"Telepathy"
"I gotta say, I'm impressed" a voice trilled to me.
I spun around to see Carolina standing next to me.
She was Austin's girlfriend over the summer. I never really liked her. She was about as smart as a loaf of bread. She had light brown hair piled in a crown on her head. She wore jeans and a stylish grey wool jacket. She was leaning against the wall next to me, monotonously examining her blood red nails.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"I'm impressed" she repeated "The way you handled Austin, it was impressive. I could never win an argument with that boy. He's such a hothead, you know?"
"Uh, yea" I said cautiously.
"Yep . . .But his hottness overwhelms his childish temper. . .Yep, Your one lucky girl" she said absently "Yep, the next two months will be the best months of your life."
Defensively, I put my hands on my hips.
"What makes you think Austin will dump me in a few months?" I demanded "in case you haven't noticed, I'm not really like you and the other girls Austin dates."
Carolina's expression seemed almost sympathetic,
"Because, when it comes to girls, Austin has a short intension span" she explained "I understand why he might of decided to date a different kind of girl. I think the longest relationship was his first real girlfriend in 7th grade. Jackie McCaleger. Almost 3 months. So, there is no way you'll have relationship with him that lasts over 3 months."
"We'll see" I said haughtily.
She laughed a little, "Good luck with that" she said.
I narrowed my eyes at her, "Well, I gotta go" I lied.
"Okay. . .Catch ya around" she said absently.
Then she turned and strode away.
I didn't know what to think of that conversation.
Except that, it was a waste of my time.
I sighed, and headed off to homeroom.
As I walked, I was 100% sure that it was gonna be a long day.
I chilled during English/homeroom.
While he talked, I pretty much slept with my eyes open.
After my mini-nap in English I felt more rested.
So, when I got to Science I wasn't tired.
I was wide awake, but Science couldn't keep me entertained.
Mrs. Crigger was blathering about Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rocks.
Which I learned about in 9th grade, so I was bored to tears.
I decided to try and reach into Austin's mind.
It was easy for me to get into his head but a strain to stay in there.
******
Austin was in Spanish.
He was half asleep.
He propped his head up with his hand.
His eyes closed occasionally and then re-opened with a start.
"Holy crap, I'm so fuckin tired" he thought.
He glanced absently around the room.
"Maybe I should get a drink later"he thought nonchalantly.
I felt smug after hearing that, now I knew he was thirsty. And could use that against him. But I kept these thoughts to myself.
Senora Garcia was writing on the board.
But Austin couldn't see what it said.
Anything 10 feet away looked blurry to him.
"Damn hangover" he thought to himself.
Señora Garcia homed in on Austin, realizing he wasn't paying attention.
"Son of a bitch" he thought.
"Austin?" Senora Garcia asked, her voice painfully loud "Que es la respuesta?"
He knew that she was asking 'What is the answer?'
He knew that.
But he didn't know what the question was.
"D. All of the above" he muttered.
People snickered, but Senora Garcia wasn't amused.
She gave Austin a frosty glare.
"Mr. Kardigan" she said, switching languages "How do you expect to learn anything if you don't pay attention. Do you have anything to say for yourself."
"Yea" he muttered " . . .Buenos Noches."
Then he put his head down on the desk.
Everyone laughed and I heard Senora Garcia mutter something exasperated in Spanish.
Then she continued with her lesson, deciding he wasn't worth it.
Austin fell asleep for a minute.
Then awoke when someone's voice purred "Austin, wake up. Are you alright?"
Austin picked up his head, "Huh?"
A girl named Veronica was leaning over him. Her dark brown hair was tied up in a high ponytail on her head. From Austin's point of view, her low cut top was even lower since she was bending over.
"Wish Becca would wear shirts like that" he thought randomly.
"Hey!"I thought, unintentionally towards him.
"Becca?" he thought "What are you doing in my head?"
"I just wanted to see what you were doing" i thought innocently.
"So, what? Your telepathically stalking me, now?" he thought agitatidly.
"I am not!" I thought back angrily.
"Austin?" Veronica said, and Austin unwillingly pulled his attention away from me and towards her.
"Yea?" he asked.
"The bell rang. . .it's time to go" she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh right" he said, picking up his books and throwing them in his bag.
He slung the bag over one shoulder.
And followed Veronica out, talking casually with her as they went.
"Get out of my head" he thought towards me.
I snorted mentally, and left.
*****
The bell had rung.
Back in my Science class, the room was empty.
I glanced at the clock.
The bell had only rung a minute ago, but I hadn't heard it.
