Chapter 10

The first day we had to go back to school after the back to school party, I was very nervous. The wall between Kaleb and me had almost disappeared that night and although I wanted to keep it that way I was not sure if Kaleb would want that too or not. Though, I sincerely hoped that he would, I was going to find out in an hour from now.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror as I brushed my hair up in a high ponytail. I was wearing a form fitting white collared shirt that only covered the upper 1/4th part of my arms. With that I wore a fitted denim blue jeans and white converse shoes.

Only I was ready, I picked up my black tote backpack from the bed and walked downstairs for my breakfast.

As always, Stefan had left for his early football practice – today they were going to decide who was on team, and from what Stefan had told me, Kaleb was going to make it. Mom and dad were already sitting at the dining table, waiting for me when I joined them.

"Good morning sweetheart" dad smirked and I replied "Good morning dad" and then turned to mom "Good morning mom" "Good morning honey" she smiled. I had a bowl of cereal today since I was not feeling like eating much, with that I also had 2 bananas only because mom forced me to.

"I will see you guys in the evening" I kissed both my mom and dad's cheek before running out of the house while picking up my car keys from the chest of drawers near the bed. This was our daily routine, we would sit for breakfast together and then catch up with each other at night, and Sundays were strictly family nights, I liked this routine.

I got in my car and started it, I threw it in reverse and backed out of our driveway before throwing it into drive, flying down the street. There was some song on the radio and although I did not recall listening to it because by the middle of the song I could remember at least the chorus lyrics.

I reached the school in time and parked my car in my usual parking spot. It was near the building where my first class was going to be which is English, my class with Kaleb.

Suddenly when I got out of the car my heart started pounding. It was weird, I was not feeling scared but rather there was a rush of excited as I started to enter the building. It was clear that the excitement I was feeling was because I was going to see Kaleb in less than 20 minutes.

As much as I wanted to go to the class directly I knew it would not matter, Kaleb would not be in the class because he would be at the football practice that would end after another 5 minutes, so it was better that I wait by my locker for Olivia. At least she would tell me everything that happened with Scott over the weekend and maybe by then I can calm my heart down.

As soon as I turned to see if Olivia was on her way or what, I saw her down the hallway – walking beside Scott as the both of them kept glancing at each other and smiling. So, this was it! They are a couple, right? Or at least they are close to that. Olivia suddenly looked at me and waved at me before saying something to Scott, who nodded. Olivia almost ran up to me with a grin plastered on her face as Scott followed her.

"Hey!" I exclaimed, "Hi" Olivia sighed dreamily. "Hey Scott" I smiled, "Hi Lily" he replied with an identical smile. "So, What's up?" I was trying to play it cool, I was just going to blurt out and ask them if they were a couple yet. "Let's get to the class" Olivia subtly winked at me, oh! She wanted to do this privately, I nodded quickly and the three of us walked down the hallway to the class.

Once we reached the class and took our seats, I turned my attention to the two of them. Were they going to say something? I was losing my mind here. But my attention quickly turned its direction once Kaleb entered the class and took his seat.

"Hello Lily" he spoke softly, "Hey" I breathed, Kaleb smiled at Olivia and Scott before turning his attention towards me. I noticed we were matching, Kaleb was wearing a white button down shirt with dark blue jeans and white sneakers, but did he have to look like a protagonist from a romantic movie while I looked quite plain in contrast to him.

"Would you join me for lunch today?" Kaleb asked as he angled his chair towards me. His question was out of nowhere and caught me off guard. I think I looked like a retarted because Kaleb's brows creased together. I recomposed my face and replied "Sure" and that bought a smile on Kaleb's face which in turn bought a smile on my face.

Soon after that the class started and it was an understatement to say that I could not concentrate in the class one bit! I was again hypervigilant about Kaleb's presence near me and I could feel him looking at me. As much as I wanted to turn around and look at him too, I could not. One, I was too self-conscious to do that two, I did not want to bring unnecessary attention to us and three, I knew if I looked at him now I would not be able to look back, which was really a bad idea.

It took every ounce of self-control in me to not turn around and look at him and even then, I stole glances of his face, thrice and each time I saw him already looking at me. It got me wondering, why did I want to look at him? Why did his presence affect me so much? Why is it that I feel totally at ease when I am with him no matter what he is confessing to? And another line of question started emerging in my mind. Why was he interested in looking at him? Why could he not look away? Why was he okay with confessing things he was confessing to me? I could only think of one answer to all my questions, whether it was about him or me. I think we are more deeply involved with each other than we realize.

