Hello everyone. Here the next chapter. As I promise, things are going to be a little complicated for our lovers birds. The prelude to something greater. I hope you're ready for what will be the first one of my best chapter since I started this story. Enjoy yourselves to your heart content.
I wish I own My babysitter is a vampire T_T...
chapter VIII : No More Lies
Sarah's POV
I was walking through the school gate the next morning, smiling. I was on cloud nine and my feet was barely touching the ground. There was a melody in my head that I couldn't help but sing it. People gave me strange looks as I passed by them, wondering about my sanity. But I was fine. Actually, I never feel better since Jessy bit me one year ago. The sweetness of Ethan's lips was still lingering on mine. Every time I thought about it, my whole body would start to shiver. And his blood. There was no word strong enough to describe the feeling that stormed inside me that night. The taste was so incredible that I had a hard time to refrain myself from sucking him dry. When I finally managed to gather enough strength to stop myself, I pulled back, licking my lips. I wouldn't dare to waste a single drop. Addicted at first bite? Definitely...
The moment I took care of my thirst, all the worries I had came back. I was now conscious that I drank too much from him and I started to hate myself for being so weak. He had closed his eyes, leaving me unable to read him. So I waited, more anxious that I should, for some reaction from him. After few minutes, which looked like centuries, he finally opened his eyes. What I saw there not only reassured me but got me hungry. Sure, I was awfully full, but I could be greedy, right? His blue sapphire, deep ocean where I was loosing myself in, were shining brighter than ever. At his smile, I could say he liked this as much, maybe more than I did. And he was craving for more. So much that as soon as he got his breath back, he kissed me hungrily. When I got home, I was so hyper that I couldn't sleep. Even so, this morning, you wouldn't be able to find someone more cheerful than me. Erica was waiting for me at my locker. When I got there, practically jumping on my feet, the tension I could read on her face disappeared.
"Seems like I worried for nothing." she stated, with a sigh of relief. I nodded, retrieving my books from my locker. "You should have call me. It's not safe for you to hunt alone."
"I didn't go to hunt, so there was no need to call you." I countered, smiling to myself. I was too happy to get mad. But,what about this protective instinct?
"You didn't feed yourself? Are you crazy?" she yelled, totally forgetting we were at school.
""Scream louder since you're at it!" I said, sarcastically. "I fed myself. I just didn't need to hunt." I whispered th last part.
"How did you ..." started my best friend.
Then she understood the hidden meaning behind my words. Her eyes widened in shock as realization hit her. She gasped and looked at me with a mixed expression of disgust, fear and happiness. Well, this kind of disturbed me. I was expecting the disgust. The last past months had been hard for her. Every night, when I called her, I was always talking about how cute Ethan was, how sweet he had been to me during the day. And every time, she shrugged with a disgusted tone how gross all of this sound to her. I could explain the fear too. The new power my seer boyfriend got was terrifying her because she had a taste of them and had seen him go berserk once. She couldn't help but think of how dangerous the brunette could be if he was turned into a vampire on top of this. And starving like I was last night, she knew that I couldn't control me enough to prevent my venom from dropping into his veins. I didn't want to admit how right she was about that part. But I couldn't figure out why she was happy.
"You drank his blood?" asked the blond, trying to swallow the true. I nodded, hiding my blush. "I can't believe you turn him..." I was going to tell her she was wrong but someone beat me to it.
"She didn't turn me."
Erica and I jumped when we heard Ethan's voice echoing. How could he have come this close without my best friend noticing him? She didn't hear his footsteps or the beat of his heat. And I didn't smell his intoxicating fragrance. He must have taken lessons from Rory about "ninja skills". To be able to surprise Erica since she was a vampire wasn't an easy task. Well, for my part, this was surely the side effects of my euphoric mood; I was so lost and distracted by my remembrance that I was becoming clueless about the world around me. He kissed me on the cheek and smiled at my vampire best friend. She looked at him, sniffed the air around him, focused on his heartbeat. She could attest that Ethan was still human and alive. Even if she couldn't explain it. The seer laughed at his confused look and she hissed at him in response. Trying to ignore him, as well as the little voice in her head telling her she had to stay away from my boyfriend, she turned to me.
