and develop your lives, I will always just be this. No one will take a teenage girl for anything other than just that, my job future is pretty much non existent. I cant stay in one place for too long, and will my employers understand that ive only stayed at the last ten jobs for three or four years tops. And I probably won't be able to use my past jobs on a resume because how many jobs can a teenage girl really have had…. I'm just frustrated, I'm sorry Ethan you don't deserve to have to listen to me complain."

"No Sarah I get it, and you have every right to feel that way. Besides I want you to always feel like you can tell me anything even if it is sad or standoffish." Ethan couldn't believe his luck this was perfect.

"Thanks Ethan you're such a great friend I hope that this never changes." Crap and he was right back where he started…, but all that would change with the ring.

After The Final Bell

"Ok well I guess ive put this off as long as I can." Ethan started walking toward the parking lot heading in the direction of Erica's mustang. By now Erica is already sitting in her car wearing shades and a hat.

Ethan walks up. "Hurry get in before someone sees you." Ethan climbs into the front seat and buckles his seat belt remembering their last ride. Erica pulled out of the parking lot and headed down the road.

"So Ethan did you eat like I said?"

"Um not the kind of thing most girls ask me about but for idle chit chat it will work I guess. Yes I had a decent breakfast, ate pizza for lunch and I even threw in some corn just for you…" Erica cracked a smile and looked at Ethan a little interested.

"And when did you develop such an attitude? Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"

"Bite m…, I mean piss off."

"Ok, ok, calm down a bit I'm just trying to lighten the mood you're not exactly easy to deal with either. Your act like I'm the devil herself, and ive done nothing to you thus far."

"But you did… never mind don't worry about it."

"What?"

"Its nothing forget about it. Look there's a camaro stopped at this light, I think you should race him." Erica looked a little confused but surely enough when she looked ahead there sat a camaro. Around a 2000 model painted Chevy red. As she pulled up to the car she couldn't help but notice that the guy, probably in his thirties, was wearing a business suit and tie.

She looked over at him and he was staring back, so she gave it just the slightest touch of throttle. The man smiled real big, looked over at her and said "Ls1 supercharged, why don't you take that v6 back to daddy."

Oh it was on. "Hold on Ethan and whatever you do don't pee on my leather seats." The light turned green and before Ethan knew what was what Erica had already threw the car into first gear and was smoking the tires. As the car sucked him to the seat he looked over and there the camaro was right beside him, no more than an arm width away. Ethan didn't understand every thing that was going on mechanically, but the camaro sounded like it had sucked in a bird and was squealing for dear life. The car climbed through second gear and then he noticed Erica flipping a switch that he had not noticed on the dash from down position to middle. The camaro was still right beside him, but just then Erica pushed the clutch in and shifted. Immediately she flipped the switch into the up position. Nothing seemed to happen or at least nothing serious, the camaro was still right beside him and the driver was flicking his head back and forth trying to keep them in his sights. And that's when she did it, she flashed a smile put her middle finger in the air and pushed the throttle all the way down. Ethan was instantly sucked back to the seat again he looked over and the camaro was falling behind them as Erica shifted again. When finally he looked back forward Erica was shifting another time. Everything was going by so fast he couldn't get much detail off of objects as they passed by, and if he looked ahead everything depth wise was off from what it should have been. He looked over at Erica she seemed so calm almost as if they were sitting in a parking lot with the motor killed.

"Erica… Erica.., Erica!" she looked over briefly as if to say what do you want, and then she started breaking the car back down to speed.

After nearly having my head rammed into the dash I decided that ultimately it was ok because we were back to a safe speed.

As we pulled into Erica's house which would be better described as a summer home for the wealthy, I noticed that no other cars were parked in the driveway or garage. "Do you live here by yourself?"

"Yup it's just me and you here. No ones gonna here you scream." Ethan shot her a concerned look. "Kidding, kidding, relax nothing gonna happen." ….. to be continued

Thanks you guys so much for reading this, I feel as if this was my most in depth and detailed chapter. I hope yall liked the dream sequence, I can't wait to see if I go any further with it... till next time

Zaih