Getter Jaani – Rockefeller street
"Because tonight, it is showtime
In the middle of the street life
All we celebrate are good times
Because tonight, it is showtime
Come and walk with me
1273 down the Rockefeller street
Life is marchin' on, do you feel that?
1273 down the Rockefeller street
Everything is more than surreal"
"Come on, hurry up you lazy head!"
"Lazy head? What the fuck is that?"
"It means that your head is lazy, now come on and hurry up, I don't want to miss the show!"
Ave and I walked into the theatre and looked around. The place was totally like a desert. It looked really abandoned. And it didn't looked nice either. The place was an old theater, all designed in red and black. There weren't any furniture in the room we were in, the only thing that actually was there was a big, dark door that lead to (obviously) another room. Otherwise, there was nothing there.
Ave walked up to the door and tried to open it, but she didn't succeed.
"Great! Now we can't even get in!" She sighed. "What are we going to do now?"
"We go home? That would be a good idea" I said, starting to get freaked out by the place.
"What are you talking about? We drove all the way out here, I'm not going to ditch this place now!" Ave said and walked out the door we had came in from, to another door.
"Wait Ave! Where are you going?" I said, following her.
"Where do you think? I want to find another way in!" She said, a little too loud, and opened a door, which she walked through.
I followed her through the door.
"Ave…" I started and looked around in the dark room that I had came into.
"Will you shut up? The shows about to start!" Ave answered and before I could even say a word, she pulled me down beside her. The room was completely dark, but there was a crack in the wall where we sat, which you could actually see through to the room where the show just had started.
"Are you kidding me?" I asked, maybe a little too loud. "Are we seriously going to sit and watch the whole show from here?"
"Yeah, why not?" Ave said and smiled, but continued when she saw my face. "C'mon, it will be fun! We can still watch the freaks, and maybe we can even get backstage afterwards and meet them! Besides… You'll never guess what I brought with me!"
"Alcohol?" I guessed, trying really hard not to roll my eyes. It was so typical Ave style. Not that I complained.
"How did you know?" Ave said and sounded truly surprised as she took out a bottle of Vodka.
I took the bottle from her and opened it fast, just to let it pour down my throat.
"You're kidding, right? You're like Mrs. Alcohol! You always have alcohol with you! Now, shut up, the show has already started!"
"Oh my god!" I said for like the thousand time and giggled. "Look at that guy! He's… He's so… Weird!"
We both started to laugh at the stupid comment, but c'mon, you couldn't really blame us. We were drunk, and you laugh at everything when you're drunk, right?
"Oh my god, some new freak is coming up on stage!" Ave said and practically bounced up and down. "I wonder who it is!"
"Maybe it's your mom" I grinned and took the Vodka from her. "Or you."
"No, I'm right here dumb as, I can't be up there!" Ave said and rolled her eyes, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Besides, I…"
"Hey, Ave, look at that freak!" I giggled and pointed at the freak that was on stage now. "Look at him! He looks like a… A human!"
I started laughing hard, although it wasn't funny but hey, alcohol makes you think everything's funny. Ave didn't started laughing with me though. She actually reacted totally differently. Her face went from a beautiful light brown chocolate color to white pale. Her eyes widened and for a second, she didn't look drunk at all.
"What's wrong?" I giggled and looked over at her. Sadly, I had a bad feeling about this, and it was bringing me down. Way down. And I really didn't liked that. I liked being drunk! After all, it was the best feeling in the world.
"He's a vampire!" She shrieked and almost started bouncing up and down again. "He's a vampire, oh my god Xiana, he's a vampire, I've read about him! He's a vampire and I… I…"
Ave couldn't take her eyes of the so called "vampire". I looked over at the vampire and at first; I really couldn't understand why Ave was so eager about the vampire. When you looked at him fast, he looked just like any other middle age man. But after having a closer look at him, I understood why Ave couldn't keep her eyes of him.
There was… Something about this "vampire". He was just so… Breath taking. He wasn't good looking or anything like that, but there was something about him that made you want to look at him. Something that made you look at him. He looked… Interesting, was the right word I guess. I had never seen such a breath taking person before.
"Euw, look at that spider!" I shrieked and put my hand for my eyes.
I hated spiders. Really hated. I was so freaking scared for spiders and had been that all my life. Especially big, hairy spiders. Yuck, I really hated them!
"Oh my god, the spider's sitting at someone's knee! Euw!" Ave said. "Aren't you going to look Xiana?"
"No, it's a spider dumb as! You know that I'm afraid of spiders!"
"Oh c'mon, the spider isn't even in the vampires hand anymore!" Ave sighed. "Just look at the vampire, and ignore the spider."
I slowly removed my hands from my eyes and looked at the vampire. And in just that moment when I removed my hands, the vampire turned his glance at me and his dark eyes looked into mine. Even though it was only for a split second, something weird happened. Suddenly, I got a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time I saw him.
