Chapter 4

Raivis watched the girl speak quickly in Russian. Ana smiled and nodded to the boy. Raivis smiled, he couldn't wait till the end of the day. After Science, Raivis put his science book and his notebook into his backpack and waited for Ana to get ready. Both of them were really nervous, Ana had never been to a boys house and Raivis never had a girl come over. After Raivis's usual 20-minute walk, they arrived at his house, a 2-story townhouse, he opened the door and gestured for Ana to go in first. Ana walked into the large and spatious house and Mr. and Mrs. Galante greeted her.

"Hello."

"Hi kids!"

Ana smiled and replied, Raivis gave his parents 'the look' because they still thought that Raivis liked Ana. He swore, if they lit candles, he was going to make them pay him 200 bucks...In cash. Raivis led Ana up the stairs to his room where they were going to study Science. Ana stood in the middle of the room awkwardly as Raivis took out his Science book and notebook to study.

"So...What's today's topic?"

"Chapter 7: The Cardiovascular System."

Ana wanted to jump out of the window and run away at full speed but she just stood there smiling like an idiot. Raivis opened the page where a diagram of where the blood flowed in the body was shown. Ana's hands got shaky as she held the pencil to write down the key points, she tried to think about something else, like...Math! Yeah that'll do!

5x + 4 = 79. Yeah solve that! That's a good question. Ana got distracted by the equation, and Raivis noticed this when she started to jot down some mathamatical formulas.

"Um...Can we stick to Science please? I really need to pass this test."

"Oh! Yeah, sorry. I was thinking about my own homework."

Ana felt a bit uncomfortable as the boy went on and on about blood and how it carries oxygen through the body. She felt her fangs extend, now she couldn't close her jaw normally and had to cover it up with her hands and press her lips together. Raivis noticed the girl get nervous.

`"Want something to drink?"

"No thanks! I'm fine."

Ana wasn't fine at all. She was hungry and she was in a human household. Either she ran away from the house as soon as possible, or she let her vampire instincts take over and she bit her bestfriend and his family. She gulped as Mrs. Galante entered Raivis's room to call the teens to dinner. Ana couldn't smile so she nodded and headed downstairs to eat. Ana sat down and steak was served. Ana complimented Mrs. Galante's cooking abilities. If only she left some steak for Ana to suck the blood out of.

"Um...Is it ok if I don't join dinner? I can't eat normal food."

"Of course you can! You can go out of your diet for once."

Ana thought for a few moments for an acceptable reply.

"I...have a disease that I can't eat tough food, only really light food."

"Oh, ok then."

Mrs. Galante felt bad for the girl, she couldn't taste her famous American steak. At dinner, the family and Ana talked about their day and the money part of her tutoring. Mr. Galante pointed his fork at Ana and said.

"So, about your tutoring fees... How much do you charge for a month?"

"I don't have fees." Ana said as she looked down, she was twirling her thumbs on her lap, she didn't want any money. Mr. Galante smiled at the girl.

"How about 40 per month?"

Ana fidgited before answering.

"I'm not doing this for the money."

Ana smiled at Raivis as he ran upstairs to his bedroom to get her stuff ready. She helped with the plates since there were 30 of them on the table

"Where are you from? Girls your age normally wouldn't be so mature as to help me" Mrs. Galante said as she balanced 4 plates on her arms.

"I'm from Severodvinsk, Northern Russia. I lived in a big family and females usually had more roles in the house." Ana said as she felt her stomach growl.

"So that's why you're so pale! Is your parents from Russia, or were you born there?"

Ana cringed as she heard that word. She didn't have any parents, only her older sisters. Ana gripped the table cloth as she remebered that she didn't eat and her sisters most likely finished all the AB negative units that she liked.

"I...Don't have parents, I have sisters..."

"Oh, i'm sorry... If you don't mind, can I ask?..."

"Oh yeah. We don't really know, but one day they just left the house and never came back..."

Ana sighed in relief as she saw Raivis bring down her backpack and notebooks. Raivis felt a sad aura in the room...he'll just ask his mother later.

"I brought your stuff Ana! But I didn't put your notebooks in because I didn't want to open your bag without permission."

The dishes were cleared and Ana put on her jacket as she slipped her books back into her backpack. It was 10 pm, and really dark outside. Raivis's father whispered into his ear.

"How about you walk her home? Girls like that."

Raivis felt his face redden as he put on his jacket and followed Ana.

"Hey! It's really dark outside so...can I tag along?"

"Da, sure" Ana said as she waited for the boy to catch up.