( Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! School's been keeping me so busy.)
Luckily, Lita and Mina both could make it to the second performance. Serena was very relieved, since she was a little nervous about facing Darien again. It was just a stupid kiss, she told herself. It happens all the time. But she couldn't stop thinking about it.
" So, did you survive without us?" Mina asked Serena that night behind the set. Serena smiled.
" Yup. I even got to go home." She whispered, trying not to let anyone else know she was happy about it. Vinny and Trent had been removed from the backstage due to Lita's and Mina's return. Mina laughed.
As Serena was fitting on her headsets, Rei wandered over. " Hey, any of you know where my veil is?" she asked. The three girls shook there heads. Sighing, Rei leaned close to Serena, turned on the headsets, and said, " Hey, anyone seen my veil?" Everyone answered no, and Rei stomped off.
" What's this?" Kacey, the evil student director, walked up to the wall of the set. She peeked through a square hole, rolled her eyes, and walked away.
" Isn't that the mirror hole?" Lita asked. Serena gasped excitedly, and beckoned for Lita and Mina to come closer. She turned up the volumn of the headsets so they could also hear.
" Hey Josh. Did you see Kacey look through that hole in the set?" someone asked.
" What hole in the set? I don't see a hole. I'm seriously not seeing a...oooooh, shit!" Josh cursed. " Darien, there's a hole in the set!"
" A hole in the set?"
" Yeah, right there! Kacey just looked through it!"
" Damn! Well, fill it up!"
" With what?" Lita, trying not to laugh, said, " With Kacey's ass." The three girls erupted in giggles.
" Girls, we can hear you." Darien said in to his headset. The girls shut up. " Turn off you headsets and continue." Serena hit the button on the on/off/volumn button, and sighed.
" Lita, you freak." She shook her head. Lita laughed soundly, and was shushed by other crew members.
During intermission, the cast ran into the dressing room and the crew was allowed to wander. Serena broke away from her friends and found Darien by the light controls, making sure everything was set.
" Hi Darien." She greeted him, trying to be casual. Darien looked up, grabbed her arm, and pulled her back into the SCUM room. It was tiny room, full of paint brushes and nails and hammers and other equipment. There was a dusty mirror on the wall, and Serena noticed that Darien carefully avoided it.
" Lock your bedroom window!" He hissed. Serena stared at him, and he continued. " If you don't lock it, it's possible that I'll come back for your blood. And then you might die!"
" But you said last night that I'll be like you soon." Serena protested. Half of her didn't want Darien to stop coming. He looked pained.
" It's a very lonely life. Vampires live for centuries. I haven't been able to control myself as a fully-transformed vampire yet. I assume that I'm looking for someone to spend the years with me." He put a hand to his forehead and groaned.
Serena felt somewhat flattered. He wanted to spend centuries with her? " I don't mind." She told him honestly. Darien opened his eyes, both bloodshot.
" Yes you do!"
" How do you become a vampire as opposed to dying?"
" You can only become a vampire when a vampire bat bites you. I can only kill you. But I can call vampire bats to me as a full vampire."
" You can prevent yourself from becoming a full vampire, right?"
" Yes, but it hasn't been easy, lately. I haven't had much time to find blood. And....." Suddenly, Darien stopped. He stood still a moment, looking confused. Then he started making a choking sound. Serena backed away instinctively, alarmed by his behavior. When he stopped, she relaxed. " Don't worry, it'll take awhile for me transform fully." Serena winced, and pointed at his mouth. Two fangs sprouted from his row of teeth. His eyes were darker too, though not the black coals Serena was used to seeing.
" Hey Serena, where did Vinny.....?" Kacey walked up. She saw Draien, stared, and screamed bloody murder.
" Kacey, no!" Serena cried. Kacey ran towards the curtain, screaming " Vampire! Vampire!" Heads turned, mostly laughing and not believing, but then they saw Darien and shouted too.
" He looks like a vampire!"
" Anybody have any garlic?"
" Quick, grab the cross off that table!" the audience shouted. The cast peeked out of their dressing rooms and gasped, the crew ran forward to see what was going on. Darien looked around, his face getting whiter by the second, breathing hard like a trapped animal. Serena stood next to him, frozen with fear. Not of Darien, but of what the people might do. What if they took him away?
" Go!" she told him urgently, pushing him towards the backdoor.
" No, don't let him go!"
" Call the police!" people continued to shout. Serena ignored them and shoved the door open, throwing Darien outside and jumping after him. They ran from the school, down into the quiet neighborhood across the street. Darien waited as Serena caught her breath. He looked around, and spotted a white cat with orange patches by the road. It was sitting happily, watching the mice in the gutter. Like a vulture, Darien snatched up the cat and held it's thrashing body still. Serena watched as he carefully bit it's neck, and sucked it's blood.