A split second later, he turned away his glance and continued the show. A creepy feeling started to grow inside me. My heart started to beat faster and I felt my pulse raising.
Eventually, the vampire got off the stage and I sighed relieved. For some reason, it felt so much better now that he wasn't on the stage anymore.
"That was awesome!" Ave said and a big smiled appeared on her lips. "That vampire was the coolest freak I have ever seen!"
"There was something weird about him" I mumbled and suddenly felt pretty sober.
"Oh, he's a vampire! Of course he's weird, every vampire on this planet is weird! That's just how life is. Now c'mon, let's go and find that vampire!" Ave finished and stood up.
"What?" I shrieked. "Are you out of your freaking mind? We can't go and find him just like that!"
"Of course we can!" Ave said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"And what are we going to do when we met him? Invite him to a little tea party?" I said sarcastically.
But Ave didn't get the point. Her whole face shined up like the sun.
"Oh my god, that would be so awesome! Imagine that! A vampire on a tea party!"
I sighed and stood up slowly, feeling the side effects of too much drinking.
"Let's just… Go home. That would be a way better idea then looking for a vampire."
"No way! I didn't come to a freak show just to see the freaks and go home! I'm going backstage! You are of course free to leave when you will but I won't leave for a while!" Ave said and started walking out of the room.
"Ave!"
I sighed and followed her out of the room. Ave could really be a pain in the as sometimes, especially when she decided she wanted to do something. She was so freaking stubborn that it wasn't an idea to say something against her.
"Ave, what the fuck are you…"
"Shut up!" Ave hissed and pulled me towards a door.
"Ave, what are you…?"
"Hush!" Ave hissed and nodded towards the door.
There was a small crack in the door where you could see into the other room and suddenly, I realized why Ave looked so excited. The vampire was standing in the room, talking to another (probably also) vampire. Unlike the vampire who had performed on stage – this one looked really good.
He was taller than both me and Ave, probably somewhere around 6'2. He had a real typical California look (except the brown hair) – brown hair, tanned skin and a lot of muscles. He looked really good, well, that is if you didn't cared about the scares on his face. He had a couple of them, and I got a feeling that this guys, vampire or not, had been through a couple of bad things.
Even though he seemed like he'd been through pretty bad stuffs, his aura shined all yellow. It was the exact same shade as Aves was. Which meant that he was a happy and generous person (if you want to believe the internet and books).
"Damn, he's hot" Ave said with a big smile. "You think he's a vampire to?"
"I don't know" I said. "He probably is, since he's talking to the other vamp or… Whatever he is, who performed."
I turned my glance towards the vampires (or whatever they were) again and tried to hear what they were talking about.
"You're sure it was her?"
"Of course it was!" the vampire who had preformed said. "It's not like I wouldn't recognize his own daughter. Remember that it is Mr. Tiny we're talking about here. There aren't many people on this planet who are as sordid as he is."
The other vampire grinned.
"So it is my dear old friend. But who was the other one, if the black haired was Mr. Tinys daughter?"
The vampire poured some red liquid (probably blood) into a glass and sighed heavily.
"I don't know. Truthfully, I got a bad feeling about the other one. I think that she is trouble."
"What kind of trouble?" The other one asked confusedly.
"I'm not sure yet" the vampire answered after emptying the whole glass. "But I'm guessing I will find out sooner or later."
What the hell were they talking about? I didn't got a freaking thing. The only interesting thing about this (well, accept that they were vampires) was their Aura. I usually hate to have to see other peoples Aura but this was kind of interesting, since they were vampires.
What the fuck was I doing? Oh gosh, I was sounding like a total freak! Sitting here and thinking about how seeing vampires "auras" was awesome. Gosh, I needed to get home.
"Ave?" I said and looked around me, but she was nowhere to be found.
I sighed. So typical Ave, just disappearing like that. I tried to stand up, but as fast as I had gotten up I fell down on the floor again, and got something sharp on me, cutting up the skin on my arm.
I bit my lip and tried not to scream from the pain so the vampires wouldn't hear me, but it really didn't matter. The thing that had fell on me had made a sound so loud that the vampires seemed to have heard it.
Both of them had become quite when the thing had fallen and now, I could see both of them had turned their glances at the crack in the door.
I totally panicked when I saw them looking towards me and I did the only thing that seemed smart at that moment – I ran. I ran away from there, not noticing the blood dripping from my arm, not caring about the fact that they would probably find me later and... Well, eat me.
After a while, I stopped and looked around. I had no idea where I was. I knew that I was still in the old theater, but I had no idea in which room I was or how I was suppose to get out.
"What the hell do you mean bad blood? How the fuck can someone have bad blood?"
