I sat nervously in the truck next to Tim with Brian in the back. Tim's arm hung out the driver's side window a cigarette between his fingers. "Would you calm down? You'll be fine."

"I haven't gone to school since the 1st grade."

"Has it really been that long?"

"Yeah am I allowed to be nervous now?"

"Well you're only here till lunch 3 hours then you can go home. Ok?" I gave a whine but didn't respond as we pulled into the school parking lot. "You coming with, Brian?" Tim asked looking in his rear-view mirror. Brian didn't respond, and we found he'd fallen asleep. "Guess not." Tim and I hopped out of the truck and headed for the front office. "Isn't my mom supposed to do this?"

"The school knows me, you're not the first student I've brought here."

"Oh…"

"Don't worry. The students don't know me there's no stigma to my name. If you want tell people, I'm your brother."

"O…k." we walked into the office and Tim began checking me in while I looked around the room quickly taking note of a familiar face. "Aww damn." I muttered. "And who are we checking in today?"

"Toby Rogers." I sighed knowing my fate was sealed.

As the lady at the counter typed away her student TA turned hearing my name and walked over with her ever-familiar tap tap tap. "I'm sorry, can you repeat your name?" I sighed. "Yeah, it's really me Olivia." She smiled scoffing. "What happened to 'I'll go back to public school over my dead body?"

"I'm only here in the mornings and I'm listed as a senior I won't be here long." She laughed as the lady turned and smiled at me. "You're all checked in sugar! Here's a copy of your class schedule and a map. First period starts in 45 minutes." I nodded in thanks and Olivia perked up. "Hey Toby since you got some time to-."

"Uh hey Tim I think I left something in the car lets go grab it!" I nearly carried Tim out of there and pulled him to the car. "Of all the schools! It had to be this one!" Tim looked at me confused. "Toby the only other schools in the district are an hour away."

"So!?"

"I don't understand, does this have something to do with that blind girl, what was her name? Olivia?"

"Yes! She's my ex-girlfriend!"

"So, she doesn't seem bitter or even passive aggressive."

"Yeah because the only reasons we broke it off is she cheated on me and her dad hates me!"

"Why does her dad hate you?"

"She used to live down the street from me and one night I snuck out over to her place to well…"

"And dad caught you."

"Exactly and I really liked her, and I still do but she makes me stupid so whenever she comes around I end up looking like an asshole to everyone around me."

"Well that's just something adults have to deal with Toby."

"Then I don't want to be an adult."

"Your birthday is in 4 months from now and you're 17 sorry, you're an adult."

"Damn it…can I at least get some condoms?"

"JESUS TOBY!"

"What I'm probably gonna end up fucking her either way!"

"Fuck, that bad huh?"

"Yeah." He shook his head looking at me and chuckling. "Sorry I don't have any." I groaned and turned to see Olivia waiting for me. "I'm so utterly screwed."

"Good luck in not? Fucking her?"

"Thanks, I'm gonna need it."

Throughout my day Olivia clung to me like a fly to very twitchy fly paper. I don't understand how she keeps finding me! She's blind but it's like she can smell me! Finally, lunch rolled around, and I walked out of class and she grabbed my arm before I even knew she was there. "You free for lunch?"

"No!" I said smiling. "I have to get home to do my homework!"

"What? What homework could you possibly have?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's the first day of school and you have choir, drama and American Sign Language. What homework could you possibly have?"

"Well my choir teacher wants me to audition for the higher-level class and my drama teacher wants me to watch one musical or play by tomorrow and I have to memorize the alphabet in sign."

"Aww come on! I can help you pick and practice a song for the audition cause I'm in that class too! You can memorize the stuff in like 10 minutes and you know it! Oh! And hey I've got some plays at my place!"

I already know what song I'm doing, and I don't need help practicing and memorizing stuff to read is one thing remembering signs is another. And like hell I'm coming over."

"Oh, daddy is over it! But if it makes you feel better I'll come over to your place!"

"So, you can be around my dad? Fuck no."

"Oh, come on Toby you disappeared for over a month and now you're going to school? I gotta get to know the new and maybe even improved Toby Rogers."

"I don't really wanna talk about it Olivia."

"Please! Just lunch. You don't have to come over and neither do I." I sighed having no spine when it came to her. "Fine, just lunch."

2 hours later

I sighed wishing for a sense of pain, so I could beat myself for sleeping with her. How does this even happen? Her dad is going to kill her for skipping school and my mom is probably worried sick.

I groaned hearing my phone ring and answered it without checking who it was. "Hello."

"I just lied to your mother and told her you were with me. So where are you really?"

"…Olivia's." he sighed. "Need a ride?"

"Yup."

Tim came to pick me up and dropped me off at home. "Thanks for covering for me."

"Just this once after this you're on your own." I nodded and climbed out of the car heading into the house finding my mom on the couch reading the newspaper. "Hey mom."

"I know you weren't with Tim so where you really?" This woman can see straight through me, can't she? "Olivia's." she glared. "You better not be back together with that girl! She doesn't deserve you."

