"Does it bother you?" He asked, making me stop walking, "Does it bother you that I'm not human?"
I smiled and turned to look at him, "Human or no, you'll always be the same arrogant jerk to me." I said and laughed before unlocking his door and leaving.
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Ever since that last encounter with Jagger I've been coming back to the Coffin Club quite a lot. Sometimes I've been wearing my normal clothes though most times I've been wearing Trinity's clothes. She's truly my best friend. It's been a week since school had ended and we've been coming here almost every night now. Stella and Harold don't know where we are but they have extended our curfew to 2am.
The Coffin Club is actually where me and Trinity are right now. Her dressed in Black skinny jeans, combat boots, and a black lacy off the shoulder shirt and me in a really nice black dress that reaches my knees with safety pins up the side under my arms. The back was also laced up. And to complete the look I had on black Mary Janes. My make-up done the same way as always.
We were currently dancing and laughing with each other until an arm went around both of our shoulders. "Hello beautiful ladies." Jagger said with a smirk then looked me up and down, "Don't you look cute."
"Cute? She does not look cute! She looks sexy! As if I would spend two hours going through my closet and doing her make up just for her to end up coming out cute!" Trinity exclaimed, seeming exasperated, "I'm getting a drink." She said and then left us.
"Did I offend her or something?" He asked and looked at me.
"She's still trying to come to terms with the whole vampire thing." I said, "And she also thinks the term 'cute' is an insult." I added.
"Maybe you should tell her that me being a vampire was a joke just to make her scared?" He suggested.
"That wont work. She knows I wouldn't do that. She'll come around eventually." I replied.
"Alright." He sighed and then looked at me again, "Though she is right, sexy suits you much more than 'cute'." I turned away so that he wouldn't see me blush. He brought his hand to my cheek to turn me back to look at him. When I saw his smirk I scowled and stomped on his foot with the heel of my shoe.
His arm immediately slipped from my shoulder to hold his foot in pain. This time I smirked. "Maybe that wouldn't happen if you weren't such a jerk hm?" I said and walked to the bar to sit beside Trinity.
"Did you do what I think you just did?" She asked, glancing over her shoulder at the angered Jagger and then back to the smirking me.
"Of course. He's a stupid jerk and needs to keep his hands and comments to himself." I said matter of factly.
"He's part owner, you can't do that! He'll never let us back in!" She exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it, he'll be fine and back to his normal jerk self in a minute." I said, brushing off the topic.
As if on cue… "What the hell was that for?!" He hissed to me.
"You were being a jerk."
"And you're being a bitch!" His eyes flashed red, "I did nothing wrong!"
"Don't flash your eyes at me! I'm not afraid of you!"
"Well you should be! I could kick you out of here right now and ban you for life!"
"With one phone call I could close this place down for good!" I snapped at him.
We glared at each other intensely. There was no way I was backing down and from the looks of it, he wasn't going to either.
"I really wish you two would just do each other already. The sexual tension between you-" Trinity started to say but stopped when our glares were directed at her.
"Us?" I asked, "As if."
"She's not even my type." He said with a roll of his eyes.
"Uh, right." She said and then turned to the bartender who we learned was named Romeo, "I'm going to have another drink, on his tab." She said pointing over her shoulder at Jagger.
I smiled and turned to Romeo, "Me too."
"Hey!" We completely ignored Jaggers protests and sipped our drinks while talking among ourselves. "This is why I hate being the nice guy." He muttered as he turned and walked away.
"He's so into you, you know." Trinity said.
"Who Jagger? As if. We can't even be in each others company for more than five minutes without arguing." I replied.
Trinity scoffed and looked me dead in the eye, "You're nuts if you don't see the look in his eye when you two argue. It's like he lives for it." She said and then turned back to her drink, "He loves seeing you all flustered and angry and he knows exactly which buttons to press to bring that part out."
