Okay, confession, I have at least 12 chapters done with this thing. Also,
I am really sorry about what happened to Dustin, Also, a sneak peak at
things to come: Cam will become a vampire and Dustin will become human
again. You'll find out how as the story progresses.
When I was home, my mom told me to go outside. I had to go to work anyways, so I went though the door.
'Wait a minute,' I thought, 'I'm a vamp. Erg, that sun's too bright,' and I went back inside for my shades. I heard that vamps burst into flames in sunlight, but I guess I was wrong. I grabbed my shades and put them on. I could see just fine. So I left for work. The scenery around me changed from my front yard to Storm Chargers. It only took seconds.
"Hey, dude," Shane said, holding out a box of fries, "want some?"
"Naw," I said.
"Okay," Tori said, "Something's up. You never pass down food."
"I'm just not hungry," I said, not totally lying. I was hungry, just not for that.
"You've changed," Tori said.
"Really?" I asked, "How?"
"You've become more jumpy. It seems to me like you've changed over night."
"Yeah," Shane said to me, "What happened to you last night.
"Um," I faltered, "I fell asleep, I guess." Well, it wasn't a total lie.
I went back to my work area to work on the bike that had been brought in earlier that week and picked up a Phillips head.
Then something was chucked at me, and I bent over backwards easily to avoid it.
"Sorry," Tori said. She sounded confused, "You were never that graceful."
"Well," I said, innocently, "People can change. I mean, right?"
"I guess, but not that quickly."
"But." I tilted my head to the side.
"Hey, man, what's that?" Shane asked pointing to my neck.
"Huh?" I touched it. The fang marks were still there thought they were just scars. "Oh, those?" I asked, "Oh, uh, I don't know."
"They look like vamp teeth marks," he joked.
"Yeah," I said smiling.
"Whoa, geez," Shane said. He and Tori looked scared and backed away.
"What?" I asked, a fang brushing my tongue. "Oh, well, uh, I can explain."
"You'd bettered," Tori said, exasperated, "You got yourself turned into a vampire."
"Yeah, well, It 's a good thing you guys didn't come back stage."
"They said ours were counterfeit," Tori interrupted.
"Really?" I asked.
"Dustin," Shane said nervously, "let me see your eyes."
"Why?"
"Well usually, vamps have black eyes."
"Uh." I said, looked down and removed my shades.
"Dustin." Shane said warningly.
"They're black, okay?" I said angrily, looking up. I slammed the hand with the Phillips head in it onto the table, sending the driver through it. Tori and Shane jumped. And looked scared and surprised.
"Aw, man," I said as I pulled the driver from the table. "Kelly's gonna kill me."
Tori gave a nervous laugh. "Aren't you already dead?"
I sighed, "Uh, if I was, would I be here, talking to you?"
"Gimme your wrist," Shane said.
"Okay," I said as I raised my arm, and he felt for a pulse.
"Yes," Shane said frowning, throwing my arm away from him.
"C'mon," I pleaded, "It's not like I'm not the same me. I think it's going to take about a week before I'm actually dead, anyways.
"Yeah. You're the same you with a blood lust," Tori said.
"Guys! That's not fair, let me explain."
"Okay, we're listening," Shane said.
"You see, it was that singer chick. She did this," I said, pointing to the scars.
"You serious?" Shane asked.
"Yeah, man," I said, "She took me hunting, and."
"You didn't," Tori said disappointedly.
"I. Ah." I floundered. I was at a loss for words.
"You poor guy," Tori said as she put her arms around my neck. I could feel her pulse and felt a surge of blood lust. I shuddered.
"You okay?" she asked me.
"Yeah," I said trying to ignore the instinct that was trying to take over. I slipped out from under her arms.
"That said you weren't all right," she said, "What's wrong?" She and Shane looked concerned.
"Well, when you're like me you get lusts."
Shane gave a snort of laughter.
"Not like that," I said. "Like blood lusts and wanting to put my shades back on. Can I, by the way? It's way too bright n here."
"Yeah," Shane said, cocking an eyebrow, and I hastily put them back on.
"Ah, perfect," I said, then yawned.
"Tired?" Tori asked.
"Yeah, kinda."
"So, I guess the bursting into flames thing isn't true then."
"Naw," I said yawning again.
"Dustin?" a new voice said, "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, Kelly," I sighed.
"You sound tired," Kelly said.
"I am, but I gotta' work. Hi, Blake, Hi, Hunter."
I didn't see them come in, I just knew that they had.
"Uh, hi, Dustin," Hunter said slightly shaken. "How'd you know it was us?"
"Yeah, well." I began.
"He's not human," Shane said.
