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Lucas head jerked back from mine like he'd been taken by shock. His expression was guarded and his cautious as eyes locked with mine. He'd felt it. Well he knew that something was wrong, things weren't like before. Everything had changed.
"Lucas?" Vic's voice interrupted our thoughts. I heard footsteps echo through the basement as Vic entered followed by Ranulf who was holding a bag with red liquid in it. Lucas instantly backed away from me when they came into view. My heart sank and tears threatened in my eyes at Lucas's actions.
"Vic?" Lucas said. I though Vic was going to cry at that second when he saw Lucas alive just a few feet from him.
Vic ran to his best friend and gave him a tight bear hug, the kind that just squeezes all the air out of you. "Lucas! Man you gave us all a shock back there" he let Lucas go and Lucas stumbled a few steps back trying to keep balance.
"You're back" was all Lucas's response.
"I got you mail" Vic ran his hand threw his blond hair "I came as soon as I could but Bianca…she'd already" his voice faded. Lucas expression stayed the same but I noticed Lucas eye's drift down to the blue lines on Vic's pale neck.
"Lucas" Ranulf said suddenly. In the awkward silence between us, I totally forgot about Ranulf's presence in the room. "I know how it is, It'll take a while to get used to but you've got to drink, now" he based Lucas the bag of blood.
Lucas didn't take it "You've got to be kidding, right?" his eyes were wide.
"You're a vampire, this is your life now" Ranulf said plainly "It's either this or a real person" Lucas's eyes flickered to me, I shot him a sympathising look but he looked away quickly. I felt my heart was breaking by the second. What was up with Lucas? Did I do something wrong? It wasn't my fault that I became who I was. I shook away my thoughts and took the bag from Ranulf and walked towards Lucas.
"Lucas please" I held out the bag to him. He didn't take it, he didn't even look at me. He just stared at the floor and shook his head. I ripped the bag open with my hands. Lucas was going to live, he wasn't going to let himself starve to death. I wasn't going to let him. The smell of blood spread through the vast room. I sensed Ranulf stiffen behind me and Lucas looked up from his feet and his eyes met mine. "Please" I tried again and held out the open bag to him. "Please"
Lucas took it from my hand. He looked at it like it was a box of dynamites about to explode in his hands. "Must I have and audience?" he asked quietly. Automatically Ranulf, Vic and me all looked at each other "One person is alright but I don't really like being watched while I… eat" Lucas said.
"Okay" Ranulf said "Vic and I'll go. Bianca can st-"
"No!" Lucas yelled too quickly "Not Bianca, please. Ranulf, stay. Is that alright Vic?" Lucas's didn't even look at me. It was like he'd just ripped my heart out. Vic looked at me and I just gave him a sad nod. Vic didn't say anything and left. I felt a tear escape from my eyes but I quickly whipped it away and followed Vic. The house was large and usually felt welcoming but now it was humongous and felt like a place to run and hide and never come back.
"I'm getting something to eat, okay?" Vic asked.
"I'll come" I followed to him to a very modern, hi-tech looking kitchen. There was a long black glass table in the middle of the room and a black marble counter with a sink and plates, wine glasses all neatly organised. "Wow" I gasped. There was a large TV attached to the wall behind the sink and stuff."Vic this is awesome!"
He grinned and started reheating a slice of pizza. "Thanks. Would you like something to eat? I think there's only readymade pizza left?"
I showed my hands in my pockets. "Sure" I smiled. The microwave timer went off and Vic took out the plates and handed one to me. I took a bite of the pizza. It tasted off. The cheese didn't even taste like cheese it tasted kind of like rubber.
"Want to go outside?" Vic asked.
"Sure" I started to the back door but he took my hand and pulled me the other direction. "Um where are we going?" Vic didn't answer. He lead me across the living room to the front door.
Vic pulled the handle and pulled the door opened. He left the door slightly ajar and sat on one of the porch steps. I joined him. "Want to explain" I asked as I bit into my tasteless pizza.
Vic took a bite of his pizza and answered "there's a dead body in the back yard and that wasn't really comforting and pleasant thought while I'm going to eat" I smiled back at him. Vic will always be Vic. There was a silence as we ate except for some birds chirping here and there and a pleasant breeze. The forest was nearby and there were any houses around. The sky was starting to turn pink and orange, sunset.
