Hello again guys! It's me.. therealslimshady… Just kidding. But anyway, thank you for the support as always. I'm glad the last chapter was pretty good to you all J I am hoping to get this one out before school starts and then you must forgive me but I am afraid I will have little time to write with AP classes and winterguard. I will try as hard as possible to get this story done because I love it to death and it'll be my first well done and finished story. So to get on with the story, the chapter is dedicated to: Beckie6661, ItzIzziieMonsta, and lostboysfan8797. And now on to the story!
~IceknowsInsanity~
"That sounds great! Thanks Cassandra," Sam smiled as he sat at the table next to a pile of comics.
I nodded soundlessly and began raiding all drawers and cabinets for the supplies I'd need.
"Need some help," Michael asked as he approached me slowly almost limping in slow motion.
My eyebrows furrowed together in fake confusion. I knew he was going through the change and it was about to be gnarly.
"I'll get Sammy to help me. You go lay down on the couch Michael, you don't look so good. Are you sick from last night or something," I asked as I began to mix the ingredients for some homemade doughy crust.
"I'm fine I ju-"
"No you're not. I'm not asking you to go lay down. I'm telling you. Go. Sammy and I got this covered;" I cut him off curtly, "Sam go help Mikey to the living room would ya."
With a nod Sam put down his comic and immediately went to Michael's side, grabbing his arm and pulling him away. I quickly glanced at what Sam was reading and to my surprise it was that stupid comic that the Frog's had tried to give him before, Vampires Everywhere! I quickly looked out the doorway and Sam was helping Michael to the couch. I ran around the side of the table and snatched the comic from the spot he left it. I opened the window and tossed it out before laying a new comic out for him.
Hey boys, get rid of that comic will you I called out to them.
Sure thing babe Paul's voice laughed in my head
Thank you I thought as I made my way to a pan to lay out the dough.
"Yo Sammy, you got some tomatoes," I called as I got out a bowl and one of those small kitchen hammer looking things. Although I can make some gnarly pizza, I'm not exactly kitchen equipment name savvy.
"Sure thing, right behind you," he replied as he pointed to the basket beside the refrigerator.
"Can you get the bacon out for me," I asked and he hurried to get it for me," just lay it by the stove with a big pan. If you want to rinse and mash theses tomatoes up for me, that'd be great."
I began cooking the bacon and I could hear Sam aggressively mashing up the tomatoes in the bowl.
"So Star," I started with a smirk although he couldn't see it.
"So David, Dwayne, Marko, AND Paul," he replied.
"We share. I like them and they like me. It's a bit of complicated circumstances but maybe I'll figure out how to tell you one day. But that's beside the point… You and Star," I said as I flipped some bacon, slowly transferring in new pieces and taking out the cooked ones to a plate.
"I really like her Cas, I don't know how to explain it but she makes my chest feel hot, like it's warm when I talk to her. Did you know she also like Batman and comics? Man she's so beautiful that I just don't know what to do with myself. Last night when you guys were partying, I felt like the world had closed up on us and it was just us two and her laugh. Her laugh makes my heart pound. Am I supposed to feel this way at fourteen? I don't think it's a thing, isn't Star like eighteen an-"
"Sammy, Sammy, Sammy. Cool your jets dude. She likes you, you like her. She's a little bit older than you. You guys like the same things. It's okay to like someone who has similar interests as you. Besides, she'd wait for you man," I shrugged as I finished the bacon off.
"But by then, what if she found someone else…,"
"Sammy, look bud," I said as I set the plate next to the dough, "Star is really into you and if I know my best friend then she will wait for you. I think it's safe to say that she loves you Sam but don't let that scare you. Just think of it this way, she'll always be there for you, she'll be your best friend, you can always count on her, when things feel like they're too hard she can talk you through them, she'll always find a way to make you happy. She'll just be there for you and you'll do the same for her. It's sort of how relationships go. I mean it's worked well for the boys and me so far, why not for you?"
"In my time of need, Cassandra comes to me, speaking words of wisdom," Sam laughed as he hugged me quickly.