When he was finished, the cat was much calmer, and walked dizzily away. Darien sat down next to Serena on the curb, and wiped blood from his mouth.
" Thank you." he said softly, staring at the ground. Serena leaned back, grinning.
" No problem. I told you, I don't mind."
" You know, you're pretty handy." He put an arm around her shoulders, and Serena moved closer.
" Thanks. I guess." She laughed, and pressed her face into his shirt. He didn't stop her.
Mena was sitting in the secret stairwell at school the next day, reading a book and eating lunch. She often skipped lunch because she didn't have anyone to eat it with. She heard the door on the downstairs open, she was sitting on the landing between the two staircases leading to the separate floors. Nobody appeared on the stairs.
A single quarter flew through the air, landed noisely on the ground, and sat there. Mina stared at it, amused and bewildered. " Hello?" she called. No answer.
A second quarter flew up, and this one hit Mina's head. " Hey, that one hit my face!" Mina was getting annoyed and more curious. A small blond girl popped out from behind the corner, her blue eyes wide.
" I hit you?" she asked in a small voice. Mina smiled.
" Hi Serena. No, you didn't hit me." Smiling, Serena hopped up the steps to Mena's level. " What class are you skipping?" Mena asked.
" Math. Ick. And I'm not skipping, it's a bathroom break." Serena replied. " Can I tell you a secret?"
" Yup."
" You have to take it seriously. Lita thought I was lying when I told her."
" Okay."
" Darien's a vampire."
" I figured. What happened the other night was pretty scary."
" And he's taken my blood before."
" Really?" Mena sat up, looking alarmed. " I thought you looked paler! Where?" Serena tugged at her collar, and revealed two sets of scarlet marks, almost like spider bites. Mena gasped.
" Oh no!"
" I don't mind so much. I think I actually like it." Serena smiled. Mena stared at her like she was crazy.
" You like it?" she asked slowly. Serena nodded, feeling like she could laugh at any moment. She was sure her face was turning red, but she couldn't tell. Mena had a quizzical look on her face. She liked having her blood sucked? Didn't she know she could turn into a vampire, or even die? Serena giggled slightly.
" Darien's not as bad as we thought. Remember how we thought he was creepy?" she laughed again. Mena didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. Her best friend was in love with a blood sucker.
( Aargh, this one isn't quite so good. I'll try and update more often, but I have a lot of work to do!)
Luckily, Lita and Mina both could make it to the second performance. Serena was very relieved, since she was a little nervous about facing Darien again. It was just a stupid kiss, she told herself. It happens all the time. But she couldn't stop thinking about it.
" So, did you survive without us?" Mina asked Serena that night behind the set. Serena smiled.
" Yup. I even got to go home." She whispered, trying not to let anyone else know she was happy about it. Vinny and Trent had been removed from the backstage due to Lita's and Mina's return. Mina laughed.
As Serena was fitting on her headsets, Rei wandered over. " Hey, any of you know where my veil is?" she asked. The three girls shook there heads. Sighing, Rei leaned close to Serena, turned on the headsets, and said, " Hey, anyone seen my veil?" Everyone answered no, and Rei stomped off.
" What's this?" Kacey, the evil student director, walked up to the wall of the set. She peeked through a square hole, rolled her eyes, and walked away.
" Isn't that the mirror hole?" Lita asked. Serena gasped excitedly, and beckoned for Lita and Mina to come closer. She turned up the volumn of the headsets so they could also hear.
" Hey Josh. Did you see Kacey look through that hole in the set?" someone asked.
" What hole in the set? I don't see a hole. I'm seriously not seeing a...oooooh, shit!" Josh cursed. " Darien, there's a hole in the set!"
" A hole in the set?"
" Yeah, right there! Kacey just looked through it!"
" Damn! Well, fill it up!"
" With what?" Lita, trying not to laugh, said, " With Kacey's ass." The three girls erupted in giggles.
" Girls, we can hear you." Darien said in to his headset. The girls shut up. " Turn off you headsets and continue." Serena hit the button on the on/off/volumn button, and sighed.
" Lita, you freak." She shook her head. Lita laughed soundly, and was shushed by other crew members.
During intermission, the cast ran into the dressing room and the crew was allowed to wander. Serena broke away from her friends and found Darien by the light controls, making sure everything was set.
" Hi Darien." She greeted him, trying to be casual. Darien looked up, grabbed her arm, and pulled her back into the SCUM room. It was tiny room, full of paint brushes and nails and hammers and other equipment. There was a dusty mirror on the wall, and Serena noticed that Darien carefully avoided it.
" Lock your bedroom window!" He hissed. Serena stared at him, and he continued. " If you don't lock it, it's possible that I'll come back for your blood. And then you might die!"
