Carolyn
Chapter Two
Carolyn just stared at Andy as though he had gone mad. She didn't want to look at him though so she looked around the room. Carolyn took in each painting and really tried to study them. Anything was better than looking at Andy right now. Why would Andy ever make up such a huge lie? It was seriously ridiculous, how dare he lie to Carolyn like that and try to hide whatever was really on his mind.
"Carolyn, look at me" Andy said. He seemed scared of Carolyn's response and seemed to regret ever telling her his dark secret.
"Why would you lie to me like that?" Carolyn asked. She was beyond angry now, she was livid with Andy. When Andy looked at Carolyn he felt even more annoyed. He had finally managed to work up the courage to tell her what had been on his mind all this time and she didn't even believe him.
"Carolyn, I'm not lying" Andy stated. Carolyn looked into Andy's eyes but this time there was no getting lost in them, she was so angry that Andy couldn't even bring her back down to earth anymore. She had a crazed sort of look in her eye and all of the crazy was pointed at Andy. She pushed him away from her and ran to her room; tears were falling from her eyes all the time. When she got to her room she slammed the door shut and sat down on her bed. She was crushed by Andy's lies, what could be so bad that he couldn't tell her? She was sitting in silence when she heard a small knock at the door.
"What do you want?" Carolyn asked. Andy must have taken that as an invite as the door clicked open and Andy's head popped round the door. When he saw that she wasn't planning on throwing anything off of him he took a few small steps into the room. When he realised that it was perfectly safe to be in her room he walked over to her and rested a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm really not lying" Andy stated. He really wanted her to believe him now, he thought it would be a good thing if Carolyn knew everything about him and vice versa and if Carolyn accepted a vampire then what couldn't they overcome together?
"Prove it" Carolyn laughed weakly. It was so obvious that Carolyn didn't believe him that it pained him to hear her mocking laugh. Andy took Carolyn's hand and went over to the window. Direct sunlight would burn him but if he wasn't standing directly in front of the window then he would be fine. He looked at Carolyn and tried to smile at her. When she didn't return the smile he sighed but got back to what he was doing. He put his hand in front of the window and winced in pain as it began to burn him. You could see a faint line of smoke coming from his hand. Carolyn gasped out in shock and snatched his hand away from the sunlight.
"Why did you pull my hand back?" Andy asked. He was quite shocked when Carolyn did that, he never thought Carolyn would want to go near him again. Carolyn had dropped Andy's hand now but she was still close to him.
"I don't want you to get hurt" She admitted. Those few words made Andy's heart swell; she still cared about him after he had told her the secret that has changed his life forever. At least Andy could still have some form of hope for saving the friendship between him and Carolyn.
"Carolyn please say you understand" Andy pleaded. He tried to take her hand but she pushed him away from her. She gave him a shocked look and pushed him again, she couldn't believe Andy at the minute, he had annoyed and scared her so much at that moment.
"Get away from me" Carolyn shouted. She did believe Andy now but she was absolutely terrified of him. She had no idea how he would act around her and to be quite blunt she didn't even know if she was safe when she was around him anymore. She wanted out of the way of Andy now.
"Carolyn, I am never going to hurt you" Andy gasped. He was so shocked about the fact that she thought that he would ever lay a finger on her. Andy may be many things but he would never harm a woman especially not his best friend. She still looked terrified of him though and was beginning to back out of the room. She stumbled slightly and Andy was there as quick as lightning to catch her but she pushed him away again.
"I said stay away from me" Carolyn shouted. She turned around and ran out of the door. Of course Andy followed her but as soon as she got to the front door Andy was screwed. Even if it was snowing there was still some sun out and it would surely kill Andy if he was out in it for too long so he had to let her go.
Carolyn ran and ran until she came to a small forest. When she saw it she abruptly stopped and peered in, it didn't look like she could get lost in there so she took her first step in. She jumped when the first branch snapped; the noise tore through the silence and sounded like a symbol had crashed right next to her ear. Carolyn ignored her fear and carried on walking through the woods after all she would rather spend the night in the forest than go back to the monster that waits for her at her house. That was when it hit her fully. She had, had a nice conversation with Andy that morning yet within one hour she was running for her life through a forest. Carolyn was terrified to even think about going anywhere near that house again. Andy was probably sitting on her bed right now, just waiting to get his hands around her throat and drain her dry. She shuddered at the thought of it. Carolyn had been so consumed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed her surroundings. She tripped over a tree root that was sticking out of the damp ground. Carolyn fell to the floor and gasped in pain. She was covered in mud and her leg was now cut. She sat up slightly and tried to brush some of the dirt off her sleeves, she checked out the cut on her leg by rolling up her trouser leg to reveal a thin line of crimson running down her leg and staining her sock, Carolyn sighed and tried her best to wipe her cut slightly. When she done this she saw her tattoo on her leg and could have cried. It was a tattoo that just read "A". It stood for Andy. She had gotten it two years ago and Andy had gotten one that said "C". Carolyn wanted this tattoo gone right then. She picked up the nearest branch that she could find and tried her best to make it as sharp as she possibly could. When Carolyn was satisfied she raised it high in the air and brought it down quickly. It hit her leg and she gasped in pain for the second time in the space of a few minutes. She brought it up again and sent it smashing back down. Carolyn was so sure that if she stabbed her leg enough then the tattoo would be gone. The branch was her makeshift laser. The pain was excruciating but she had to get rid of that tattoo. The thin line of crimson turned into a full pool and it was getting bigger by the second. By now Carolyn was breathing hard and her vision was beginning to blur. She couldn't take all of this pain and by now she was so sure that she would end up accidentally killing herself with this branch. When she thought that she couldn't take anymore of the pain she blacked out.
