Chapter 2_ Homecoming & Damon
I sat on my bed with my book, watching Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith get ready for the homecoming dance. Meredith was poking and pulling and prodding at Elena's golden hair, which went from its usual down and wavy state to being curled in an up-do and Elena looked beautiful like the queen she was tonight.
"Miah please come with us. It'll be fun." Bonnie begged, examining pink dress in the mirror again.
"I don't have a date or a dress and homecomings just aren't my thing." I lied.
Elena spun around, "Yes they are! You love going out you liar."
"But not when I'm the new girl from Paris in a small town"
"Being the new girl has never stopped you before." She pointed out. Truth is, I wanted to go. I really did but I've never had competition before, and that's exactly what Elena was. Competition. She was just as beautiful as I am and just as smart. But this was her home turf, she had an advantage over me and I didn't want to play someplace where I wouldn't win. This dance where Elena was the queen was that one place where I definitely wouldn't win. But Elena was getting suspicious and I didn't want her knowing I was jealous, "If yall can get me a date and a dress I'll go."
"Done." Meredith said as she finally got done fixing Elena's Hair.
"How?" I asked shocked.
"I've been talking to Matt and his friend Josh is going and he's been asking about you. And you're going to wear Elena's strapless purple cocktail dress she wore for her sweet sixteen." She said confidently.
"Damn." I mumbled, "Alright I'll be right back. I reached into Elena's closet and pulled out a beautiful, flowy, purple dress. Meredith pushed me into the bathroom and wouldn't let me out until the dress was on. When I walked out of the bathroom three freshly glossed lips hit the floor. Bonnie spoke first, "It looks beautiful Miah."
"It really does." Meredith said stunned. Elena just mumbled, "Yeah really pretty, Miah"
"Thanks Guys. Now Meredith, about that date?"
She pulled out her cell and called Josh, "Hey Josh are you still going to homecoming tonight?"… "Yeah she's going"… "See you there".
"He'll be waiting Miah."
"Thanks Meredith."
The four of us arrived at the schools auditorium 'fashionably late' as Meredith puts it. We walked in together and everyone stopped to look at us. This wasn't new to me, being the center of attention, but these people were and I had to show my best. I flashed a mile and watched all the boys melt. I saw Josh in the corner holding a cup, and talking to some guy on the football team. I pushed through the crowds and walked over to him, "Hey you been asking about me?"
"Uhmm, yeah actually. I was meaning to talk to you. I've actually had my eye on you since you arrived in town. You're really cute."
I smiled, "Yeah I've heard."
"Wow, you're a confident one."
"Should I be scared of loosing you?"
"No, you should be worried about getting me to like you."
"If you didn't like me would you be standing here right now."
"Hmm, another girl that always has to be right." He flashed a quick smile and held out the cup he had, "Want some?"
I took a sip of what I thought was punch and spit it out all over the floor, "What the hell is that?"
"It's spiked. You don't drink?"
"I have a few times but I'm not drinking here or any of that. I don't even know what it is."
"Its just regular punch I just added something to it. Too strong?" he smirked and took the cup back.
"Way to strong. And what something? If it's that strong you don't need much of it."
I really looked at Josh's eyes for the first time and seen that he looked a little drunk, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm feeling great." He said moving away from the wall. I then realized he had been using the wall for support because he couldn't stand up straight, "So Sweetie how's about we get you feeling as good as I am? And then we can go back to my place and have some real fun." He came and put his arm around my waist and pulled me against his sweaty body. For someone so sexy, he was completely disgusting. My impression of Josh definitely changed when he slid his hand down my bare back and the sweat from his hands seeped through the thin fabric of my dress. Suddenly, he swung me around, slammed me against the wall and started kissing my neck. I tried to break free but he had both of my hands held in one of his and I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I got up my strength pushed him away from me and knocked him on the ground. He got up pretty quick for someone who was drunk and came back twice as hard as I did. I ducked with his fist just missing me, and punched him square in the nose. Josh fell to the ground with a thud his cup still in his hand and whatever was in his cup spilled all over the floor. Surprisingly no one had seen us fight so I snuck away through the back doors of the gym and ran off to the only place close to the school that I knew how to get to. Against all my better judgment I ran as fast as I could to the cemetery. I could've stopped like common sense told me to but then again I couldn't. I had to go to the cemetery, I don't know why but I had to, something was pulling me there. I stopped at the foot of the bridge and hesitated before taking the first step over it. When the world didn't stop and the bridge didn't crumble beneath my feet I figured it was safe to take another step. Step by step I made it over the bridge and past the moss covered tombstones, and piles of crumbled rocks and just stood there waiting for something anything to happen and when nothing happened I just fell to the ground and cried. Even though no one had seen the fight between Josh and me I was still completely embarrassed. Elena had won. I knew she would but I figured there would be some sort of competition between us and there wasn't she just won like she always did. I heard something move in the trees behind be but I didn't really care enough to look up.
