Chapter 6

Best friends for, Eternity?

Alex

Maggie had cried herself to sleep on my shoulder. I don't know how she did, but she did. It was starting to get dark and I lifted Maggie up effortlessly and took her to my car. I would come back for hers.

When I got to her house, I quietly got her into her room and put her in her bed. I got her shoes off and socks and put the covers over her. Smiling at her, I sat in the chair and laid my head back to look at the ceiling.

I looked up at Maggie, smiled and left her house. When I got her car back, I took mine to the hospital to visit Ali. I, personally, thought Ali was very cool. I just wish she wasn't dying.

"What room is Ali Mason is?" I asked the front desk lady. "Um, looks like 304," She told me. "Thank you," I smiled and walked to the elevator. On my way up, a bad thought of Chase came into my head. Shaking my head, trying to get him out of it, I exited the elevator and turned the corner to Ali's room.

Knocking on the door, I heard Ali's fun excided voice say, "Come in!" Walking in, I stood in the doorway. "Hey Ali," I said. She looked up from what she was doing and her eyes got wide. "Alex? What are you doing here?" She asked me.

"Well, I thought we were becoming okay friends and I thought I would come by. Maggie told me about you," I shrugged. Ali just watched me closely and said, "Um, well why don't you sit down?" She motioned to a spinning chair and I went over to sit down.

"Are you here because of what Maggie and I did? I swear, we didn't mean too," Ali blurted out.

"What?" I asked, super confused. Ali's straight hair fell as she chuckled suspiciously. "Ali, what did you do? I promise I won't be mad," I told her, smiling, trying not to make it weird. "Well, Maggie and I broke into your house. But we didn't take anything! I swear!"

"You broke in?" I asked her, surprised. She nodded. "That was the day I came to the hospital. But I didn't come here for some reason. I came here because of the guy we saw. Blonde hair, blue eyes, very cute. You know him?" She asked me. I looked away from her, my teeth grinding together. "Yea, I know him. You meet my brother, Chase. He isn't the best character ever."

"Your brother? Well that is interesting. But it was something he did that made me freak out like I did. He like had fangs and when he found me, his eyes were like pure red and, I hate to say this, but he looked like a vampire. I know I'm crazy, but I just had to tell you. Your brother almost killed my just by scaring me. But Maggie, she stood up to him. I don't think she knew that he might be a monster," Ali laid back and looked at me.

I looked at her with sincere eyes. "Alex?" She asked me. "He's not a vampire is he?" This is where I wish I had the power to compel humans. I wanted to tell her no, but what was I suppose to do? He almost killed her. "Yes." I whispered to her. She started to laugh and I gave her a confused look.

"That is just weird. Never thought that would ever happen," Ali smiled at me. "Ali, I just need a favor from you," I told her. She nodded. "Anything Alex. We're friends now." I smiled at that thought. "Please don't tell Maggie any of this yet. I don't want her brought into this world yet. Not really what happened after today."

"Wait, are you saying you are one too? And what the hell happened today?" Ali asked me. "Yes, I am a vampire and what happened today, well, she kind of kicked Kaitlyn's ass in front of the whole lunch room. Once in photography class when she punch her in the noise, and then again in the lunch room when she slammed Kaitlyn's head into a table, pretty much knocking her out," I laughed.

Ali laughed with me. "Sweet! Man, do I wish I was there!" Ali told me. She held up her hand for a high five and I gave her one. "This is fun, talking with you. Can you come by more often? I need a little Alex time from now on. Someone to make me laugh while I am in this hell hole," Ali complained. Smiling, I stood up and came by her bed.

"Ali, I will never leave and I will be your best guy friend. I promise," I took her hand in mine and squeezed. She smiled at me, "Thanks Alex. Now, I need my sleep.

When I got home, the scent of blood overwhelmed me. Going up the stairs, the scent took my right to the room.

There I stood in the doorway, looking at Kaitlyn's unmoving body. Kaitlyn had two puncture wounds in her neck and blood was still running down from it. I took a step closer. That's when I heard his voice behind me.

"I left some for you Alexander. She was very tasty. Come on. Just give in for once. I know you hated her. Well this is a way at getting back at her for hurting Maggie," Chase told me.

"I can't," I barely got out, trying to hold my breath from the smell. Chase sighed behind me. "Alex, I know for a fact that you wanted to kill her from the first day you meet her. She is an annoying little bitch that hurt your girl," Chase breathed and went on, "Come on. Just try it. I'll help you through it. It's easy once you get the hang of it."

I closed my eyes, feeling my fangs come out. "You'll help me hid the body?" I asked me, the animal in me speaking. "Of course I will," Chase whispered behind me, a smile in his voice.

I flung myself, at vampire speed, at Kaitlyn's body and sunk my teeth into her neck. The blood ran down my neck and it felt good to have it go down my throat. But the one thing that I was aware of was that I couldn't stop. The animal in me was stronger than I was, and it kept going, making the real me want more. If this is what Kaitlyn tasted like, I started to think of what Maggie tasted like.