I lost all sense of my physical self when I was in Austin's head.
I could of been hit by a train and not of noticed.
I grabbed my stuff and headed to History, most of the students had already taken their seats.
I hurried and sat in mine.
Austin came in a second later, just before the bell rang.
And threw his stuff on the desk.
And then Mrs. Maket began talking about the Industrial Revolution.
Bored, I decided to use telepathy.
It was easier then being inside Austin's head.
"So" I thought, slightly accusing but mostly making small talk"You wish I wore more low-cut shirts?"
"As a matter of fact, I do" he thought haughtily "And a more important question would be; what were you doing in my head?"
"I was bored" I thought.
"So you just pop into my head whenever your bored?"he thought angrily "Talk about an invasion of privacy. You don't see me popping into your head whenver I'm bored."
"Sorry" I thought "But I find being in your head really interesting."
"How can I trust you, if your gonna go inside my mind whenever you feel like it?" he continued ranting mentally, ignoring me. "What would you do if I just went inside your mind whenever I wanted. Like perhaps, she your taking a shower or having a private conversation?"
"You wouldn't" I thought back, narrowing my eyes.
"Thats right. I wouldn't" he thought "I might be cunning enough to come up with idea, but not evil enough to carry it out"
"Neither am I" I defended myself.
"Well, prove it. Do me a favor, and only go in my head when you have to. Not when your bored."
"When would I have to go in your head?" I asked.
"I don't know. During an emergency or something" he thought back.
"Okay. . . but can I ask you a question?" I thought.
"Shoot" he thought in response.
"Did you get drunk last night because you were upset that I was a witch" I thought.
"Nah" he thought back "I actually think it's kinda cool that your a witch. It makes things easier for us. I was upset about the Blood Bound thing. I wasn't that upset, though. I was just ranting and shouting. And yea, I did kinda break a lamp or two. But, for me, thats not so bad. But, I could tell everyone was afraid I was gonna lose it. So, they 'suggested' I have some Vodka. So, aware of how insane I was acting so I figured some Vodka wouldn't hurt. And it didn't. But, then I drank the whole Vodka. Still nothing. Then another. Still nothing. Everyone was disapointed with the results you know. So they 'offered' me one more bottle of Vodka. Then I had a slight buzz. And I was kinds enjoying the jittery feeling. So, I had some wine. Then another. And then like 8. So, I was pretty wasted after that. Everything was all spinny and fuzzy. And everything was way too loud. I really don't remember most of the things that happened after that. But I do remember passing out. Bashed my head on the floor. Damn did it hurt."
I held back a laugh "Yea, I remember that. I kept being pulled into your head last night. I didn't have a clue what was going on"
"Yea, it's a Blood Bound thing" he thought "It happens sometimes"
"Oh. . .so can you tell me more about the Blood Bound thing?" I asked.
"Not right now" he thought, yawning "I'm too tired. I'm gonna go to sleep, Mrs. Maket won't care. And by the way, stay out of my dreams"
"I can do that?" I asked curiously.
"With practice, yea. It's a Blood Bound thing" he thought "Now good night"
He put his head on the desk, and fell asleep almost instantly.
Austin was right, Mrs. Maket didn't care.
She barely cared with other students and definitely didn't care with Austin.
Especially, since he had a 100 average in this class and saved all our lives when Donnie tried to kill us. . .
The rest of school passed quickly.
As promised, I stayed out of Austin's head.
And most of the day was spent with everyone talking about the party tonight.
Everyone was genuinely excited about that, the Kardigan parties were always epic. . .and 9 times out of 10, somebody got arrested.
After school, me and Austin ditched our friends easily.
Saying we had to get ready for the party.
At the Kardigan house, everyone was getting ready for the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Kardigan had agreed to go out, leaving Tora and Domingo in charge.
They had Mars, Diablo, Jupiter, and Ralph setting up.
And left the Birthday Twins, and me, alone.
We had a few hours before the party started, about 6 hours actually.
So, we were chilling.
Austin, Kate, and I were watching t.v.
Kate sat on the other couch, watching us with narrowed eyes.
"I'm prepared to hose you guys down if you guys start making out on the couch again" she threatened.
"We won't" I said, with mock disappointment.
Austin snickered.
Kate shot him a glare, "I'm serious"
I looked at Austin.
He was smiling, and his eyes weren't bloodshot anymore.
"Someone seems in a better mood" I noted.
He shrugged, "I told you. Vampire hangovers don't last very long"
"Thank heavens for that" I muttered.
"Your telling me" he said in response.
