Chapter 2
Someone New…
We had already set off from the little island we took shelter in from the hurricane, and we were already nearly there. About ten more miles, I thought. The average human being can't figure these things out without a map; even then, it would still be difficult. At the time I thought every person could do this, and as you can see, I am not the average human being, nor am I human, but I won't tell you what I am. At least not yet.
We have now arrived in New York City. What, you thought that is where I was coming from? Nah, Of course not, I came from a rundown town on the outskirts of London. But I don't have the accent. Other than that, I was amazed at how big New York was. Coming from an orphanage in a dirt poor town, I didn't know buildings came this big. Especially the Empire State Building, my personal favorite.
I went up and down millions of times (believe me, I like to keep track of things like that!) and I haven't met anyone friendly or willing to talk. They just rushed out of the elevator. Screaming like maniacs. About the 2,127,946,329 time I was going up, a REALLY cute guy, I was thinking about fifteen, didn't rush out of the elevator. He looked straight at me too, grinning really nice and friendly like. "Hey. What's up?" he said trying to be casual.
"The sky." I said not thinking. He laughed.
"Good one." He said, smiling. I smiled back. Big mistake. Usually. He didn't do anything. I repeat, he did absolutely NOTHING!
So I asked, "Hey what's your name?"
"Austin." He replied. That's a really cute name. I mean, in my opinion it is. Hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself. There was something weird about him. I mean he didn't run away screaming. Which is the weird part.
"Hey, do you have a mirror on you?" I asked, feeling very stupid.
"Actually I do. Here, take this one." He said, pulling a mirror out of his pocket. I looked at my face in the mirror. I had ice blue eyes. Not pure white, but not pure blue. Like an almost see through blue. I knew this was different. I then smiled. I had normal teeth….Wait hold up, I had fangs. Total weird factor. I then realized that I, Aria, was a vampire.