Maggie

I quickly sat up in bed, my face full of sweat. My breathing was hard and I looked around, noticing I was in my room and not in the clearing with Alex. Was that a dream? It felt like one.

Leaning over, I saw the clock reading 3:03 a.m. and I moaned. Grabbing for my phone and opening it, I had 5 missed calls and 16 texts messages. They were all from Ali. Slapping myself in the forehead, I got up and went to the bathroom.

"Maggie?" I heard from the living room. Going out there, I saw my dad sitting on the couch. "Dad, what are you doing up?" I asked him, going over and sitting by him. "Oh, your mother snores to loud. So I decided to just come out here and watch some TV."

I laughed at him and leaned into him, putting my arms around him. "So, I got a call today from the school." I closed my eyes, ready to get yelled at. "I just want to ask why," he asked me. I looked up at him, and sighed. "Kaitlyn claimed I had done something to Ali to get her stuck in the hospital, which I didn't. And I guess she just finally made me snap and I punched her."

My dad chuckled. "That girl had it coming," Was all he said. Smiling, I relished how good my parents were. "You think?" I asked him. "Of course. I work with her mom, and her mom gloats all the time on how perfect Kaitlyn is and she always talks about the guys her daughter is with. It's like her mom encourages her to have sex."

I laughed at my dad and he laughed with me. "I love you dad," I told him. "Love ya too, kido."

The next day, I skipped school and went to visit with Ali the whole day. I brought her all kinds of things to keep her occupied in the hospisal until this weekend.

"Dude, I really can't wait till this weekend. It's going to be epic. Who is all coming again?" Ali asked me. "Well, I had some last minute cancles because people are going out to get homecoming dressed and what not for the homecoming dance or they have family stuff to do but I think it is down to the four of us," I told her.

"Four?" "You, me, Alex, and um Chase, his brother," I told her. "So it went from 10 people to 4? Does this have anything to do with you beating up Kaitlyn? And when the hell did you invite Chase?" She yelled at me.

"He goes to our school now. Same grade and everything. I didn't want him to come, but Alex was coming so I just said yes to be nice. You know I have a hard time at being me. Please forgive me," I pleaded. Ali smiled. "It's okay. I forgive ya babe. Now, you have everything all- Wait! What about Zach?" She asked me. I shrugged. "Haven't really talked to him lately. He spends most of his time with, dare I say it? Kaitlyn."

Ali gasped and I nodded. "I know. I see them together all the time now and every time he sees me, I ask him where he has been and he says with Kaitlyn or 'I ran into Kaitlyn and we hung out of a bit.' I am starting to think he is cheating on me for her. Maybe it's because she will have sex with him when I won't," I told her. Ali slapped my arm.

"Don't think like that! He likes you; you just have to be more open to him." All I did was shrug and sat back in the chair. Ali sighed and threw some pens at me. "Hey!" I yelled at her and jumped onto the bed, taking a pen and writing all over her arms.

"Okay, okay! You win! Sick person out of breath!" Ali complained. I laid back in the bed with her, looking at her.

"Are they really trying? I mean the doctors? I don't want you to leave me," I told her. She gave me a look and hit my face lightly. "I will never leave you. How could I? I am sorry to admit it, but I am really your only friend," She told me.

"I know you are and that's why I don't want you to leave me. You better live or when I die, I will come after you," I threatened her. "Ohhhhh, I am soooo scared!" She laughed at me. I smiled at her and put my head on her shoulder.

"Do you think this weekend is a good idea? Or should I cancel it?" I asked Ali. "Don't cancel it. I want to get to know Chase. See what he is all about and then we can play the fun stuff like truth and dare and spin the bottle. Trust me. It will be fun," Ali smiled at me and hugged me close to her. "I hope you are right," I told her.

Chase

"My big brother, finally growing up and becoming a man. Feel better?" I asked Alex when he was done. Alex just looked at me with blood red eyes and said, "I hate you." Smiling at him, I walked into the room and help him with Kaitlyn's lifeless body.

"It was going to happen sometime brother. And with me here, I can help you control it," I told him. "I was just fine on my own," He complained, going down by her feet and we bother lifted her and took her out back where I had dug a hole.

"Fine? Living off of like one human every 3 weeks? You need more blood than that. You need blood like every week. What if the Ravens come and find us? You need to have strength if they attack," I claimed. Alex looked up at me and bared his teeth. "The Raven Coven will not come after me. They have no reason to. When they have a reason, then I will be worried," He told me. I just shrugged and helped lower Kaitlyn into the whole.

"What do we tell people when they go asking?" Alex told me. "Nothing. No one saw me with her in her car. The last time people saw her was at school and that's it. I'll go and maybe put her car at one for her so called friends houses and there, end of story," I whipped of my hands and walked towards the house.

"I will never thank you for this," Alex told me. I looked behind me, smiling at him. "Yes you will," I whispered and with my vampire speed, I was gone.

I know it's short and fast and not the interesting, but this is what I had come up with. Please review! This is the one story I actually enjoy writing, and I like to see myself what will happen next in the story, and that is very unusual for me! =)