"Anytime Sam, now go find some peperoni while I work my magic on this pizza," I laughed as I hit the radio on the kitchen counter and one of my favorite hits came on, Living After Midnight by Judas Priest.
"Now this is jammin', "I laughed head banging as I threw someone those Italian spices into the sauce and mixing it before pouring it in generous amounts over the pizza.
Sam and I just jammed and danced as we cooked. I let him put cheese on the pizza while I supplies endless amounts of peperoni and bacon. I put the pizza in the oven and we went to the living room to check on Mike.
It was significantly cooler in the living room. Michael had opened some windows and a slight breeze was blowing through the house. I could hear the wind chimes on the front porch and the leaves blowing in the wind.
"You feeling any better Michael," I asked, looking down on him; he was sweating up a storm.
"I'll be fine," he replied as he wiped his forehead with his sleeve.
"No you're not, let me help you upstairs, you need to go to bed. You look worse than earlier," I claimed as I helped him sit up.
And that's when the low rumble of the boy's motorcycles was heard. They only got louder too which didn't really help as Sam looked to me in fear. They were circling the house, lights shining through the windows, and they kept chanting Michael's name.
"Michael, Michael, Michael,"
I glared out the window knowing they could see me but the chanting only got louder.
"Michael, Michael, Michael," David's laugh echoed and the boys yelling increased.
"No Michael, no don't open the door. Mike no!" Sam yelled chasing after Michael.
He'd broken free of my grip on his arm and pulled himself towards the door. He was almost in a trance; the lights on his face made him look empty, hungry.
No mind tricks this time, we're supposed to try to welcome them in, not scare them shitless I growled
And finally Michael opened the door. All the boys sat there laughing and waving, Paul and Marko were falling over each other as they got off the bikes. With a sigh and a shake of my head, I looked to Michael and Sam.
"Can they come in? They got bored of waiting for me," I said as I stared at them out the door over Michael's shoulder.
"Yeah I guess," Sam said as he pulled Michael out of the door way.
"Come on it fellas," I called as I waited
"Go take your bath Sam," Mike said as he glared at the guys walking in the door.
"Nice house Mikey," David smirked as he strolled right up to me, wrapping an arm around my waist.
"Thanks… It's my grandfather's," he replied.
"Grandad's got style," Dwayne piped up as he was inspecting one of the carvings by the stairs.
"I'll be sure to tell him," Mike huffed out of breath and sweating again.
"Sit down, I'll get you some water and then Dwayne and I will help you upstairs," I demanded as I pulled myself from David's arms.
You guys really shouldn't have done that. You really scared Sam
Sam needs to man up and quit being a pussy if he was scared but I doubt he was actually scares Cassandra David replied.
The kid was horrified. I saw the look in his eyes David; he thought you were going to hurt him and Michael. I don't think I could stress this enough to him. Sam and Michael didn't know us well enough yet, they weren't one of us. Not yet any way.
Fine, we'll stop for now but the kid needs to learn to take a joke if he's going to stay with us David grumbled.
I pulled the pizza from the oven, quickly ending our mental conversation. It was a beautiful golden and I set it on the oven to cool off before grabbing a glass from the cabinet and getting water for Michael. I made sure to be quick about it so we could get Michael to a contained placed fast.
"Here you go," I said as I handed him the glass.
Michael slowly looked up at me, his blue eyes turning glassy.
"Fuck, help me get him upstairs," I said to Dwayne and Paul.
They nodded and in an instant, Dwayne had one arm and Paul had the other. We were half way up the stairs, next to the bathroom where Sam was, when Michael started jerking in the boy's arms. And to no surprise Sam had on the radio so loud in the bathroom there was no way that he could hear Michael's grunts of protest as the boy's drug him up the stairs. I was distracted when Michael broke free of their grips. I was leaning against the bathroom door and suddenly I hear a deep growl that wasn't the boys or Michael. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion as the sound came from behind the door. Dog. I heard Dwayne and Paul yell as Michael tried to tackle me, but I opened the door just in time. Michael had grabbed me in a steel grip and this giant husky came bounding out from the open door, snarling and tackled Michael.
