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Chapter Fourteen – No Surprise

Amber POV

I glanced between Matt and Jeremy incredulously, all the while trying not the burst into laughter, "You told her that your mother fell off her roof?" I asked Jeremy.

The guys hadn't even been back at the campsite for five minutes when Matt eagerly launched into the tale of what Jeremy had told the police. Jeremy finally answered my inquiry by nodding his head in agreement while looking at the ground, a little embarrassed, "And she bought it?" I asked him.

He nodded again silently.

Shay giggled loudly, "I can't believe she really fell for it!" she said.

"Well I can be very convincing at times." Jeremy retorted. "It comes with the vampire charm and charisma."

Roxie and I tried unsuccessfully to hold back our giggles and soon we were full out laughing. Despite the hilarity of the statement, it was very true. Both Lester and Grace had pointed out during mine and Shay's 'Q&A' session that vampires had a certain charm about them that helped them get what they wanted as I had noticed. Shay and Olivia both rolled their eyes at Jeremy's statement but I knew that inside they thought it was funny as well.

"And you want to know what else?" Matt said excitedly almost jumping up and down like a three year old in a candy store.

From reading his thoughts I already knew what he was going to say. Personally, I found their little plan slightly idiotic but I decided to humor both of them and act like I didn't know what they were about to tell us. Besides, I wanted to see the others reactions. I wonder how Olivia, Roxie and Shay react to Matt and Jeremy throwing themselves off of a roof for an experiment. Roxie would probably laugh but Shay and Olivia would probably get a little pissed off.

Shay raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow at Matt. She was feeling waves of mischief and anticipation coming from both Matt and Jeremy and was a little suspicious at what they were going to say. Suddenly Olivia got a far away look in her eyes. I knew she was having a vision.

"What?" I asked, making myself seem innocent.

Then Olivia came out of her vision with a look of horror on her face, "There is no way I am going to allow you to—" she started to scold but Matt cut her off.

"Jeremy and I are going to try jumping off the roof later! It's going to be awesome!" Matt said excitedly as he pumped his fist in the air. Jeremy copied his fervor and gave Matt's other hand a high five.

Olivia scowled as soon as Matt finished his statement, "You will do no such thing Matthew Joe Perkins. I just had a vision about what you two would be up to and I will have you know that Grace and Lester will not have you jumping off any buildings." She informed the two rowdy boys with a triumphant grin. She glared at Matt. "And neither will I."

Shay was nodding her head firmly, "Me neither." She said looking straight at Jeremy.

'I knew they were going to react like that.' I thought. I turned and looked at Roxie. Once again, we both found ourselves trying to repress our laughter at the situation.

Jeremy looked like someone had run over his puppy. From his thoughts I knew it had been his idea. It was kind of funny—I had honestly expected it to be Matt's ideas but the two boys surprised me. It really sounded like something that Matt would've cooked up. Maybe Jeremy and Matt were more alike than I had thought.

"Come on! It isn't like jumping off a roof will hurt us—much less kill us!" Jeremy pleaded.

"It won't even cause a scratch." Matt chimed in.

Olivia rolled her eyes, "You boys are insane."

I laughed, I couldn't help but agree with Olivia's statement.

After a little more arguing, we finally got the boys to agree they wouldn't try jumping off the mansion's roof. But I don't think that was going to stop them from jumping from someplace else. I saw a plan cooking up in Matt's head that he was going to inform Jeremy about later that night. Those boys were crazy, but we finally manage to get their heads back to the task at hand. Before the guys had returned, we girls had taken down all of the tents and had packed them up in Matt's SUV. We had also packed up all of our bags and placed them in Matt's SUV also.

When I was putting my clothes away in my bag, I decided that I might as well change into a different pair of clothes. Since the ones I was wearing were still torn and covered in blood. Once I had changed, I felt a little better. But, I couldn't help but think that we were going to need to go shopping soon. Having a new body had its disadvantages. I had grown a few inches here and there so my clothes weren't exactly fitting as good as they used to. In fact, they were a little too tight. New clothes were going to be a necessity.

"Urgg—as soon as things go back to normal, we need to go shopping. I am getting new clothes." I announced.

'Things won't ever go back to normal, they can't. How can things go back to the way they were now that you are a vampire? It just isn't possible.' my conscious whispered sadly. I couldn't help but agree with it. Things would never be the same for many different reasons now. Hopefully I can save just a shred of my life as a human by going back to school and pretending nothing ever happened.

"Why do we need to go shopping?" Shay asked, not hearing Grace's silent statement. Shay was still able to fit into most of her clothes so it made sense that she didn't know why I was so uncomfortable in mine.

"I grew during the transformation. I'm pretty sure that most of my clothes won't fit me anymore." I said.

"Well, then maybe Friday after school we can go on a shopping trip? Maybe to Knoxville, it's only about a half hour or so away from here—I think." Olivia suggested.

I shrugged, "Sounds good, we can go to one of the malls there and get some new clothes, not just for me, but for all of us. I have money saved up and I needed to do some shopping anyways so it kinda all works out." I said.

