So Im normally not a fan of large time jumps like this, *cough*tenyears*cough* But it had to be done to move the story along. Star and Laddie FINALLY appear which is very much needed for the next chapter, well more than the other but whatever. Also, Microsoft Word made me realize how many times I used Laddie's name, but alas,I was too lazy to change it.
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July 16 1984
It's been ten years, ten years since I was turned. Ten years since that encounter with the man who changed my life forever. Ten years since I lost my mortality. Ten years since I met my brothers and my mate. You would think that being a vampire, time would drag on incredibly slowly, but it didn't. It was the same deal every night, wall around the boardwalk and then feed on partiers who were under the influence of -probably- illegal substances. You'd also probably think it would get boring after while, and I'm sure with anyone else it would eventually get too respective, but Paul, Marco, Dwayne, hell even David made it interesting. We occasionally visit Max for a meeting so he can catch up on what has happened, normally it's a once every month type of deal.
Currently we arrived at the boardwalk, the smells, sounds, and lights of the over populated area filling my senses as I felt Dwayne grab my hand as we followed the other three blondes. Paul was nodding his head to the music while he and Marco laughed and pushed each other off the side running into passerby's and laughed about it. David led the group, I watched as people would back away from him, probably intimidated, but who wouldn't be? Whether it be the superior complex, black clothing, or even the hair, he could be intimidating to anyone. Dwayne and I must be the normal ones out of us five. Though with Dwayne lacking a shirt all the time I was probably the most normal.
We stopped by a railing, Paul and I sitting on top of it, David leaning against it, Marco standing near it and Dwayne took place between my legs with his back to me. I started playing with his hair as a measure of pure boredom while was trying to sing to the music. "Same old thing tonight?" Marco asked. "Same old same old, dude!" Paul exclaimed, jumping off of the railing, making it shake and making me put my hands onto Dwayne's shoulders to steady myself and he placed his hands on my thighs, for safety of course. I looked around the area, the usual scene was taking place. The few high people, few Surf Nazis trying to get with the high school girls, some adults giving disgusted looks at some teenagers, a girl with a younger boy looking at David, few people eating...wait, a girl looking at David. I eyed her, curly brown hair, brown eyes, rather slim, gypsy style skirt with a cropped tank top, showing off a bit of her stomach. The boy with her looked really excited to be here. He looked everywhere and seemed to want to go do something other than just stand there. He tried to pull her by the hand over to the rides but she wouldn't budge. Her eyes lingered on David and slowly onto all of us. She glanced over at me and I averted my gaze to a passerby.
"Looks like David's got an admirer." I stated quickly. All four of the males head turned towards me and I nodded to where the girl was standing. She seemed a bit freaked out when she saw all of our eyes on her, but David started to walk over to her. I gave the other boys a questioning look as they shrugged. 'What is he doing?' I thought. 'I don't know. I don't even think he knows.' I heard Dwayne answer. Oh! I forgot to mention, being a vampire also lets you tap into the minds of your pack's minds as well. Not only that but mates have a special connection that lets them speak to each other individually. At least that's how Max explained it. No one else really knew much about it, so Max was the go to guy.
We all watched as David and the girl spoke. She seemed shy and not really sure what to do with herself now. I watched as the young boy tried to get away from her and actually prevailed at it. She yelled after him as he ran off into the crowd 'Someone go get him.' David's voice cut through our minds. We all looked at each other as I tapped Dwayne on the shoulder to tell him to move and that I would get him. As I tried to go he grabbed my wrist. 'Please be careful' He thought. I nodded my head and a gave a smile. "I always am." I replied out loud and left to go find the kid.
"Where'd the little rascal run off to?" I asked myself. I swear that kid just disappeared. What did he even looked like? Short. Brown hair I think or was it blonde? It was a tad bit on the long side. He wore a vest right? Maybe around the age of ten? I shook my head, I really need to remember things more. My ears picked up a child's laughing and it was the clue I had, so I followed it. Luck must have been on my side today because sure enough, he was around the sound. Was he laughing? No. He was trying to get cotton candy but I'm pretty sure he had no money, so he was just staring at it. I laughed at the kid, but felt bad for him, so I dug into my messenger bag and grabbed my wallet, kneeling next to him.
"What kind do you want?" I asked, clearly scaring the poor kid. He stayed silent but I kept my gaze on him. He pointed to the blue ones. I nodded and walked over the vender. "How much for the blue?" I asked, looking back over at the boy. "2.50." The worker man said. I nodded and took the money out and handed to him as he went to make some. I leaned against the counter as I waited. Soon the man returned with the sugary floss and took the money. I nodded as a thank you and walked over back to the young boy. I handed him the candy and his face lit up quickly, and he hugged me. I patted his back, "What's your name, kid?" He was a mouthful into his candy before he answered, "Laddie." "Well, Laddie, it's a dangerous thing to run off from someone. Especially around here." He ate a bit, "She wouldn't take me anywhere! She just wanted to stare at that one man all night!" He exclaimed. I laughed and ruffled his hair, "Oh how dare she? Does she not realize what a handful she has with you?" I said with a smile as I watched him laugh. "I wanted to ride the rides, but no." He said as we neared the area with everyone else.
