The school dance was almost upon us. Elazar (somehow) had become in charge of organizing everything. One lunchtime I told him. 'You just want more necks to come.' he'd laughed and took a swig of Coke. 'Girls to be precise.' He'd replied, getting up and tossing the empty can into the nearest bin and picking up his jacket. 'See you later.' He winked, moving off. I rolled my eyes.
Then, all too soon. It was here.
I sighed and opened the door '-ladies first?' a voice suddenly said, I about jumped into the air, and turned to see Elazar. 'Wow! Look at you! All civilized.' I snorted- he was wearing a dark James Bond tuxedo, complete with black bow-tie, his ebony hair all carefully arranged into an almost natural aristocratic look. He scowled. 'Oh ha ha (!)' he said sarcastically, his mouth taught. I laughed. 'Just kidding; you look really good.' He raised an eyebrow. 'You think I look sexy?' he teased, a dark grin on his face now. I scowled. 'I never said that.' He laughed. 'You were thinking it though.' I growled. 'Frigging idiot...' turned and shut the door in his face. 'See you later babe!' he called. I scowled and stalked of upstairs to get ready.
The doorbell rang- they were here.
Right... time to face the music- both of them. I glanced once more at myself in the mirror and walked out the front door to faced Michael and Elazar.
'Wow! Whose car is this?' I said appreciatively- it was a black Lamborghini... an expensive looking one too... Michael rolled his eyes. 'Elazar of course.' I laughed. 'Sleek and dangerous?' he snorted and changed my answer. 'Big and ugly don't you mean?' I laughed. '-Hey! You better not be dissing my car!' suddenly met our ears, loud and annoyed.
Just our luck that Elazar had heard us. We turned to face him; he was scowling, then went past us and to our intense amusement, hugged the car bonnet. 'This is my baby you freaks!' he said in a right pissed of voice. 'Men.' I just said. Michael snorted and Elazar scowled.
Michaels face was dumbstruck when he saw me. Elazar looked merely bored now. It was Michael who spoke first after the car dissing- he walked towards me, extending a hand. 'You look beautiful.' He smiled and took in my dark red dress. I smiled too. 'Thank you- you look really good too.' I heard Elazar chuckled softly, and I glanced at him- he was wearing the suit I'd seen him in earlier, and was now sat in the back of the car. 'Are we going or not? Its bad enough I don't get to drive my own car.' he said impatiently, tapping the rolled down windows. Michael rolled his eyes and opened the back door for me to slide in next to Elazar, who still hadn't looked at me once. I slid in, trying not to put my foot through my dress. Within a moment, we were driving towards Lucy's house. We slid smoothly to a stop outside her house, Michael sounded the car horn once, and she came out; she was wearing a backless turquoise dress, sprinkled with diamond-like gems. Her hair was curled tightly, and a tiara sat snugly within it. I caught sight of Elazars face- I knew that look anywhere. 'Don't you dare...' I warned him, he scowled, still not looking at me, and turned the other way. 'Cant have no fun around here...' He muttered under his breath. Lucy slid in, beaming. 'Oh my gosh I can't wait! Tonight's going to be blast!' I saw Elazar roll his eyes sceptically, and he groaned once.
As we arrived, we all saw the decorations. 'Holy crap Elazar!' Lucy gasped, I couldn't help but agree; it was beautiful. The twilight was just settling in, and the sky was a mixture of colours, gold, pink and blue, but that was just the start. The place where all the canopies were set up was next to a lake enclosed in a thick section of woods. The lights were set up all on the fringe of the trees, and the canopies were brightly lit. 'How the hell did you get them to do this?' I whispered to him, eyes wide. He grinned. 'Wouldn't you like to know?' I rolled my eyes- I didn't want to, I already knew.
Dinner arrived- Chicken and veg. I saw Elazars mouth twist distastefully, but he ate it all the same.
'This sucks.' He told me, his eyebrow rose at me. I sighed. 'It's the joy of being a human.' He snorted, putting his knife and fork down. 'Human? Why the hell would I want to be one of them?' he got up and walked to the door leading into the garden and passed through it without a second glance.
I went outside, it was a clear night, and the stars were out and glittering. I walked into the opulent ornamental garden- and stopped dead. There were two people up ahead locked together, I rolled my eyes and went to turn around.
'Zara-?' one of them suddenly said. I froze. 'Elazar?' then I saw who the other person was- Jodie Starr in her canary yellow dress. 'What the hell are you doing?' I exclaimed in anger and surprise. He dropped Jodie to the floor and started towards me. 'Having my dinner, if you don't mind. Human food sucks, and shes not bad for a dumb bitch.'
He walked off- I followed. He wasn't getting away with it that easily.
'I never told you, did I?' he suddenly said, stopping dead and turning to me. I frowned. 'Said what?' he grinned. 'How beautiful you look tonight.' He said innocently. Ok, this was so not like him- handing out compliments? Had the world gone mad? 'Oh. Thank you.' Was all I could say back. He stepped closer and took my hands in his, and met my eyes. 'I mean it.' He said sincerely. I laughed and pulled my hands out of his grip. 'You're not capable of complimenting.' I laughed, turning around, to find him blocking me. 'But you do.' I felt flattered, but I knew I couldn't trust my feelings with him around. 'Stop controlling me.' I snarled, he blinked in surprise. 'Im not.' Now that he said it, I knew he was telling the truth- it didn't feel like being controlled. He took a step towards me; I took one back and felt the tree behind me push into my spine. 'Of course you're not (!)' I said sarcastically, he rolled his eyes and put a hand over my heart; he could probably feel the steady thump thump of it quicken in fear as he touched me. 'Can't believe you're scared of me' he laughed as if he'd read my thoughts. I pulled my face from his hand. 'Piss off.' I hissed, he grinned. 'Whatever you say, babe.' I snarled now. 'Don't call me that.' I retorted, and spun around to leave. 'Just one more thing-' he suddenly said. I stopped and sighed exasperatedly. 'What?' I said, turning around to meet his brightly lit up eyes. 'Don't go into the woods alone- im not always the most dangerous thing out there, you know?' I sighed. 'I'll keep that in mind.' He smiled slightly. 'Good. I don't want your death on my conscience.' I snorted. 'If you had one.' He looked thoughtful for a moment. 'Hmm... good point.' Again, I sighed exasperatedly. 'Come on- let's get back.' In silence he followed me.
Unbeknownst to us, so was something else.