"Now what's a beautiful young lady like yourself doing out here this late at night dressed like that?" The velvet voice sent chills down my spine. I spun around to face the dark stranger behind me. He was dressed from head to toe in black leather but it looked good on him.
"Now you would know already if it was any of your business now wouldn't you?" I replied standing up and dusting off my dress.
"Ah, yes but I tend to think of lovely ladies such as yourself as my business." He said coming closer.
I stood up not about to back down. "I guess I'm not part of that particular classification."
He came out of the shadows and flashed a smile showing me his teeth, no not teeth. Fangs.
I woke up in the dark, surrounded by trees, with a massive headache. Dazed and confused, I sat up and looked around. I was in the middle of a clearing in the woods. Everything was quiet except the stranger that met me in the cemetery. He was leaning against a tree to the far left with his back towards me, "Are you okay?"
"Uhm, I…" I stuttered, confused.
"Are you hurt?" he asked without emotion. All of a sudden a sharp pain shot through my neck. I wanted to cry but I held back the tears.
"No." I lied.
"You're a horrible liar, Miah."
"How do you know my name?"
"I know everything about you."
"How? Who are you?"
"I'm a threat to you. But soon this night will be a blur. You are the only human I have ever said this to and you will be the last. I'm sorry for what I've put you through tonight." With that he was gone, leaving me in pain and stranded in the woods.
I walked, for what seemed like hours, through the woods until I found the cemetery again but this time I was in the new cemetery so I didn't have to cross the bridge. Dizzy, I walked back home. When I arrived everything was dark; all the lights were off, even the streetlights. I felt my way through the yard to the front door and unlocked it as quietly as I could, snuck up the stairs and up to Elena and I's bedroom. I tried not to wake her up but Elena stirred anyway, "Hey where you been all night?"
"I'll explain in the morning. I'm too tired to talk right now."
"Kay." She mumbled and went back to sleep and I did the same.
The sun shone bright through the large bay window, covering everything in a pool of light. Elena was already up and getting dressed, "Morning sunshine. Why, don't you look lovely."
I got up and shuffled over to the mirror examining my reflection. My hair was a mess and my makeup was running down my face, but what caught my eye were the two red marks on my neck that I didn't see. I'm sure they were there last night I felt the blood and the pain and I remembered them. I remembered everything from last night. And I also remembered how late I came home last night and I knew I had some explaining to do.
"So where were you last night? Josh got knocked out. They say he passed out from drinking and he's getting suspended."
"I punched him."
"You what?"
"He kept trying to touch me and kiss me and I punched him. And ran off."
"Ran off to…" she stared. After about 30 seconds, when I didn't say anything she said, "Miah I was worried. Where were you?"
"I can't tell you."
"You can tell me anything Miah."
"I can't tell you because I can't remember. All I know is that I was in the cemetery, and this guy was there. When I woke up I was in the woods and he told me to go home, I wondered around forever until I was in the new cemetery and I came home."
"Oh Miah that sounds horrible. Did he hurt you or hit you or anything? Do you remember what he looked like?"
I did remember, everything. I remembered how cold it was and how much colder his touch was and I remembered every perfect feature that he had covered in black leather, and I remember he had the face of an angel but the intent of something far worse then I wanted to imagine.
