heres chapter 3 of Eluding Darkness sorry its taken so long to post, its just been collecting just on my iTouch :p
He led me to an alley linned with old tenement buildings. Different pale-skinned men and women russled about, then quieting down as we passed. I stay tucked tightly under Riley's arm, gripping onto his jacket. I watched him glare at the others as he walked by as I stayed wide and doe-eyed taking in my surroundings. They are dark and dingy; and i can hear the whispers pick up as soon as riley moves his glare off them. All of the people look cold and harsh. I do spot out one girl who is crouched next to a crate, hiding, with the same look that I have in her eyes too; which only makes me retract into Riley even more. The rain still trickled down. "stay close." he mutters to me as we enter one of the buildings. The lighting is dim and flickers slightly. The others inside stare at us just as the ones outside.
"Riley, my throat burns." I whimper out to him. He doesn't say anything; I just see his jaw tense. We go up five flights of stairs and reach a large black door that has the numbers removed, only leaving just the shadow of them. My legs are numb, I only feel them beg for the heat. Riley opens the door and leads me into the room. It's not as bad as I'd thought it to be. It's actually really nice. It reminds me of a place I used to remember clearly. I have to remember. Why can't I remember? It has to do with Riley. I know it does. His room; it reminds me of Riley's room. I can remember his room. For a second I thought my blood actually pulsed from the memory. But I know that can't be. I'm dead. No; I lied. I'm not dead. I'm worse. I'm undead.
"you will stay with me here." he tells formally, breaking away from me. I look around. CD's are stacked everywhere, his clothes are scattered on the floor and draping over handles and of course video games, what Riley would engulf himself in for hours at a time. Guess it's my turn to take care of Riley, like he has done for me all these years.
"still playing first person shooters Riley?" I giggle, trying to lighten the mood taking a seat on the couch. He gives me a strangly look then smiles, then sitting down next to me. "was I really not that important that you forgot about me so easily?" I tease him. He chuckles and puts a had up to my cheek, pushing away a piece of hair.
"I could never forget you Tasie, and I'm so sorry that I did this to you." his voice is hard, yet breaking, I can almost hear it crack.
"dont harp on it, it happened and there is nothing we can do to change it." I shrug. I feel Riley's red eyes tense on me. Red eyes. I shoot up and look for the bathroom. I finally find it and look in the mirror.
"Tase you alright?" he asked curiously. I stare myself down. My eyes are red. Bright, burning, glowing red. Just like rileys.
"Riley! What the hell did you do to my eyes!" I yell running out of the bathroom and pushing him up against the nearest wall. "you know red is not my color."
"damn, you're really strong; what a tough little newborn." he smirks. I break into a small smile. "what happened to my darling Tasie?"
"she died an woke up on the other side." I smirk darkly, my voice slightly bitter. His smile faded. "oh, no that's not what I ment Riley. I-"
"I know, it's okay." he says glumly. I nod, not knowing what to say. "I missed you Tase." Riley whispers to me. "you don't know how much you mean to me." his hand traces the side of my face again. I go to open my mouth but then I hear a scream. Riley exhales irritatedly and rolls his eyes. "i'll be right back, stay here." I nod my head in agreeance.
"okay." I whisper softly. He almost hesitates for a second then leaves. I move over towered the window and see Riley is already out there. What? How'd he get down there so fast? I try and relax myself, I realize my eyesight is perfect, something it has never been. My smelling is impeccable. Everything is distinct. Even the wretched stench of riley's dirty socks, all the way to the sent of his cologne that he wears. A knock at the door disturbs my trance in my newfound advanced sences. I catiously go to look out the peep hole. It's the girl, the girl I saw as riley walked me down over here who was hiding. I open up the door. "hello." I say gingerly. Her eyes are a bright red just as mine. She looks nervous and frail and scared. Two men come from behind her and glare at me. My eyes go wide and I get a knot in the pit of my stomach. Their eyes are just the same as ours but not as bright a red. I back up as the two approach closer. The girl keeps her eyes fixated on the floor in the hall. I go to then close the door. I'm strong, but the two of them are stronger. The door slams open. My adrenaline, or whatever is left of it, if there is any left, spikes up. I don't know what to do. One of them comes up in front of me, the smaller skinnier of the two.
"who do we have here?" he asks giving a devious toothy grin. His finger slightly pushes up my chin. I go to back up, only into a wall of cold flesh. I get a chill up my spine. "you rileys miss?" he asks. I try to break away from the two and I shove the skinny one aside only to be pinned to the wall. "oh, she's warm." he chuckles. "must be real new here then. Wonder if she's got a little drink still in her, eh?" the bigger one chuckles as well.
"get off me." I grumble at them, trying to push him off. I only get pushed back down even harder.
"hey, your not going nowhere sweetheart. You're much to pretty for that douche Riley."he smirks. "and I can still smell a trace of sweet blood." he inhales through his nose. "I'll take a chance and take a bite."
"no!" I shriek. "Riley!" I push the man off with all my strength. The bigger man holds me down on the couch. I flail and thrash around trying to get them off.
"oh don't be shy! Just one bite!" he lowers himself at my neck and I shut my eyes tight, still trying to resist being held down. I wait for the bite but it never comes. I open my eyes to see Riley, holding the man against the wall.