Roxie groaned loudly, "Do we have to?" she whined.

I laughed at the worried tone in her voice. Out of the four of us, Roxie had always been the one who hated shopping the most. Olivia and I loved shopping and basically did it at every chance that we got. Shay didn't really care all that much, she would tag along with Olivia and I without any complaints and usually had a good time with us but Roxie was a different story. Sometimes we literally had to drag her, kicking and screaming profanities, into the mall with us. You would think we were sending her out into a firing squad or something. But, Roxie just hated shopping. She said that she especially didn't like shopping with us because of the fact that we picked tons of clothing items for ourselves and for her to try on when we usually didn't even end up buying them. Well, that and then there was also the fact that we spent hours upon hours hanging out and shopping there when we went.

I heard Grace giggle, "Did someone say we are going shopping Friday?" she asked.

Roxie nodded, "Unfortunately."

"Awesome, I'm in!" Grace said happily.

"You have got to be freaking kidding me! You too? You like shopping too?" Roxie asked Grace incredulously.

"I may be a one hundred year old vampire, but I am a girl!" Grace replied with a chuckle.

Roxie rolled her eyes, "Traitor." She mumbled under her breath.

I couldn't hold it back any longer, I laughed loud and hard. First I had to hold back my laughter from Matt and Jeremy's plans and now Roxie freaking out about shopping again? It was just too funny to hold everything back anymore. Matt, Jeremy and Lester were watching us in an amused silence. After I finally pulled myself back together I turned to the boys, although a few stray giggles escaped my mouth for a few seconds. "Are you going to come with us?" I asked them.

Matt shook his head, "No way in hell. I made that mistake once—never again." He said.

"I'll pass." Jeremy said.

"Me too." Lester said politely.

"Looks like it will be just us girls!" Olivia cheered. "You have no idea what it like being stuck with two males for almost a hundred years without any girl company. It's pure torture!" she said dramatically, although you could tell that she was just kidding.

"Hey!" Lester and Jeremy yelled out, obviously offended. Grace offered them a teasing smile and they calmed down.

"Heck yes! It sounds like we're going to have a lot of fun without the boys for a day. We can check out all the hotties at the mall without Matt trying to jump them for once." Shay said while giving me a high five.

Roxie groaned again, "Shoot me—please." She mumbled to the boys.

"Roxie, you know that it takes a hell of a lot more than a bullet to kill a vampire." Jeremy joked. Roxie pouted some more while Jeremy gave her a friendly pat on the shoulder before walking over to Shay.

Since we had already finished cleaning up the campsite we were now sitting around the picnic table that sat around the camping site all year round. Suddenly a small buzzing sound filled the air. I looked down when I felt my pocket move slightly. I gasped in surprise, completely forgetting that I had placed my phone in it when I had changed into new clothes. In my pocket, phone was to vibrating several times—signaling someone was trying to call me. I pulled it out of my pocket and everyone fell into an uneasy silence as I answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Amber is that you?" I heard my mother say. I could practically here her crying over the phone. I became slightly worried. Did something happen other than Brie's—wait, Brie!

"Yeah mom, what's wrong?" I asked although I already knew what the call was about.

My mother sighed before speaking, "Honey, it's Brie—I don't really know how to say this dear but, A-Amber…s-she was in an a-accident. What happened, h-how come you guys w-weren't with h-her?" my mom asked.

"Brie was in an accident! Oh my god!" I said in fake surprise. Of course I already had known Brie was dead for a few days now but I had to make it sound like I didn't know for my mother's sake. Although I was faking most of my emotions, my sadness wasn't at all. I was still really upset over my best friend's death.

"I'm so sorry sweetie but the EMT's pronounced her dead on the scene." My mother said.

"Oh—god." I said.

"What happened though, I thought Brie was with you kids!" She demanded.

I quickly launched into the tale that we had come up with earlier when we were waiting for Lester, Grace and Matt to arrive with Brie's Saab. I told her about how Brie had supposedly got sick and so we dropped her off and then how she had promised to be back later. I also told her about how we had met up with Lester and his family. It took a while to explain since my mother seemed to interrupt just about every few seconds. When I finally finished I could hear her crying on the other line.

"You must have been so worried!" she said.

I sighed, "We were—you have no idea. Lester, Grace and Jeremy went out to look for her but we decided to all stay here in case she showed up. We were about to call the police but you called instead." I lied.

"It's alright, sweetheart. When do you think you will be home though?" she asked me in a worried tone.

"As soon as we get the campsite picked up. I think Lester and Grace are going to come with us because they want to speak with you guys about something." I said.

Before my mother had called we had come up with the perfect cover story on why we were going to stay at the Lester and Grace's house on a more permanent basis. Lester also told me that if need be, we could use my power to help convince them by telling them exactly what they wanted to hear.

"Is something wrong? Are you all okay?" she asked, in pure panic mode.

I had to hold back a laugh, "We are fine. Relax mom, it has to deal with school actually." I told her.