After watching t.v. for about a half an hour, Austin got up.
"Can you come with me for a second?" he asked me.
"Depends, were are you going?" I asked suspiciously.
"Outside. . .just c'mon" he said.
"Okayyy" I said cautiously.
I followed him out the glass back door, onto the Kardigan's patio.
He gestured to a wooden bench near the edge of the patio.
I went over and sat down.
"Now wait here" he said "I'll be right back"
"Okay" I said, swinging my legs.
He disappeared back inside.
I glanced around the Kardigan's back yard.
On the patio, their was patio furniture, a grill, and a bar.
If you looked in the rest of the yard, their was an in-ground pool.
The cover was over it, closed for the winter.
Trees with fall colored leaved surrounded the large yard.
And the leaves on the ground were cluttered in small piles.
Austin came back outside.
In his hand, he had a small black giftbag.
"What's that?" I wondered.
"A present" he said, sitting down next to me.
"For?" I prompted.
"For you" he said, smiling.
"For me?" I asked, confused "But it's your birthday. And my birthday's not for a few months."
"It doesn't have anything to with birthdays" he explained "It's just a present. I was gonna give it to you last night, but things didn't go as planned."
"Oh okay" I said "So. . .what is it?"
"Open it, and find out" he said, handing me the bag.
"Okay. . ." I said as I took the bag.
I dug inside, taking out the tissue paper.
At the bottom, was a white square jewelry box.
I took it out, and gave Austin a confused expression.
"Just open it" he said, smiling.
"Okay. . ." I said, and opened it.
Inside, was a silver chain with a delicate pendent hanging from it.
The little pendent was in the shape of a flame, and blue.
"Oh" I breathed, actually excited "It's so pretty. . .thank you. . ."
He smiled, "Look on the back" he instructed.
I flipped the little pendent over.
Engraved on the back was a time. 1:54.
"1:54?" I asked.
"That's the exact time I met you" he said, smiling.
"Wow, how can you remember that?" I asked in awe "That was like 10 years ago"
He tapped his temple, "Photographic memory, remember?" he said "Besides, I would never forget that day"
"Me either" I said, smiling.
"I know I'm a pain in the ass sometimes" he said, being surprisingly sincere "Well, a lot of the time actually. But, I- I just. . ."
He seemed to be struggling for words.
Which I understood, being romantic wasn't exactly in his nature. . .
"I get it" I said, smiling at him "And, besides I can be a pain in the ass sometimes too. The point is, that we love each other, right? So, we can both be royal pains together"
He laughed, "Yea. . .right"
"Great. . .now let's go inside" I said, rubbing my hands together for warmth "I'm freezing my ass off out here"
He laughed, "That is why vampires, are the superior race. Resistance to temperature is one of the many perks to being a vampire"
Getting up, I rolled my eyes and said "That little annoying pixie was right, Vampires do think their better then everyone else"
He laughed, "We don't think, we know" he teased.
I rolled my eyes.
"Witches are almost as cool as vampires" he said.
"That makes me feel so much better" I said sarcastically.
"I'm sure it does" he muttered.
"Wait" I said, before we went inside "First, help me put this on"
I handed the necklace to him.
Then, I turned around and picked up my hair.
"With pleasure" he said, and I could hear the smirk in his voice.
He put the necklace on me and fastened the clasp.
"Ta-da" he said.
I rolled my eyes, and let go of my hair.
Then we both went inside.
Once inside, I took off my sweatshirt.
The little blue flame pendant looked really cool against the plain black of my t-shirt.
We headed into the living room, where Kate was still watching t.v.
She sprung up when she saw us.
"Cool necklace" she said, talking too fast "Mhm, great, awesome, whatever! Enough small talk. We have bigger fish to fry. Becca. . .You, me. . .we're on a mission"
"What kind of mission?" I asked suspiciously.
"You'll see" she trilled and grabbed my arm.
Austin laughed, and plopped down on the couch.
He began flipping through the channels.
Kate ignored him and said "C'mon let's go"
Then she grabbed a better hold of my arm.
And dragged me upstairs.
"Oh dear God" I thought.
Some ppl said they wanted a little more romance bewtween Austin n Becca. And, as promised, there was some. Of course, there will be more of that 2 come. Anyway, I'd also like to say Thanks 2 all my reviewers! They make me so happy!
And one last thing, I'm changing the name of this story to: Prince Of Blood.
Just so you know. I'll change it later 2day or 2morrow. Once every1 has gotten a chance to see this. That way, there is no confusion.
Anyway, thanks 4 reading n plz review
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