Hurt

I stood there, staring at my now perfectly white and smooth hand. I tried punching the iron cage as hard as I could to see if my hand would break but my hand ended up breaking the bar. I turned to look at Caleb once more but he was now outside the cage. His eyes were full of sadness, the complete opposite of Gretchen, Andrew, and Antonio.

I lunged for them but before I could reach them they waved a stick of fire at me. "Tsk, Tsk. Don't want to be doing that now do we?" Gretchen said with repulsion and hate. I wanted to crush her and now I actually had the power to. "I will tell everyone this secret!" I whispered in a low menacing voice. "Really? Well if you do that, then you are just sentencing yourself to death as well," Andrew said. I wanted to destroy them, rip them apart, do anything to where they would no longer exist but I could not reach them.

"Besides, we don't want you dead yet. Not without paying for what you did first. We will leave you here for a couple of days, guarded of course. We need to get you thirsty for them," Gretchen said, pointing to two men few feet away. I shook my head in horror, tears streaming down my face as I looked into the eyes of my brothers. I fell to my knees as I felt all my energy diminishing. They…. They couldn't.

I looked at my brother's faces again and then turned towards the ones who did this to me. "I didn't… I didn't mean to… please," I begged in a soft whisper. Caleb's face was the only one who wavered; the others just looked at me as if I were nothing, just another pathetic thing. They walked away, Caleb walking a ways behind them like a faithful dog. I wanted to puke… I looked back to my brothers. They were staring at me with sadness in their eyes as well. I crawled to the wall of the cage and pressed myself against it as far as I could.

There were other vampires nearby with fire, ready to use it if I tried to escape. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," I said. I saw a tear roll down Jacob's cheek. "It's ok Christine. I least you killed one of 'em," he said, trying to lighten up the mood. I smiled a small smile; Jacob always could make me smile. Joe just sat there, no longer able to look at me. I looked toward them longingly. It felt like forever since I had seen them. I turned and leaned my back against the bars, letting my tears fall down my cheeks. I was already feeling thirsty but I tried to push that feeling aside.

I passed the next two days just sitting in the same spot. Jacob tried to get me to talk but I just couldn't. I knew it was time when Gretchen came along with Andrew, Antonio, and Caleb. The two guards forced me to the back of the cage before setting Jacob and Joe in with me. I tried to cling to the bars of the cage as if my life depended on it. I don't know how long I sat there, not breathing. "This is taking too long… why don't we just come back tomorrow. I'm sure she will have finished them by then," Andrew said with a smile.

I did not look at him, but with a few more coaxing I heard them leave. I looked up and was surprised to see Caleb still there but he was the least of my concerns. I was struggling against the urge to go over there, their heartbeats sounded so enticing. I crushed myself to the bars harder. All of the sudden Jacob started to move towards me. "Jacob!" I choked out. "Stay…Stay away from me!" He kept edging closer to me until he was right smack dab in front of me. "Christine… Listen. Joe… Joe and I, we talked. We want you to try and change us. If you can't, if it's too much, too hard, don't worry. We still love you. You are everything to us," he whispered. He gave me a kiss on the cheek, whispered an "I love you" before going back toward Joe.

I sat still for a few more moments, trying not to think how wrong it was for me to be doing this, to TRY and do this. As I slowly got up, and walked toward my brothers who were my life, I just kept that thought in my head. When I knelt next to Jacob I whispered "I'm sorry" as I put my snow white lips to his neck.

When I first tasted the blood I couldn't stop. In the back of my head I knew I was killing him but I just couldn't help it. He tasted too good! But then I looked over to Joe and saw the fear in his eyes which halted my actions. It took all my willpower to back away from Jacob but I did. Joe seemed to relax, seeing that I didn't kill Jacob and he looked to be, expectantly. I leaned toward him and took a bite.

Within a few minutes I was back against the bars, trying not to breath, to not think. The guards had not noticed what had just happened but Caleb was still there. He came and knelt beside me. "They will be changed in a few hours. There should be enough time to escape." I gave a sharp nod. He still knelt beside me and he almost seemed hesitant. "Is there something you want to say?" I asked, using the last of my air up. He looked at me for a few minutes before sighing. "Can I come with you?"

I braced myself before chancing breathing in again. I just needed enough air to ask one more question… When I got enough I hissed "Hold on to me" to Caleb. He quickly understood, grasping my arms. When I felt secure, using the last of my air, I asked "Why do you want to come with us?"

If he hadn't been holding me I would have thought he had left. Finally he answered. "Because… ever since I started to come into your room at night… I have started to have feelings that I have never experienced before. When you started to say my name at night, these feelings grew. I did not know how to react to these feelings. That's why I wasn't so pleasant the other day. I was actually pissed at you for making me feel this."

After a few seconds he whispered "Your all I think about." He said this so quietly I almost wondered if he even said this or if it was my imagination wanting him to say it. Caleb was still holding on to me tightly so I chanced breathing in again. The smell wasn't so bad this time… they were changing fast. "And the song?" I asked. He chuckled softly. "That's how I felt about you… what I wish I could say to you," he replied softly.

I gently tugged at my arms as an indicator for him to release me. He waited for a few seconds before freeing my arms. I turned slowly to face him. I looked into his eyes, trying to see if he was being serious or if this was some trick. The look on his face told me this was no trick. I tried to turn away but his hand held my face still so I was still looking into his eyes. I don't know how long we sat there, just looking at each other, but when I noticed that my brother's hearts had ceased beating I knew it was time for us to go.

We had a long way to go even though none of us knew where we were going to go but I had my brother's back and even though I still did not know what was going to happen between Caleb and I, I knew everything would fall into place. I crawled over to my brothers and told them it was time to go. Caleb had run around to the front of the cage to let us out and before the guards knew what was happening, we had killed them. We all stood around for a few moments, trying to decide where to go and we decided to head north, the opposite direction of the town. It was odd to have this much power coursing through me but I enjoyed it. Soon all my thoughts went away as I relished in the feeling of how free I felt.

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