Chapter 15
"Don't pay them any mind," Rebeca told me. We were upstairs alone, but I still felt the eyes on me.
"Hey, don't let them get to you," She told me. I looked at her and nodded. She smiled.
"Good," She said and led me to my room. It was across from hers, wow, what a coincidence I thought. Not.
"Right across from my room," She told me.
"I noticed," I said with a smiled. She smiled too. She opened the door. It wasn't that bad, in fact it was bigger than my room at home, but alot less personal. The walls were painted white, and their were wooden floors instead of my own carpet. I set the bags and suitcases as well as the backpack on the singles bed. It had white sheets and a white quilt. The room had a small desk and a chair, it also had a small bookcase with some books, as well as a drawer near the corner.
"What do you think?" She asked, referring to the room.
"It's ok," I replied.
"Rebeca!" I heard a voice yell.
"In here Travis," She responded. I saw Travis walk in, he was about to say something but stopped when he saw me, he turned to Rebeca and started to talk.
"I need your help for a minute k?" He asked.
"Yeah, sure," She said.
"Get settled in and I'll be back soon," She told me. I nodded and she left with Travis. I closed the door and started putting my packed clothes in the drawer. When I was finished with that I put down my paper and pencil on the desk. Then I sat on the bed and waited. I heard a knock at the door I got nervous, Rebeca wouldn't knock. I walked over to the door and opened it. I saw a women that I didn't know. She had blond hair with Rebeca's green eyes, she was wearing a blue shirt and lime green jeans.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hi, my name is Alice," She said in a high perky voice. Alice, didn't ring a bell to me.
"Um. Sorry but who are you?" I asked.
"I'm another one of Rebeca's cuzs," She said smiling.
"Rebeca told me the name of her cousins I don't recall an Alice," I told her.
"I just arrived," She said.
"Well...Were you looking for Rebeca, she just left to help Travis with something," I told her.
"I know I told Travis to lead her away," She said with a smile. I didn't like the sound of that, I took a step back.
"Um...I guess that you wanted to talk to me then right?" I asked. She nodded.
"So what did you want," I asked, not trying to sound angry or worst, scared but I was somewhat.
"I wanted to see if I could find what she sees in you," She said.
"Um..Ok," I said. She looked me over and circled me, it made me even more nervous.
"Do I make you uncomfortable," She said still circling me. I looked at her and saw this look in her eye, a predatory kind of look, it made me shudder.
"No," I said, an obvious lie, even if I was good at it.
"Lier," She said still circling me.
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Other than your heart beating about twice as fast as normal?" She asked.
"Yes," I said.
"My power is to detect lies," She told me.
"That's comforting," I said sarcastically.
"So was there something that you wanted to ask me?" I asked her. She smiled, it made a shiver run down my spine.
"Yes, there was something I wanted to ask you," She said still circling.
"And that would be?" I asked. She stopped circling me and stood in front of me.
"Tell me, what brought about your pale skin," She asked me, I was surprised that she asked.
"Didn't Rebeca tell you?" I asked her.
"I just got here, and since she's not here, I would like to know," She said.
"I'm not precisely sure, she would have a better idea about that," I responded.
"Hmmmm, lier," She said, she started circling me again, I didn't even follow her this time. I should have. She came up behind me and lifted my chin, I felt her breath against my skin, and knew that she was going to bite me.
"ALICE!" I heard Rebeca say loudly, she was at my door. I felt Alice smile and she let my chin go, she came out from behind me.
"You should tell me what happened to him to get so pale later," Alice told Rebeca as she walked out of the room. She left and Rebeca shut the door and rushed over to me.
"Are you ok?" She asked tilting my head to the side and then the other.
"I'm fine, you showed up before any damage was done," I assured her.
"Are you sure?" She asked concerned.
"I'm fine, really trust me," I said with a smile.
"That's good, I was afraid I didn't get back in time," She told me.
"Travis told me that
Alice just wanted to get you alone, that is after he lead me all the
way across the house," She said.
"Well in any case, I'm glad
that you got here when you did," I told her.
"I am too," She responded.
"So...What did she want with you other than your blood?" She asked.
"Well, I don't think that she had drinking my blood in mind when she came into the room," I told her.
"What did she ask or what do you think she wanted," She asked me.
"She said she wanted to see what you saw in me," I told her.
"She wouldn't find it," She told me, wrapping her arms around my neck and leaning against me.
"I haven't found it yet I don't think," I my arms going around her waist. She leaned her head against my chest.
"I love you," She said. I was surprised but wasn't worried.
"I love you too," I said hugging her tighter. She looked up at my with those eyes. I leaned down slightly and kissed her for a long time. Until I heard footsteps come to the door. I started to pull away but she wouldn't let me go, I looked at her and she smiled I smiled back and continued to kiss her.
"Hey Rebeca..." I heard a voice I didn't recognize, a guy's voice.
"Oh, sorry," He said and closed the door. I drew back a little but still held tight.
"I hope he didn't have something important to say," I told her.
