Chapter 11 - Prom
Alix climbed inside her Cadillac and shoved the key in the ignition, not turning it. She rest her head against the steering wheel, she was fully aware that vampires were stunningly beautiful by human standards and that every guy she spoke to had some kind of feelings for her. As much as she tried not to flirt, some guys miss-interpreted how she said things and she could live with that. Rob was a good mate and his flirting was purely for the purpose of winding her up, so when he'd moaned her name in his sleep the first time while they were in the car, she'd let it slide, but in the hospital ward, over and over again and in that way... it was just embracing. That had just about ruined her prom-night. None the less, she drove straight back to the dance hall, she'd never backed out on a promise, and she wasn't about to start.
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"Are you alright?" asked Eric, as she stepped up to take her place at the sound desk
Alix gave him an angry look "I've just driven Rob to the hospital with a broken arm and you're asking if I'm okay?"
"No, you're right... Is he okay then? Will he be coming back?"
She didn't look at him for a moment, holding one side of the headphones to her ear and fiddling with a volume control "I don't think he'll be level-headed enough to be back before the end of the night, Dr Cullen had him pretty high on painkillers."
"Cullen? Your dad?"
"hmm..." it wasn't really a response, more of a casual humming along to the music. Eric searched her face for a moment, she wasn't looking at him though, so it was hard. e turned and left her for the dance floor, mingling with people.
Alix was happy, in her element, carefully blending music into each other. A couple of people came up to comment on her 'DJ' skills, one or two asked after Rob and there were one or two requests. She had just changed the song when someone tapped her shoulder, obviously not taking her by surprise. When she turned she noticed that the tall, blond boy stood behind her was shaking slightly with the fear of talking to her, he obviously hadn't known who the DJ was.
He looked at his feet "I'd, um... like to, um..."
"Request a song and a solo dance for you and your special lady?"
He nodded and held out a piece of paper to her "It's um..."
"I got it, the song after this 'kay?" she blinked twice, curious "What did you do?"
"I can't tell you..." he muttered, a look of guilt in his eyes, then he turned away.
She read over the message again... Katy... not helpful, there were four Katy's in the room to her knowledge. As the song neared its end she turned it down and picked up the mic.
"Hello," she started uncertainly "Its nearing the end of this years prom, but thats so very negative don't you think? Lets take the last hour as an excuse to get a bit closer with your special guy or girl as I take the tempo down, so clear the dance floor for, in my opinion, the special couple of the evening, Mike and Jessica, as we start our first slow song of the evening, Far Away, by Nickelback..." she faded the song in as people began to clear the dance floor and Mike offered his hand to Jessica and led her to the center of the dance floor
Alix sighed involuntarily, fascinated with tonights curious human gestures. Then she thought of something and text Bella.Have you noticed anything weird about Jessica lately?
It didn't take long for her to respond. 'Well, not really, but she's been ill recently, why?
This wasn't enough, Alix was still left with three possibilities. ill how?
I don't know, just vomiting allot, not eating properly
Alix gasped as her eyes scanned over every inch of Jessica until she saw the smallest bump between her hips, not noticeable by human eyes. She focused her supernatural hearing on the gently swaying two, who were whispering in each others ears.
"I thought you wanted me to get rid of it though..." muttered Jessica, on the verge of tears
'"I did, but I panicked, and I won't force you through anything you don't want to do, I'll support your decision what ever it is and if you want to keep it I'll support you, no matter what..." Jessica cut off his seemingly endless babbled whisper with a kiss, throwing her arms round his neck.
Wolf whistles echoed round the crowd, accompanied with sighs and applause, Alix laughed and shook her head. When suddenly her senses were hit with an all too familiar scent, which shot fear through her limbs, freezing her to the spot. She didn't notice the song end and everyone turn too look at her. Eric leaned round the side of the sound desk, nudging her arm.
"Alix..." he hissed, her head snapped in his direction and he pointed at the crowd
"Oh..." she said, then picked the mic up again "Whoa... zoned out a bit then... um, hold on..." she fixed the mic back into its stand and casually flicked a CD into her laptop, which was hooked up to the sound system, and pressed play "Be back in a minuet..." she whispered to Eric, "watch the desk for me"
Once she was outside, and not visible out the windows of the dance hall, she closed her eyes and focused her hearing. Barely a second passed when the sound of a strongly beating heart appeared in front of her and she could feel hot breath on her face
"Look at me Alix..." a deep voice growled in what was supposed to be a seductive voice,
Alix opened her eyes, not at all surprised to see a tall pale man standing over her, his dark eyes flicking over her. He wore his dark button-up shirt open at the neck and tucked into his dark trousers, his black plimsolls finishing the outfit off nicely. He leaned towards her, forcing her back against the wall, he positioned his hand by her head and used his other to play with her long hair.
"My darling Alix..."
"Daniel." she replied emotionlessly
"Hmm..." he swept his eyes over her body "Isn't this prom night?"
"Yes."
"And girls are supposed to wear dresses..." he said casually, then moving closer to her and cupping her arse in his large hands, almost crushing her against the wall, if she'd been human her ribs would of broken by now "It took me sooo long to find you, why were you hiding from me?"
Alix stayed silent, unable to look away from his captivating gaze
"You know what I want." he growled, lifting her leg round his waist
"Get it over with then." she hissed, her fists resting against his shoulders, not pushing him away, but keeping his face a safe distance from hers.
Her laughed deeply "What would your humans think, you leave your coat and bag behind, not to mention your car, and leave without a word? No, you're going to go back in and tell them you're getting tired and should start making your way back home now. You'll say your goodbyes, put on your coat and pick up your bag then come out to your car and dive away, then you'll meet me up by the caves just north of here." he ordered
She didn't like to admit it, but Alix was powerless to do else. He was a vampire and he had the gift of sapping the strength, the will power, right out of you, leaving you powerless, so she did just that.