I noticed that David had brought the girl over to the other Lost Boys and they were all talking. "Laddie!" The girl yelled, rushing over to the boy. "You know not to run off like that! And you also know your parents didn't want you to have sweet tonight!" She rambled. "Relax, little gypsy, I bought it for him." I stated. "And who are you?" She asked, her voice quieting. "Right, Star, this is Cheyenne. Cheyenne, this is Star." David introduced. I let Star take Laddie and went to stand next to Dwayne, "We were just about to head home, actually." 'He says he found his mate.' Dwayne thought. I raised my eyebrows as David and Star continued to speak, Laddie looked bored. 'You sound skeptical.' I replied. He put an arm around my shoulders, 'Max said before that a vampire can "make" someone their mate, but their true one is out there. I'm thinking he is making her his.' I nodded, motioning over to Laddie to come over. He did and I introduced him to everyone. "Laddie, the weird looking blondes over there are Marco and Dwayne, and that's Dwayne." I pointed them out to him. "Guys, this is Laddie." Laddie seemed to take an immediate liking to Dwayne, staring at him like he's never seen anyone like him. He eventually went over to Paul and those two messed around.
"Shall we going?" David asked, snapping my attention from Laddie and Paul over to him. We nodded and started to walk back over to the bikes. I watched as Paul had Laddie up on his shoulders with the little boy laughing all the way and then watched as David put on of his arms around Stars waist, she seemed quite hesitant, but followed along anyway. People continued to stare as Dwayne helped my onto his bike and David followed in suit, doing the same to Star. Paul picked up Laddie and set him on the bike. 'Paul I swear I will you if you hurt him.' I thought. 'What do you care? it's not like he's yours.' I glared at Paul as did Dwayne, seems he has a soft spot for the kid as well. The revving of the bikes sounded in the air as we took off. I could hear Star yelling, or trying to, at David to slow down, but Laddie was laughing about. The kid finally got a ride.
The cliff was no different than any other night, waves crashing against the rock. Star clung onto the David as she walked, can't blame her really. Ten years and it's still slightly scary to myself. Dwayne and I led this time and everyone else followed. We lit the cans for some light and Star stood there kind of in shock. "You live here?" She asked. We all nodded and David went into the history about the place. Paul started playing music from his rock box and David kept Star preoccupied. Laddie was rocking out to the music, Maco left for go get some food and Dwayne sat on one of the couches.
Marco came back a little later with Chinese food i, "Feeding time!" He shouted. We all congregated into little living room type area with the couches and David motioned for Star to sit on his lap. Laddie sat in-between Dwayne and and ate with us. "Do you like wine?" David asked, Star just kind of stared at him. "Have you ever had it?" I asked. She shook her head. "How old are you?" I questioned. "Nineteen." She answered quickly. I nodded and look over at David who was smirking. "Marco." He said, signaling he was happy with her. Marco stood up and grabbed the jewel covered wine bottle and handed it to David with a smirk of his own. 'Is this really a good idea?' I thought. David sent a look over to me which said for me not to question him. He hated to be questioned by his own family, he always right. Dwayne gave a low growl at David, but the blonde leader ignored it and handed it over to the brunette that sat quietly on his lap.
Star looked hesitant as she swished the liquid in the bottle. She looked over all of us and gave a sigh, bringing the bottle slowly to her lips. She stopped just at it hit her but drank it anyway. Everyone cheered except Laddie who didn't know what was actually happening. Soon the girl was passed out on the bed, probable cause. "Looks like you'll be spending the night, bud!" Paul exclaimed to Laddie. I couldn't tell if he was happy or sad about it, but he yawned and rubbed his eyes. "It's late, lets get you to bed." I said to the small boy, picking him up and setting him into the best next to the sleeping girl. The four boys were looking at me with different looks. "What?" I asked defensively. They all shrugged and held their hands up in surrender.
We all left to the farther cave where we sleep. "What are we going to do about the boy?" Dwayne asked, breaking the small silence that had been apparent. David shrugged. "We'll see what happens."
The next night Star was still in the cave, shaking on the bed. With Laddie next to her, covering his eyes. "What did you do to us?" She almost shouted. I walked over to the bed, ignoring the girl but kneeling down to the boy. "Laddie, did you drink the wine too?" I asked. He nodded and got closer to me, putting his head into the crook of my neck. I picked him up and gave a dangerous look to David, he on the other hand, didn't look worried.