We were standing on the same cliff that we stood on for the first ritual. There were about twenty vampires standing with the Sackville-Baggs and me. Frederick held the white amulet in his right hand and Freda's right hand in his left. Rudolf stood in between his sister and his brother. Gregory stood next to his father, but he was holding the redhead's hand. She squeezed his hand and he squeezed back. I looked next to me to see I was alone. My parents were not here like they were the last time. Why am I even standing here? How did I get here? Many questions ran through my head. I looked at the moon. It was close to being a full lunar eclipse. When the eclipse was full, Frederick spun the amulet while saying some words in a different language. The white amulet started to glow until it became a blinding light. After a couple seconds the amulet stopped glowing, and a thick fog came. Some people grabbed the partner's hands while others stood alone. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Frederick kiss Freda and Gregory kiss the redhead. The redhead let go of his hand and came to stand next to me. Once the fog enveloped the vampires, they started to disappear. After about a minute they were all gone. The fog left and the only thing on the cliff was the redhead and me. She looked at me smiled.
"Tony it's time to get up." Tony's mother said as she gently shook him. Tony sighed and got up. Later he would have to tell the Sackville-Bagg family about his dream. Sighing again he started getting ready for school.
Ava woke up on her on this morning. She blushed remembering the conversation that she had with her mother last night.
"Who was that?" Her mother asked the second she got in the door.
"Who was who?" She asked trying to play dumb.
"The boy you just kissed." Her mother crossed her arms on her chest. Ava blushed and looked down. "You snuck out to see your brother didn't you? And while you were there you found a punk, and the punk walks you home and then you kiss him? Do you even know his name?" Her mother yelled.
"Yes, I snuck out to see John. I have been for a couple of nights now. OK, that's where I met Gregory. He's not a punk." Just a vampire, she thought. Her mother shook her head.
"I never thought that you would be one to sneak out to meet a boy. Look, when you get your age many women make a mistake with a boy. Many of them believe that they love them and have se-. "
"Are you trying to give me the talk?" Ava said interrupting her mother. It was bad enough when her mother had to teach her the human reproduction chapter in biology. Her mother sighed.
"Fine, just be careful. I don't want you doing something you will regret." Her mother said as she walked into the living room.
"I'm going to bed." She said trying to get rid of the tension in the room.
"OK, tomorrow's Saturday so I won't wake you up early." Her mother called to Ava. Thank God, Ava thought to herself as she made her way into her room for the night.
That conversation had been awkward. Ava thought to herself as she got up from her bed for the day. She wanted to see Gregory, but he was asleep, and she had chores to do. She wandered around the house doing the chores she had to do and something's she did not have to. After six hours of trying to entertain herself, she gave up and went to her room.
"Do you want to go to the market?" Her mother peeked into Ava's room and asked.
"Sure, hold on I'll get dressed." Ava said gathering clothes to change into.
"OK, I'll wait out on the deck." Her mother replied. After Ava was dressed, she met her mother on the front deck. They both got into the car and drove to the market.
"OK, I'll be over here. You do what you want." Her mother said as she walked away. Ava started to walk around. She was looking at the oddly shaped apple when she noticed a boy staring at her. She turned to face the small blond child. He looked surprised. He came up to her.
"Hi, I'm Tony Thompson." He said. Ava cleared her throat.
"I'm Ava. Do you need something?" She said confused on why the boy was introducing himself.
"Do you believe in vampires?" He asked. She froze.
"No." She answered too quickly.
"Have you meet Gregory?" He asked her. She gave him a confused look. How did he know this?
"I have met them all." He said.
"How?" She asked. Tony explained how he knew them. The dreams, Rudolf flying into his room, meeting the rest of the Sackville-Bagg family, finding the amulet, and then finding out it do not work, then he told her how he had seen her in his dream, but he did not tell her about the kiss.
"I never knew all that." She replied. Come to think of it I do not know much about them. She thought.
"Tony come on!" Tony's mom yelled.
"Good-bye. Maybe we will see each other again soon dude." Ava nodded and smiled. She had not been called dude in a long time. Ava and her mother spent another hour at the market and then went home. They unloaded everything. Ava watched as her mother cooked dinner. Once dinner was done they ate. Ava did the dishes since her mother cooked. Ava and her mother ended up having a water war. Ava walked into her room to change. Gregory was sitting on her bed laughing at how wet she was.
"What are you doing in my room?" She asked after sticking her tongue out at him. She looked at her clock to see it was eight o' clock.
"Mortals are amusing, and I was bored. Feeding will only keep me occupied for so only." She started at him wide eyed. Gregory smiled. "On animals." He added. Ava was relived.
"So what did you do besides feed?" She asked making a face at the word feeding. She sat down next to Gregory on her bed.
"Rudolf's human friend is helping us. He had some information so he was over."
"Tony?" She asked. Gregory was taken aback. Ava could see this so she continued. "We meet at the market. He said he saw me in one of his dreams." He nodded. Ava yawned and lay down on the bed Gregory laid next to her, and after a couple of minutes Ava was curled into his side and was fast asleep.