"Maybe," She said.
"You should probably go," I said.
"Aww but I don't wanta," She said.
"I don't want you to go either but..." I trailed. She sighed and kissed me again before releasing me. She started to go but I grabbed her wrist and pulled her to me and kissed her longingly, and released her.
"Sometimes I wonder who's the more tease, you or me," She told me with a smile. She left the room. I sat on the bed, I didn't want to go wandering around the mansion especially with Alice's encounter as a first impression of this place. So I got a book and started reading, but I didn't feel like reading so I didn't get far, I wasn't sure what I was in the mood for but I defiantly wasn't at ease here. I laid back on the stiff bet.
I must have fell asleep or something, I woke up at about 4 or so by the clock on the nightstand next to my bed. I was alone in the room, that was bad because Rebeca wasn't here and good because no one else was here. I sat up on the bed and found that I was sweating, I wondered why because it was late of fall and it must have been at least 30 degrees outside. I got up and looked out a window and saw that it was indeed snowing. I sighed, I liked snow but it just didn't seem right to me, I wasn't even sure why it didn't feel right. I knew why it didn't feel right here, in the house but not the weather. I heard the door open, I must really have not been paying attention because I didn't hear the footsteps. I jumped a little but turned around. I saw Rebeca, she had some food and a drink on a tray, she smiled at me.
"I...I thought you might want something to eat and drink. I realized that when she said that, that I was indeed hungry and thirsty. I smiled back at her.
"Thank you," I said and walked over to her and took the tray from her, and set it down on the nightstand. She smiled, but frowned.
"What?" I asked concerned.
"I...I really don't want this," She said. I tilted my head to the side.
"What?" I asked.
"You tilting your head to the side didn't help," She muttered. Oh that's what she wanted.
"It's ok," I told her. And lifted my chin and kept my head tilted and pulled down the collar of my shirt, plenty of bite space I thought. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed my lips, I held her by the small of her back and the back of her neck and we held each other close. She moved from my lips to me neck but just kissed it and nibbled a little I laughed a little and smiled.
"That tickles," I told her. I felt her smile on my neck. She bit into my neck. I kept smiling, I let the pleasure wash over me. She drunk deeply, like always but she was also lapping at the blood with her tongue this time, which she hadn't done before, it felt really good, it made the entire experience better. I decided to do something different too. I leaned close to her and kissed her neck I felt a realization hit me like a ton of bricks but I was surprised that I didn't move. The reason that I was so thirsty, was because I hungered for blood, Rebeca's blood. She was surprised but not from my realization, she stopped drinking but didn't pull out.
"It's ok," I whispered to her. And she continued to drink. I felt the pleasure but it was overshadowed by my realization. No, I won't I couldn't, I wouldn't do it, I would ignore it, I would denine it up and down, if I don't try and think about it, it can't hurt me... Don't think about it... Don't think... Fuck! I can't stop thinking about it. I won't do it though, no matter how much I want to... And I really want to...Wait, no I didn't want to drink from her. FUCK I won't do that to her. I won't do it. But she is right here, I could make it unnoticeable and she wouldn't know I was doing it... NO GODDAMIT I WON'T. I continued to argue with myself. I didn't come to a conclusion.
"Mich?" I heard Rebeca ask me. I turned to her, I realized that she wasn't drinking.
"Done already?" I asked, trying to act normal.
"I stopped awhile ago and was surprised that you didn't collapse. I drank for longer than I ever had I was scared that you died standing," She told me.
"No I'm not dead," I told her. She smiled.
"Thats good. Very good," She said. She paused for a little bit, she was still hugging me. It pulled at me, my urge to drink. No I said to myself and the urge quieted to a more manageable level.
"Mich?" She asked me.
"Yes?" I asked her smiling.
"What's wrong?" She asked me.
"Nothing, why do you ask?" I asked her.
"Well, you feel different," She told me.
"How so?" I asked a little nervous.
"You seem...I don't know different somehow," She said.
"I don't know," I told her. She shrugged, she leaned close and kissed me and withdrew and smiled. I smiled too and kissed her. I heard footsteps on the hall.
"Footsteps," I told her. She frowned.
"Dang," She said. I heard a knock on her door across from mine.
"In here!" She said loudly so it would be able to carry through my door. I heard a knock at my door. She let me go, I let her go too.
"Come in," She said. I saw the door open and Arial walk in. I turned and saw it was her, Rebeca did too and we both shot her a venomous look.
"Whoooah," She said.
"Did I just start World War III or something? Just from walking in?" She asked. We both kept eyes on her but didn't say anything. The silence was tense.
"What do you want?" I asked her coldly walking up to her.
"ooooooo, your different," She told me. I narrowed my eyes.
"I'd like to speak to Rebeca," She said smiling as she said it. I sighed.
"Do you want to speak to her Rebeca?" I asked her.
"So your a bodyguard now ay," Arial said to me.
