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"What?" I breathed as I stared at the glass which was now empty. He spiked my drink at the bar; I drank the whole thing and didn't even take caution, stupid stupid stupid!
"I think you know what I mean. I thought your brother might have given you some pointers on not accepting drink from strangers." He said, I think I'm going to throw up, or would that help?
Almost as soon as the thought had entered my head, he was shaking his like you would at a child who made a petty mistake that every adult knows not to, "I wouldn't even bother. The blood is already in your system. Spreading, right now. I'll have to go now, but I'm sure we'll meet again." Yeah right.
"Like I'm going to come anywhere near you after this." I spat as I clutched my throat.
"I don't really see you having a choice, do you really think your family will want to deal with another half-vampire? Do you think your little boyfriend will want anything to do with you? Whether you like it or not Nikki, you're mine." He whispered the last two words in my ear, his breath sending chills down my spine. He left the bar but I sat there for an unknown amount of time, my thoughts were reeling as my world was turned upside-down.
Edgar. He won't even be able to look at me. He'll hate me forever.
Adam's nothing like David or Max, he's far smarter and fuelled with hatred for my family. He won't stop till he's destroyed us, and he's made a pretty good start.
Sometime later I finally summoned the strength to stand up and stumble out of the bar; the weight of what just happened made my feet feel far heavier, like my stomach had dropped into them.
Almost as soon as I got out of the bar I felt light-headed, like I was going to faint or something. I made my way over to the nearest bench and sat down, not even paying attention to the group of girls that glared as I sat beside them. I put my head between my knees and took deep breaths. This is all just a dream, any minute now I will be woken up by Sam to say I've slept really late and he's eaten my breakfast as punishment.
"Nikki?" A voice asked and I looked up to see Laddie in front of me, a smile on his face. Sometimes I would still see him at the boardwalk with his parents when they took him out, he always wanted to see Star and us, I guess after everything we were friends.
"Hi Laddie." I said with my best attempt at a smile, it didn't seem to convince him as his dropped slightly.
"What's wrong?" He asked and I opened my mouth to tell him that nothing happened and I was fine when a sob escaped before I could stop it. I buried my head in my hands as more sobs tore out of my throat. I was vaguely aware that Laddie was patting my shoulder and trying to comfort me, none of it seemed to be working.
"Sorry Laddie, it's just been a rough night." I apologized when I could talk properly.
"Do you want me to go get Edgar?" he asked but I shook my head, if Edgar found out what happened he'd be furious. With Adam and with me, because I was stupid enough to go meet him.
"Michael's around here somewhere, I'm gonna go find him and then go home. Don't tell anyone I was crying, alright? Just having a bad day." I said with a shrug but he seemed reluctant to agree.
"Okay." He agreed finally.
"Laddie, come on!" A woman's voice shouted and Laddie glanced towards where I assumed his parents where before turning back to me.
"Hope you feel better soon, Nikki." He said and I hugged him gently before he ran off to get back to his parents. I took some more deep breaths and wiped my face before standing up shakily and going to find Michael.
Ow ow ow ow owww!
Opening my eyes the next morning was a big mistake, the sunlight pierced them sharply and I stumbled over to the window before shutting the curtains, I was just about to go back to sleep when Mom's voice startled me.
"Nikki, didn't you hear me calling?" Mom asked from the doorway with her hands on her hips, so that's what woke me up.
"Uh no, sorry. What is it?" I asked.
"Breakfast is ready, it's almost noon sleepyhead!" She scolded lightly before smiling and heading down the stairs. At the mention of food my stomach heaved, maybe breakfast wasn't such a good idea.
But then again, they might know something's up if I don't go down.
"Morning, squirt!" Grandpa greeted as he passed me on his way out of the kitchen. I look a seat that wasn't facing the sun before grabbing some pancakes off the plate on the table and pouring honey over them. God I am so ready to fall asleep right on the plate.
"Jeez, you look rough." Sam said as he came in from the living room and sat beside me.
"God morning to you too, darling brother." I grumbled as I ate the pancakes, what used to be my favourite breakfast now tastes like cardboard. Great.
"Where's Michael?" I asked as I looked around the kitchen and living room, I had managed to convince Michael I was alright last night but he may be able to figure things out if he saw me acting like this a lot.
"Out with Star, like always." Sam answered, good.
The rest of the day was spent sleeping in my room with the excuse of doing homework whilst Sam and Mom watched TV downstairs.
It was later that night when I opened the door and my heart stopped.
"Hey, I got the night off work after you spent all of lunchtime yesterday telling me how great The Breakfast Club was. I stopped by the video store and rented it and brought popcorn." Edgar said at the door, he smiled slightly but shifted his feet awkwardly as I stared at him, my heart pounding. Normally such a nice gesture would have been rewarded with a kiss or a hug, but right now I didn't want him anywhere near me, he would figure it out.
"Is this a bad time?" He questioned a second later and I shook out all my paranoid thoughts before forcing a smile on my face, the best thing to do would be act like everything's normal.
"Uh no, just surprised to see you here. Come on in." I said and stepped to the side to let him in past me.
"Hi, Edgar." Mom greeted brightly as she came in from the kitchen and headed to the door.
