Disclaimer: Again don't own Fright Night.
Author's Note: Chapter 9! Where is the time gone. I just finished my second year of college, so weird. Enjoy!
Ch. 9 Fool Me Once…
I walked the familiar path to Annie's house. Annie's parents had left for a weekend trip. I had told Adam that I would be staying at her house. We spent two nights last week watching the vampire. When we didn't get anything new, we decided to graph the attacks that were reported. As far as we could tell I was based around Charley's neighborhood. I knocked on the door, Annie appeared seconds later.
"Ed," She said kissing me.
"Long time no see," I said. She smiled and led me into her house. We sat down in the front room to watch movies. Movie watching got a bit boring after awhile so we decide to look somewhere else for entertainment.
"What else do you have to do around here?" He asked.
"Well we got an air hockey table in the den," Annie said. I looked at her incredulously.
"And you're telling me this now!" I said.
"Well, I guess it just slipped my mind," She said smiling. They went to the den and the played air hockey.
"Ha, I won again," Annie said joyfully.
"You mean I let you win," I said smirking. It wasn't true, but I figured I would push her buttons a little bit.
"Why Edward Lee, can't admit a girl beat you," She said raising her eyebrows.
"Babe, I have no upper strength at all. Of course you bet me," I told her
"Well, you are really thin?" Anne said.
"Not as thin as you of course," I said. Bring her close to me. Annie smiled and kissed me.
"Speaking of which, we should make something to eat," Annie said. I suddenly realize how hungry I was. Annie went in and made us Cheese Ravioli's. They didn't take long to cook.
"Wow, never seen a girl eat that much," I said smirking. As long as I have known her, she could eat just about anything and not gain weight. She eats a full bag of potato chips and has a stomach that is flat as a board.
"I'm hungry," She said as If this settled everything.
"Where did your parents go?" I asked her.
"Mom wanted to go see Peter Vincent again," Annie said shrugged.
"You know your dad would freak if he knew I was here," I told her. She looked at me then smiled.
"Oh yeah, you're a parent's worst nightmare," She said rolling her eyes.
"Damn right," I said smiling.
"Do you think vampires eat?" Annie asked offhandedly. I looked her. What was with the random question?
"I think they only drink blood," I said.
"I think it would be depressing not being able to eat. No wonder why vampires are so mean. There cranky and hungry," Annie said. I laughed.
"And they just want your blood," I said. Annie suddenly looked strange.
"I think I'm going to throw up," Annie said. She ran to the bathroom. After a few moments I started to feel like I needed to puke too. I ran to the other bathroom she wasn't in.
"Did you just throw up," Annie asked as she came out of the bathroom.
"Yes," I said wiping my mouth.
"Must be foot poisoning, "I said as my stomach turned again. Annie ran into the bathroom again. It was like that for the rest of the night. Me and Annie running to the bathroom to throw up
I groaned as the ray of light hit my face. It felt like I had a hangover, just without drinking a single drop of alcohol. In fact, it felt worse than a hangover. I opened my eyes. I forgot I was at Annie's. I looked over. Annie was still sleeping. Finally, after many hours of puking we both had fallen asleep.
"Morning," I said kissing her on her forehead.
"Morning," She said groggily.
"That was horrible," I said. She nodded.
"That'll teach me not to cook ever again," Annie groaned.
"Luckily, I told my parents I was spending the night at Adam's," I said.
"I think a shower is in order," Annie said getting up.
"I'll get in after you," I said. I wanted to sleep a little more.
"You sure?" Annie asked. It was then I realized what she meant.
"Yeah," I said smiled
"Can't say I didn't offer," Annie said suggested. I smirked then turned over. I feel asleep. When Annie got out of a shower, she woke me up. When I got out of the shower Annie was sitting at the mirror straightening her hair.
"Oh, so the shiny hair is not natural," I said smirking.
"It is. Just takes a while," She told me. I looked at my cell phone. Adam had called in the middle of the night. I checked the time. I frowned; Adam never would call at three o'clock in the morning. I dialed his number. There was no answer.
"Everything ok?" Annie asked. I didn't know if anything was ok. Something didn't feel right. I decided that maybe I will try again later. We said our goodbyes, and I drove home. Something wasn't' right. I could feel it.
Annie POV:
As I watched Ed leave, I called Amy to tell her I wasn't feeling good. I still felt sick from last night. I grabbed some 7up out of the fridge a sat down and watched T.V. I put a blanket over myself, and fell asleep. In no time, I was dreaming.
I felt something sharp. The pain was unbelievable. I looked up and saw it. It was horrible. I knew it wasn't something good. I began to scream but screaming didn't do much good. The sound seemed to have been turned off.
"Annie," a voice said kindly. I looked up startled. I relaxed when I saw who it was. It was my dad.
"Hey," I said groggily.
"How was your night?" My dad asked.
"It was good," I said.
"You feeling alright Goose? You look a little pale," My mother asked.
"Yeah, just a stomach bug," I replied. My mother put a hand over my forehead. Annie was happy that with the acknowledgement. When my mother first had her accident, her mom spent a lot of time in bed. I cleaned up the house, and took care of my mom, and started supper before my dad came home from work. It had been a rough time. I was grateful that I had someone to talk to.
"Why don't you go upstairs and I'll bring you something to settle your stomach,' Mom suggested. I nodded and walked up the stairs to her room. I laid down in my full size bed. I saw a shirt on the floor. I got up and grabbed it. I realized it was Ed's. I smelt it. It smelled like his axel body spray. I folded it and put it away.
"Here you go," Mom said handing me two small white tablets.
"Thanks Mommy," I said gratefully.
"I got your progress report," Mom said. She handed me a thin white piece of paper.
"I got A's and B's," I said shocked. I never did this good.
"Oh that's great Baby," My mother said kissing me on the forehead.
"I can't believe it," I said.
"You know you seem different," Her mom stated while looking at me, she than sat on my bed.
"How so?" I asked.
"Well your grades have improved, your just happier," My mom said smiling. I smiled too, than frowned. In a way, I hadn't changed. I knew I was hurting him by what I was doing, but I couldn't stop myself. It was like someone else was controlling me and I couldn't stop myself.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," I said distractedly.
"Is everything ok?" My mom asked. I looked at my mom. Should I lie, or should I tell the truth.
"Yeah, just nauseous," I said. My mom left and I laid down again. I didn't know what to do. All I knew was that I didn't want to have another dream about that monster.
Next Chapter: It goes down hill from here.