Chapter Four: Monday
The rest of the weekend went by fast and I was now Monday. Oh how Vlad dredged Mondays. He rolled out of bed groaning to the morning. Trying to transition from staying up late in the summer to waking up for school every day was hard; especially for a creature of the night.
Once down stairs Vlad warmed himself a fresh cup O-positive. A nice warm cup blood always wakes him up in the morning. Once done he tosses the cup in the sink and makes his way up stairs. As he gets himself ready for the day he remembers his time with Jade. It was nice, and that was all that he thought about that for the rest of the weekend, mostly the kiss anyway. He was sad that he couldn't call her; he really should have gotten her number.
As he's thinks about his new found friend, he quickly gets ready, and walks out the door with his bag in hand; right in time too, right at the end of the driveway stood Henry and Joss. "Hey guys." He spoke.
Henry waves to him while Joss speaks, "So Vlad?"
Vlad gives him a questionable look. "What?"
Joss readjusts his back pack on his shoulder. "Henry tells me that you had that Jade girl over Friday."
Vlad shoots a look at his friend. "How much did you tell him?"
Henry shook his head. "Not everything."
"Yeah, so what happen?" said Joss.
"Why?" Vlad wasn't sure why his friend cared so much, nothing really happened that he should care about. They played videogames, ate dinner together, kissed. Maybe that's what he is expecting to hear. Did Henry tell him about the kiss or was Joss just expected me to kiss her?
Joss shrugged. "Just wondering, so what did you do?"
Vlad could tell from Joss's curiosity that he wasn't he really wanted to know and probably wouldn't leave him alone all day about it. "Nothing much we played videogames and had dinner."
"Oh you did much more than videogames and dinner." Henry had to pipe up.
Joss looked to Vlad. "Did you kiss her? You did, didn't you?" Vlad looked away blushing slightly. "You did! Dude!" Joss raised his hand for a high-five, but Vlad ignored it. He put his hand down seeing that Vlad wasn't going to high-five him back. Vlad didn't know why they cared so much, maybe it was one of those normal teenage things of which he doesn't possessed like many others.
"I don't see why you guys are making such a big deal about it."
"Vlad, my dear friend," Henry wrapped his arm around Vlad and started to walk with him, "You see when it comes to a guy friend kissing a girl, especially for the first time, it our job as his friends to congratulate them on it."
Vlad took his friends arm and moved it off of him. "Listen I don't think it is such a big deal. I mean it was just a kiss."
Both boys gave Vlad a weird look. Vlad continued, "Any we should get going before we're late for school."
Henry smirked as they walked. "Oh do you want to see your new girlfriend?" he laughed as he nudged Vlad's side.
Vlad playfully pushed him. "Shut up. And she not my girlfriend."
"Sure she isn't."
The boys walk to school continuing to tease Vlad with his 'girlfriend'.
Chess opens a door violently to a blue walled room filled with trees, animals, and other nature like things.
"Shasa get up, it's Monday; we got to go."
The young Shasa awakens from her slumber and pops her head out from underneath her hoard of stuffed animals and worked her way out of her blue bed. Out she fell of a large oak tree on to grassy floor. "What? I'm up."
Chess shakes her head. "Just get dressed. I'll have breakfast done shortly." Chess closes the door and heads to the kitchen. Unlike her friend she was already dressed. Blue skin jeans, black skull tank top, and black high top converse make a great outfit.
She opened a double door interring a large room with a long stone island, stone counters, wooden cabinets, and a huge stainless steel refrigerator. She walked to the far corner where the refrigerator sat. Opening the usual size frig, she takes out many items; eggs, diced red and green pepper, orange juice, parsley, sausage, and bacon. It can't be breakfast without bacon. With skill she cracks, stirs, pours, chops, sprinkles, cooks, and neatly places it all on one plate under ten minutes.
