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Disclaimer: Before I forget...I do not own Cirque Du Freak, or the Sega of Darren Shan! If I did a lot of things that happened in the book probably wouldn't excist now.
Changing Things
" You've been staring at the sky for over an hour now," Jordan replied. " Where's this prince charming of yours?"
"And like I told you thirty minutes ago. He'll come. I just know it." I said not bothering to turn and face the boy. I could tell he was annoyed.
"What's so great about him away? Is he handsome, or strong? What's he got that I don't got?"
I sighed loud enough for him to hear. " For one," I held up one painted nail for him to see. " He's older, and two, he's not my prince charming. He's just my teacher."
Jordan huffed. " Oh so you have the hots for your teacher?" He asked. I sighed loudly. There was no getting through to his brain. If I could hit him without risking the chance of killing him I would.
"If I said yes, will you drop the conversation altogether?"
"Nope," he answered.
"Didn't think you woul…" I stopped short. I smelled something in the air. Something familiar. " Darren," I called.
" Her car is still here which means she probably in the building somewhere," Darren suggested.
" I smell her," Larten replied. Her smell was faint in the rush of the air but there. He could follow it. He began walking Darren behind.
"Now that you mention it, I do too."
"Darren! Darren!"
" You hear that?" Darren called running forward. " I think she's calling me."
" Is that his name?" Jordan called. " Darren."
I nodded, without thinking. To busy trying to get Darren's attention wherever he may be.
" Darren!"
"Anna!"
" Oh my gosh, their down there," I said running to the other side of the roof. They really came.
"You said he would." Jordan replied, now just as visibly happy as me.
"Mr. Crepsley she's up there," Darren called pointing to a waving me. He waved back.
"Anna! What are you doing up there?"
" I was locked up here," I called back. "Me and him," I pointed to Jordan. Darren laughed.
" We thought something bad happened to you," Darren called.
"No," I yelled back. " Now can you help us down, I'm getting kind of hungry."
"Sure thing. We need to get inside first."
"Alright," I called. Darren then disappeared from my sight. I turned to where Jordan was standing.
"You get to meet him after he comes up," I said. I couldn't hold back the smile on my face. " You said you wanted to right?"
He wouldn't look at me. " He's just teacher," he mumbled.
"What?"
His head shot up. His eyes were suddenly red, little specks of what looked like tears on their sides. " After he comes and get you, our time will be over. Then tomorrow it'll be the same thing. Those guys will grab me and put me back up here. Nothing will have changed."
"Jordan," was all I could get out before the door to the roof opened and Mr. Crepsley stepped through. He didn't look the least bit happy.
"Mr. Crepsley?" I called.
" Are you hurt Anna?" He asked approaching me, passing by Jordan as if he wasn't even there.
" No. But…um…"
"What are you doing on this godforsaken roof? Did I not tell you that nights are dangerous alone?"
I nodded. He had that tone of voice again. The one that I was starting to hate, he was scolding me, just like he did Darren. He glanced over at Jordan, his brow tightening. I already knew what he wanted to say but couldn't since Jordan was human and was standing right beside him. He wanted to tell me this was dangerous, that being stuck on a roof with a human, while I was still a newborn Vampire was dangerous. He sighed heavily and closed his eyes.
" We will discuss this later. For now let us get off this roof. I believe you have been up here long enough."
" You're telling me," I said starting to walk. Stopping only when I remembered Jordan. "Well don't just stand there. You come too, we have to take you home." I outstretched my hand to him.
"Yeah," he said following behind me.
We walked downstairs to where Darren was holding the door open for us. I wondered faintly how they managed to get upstairs the doors had to be locked?
"Where do you live again?" I asked as we all piled near my car. I noticed he was eyeballing Mr. Crepsley who was looking intently at my truck. I could tell he didn't fancy the idea of having to ride in it again.
"Fifty six street on Sniders road," Jordan answered after a long moment.
" I will be walking," Mr. Crepsley said.
" Its dangerous to walk out alone remember," I reminded him, patting the bed of my truck. " You and Darren can sit back here and me and Jordan will sit in the front."
"That's fine with me," Darren replied jumping in the back without hesitation. Mr. Crepsley stood for a moment looking at me. Questioning my real motives, perhaps. I pretended not to notice and jumped in my truck. A moment later the bed shifted letting me know he jumped in as well.