Hunter looked at me. "Yeah, he is," he said.
"No, he isn't," Tori said seriously.
"Tor," Blake said, "We aren't blind. I think he is."
"No, dude," I said, "I'm not."
Hunter and Blake gave me odd and suspicious looks.
"But I'm not an alien, or evil," a reassured them.
"Then what are you?" Blake asked.
"Dude," Shane said, "Think Night of the Living Dead.
"Yeah, right like he's a."
I smiled at them, flashing fang.
They backed away and I guess Blake tripped, cause the next thing, I was smelling blood. I turned my head and gulped a little, as Blake got up. My lips went dry so I licked them.
"Cut my palm," he said.
"That's great," I said hastily, "Now can you go somewhere else?"
"Why?" Hunter said, "You could be faking."
"Does this," I said pointing to the scars on my neck, "look fake?"
I went over to the far wall and put my head and hands against it. I knew they didn't believe me, so I took off my shades and wheeled around. "How 'bout this?" I asked.
"Whoa," Hunter said.
"Black eyes," Blake commented at the same time.
"Ugh," I said, smelling something gnarly. "What is that?"
"What?" Tori asked
"I've gotta' get away," I said replacing my shades on my face and went out the door.
Tori followed. "Dustin," she said, obviously concerned. "What's wrong?"
"I just couldn't stand being in there for another second. Something smelled like garlic, but like a hundred times worse.
"Are."
"yes, I'm sure it isn't me. If it were, I wouldn't be able to be around myself. I'd probably jump into a lake or something."
"Hey, buddy," Shane said, "I found the culprits. They had garlic."
"Sorry," Hunter said.
I wheeled around. "That's okay."
"Are you sure?" Blake said, coming around to face me.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Could you guys, like, find something to take care of that? It's gnarly."
"What about silver? Do you think it'll burn?"
"Probably," I said fearfully.
"Wanna try it?"
"Not really. Ow!" I jerked away. Blake was holding a silver dollar and there was a semi-round shape burned into my arm.
"Thanks," I said sarcastically.
"Anytime," he retorted.
"Hey," I said, "While you're at it, tell Kelly that I went home. I gotta get some sleep.
"Yeah, sure thing," Hunter said as he and Blake went back in.
"Would you mind if we came along?" Shane said worried.
"Naw," I said. And I thought of my room and in an instant I was there. I fell onto my bed and fell asleep. I didn't dream, just remembered what life was like.
When I was home, my mom told me to go outside. I had to go to work anyways, so I went though the door.
'Wait a minute,' I thought, 'I'm a vamp. Erg, that sun's too bright,' and I went back inside for my shades. I heard that vamps burst into flames in sunlight, but I guess I was wrong. I grabbed my shades and put them on. I could see just fine. So I left for work. The scenery around me changed from my front yard to Storm Chargers. It only took seconds.
"Hey, dude," Shane said, holding out a box of fries, "want some?"
"Naw," I said.
"Okay," Tori said, "Something's up. You never pass down food."
"I'm just not hungry," I said, not totally lying. I was hungry, just not for that.
"You've changed," Tori said.
"Really?" I asked, "How?"
"You've become more jumpy. It seems to me like you've changed over night."
"Yeah," Shane said to me, "What happened to you last night.
"Um," I faltered, "I fell asleep, I guess." Well, it wasn't a total lie.
I went back to my work area to work on the bike that had been brought in earlier that week and picked up a Phillips head.
Then something was chucked at me, and I bent over backwards easily to avoid it.
"Sorry," Tori said. She sounded confused, "You were never that graceful."
"Well," I said, innocently, "People can change. I mean, right?"
"I guess, but not that quickly."
"But." I tilted my head to the side.
"Hey, man, what's that?" Shane asked pointing to my neck.
"Huh?" I touched it. The fang marks were still there thought they were just scars. "Oh, those?" I asked, "Oh, uh, I don't know."
"They look like vamp teeth marks," he joked.
"Yeah," I said smiling.
"Whoa, geez," Shane said. He and Tori looked scared and backed away.
"What?" I asked, a fang brushing my tongue. "Oh, well, uh, I can explain."
"You'd bettered," Tori said, exasperated, "You got yourself turned into a vampire."
"Yeah, well, It 's a good thing you guys didn't come back stage."
"They said ours were counterfeit," Tori interrupted.
"Really?" I asked.
"Dustin," Shane said nervously, "let me see your eyes."
"Why?"
"Well usually, vamps have black eyes."
"Uh." I said, looked down and removed my shades.
"Dustin." Shane said warningly.