"So you managed to control yourself." she praised me, uncertain. I shook my head in negation.
"No, I didn't manage. I did inject him venom. But for some obscure reason, he didn't turned."
Obscure or not, they both could tell that I was relieved that the poison in my fangs didn't affect him. I wasn't sure I could have been able to live with myself I had made that terrible mistake. Ethan was still smiling, laughing actually, as if we were two idiots incapable of solving a simple problem. That earned him a glare from both of us. He tried to calm down and spoke as soon as he got some air in his lungs. Laughing so hard made his pack of abs more visible through his skinned v-neck green shirt. Now that I was thinking of it, where did he get those clothes?
"Jeremiah told you I shouldn't be able do die. He forget to explain the meaning behind his words." he began, his expression now serious. Then the bell rang. I frowned. "Well, I'll tell you at lunch. I missed you already."
He whispered the last sentence in my ear, sending a shiver down my spine. Damn him and his seductive husky low voice. He pecked my lips and walked to his first period. Erica sighed, frustrating. She had never been the patient type and waiting three long hour for an explanation was purely torture for her. So she decided to ditch and fly around to pass time. School was going to be boring if I had to think about the mystery of Ethan's new power. I got the feeling that I wasn't going to like what he was going to reveal us. And lunch break wasn't letting me enough time to prepare myself for the worst. When all of this was going to end? I asked silently as I walked to the parking lot. Erica was right. Ditching was the best thing to do right now, for both of us.
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Ethan was sitting at his regular table, talking to the spell master. I could hear them arguing about the risk the seer took when he kindly offered me to be my "dinner". I guessed he wanted to know how Ethan managed to nullify the effect of my venom. Meanwhile, Benny was yelling, saying something about how pour a vampire's control could be when they were starving. He sure knew his lessons about vampirism. And , I was curious to know with who he learned so much about my kind. Urgh! Even now, it was hard for me to think of me as a bloodsucking killer rather than as a ordinary human girl. When the geeky wizard saw how fruitless his warnings were, he finally advised my boyfriend to be less reckless the next time. Because there was going to be a lot of "next time". This was undeniable. The argument was over, now and curiosity flared in Benny's mind. I could see it in his face.
"So..." he started. Ethan raised an eyebrow. "How was it? To have the second most beautiful girl ever sinking her fangs in your neck?" The spell caster was sure it had been painful. Had it been for Ethan?
"First, you're not objective on your ranking. She's second only because you had fall head over heels for Erica." countered Ethan. Oh? Really? Erica was going to be ecstatic when I'll tell her.
"Cut the crap, E. Sarah's first in yours only because she's your girl." affirmed Benny, taking a bite of his pizza.
"No... Sarah's not first." His best friend gave him a confused look. So do I. Ethan smirked. "Sarah got no competition cause she's the one and only." he said looking at the cafeteria door. Cheater! He knew I was here. "Well back to the first topic. Man, this was incredibly amazing. No! This is not even near the true." he admitted dreamingly.
I couldn't help but smiled. Well, I was so relieved that I didn't hurt him; to know that he really liked it was a extra. I was going to walk in when I saw the whole cheerleaders squad heading to the seer's table. They surrounded the tall brunette, leaving him no space to escape. He looked at me, worried. Vampires were very territorial and I was no exception. Actually I was the worst case, since last night. I watched, the anger slowly raising, my eyes turning golden bright. I saw him gulp. Sure, I had no reason to get angry, since he was only paying attention to me, the cheerleaders not even noticing that. An hand appeared on my shoulders, refraining me from biting all of their heads off. I turned and hissed, baring my fangs at my vampire best friend. The blond didn't even bug. She was focused on the scene playing before her eyes. Few minutes after, when the braver one started to run her hand on Ethan's chest, she let go of me. I walked toward them and furiously snatched the girl's hand.
"Hands off my man, bitch."I said, pushing the girl aside. She looked offended. Her team came to support her. As if that could scare me.