Maybe Trinity is right. He does seem to love the fighting. Just that thought sent butterflies through my stomach. And then each and every butterfly blew up when I saw Jagger dancing with another girl.
"You're wrong Trin…I'm not his type." I told her, turning away from Jagger and back to my drink. I suddenly didn't want it anymore. She looked behind her and rolled her eyes. Before she could say anything though I stood up, "Let's just get going. It's almost 2 and I'm tired."
"Alright, let's go." She said and we got up, "Are you okay to drive?" I nodded.
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When I entered my room I got changed and got into bed. I was about to turn off my lamp when I noticed a bat hanging from the tree outside my window. It's blue and green eyes looking back at me. I sighed, turned off my lamp and turned away from my window. If he wants other girls, then he can have them.
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I woke up around noon the next day and when I walked into the kitchen Trinity was making chocolate chip pancakes. I raised an eyebrow and sat down, watching her. She seemed in a good moon, which is surprising considering she's up so early.
"What's the occasion?" I finally asked when she put a plate in front of me.
"Oh nothing, just that this really cute guy I met last night text me at 9 this morning." She said.
"You've been up since 9?" I asked and she nodded, "And you're happy about it?" I asked again.
"Why wouldn't I be? I have a date with a hotty tonight!" She exclaimed happily and dug into her pancakes. "He has gorgeous green eyes, black hair with blue and white streaks. He has six piercings in each ear. He wears a leather jacket. H-"
"When did you meet this guy?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, she was with me the entire night.
"When you were in the Ghouls room." Except then.
"And you're going out tonight?" I asked.
"Yup! He's taking me to dinner, and then we're going to see Daybreaker. After that we can meet up with you at the Coffin Club so you can give your approval." She said.
"That's great and all except I'm not going to the Coffin Club tonight." I told her. She then gasped as if it were the end of the world. "It's no big deal, besides, I'm sure he's a great guy. I want to have some me time tonight anyway and it's perfect since your parents are out tonight too." I told her.
"You're sure? I can come home after the movie if you want." She said.
"No, don't cut your date short just for me. I want you to have fun and stay out as long as you can. There isn't a curfew tonight since your parents are out." It was their monthly weekend get away. They're staying over night at a hotel in the next town over; they left early this morning.
"Alright, if you're sure."
"I'm positive. That way I can rescue you from your date if it's a dud. I'll also see him when he comes and picks you up so I can give my approval then." I smiled. She hugged me and ran up stairs to start picking out what she was going to wear. I laughed and shook my head, she must be excited to start getting ready now.
About an hour later I was dressed and just leaving to go to the movie store when I heard a scream from Trinity's room. I sighed and went up stairs.
"What's wrong now?" I asked her.
"I don't have anything to wear!" She whined, "Everything is to old and outdated."
"Trin, you bought this dress just last week." I said, picking up said object, "You haven't even wore it yet." The dress frilled out to about mid thigh, and had a corset bodice. It was a really dark red with black nylon over it giving it a shiny look. There was also black lace and safety pins around the waste.
"It's perfect!" She exclaimed and grabbed it, holding it up to her in the mirror. "With some fishnet stockings and black pumps, he wont be able to keep his hands off me!"
"Please try and stay PG. I don't want a pregnant best friend." She waved me away and I went back to what I was doing. Going to the movie store.
When I got there I roamed the shelves for sappy romance movies and final picked out A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, He's Just Not that Into You, and to add a little comedy The Ugly Truth.
I was waiting in line with my arm full of movies, a bag of chips, and a bottle of pop when I spotted another movie that caught my interest. The part that caught my eye was "The best vampire movie ever!" on the cover, from one of the critiques. When I focused on the cover I saw a little boy with blood all over him. The title was Let the Right One In. I quickly grabbed it and got back in line.
After I checked out the movies and returned home it was about three-o-clock. I could hear the shower running and sighed, a little piece for now. I set my movies on the coffee table in the living room and headed into the kitchen to put my snacks away for later.