Is it okay to be so involved with Kaleb? 'What is bothering you Lily?' I questioned myself, 'That I am getting too involve with him' another voice answered. 'Is it not the fact that he might be a vampire?' the first voice asked. 'No, I really don't care if he is a vampire' the second voice answered with a pause. 'Shouldn't you care?' the devilish voice asked and I realized that no matter what I say to myself, I could not bring myself to fear Kaleb or the truth that I might uncover very soon, I waited for the fear to come but it did not.

The rest of the day was spent trying to focus on Olivia and Scott and not think too much about what would happen at lunch when I do sit with Kaleb, though I was not very successful at not going to that part of my thoughts but I was proud that I did not let myself think as much about it. Olivia and Scott on the other hand kept behaving like they did before they had kissed. They were comfortable in each other's presence but never showed any signs of being together. Did Olivia even tell Scott what she felt? Maybe they had decided to keep it a secret for now, at least from the public. I tried not to drill them about it, if they wanted to tell me, they would, in their own time.

Finally, that time came, that I had been waiting for since Kaleb had asked me to join him for lunch. I had already told Olivia about it and told her to not wait for me, from her expressions I could tell that she was going to ask me all the details about it after we were done with the lunch.

I walked to the cafeteria alone and scanned through it for Kaleb. We had different classes before the lunch and I had told him that we would meet in the cafeteria.

I spotted him in the back corner of the cafeteria waving at me and I smiled at him before walking up to him. As I walked close to the table I saw two trays of food sitting on the table. I smiled at him as I took the seat in front of him.

"This is for you" he gently pushed one tray towards me. I looked down at the tray, it was filled with 3 slices of pizza, orange juice, an apple and 2 cupcakes. At least he had guessed it correctly that I wanted to have something sweet with my lunch. "Start" he gestured with his hand for me to eat, I slowly picked up one slice of pizza and chewed on it.

Kaleb picked up a slice of pizza from his plate and took a large bite, chewing onto it. "I thought we could continue our conversation, that is if you want" He said after a while, "Of course I want to" I told him with a nod. "You are different" I looked at my tray as I said that, "How do I seem different to you?" he sounded amused but I did not look up. "I am not sure how to explain it" I started and then looked up. His lips were curved in a slight smile as he looked at me with curiosity in his eyes.

"You say things and it makes me wonder if you are meaning to say more than what you are actually saying" I admitted and then looked down at my tray again. "What if I am meaning to say more than what I am saying?" he asked me. "Then I would like to know what you are meaning to say" I mumbled as I took a sip of my orange juice.

"What if I tell you it is dangerous?" Kaleb said after a long pause, "I think I can handle dangerous" I looked up at him seriously, "I have no doubt about it, but I don't know if I can handle telling you that" he said. "Do you not trust me?" I narrowed my eyes, was this what it was about? "I know you better than you think I do" a slight smile came up on his lips again.

"How?" was all I could ask, "Lily there are things that best be unknown to you" he lean forward as he almost whispered those words. Was that a warning? He sounded like he was warning me. "But I want to know" I whined like a young child. He closed his eyes in frustration and leaned back in his chair, I waited for him patiently. He finally opened his eyes and said "Lily, I cannot say it out right to you" why? There were no hard and fast rules of being a – vampire.

"Why?" I asked him as I leaned forward, "I cannot tell you that either" he shook his head. Why could he not just say? "Why?" I creased my brows together. "Lily" he looked me in the eyes as he spoke seriously, leaning forward "I want to say it but I literally cannot" I could see it in his eyes how conflicted he looked.

What is it that is keeping him from confessing it? What can make a vampire do something against their will? Who can make a vampire do something against their will? I tried very hard to think of a solution to his problem but I could not.

"Kaleb, how can I help you?" I asked, feeling defeated. "You cannot help me, no one can help me" he looked away and leaned back in his chair. I leaned back in my chair and sighed. "Are you being tortured?" I could not help but ask after a long pause. Kaleb chuckled darkly but did not look at me, "No, quite the opposite actually."

I was officially confused now; I could not think of one thing that would make him do something against his will. It was getting on my nerves too, how I could not get any answers but more so that something was making Kaleb do things against his free will. I had to think of a way to know for sure if Kaleb was a vampire as I thought. I would not do anything that would hurt him, but I had to do something.

That night I went to bed thinking of everything Kaleb had told me and how I could get the truth out of him and that is when everything started to fall into place as I started up at the ceiling. There is nothing in the world that could make a vampire do something against their will but there is someone who can make them do that.

Not just one person but rather 3 people – and especially the most powerful one who can make anyone do anything in this world. But how does Kaleb connect to that? How do all this tie up together in one place? How does Kaleb know Uncle Klaus?


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