"what do you think youre doing!" Riley screams at him. "how dare you come into my quarters and attack my guest! All three of you!" he glares at the other man and the girl. Riley pushes the smaller man right out the open window and I hear him scream. The larger man goes running and the girl still stands there unknowing what to do. Riley goes over to her, furiosity in his eyes.
"Riley, I am so sorry, they forced me." she pleaded. He went to open his mouth.
"riley." I interrupted getting up and walking over. I put a hand on his shoulder. "it's okay. Let her go." I murmur. He hesitates, his jaw clenched. "go." i tell her lightly. She hesitates as well.
"go." he growls at her. She scurries away in an instant.
"Tasie! How could you just let them in!" Riley asks me angrily.
"well I thought I was just her but the other two showed up out of nowhere." I explain a bit franticly. "i don't get it though, they were going to bite me, but what would that do?"
"your body still has blood in it, that's why right now you are incredibly strong, you'll be like this for the next few months to come." he explains. I yawn.
"I'm tired, can I go take a nap in your room?" I ask him.
"ye-... Wait." he looks at me dumbfounded. "your tired? What do you mean your tired?"
"like I want to sleep, stupid." umm... What's wrong with him? Did changing malfunction his brain to not know what sleeping is?
"you can't be tired that makes no sence." he almost said to himself and shook his head. "nevermimd, here follow me." he led me through a door in the in appartment to a large bedroom. It was of course messy, with clothes thrown everywhere but books and CDs neatly stacked on the floor. His messenger bag was next to a large dresser that had papers and other miselanious items sprawled out. The bed looked as if it was never slept in before. The sheets were clean and crisp and smelt of fabric softener. It was a typical riley room, it just was missing one thing. "where's all your techy gear that usually consumes your room?" I ask giving a smirk. "it's like your life, and you laptop was like your child." I giggle. Riley cracks a half smile.
"I'm afraid if I go back to the campus someone will notice me." he tells me.
"I can get it for you." I offer.
"what? No I couldnt let you go and do that for me." I give a big grin and plop down on the bed.
"of course you can. No one knows that I'm gone yet, the time it would take me to get your stuff and be out would be minuscule, especially now with my superhero powers." I joke. Riley chuckles and comes to sit next to me.
"I missed you Tase. How is everybody?" he asks with concern.
"how much do you remember? What do you remember?" I ask, kinda ignoring his question. I want to know what he can recall, beyond just knowing who I am. I want to know who else he remembers, what else he remembers about them, what else he remembers about me. I remember alot right now, everything, like nothing happened earlier in the night. I don't want to really tell him that though. He just seems too jumpy right now to offset the balance anymore. I lie down and he follows suit. "tell me."
"I remember my mom and my dad and my brothers, Eli and Kameron. I remember my annoying roommate, Davis." I snicker when he says that. "I remember school and everything, my 'obsession' as you call it with my quote unquote 'techy gear'. And then with you, everything is pretty much crystal." riley confesses.
"then how come you forgot me earlier tonight?" I ask meekly. "you barely knew who I was."
"I was in a bit of shock. And well, instinct kinda kicked in a bit. I barely had any control. I'm surprised I didn't suck you dry, you are very... Intoxicating." I blush furiously at his words. Intoxicating. Thats new. I havent gotten a really serious deep comment like that, especially from riley. Of course hes said id looked pretty before but more in the way a bestfried or a brother would. But intoxicating, just the way he said it, it was just so strange but in the most...alurring way. His eyes go wide for a second and clears his throat. "I mean, uhh, your blood smelt good." yeah, that was coy, really coy.
"thanks? I think?" I giggle. "I swear even as a vampire-" a chill goes up my spine as I that word, vampire, it sounds so unreal. I come back to my train of thought though,not wanting to think on it that much. "you still keep your clothes a mess." Riley laughs and gives me a smile.
"you still tired?" he asks me curiously.
"I can't explain it, I'm tired but I dont feel the need to fall to sleep. And you know how I love my 17 hours of sleep. I'd die, well that's a wrong choice of words, I'd feel... Incomplete without sleep." I tell him. he doesn't smile or laugh though, he looks at me a bit solemnly. I feel the burn in my throat again, and I exhale a small painful groan. "my throat." I complain. "its feels like strep throat from Hell."
"sorry about that." Riley brushes back my hair. "it's almost morning so when its night again well go out and get you someone. If you can you can get some rest."
"why can't we go out now and what do you mean someone? I am NOT killing a person for their blood." Riley looked at me quizzically and then laughed uncontrollably. "oh shut up!" I hit him with a pillow only causing him to laugh more.
"you are the strangest newborn. Are you on any drugs? Drunk any alcohol lately? Because you're not supposed to be tired, you're not supposed to remember everything, your not supposed to care about the welfare of a human and your not supposed to be this controlled." Riley explains. "you are so weird." he chuckles out.
"me? I'm weird? And why do we have to wait till tomorrow night?" I asked.
"because of the sun." I roll my eyes and scoff out a laugh.
"because of the sun? That is the oldest chlishe in the book." I laugh.
"it's true-"
"I don't want to argue. I'm gunna try and sleep." I snuggle up next to Riley. He's hesitant for a second then he wraps his arm around me and pulls me into him.
"goodmorning Tasie." he whispers to me. Goodmoring. Is that the new goodnight? I dont question it, I just follow along.
"goodmoring Riley." then i drift.
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