"They're black, okay?" I said angrily, looking up. I slammed the hand with the Phillips head in it onto the table, sending the driver through it. Tori and Shane jumped. And looked scared and surprised.
"Aw, man," I said as I pulled the driver from the table. "Kelly's gonna kill me."
Tori gave a nervous laugh. "Aren't you already dead?"
I sighed, "Uh, if I was, would I be here, talking to you?"
"Gimme your wrist," Shane said.
"Okay," I said as I raised my arm, and he felt for a pulse.
"Yes," Shane said frowning, throwing my arm away from him.
"C'mon," I pleaded, "It's not like I'm not the same me. I think it's going to take about a week before I'm actually dead, anyways.
"Yeah. You're the same you with a blood lust," Tori said.
"Guys! That's not fair, let me explain."
"Okay, we're listening," Shane said.
"You see, it was that singer chick. She did this," I said, pointing to the scars.
"You serious?" Shane asked.
"Yeah, man," I said, "She took me hunting, and."
"You didn't," Tori said disappointedly.
"I. Ah." I floundered. I was at a loss for words.
"You poor guy," Tori said as she put her arms around my neck. I could feel her pulse and felt a surge of blood lust. I shuddered.
"You okay?" she asked me.
"Yeah," I said trying to ignore the instinct that was trying to take over. I slipped out from under her arms.
"That said you weren't all right," she said, "What's wrong?" She and Shane looked concerned.
"Well, when you're like me you get lusts."
Shane gave a snort of laughter.
"Not like that," I said. "Like blood lusts and wanting to put my shades back on. Can I, by the way? It's way too bright n here."
"Yeah," Shane said, cocking an eyebrow, and I hastily put them back on.
"Ah, perfect," I said, then yawned.
"Tired?" Tori asked.
"Yeah, kinda."
"So, I guess the bursting into flames thing isn't true then."
"Naw," I said yawning again.
"Dustin?" a new voice said, "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, Kelly," I sighed.
"You sound tired," Kelly said.
"I am, but I gotta' work. Hi, Blake, Hi, Hunter."
I didn't see them come in, I just knew that they had.
"Uh, hi, Dustin," Hunter said slightly shaken. "How'd you know it was us?"
"Yeah, well." I began.
"He's not human," Shane said.
Hunter looked at me. "Yeah, he is," he said.
"No, he isn't," Tori said seriously.
"Tor," Blake said, "We aren't blind. I think he is."
"No, dude," I said, "I'm not."
Hunter and Blake gave me odd and suspicious looks.
"But I'm not an alien, or evil," a reassured them.
"Then what are you?" Blake asked.
"Dude," Shane said, "Think Night of the Living Dead.
"Yeah, right like he's a."
I smiled at them, flashing fang.
They backed away and I guess Blake tripped, cause the next thing, I was smelling blood. I turned my head and gulped a little, as Blake got up. My lips went dry so I licked them.
"Cut my palm," he said.
"That's great," I said hastily, "Now can you go somewhere else?"
"Why?" Hunter said, "You could be faking."
"Does this," I said pointing to the scars on my neck, "look fake?"
I went over to the far wall and put my head and hands against it. I knew they didn't believe me, so I took off my shades and wheeled around. "How 'bout this?" I asked.
"Whoa," Hunter said.
"Black eyes," Blake commented at the same time.
"Ugh," I said, smelling something gnarly. "What is that?"
"What?" Tori asked
"I've gotta' get away," I said replacing my shades on my face and went out the door.
Tori followed. "Dustin," she said, obviously concerned. "What's wrong?"
"I just couldn't stand being in there for another second. Something smelled like garlic, but like a hundred times worse.
"Are."
"yes, I'm sure it isn't me. If it were, I wouldn't be able to be around myself. I'd probably jump into a lake or something."
"Hey, buddy," Shane said, "I found the culprits. They had garlic."
"Sorry," Hunter said.
I wheeled around. "That's okay."
"Are you sure?" Blake said, coming around to face me.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Could you guys, like, find something to take care of that? It's gnarly."
"What about silver? Do you think it'll burn?"
"Probably," I said fearfully.
"Wanna try it?"
"Not really. Ow!" I jerked away. Blake was holding a silver dollar and there was a semi-round shape burned into my arm.
"Thanks," I said sarcastically.
"Anytime," he retorted.
"Hey," I said, "While you're at it, tell Kelly that I went home. I gotta get some sleep.
"Yeah, sure thing," Hunter said as he and Blake went back in.
"Would you mind if we came along?" Shane said worried.
"Naw," I said. And I thought of my room and in an instant I was there. I fell onto my bed and fell asleep. I didn't dream, just remembered what life was like.