"Hello." Edgar said back with a smile and Mom turned to me before inspecting my face slightly, stop looking at me like that!
"Are you feeling alright? You look a little pale." Shit, thanks Mom.
"I'm fine. I'm just tired." I assured her.
"Probably all the homework you were doing. Well I have to get to work, night kids." He said with a kiss to my forehead before she went out the door. Crap, my throat is tingling!
"Thought you said you didn't have homework yesterday? I can come back tomorrow if you need to get it done." He offered but I shook my head.
"No need, I had a history essay I forgot to do but I got it done. Do you wanna go in and set up the video and I can grab drinks?" I could use one right now.
"Sure. You sure you're alright?" He asked quietly and brushed a strand of hair off my face, crap this is making the tingling worse.
"Fine. I'll be in soon." I said and practically ran into the kitchen. I got some Pepsi out of the fridge and grabbed two glasses.
When I came back in to the living room Edgar was on the couch and the familiar titles of the movie came up and I set the drinks down before settling on the couch with about a foot of space in between Edgar and I.
He turned to me with a raised eyebrow before patting the couch beside him and I gulped before shifting close enough for him to put his arm around me as I leaned into his side. It was hard to believe that when we were first going out he was the awkward one and it seemed now we had switched roles. Brilliant.
"This isn't half bad." Edgar shrugged about halfway through the movie, it was right after Emilio Estevez did the crazy dance because he was seriously high, normally I would have joined in with the laughter but the tingling in my throat had turned into an itchy burn over the course of the movie and it was getting seriously uncomfortable.
"Yeah, it's great. Thanks for bringing it over." I said politely and he turned to me and smiled slightly.
"No problem." He said and the familiar shy but excited look in his eyes was back, I smiled for a second as I realized he was gonna kiss me, before dread gripped my stomach. Shit.
He had barely pressed his lips to mine when the slight burn stung sharply and I jerked back. For a second I swore I could feel his pulse in his veins and I was getting seriously freaked out.
"You alright?" He asked and I nodded before my eyes flicked to my glass which had about a mouthful of Pepsi left in it.
"Just thirsty. I'm going for a refill, do you want me to get you one?" I asked and he shrugged.
"I'm good." He answered in a confused voice, this was probably the first time I hadn't kissed him back. I grabbed my glass and headed for the kitchen as fast as I could.
I gulped down a full glass of water and then went to refill the Pepsi glass with more Pepsi as the water didn't help at all. I had just grabbed the bottle from the fridge and was making my way over to the counter when a tremendous pain gripped my heart, it felt like it was going to break my ribs.
I clutched at my chest as shooting pains radiated through my heart, I gripped the counter for support as the pain eventually passed and I was able to stand up.
"Nikki?" A voice asked behind me and I whipped around to see Edgar standing a foot away with a concerned look on his face. At least I thought he looked concerned, I only saw his face for a second before my eyes shot to his throat of their own accord, I could faintly see the vein in his throat pulsating as the blood ran through it.
"I don't feel well." I managed to choke out and Edgar reached out a hand to feel my forehead but I flinched away, refusing to look where the veins in his wrists were beating with blood that my throat was burning for.
"I'm not gonna hurt you. What's wrong?" He asked and went to touch my face but I ducked under his arm and made a run for the stairs. Michael was just coming through the front door when I ran past him up the stairs.
"Nikki?" He asked but I kept going up the stairs, I could hear Edgar calling my name too but I shut the bathroom door, refusing to put him and Michael in danger of getting their throats ripped out.
"Nikki, open up!" Edgar ordered as he tried to open the bathroom door.
"Leave me alone!" I shouted and I heard Michael's voice a second later, followed by Sam who had probably heard the noise and come out from his room.
"What the hell happened?" I heard Michael demand.
"Don't ask me! She was fine earlier!" Edgar defended.
"What did you do to her? Did something happen today or last night?" Sam asked, no doubt bewildered.
"What are you talking about? I didn't see her last night." Edgar explained and my insides dropped as I realized I had been found out.
"She said she was at the comic book store with you last night. Nikki! Where did you go last night?" Michael demanded and the handle on the door turned furiously.
"Go away!" I cried desperately, locking the door that led to Sam's room before turning to the mirror and screaming at what I saw.
I'm transparent. It's true, I'm a vampire.
A few seconds later the door came off its hinges and Michael, Sam and Edgar were looking around for some sign of a threat.
"Nikki, what happened last night?" Michael asked as I started backing away.
"Mike, stay away from me."
"What happened?!" He demanded just as I reached the door to Sam's room and turned the lock behind my back before opening the door and pulling it shut whilst Michael dived for the door. Luckily it had locks on both sides and I locked it before looking around the room for an escape. I spotted the window and figured it was my best way out, I had both legs out when Edgar ran in through Sam's door.
"Nikki, what the hell are you doing?" He asked and a tear slipped down my cheek.
"Leave me alone, Edgar. We can't be together anymore. I'm sorry." I added and pushed the rest of my body out the window, I managed to land on some soil sacks Grandpa had to fix up the back yard before I took off running through the wilderness, thankful the terrain was bad enough that following on a bike was damn near impossible, they'd never catch me.
I have to find Adam, one way or another I am not going to be a vampire.