"Oh, okay. Well I guess I will see you when you get here." She said.

"Bye hun, love you." She said.

"Bye mom." I said and then hung up my phone.

After the phone call was disconnected it seemed as if everyone sprung into action at once. "Lester and I are going to run back to the house and get the car and then we will meet you back here. When we get back here Lester and I will follow Matt's jeep to each of your houses to talk to your parents." Grace said.

Matt nodded, "Sounds like a plan, how many people can fit in your car?" he asked.

"I'd say about five people, maybe six if you squeeze four in the backseat." Lester said.

"Well, usually I can fit six people in my Jeep like you can in your car." Matt said. "But, since we have all of our stuff in there and we will probably putting extra stuff into it to bring to your house, I may only be able to fit a four or five total." he explained.

"Well, I can ride with Lester and Grace." Jeremy volunteered. "I also have a truck back at the house that I drive if we need to haul anything else." he pointed out.

Olivia shook her head, "I need to bring my Lexus with me, so we can use that to put all of our junk in as well."

Lester chuckled, "It's a good thing that we have a huge garage, does anyone else have cars they need to bring with them?" he asked sarcastically.

Shay, Roxie and I shook our heads. The three of us had our license, but our parents hadn't gotten us cars to drive yet. Roxie and I weren't able to drive without an adult yet since we were not sixteen and three months but Shay had already passed being sixteen and three months so she had her real yet probationary license—which is what I liked to call our license's.

(A/N: Getting your license is different in every state. I'm not exactly sure if this applies for Tennessee, but just go with it. The law for what age you can get your license is constantly changing all the time anyways. You can never keep up.)

Shay spoke up, "I'll ride with Lester and Grace too—that way there is more room in the SUV and Lexus for our stuff. We can use those two to put all of our stuff in."

Jeremy gave her a small smile which she returned with a small blush. I read their thoughts and quickly realized that they were both falling for each other—and hard too. I had to hold back my grin. At least unlike Olivia and Matt they actually tried to flirt—Olivia and Matt were completely clueless that they liked each other. And I had known that even before I could read their minds.

"Alright, so is everything decided? From what I understand Lester, Jeremy, Shay and I are riding in our car there and back. Roxie, Amber, Matt and Olivia are riding in Matt's Jeep to your houses but Olivia is going to drive her car back to the house separately." Grace drawled out, making sure everyone knew the plan. Everyone nodded in agreement so Grace decided to continue, "Jeremy and Shay can just follow us back to the house while the rest of you wait here." Grace said cheerfully.

While they were gone the rest of us which was Roxie, Olivia, Matt and I made sure that everything was all packed up in the Jeep. We double checked twice to make sure that we didn't leave anything behind before the four of us climbed in the SUV to wait for Lester, Grace, Shay and Jeremy to return. After about ten minutes of us playing a very exciting game of Extreme Rock Paper Scissors, we saw a shiny black car pull into the campsite. I felt my jaw drop in amazement.

Matt let out a low whistle when he saw the car, "Holy shit, they have a really freaking nice car."

"What is it?" I asked.

Matt suddenly smirked, "Well, Merce, that would just so happen to be a 2007 Bentley Continental FLYING SPUR. It's estimated to be worth about seven-hundred and sixty thousand dollars." It didn't escape my attention how Matt stressed the word 'Bentley' when he spoke but I ignored it because I was so shocked about the price tag for the car. My parents were rich—but they didn't own anything that nice.

Grace, Lester, Shay and Jeremy all piled out of the car and turned to look at us. Lester rubbed the hood of the car with gentle care and love. You could tell that this car was his prized possession.

"After living for almost two hundred years you will find that you will get a lot of money, especially if you save it up for a while. Then you just decide to blow it on things like this—how do you think we were able to pay for the house to be remodeled?" Lester said with a shrug.

Grace laughed at our surprised expressions, "Don't worry in a few decades you will be so rich that you won't know what to do with all the money you have."

"Yeah it will practically be pouring out your ass." Jeremy added with a smirk.

"Jeremy! Watch your language!" Grace said sternly.

He shrank back a bit at the tone of her voice, "I'm sorry Grace." He mumbled to her. Suddenly, Grace smiled and we could tell that she had just been fooling around with him.

I giggled slightly and saw that the others were laughing too.

"Okay well can we go now?" Roxie asked.

"Defiantly." Lester said. He grinned, "Let's see if you can keep up." he teased.

Matt smirked, "Oh, I'm sure I won't have a problem with that."

Jeremy got a wicked grin on his face, "You just wait. You will probably be pleasantly surprised when you see how Lester drivers—Grace is even worse."

We all got into our cars and then pulled out of the campsite at a rate that was way faster than what I was used to. When I looked over at the speedometer, I noticed that we were almost going sixty miles over the speed limit, just to keep up with Lester. Matt was driving around 115 by now. Apparently vampires have a need for speed because even Lester was speeding. Surprisingly their speeding didn't bother me as much as it should have. In fact, I enjoyed their speeding as well as everyone else did.


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