"Good you're finally done." Shasa skipped out into the kitchen now dressed in white with pink splotches and bunny holding a stick of dynamite T-shirt, cameo shorts, and sneakers. She sat down at one of the chairs by the stone island. "So what's to eat?"
Chess slid the plate of food to her hungry friend. "Hurry and eat. We're going to be late."
"Yeah, yeah." Shasa quickly was shoving food in her mouth.
Chess grabbed a glass from the cabinet and filled it with water. She sets it down as she reaches into her pants pocket. She pulls a small box that made a raddling noise as you moved it.
Shasa saw as she opened it. "Is that all you're having?"
Chess takes out two small, white, pill like things. "Why you ask?"
Shasa looks down at her half empty plate. "It's just that you aren't eating as much as it seems you should."
"I assure you that are service Shasa." She takes the pills and drops them in the water, quickly turning it a deep red. As she picks up the glass she puts the box back in her pocket.
"I just don't want you getting sick."
"I know." Chess chugs the drink. Once down she wipes the excess from her mouth. "Now hurry and eat we need to get goin."
Shasa shoveled the remaining food and tossed the dish in the sink.
Chess opened a portal and they both left.
Vlad and the other boys walk up the stairs of the school at the top they met Jade and Sami. Henry ran to Sami's side. "How you doin sweet thing?" he said. She ignored him, as usual.
"Hey Vlad." A familiar voice called to Vlad from behind. He turned and to his surprise Meredith stood there in a light pink dress and a big smile.
Vlad had completely forgotten about Meredith, the girl he was crushing on since third grade. His heart started to beat faster and faster with every second of looking at her. "Hi Meredith," that was all he said. Hi. Wow, good job Vlad. Nice work with talking to your crush. But evidently that was enough for Meredith; she smiled sweetly. Vlad smiled back in delight.
As great as it was great was for Vlad, it wasn't for Jade. She noticed that Vlad liked Meredith, but she was the one to kiss Vlad, most likely before she did. Jade had an automatic hatred for the girly girl.
Henry picked up on the hatred quickly. "Had Vlad let's go, we're going to be late."
Vlad snapped out of trance with the help of the sound of his best friend's voice. "Bye Meredith, she you later." He turned and left his crush good bye.
As he walks to Henry and the others he waves to Jade. "Hey there Ja-"
"Save it," She snapped at him. She grabs Sami from Henry and walks in the school.
Vlad looked puzzled. "What's wrong with her?"
Henry smacks her in the arm as they start to walk in the building. "Dude! You just went all googlie eyed over Meredith."
Vlad stilled confused. "What so bad about that?"
"Just last weekend you kissed her. And you just went goo-goo gaga over Meredith right in front of her. I'm surprised that she didn't punch your lights or ripped off your head."
Vlad stopped and thought about it for a second. Henry was right, that was a jerk move to do to her like that.
"And the worst is you might have ruined my chances with Sami." Henry continued walking without Vald.
Joss set a friendly hand on Vlad's shoulder. "You should apologize, and fast."
Vlad nodded to Joss's wise advice and ran to Jade's locker. There he saw Jade close her locker door and start to head to class. "Jade! Wait!" he yelled.
Jade stopped turned. With a growled she spoke, "What do you want."
Vlad ran up to her. "I want to say sorry. It's just that I like you, but I like-"
"I get it, you like Meredith more than me." Jade started walk away, but Vlad caught her and turned her around. He stared in to her eyes. They were a dull purple, a deep, dark, dull purple. He didn't know what purple meant, but he could guess it was sadness. He felt bad, really bad.
"Look," he begun, "I like Meredith," Jade opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by Vlad, "but I like you, and I never said I liked her more."
Some happiness came back into her eyes. "So you like me more?" A smirk came to her face.
Vlad let go of her as he blushes. "I-I never said that."
"Ah but you thought it, didn't you?" she put her hands on her hips real sassy like.
