CHAPTER 4

I walked out of the hotel. It was completely quiet. All you could hear was the wind and the sound of animals walking in the forest nearby. I started running towards Mystic Falls at vampire speed. Five seconds later, I saw the big sign that said: Welcome to Mystic Falls! I started walking normal just in case. I could hear what sounded like talking and laughing but it was very faint, even for me. My gums were killing me but I was doing everything in my power to keep them hidden. I ran towards the sound and ended up at the Mystic Falls Bar N' Grill. I looked at the clock on my phone, 12:20. I put my phone back in my pocket and walked into the restaurant. All I could smell was the blood going through about twenty people's veins. I looked around the room, and started walking towards the bathroom. "O.M.G! Where do you get your hair done? It's so pretty… and long," I heard a very preppy voice on the side of me ask. I stopped and looked over at three girls in a booth on the side of me next to the window. One white girl and one black girl were sitting together on one side of the booth and on the other side another white girl. She was smiling at me.

"Who asked that?"

The girl by herself held out her hand towards me. "I did. Hi, I'm Bailey." I shook her hand and then put both my hands in my pocket. Bailey pointed to the people on the other side. "That's Morgan," she said as she pointed to the white girl. "And that's Lesli," she said as she pointed to the small black girl.

"Hey," the girls said in unison. I smiled and waved at them. "Here, sit with us," Morgan said. I looked at Bailey and smiled. She scooted over and patted the seat next to her. I sat down next to her and smiled at the girls across from me.

"So, what's your name? And how long are you staying?" I looked at all the girls and then down at the table.

"I'm Alexis. You can call me Lexi, though. And I'm here with my boyfriend, Bryce, and my best friend, Keana. We're only staying until Tuesday because my boyfriend hates it here."

"Why does he hate it?" Lesli asked. I just shrugged my shoulders. Dude, go talk to her. She's hot! If you don't I will. I looked over at a group of boys across the building. They were all looking at me, smiling. All of them were extremely sexy, but not nearly as sexy as Bryce. The tallest boy was walking towards our table. I looked back at the girls.

"Who are they?" I pointed to the boys across the building.

"Only the second cutest guys in town," Bailey said. I looked at her confused. "The Salvatore Brothers are the absolute cutest. But one's a senior and the other is, like, twenty-something." I looked down at the table again. The original Salvatore Brothers were here? Bryce would hate this.

"Hello girls." I looked over at the tall, hansom boy on the side of me. "Hey, Bailey," he said as he nodded his head at her.

"Hey Trevor," Bailey said almost breathless. She put her head in her hands and leaned on the table.

Trevor looked at me with a crooked smile. I stared at him with a straight face. "And, who are you?" He put his elbow on our table and leaned in.

"I'm not your type." Just then, Bryce walked in. He looked around and then at me. Shit! He started walking towards our table. I started laughing and pointed to Bryce. "That's my type." Trevor turned his head and looked at Bryce. He stood up straight and gave Bryce the evil-eye.

"Lexi, can I talk to you?" Bryce looked at me emotionless. He looked at Trevor. "You can leave my girlfriend alone now." The girls looked at me in shock. "That's your boyfriend?" they mouthed at me and pointed to Bryce. I nodded my head and smirked.

"Whatever," Trevor said. He nodded at Bailey and walked away.

"Bye, Trevor!" Bailey yelled. I looked over at Bryce again. He still had that emotionless face.

"Can I steal her for a minute?" Bryce asked as he looked over at the girls. They all nodded their heads in unison. He grabbed my hand and started walking towards the door. Her boyfriend is so freaking HOT! He tops Trevor, Hunter, and Cody put together! Bryce smiled at what he heard from the girls and I laughed.

"Can I eat?" Bryce let go of my hand and blocked the door. "Move…" Bryce stared at me and didn't say anything. "Please?" He still did nothing. I pushed him out of the way and took off at vampire speed. I stopped in front of the school when I saw almost half of it outside. All of them were in costumes. Were they having a Halloween dance? They didn't have that at Comeaux. I was loving Mystic Falls better and better. I was walking as fast as I could without looking abnormal. I was doing fine until someone slapped my ass. I stopped and smiled at him. He was dressed as Zorro. I walked over to him. He smelt of alcohol and leather. "I love a man in a mask." I could sense that Bryce was somewhere near. He put his arm around my back and pulled me closer. "Can you walk me home? I don't want to go by myself." He smiled and started walking with me. I looked behind me and saw Bryce. His face was lit up. I smiled at him and faced forward. I walked with Zorro to a dark alley. He was dropping his hand towards my ass slowly. With vampire reflexes, I grabbed his hand and threw him against a brick wall. I put my arm over his neck and pressed in. He couldn't breathe. He was gasping for air. My hunger was starting to control me. My fangs were coming out no matter how hard I tried to keep them in. I finally smiled at him. "Are you hungry?" I opened my mouth to show him my fangs. "Because I'm starving." I bit into his neck. I could feel his hid warm blood going down my throat. My hunger was starting to deplete.