Chapter 4
Lost In The Shadows
"Holli? HOLLI!" Aunt Lace shouted down the hall. "Is she home?" Chase asked looking up at her. "Go see" She replied walking back into the living room. "Holli?" Chase repeated several time as he ran down the hall into my room. "Hello? Hey Holli get up its like 7 in the evening." He said banging on the bed's headboard. "Go away brat" I mumbled in the pillow. "Where were you last night? Making out with one of those guys?" He laughed. I jumped up snatching the color of his shirt. "How bout you shut up about what I was doing last night, it's none of your business is it?" He shook his head several times making me loose my grip; he ran out of the room not looking back. "God why do I feel so weak?" I asked walking over to my dresser. "I have to get ready and meet them at the hotel." I said picking up a thing of powered foundation. I opened it and grabbed the sponge thing that you use to put it on with and glanced up at the mirror, which made me freeze up. "What the…." I dropped the makeup and placed my hand on the mirror, which gave a see through image of myself. "Why am I transparent?" "Holli!" I heard Aunt Lace's voice echo down the hall. "Coming!" I went back to putting the makeup on and getting dressed.
"Why were you late getting home last night?" She asked as I entered the living room. "I had to get a ride home from a friend." I replied looking over to see Chase watching T.V. "Cool we have T.V. now." I said slowly making my way to the doorway. "And where do you think your going?" Aunt Lace asked with an angered tone. "The carnival" I replied softly. She let out a sigh and motioned me to go on that she'd deal with me later. I ran out the door and sprinted to the abandoned hotel that I'd meet David and them at. I went into the hotel to see the boys there to greet me with smirks on their faces. "Hello Holli" David said as I stepped over to them. "Good evening" I replied sitting at the bar. "I want to talk to you David." I said getting up from the bar and walking over to another room, he shrugged at Paul and follow behind. "Yes, what did you need?" He asked watching me, examining my facial expressions. "This might sound weird at first, but…." I trailed off knowing it would make me sound like a foul. "Go on" He said stepping in the room, closing the door slightly. "Well this morning or I mean evening I got up and went to my dresser to put my makeup on and I looked up at the mirror…." "And what did you see?" "I saw me of course, but it wasn't normal." "How wasn't your reflection normal?" He smirked trying not to laugh. "It was transparent" I said looking down. "I see and do you have any idea why?" I looked up to him and shook my head. "Not at all" "Would you like to know?" He asked opening the door and stepping out. "Yes" "Come here then" I tilted my head confused but nodded and stepped out. "Oh my god!" I screamed ducking behind David. He laughed, "Don't worry that's just Paul, Marko, and Dwayne." The three walked closer to me and David, "Why is she scared?" Paul laughed. "She'll get used to it." He replied. Dwayne sighed and the three changed back to normal. "You can come out from behind me Holli." David said with a small sigh. "They were…." I stepped out and saw that they were human again. "But…" "No worries girly, we're human for the moment at least." Paul said plopping on the couch. "You three had fang and…" "Let me explain" David interrupted leading me to the couch making me sit beside him. "How to explain this…." David pondered then pulled out a cigarette and lit it. I watched as he placed it in his mouth and take a few draws. "We're vampires." He said calmly. "And your one as well or half one at least." He added taking another draw. My eyes widened, "What? A vampire?" I jumped up and looked to Paul who nodded. "You're joking right?" David stood up shaking his head. "Sorry sweetie, but it's true."
An hour passed as we just hung around the hotel; I just sat on the couch beside David questioning what he had told me. "How am I one?" I turned to him, while he was looking at a magazine. "The drink I gave you yesterday was actually blood and if you drink it you become half vampire." He smirked returning to his reading. "But" He added. "You won't be a full vampire till you feed from a source." "So all of you are vampires then?" I asked glancing over at Paul, Marko, then Dwayne. "We sure are" David said tossing the magazine on the table. "When are we going out for a snack?" Paul asked "Well we don't have long till dawn so let's go." David got up and headed with the others to their bikes. "Coming?" He asked waiting on me. I slowly made my way outside and onto David's bike. "Where to?" Marko asked starting his bike. "The beach" David replied starting his bike as well. We set off to the beach which didn't take long from the hotel; we didn't part the bikes this time, but took a new route….through the beach. The boys howled as we raced around in the sand terrifying the teens that were drunk and having a great time at their little bonfire. David stopped and Paul halted beside him then the other two beside Paul. "Ready?" David asked getting off his bike. The others nodded and transformed into their vampiric forms and raced after the kids. I sat on David's bike and watched horrified of what I was seeing. David made his way back to his bike to see that I hadn't moved. He wiped the blood off his mouth and placed a hand on the handlebar. "Are you aright Holli?" He looked at me concerned. "Just confused that's all." I replied stepping off the bike. "Don't worry sweetie, you'll end up feeding and becoming a full vampire soon I can sense it." I shivered at the thought of me biting someone's neck and drinking every bit of blood they had. "Let's go sit on the beach" I asked randomly looking over at David to see what he'd say. He glanced over at me his green eyes slightly glowing in the dim lighted beach. "I guess" He replied with a light sigh, I gave him a warm smile which he ignored and walked off to the beach.
We sat down at the edge of the beach watching the waves roll in and out while Paul and the others were playing around with one of the teen boy's Frisbees tossing it back and forth to each other while listening to "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith from a jukebox that the teens had listened to. "Guess when I thought my life would be different once I got to Santa Carla I wasn't joking." I laughed. "Heh, but you'll soon start enjoying it I can promise that." David replied laughing then grunting as if he was getting bored sitting and watching the ocean. He turned slightly watching me as I leaned back onto the sand. "What are you doing?" He asked watching me fix my hair so I wouldn't get any sand in it. "Watching the sky" I replied looking over to him with a smirk. The other three had made there way down the beach leaving me and David alone with the fire still burning behind us. David sighed and laid back on the beach placing his arms to the side. I laughed as he was thinking how stupid it was just laying on the beach looking up at a black starless sky. "You know what I never asked you" David turned to his head slightly so he could see me better." "Hmmm?" I replied looking at him. "Your age" "Ah" I laughed. "Nineteen" "Nineteen…" He whispered to himself looking back up at the sky. "You know I think I might get used to life like this…." I said closing my eyes. David smiled broadly and slowly moved his hand and intertwining it with mine. I felt his cold touch, which sent a small chill down my spine; I opened my eyes to see that he had moved closer our sides now touched lightly making me feel nervous. "Holli." I felt David sit up; I sat up as well and gazed at him. "Yes?" I replied. "If you're going to join our clan there's just one thing to keep in mind." He said in his stern tone. I nodded. "You will have to do whatever I say like the others do." "Alright" I said standing up. "Hey It's almost sunrise we better be heading back David." I heard Paul yell as I saw them walking our way. David stood up behind me and placed his arms around my waist and leaned down kissing the side of my neck tickling me. "David!" I gasped as he trailed kisses down my neck. Paul and the others watched in amusement as David continued to nip at my neck making me want to burst out laughing or back kick him in the groin. "She's turning red" Paul snickered. David finally stopped and gave Paul a look that made him shut up. "Well be at the bikes" He said walking off with Marko and Dwayne, David and I followed soon after he'd finished having his fun.