Vlad looked at the ground, trying to hide his red face. But that was just useless; Jade told her finger and ran it up Vlad's neck from the bottom, across his Adams apple, and stopped at his chin. Shivers went up his spine. Jade wore a seductive smile as she teases the poor half vampire.
She slid her finger away. "We should get going. We're already later as it is."
Vald nodded and followed her to first period.
The first half of the day went by quickly and Vald was looking forward to lunch. He knew that he would have a pretty go lunch, nice friends to hang out with, and a cute girl that liked him; at least he assumed that part.
With his brown paper bag in hand he walked to the table that Jade, Sami, Henry, Joss, Bill and Tom. Vlad Stopped dead in his tracks. Wait! What? Bill and Tom at their table; what was going on? He shook his head. That can't be, I must be dreaming, he thought. He looked long and hard at the group until a waving hand in his face turned him away.
To his surprise it was Meredith standing there with the biggest smile on.
"Oh, hi Meredith," remembering this morning, Vlad spoke with caution.
"Hi Vlad," her smile became brighter with joy, "Hey I was wondering if you wanted to eat with me today?"
Vlad glanced at the group of friends who were goofing off and having fun then, back to Meredith, who was still smiling greatly. He takes another quick glance at his friends, but this time his attention was drawn to Jade, who was staring back at him with a wondering look.
Vlad set a hand on Meredith's shoulder. "I'm sorry Meredith, but I made a promise that I would sit with Jade today."
All happiness seemed to leave Meredith's face. "Oh, okay." She put a fake smile and walked back to her friends.
Vlad wanted to say something, but he didn't quite know what to say. He felt like a jerk, but he did make a promise, and who knows what Jade would do to him.
He walks to her friends with his head hanging low. Henry grasped his arm. "Are you ok Vlad?"
Vlad bit his lip. "Yeah."
"Are you sure?" Jade looked at him with worrying eyes. "We saw you talking to Meredith."
"Yeah, it's just she asked me to sit with her today, but I promised you and now I feel like a jerk." Vlad laid his head on the table in shame.
Jade placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. "You shouldn't feel that way. You made a promise and you have to stick with it, and I think she'll understand."
Vlad looked at his kind friend with a slight smile. "Yeah you're right."
Jade pats him on the back before turning to Sami. "Hey can you hand me my bag?" she says as she points to her beat up old red backpack beside Sami.
Sami picks up the bag and tosses it carelessly to on the table and slides it to Jade. Almost falling off Jade stumbles to catches it. She opens it and reaches deep down in as if it was some sort of abyss. Smirking she pulls out two dog collars.
"What are those for?" Henry piped up.
"These, my friend," Jade began, "are for the dogs." She looks to the two boys sitting silently.
Bill made a growling noise to the word dogs.
"Do you too remember the bet we had? I hope you didn't forget." Jade slides the two collars to the boys. "The green is for Tom and Bill you take the blue."
Tom had a questionable look upon his face. "What do you expect us to do with these?"
Sami gave them the look of are you stupid. "What do you think? You are her dogs now and those are dog collars, do the math. Or is that too much for that pea-sized brain of yours?"
Bill stood up. "I am not wearing this stupid thing," he growls as he throws the collar to the table.
"You are going to wear it if you like it or not." Jade stands and walks across the table avoiding everyone lunches. Standing on a chair she looks down on blockhead Bill. "Wear it," her voice was strong and stun, like a master giving a command to their dog. "Now sit." She points to the chair for Bill to sit as walks back to her seat.
She looks to Tom who is investigating the green collar. "Why do we have to wear these anyway?" he asks.
Jade smirked. "This way everyone will know who you dogs belong to." Tom looks back down at his new accessory. "I expect both of you to be wearing them tomorrow." Tom and Bill look up and look back down. "Alright then, you may go." Jade shoos them away with a wave of her hand. Bill violently gets up and leaves with tom right after him.
"So you're really going to make them your mind slaves?" Vlad spoke.
Jade turns to Vlad. "Well of course."