"You're messing with the wrong girl, Fox. And Ethan's not something you can own." she retorted.
"Wow! That's unusual from you. You can actually say some clever words. Here. For you." I clapped my hands, making her angrier each time my false applauses echoed in the room. The whole students were now, surrounding our table, expected a girl's fight. "I'm going to make things crystal clear for you. Ethan, who do you belong to?" I asked him, confidently looked at the girl.
"I only belong to Sarah." he answered without hesitation. "Now, excuse us but we got lot of things to do." he said, taking my hand and motioning Benny to follow us. And the three of us started to walked away.
"How much did she paid you to say that?" I froze at her words.
Angry, I turned around to face her again. Just in time to see Ethan slap her hard enough to make her right cheek turned tomato red. One of the football team player stepped forward to support the cheerleader, followed suite by the rest of his "pack". A smile immediately appeared on the girl's face, thinking they were going to teach the seer a lesson. But one look at the brunette shining blue eyes, all they all froze. At first, I thought he had used his powers but they were shaking. Seemed like Todd and his friends recognized Ethan and remembered his warning. They gave the girls an apologetic look before dashing out of the cafeteria. I returned my attention on my boyfriend. In his eyes, blue flames were dancing. Jeremiah's words echoed in my head. "He could burn the whole town in a blink of eye...". And I was trembling. I took a deep breath and focused on Ethan.
'Ethan?' I called in my head.
Since the night I was hunted, I knew Ethan was always present in my head. I never asked him if he couldn't break the bond, because I knew he could. And we both knew that Jessy wasn't the type to gently back down. If the vampire king of White Chapel had promised that no one will have me if he couldn't, there was no doubt that he will try to kill me at all cost. So, if the seer could sleep better that way, I didn't mind him spying my mind all day. Actually, I felt more secure and at ease when I knew he was here. As expected, he heard me. He reluctantly turned his head in my direction. I looked at him, concern filling my brown eyes. I shook my head negatively, literally begging him to let this go. His anger slowly disappeared and his expression softened. He sighed in defeat.
'Seriously. You can make me do whatever you want.' he said in my head. I smiled. 'But before we go...'
he flashed me his signature lop-side smile and jumped on the table he was sitting before. He cleared his throat and glared at the crowd.
"I, too, will make things clear. If someone ever try to hurt Sarah, man or woman, you'll regret it." he warned.
At that, he got down, took my hand and walked us out the cafeteria. Man, now the whole school will avoided me for ages because of this. Ethan sure was exaggerating sometimes. Erica joined us and we all headed to the parking lot. When we got to my car, I was going to scold him but he kissed me. In the background, the blond vampire and the spell master were feigning being disgusted. But, with what I heard earlier, I was sure they were just jealous to not be able to do the same. My best friend was as shy as Ethan was, when it came to open her heart. Guessed I could give them a little help.
"If you're not going to tell us why you didn't turn, just get a room!" snapped Erica, angry now. We laughed. She really wasn't the patient type.
"Well, like I said, Dad didn't explained what he means by that. So I asked him in my dream." I gave him a confused look. "He's training me all over again. Since I'm stronger than him, it safer this way." he explained. I nodded. I was wondering if I could enter his dreams too. "Well, Its not like I'm like you guys." he said, pointing at Erica and me. " You know, immortal. Its more like an endless rebirth circle."
"You mean, like the phoenix or something?" asked the geeky wizard. Ethan nodded.
"Kind of. Every time I die, my time-bending abilities will send my body back to a time where I was alive. But, to you, it will seem like I'm just healing. And pretty fast, for the matter."
"Very interesting, but I'm still can see why you didn't turn..." stated my best friend. So true to herself.
"I was getting to that part. To my powers, vampirism is a kind of death. No offense there. So they just reacted as if I was dying..."
"Some complicated powers you got there..." said Erica and Benny, in unison. I stared at them, in disbelief as Ethan chocked back a laugh. "What?" They asked, at the same time. Now my boyfriend couldn't refrain himself when he saw the significant look I gave them. No need for words when my face was telling what I was thinking. "It's not what you think!" they yelled, yet again, at the same time. Then they growled at each other before furiously walking in different directions. Well, this was funny and now I was sure there was something between them.
