The Vampire Saga: Midnight Blood
I was happy. We were happy. My life had been saved by my own mind, and it even amused me a little that it had been as simple as to find myself, of who I really was, to save everything I had been living for. We were back home in the mansion of the Smith's. It was warm, and comfortable, and instead of the pouring heat, rain trickled down the windows. I was kind of glad to see the rain, because the sun now just reminded me of that horrible day. We had started to settle back down again, going back to our normal ways. I had to patch things up with a few people explaining where I had gone to. My parents hardly noticed, as I didn't see them very often anyway. Lara was a different story.
Sofia and I walked in to the hotel together. Some people stopped talking; the gossip had built up over the past week. They quickly continued to talk again once they realised I was staring at them. I had now become the town 'weirdo'. Lara was not to be seen, but I saw Lily behind the bar. I walked up to her whilst Sofia went in another direction to talk to Portia.
"Hey Lily!" I greeted her excitingly as I walked up to her and gave her a small hug. We weren't close friends but we were happy around each other.
"Hey Liam. I was wondering when you were coming back," she continued her work as she spoke.
"Where's Riley?" I asked curiously as I searched around for any sign of a dog.
"He's in Lara's office with Lara. She doesn't like him being out front, you know, health hazards and all." I smiled at her and walked through to Lara's office. It was through a small corridor, at which only one person could fit through. There were boxes stacked on either side of the corridor, and as I opened the office door, it opened up to a wide room. Riley was lying on a bed, which I hadn't given to them. Lily or Lara must have bought it for him, and as I walked in he rushed up to me, sniffing me and licking my face. I was glad to see him, as he was actually a close friend. After I had seen him I looked over to Lara whilst continually scratching Riley's head. She wasn't smiling; in fact, she wasn't even looking at me as she concentrated on paperwork in front of her. I felt a bit sad inside that she didn't appear happy.
"You were gone a while," was all she said. I looked down at Riley trying not to make any eye contact.
"I know," was my short reply. "I have no explanation for what I did, and I can't even begin to say how sorry I am," I felt so ashamed of how I just left with no explanation, but telling her I went to Italy to die wasn't exactly I thing I'd say to her. There was a silence between us, but it felt nice to have some peace for once.
"I wasn't sure you were coming back," she said calmly.
"Neither was I. Is my job still here for me?" She was hesitant for a moment, but then she stopped tossing papers about and looked over at me.
"It is. I couldn't let you disappoint your mother by ending up with no job. Even if you were never coming back, your job would always be here for you." I felt so ashamed that I might have doubted Lara, because she never doubted me. I walked over to her and hugged her tightly. Lara was like family to me, and she had been there for me, and I was close to her. She was like a second mother to me.
"I'm sorry I left. I'm going to make it up to you. I promise." I could feel her crying, the wet droplets running down my back. I stood up and backed away, grabbing Riley's lead and putting it on him. "I'm going to take Riley home now. I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning." I started to walk away, and as my hand was on the doorknob, she called to me.
"I know what you are." Those words stopped me dead. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. I froze in the same position, just staring at the door, waiting for her to speak again.
"What?" I asked quietly, not moving.
"I know what you are Liam."
"And what is that?" I asked carefully as my hand started to move away from the door.
"Vampire."
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