Just a little note: There is some strong languageI use here. I just wanted everyone to know : )
Chapter 7
I was finally home in my room. It was 6 o'clock. Aunt Dottie came to my room wearing a beautiful black gown to tell me that she, and Uncle Bob, were going to a dinner party. She gave me all the rules and told me I would be fine watching Tony. Babysitting is a piece of cake. -Especially when you're related to the kid. The car started and disappeared past the gate into the darkness. I walked into Tony's room to find him severely focused on drawing. I stepped closer to observe him.
"Wow Tony, these are really good. Where do you get your inspiration from?"
He looked up at me with a confused face.
"Where do you get your ideas to draw these pictures?" I restated.
"I dreamt them," he mumbled.
"Well, you do have an artist's eye for drawing," I added.
His face lit up. "So you believe me?"
"Of course. If that's where you say you got your ideas from. Vampires are cool anyways."
"Then you'd love Rudolph."
I paused. Unsure of what to say. Who's Rudolph… the reindeer? Ha. That's right, he's eight. He has an imaginary friend. I brushed it off.
"Well, I'd love to meet this Rudolph one night!" I played along.
"You will soon enough, I hope," he said.
I was still a little confused as to what -err, who he was talking about, but I told him I was going to be downstairs watching a movie if he needed me. He nodded and I left the room heading for the stairs. I picked the perfect movie from my collection that I lugged with me; The Ring. Super creepy girl trying to kill you by letting you watch her fucked up movie. Charming. I was stuffing my mouth with popcorn when the best part came on. It was in the beginning when Katie gets paranoid from her TV turning on and off. When strange noises are heard upstairs, she searches for her friend Becka and creeps up her stairs slowly. She stops at her bedroom door to find that the floor and door knob is soaking wet with water. She opens the door to find Samara sitting in a chair and- BAM. I jumped from the loud noise upstairs. What the fuck was that? I instantly paused the movie and shut the TV off. To tell you the truth, that movie scared the be-jesus out of me.
"To-ny?" My voice cracked. No response.
I grabbed the fire poker and slowly, ever so slowly, tip toed to the bottom of the stairs. The light was still on. I closed my eyes for a moment, and opened them back up. Okay I HAD to pick the friggin' Ring to watch. Are you kidding me? I couldn't pick Twilight? I could be sittin on the couch sucking my vampire boyfriend's face off right about now, but no, a creepy little girl with long black hair is gonna kill me.
I had a hard time getting words out of my mouth. My throat swelled shut from the intense fear that took over my body, "Tony… are you - okay? Please answer me."
My heart was beating a thousand miles a minute. I could even feel it in my ears and it caused my hearing to temporarily decrease. There was still no answer from the little rascal. I decided to be half smart and keep my mouth shut so no one knew I was going up the stairs. One by one I climbed a step. It took me a good two whole minutes to reach the top. My throat was now burning; gasping for air. What if something happened? Did someone break in without me knowing it? Why isn't Tony answering me? What if he's d- I got myself together and forced my legs up the last step and around the corner. About twenty more feet. I could hear faint noises from the room.
"I'll only tell you if you take me flying again!"
That was Tony's voice. I dropped the fire poker and barged through his door.
"TONY, WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER ME BEFORE? YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. WHAT WAS THAT BAN-"
I stopped yelling mid-sentence. My jaw hung open and my eyes grew huge. I cocked my head to the side to take in what was standing in front of me. He was a boy, about Tony's age. He wore dull colored Victorian clothing, his hair a mess, and his face was pale; almost blue.
With my hand on my hip, I looked at Tony and pointed to the odd boy, "Who?"
My tone was normal now.
"HISS!" The boy flashed his fangs and backed up a few steps.
"No Rudolph! It's okay, she's my cousin. She won't hurt you!"
I'm sorry, but did this kid just hiss at me? Hissed… Fangs… Blue-ish color… crimson eyes.
"Oh God no." I put my hand over my mouth. "You don't exist."
The boy turned his head to one side. The look on his face seemed like he didn't understand a thing I said. He started,
"My name is Rudolph, I am Tony's friend. I am sorry to disturb you, but yes, I am a vampire and we do indeed exist."
My face expression was frozen. It took a while for those words to soak in. All that came out of my mouth was an -eep-
"Brittany, I thought you said you wanted to meet Rudolph? He's really cool aren't-cha dude?" Tony asked.
Rudolph nodded with a smile.
"How is this even possible? There is no such thing as the- uh, undead." I tried to collect my thoughts.
"That's what you think," Rudolph snarled.
"Rudolph was going to take me flying again. Come with us Britt."
Flying? Again? This happened before? Absolutely not. I'm the babysitter and I'm the one in charge. Not some vampire or my little cousin. I am going to forbid him from seeing Rudo- oh no, the puppy eyes, Tony's giving me the fucking puppy eyes.
"Please Brittany? I've done this before. Rudolph is my friend. He understands what I'm going through, and before you left my room, you said you'd want to meet him," Tony pleaded.
"Yeah Tony that was before you friggin' told me he was a blood sucking vampire!" I rose my hands to emphasize 'blood sucking vampire.'
"He doesn't hurt humans; he's not aloud to. He drinks cow's blood."
That's promising.
"Tony I don't know…" I trailed off.
Rudolph still looked patient as ever sitting on Tony's chair. I just couldn't connect in my brain that immortal people were real. I mean, I'm one morbid person, but hell, this is crazy.
I took in a deep breath and looked to Rudolph, "Are you sure you won't hurt him?"
He grinned, "Of course not. He's my brother! Right dude?"
This caused Tony's face to brighten up, "Right."
I finally gave in. I'm so damn confused right now, I can't even tell what's right. We all gathered to the window.
Rudolph stuck out his hand. "Take it."
"Why?"
"Just do it, please."
"Trust him," Tony added.
"Okay but I don't know why we're holding ha- OH MY GOD WE'RE NOT ON THE GROUND ANYMORE. GET ME DOWN! GET ME DOWN!" Oh shit. Ah fuck. I hate heights. I'm dreaming, this is all a dream. Yup that's right. I'll be waking up soon. Any minute now. Shit this is all too real.