Chapter 10
Kyle's POV
My grounding was finally over! I was screaming and cheering silently inside my head as I trekked through the deserts of Arizona. I still remember when I got mom's permission.
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"Come on mom," I pleaded, "It's the end of my grounding; can I have permission to go to Albuquerque now?"
"I'm still not sure Kyle," mom started, "It's very sunny in New Mexico; you could give away the secret."
"Come on, I can keep the secret; you know I can!"
"Fine, if you must; you can go."
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I was thirsty, so I decided to hunt some nice, delicious coyotes. I saw a pack of them about a mile east and I ran for them. I tackled the pack leader and sucked 'im dry! After they saw that, the rest of the pack tried to run away, but I was too fast for them. I caught all of them; when I was finished there wasn't a drop of blood left in them.
I continued back on my path to the south to Albuquerque. I told Zelda that I'd pick her up after she was leaving the mall with her friends.
Zelda's POV
I just got out of the mall with my friends; they got out of camp early because they got homesick. They seemed much happier now than they described in their camp letters. My friends said they'd wait for Kyle with me; mostly because they wanted to meet my boyfriend. It was a cloudy day today, perfect for Kyle to come down. Then, my cell phone rang; I recognized the number right away. "Hi Kyle," I said, "Where are you?"
"I'm almost there," he said, "I would be there already, but I went for a little hunting in Arizona. I didn't want to be thirsty in front of your friends and your dad."
"That's sweet, but can't you get here any faster?"
"I'll try; I've never had to go faster than this before."
"Just try, Kyle."
"What was that about," asked Kate.
"The plane he boarded to get here turned out to belong to the skydiving school in Forks," I said, "They got Kyle to grab a parachute and jump. He landed right outside Albuquerque."
"I see."
"Oh, here he comes now."
Kyle's POV
I slowed down to human jogging speed when I was within view of human's inferior eyes. I saw Zelda and her friends; I waved to them. I started to go human running speed and breathed heavily; I didn't have to breathe, but I had to do it to keep up a human appearance. "Stupid skydiving school," I shouted, my false breathing ragged, "Had to toss me out, outside of Albuquerque." It was lucky that I was close enough to single out Zel's voice when she made that excuse. "Hey Zel," I said, "How ya doing?"
"Pretty good," she said, "You seem tired."
"I am; I just ran the whole way from where they dropped me, to here. Hello Zelda's friends."
They giggled, "Call me Kate," said… Kate.
"I'm Lilly," said the other one; Lilly I'm guessing.
"And how are you two, Kate and Lilly," I said.
"I'm good," said Kate.
"Same here," said Lilly.
Zelda pulled me away from her friends for a minute, "Do you have any idea how positively, stunningly good-looking you are to humans," she asked, "You're making my friends brains liquefy."
"I swear," I said, "I am not trying to liquefy their brains. Vampires have perfect bodies to draw in their prey and our bodies never change again after being bitten. Your friends' thinking I'm handsome is beyond my control."
"Okay; just try not to be as dazzling."
"I promise I'll try my best."
We walked back to her friends. Zelda said that it was time for us to go. After we left; when we were out of sight of any humans, I ran at top speed.
"Kyle," said Zelda, "It's time for you to see my dad."
To be continued…