"Believe me I know."

The next day

I sat with Olivia at lunch with little to no intentions of going home with her especially since she's grounded for skipping school when she said something I didn't want to hear. "So! Homecoming is coming up." She said in a very suggestive tone. "Fuck that." She huffed. "What!? Why not!?"

"Other people and I hate getting dressed up."

"What's wrong with other people?"

"I'm too twitchy for their liking. No way in hell I'm going."

Mom pulled up to Olivia's house with me dressed up in a suit. "Grow a spine, would you?"

"Doing my best." I climbed out of the car and walked up to the door corsage in hand and knocked on the front door. Her dad answered and glared at me. "So, it's true. She's going with you." The amount of disgust in his voice was almost appalling, almost.

"Yes sir." I said with a smile that "I know I shouldn't be here either" and he let me in.

Olivia soon descended the stairs in a cute little purple dress and ran over to me. Tackling me into a hug. "I'm so excited!" I'd like to take time to note this girl is a senior and has gone with someone to every school dance since forever so going with me should be nothing special.

I pinned the corsage to the strap on her dress and her dad didn't even bother to take pictures and we climbed in the back seat of my mom's car before driving away.

Olivia spent the entire ride there on the phone with someone while my mother glared at her through her rear-view mirror.

Once we arrived I got out and opened the door for Olivia, hugged my mom goodbye and followed Olivia into the dance where I danced with her maybe once. She was more interested in dancing with her friends, so I stood by the punch bowl when a guy came over. "Hey you're Toby, right?" I looked the guy up and down. The suit he was wearing was probably as cheap as mine meaning very. He had disproportionately puffy cheeks and he was wearing more make up than most of the girls here but the thing that stuck out? His eyes they were almost soulless, and I never saw him blink. "Yeah that's me."

"You're Olivia's boyfriend, right?"

"Yup."

"Man, I gotta ask, what's she like?" I raised a brow. "You a freshy?" he chuckled. "Yeah. That obvious?"

"Not till you asked that question. Why do you ask anyway?"

"I bet she's really sweet! But also, a bit crazy."

"She's fairly sane but she's a slut." He looked at me in shock. "Kinda harsh."

"She's cheated on me once."

"Then why are you still with her?"

"I'm a spineless pussy whipped piece of crap."

"Oh…"

"Indeed." I saw Olivia walk over and grabbed my arm smiling big. "Let's blow this joint huh?" I nodded thinking about it. "Sure." I turned to the kid. "Bye- I didn't catch your name."

"Jeff." I nodded. "Bye freshy." I led Olivia outside finding it was kinda cold. "So, where to? Your place? My place? Ok not my place."

"How about the bleachers?" I rolled my eyes but lead her to the bleachers where I easily broke us into the ticket booth and Olivia didn't waste any time. "At least let me close the door."

"no." she shoved me against a counter, but I picked her up having her sit on the countertop. I felt something press into my neck but found Olivia's nails I'm the general area and assumed it was that. That is until I heard a voice behind me. "Your time is up Toby Rogers." I whipped around, and knife was thrust into my chest causing me to fall the holder on the knife ripping it out as I fell.

The girl who stabbed me had fiery orange hair and one glowing green eye, but the other was not an eye but a tiny clock. Around the corner came a guy about my age. He wore a white hoody and jeans and his cheeks had been cut into a terrifying smile. But his eyes his soulless eyes. "J-Jeff?" he chuckled. "That's Jeff the killer to you." My eyes widened as he wrapped his arm around my attacker and kissed her. "Oh god!" Olivia cried trying to run for her life. "Oh hush." Jeff said grabbing Olivia. "I think this little baby need to go to sleep."

"N-no!" I tried to stand but the red head kicked me back down and dug her heal in to my wound before frowning. "Such a shame he doesn't feel pain, or this next part might be fun to watch."

"We're not staying dear." Jeff said before pressing his knife into the side of Olivia's head quickly breaking through her skull killing her instantly. "NO!"

"Aww you and I both know you were just in it for the pussy."

"Doesn't…mean…I didn't…care about her." Jeff chuckled squatting next to me. "Anyway, to the point you're gonna lead us to your friend Masky and Masky is gonna lead me to my little brother."

"Then I'm going to kill Masky." The red head finished. "I…don't know…who you're…talking about…I don't know…any…Masky." My head was spinning from blood loss, but I refused to die. "Gonna…kill me…or not?"

"Oh, sweetie you're already dead." The red headed reached in my pocket pulling out my phone and called one of my 2 emergency numbers. I don't have my dad cause fuck him and didn't bother with Brian since he can't talk so my mom and Tim are it. "Hey Masky! It's Clockwork! I got Toby here! And assuming he survives the wound I just made it his chest I he'll have to endure the hell that it is to become a vampire! Cause before I stabbed him I pumped him full of enough venom to turn a mammoth! Poor suckers so numb he didn't even notice. He's in the ticket booth by the bleachers at his school. Come and get him."

The last thing I saw was Jeff grinning at me before punching me causing me to black out.