" But you said last night that I'll be like you soon." Serena protested. Half of her didn't want Darien to stop coming. He looked pained.
" It's a very lonely life. Vampires live for centuries. I haven't been able to control myself as a fully-transformed vampire yet. I assume that I'm looking for someone to spend the years with me." He put a hand to his forehead and groaned.
Serena felt somewhat flattered. He wanted to spend centuries with her? " I don't mind." She told him honestly. Darien opened his eyes, both bloodshot.
" Yes you do!"
" How do you become a vampire as opposed to dying?"
" You can only become a vampire when a vampire bat bites you. I can only kill you. But I can call vampire bats to me as a full vampire."
" You can prevent yourself from becoming a full vampire, right?"
" Yes, but it hasn't been easy, lately. I haven't had much time to find blood. And....." Suddenly, Darien stopped. He stood still a moment, looking confused. Then he started making a choking sound. Serena backed away instinctively, alarmed by his behavior. When he stopped, she relaxed. " Don't worry, it'll take awhile for me transform fully." Serena winced, and pointed at his mouth. Two fangs sprouted from his row of teeth. His eyes were darker too, though not the black coals Serena was used to seeing.
" Hey Serena, where did Vinny.....?" Kacey walked up. She saw Draien, stared, and screamed bloody murder.
" Kacey, no!" Serena cried. Kacey ran towards the curtain, screaming " Vampire! Vampire!" Heads turned, mostly laughing and not believing, but then they saw Darien and shouted too.
" He looks like a vampire!"
" Anybody have any garlic?"
" Quick, grab the cross off that table!" the audience shouted. The cast peeked out of their dressing rooms and gasped, the crew ran forward to see what was going on. Darien looked around, his face getting whiter by the second, breathing hard like a trapped animal. Serena stood next to him, frozen with fear. Not of Darien, but of what the people might do. What if they took him away?
" Go!" she told him urgently, pushing him towards the backdoor.
" No, don't let him go!"
" Call the police!" people continued to shout. Serena ignored them and shoved the door open, throwing Darien outside and jumping after him. They ran from the school, down into the quiet neighborhood across the street. Darien waited as Serena caught her breath. He looked around, and spotted a white cat with orange patches by the road. It was sitting happily, watching the mice in the gutter. Like a vulture, Darien snatched up the cat and held it's thrashing body still. Serena watched as he carefully bit it's neck, and sucked it's blood.
When he was finished, the cat was much calmer, and walked dizzily away. Darien sat down next to Serena on the curb, and wiped blood from his mouth.
" Thank you." he said softly, staring at the ground. Serena leaned back, grinning.
" No problem. I told you, I don't mind."
" You know, you're pretty handy." He put an arm around her shoulders, and Serena moved closer.
" Thanks. I guess." She laughed, and pressed her face into his shirt. He didn't stop her.
Mena was sitting in the secret stairwell at school the next day, reading a book and eating lunch. She often skipped lunch because she didn't have anyone to eat it with. She heard the door on the downstairs open, she was sitting on the landing between the two staircases leading to the separate floors. Nobody appeared on the stairs.
A single quarter flew through the air, landed noisely on the ground, and sat there. Mina stared at it, amused and bewildered. " Hello?" she called. No answer.
A second quarter flew up, and this one hit Mina's head. " Hey, that one hit my face!" Mina was getting annoyed and more curious. A small blond girl popped out from behind the corner, her blue eyes wide.
" I hit you?" she asked in a small voice. Mina smiled.
" Hi Serena. No, you didn't hit me." Smiling, Serena hopped up the steps to Mena's level. " What class are you skipping?" Mena asked.
" Math. Ick. And I'm not skipping, it's a bathroom break." Serena replied. " Can I tell you a secret?"
" Yup."
" You have to take it seriously. Lita thought I was lying when I told her."
" Okay."
" Darien's a vampire."
" I figured. What happened the other night was pretty scary."
" And he's taken my blood before."
" Really?" Mena sat up, looking alarmed. " I thought you looked paler! Where?" Serena tugged at her collar, and revealed two sets of scarlet marks, almost like spider bites. Mena gasped.
" Oh no!"
" I don't mind so much. I think I actually like it." Serena smiled. Mena stared at her like she was crazy.
" You like it?" she asked slowly. Serena nodded, feeling like she could laugh at any moment. She was sure her face was turning red, but she couldn't tell. Mena had a quizzical look on her face. She liked having her blood sucked? Didn't she know she could turn into a vampire, or even die? Serena giggled slightly.
" Darien's not as bad as we thought. Remember how we thought he was creepy?" she laughed again. Mena didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. Her best friend was in love with a blood sucker.
( Aargh, this one isn't quite so good. I'll try and update more often, but I have a lot of work to do!)