Michael and I both fell down the stairs. Michel had taken the harder of the hits, going down the stairs backwards. The husky had fallen with us but had bit one of Michael's hands and took a bit of a chunk out of my shoulder. It hurt like hell but not as much as the tumbling down the stairs did.
Suddenly Sam, Dwayne, and Paul make barreling down the stairs. Dwayne and Paul had matching looks of dread whereas David and Marko's were ones of shock.
"Mike? Cas?" Sam called as got to the bottom, "Nanook!"
"What happened," he asked David, who had pulled me into his arms form the floor.
"Mikey spazed out and almost attacked Cassandra, but your dog attacked them man," Paul said explained.
"What'd you do Mike? What'd you do to Cassandra," Sam asked as he put his hand of my forehead after spotting Michael's bleeding hand.
"Sammy don't," I groaned, my head hurt so bad.
"It's not Cassandra's blood, it's mine Nanook bit me," Michael replied breathing harder than normal.
"Why'd he bite you Mike, what'd you do to him," Sam yelled, which made my head spin.
"He was protecting you and Cassandra," Michael started, "I got so hungry that I just blanked out and almost bit her."
Michael started wincing and shaking his head again, "It's coming back."
"Michael.. You have no reflection in the mirror," Sam said as he pointed behind Michael to the big mirror. I quickly spun, surprised to see my own reflection staring back at me.
We got invited in, we'll see human. Those mirror tricks and other bullshit don't work when invited David told me mentally.
I nearly outwardly sighed in relief.
"My own brother, a goddamn shit sucking vampire! You wait until mom finds out buddy!" Sam yelled as he grabbed my hand and pulled me up the stairs with him.
"Sammy calm down! Just let me in! I can explain," Michael shouted from outside the door.
I heard the boys laughing from downstairs.
Cool it guys, the last thing we need up here is for Sam and Michael to find out you guys are in on it
The laughing ceased and I was pushed pulled to Sam's bed. He pulled me right next to him, pulling the phone between us before realizing he'd forgotten something important. Sam began tearing his room apart looking for something.
"Sam, what are you doing," I asked watching him run all over desperately searching for something.
"My comic, it had this number on the back to call if this ever happened," he replied quickly as he locked the bathroom door to his right.
"You're not talking about that comic the Frog's gave you, are you," I sighed, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Yeah, they said to c-"
"Sam stop," I said softly at first but he kept running around, "Sam really. Knock it the fuck off. Take a seat. We're going to talk about this."
I grabbed his arm and sat him down on the bed and I stood in front of him.
"Okay so first. Michael is a vampire. But so are you but not yet so don't have a crap attack. Sammy, I'm a vampire. So are David, Dwayne, Laddie, Marko, and Paul. Sammy. Star is a vampire. The wine I saw you sneak last night that was vampire's blood. You're one of us now. It's not nearly as bad as you think. I can show you but here's what's up Sam. You can't tell anyone. Not your grandad, not your mom, and especially not the Frog brothers," I stated staring into his eyes.
"Why can't I say anything? Why.. Why didn't you or Star say anything.. Why us," he muttered as tears well up in his eyes.
"Look Sammy, don't cry. It'll be okay, just let me explain. If you tell your mom then she'll flip her wig man. If you tell the Frogs, they will kill us all, starting with you. They're vampire hunters, shitty ones, but still hunters. You care about your mom, Michael, your grandad, and Star right? You care about me and the boys? We're your friends right? Well if you go tell anyone, people will start to come after us and try and kill us. Do you want any of us dead? We're family Sam and I don't want us broken apart or hurt. Star and I didn't say anything because we didn't want to. We want you guys to hang out and party with us forever, don't you understand, we're giving you a gift. A gift of life," I smiled.
"But at what cost," Sam sniffed. "I don't want to lose my mom Cassandra!"
"And you won't. Just play it off. Everything will be okay, just don't freak out. You can call out to us any time. Your mom will hopefully be joining us soon so don't worry Sam. You won't lose anyone if you keep your mouth shut. The boys are giving Michael the same talk. We have to go now, but promise me Sam. You won't say a word," I said holding out my pinky to him.
His finger clasped mine and I gave him a small smile.
"Being one of us isn't so bad after all," I smiled