I woke up In the room I shared with Bell. She wasn't there so I figured she'd gone downstairs. I dressed quickly. I put on dark blue jeans and a black shirt that said 'live laugh love' in white letters. My hair was wavy today and it looked good. I walked downstairs. Bell was sitting on the couch, watching TV.
"Good morning!" I said. I was in a very good mood this morning.
"Good morning." She replied.
I couldn't figure out why she was so upset.
"Why are you being like that?" I asked, a little less friendly.
"Like what?"
"Ever since you kissed Dameon you have been upset and sour!"
"You wanna know why?!" She screamed back "Because as I was kissing Him, he was imagining that he was with someone else!"
Within that moment I regretted every mean thing that I had just said.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered.
I walked over and hugged her. How could someone who seemed so nice be so mean?
"That's a question I was asking myself." She whispered.
I had never seen her this upset. It made me mad. What was I supposed to do?
"Where did the others go?" I asked.
"They went hunting, You may have been hunting but Skyler didn't." She explained "Skyler watched to make sure that you wouldn't get hurt. Or hurt anyone else."
I understood what she meant.
"Why didn't you go?" I wondered.
"Because I don't trust you here by yourself." She said.
I laughed too. I remembered the time I tried to cook. I had nearly set my house on fire trying to make mac and cheese. I haven't been trusted with the stove since then.
"That's one reason why." She laughed.
"When are they going to be back?" I asked, wanting to see Skyler and also wanting to talk to Dameon about what kind of ridiculous mind that he had.
"You are going to stay out of this and they'll be back at around five." She answered.
"Fine." I said sourly "You know what I think we should try to do while they are hunting? We should try to find out what happened to us. I mean, What we were doing when the vampire bit us!"
"How?" She asked.
"Well, we never really tried to remember what happened to us. What's the last thing you remember?"
"I remember that we were camping for your 16th birthday." She said "Nicolette was there. So was Melinda, Charlotte, and Elizabeth."
It started coming to me too..
"Do you think we could find the camp site?" I asked.
"Maybe." She said.
Our minds were made up. We both grabbed a coat and headed out the front door.
"How are we going to do this?" I asked.
"Follow me." She told me.
I listened. We ran through the forest. We searched for two hours and then stopped by a rock to rest.
"We need to look harder!" I yelled.
"I know." Bell answered calmly.
We jumped off of the rock and searched again. This time, we found it. The tent bars were in pieces and the tarp was shredded. There were clothes lying everywhere. Most were ripped and covered in mud. You could see the tire tracks from the car. They had gotten away safely. I was glad they had. Knowing that the others were safe was very comforting. We looked for something, anything, that wasn't ruined. I found my IPod and Cell Phone. Bell found her sketch pad and her phone. That was all we could not believe this. WE found our way back home and put our belongings on a table. The boys were already home by the time we made it back. Skyler say me and quickly ran over and hugged me very tightly.
"Where were you?" He asked "I came home and you weren't there! I was worried!"
I laughed a little. He missed me and was worried. Somehow I felt as though I was being a better man then him. Bell started lughing too. She most likely agreed with me.
"We found the place where we were attacked. " I explained "It helped us to remeber what happened. I remember everything now."
He stopped hugging me and looked at me in disbelief.
"Do you want to know what happened?" I asked.
He shook his head in the yes motion.
"Let me go get the others." Was all he said.
Not long after, Dameon, Scott, and Skyler came into the room. All three of them sat on the couch.
"What's going on?" Dameon asked.
"They remember." Skyler said.
Dameon looked at him with aq shocked look on his face. He then looked at Bell. Bell Turned away. I didn't blame her.
"We were camping." I said "We were camping because it was my 16th birthday. When we found what we thought was the perfect place to camp, We set up the tent. My other friends, Nicolette or Neo, Melinda, Charlotte, and Elizabeth, had decided to come. Once everything was set up, Neo and Bell started playing chess. Charlotte was reading Inkheart. Elizabeth was listening to her IPod and dancing around. Melinda was screaming at a pile of sticks because the hated her and were refusing to light."
I laughed. Of corse Melind would be like that.
"After a while, Bell was getting bored So she threw on some music." I continued "We started dancing around like teenage idiots. I heard something and screamed. They shut off the music and decided that we should all just go to sleep. We all went into the tent. I was the only one who couldn't sleep so I went outside by the fire to read. When I heard a snapping noise, I woke everyone else up and we looked around to see if anyone was there. We found nothing. Soon after, we heard laughing. Then something pushed Bell. She hit a tree. We all ran over to her. It was the most scary thing I've ever experienced. A man came over to her and tok her wrist....and he bit her. She started screaming, 'My wrist is on fire! My wrist is on fire!' I had no idea what to do. The man had red hair and red eyes. He just looked at me and laughed. I yelled to all of them to get in the van and go get help. They listened to me. I tried to move Bell into the tent but the man crept up behind me and grabbed my shoulders. He spun me around so that we were face to face. 'Don't be afraid' He whispered 'This will only hurt for a moment'. He laughed and bit my neck."
I flinched at the thought. This hadn't happened too long ago, and it felt painful to remember.
"The pain was horrible." I went on "I was in sooo much pain. I felt the tears roll down my face. I felt as though my neck was on fire. When I woke up, Bell and I were laying in the bed, not knowing where we were."
I looked at Bell. I don't think that she liked thinking or talking about it. I didn't like it either. It wasn't exactly one of the most pleasant memories ever.
"That's....Horrible." Dameon concluded.
Scott and Skyler looked at each other. They obviously didn't find it pleasant either.
"What happened when you found us?' Bell asked.
"Do you really want to know?" Scott asked.
"Yes." Bell said.
Scott sighed and began.
"We were hunting when we came across your bodies. We didn't know what had happened, we just saw a messed up camp site and to girls' bodies flailing around. When we saw the bite marks, we understood. Dameon carried Bell and Skyler carried you. When we made it home, our sister Rae dressed you and gave you her bed to sleep on."
We knew that that was the end of the story. That's all we wanted to know....For now.
"You girls should sleep" .Dameon said "It's midnight."
We shook our heads and walked upstairs into Rae's bedroom. We went to sleep in silence. There was too much to think about and nothing that we wanted to talk about.