I stopped and focused on hearing from where the voice had come from. It sounded just like Aves voice.
"You have bad blood, which means that you are evil and that you can never become a vampire" a familiar voice said, probably one of the vampires.
I started walking to the left and finally, I got to the door to the room where they were. They were still talking to each other (or more arguing then talking actually).
"Why the fuck can't I become a vampire? How the hell do you know that I have bad blood?"
"Cause I have tasted your blood, you fool" the vampire said patiently. "Now; get out of here before I'll throw you out."
Tasted her blood? What the hell?
"No! I'm not leaving before you make me a vampire!" Ave said and sounded pretty much like a little baby not getting what she wanted.
The vampire sighed.
"Tell me something, Ave, if that is your real name. Why do you want to become a vampire?"
Ave went quiet there and for a while, she stood there just like that, quiet. Then she said:
"I hate my life. It pretty much sucks. My dad's a freaking alcoholic and he hits my mom who tries to tell herself everyday that it's not a big deal. He hits me to sometimes, but not as much as he hits mom. My brother always keeps reminding us about what a fucked up "family" we are and he always runs away for weeks to make me and my mom crazy of worrying for him, just to come back then after a few weeks."
A silence appeared and then the vampire said:
"It may not be a good life you have – but do you really think being a vampire would make it better? You wouldn't get to see your friends ever again, or your mother, or anyone in your family. You would have to hide in darkness during the day, you'd have to be alone pretty much all the time not to mention that you can't have children when you become a vampire."
"I don't care" Ave said quickly, and actually started sounding like she wasn't as sure of wanting to become a vampire anymore. "I want to become a vampire. If you can't make me one, why can't he?" She asked and probably meant the other vampire who was standing in the room.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, but if Larten says that you have bad blood…" he started and shook his head. "I can't do it. I'm sorry."
Ave sighed and sounded really defecated when she continued.
"Fine, forget that I even asked" she said and walked out of the door. Luckily, the door hid me so Ave couldn't see me.
The brown haired vampire sighed and shook his head.
"It's a shame that she couldn't become a vampire. She would be a good one."
The other vampire snorted.
"You always say that about fine looking girls" the vampire mumbled and shook his head, which only made the other vampire grin.
"I don't see what's wrong with that. Well, enough talking, I need to head back to the mountain. Not that I want to" he said and snorted.
"You might not like them – but you still have to respect them" the other vampire said, and sounded really like a father who berated his son.
"I do, but barely" the vampire smiled. "Anyway, I need to go now. See you at the mountain" he said, and suddenly, he was gone.
I blinked and looked to the place where he had stood, chocked. How the hell could he just disappear like that?
I shook my head. I shouldn't stay here anymore. It was wrong of me, especially since I already had overheard their conversation and after realizing that, I suddenly realized that it wasn't maybe the smartest thing to do.
I stood up and started walking. Where the fuck was Ave by the way? She had just disappeared after talking to the vampires. Talking to the vampires. A lump came up in my stomach when I remembered what she had said about her family. Gosh, even I hadn't knew about it. And hearing it just made me… Feel awful. How come I had never asked her if she was doing okay? If her family was treating her well? My god, I was the worst friend ever.
I shook my head. Why was I always so harsh on myself? I really needed to stop doing that.
"Ave?" I said, not so loud this time, and looked around while walking around, trying to find her.
After walking around for something that felt like an hour (but probably was only like, ten minutes) and getting a horrible headache from the stupid alcohol and worrying, I stopped and sat down at the floor.
I sighed as I felt the real world and the negative thoughts coming back to me. Great, so now I was alone in a fucking theater with no idea where my best friend was.
Well, since I can't seem to find Ave, why not take a nap? I thought to myself and closed my eyes. Just a little nap and then I'll try to find a way…
"Xiana, there you are!"
A hand suddenly grabbed my arm and what I did next was pretty stupid, but hey, what would your first reaction be if someone grabbed your arm just like that?
"Ouch! Why the hell did you hit me?" Ave said and placed her hand at her cheek, where I just had slapped her.
"I thought you were someone else! Sorry" I said. "Where have you been by the way? I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Where? In your sleep?" Ave said and gave me an angry glance. Before I could answer she sighed and started walking. "Never mind, let's get out of this place."
"What? W-wait!" I started running after her and felt how my stomach begged me not to. "You know the way out?"
"Of course I know!" I couldn't see much because of the dark, but I could bet that she rolled her eyes in that moment. "Come on, let's go!"
"Okay fine!" I said and started walking (more like running!) after her. "Hey, wait a minute… What is that in your hand?"
"W-what do you mean?" Ave stumbled and suddenly looked all nervous.
"Ave, your holding a cage" I said and speeded up so I walked beside her.
I bent down to see what was in the cage and suddenly when I saw it… I screamed.