It was so dark and scary in this place. Carolyn had no idea where she was but the pain in her leg had subsided for now and her clothes were clean. Carolyn actually looked quite respectable for once in her life. Maybe this is the afterlife she thought to herself. It was quite possible that it was after all the pain that she had brought on herself had been almost unbearable. She was beginning to warm up to this new place and didn't actually want to leave anymore. In this world nothing could get to her anymore and all physical and emotional pain could no longer touch her. This was just like heaven, hell it could actually be heaven. Screw those Christian kids, they said I would never make it to heaven, look at me now! Carolyn thought to herself but of course they couldn't see her now. Nobody would ever see her again. This endless black pit was all she would ever see. She was stuck here from here on out. The feelings of claustrophobia were beginning to set in as Carolyn fought to get out of this place. She ran endlessly shouting for anyone, mostly Andy but she was past listening to herself now. The walls were closing in on her and just as they were about to crush she was tore out of there and surrounded by trees again. It had turned to night now and someone was towered over her.
"Carolyn, talk to me now" the man ordered. His hands were behind her head and he was smoothing her hair down. He seemed to be crying but Carolyn's vision was too blurry to be able to tell now. All she could make out was a tall figure with long hair.
"Who are you?" Carolyn asked. She was beyond confusion now and quite frankly just wanted to be lying in her bed with a blanket but something told her that, that wouldn't be happening for a while.
"Carolyn, it's me Andy" The man said. Carolyn struggled to remember who Andy was but then it hit her. She tried to scramble away but her attempts were completely useless as Andy had a strong hold on her wrists. How did she ever think that she could outrun a vampire? That was when Carolyn realised that the only reason she hadn't been found earlier was because if Andy did try and leave the house when the sun was still up then he would burn up and die. Carolyn didn't really want that but she was still scared of Andy.
"Get off me" Carolyn shouted. Andy's released her but by now she was too weak to even move her hands never mind her whole body so she just lay there completely defenceless. Her head physically hurt and the one thing that she could remember was the way Andy had betrayed her and how much it had hurt her.
"Carolyn, I thought you loved that tattoo" Andy laughed. He was clearly so happy to see Carolyn alive that he didn't care if he said incredibly stupid jokes in front of her. Tears fell from Carolyn's eyes as she struggled to get her next sentence out.
"Why would you betray me like that?" Carolyn sobbed. Andy's heart almost broke in two when she said one sentence. He had known that he should have told her straight away but he had been busy trying to understand the whole thing himself and somewhere deep down he thought that she would hate him but it turns out that, that small part of him was right. She did hate him and it was understandable which made it hurt and sting even more than it would normally.
"I'm sorry about that but you have to let me help you get home" Andy said. Carolyn didn't want to go with Andy but she knew that if she stayed here on her own then she might get hurt even more than she already was so she gave him a small nod. He smiled at her and then picked her up. Carolyn gasped in pain but Andy knew that he had to get her out of the woods. When he got her in the most comfortable position he began to walk slowly.
"Andy it hurts" She sobbed. Andy tried his best to look at the damage that she had done to herself. Her leg was covered in blood and that didn't help his bloodlust but he managed to ignore it. She had several small holes in her leg off that damn branch. They all surrounded her tattoo and her leg had one huge gash down it.
"We're almost home" Andy soothed. It wasn't a lie either. You could see the huge house just up the small hill. The lights were all still on and the door was still open. As soon as the sun had set Andy had tore out of that house as quick as he possibly could and ran to go find Carolyn. He walked up the stairs and over to Carolyn's room. He gave her a quick smile and then lay her down on the bed and pulled the blanket over her. When he reached over her she flinched away from him.
"I'm fine on my own" Carolyn said. It broke Andy's heart to see her act like that with him. She had always wanted to spend all of her time with him and seemed to be slightly miserable when he wasn't there or if they had a mini argument.
"You have to believe that I will never hurt you" Andy said. The hurt was clear in his voice but it didn't make Carolyn feel sorry for him. Andy smoothed her hair down again and luckily this time she didn't try and move away but she didn't embrace it like she normally does but at least they were moving forward.
"Andy, I'm still a little freaked out about it and right now I don't know what to believe. I think I just need to be on my own for a little while" Carolyn explained. She didn't want to be mad at Andy but there was only so much that a person could forgive and forget and even live through and Andy was beginning to cross the line with Carolyn.
"I'm just going to get you a glass of water and then I'll leave you alone" Andy sighed. He tried to give her another smile but he completely failed at it. With that he turned and left the room, shutting the door lightly behind him. A small tear escaped Carolyn's eyes again. She really wanted the whole problem with Andy to just be erased but there was no way that she was ever going to be able to do that so the only option she had was to try her best to work through it and hopefully with Andy by her side. She loved him, he was her best friend and she didn't want to lose that because of one thing, even if that thing was life changing, she would probably always need him. Andy returned to the room holding a glass of water just like he had when she woke up in the morning. He placed it on the small bed-side cabinet and turned to leave.
"Goodnight Carolyn" he said. Carolyn didn't say anything but when Andy opened the door to leave she realised that, that was the most bitter and cold thing that she could ever do to Andy.
"Andy, we can try and work through this" Carolyn called. Andy stopped in the doorway and turned back round. He had a look of confusion on his face but that soon softened to a wide smiled. He walked over to her and kissed her forehead like he did every night. She didn't really respond much but that was better than her trying to get away from him. She touched his arm before he left and then finally she was alone. She closed her eyes and relaxed. Her body soon became limp as she fell into an undisturbed sleep.