I then went upstairs to get changed back into my pyjamas because I wasn't leaving for the rest of the day.
When six-o-clock finally came, so did my pizza and Trinity's date. I opened up the door to see him holding my pizza and raised an eyebrow. "The dude said you paid by credit card so I signed for it." He said, handing it to me, "I didn't do anything to it, I swear." He said, holding up his hands.
"Calm down and come in. I'm not going to bite you." I said with a roll of my eyes. I went into the living room and put my pizza on the coffee table. "Please, have a seat, she'll only be a moment." I said, pointing to a chair. And then he sat down. I stayed standing with my arms crossed looking at him. "So tell me…."
"Aiden."
"So tell me Aiden, what are your intentions with my best friend?" I asked.
"Strictly gentlemanly I assure you." He said, playing a long.
"What do you do for a living?"
"I start community college in September and I work part time at Sugar Mountain." He said.
"What are you taking in college?"
"Engineering."
"Height?"
"5'6"
"Natural hair colour?"
"Brown."
"Show me your finger nails and give me a toothy smile." He did so and I nodded at his clean cuticles, dirt free fingernails, and straight white teeth. Just then Trinity walked into the room and I smiled brightly, "I approve." She squealed and hugged me.
Aiden looked at us, "This interrogation was real?" He asked.
"Of course it was." Trinity replied, "You didn't think I would date you with out my best friends approval did you?"
He smiled and stood, "Of course not. Should we go? Reservation is at 7." He said. Trinity nodded and hooked her arm with his, "You look beautiful by the way." He said. She turned to me and winked before they walked out the door. I laughed, locked the door and went back to the living room.
I popped in the first movie, A Walk to Remember and turned off the lights. I had my bag of chips open beside the open pizza box and my bottle of pop on the end table beside me. I pressed play and settled in to watch my movies. No matter how many times I watch this movie, it always makes me cry. Landon and Jamie didn't even get to have kids!
When I watched The Ugly Truth and He's Just Not That Into You, a lot of things made sense to me. Guys are such morons, I thought with a roll of my eyes.
It was about one-o-clock in the morning and I was balling my eyes out from watching the Notebook when I heard to doorbell ring. I paused the movie, wiped my eyes the best I could and went to answer the door. My eyes widened when I opened it though, because on the other side was Jagger.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"You didn't show up to the club with Trinity." Was all he said.
"She's on a date and I'm watching movies. Trinity and I are allowed to spend a night apart you know." I said.
"Just wanted to know if you were alright is all. We're friends right?" He asked.
"Now that you know I'm fine, goodbye." I said and was about to shut the door but he stopped it with his hand.
"You don't look alright, you look like you've been crying." He said and then stepped through the door. I sighed and shut the door behind him before following him into the living room.
"I thought vampires weren't allowed into peoples homes without being invited." I said.
"Myth."
"I see."
He then turned to me and looked at my eyes, "So why were you crying?"
"The movies were making me cry."
"Why would you want to watch a movie that makes you cry?" He asked. He seemed genuinely confused.
"Because I just do!" I snapped, turning off the lights and un-pausing the movie. I grabbed another tissue because I knew I would start crying again.
Jagger just stayed standing, watching the movie and taking glances at me. He waited the last half hour for the movie to finish before saying anything.
"I'll never understand women and why they like to watch movies that bore them to the point of tears.
I stood up to switch the movie to the last one, Let the Right One In. "I wasn't crying because it was boring! I was crying because it was romantic!" I said harshly and flopped back down on the couch.
"Alright, sorry. What movie are you watching now?" He asked, sitting down beside me.
"Some vampire movie. I don't really know what it's about. I just picked it up." I replied and pressed play.
"Why do you need to watch a movie when you have the real thing right here?" He asked, gesturing to himself.
"I wasn't expecting you to be here for one thing, and for another, I can compare." I replied, and before he could ask I went on to explain, "Compare what I thought a vampire was, to what they think it is, and to, as you say, 'the real thing'."
