Blood and Flowers
Chapter 2
The Secret That Needs to be kept
Rei woke up. He was in the same room as before. It was all werewolf stuff. He sat up, but winced in pain as he had a major headache. He touched his head. It was wrapped up. Rei tried to remember what happened last night. Rei could barley remember. Rei got out of bed. He walked on the hard wood floor, but tripped over a lump on the ground. Rei fell on top of it. Rei looked at what he fell on, and he blushed a bit. It was the girl that took care of him. The girl was curled in a ball on the floor. She had a white nightgown on. Rei sighed. He got up. He walked out of the room and went to the bathroom. He started to undress then noticed that there were ripped clothes hanging on the doorknob. He went over and picked them up. They were ripped all over. The shorts were really tattered up and covered with blood. So was the shirt. Rei sighed. He took a long shower. He washed the blood and dirt off him. Then, when he got out, there were new clothes on the counter, where his old clothes used to be. That was strange. Rei didn't hear anyone come inside the bathroom. He shook it away as he got in the new clothes. They were kind of baggy, but they fit just fine on him. He opened the door. He closed it right after him, sighing.
Crystal was downstairs. She was reading a book called The Mysteries of Werewolves by: Maloney Silver. She heard Rei walking down the stairs, but could tell that it was more by his scent. He smelled like shampoo, so she had to cover her nose.
"Hi," she said, not looking up from her book.
"Hi yourself," said Rei, smiling at Crystal.
Crystal growled low. If her hand weren't covering her mouth and nose, then her sharp teeth would be showing. She then continued to look in her book. But she wasn't really paying much attention as Rei sat down in the seat next to her.
"So where are your parents?" asked Rei.
" I don't have any," said Crystal.
"Then, who takes care of you?" asked Rei.
"No one but my self," said Crystal, looking away, at the washing machine that was going off. Inside, was Rei clothes that he had before, when he got attacked by that robber.
Crystal then looked at Rei, but found that he was in the kitchen. He was turning on the oven.
"What are you doing?" asked Crystal.
"I'm going to cook you something," said Rei.
Crystal growled. Her sharp teeth shown.
"Man. You don't have to be all jumpy and rude about it," said Rei. "It's just something I can do to repay you for what you did to me."
Crystal looked away, but no one could tell that she was blushing a bit.
"Well, you didn't have to do it," said Crystal, sounding kind of rude.
Rei sighed.
"At least tell me your name," he said.
"My name isn't important to you, Rei," said Crystal.
"How do you know my name?" asked Rei.
"Well, your in almost all of my classes except for Homeroom," said Crystal. "I should know your name by now if that is all that it takes."
Rei sighed again. He walked back upstairs. He was about to open the door when he heard a scratching noise. Then, a howl answered after. Then a small moan from a huge animal came. Rei walked back downstairs to find a hairy animal, looking like a werewolf, was leaning against the table. It had torn clothes all over it. Then when Rei blinked, it was only Crystal, having torn clothes.
'Must have been my imagination,' thought Rei. 'I best forget it.'
"Hey," said Rei.
Crystal almost jumped at the voice.
"Oh," said Crystal, a bit rudely. "It's only you."
"Yeah, it's only me. Who else would be here? Your parents?" asked Rei, sounding a bit rude.
Crystal looked down, looking really sad. She had tears filling her sky blue eyes.
"Um no. I doubt that my parents will be here," said Crystal.
"Oh. Why is that?" asked Rei.
"Well uh," said Crystal.
Flashback
Crystal was sitting in class. Back then, she was always a slow learner, and usually fell asleep in class. But today would be different. Very different. Crystal was about to fall asleep when the principal practically burst through the door, panting.
"What seems to be the trouble?" asked the teacher.
"I need to speak to Crystal Star," said the principal. "Her parents have died in a car crash."
Suddenly, Crystal's world seemed to have stop spinning. Crystal felt really dizzy. She closed her eyes, as she passed out.
Crystal slowly opened her eyes a bit as she saw a blurry figure, with black hair and baggy clothes on. He was leaning over her. Then, a voice came from the door. Crystal looked at the blurry outline of the door. But when she looked back at the person, the guy she saw before, he was gone.
End Flashback
"I think the guy who was with me, was the guy who took me to the infirmary," said Crystal. "If I find the person, I really wanted to thank him."
Rei had recalled a memory, but it was very faint. It was a girl with blonde hair fainting out of her chair. Then, another scene was looking at her unconscious body then at the door. Then it was all faint after that.
"Oh," said Crystal. "I have to leave."
"Why?" asked Rei.
"Because, I have to work. I work in the night time at Sugar Club," said Crystal. "I have to work at the bar there."
"But, what if you had to drink? Your underage," said Rei.
"I know that. But, it never gets to me unless I have a large dose of a drink," said Crystal.
Crystal recalled a faint memory. She couldn't explain it, but it was pretty painful to remember. Crystal walked out of the door, and went outside. She started to walk to Sugar Club, when an arm wrapped around her stomach, pulling her into an alleyway.
"Hi there," said a deep but gentle voice.
Crystal turned around. She couldn't believe her eyes.