"He needs a tranquilizer gun, not ice, Mom." Raven said.
We all watched as Trevor reached the gate and was finally gone.
"Well, we had planned on a singing telegram, but they must have gotten the instructions wrong," Raven's father joked. The crowd laughed with relief.
Raven and I hung onto each other for comfort. The children began running around, pretending to be vampires. I thought it was adorable, somehow.
Later, after I had said good-bye to my neighbors, Raven and I were left to clean up after the party.
Okay, even LATER than that, I descended the stairs, wearing a cape, slicked-back hair, and "fake" vampire teeth.
"My dream vampire," Raven said.
I pulled her close in the hallway. "You tried to save me tonight," I said. "I will be eternally grateful.
"Eternally," She said with a grin.
"Hopefully someday I'll return the favor."
She giggled as I nibbled on her neck. It took all the strength in me to not take a bite out of her right there. "I don't want to go," She whined. "But Becky is waiting. See you tomorrow?" She asked. "Same bat time? Same bat channel?"
I walked her to the door and playfully bit her on the neck. Sadly, not hard enough to break the skin, or even make a flesh wound. (Oh, you screaming fangirls, you. The reauthor of this bets you don't have printed out pictures of me in a secret stash, like I'm Edward Cullen….Ew, Edward Cullen.)
Raven laughed, and tried to pull out the "fake" vampire teeth.
"Ouch!" I exclaimed. Eesh, that really hurt. (x_o) Those were my real teeth!
"You're not supposed to Superglue them on!" She laughed.
"Raven, you don't still believe in vampires, doo you?" I asked.
"I think you've cured me of that," She answered. "But I'm going to keep the black lipstick."
Little did she know, there was a vampire standing right in front of her.
I gave her a long, heavenly good-night kiss. What? Guys can't like kisses, too?
As she turned to leave, she noticed a compact on the ground. She picked it up, and opened it.
Oh crap!!!!!
Even though a thousand bells were going off in my head, I still managed to say, "Sweet Dreams,".
I could see her shocked face in the mirror. I knew I wasn't there. She turned around. I was in the doorway still. When she turned back around, I closed the door, and pretty much flew up to my room. Raven knocked on the door desperately.
"Alexander! Alexander!" I heard her call. She backed away from the door, then stared up at my window as the light came on.
"Alexander!" She yelled.
I peered out from behind the ruffled curtains, staring down at my Gothic Beauty longingly. I touched the window with the palm of my hand. She began to reach out, too. I withdrew from the window, and turned out the light.