"So that old guy in the back, is he the man you were talking about?" Jordan asked as I cranked up the truck. I stopped in my tracks. Jordan snickered. " He seems pretty old for someone as young as you.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
" So the maiden likes older guys does she?" Jordan whispered.
Just pretend like you didn't hear anything Anna. And that Mr. Crepsley can't either. If you get overly excited you may do something drastic like bite his head off…or…
"Hey can you like slow it down some. You might give the old guy a heart attack," Jordan pointed out. I snapped out of my thought process.
"I'm just going to ignore that last comment," I said slowing the car down. Another moment of awkward silence went by in which nothing but the steady wisp of our breathing and the truck buzzing down the road, could be heard. Silence in which I desperately wanted to say something, anything to convey the feelings I felt at the moment towards Jordan. He'd said that tomorrow would be the different. They would still tease him, beat him up or lock him on the roof. He'd come to accept that.
I knew how it felt to be in routine to accept the same things over and over. I knew what relief it was when something happened that period of time to change things. Fleeting it was, but still there. That something…what was it for me? What changed things?
I had stopped the car now, right in front of Jordan's house. He picked up his stuff and opened the door. " Goodbye fair maiden Anna," he said stepping out.
My hands tightened round the steering wheel as I grappled with myself deciding what to say to him. What could I do to change things for him? I wouldn't be here forever for him. What could I possibly do?
He was at his door now.
He is just a kid, things couldn't continue like this for him forever.
I opened the door.
The stepping out I opened my mouth and shouted, " Jordan."
He turned at the same time a woman answered the door.
" Tomorrow…tomorrow I want you to meet me at the front gate at the beginning of school. I want you to walk me too my classes."
There was another long moment of silence; in which be both just stared at each other. Then slowly and steadily his mouth twitched into a wide smile, a smile that stretched across his entire face. I smiled back.
"Aright fair maiden I will not let you down," then he turned.
"You better not," I said more to myself than to him. But I was sure the others could hear me. But for once I didn't care. For once I could actually understand how someone else was feeling, down to the tip.
Getting home wasn't as relieving as I expected. As soon as I stepped out of my truck I came face to face with . Like before he didn't look happy. Darren stood behind him, looking concerned for my safety.
" I know…" I said glancing down. " That was reckless. Very, very reckless but I had too, he was in trouble and…"
" I was not going to scold you on the matter of helping that young man, but the manner in which you went about doing it. You forget you are not longer human. Some things you've done before you can not do now."
I lowered my gaze like a punished child. " Yes sir," I said.
" Now, for the matter of food," he said straighten up his duster. " I will agree to find us some prey, if you two agree to cook."
" Me cook?" I started to protest when my stomach growled. Both Darren and Mr. Crepsley raised their eyebrows. " Sure."
Then we were off. Stocking into the darkness, repeating the routine from the last time, only this time when I fed I made sure not to waste a single drop.
"Wow she dropped like a rock," Darren noted as he and Mr. Crepsley surveyed Anna lying on her couch, with shorts that were inches away from being underwear, and a tank stop that was riding up her stomach revealing a part of black bra. One leg was sprawled against the couches top, her head hand halfway off the side, hair dyed the floor between her head and the floor.
Mr. Crepsley looked away from rattled state. " Obviously she has forgotten she has visitors," he said.
"Or she doesn't care," Darren chuckled. " Do you want me to wake her up so she cane move?"
Mr. Crepsley shook his head. " That will not be necessary I can move her myself."
" You're going to move her?" Darren asked a bit shocked.
" And why not. She can not be that heavy?" Mr. Crepsley inquired. He did not see the big deal. Laying the way she was she was bound to have a effect on her when she woke up in the morning. Not even Vampires were immune to stiff necks and numbed limbs. Plus it was the least he could do. She had been through a lot in just one night, and it wasn't getting any easier.
Darren said no more, and wasted no time approaching the sleeping girl and swooping her up into his arms. She barely stirred. So she's a heavy sleeper…he noted. She was lighter than he expected.
Darren flopped in her former spot, " I'm happy we have her now. She's nice."
"Yes well," Crepsley stopped right there. He had no more to say to that. Darren was correct in his observation she was a kind person. Kind, willful, strong, mindful, traits all good Vampire women were keen in. Perhaps once we get going, I will introduce her to others much like her, maybe they can teach her more than I can…
She moved slightly pushing him out his thoughts. Hurrying his footsteps lest he wake her, he slid into her room. The place was a mess as he partly expected. Sack dolls with eyes made of buttons glared at him from their perches, while the furry carpet sagged on his slippers.