"So, to you, I'm dead?" I asked, returning my attention to Ethan. I feigned being offended.
"I said no offense, remember? And you know very well that I don't care about your vampirism. Dead or alive, you're always be my Sarah and I'll follow you, even to the end of the world. Even to hell." he confessed, blushing. There was he, my shy Ethan. I thought he was definitively dead. He took me by my waist and brought me closer to him. My arms locked around his neck.
"Good thing you're talking about that. Hell's awaiting you." I whispered in his ears. He raised an eye brow. "My father want to see you. So you're invited for dinner Saturday night." he gulped. "You have to be there at 7.." I laughed at his threatened expression. He didn't fear vampires or any kind of supernatural being but was scared to meet my father. What a hero.
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Days flew fast. We were already Saturday morning. Dad was out, busy picking a present for his wife. Mom was turning the house up side down. When I told her that I had the permission to invite someone for tonight dinner, her face lit up. Beside Erica, I never invited nobody here. Even if Ethan knew where I was living, he never came in, too shy to confront my father. But mostly because I was too embarrassed to show him the one I was at home. Now that we were going out, I wasn't sure how to act around him with my parents watching us. I sighed; I didn't think at all when my father told me to bring him today. I laid on my bed, looking at the roof, hoping that my father will behave himself. Pssh... As if he could. Someone knocked on my door. My mother slightly opened it, enough to let her head pass.
"Sarah, honey, why don't you tell your boyfriend to come for lunch. This way, we'll have more time to get to know him." she proposed.
"Well, I should be fine with it. I'll make sure to call him." I assured her.
"Tell him to be there at 12:00." she yelled through the door she had already closed.
I giggled. Mom was something. A little extravagant but if it wasn't for her, my father would have stayed the tyrant he was back then. Since Ethan was going to come earlier, I got up and walked to my closet. I picked the purple dress I bough last week, specially for this day. Sure, I didn't expected Ethan to see me in this but I wanted to impress him. I put the dress on my bed and headed to the bathroom. I took a hot shower, to warm up my cold skin, enjoying this little pleasure that my vampirism didn't steal from me. When I got out, thirty minutes later, I could hear my mother getting ready in her room and my father parking in front of our house. I wondering how I was going to do my hair if I couldn't see myself in my mirror when I felt a gust of wind.
"Need a little help?" asked Erica, already aware of my answer.
I sighed in relief, when she walked in and started to curl my hair. She sure knew when I needed her help. Actually, I was wondering if she put some weird device on me, so she would know when and where to appear. I pushed the thought aside. Ethan was already mentally stalking me, this was more than enough. When my brown locks perfectly curled were finally falling on my shoulders, she focused on my make-up. The time she finished her "artwork", the bell rang. I didn't have to look at my window to see who it was. His scent came to me, making me hungry. Since this night, in his room, I didn't drink any blood, cause up until now, I had been full. Yes, the blood I sucked from that night kept me running all this time. Erica motioned me to go and disappeared. Before anyone in the house could react, I flashed downstairs, putting my heels on as I yelled.
"I get it, mom!"
When I opened the door, I froze. He had grown again, I could tell. His hair was sightly longer; the locks would have completely hidden his orbs if it was for the hair fixer. They suited him better. His features was manlier. He was around 20, if I was guessing right. So this was what the grow-up Ethan looked like? Well, the seer was more awesome that he had ever been. We were matching. He was wearing grey pants, a purple shirt covered by purple sweater. What surprised me the most was the grey tie around his neck. Ethan hated to wear this. He sure tried hard to make an impression on my father. I was still wondering where he did get clothes at his size but I couldn't ask since I was speechless. So he was. He flashed me a shy smile, his metallic blue eyes avoiding at all cost mine. They finally settled on me in awe. He was stunted, petrified, paralyzed, like the first time I came babysitting at his house. If it wasn't for my mother, we would have spend the whole day stuck there, like two statues.
"Oh! Ethan? Is that you?" asked my mom, shocked. He nodded.
