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Eyes of the Beholder
Chapter 2
"Are you scared now?" The vampire asked me.
"I..I…I…can't" I stuttered. I'm sure at this moment I looked shocked, and that is because I was shocked. This has never happened before. I could usually get people to do what I wanted if they stared into my eyes. This was strange to me. I really was scared, but there was no way I would admit it to him. I had never backed down from anyone and I wasn't about to do it to someone I couldn't control. I'd just have to find my own way to control him without my eyes.
"You can't what?" He growled.
"I can't breathe you monster." I spat.
He slowly let go of my neck and walked to his desk. I didn't really know what to do then, so I just stood there staring at him.
"You have a lot of nerve." He said staring back at me. "Most humans wouldn't dare talk to me that way without getting their throat ripped out, but you're not entirely human now are you?"
"Last time I checked if you have a heart beat your human, and I my friend am human." I said.
"No you're not. You did some sort of glamour on my bartender, and you smell different."
"I guess your bartender was charmed by my adorable ass, and as for smell I like to thank that to Bath and Body Works." I said grinning.
"You are a feisty one I'll give you that, and I expect you'll enjoy being locked in my basement until you give me the answer I want." He said.
"Kinky aren't we? As much as I'd enjoy that basement of yours if you want me that badly we can just get it over with on your desk." I said still smiling at him. I was scared as hell, but I would never back down.
He just stared at me. I had actually left this big bad vampire speechless.
"Get out. I know where you live and don't think I won't be making a visit. Consider yourself lucky at this moment, but luck does run out." He growled.
I did as he said, but as I was walking towards the door I couldn't help but get the last word in.
"By the way, you don't scare me." I said walking out with a smile.
A week later I was laying out with my best friend Connor whom I had been staying with ever since I left Fangtasia. The big bad wolf thought he didn't scare me, but in all actuality he did. That is why I had been at Connors house all week. The thing is Connor didn't know why I was staying there, but that really didn't matter. Connor was probably the only friend I have ever actually trusted and who didn't get annoyed by me. He was 6'2 and built with the most gorgeous green eyes and shaggy blonde hair. The sad thing was that he was also the gayest man I had ever met, but I loved him no matter what.
"Girl I need you go to this bar with me tonight." Connor said.
"And why is that? And what bar would that be by the way?"
"It's some small ass bar in that shit for a town called Bon Temps."
"Why would I go to a bar like that?" I said confused.
"Because you're my best friend it's time you met my boyfriend." He said shyly.
"Well when you put it that was how could I resist?" I said squeezing his knee.
I decided to wear my white sundress considering it was hot as hell outside, and this bar didn't sound glamorous my any means. As soon as Connor and I got to the bar I was slowly regretting agreeing to do this. It was small and reminded me of a hoedown. I wasn't much into that even though I have grown up in the south. We stepped into the shack they called a bar around here and suddenly some black guy was all over Connor. I guess that would be his boyfriend.
"Lafayette this is my best friend Kimber." Connor introduced.
"Nice to meet you." I smiled.
"Oh girl look how hot and little and shit you are. I could just pick you up and squeeze you." Lafayette said.
I liked him. He not only complimented me which any girl would like, he also made me laugh. This night might not be so bad after all. Soon I was cracking up at the booth I was sitting in with Connor and Lafayette. These two were just made for each other and I beginning to love Connor for taking me. Suddenly our blonde waitress came up to the table with a strange look on her face.
"Ya'll need anything else?" She said looking at me strangely.
"We're good. Thanks though." I said sweetly.
She just nodded her head and walked away still continuing to stare at me. It was strange, and she was even stranger.
"Hey Lafayette what's up with our waitress. She keeps looking at me like she's scared of me or something." I said laughing.
"Oh honey child that's just Sookie. She's a mind reader or something. Don't mind her everyone thinks she's a little off because of that thing she has and she dates a vampire." He said.
"Well I guess that explains it." I said. Connor and Lafayette just nodded and kept on talking. I knew she couldn't hear my thoughts and that is what she probably found weird. I didn't tell the boys that though. I've had my gift since the moment I was born. At first I thought I was a freak, but when my parents died I found it as a comfort in some way. That is when I did massive research on what I could. I not only knew I could control people by them looking in my eyes, but I also could move things with them. I haven't exactly mastered that part, but it usually only happens when I'm angry. That is why I try to be calm at all times. I was off in my own little world until the blonde waitress named Sookie came to our booth.
"Excuse me miss, but someone wants to see you." She said still giving me the stink eye.
"And who might that be?" I said.
"Eric. He's sitting over there." Was all she said before she walked away.
Who the hell was Eric? I didn't know anyone by that name. Whatever though, I turned to look. Holy shit it was the big bad vampire. How did he find me though? I decided not to sit there and overly think things because then he would know I was scared. I couldn't let him think that. I excused myself from the boys and walked over and sat across from him.
"You rang?" I said.
"Well don't you look delicious." He said.
"Get to the point." I said.
"Are you bleeding?" He said and I saw a peek of his fangs.
Wow now this was a little embarrassing. They always said not to go into the ocean at a certain time of month because sharks will smell. Now I obviously couldn't go out in public because the human sharks would smell.
"It's called a period. Not a buffet." I said getting angry.
If I wouldn't have been staring I wouldn't have saw that moment of embarrassment from him, but he obviously got over that quick and managed to change the subject.
"Why haven't you been home? I said I would visit." He said in that stern voice he always used.
"I decided to visit a friend." I stated simply.
"I think your actually scared."
"Nope I'm actually not. I think your scared." I said jokingly.
I actually heard a small chuckle. It was shocking, and yet weird.
"How did you find me anyways?" I said.
"I actually came here to help a friend out. It seems my friend Sookie's boyfriend has been missing and I've come to help her."
"Oh the mind reader." I said.
"That she is, but you're not so different now are you?" He said.
"I have no clue what you are talking about." I said grinning.
"I would tell me what you are if I were you." He growled.
"There is nothing to tell vampire." I said. He was bugging me.
"Maybe I should ask your sister." He said.
He hit a nerve there. I had raised my baby sister since our parents died, and she was at the University of Texas studying political science. I was very over protective of her. I was all she had, and she was all I had. I wasn't about to let some vampire catch up to her and ask questions.
"You know nothing of my sister. Stop bluffing to get what you want." I said.
I wasn't about to back down to him.
"Oh really? Your sister is 18 right? Her first year of college? In Texas? Oh and what is her name. Let me think about that. It's Ashley right?" He said grinning.
I was pissed. I was actually more than pissed. He knew he struck a nerve, and yet he kept striking it. Before I knew it I was on my feet. The bottle of True Blood in front of him started shaking.
"What is this?" He asked questionly.
Suddenly the bottle flew and smashed into his face without anyone touching it.
I knew I was in trouble then, because I had just let my temper get the best of me.