"Livy? Oh Jesus, what happened? Did one of them bite you?" Soft hands ran across my neck, checking for bites. "Livy! Jesus, talk to me! You're freaking paler than normal!" The only thing I could manage to do was look at Cherry. I tried to get up off the ground but that only resulted in falling into Cherry's arms. Why was I so weak? Good lord this was so strange. All I was doing was dancing.
Then I blacked out. The last thing I remember was looking at Cherry's concerned face.
"Livy?" I heard Cherry say faintly. A wet rag was being pressed against my forehead.
"Cherry?"
"Oh my god she lives! What happened? I was talking down the street to go scout and you looked like you were about to pass outside the fang-banger club and then you did!"
"I was just…inside dancing with this guy when I got this really bad headache. I thought it was the music but it got worse when I went outside. Then you showed up, I don't know what happened."
"You tried to stand up and you passed out. You scared the crap out of me Olivia! I thought they got to you!"
"Since when are you so sweet and caring? You're usually cocky," I pointed out.
"You freaking scared the crap out of my! You want me to act cocky?" he asked incredulously.
"No, not really."
"Livy!" came a chorus of voices as the rest of our little crew came in. Paco gave me a tight hug.
"I'm glad you're not part of the fanged hoard," Paco said to me.
"Me too."
"Err, guys? Can we kind of have a minute here?" Cherry said pushing his way in.
"Oh, sorry, we'll just…leave." I watched as they all filed out, leaving me alone with Cherry. He sat down on my bed and smoothed my hair away from my face.
"We need to talk, Olivia."
"About what?"
"I…the kiss. You didn't like it…did you?" He couldn't be serious. The guy practically drooled whenever I walked into a room and when he kisses me, it's the most random, un-romantic thing in the world and he asks me if I liked it. Honestly, guys were so stupid and clueless.
"You randomly kisses me. You know how I like my kisses."
"…How?" he asked, curiosity all up in his tone.
"First kisses should be romantic and thoughtful. Not spur of the moment things. You were awful by the way, how many girls have you kisses? Obviously not many based on your performance."
Cherry looked embarrassed. "You were my first kiss."
"And here you put on you're such a ladies man."
"I am! The ladies flock to me, but that doesn't mean I've kissed a girl before."
"Well you need way more experience."
"If it helps, even though you pushed me, you were excellent." I smiled at him. "So do you know what causes it? Your headache I mean."
"No, I don't know what it could be either." I shivered. What if it had something to do with Quinn, the vampire I was dancing with?
"You're scared." It wasn't a question. He stated it as a fact.
I sighed.
"Leave me alone Cherry. I just want to sleep."
"Okay, I'll leave you alone now." Cherry kissed my forehead then left me alone to figure out how I really felt about him.