"Do you mind if I watch with you and compare?" He asked sarcastically.
"Why ask when you're going to anyway. Though I don't see what you would need to compare with." I replied.
"I've just never really watched vampire movies before." I didn't say anything because the movie started.
I have to admit that I didn't think it would be this scary. Me and horror films do NOT mix. This wasn't supposed to be scary! I screamed in my head and then jumped at another part. I was to scared to protest when Jaggers arm came around me and pulled me into his side.
"It's not real you know." He whispered in my ear. That's when I remembered that he was a real life vampire and I quickly backed away from him. I was looking scared at him now and not the screen. "That's just a movie Avery, I'm nothing like them." He said.
He reached out to place a hand on my should and screamed when I saw something out of the corner of my eye and we both quickly stood up. We stood up so fast that we didn't realise how close we ended up to each other.
"I wasn't going to kill you Av." He said with a sigh and then looked down at me and realised how close he was. He didn't move away though.
I just stared at his chest which was about 4 inches from my face and whispered, "There was a spider crawling beside me on the couch."
I felt him place his hand on my cheek and tilt my head up so I could look him in the eye. "A Spider? Really?" He had a half smile, half smirk on his face, "Don't you know they're more afraid of you than you are of it?"
"I've heard that somewhere before." I smiled, noticing his face inching closer to mine. I then frowned and stepped away. "And I also remember you telling me that you're not afraid of anything. But you are aren't you?" I said, placing my hands on my hips.
He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "What are you talking about?"
"You're afraid of the sun." I taunted.
His jaw tightened at that comment and his fists clenched. "Shut up, that's different." He whispered angrily in a tone I've never heard from him before. He then looked at me and his eyes flashed red before he forced himself to calm down, bringing his eyes back to their natural colour.
"I-I'm sorry." I said, placing my hand on his arm, "I didn't mean to offend you."
He brought his hand up to hold mine - the one that was on his arm. "It's fine. It's not your fault you don't know what it's like for us." He said quietly.
I sat down on the couch, bringing him down to sit facing me. Our eyes locked again and I didn't want to fight it this time.
"Can you tell me what it's like?" I asked him.
"Think of something you really want that is just outside of your grasp. Something you desperately want but can never have, no matter how close you are." He said, "I would love to see a sun rise but I will never be able to. I can stand just to see the beginning of one, where the sky starts to turn pink but as soon as those first rays come up, I have to hide from it."
"That's so sad." I said and clasped his hands in mine.
"It used to be I suppose. But sun set has brought a new meaning to my night life." He said, looking at our hand and then back to my eyes. "I never thought I would ever like a human as much as I like you." He added.
"Jagger." I said quietly, trying to remove my hands from his as I ignored the resurrected butterflies in my stomach.
"Please, just listen to me." He said, "Making you see me chat up another girl at the club was stupid of me. It had the opposite affect I wanted it too."
"What was your first clue." I scoffed but silenced myself at the look he gave me.
"I'm not perfect Avery. I lie, I manipulate, I play with peoples emotions, all just to get what I want." He said, I nodded, "But I've never done that with you," He paused briefly, "well, not to that extent anyway." I finally got my hand free and tried to smack his arm but he caught it and kissed the back of my hand. I blushed.
"I've been watching you since the moment you stepped foot into the Coffin Club all those weeks ago. No one has caught my eye so fast or has kept my attention for so long." He said.
"What are you trying to say Jagger? Would you just spit it out already?" I said with a roll of my eyes.
"What I'm saying," He started, trying to calm his agitation, "Is that I maybe a little rough around the edges but I care for you a lot and would like to give us a try."
"Will we stop arguing?" I asked.
"Probably not."
"Will you stop being an arrogant, insufferable, jerk?"
"Don't think so."
"Will you stop following me home every night and hanging outside my window?"
"That would be a definite no."
"Then I can't think of any reason to say no." I said. He smirked and then pulled me in for a passionate kiss.