Chapter Two

"Great work Katie, you just ruined me, thanks a bloody lot," I yelled boistorously.

"Sure, that's fine Andrew, just doing my job," she replied with a devious grin.

Aidan just started laughing at me, so I scowled and threw my cards face down. I was making sure no one else could see them, as I didn't want them to know I was actually bluffing. With a quick snort I picked them up again and checked to see what I had. I felt the right side of my mouth twitch in the slightest, that was my tell-tale sign that no one had realised yet. I thought maybe one of them had noticed, but I went ahead with it anyway.

I pushed back on the chair until I got to the stereo, I quickly turned it to Iris by the Goo-goo Dolls. Grinning to myself I pushed the chair back to the table and brought my cards up again. With a snide snobbish voice I said, "I shall bet all of my remaining chips upon this terrible hand. Which is approximately three-hundred dollars worth of chips, bet or lose."

Everyone else grumbled at me and grudgingly put all their chips in. Every last one, the pot was now at about one-thousand dollars. An amazing amount, Aidan had about two-hundred dollars worth of chips, Katie had the same. That left three-hundred dollars worth of chips to go to someone didn't it? Well, that other three-hundred dollars worth belonged to Ellie, the other player in this game of Poker. I looked her in the eyes for a few seconds and gave her a quick grin, she grinned back.

"So, comrade, you think you have the winning hand?" she said to me.

"Ah, Anzhelika, I believe I may or may not, it all depends," I replied smoothly.

Everyone just laughed at me, then followed it by glaring at me. I'd just made them bet all of their winnings upon this stupid idea that I'd win. Of course I was the only one that knew that there was no possible way of me losing. I grinned to myself as I waited to see what the others would put down. After a few moments Aidan went first, putting down a flush upon the table. Katie half grinned half scowled and put down a full house.

Ellie followed suit and put down a three of a kind; aces. Spades, Clubs and Diamonds... I just laughed, I kept laughing for a while. I put down my hand, grinning like a madman the whole time. There it lay, ten of hearts, jack of hearts, queen of hearts, king of hearts and ace of hearts. Everyone else sat there with their mouths gaping open, looking at the royal flush. I continued laughing and brought all the money to my corner of the table.

"Looks like all the surplus earnings go to me tonight eh? I told you guys to stop playing poker with me, you always lose!" I was glared at by all of them, so I just sighed. I divided the money into three and gave all of them a third each of the earnings. They all raised their eyebrows at me and I shrugged, "I don't need the money... Not anytime soon, you guys can keep it and my extra earnings; spend it wisely though."

Suddenly I heard a rapping on the door, pushing the chair back I moved towards it. Past the fridge and open kitchen, past the dining table, past the giant lounge and huge TV, past Katie's bedroom door. Past Aidan's, past Ellie's and then past mine, I finally made it to the bloody door and opened it inwards. As it fell inwards I realised I immediately regretted the decision, for standing there was a figure I'd never hoped to see. My Dad had told me about this, about this man who was now standing in my view.

He had the stink of a dog upon him, his eyes were pure black with red ringing around them. Fangs fell from his closed mouth, with pale skin emphasising all the details upon his face. His stare locked my eyes and all I could do was take a pained breath and wait to see what he would do. He just grinned evilly and said to me, "So, your Andrew? Hello, it's nice to finally meet the person who shall end the suffering of these cretins that people call vampires."

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Yeah, yeah, the thing doesn't sound interesting or make much sense. It's just explaining who else is in this story for now, y'know? Leave your reviews as well, want to hear more.

Oh and I don't own Twilight, all I own are my own crazy ideas!

-Andy