One of the disadvantages of being a half-vampire is having super hearing. Even the pillows on my ears can't drown out the murmurings from the other girls in the dorm. Fine, I'm a freak I'm a freak. Just let it go and go to sleep already! In a desperate attempt to shut them up I sent thoughts to all of them to forget about the incident and go to bed.
"Tired, Sleep" I thought over and over again.
At long last, they were all asleep.
"Phew" I thought. I felt kinda bad to take advantage of their human weakness like that but I was getting a headache and I hardly ever get headaches all my life!
I sat up. I tried to sleep but I couldn't. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Joseph's face. Pure horror. If only I could use my vampire powers on myself then I would be able to get some shut-eye.
I sighed and headed out the door. I didn't exactly have to tiptoe though, I just had to make sure I moved swiftly enough.
I sat on a log at stared at the remains of the firewood for awhile. Oh boy the temperature was just weird. I guess it is probably because I'm so used to either being surrounded by beings with really low body temperatures or really high body temperatures.
I turned my head in the direction of the lake and contemplated. It was going to be cold I'm quite sure about that.
Oh what the heck I'm going to take a short dip nobody's going to notice anyway.
I quickly ran back in to change into my swimming suit and in a flash was standing on the jetty. Without a second thought, I closed my eyes any jumped into the cold water.
The cold restored a sense of normalcy to my world. I slowed down my breathing until it came to a stop and dived under. After about 15 minutes underwater I realized I wasn't alone. I looked straight ahead and realized to my horror there was a figure staring right at me about a kilometer away. I squinted but still couldn't make out who or what it was. Another disadvantage of being a half-vampire though, is not being able to see as well as a vampire when underwater.
I resurfaced for a few seconds and rubbed my eyes, but when I went back underwater, the figure was gone. I looked around me – nothing.
Suddenly something ice cold grabbed my arm from behind.
"MMMPH!" I cried trying to break free of its iron grip. It was impossible. There was only one possibility of something so cold and strong.
"Vampire" the voice in my head shouted.
I gasped and spun around.
Only to come face to face with bright amber eyes staring right into mine.
It took me awhile as I was in shock, but the face wasn't hard to recognize.
"Joseph?" I mouthed.
Far away in the woods I heard a wolf howl.