I had one more class to go to, I couldn't take the waiting anymore. I was about to walk out of class and go home early but, I couldn't. I had to drive April home from school and she would be mad if I left her stranded at school but, the bell finally rang for last period. Everyone was still asking me why I slammed my hand down on my desk this morning. I laughed and said it was nothing but, it wasn't nothing. I was in love with Erica and wasn't going to tell them that.
My concentration was gone, I got yelled at a lot because I wasn't paying attention but, I couldn't help it. Liam and a few others gave me strange looks an asked what was wrong with me. I had twenty minutes left of class but I couldn't stay there any longer. I stood up, grabbed my thing sand walked out. I nearly ran to my truck scared my teacher was going to come after me but that didn't happen.
I sat there waiting for April to get out of class so we could leave. She ignored my calls to her so I started to leave the parking lot. She saw what I was doing and yelled "stop! Stop!". she ran to the truck got in and started yelling.
"What is wrong with you!" she screamed "How could you embarrass me like that!" she continued "If my friends make fun of me for that I'm going to be your worst nightmare and I'm telling mom and dad." she said smiling at the last part.
"Go ahead and tell them, ill just say you were ignoring me." I said not looking at her.
"What is wrong with you today? Everyone's been talking about what you did this morning in first period." she said
"Nothing is wrong with me." I said giving her a dirty look.
We didn't talk the whole way home and it was nice. I was hoping I'd see Erica tonight, I had to tell her. I was in love with her and I didn't care if she loved me, I just had too. April and I finally got home, she was still mad and I was nervous. I've never told someone I loved them before but, I've also never had girlfriend. Erica wasn't my girlfriend though. At least I think she isn't.
I walked into the house and went up stairs. I could hear April telling my mom what happened today about me almost leaving her at school. I got in my room and went to my laptop. I put some music on and laid down waiting. Waiting for sunset which was a little off because I've never hung out with her during the day. It was strange and it made me think of the dream I had last night. I was called down for dinner so I washed my hands and went down stairs.
"So, what happened at school today?" I mom asked as April smiled.
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"Well, your teacher called and said you walked out of class." she said a little angry.
"I don't know, I just couldn't be in there and it was twenty minutes until the bell. I don't see what's so bad about that." I said looking at my food.
"Mom, he almost left me at school. He drove away. You said you would talk to him." April said.
"I called her over and over but she ignored me, so I started to leave." I said mad now. So I got up and took my food with me and went back to my room. I wasn't in the mood to get yelled at. I was nervous and scared for telling Erica that I love her but, I was going to do it. I paced around my room waiting for sunset, there was like an hour and a half until I would hopefully see her. I thought about going to her house but that wouldn't be a good idea would it?
I couldn't wait any longer so I would go to Erica's house to talk to her. I ran downstairs not stopping to tell my parents where I was going, I just ran. I didn't bother driving my truck, I would just run to her house. I could hardly breathe so I stopped running and walked. I got to the end of the street and turned left. I could see the top of Erica's house. I got to the gate, I didn't know if it was locked so I tried and it wasn't. I slipped in hoping no one would see. I slowly walked up the drive way looking at everything around me. The house was bigger then I thought.
The grass had flowers all over it. On the left side of the house you could see the back yard that went one for everything with a pond and the most incredible garden. There was a garage in the back that was huge. I couldn't help but stare at how perfect this house was. When I saw something like red hair walking around the garden, with that I ran. I knew it was Erica. I took off into the back and stared at everything I passed, the flowers, the pond with a little water fall and the trees that grew so high you couldn't see the tops.
When I got to that place I saw Erica's red hair, I looked around but no one was there. A little disappointed, I started searching around hoping I'd find her. I looked around and around but nothing. My back was facing the house when I heard the sound of leaves rustling. I turned around and there she was. She was standing in the shadows looking at me with shock. I took a few step forward but she stepped back. This was starting to seem like the dream I had.
"Erica are you alright? Please talk to me." I said putting my head down.
"What are you doing here?" she asked me.
"I wanted to see you, I had to tell you something." I said taking a few steps forward. She didn't move but looked uncomfortable. She didn't answer me so I kept talking to her.
"Erica what are we? Are we just friends or dating?" I asked her.
"I don't think we should be either, it's not a good idea Elijah." she said looking like she was about to cry.
"Os this about last night? I asked her.
"Sort of, my brother was right. I'm risking everything. We can't be friends." she said trying to hide the tears falling down her cheeks.
"Erica what are you talking about?" I asked confused.
"It isn't right for us to be friends or anything more, being what I am and what you are. I realize that now." she said still crying and making no sense. This was starting to seem exactly what happened in my dream.
"What do you mean?" I asked a little hesitant.
"I'm not allowed to say." she said now looking at me.
"I don't care. What do you mean by "what I am and what you are" don't hide things from me." I said getting angry.
Erica looked up at me but something was different, her face was dark but, not because of the shadows, her eyes started to changed they kept getting dark until they changed into a whole different color. Red. I was in shock, knew this was coming though. It was true Erica is a vampire and I was in love with her.
"I'm surprised you haven't run away from me yet." she said with a voice that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up like the night I met her bother.
"I'm not going to run away from you." I said stepping closer.
"How come? You know what I am." she said as her face and eyes went back to normal.
I kept walking towards her until I was standing close enough that I could touch her. She looked up at my face unsure about what to do, I slowly put my hands out and grabbed her arms, as soon as my fingers touched her. She was gone. I looked around and around but stopped and waited for her to come out. When she finally did she spoke up.
"Why did you do that?" she asked me still shocked.
"Because I wanted to be close to you." I said walking over to her.
"I don't understand. Most people would run screaming away from me, if they saw what I am. What I really look like and yet, you are sill here wanting to be closer to me. Why is that?" she asked me.
"Because I'm in love with you."