"Doesn't sound a little cruel?"
Jade shook her head. "There bullies and I hate bullies. They deserve to be punished."
Vlad looks down at his unopened bag lunch, he wasn't hungry anymore. He was too busy thinking about how his friend who seemed so cool might turn out to be a crazy psycho chick. Why was he so into the weirdest girls?
He looks over to his friend Henry chowing down on tacos. Sometimes he thought Henry never noticed anything when there was food in front of him.
He looks back to his lunch, still untouched. He didn't want to eat to eat, and Jade noticed. She leans down to his ear and whispers, "Are you sure that you're okay?" Vlad looks down at the floor. Jade looks up to take view of the lunch room; everyone was sitting down eating and laughing. Not many teachers where around though.
She grabs Vlad's arm and drags him out into the hallway, avoiding all of what little teachers' sights. In the distance they could hear Henry hollering something followed by an ooaf from him getting punched by Sami.
In the hallway Jade practically throw Vlad up against the lockers. She looks him dead in the eye before asking, "What bothering you?"
Vlad looks down, but his head was quickly brought back up by friendly hands. He bit his bottom lip before speaking, "You know," he began, "the whole feeling like a jerk for denying Meredith."
"There's more though, isn't there?" she asks.
Vlad looks down away from of her eyes. She only steps closer asking again, "Isn't there?"
Vlad bites his lip thoughtfully. Jade crests his face softly, sending a shiver down Vlad's spine. "You tell me anything Vlad."
Vlad looks into her eyes. They look kind and gentle. "I just don't like how you treated Bill and tom back there. I know that they're bullies and all, but it's still mean to treat them like that."
Jade moves her hand to his neck and took another step closer to him. "I'm sorry Vlad that I did that."
"Are you going to leave them alone?" Vlad questions.
Jade shakes her head. "No, a bet is a bet. They have to stick their word."
Vlad bit his lip. "But," Jade gets close to him, really close, "I will go easy on them. No extreme stuff, like world Domitian or anything like that."
Vlad smiled a little at his friend's humor.
"Better now?" she asks.
Vlad nodded and hugged Jade. She was surprised by the sudden hug. It took a moment for her to realize what was happening, but once her brain register what was going on she relaxed and hugged back. She was close to him with her head close to his chest. She could hear the beating of his heart. It was calm and relaxing, she could stay like this forever.
Vlad lets go slightly and looks deep into her eyes. Once again they were a slight pink. Vlad leaned into close to Jade's face, being only centimeters away from sweet soft lips. He closes his eyes and goes in, hoping that he won't miss. Luckily he didn't. His lips touch hers and it was just as great as he remembered that Friday night.
He held her close, even when they broke their lips apart. Vlad wanted more, but before he could Jade spoke, "Vlad I have a question."
Vlad's face became worried. "What is it?"
"What are we? Are we a couple?" She hid her face trying to hide the fact she was blushing.
Vlad smiled and whispers in her ear, "Only if you want us to be that way."
That only made Jade blush even harder. She became too embraced of her red face, so she hid in Vlad's chest. Vlad chuckled at her weird behavior. Who knew that a bad ass chick like Jade would be hiding her beet red face from him like a little school girl. It was funny and cute.
After calming herself down a little she looks up at Vlad still flushed with pink. Vlad arms wrapped around her keeping her close. Jade stood on the tips of her toes reaching up to kiss him softly on the cheek. She giggles as she grabs his hand. "Come on we need to get back to the lunch room."
They both walk together hand in hand back to their seats with their friends. As they seat themselves Vlad gets a few eye glances from Henry and Joss.
"So," Henry started, "what were you guys doin?"
Vlad smirked. "Nothing you need to know about."
Henry winks at his vampire friend. He knew that his friend was going to tell him just not now; they both might get into trouble.
Lunch went by fairly fast from that point. They all laughed and had a blast; especially Jade and Vlad. They spent the whole lunch holding hands underneath the lunch table.