"Yes, Ms Fox."
"Well, men sure grow fast in your family." we smiled awkwardly. If only she knew... "Sarah, honey, why don't you let him in?"
I looked at him, hunger and desire burning in my brown eyes. He gave me his hand, I took it without a second thought. I stepped aside, allowing him to come in. He was early; there was still on hour before lunch. But it was hard to stay away from him, so I didn't mind. I led the way to the living room where my father was reading the news. We stopped in front of him, waiting for him to notice us. My mother cleared her throat and slowly downed his newspaper. The first thing he saw was our interviewed fingers. He grinned his teeth and clenched his fist. He was ready to hit someone. Instinctively, Ethan stepped forward, hiding me behind his back, shielding me with his body. My dad got up on his feet, towering him over. The seer was done for. Every time my father stood this way, the man in front of him would lower like a coward and run away. But surprisingly, my boyfriend stood still, looking up at him with cold eyes. Never once he did lowered his head.
"Look like you're not so bad kiddo." my dad said, punching Ethan playfully. "Better not disappoint me, boy. If you want to live, that's it..."
I gulped. Why did he had to embarrass me like that? Ethan didn't say a word, his body was still very tense, as if he was ready to pounce anytime. I pulled him away, leading him toward the stairs. He did mumble something but even with super earing, I couldn't comprehend what he said. Men and their eternal fight for dominance! I thought, rolling my eyes. We walked up to my room and I closed th door behind us. Now, we've got some privacy. Using his tie to pull him closer, I crashed my lips on his, taking his breath away. As soon as the tension disappeared, he started to kiss me back, locking his arms around my waist. I was enjoying his touch, his taste, his scent to the fullest. I missed him so much. Yesterday, at school, we barely saw each over and since Ms Morgan was sick, his parents didn't need me to babysit Jane. So I was forced into staying at home. The longest time I spend without him around. Looked like he felt the same. Reluctantly, he broke the kiss, gasping for air, upset that his lungs couldn't take it a little longer. I giggled. How more adorable could he be?
"You're hungry..." he stated. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I needed to? I thought you were in my head day long." I laughed. "And, you were coming..." He smiled.
"Let's skip the appetizer and get straight to the main dish."he teased. But I could tell he was craving for it just as much as I do.
He took off his sweater, dropping it on my bed. My eyes turned bright yellow as I reached for his tie. I slowly loosened it and started to unbutton his shirt. One... Two... Three buttons downs and I could have a pretty good look at his chest. My lips brushed his collarbone; a moan escaped from his. This made me growl. I kissed his neck before I sightly opened my mouth. I pushed him on the nearest wall, forgetting again about my monstrous strength. My fangs popped out, slowly sinking into his skin. Soon, his sweet blood started to flow into my carven, slide in my throat, easing the burning sensation that I didn't have to fight anymore. I was so focused on Ethan and his taste and he so lost in this guilty pleasure, that we didn't hear the door of my room opened.
"Sarah!" gasped my parents.
I jerked away from Ethan's neck as he, once more, stood before me, in a protective stance. Could vampires have heart attack? I was having one right now. I slowly turned my head toward them, sadly looking at them from the seer's back. The fear I could see in my mother eyes could have kill me one more time. A stake straight to my chest will have been less painful. I will have enjoyed it thousand time if they had give me the choice. But, the worst was my father expression. He looked at me as if the person before him was a total strange, like I was some kind of monster. Actually, he was right, I was one. Tears started to flow. Ethan took me in his arms, comforting me, ignoring the glare my parents shout him. They were wondering how he could allow such creature to be near him, to bite him.
"What kind of monster are you?" asked my dad, with a disgusted face.
"A vampire..." answered an unexpected guest.
Now, we were in Hell...
Another cliffhanger. Well, I'm sure you know who decide to join the party. You like it? Love it? Great cause what's coming will get you addicted (I'm kidding, I have no right to be this arrogant). Next chapter will be out tomorrow. I can't wait to show it to you guys. I'm sure I won't be able to sleep until I have it done. Write, write, I've got to write. I've got to go. See you later.
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