Laying the girl down just as quietly as he had picked her up he starting out of the room. Stopping only when the girl's voice sounded through the room.
"Thanks dad," she mumbled. He turned slightly; she wasn't awake in fact her eyes were still closed. If anything she had tangled herself back up into another position she would find pestering in the morning.
Dad…? He thought. Now that I think about it, she has been very vague on the subject of her parents…He entered the girl's living room with the thought. " Darren," he called.
"Yes."
"Has Anna mentioned anything of importance about her family to you?"
Darren shook his head. " All she said was there they were gone. Why do you ask?"
"Do you not find it peculiar that she had never once mentioned them in conversation? I am sure by now they would have been a problem we had to deal with."
Darren shrugged, then taking the remote in hand he turned the TV. " Maybe she doesn't want to talk about them just yet. I think we should give her a little more time. I mean we don't know each other that much yet."
"I suppose you are right," Mr. Crepsley replied. Still the matter interests me…he pondered as he left the living room to return to the room the girl gave him, to feed his pet spider.
I'm on stage. Singing, singing the song assigned to me, for the music fest. Everyone's happy; I can see their smiling faces. I can see Claire and Robert and Darren…. and…. And I'm happy, so happy cause this is the last night I'll be able to see my friends.
Then darkness, everywhere, someone behind me screams. The sound pierces the air. Blood, blood everywhere. Then….
Claire's looking at me; her eyes are filled with fear.
Robert is on the ground blood his blood everywhere.
I taste sweetness…so good it makes my tongue hurt.
"Anna," I hear Robert say, but it's more like a whisper.
"Anna," Claire whines, but her voice is filled with fear. I glance up at her, she's holding a mirror. I can see myself now, my face is covered…. covered in blood.
Blood everywhere…
In my hair…
Around my eyes….
In my mouth…dripping down my chin…
So much blood…
Robert's blood…
"What have I done," I groan.
Then Robert opens his eyes…
"Ahhh," I screamed as I sat up quickly. So quickly that the action sent a jolt of pain up my spine so sharp I winced. " What happened? And what time is…it?" I glanced over at my alarm. " What eight o clock!"
Throwing my feet over the bed I ran outside the room. Why didn't anyone wake me up?
I continued running until I hit the bathroom where I proceeded to take a quick shower, then run to my room towel and all and get dressed.
What was up with that dream last night? It was almost as if…I was having another vision…no that couldn't be it. I haven't had one of those since I was six.
"My instincts tell me you are troubled?" Jordan replied next to me. He currently had his arm loosely around my waist. And me so deep in thought hadn't even noticed. Instantly I pushed him away.
" I'm fine," I said.
"So did you go home with your teacher last night?" He replied something like spite in his voice. I glared at him. Just what was he trying to imply?
"As a matter of fact I didn't," I replied.
" My foster mother was happy that you brought me home last night," Jordan replied quickly changing the subject. " That and she thought you were really pretty."
" Today's not going to be the same for you."
"How do you know that?" Jordan asked.
" Because I have something for those jerks, and I have something for you."
"Yeah and what's that?"
"Well I have this friend. He's sort of a Jock and all the guys like respect him. And anything he says goes no matter what it is." I said referring to Robert. I didn't particularly like using Robert's natural popularity to get my way, but if I had too I would. What else reason would there be to not use it?"
" Like he's going to help me."
"Sure he will. All I have to do is ask. He's a nice guy too."
" Just like that teacher huh?" Jordan whispered, more to himself than me. Even through with my super hearing I could hear every word. I pretended not to notice.
"Well here's my class," I said. " Try not to get bullied on the way to yours."
" Shouldn't I give you hug or something before you go. I mean I didn't walk you to class and…"
" Slow your roll, four foot tall squeaky and lean," I said pushing his shoulder.
" This is like the first time you've ever walked me to class."
"So..."
"So. We have to take it slow. For my sake, and my image," I joked.
He grinned. " So one day…?"
"Goodbye Jordan," I said turning into the classroom. Happy that he couldn't see the smile on my face at the moment. He was just too adorable.
*Wipes Sweat from brow* Another chappy finished. Can't wait to work on the next one. I bet you are all excited to see what will happen next. What does Amber have planned for the next chapter? Is there going to be action? Unbound romance? Or more tales of Anna's life leading up to the moment she must say goodbye forever? Well I'll let you guys in on a little secret.
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