"Lucas" Vic said suddenly "He's different"
"He's a vampire" I took the last bite of my pizza and put the plate down beside me and started to wipe and bits off my pants.
"Yeah but he's different" Vic exaggerated the word different. I shrugged. "Bianca, he didn't want you to be in there when he was going to drink blood for the first time. He backed away from you the moment Ranulf and I entered the basement and that isn't a card he usually plays" Vic's blue eyes burned into mine.
"I don't know. Maybe" I stopped short. Why did Lucas want Ranulf in the room instead of me? Ranulf was a vampire…
"Ranulf's a vampire. I guess Lucas wanted him to be there because of that"
"Yeah I guess" Vic put his plate down next to him "And you're different too"
I closed my eyes "Of course I am. Everything's different now, Vic. I'm wraith, a ghost. I can sense but I can't feel and no offence or anything but that pizza was tasted awful"
"Hey!" Vic held up his hand in protest "I really don't want to waste time defending the pizza's honour and anyway, do you even need to eat?"
That never crossed my mind before "I guess so"
Vic looked at me with sadness in his eyes "I wish things were normal again even though everything is darn cool. I wish we were all back in Evernight. Ranulf, Lucas, you, me. You know the way it used to be except Ranulf and Lucas will be there at the same time. We'll watch movie's everything, play pool or video games and everything will be normal and Raquel can come too" Raquel… someone I mis judged as trustworthy and loyal but I didn't let the past drag me down so smiled and leaned against him and put my head on his shoulder. He held my hand "We'll get through it all somehow. It'll be really cool like an action packed movie. Always on the run then disaster strikes and you know how it is" I just closed my eyes and let Vic's words fade into my memory.
"Hey Vic!" Ranulf called from nearby. My eyes shot opened to quickly and the world started spining so fast that it was blurry. I lifted my head from Vic's shoulder; I had a massive neck cramp now. Night had fallen already and the stars shinned brightly as ever with no care in the world.
Vic got up carefully from next to me "How is he?"
"He's getting used to it. His diet going to be all over the place for weeks but he's handling it all really well" Ranulf said. That made me smile; Lucas was going to be just fine well nearly.
"Did you tell him" I asked and both their heads turned my way "About everything that happened?"
"Yeah" Ranulf nodded "I did"
"Thank you" I whispered.
"Hey Ranulf we should definitely see a movie tonight" Vic said trying to lighten up the mode "You know Star Wars or Transformers or something?"
"Star Wars" Ranulf said. I rolled my eyes. Guys. They headed inside and dumped themselves onto couches.
"You coming Binks?" Vic called.
"Yeah, I just got to talk to Maxie. I'll be there in a second" I didn't wait for a response. I started climbing the stairs till I reached the attic door. I hesitated before pushing it open. The room was completely empty except for a couple of boxes covered in dust. My shoes squecked against the old pine floor. "Maxie?" I called. "Maxie where are you?" I turned around to face the door. When suddenly a figure appeared out of nowhere and worded the words "Boo!"
I screamed "Oh my lord!" I grabbed the door handle to steady myself. I looked up to see Maxie in hysterics "What the hell was that for?"
"Oh Bianca!" she was laughing so hard that tears feel down her face "You're the worst kind of pathetic there is! I mean you should've seen your face!" she whipped the tears of her face. "Classic" she said when she calmed down a bit.
"We'll you scared the guts out of me" I huffed "Anyway I needed to ask you something"
She sat down on a wooden box "Okay shoot. What do you want to know?" she twirled a strand of her hair on her finger.
"Do we need to eat? Do wraiths need to eat?" I asked.
"As I said before, you're the worst kind of pathetic there is" she said and I scowled "Okay Bianca, think about it. We're ghosts so technically we're dead, right?"
I nodded.
"So… do dead things need to consume food?" she asked and I shook my head. "So no we don't"
"Oh" I don't know whether to be relieved or frustrated.
"Is that all you needed to know?" she raised her eyebrow.
"Yeah that's it" I smiled "And thank you"
"Anytime" she winked at me and disappeared.
I turned to the door way and a figure was leaned against the door frame. A figure that I knew too well.
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