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It had been a couple of weeks since my encounter with the guys at the park. I woke up early in the morning, rolling over in my bed, pulling the warm sheets to my chest. Opening my eyes, I let out a assortment of groans and growls before sitting up and swinging my legs over the edge of the mattress and walking over to my mirror. My hair was pulled on top of my head in a loose, sideways bun. My cancer was unable to be cured, so I was able to keep my hair due to the fact that I didn't have to go through chemotherapy. But my body was taking some of the tolls, I was progressively getting skinnier, and not in the good way. I was already impressively tall and lanky, so the weight loss made me look almost as sickly as I was. My skin was taking most of the damage, due to the cancer I itched. All over, all the time. So there were patches of raw skin all over my neck, which I did my best to cover. I tried my best to keep it from my friends, the last thing I wanted was to be treated differently, especially the last couple of months that I had left. I slid into a pair or dark jeans and a pair of vans and paired it with a long sleeved black v-neck. Finally I grabbed a black and white scarf from off of my dresser and tied it around my neck. Quickly, I brushed through my hair and pulled it up into a long pony-tail. My feet lifted quickly as I jolted down the steps.

"Morning, bones!" My mom smiled, using my childhood nickname. I smiled, popping a bagel into the toaster and throwing the fridge open to grab the cream cheese. "I'm heading to work, any plans today?"

"Nope, none at all." I answered, leaning forward on the countertop in the center of our kitchen to peek out the door as my mom closed it lightly behind her. I sat up against the surface of the counter and lifted myself to sit on top of it, which wasn't much of a hassle since I was already closer to that than the floor thanks to my height. They would say I was around 5'11", odd for a 19 year old, or anyone in that matter. Which would probably make me a sight to see in China with all those little people gawking at the exceptionally tall individuals. My mind wandered back to that night at the park, deep in thought I traced the rim of the glass of orange juice my mom left out for me. Now that I thought about it, they looked so different. Their complexions were snowy pale, and they gave me this vibe that made me a little uneasy. Especially the dark one, he was intimidating in a brooding kind of way. And even in his darkness I could see a little bit of a flame deep inside of him. Then I remembered, the one little part of my conversation that had slipped my mind. I shivered and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck, 'Do you believe in vampires?'. Could it be that their pale complexions were from staying out of the sun, what if they were coming in my room in the middle of the night and sucking gallons of my bloo-

THWAP!

I shot from the counter, letting out a loud shriek, my heart beating out of my chest. I turned around quickly to face my unknowing, possible doom. I sighed, laughing at myself once I turned. The toaster. Wow, Kat. You really need to stop freaking yourself out. Scared of the toaster? Pathetic. I thought to myself as I quickly pulled the bagel out of the toaster and dropping it on the counter, instantly putting my fingers up to my mouth. It was hot, another thing that I had forgotten about. Not only has the cancer been taking your life, it's been taking your braincells, idiot. I taunted myself in my head, as I finally put the finishing touches on my eventful breakfast, shoving it into my mouth, grabbing my jacket and shoulder bag heading out the door.

The cold chill hit me as soon as I stepped foot onto my porch. I smiled to myself as I breathed out and saw my air vaporize. I subtly kept doing it, between bites of my bagel.

"Kat! Kat! KATHERINE!" I swiveled my head to look over to the side, smiling to see one of the girls I knew, Penn, walking towards me. She was small, and stalky. The thin frames of her glasses were slid down on the bridge of her nose as she looked from side to side before crossing the street. Her short cherry ringlets shaking as she did so.

"Where are you going?" She pushed, slowing her jog to a trot and then back to normal pace when she reached my side.

"Im ruf wfuing." I mumbled shoving the last piece of bagel into my mouth.

"Once again, in english, please?"

"I'm just walking."

"Alright, well I'm going this way, so I'll walk with you!" She smiled, her smile fading and being replaced with her eyes locking on a target.

"What is that?" She accused, lifting her hand, trying to move the scarf that was draped around my neck.

"Nothing!" I defended, swatting her hand out of the way.

"Is that-" I sucked in quickly, how was I going to explain that? I don't have any animals that could- "A hickey?" she gushed.

"Uhm, yea." I nodded, thanking the unknown god that saved me a bunch of unnecessary trouble. "I have to hide it, if my dad saw it, he would totally flip."

"Was it Brandon Howard?"

"No, it was just one of my brother's friends."

"Oh, you dirty little vixen! It's your eyes with those black locks. Against your skin you look so exotic. I want to do something like that to my hair. I actually want to go to beauty school, you know." she blabbed as we entered the outdoor chain of shops in the middle of town.

"Thanks, I think?"

"So, is anymore of your family coming in for the holidays?" She questioned, keeping her eyes on a pair of fuzzy boots in the window that had a pair of fuzzy hearts hanging off of them.

"Anymore? What do you mean?"
"Well, two of your uncles came into the library after you walked out, and checked out all those romance mystery novels- how do you read those? How do you read at all?" My heart froze, images flashed through my mind. White skin, uneasy vibe, dark eyes, vampire.

"Oh, my uncles," I started, trying not to tip off that I was worried in one bit "What did they look like? I haven't been home yet, and I'd like to know what I'm in for."

"Oh, well one looked like a normal guy, around 40 or so. He was a dilf, for sure. In a I'm a dad and I'm so sophisticated, but still hot. And then there was this other guy. He was tall, and kind of dark looking. He wore almost all black, but he had really nice arms, which is all I could see because he was so covered. And handsome in a brooding, midnight, come meet me outside after your parents are asleep so we can do something thrilling, kind of way. Are you okay?" Penn waved a hand in front of my face, coming out of her visions and extremely brutal descriptions.

"Yea, I'm fine. I should just be heading home, my mom would be so mad if I wasn't there when my Uncles were, I'll catch you later!" And with that I turned on my heel and briskly started walking home. I pulled my phone out of my pocket, clicking the top button to reveal the time. It was 6 hours until sundown, and once the sun set, I was going to let these looney cases know I wanted nothing to do with them and get rid of these creeps once and for all.

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