Chapter Nine: Water Fountain
"Tsk, nerds," Erica wanted to know why Sarah seemed so overprotective of these guys. Why did she almost seem to care about them more than herself? Ethan was whom Sarah often shared most of her attention with, Benny was more of an afterthought, but it was still hurtful. They had been best friends since middle school. Suddenly she comes across two losers and she forgets all about her and Dusk. It was like their friendship never mattered in the first place!
Annoyed and thirsty, she decided she would snag a quick sip before she headed over to that Greek cutie that just passed by her. Perhaps if he watched her lean down as she drank he would be into her even more. Resistance was impossible when someone so sexy was doing sexy things. With a sly smirk painted across her face, she slowly walked leg in front of leg over to the fountain. As the prize was standing there, it almost seemed to have a sparkle to it, like this was what she was supposed to do.
She bent down and let water escape from the spout, flowing up like a rainbow and landing perfectly into her red lipped mouth. She forgot how gross the school water was but held in the pain as her disdain wouldn't make the picture look exactly how she wanted it to. Some dribbled past the crevices of her mouth and down her chin, almost re-enacting when she drinks blood, not that he was seeing it that way.
And man oh man was he looking at her now. Erastus was not focusing on the way she was dressed, though she was showing much more than he remembered her usually wearing, but was interested in why she was drinking so funnily. Whenever he drank from the water fountain his lips were pursed. Her mouth was wide open like a frog attempting to snatch a fly on its tongue. A funny image it was, one that he will not forget when he goes back to Greece. Canadians sure were funny people.
His stare gave her confidence to approach the foreigner. This was it, the hint that he wanted her and she was just exactly what he had been dying to have. She'd be more than happy to give him an official welcome to Canada. "Oh Canada, our home and native land!" What a cheerful song it was when you got to celebrate it in such a fun way!
Slowly she raised back up to the ceiling, her chest puffed out, as she unlatched her hand from the button and departed over to the curious eyes. One. Two. Three. Even from a distance his heartbeat was so delectable, so mellifluous to her ears, and she could've torn him apart on the spot if they weren't in the middle of the hallway in some useless school. If she didn't have parents then she wouldn't even bother to go to school now that she was an immortal being and all, but that was beyond the point. It won't matter after they pass anyway.
"Liked the show did you," Erica said, her pearly whites flashing him as Erastus closed the locker peacefully in front of her face.
"There wasn't much to see," Erastus said blatantly, confused if he was supposed to be impressed by the way she drank water or something. Perhaps she did a cool trick with her tongue that he completely missed.
"I was just giving you a taste of what you could see if you go to the dance with me tonight. Think of it as a welcoming present from me," Erica giggled darkly, placing a leg between his feet and looking up at him with innocent eyes.
Gosh there were so many plans in store for this man. She could bite him at the end of the stairs or in the elevator. Near the punch bowl would be a rush but not conspicuous enough. OH! She knew just the place. There was a family of rose bushes behind the school that would be perfect for a nice memory. If her heart could beat then it would be beating so quickly that it could outrun a cheetah.
"Why would you do that for me? You don't even know me," Erastus reasoned, still not sure of this girl that was coming on so strongly.
"Well I gotta start from somewhere. Meet you here at eight?" Erica bit her bottom lip in hopes that he'd say 'yes'. He didn't seem convinced.
"Ehhh. Maybe," Erastus heard the bell ring, as if it were a savior from heaven, and suddenly rushed away from the creepy girl.
"Just you wait," she murmured under her breath.