Chapter 1 – The morning after

I woke up again about twenty minutes later with a splitting headache to see Lexi and Freida in a heated argument.

"What were you thinking Lexi? She's a child!"

"She wanted it! If I believed in destiny I'd say she's destined to a vampire and wouldn't it be better if she was turned to one by a friend rather than a foe?"

That's an interesting question. Edward, a friend, refused to change me even when James, a foe, almost killed me.

"You have a point. Just be careful, don't let her turn into me"

Freida said sadly before twisting her shoulder length blond curls to a messy braid.

"What happened to you?"

I rasped. Both blond vampires snapped their heads to look at me.

"How are you feeling?"

Lexi asked

"A tad weird, light headed, hungry"

"You're in transition. You have 23 and a half hour to pull back"

"Why 23 and a half?"

"You slept the other half"

Freida deadpanned her eyes lighting up with humor. I rolled my eyes looking at Freida. She was looking at me with an older sister look and misty eyes

"Now what?"

"Drink some blood"

"From the source?"

"Preferably not"

I shrugged and took the bottle from her hand. Holding my nose closed with one hand in a childish way I took a few gulps and had to push myself to not gag. Freida warned

"Remember, not going out in the sunlight"

"What is sunlight?"

I deadpanned showing her the usual blanket of clouds. Both girls started laughing.

"What were you talking about when I woke up?"

Lexi chanced a look to Freida and began talking when the latter remained quiet.

"Do you remember when we spoke last year?"

"Yeah, you were on your way to constipated Lestat wannabe"

I said angelically refusing to acknowledge the seminaries between what I remember from Stefan and Edward. Lexi snorted.

"stefan yeah"

"It was his 162nd birthday and his older brother threw him a party. Then he staked me"

"Staked you"

I repeated stupidly

"But you're alive"

"That's where I came in"

Freida interrupted. Lexi was rubbing a spot on her chest.

"I was at the morgue to cover the story. Finally the mysterious killer had been caught. Only to find out that the killer had a large wooden stake poking out of her chest. I took her body, took the stake out and fed her my blood"

"Isn't a stake supposed to kill vampires?"

"Original blood usually bring them back"

She said matter-of-factly

"Original blood?"

"Blood from the Originals"

"What's an original?"

Freida looked at me like I should already know the answer. Lexi chuckled

"she gets into a Nancy Drew style sometimes. Just go along with it"

Freida rolled her deep blue eyes and explained

"Originals are the first vampires ever. The ones that created the whole race"

"What created them?"

"My mother"

I chanced a glance to Lexi who was shaking her head. I nodded to myself. After taking a minute to compose herself Freida shook her head and asked

"How did you do meet anyway? You don't strike me as the type to go looking for trouble"

I snorted.

"I met Lexi when I was eight at a school beach party that she and another guy crushed. At my childish eyes her recklessness was absurd and yet amazing at the same time"

"I rock what can I say?"

Lexi said in an overly girly tone.

"I remember her boyfriend was far more serious with a constipated expression super glued on his face"

"Stefan has two modes he works in. Brooding and ripper. You met him in a brooding mood"

"Lexi, he wasn't brooding. He was constipated"

I deadpanned. Lexi tried to keep herself from laughing but gave in.

"By the way when I mentioned that, he looked ready to make a meal out of me"

"And made me decide she's to be my new BFF"

"so every year on my birthday Lexi shows up with the same offer"

"Are you ready to be a vampire now?"

Lexi finished the tale. Looking at the clock I saw I had about fifteen minutes till I had to go.

"Well, I should take a shower and get ready for school"

"gah"

Lexi shuddered as if school was a synonym for hell. I rolled my eyes and showered and got dressed in a pair of jeans, a simple lilac tank top and a light woolen light blue jacket with my sneakers. Driving to school I only had one thought.

What will Edward say when I tell him I'm a vampire now?