"I don't really want to but..." She trailed. She walked around me and took Arial out with her, Arial was a little to fascinated with me for my own good, I had a bad feeling about that, Rebeca had to almost drag Arial out by her hair to get her out of the room. I walked over to the bed and ran my hands through my hair. This is so wrong... I thought trailing. I needed something to take my attention from it. I started nibbling on the food but quickly grew full. I drank the water, a gallon if it, in 10 seconds. And it still didn't satisfy my thirst. But you know what will... I trailed. Wait... I shook my head. What the fuck was that. Did I just think that? I asked myself. I lifted my legs and pulled them to my chest, I wrapped my arms around them and started rocking in place, my arms started shaking. What is happening, I don't want to feel this way I felt utterly horrible, I didn't want to feel anything now. I wanted to be numb, then I might be able to think straight and figure this out I told myself. I managed to streighten myself out, just. I heard footsteps walk down the hall and then foot steps walk to my door. I didn't hear a proceeding knock. I walked over and opened the door. It was Rebeca, she didn't look happy.
"Something's the matter," I told her, it wasn't really a question I knew there was something wrong.
"Arial didn't buy my story, she thinks I'm hiding something about you," She said.
"Well, she might not have the power to detect lies, but she could fool me," I told her.
"Me too," She agreed.
"Her family is the foremost in gathering and extracting information," She told me.
"Wait, extracting information, you mean torturer?" I asked her. She nodded weakly.
"Did she torture you?" I asked her quickly.
"No, she doesn't need to stoop to such barbaric methods of information gathering, She told me as such," Rebeca told me.
"I guess that you didn't tell her the truth?" I asked.
"Hear anyone?" She asked. I listened intently.
"No," I said.
"I didn't tell her the truth," She told me. I listened for anything. Nothing.
"I hear nothing," I told Rebeca.
"That''s good but I still don't think that clears us," She told me. I knew that she was right.
"She'll probabily try and talk to you alone," Rebeca told me.
"I had a feeling," I said.
"Remember your still a normal human," She reminded me.
"I haven't forgot," I told her.
"Good, but don't give in," She said.
"Don't have to tell me twice," I said.
"That's good too," She said. She looked around and her jaw dropped.
"You drank all that water I wasn't gone for 5 minutes and it's gone!" She exclaimed.
"I drank it in 20 seconds," I told her. Her jaw dropped further.
"I knew that you were extremely thirst but I had no idea..." She trailed.
"I'll refill the gallon," she told me. I nodded and she took the gallon jug and left the room. I heard Rebeca's footsteps hurry away and I heard another pair of footsteps creep out. I saw Arial open the door.
"It's rude not to knock," I told her. She closed the door.
"I know that Rebeca was lying to me," Arial told me.
"She wasn't," I lied.
"Your a better lier but you didn't even attempt to cover that one," She said with a smirk.
"What do you want," I asked her.
"I want to know what happened to you," She asked me.
"You already heard that from Rebeca," I told her.
"I want to hear it from you," She told me.
"I don't care," I said.
"hm, I might not be able to touch Rebeca but you, aren't protected by her family, just her," She said.
"I thought you didn't have to stoop to such barbaric methods of extracting information?" I asked smug.
"I usually don't but I can see that you will be very difficult to break," She told me.
"Thanks for the compliment," I said still smug.
"Your welcome," She said with a smile.
"hmmmm, let's see. I need to extract as much information as possible in the least amount of time," She said. I nerrowed my eyes. She was on me in a flash, I could follow her movements, like they were in normal time, but still faster than me. That must be her power I thought. I felt her fangs sink into my neck bring excrusionating pain. I cried out. I heard the door burst open.
"ARIAL," I heard a stern voice, not Rebeca's say. I felt Arial's fangs eject from my neck but felt a flash of toungue to get a final lick. And she walked out of the room. I saw Rebeca's mother standing at the threshold of the door staring evily at Arial. She walked over to me.
"Are you ok?" She asked me.
"I'm... Fine," I told her.
"I'm sorry about that, Arial tends to get a bit carried away when she doesn't hear what she want's to hear," She told me.
"I noticed," I said, I was on the ground. I got into a sitting position and sat criss-crossed and put a hand on my neck and looked up at Rebeca's mom, she was wearing a red silk dress that sparkled with black heels. More befitting a elegant party then walking around home clothes.
"Your dressed for an occasion," I said,
"Oh, well... I aways dressed like this," She told me.
"Hm, I said.
"I'm sorry but I have the same questions that Arial has, I know Rebeca lied to all of us. I know, the way that a mother knows when her child has done something very bad and can't tell her parents," She told me. I sighed.
"I have nothing to say," I told her.
"Rebeca wasn't lying," I lied, another obvious lie.
"I won't make you tell but we will find out sooner or later, I just hope your willing to pay the price for deceiving us," She told me.
"Are you threatening me?" I asked looking up at her a sparkle of definiteness might have twinkled in my eye.
"No, just warning," She said and walked out the door. I got up from the ground and sat on the bed, waiting for Rebeca to return.
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