[4

Zack figured that we should probably take a walk. I left a little note next to Christian letting him know that we went out. I think he was under more stress than I was. I mean he had to deal with my whole episode back at his house. While we were walking, I noticed that he was walking weird. He seemed different. It seemed as if he was overly anxious.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

He started messing with his lip ring. He didn't answer me so I asked him, but a little louder. "What's wrong?"

He looked around frantically for a second. I tapped him on the arm. He quickly put his hands on my shoulders and got all up in my face.

"I just need it! Okay?"

What the hell was he talking about? I looked at him and noticed his eyes looked different. There was a tint of purple in his eyes. They were pretty sick looking too. They showed a little fear in them though. "What do you need?"

"Blood Jade! Blood. I shouldn't have bitten you. But since I did, now I need more!" I felt kind of bad. I started to blame myself. I wanted to tell him I wish I knew how he felt but I would be lying.

I started to think about what Zack said about my father. And just who was this 'Robert' guy? I've never heard of him before. We turned onto a street called Shiller Avenue. I remember hearing that this was one of the worst streets in Manchester. And it didn't really help that Jeremy Holt lived on this street. I put my hood up just incase he was home. I didn't want to see him. We walked around another corner and onto Lily Street. I took my hood off and looked down at my cell phone to see what time it was (9:32 a.m.). We heard a car slow down and then honked the horn. We turned around and saw Kristen on her way to work. I waved as she drove by and Zack gave me a weird look.

We finally stopped at a park and I saw a set of swings and sat in one. I sat still for a while but then I started swaying back and forth. Zack sat down at the bottom of one of the slides. It was red and had a lot of graffiti on it. Zack was being very fidgety, and it was way to quiet, so I broke the silence. "Zack go find a random animal."

He just looked at me," Why?"

He was trying to resist. How cute. "Because your annoying. Stop being fidgety or find a random animal."

He growled. It made me kind of nervous. "I'm not going to stoop so low!"

"WELL IM NOT GOING TO LET YOU KILL A HUMAN!" He looked at me kind of shockingly and then looked to his left and saw two little kids. I got nervous and I knew he was too. I started to laugh nervously, "Yeah you remember that line from the movie last night? Haha." The kids started laughing and continued to chase each other. I slouched in my swing and in the corner of my eye, I saw him jump up into a tree and then heard a little squeal. About 45 seconds later, he jumped down. He ran to a nearby water fountain and started washing blood off of his face. He came back and he looked so relieved and relaxed. It was like he was drugged up or something.

He sat back down in the slide, laid back, and flopped his arms over the sides. I was like O.o wtf? He smiled and I saw them. I saw his fangs. I felt my stomach flip and I got nervous again. Zack looked so happy. I was just sitting there staring at him. The way he was so relaxed and happy, calmed me down. Suddenly, I heard Atreyu's "Right side of the Bed" and a vibration in my pocket. I jumped and took out my cell phone. It was Christian. I answered it.

"Hello?"

"Wow. You actually answered."

"Well duh. What are you doing?" Zack looked at me and I scratched the bridge of my nose.

"Nothin. I just woke up. Where are you guys?"

"Uhm at some park."

"Okay, well, Keith just called me. The bastard woke me up. I'm gunna go to the mall with him for a while alright?"

"Yea sure. I'm gunna hang out with Zack. You stayin the night at Keith's?"

"Nah. He didn't bring it u. I'm sure mom wouldn't mind you spending the night at Zack's again. Do you?"

"I don't know. I'll worry about t later."

"K well I'm gunna go."

"Okay love ya."

"Love you to. Later."

"Later."

We hung up. Zack was looking at me with a confused look, and then quickly looked away. "Boyfriend?" he sounded sad. "Uh no." I giggled. It was rather amusing. "It was Christian." His eyes lit up. He looked like a little kid in a toy store. "Oh snap…" I laughed and he smiled. He sat up straight up and waved for me to come over, so I did. He patted on his left leg. I just looked at him. "I will crush you." He rolled his eyes and pulled my wrist. I lost my balance and ended up sitting on his leg. He grabbed my face again. He scared the crap out of me so I grabbed his wrist. "Relax. Holy crap. I just wanna see your teeth." I opened my mouth and he told me that they shrunk quite a bit.

"You ready to head back? I'm hungry"

"But you just ate!" he laughed and we got up and left.