Vampires? Yeah Right! : Chapter 11
No Beta.
8 Days Later…
Mitchie sat in her car in the school parking lot. 8 days, she thought. 8 days since I last saw Alex. Mitchie willed herself not to cry because it seemed that that was the only thing she had been doing lately. She felt depressed and she didn't understand why, she and Alex had only had one date and it scared her a little how much she absolutely hated the fact that Alex wasn't with her at all times. She ran a shaky hand through her hair and got out of the car. I feel like a fucking junkie in need of a fix, she thought with a bitter laugh as she looked down at her slightly trembling hands. What's wrong with me? She shook her head and took a deep breath, steeling herself- telling herself to not get her hopes up; Alex will talk to me when she's ready. It was Monday; exactly 8 days had passed since she woke up and found that Alex was gone, 8 days since she had any form of contact with the other girl. Of course Mitchie had tried to contact her; she had been trying since Tuesday. When that didn't work she tried talking to Harper to ask if she had seen Alex because she realized she didn't even know where the other girl lived. Harper had been happy to see her but said she hadn't seen Alex since Sunday. Mitchie was inclined to believe she was covering for Alex but by the way Harper's face had washed over with worry and turned pallid she surmised that Harper actually didn't know Alex's whereabouts either. Harper gave Mitchie her phone number and vice-versa just in case either of them found something out.
"You can do this," she whispered, not really believing herself. She took a deep breath and proceeded to walk into the school. She kept her eyes on the ground in a half hearted attempt to stop herself from searching the halls for the beautiful vampire. She walked up to her locker and stopped waiting for something she knew wasn't coming. It had also been a week since she had seen Miley and she tried to shove away the feeling of dread that seeped into her entire being at the thought that Miley might have something to do with Alex's spontaneous jump off the face of the Earth. She shook her head to rid herself of those kinds of thoughts, they would only serve to make her even more depressed because she knew if Miley had something to do with Alex's disappearance, then there was probably nothing she could do except for telling Harper. Because Miley was a vampire, and she herself wasn't, that was a fact that was starting to get on her nerves. Maybe if she was a vampire she would have been able to protect herself and Alex from Miley but no, she was just human.
She sighed this time.
She opened her locker and proceeded to put her things away at a sluggish pace. That was another thing that she'd noticed about herself, she was tired all-the-time. She had never felt like this, she wasn't the type to mope around, but then again she wasn't the type to get depressed over someone avoiding her either, so she just decided to blame it all on Alex. Alex was seriously messing with her head in more ways than one… she wasn't completely sure if she hated it though.
She heard the bell ring and the halls started emptying. She sighed and slammed her locker door shut in frustration. Why couldn't she stop thinking about Alex for one minute? She quickly turned around, fully prepared to make her way to class and actually pay attention this time but she was stopped dead in her tracks. She blinked a few times and her mouth hung slightly open, she couldn't really process what she was seeing. It didn't make enough sense to be able to process. Miley was down the hall from her and so was Alex. But that wasn't what was making her brain short-circuit. Miley had Alex pressed against the row of lockers and she was slobbering all over her neck! And Alex didn't even seem to mind! She was just pensively staring straight through everyone at the opposite wall. Mitchie felt anger boil through her only to be quickly replaced by acidic jealousy when she saw Miley whisper something into Alex's ear. Alex was nodding but she didn't seem to be paying attention, Miley didn't look like she minded, she just went back to attacking Alex's neck. Her Alex's neck. Oh, no, Mitchie was not just going to stand there and let this happen.
Vampire powers be damned!
She dropped her backpack in front of her locker and proceeded to shove a student out of her way as she practically ran towards Miley. She had never experienced tunnel vision before but she was pretty sure that this was what it felt like.
"What the hell, Miley?" she yelled using her momentum to shove Miley off of Alex and onto the floor. Miley skidded on the floor a few feet and then looked up at Mitchie with a smirk. It only made Mitchie want to strangle her that much more.
