Chapter 14: Saving a Vampire
"So there's no partying tonight", Lilly asks while looking sad. I bet she hopes this will makes us change our minds. But she doesn't know that Willow is trying to kill herself tonight and that Sky, Effy and I are going to save her. She and the others won't know until Willow is alive and ready to tell them what was going on through her head.
"Sorry Lilly not tonight", I say giving her shoulders a light squeeze.
"Don't worry Lilly tomorrow night there will be a huge party", she is smirking. I roll my eyes knowing that she is going to want to have a party after we save Willow. But first we need to save her then we can worry about party planning. I know how confident Effy is so she already believes we will succeed in our mission to save a vampire. That vampire just happens to be one of our own which makes it even more important then if it was some stranger on the streets.
I know Sky who is standing right next to me agrees with me. We need to take this one step at a time. First we have to make sure we save Willow then we can start planning a party.
"If you say so", Lilly says to Effy. Then she turns away to tell the boys. I know that they will want to have a fit. But I have a feeling they know something is up and that we have a good reason not to have fun tonight.
I look over at the boys and see the expressions on their faces. Paul looks like he doesn't care about having a party or not, which is so easy to believe. Marko looks sad but when he senses me looking at them and giving him a smile he starts to understand that something is about to happen. Dwayne looks sad and I know it's not because of not having a party.
"They seem to be taking this well", Sky says causing Effy to nod her head in agreement.
"Yeah, but will they feel the same way when they know Willow wants to end her life", my voice sounds weak again and I don't like that. I hate feeling weak especially when I need to be strong. I need to be strong to save Willow.
"I don't know", Sky whispers to the two of us.
"That's not important, right now we have to worry about Willow", Effy says to us making us nod our heads.
While we make a plan for tonight the boys and Lilly sit and talk quietly. It seems really weird for the cave to be so quiet. There's always music playing and vampires yelling and doing activities.
I look over at David who is sitting in his wheelchair again deep in thought. I wonder if he knows about Willow. Would he pry that deep into her head and should we tell him just to be sure?
Thinking about Willow I finally look at her for the first time tonight. She is still in the same place she has been for this whole week. Her iPod playing as loud as it can her eyes making her look sad and unwanted.
"So alls we need to do now is wait until everyone goes to bed and Willow makes a move", Sky says all energy gone from her voice. She reminds me of a zombie by the way she looks at us and the way her voice sounds so dead and so empty.
"Right." Effy and I say together. We look at each other and then down at the piece of paper where we have written down our plan. The plan to save Willow's life and make sure she is around to help kill Ash and his followers.
We talk some more about the plan and how we think Willow will try and kill herself. We can't decide between staking herself and going out in the sunlight. We think staking is the right answer but you never know. But Effy is confident in the staking because she says its way more dramatic.
I grow impatient as the night goes on; this is the first time I ever wanted the night to end. I can't sit still and bit my nails so much I'm afraid that they are going to bleed. Sky and Effy both look nervous but I know we are all trying to hide it. We can't be weak; we have to be the strongest we have ever been before.
David and the boys go to bed and Lilly follows behind them walking as slow as she can. She looks over her shoulder and I smile at her letting her think that everything is okay. But I can't fool her I mean she is following the boys to the back of the cave. She has to know something is going down once they all leave the room.
Willow stares at us and we stare back. She looks worried like we have figured out her master plan. She calms down when we all start to lay down and close our eyes.
The girls and I open our eyes a little and look at Willow know stop. She pulls the ear buds out of her ears and heads to the bed next to Sky's. I know Sky is shutting her eyes extra tight as Willow goes under the mattress and pulls out a stake. The wood looks very old and the point looks extra sharp. She did have this planned out really well.
As Willow makes her way over to David's wheelchair Effy and I look at each other. How can we make it over there when she has a view of everything? Then like we were all blessed from and angel Willow shuts her eyes as she sits in the wheelchair. We all make a run for the wheelchair. We are so fast our footsteps can not be hard, I'm the first one to make it followed my Effy and the Sky.
We stand behind her not making a sound. I hear her sigh and raise the stake to her heart. Her palms look sweaty and her grip looks weak. She doesn't want to die but she wants to make a point. A point that will make Ash come after us.
She presses the stake closer to her and I know soon that I have to grab it while the girls try and hold Willow back. I swear if I had a heart it would have flown out of my chest by now.
She is about to do it and my hands itch to grab the stake out of her hands. Before I can a figure crashes into the wheelchair. I hear Willow scream and the stake go flying across the room right in front of my bed. Willow and the figure that is just a blur of black lay on the floor in a big pile.
"Get off of me", Willow screams. The black figure moves and Sky, Effy and I gasp as we see who the figure is. David, David is the one who stopped Willow. So I guess he did pry that far into her head. I wish I could have saved her but I part of me is glad since I was so nervous.
"Why Willow", David snaps.
"No one cares about me!" Does she not see the three of us? Does she not realize David just saved her life?
"Oh really, it looks to me that we do. Or did they just stand here to watch you die. Grab some popcorn and be in the front row for the suicide. I don't think so, and I'm pretty sure I care because if I didn't I wouldn't have saved you." He yells all these words and now the whole cave is up and watching.
"Suicide", Lilly yells.
"Yes Lilly, Willow wanted to kill herself because she thinks no one cares about her. But she doesn't realize that Ash will find out and call us weak. Then were all dead and that means no more Lost Teens." He looks angry but deep down I know her cares for Willow.
I touch his arm softly. The first time I touch him in a long time. He smirks at me and I feel like flying.
"Not cool Willow", Paul says.
"Yeah, Willow we love you", Dwayne adds.
"Girl we care for you", Marko shouts and pumps his fist in the air.
"You should have talked to us Willow", Lilly says through her tears.
"I made sure Rayne found out", Sky says touching Willows hand softly.
"I was stupid Willow and I'm glad Sky warned me. I blame myself for this; I should have let you in more. Not be so closed up and only caring about Effy."
"I know you think I hate you but I don't. I just haven't seen my cousin in a long time. I didn't want anyone taking her away." Effy says in a soft voice. Then she adds, "I hope we can be friends."
She puts out her hand for Willow to shake. After a minute she reaches out and shakes Effy's hand.
"You had a right to be protective Effy. I felt the same way but you haven't seen her. Plus I was scared because I was starting to trust you and I didn't want to die for that. So I close myself up and when it seemed like everyone hated me I deiced to end it all, not let Ash get me." She pauses before added, "I would love to be your friend and get to know you better."
Effy smirks and I smile bringing the three of us in a huge group hug. Willow and I both whisper sorry to each other at the same time causing us to laugh. Then everyone makes a run for us diving on top of one another as the once quiet cave gets filled with noise.
I get pulled out of the hug by David who stares into my eyes.
"I'm sorry Davey-", he stops me with his lips crashing onto mine. I relax as we kiss each other passionately. Our hands run up and down each others cold bodies and I feel so much better as he runs his fingers through my hair and my hands grasp tightly onto his gloved ones.
"Gross", Paul yells. I flip him off while still kissing David. Everyone laughs and then Effy clears her throat to speak.
"Everyone rest up for tomorrow there is going to be one hell of a party!!!" Everyone screams and yells and David picks me up and I wrap my legs around him as we go in for another passionate kiss.