"Well hello to you too, it's nice to see you again. Did you miss me?" Miley asked with only a slight hint of sarcasm. Mitchie opened and closed her mouth a few times, not really knowing how to respond to that. Usually Miley would have already been chasing her down the hall at full speed because of her comment. She blinked a few more timed as Miley continued to smirk at her and then she remembered Alex. She quickly whirled around to look at Alex, who hadn't moved from her spot against the lockers. Alex was staring at her with a slightly confused, slightly frustrated look on her face; then she was just blankly staring at her. It only took too seconds for Mitchie to figure out that something was wrong with her; Now that she was closer she could clearly see all of Alex's features. She looked pale and there were slight shadows under her eyes- like she hadn't slept well for a few days, her eyes were darker than usual- less attentive, but only slightly. Taking a quick look down, she saw that Alex's hands were slightly trembling. If Mitchie didn't know any better she would think that Alex was sick. But that couldn't be it, Alex had toldher that vampire's don't get sick because of their genetic make-up, i.e. something is wrong with Alex. Mitchie took a step closer to the passive- looking Alex and touched her cheek.
"Alex, are you ok?" she asked. Alex only blinked at her a few times, once again getting that slightly confused look on her face.
"Fine," she said in a small voice. Mitchie was so overcome with joy at hearing Alex's voice again that she temporarily forgot that something was wrong with her. Alex's eyes widened a bit when Mitchie beamed and jumped onto her, hugging her tightly around her neck.
"Alex I-"Mitchie started but was interrupted by Miley who had been watching their little exchange from the floor, a smirk firmly in place. She was going to enjoy this. Her smirk turned cynical.
"Alex, baby, help me up?" she said in that sweet voice Mitchie still thought didn't fit her. Mitchie was about to yell at Miley again but she was overrun with surprise as she felt Alex pry her hands off of her neck and push her back a bit as she went over to grab Miley's extended hand. Alex pulled slightly at the offered hand, helping Miley get up. Mitchie could only stand there and gape at them. She noticed that Alex was staring at the floor, her blank expression returning and Miley now had a shit-eating grin on her face.
"Thank you, baby," Miley said as she kissed Alex's cheek, keeping her eyes firmly trained on Mitchie.
"Alex!" Mitchie managed to get out in a high pitched voice. She tried to keep the shock and jealousy out of her tone so she wouldn't give Miley the satisfaction of knowing she was getting to her. She cleared her throat.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" she asked looking at Alex who was staring at her in confusion again. Her confusion confused Mitchie, what the hell had Miley done to her?
"I-"
"No, she can't. We have to get to class," Miley said interrupting Alex, her evil grin never leaving her face. A thought briefly passed through Mitchie's mind, like the cat who ate the canary. She glared as Miley grabbed Alex's hand and proceeded to walk away with Alex trailing a few steps behind.
"Alex!" Mitchie yelled indignantly. She watched as Alex stumbled over her feet for a few seconds then stopped, stopping Miley as well. Alex quickly turned to look at Mitchie and Mitchie watched as Alex's eyes became slightly less clouded and slight recognition washed over her face.
"Mitchie?" she asked in a voice full of confusion. Mitchie didn't know if she should feel relieved or what but as soon as she started walking towards Alex she saw that Miley now had a slightly panicked look on her face. Alex was forced to look away as Miley began tugging at her hand.
"Alex, we have to go!" Miley yelled as she forcefully yanked Alex's hand when she didn't immediately respond. She proceeded to drag Alex out of the school, leaving behind a very dumbfounded Mitchie.
The exit door slamming shut brought Mitchie out of her daze.
This is not good, this is not good, THIS IS NOT GOOD! The mantra kept repeating in her panicked mind for a few seconds before she finally came to her senses.
I have to call Harper!
She quickly ran back over to her locker and picked up her backpack, she took out her phone and called Harper's number. It rang twice before Harper picked up.
"Mitchie?"
"We have a problem," Mitchie said sternly.
Hello, awesome readers (if there are any of you left) I have returned! This time have no excuse except for a writer's block that decided to cripple my writing creativity before spontaneously leaving when a read an Incredible Hulk comic book. Now my creative juices are once again flowing and I have already written this and half of the next chapter. I know, weird right? Who would've thought that all I needed to do to continue my vampire story was to read about Wolverine and The Hulk beating the crap out of each other?
So, tell me what you think. What do you think Miley did this time? Do you think there's actually something wrong with Alex? What?
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