Chapter 23
I woke up the next night. It was about 10, I guess it was normal considering I went to be several hours earlier than normal. I shook my head and felt the soft carpet on my feet and I was still dressed in the same outfit as last night and the night before and I changed into blue jeans and a dark green shirt. I sighed. Eventually my parents are going to ask about all the things going on, all my changes, why they are happening, I could chock it up to just a changing body. They would know something was seriously different and I didn't have a plausible explanation that I could ride out for a lie. It would've eaten at me if I could lie anyway. What would I tell them? Should I tell them the truth? Would they believe me? What would they think about Rebeca? Would they make me stop seeing her? Let them try... I trailed in my own mind about that last question and it made me smile, but I frowned. I sat down on my bed and ran my hands through my hair, it was a little greasy and went and took a shower. About 45 minutes later I was back in my room fully dress and sat back on my bed. I laid back and sighed. I heard something and I looked to my window. I stood up and walked over to it and saw Rebeca face upside down looking into my window. I smiled and opened it quietly. She swung in slowly and I helped her in so she did it quietly and safely. She smiled and sat down on my bed when she was in and I sat down next to her.
"You can't keep lying to your parents, or avoiding them, knowing you, you don't lie too often," She told me. Like she had read her mind, but I knew she hadn't, well, not supernaturally.
"I know, I just don't know what to tell them. I don't want to lie, I'm not good at blowing smoke and I don't want a black hole in my chest if I did lie," I told her my fears on the subject. She nodded knowingly and took my hands with her's and looked into my eyes and nodded.
"I know," She said quietly like normal, at least when it was 11 in the morning. She took a deep breath.
"Maybe we should tell them the truth," She suggested.
"We?" I asked her.
"Yes, we," she told me and smiled. I smiled back.
"Thank you," I said to her. She smiled at me and laid her head against my shoulder.
"I love you Mich," She told me.
"I love you too Rebeca," I whispered in her ear and I could tell she was smiling.
"So how did you ditch the guard?" I asked her. She shrugged.
"I don't know," She said.
"She must be watching us from somewhere," I said shrugging, I looked up and glanced around before Rebeca turned my face to her.
"Let's not worry about her," She said and pressed her lips to mine and I pressed mine to her's while she pressed her's to mine.
"You must be pretty thristy," She said.
"Aside from the voice," She added quickly. I nodded and she exposed her neck to me without any hesitation. I leaned to it and opened my mouth and my fangs extended and I bit into her neck. I drunk slowly and after 20 seconds I had finished. I took my fangs out of her and licked the excess blood off her neck. I brought her up so she sat normally on my bed and she smiled at me.
"You know it feels great when your fangs are in me right?" She asked. I smiled and nodded.
"Good," She said simply and laid down on my bed and laid in my lap. She smiled and yawned.
"You make a good pillow," she commented.
"Thank you," I said smiling and I could tell by her breathing that she had fallen asleep. I smiled and laid my back against the wall and smiled just watching her sleep.
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I smiled and I looked over to the clock to see how long it had been. It was about 9. I heard a knock at the door and my mom walked in.
"Mich, we need to talk..." She started but stopped when she saw Rebeca in my lap, I raised a finger for her to wait a moment and I lightly tousled Rebeca's hair and she started to stir she lifted her head and sat on my bed and she saw my mom.
"It's not what it looks like," She said hastily.
"You are right Mom. We need to talk," I told my mom before Rebeca could continue and Rebeca nodded.
"How about we do this on the couch. Let you two get... settled," She trailed and closed the door gently. Rebeca smiled embarrassingly at me. I smiled back normally, she rolled her eyes and shook her head getting off my bed and standing.
"Do you have a comb in here?" She asked and looked around and found one in one of the cabinets in my desk and she combed through her hair until it was presentable. I smiled and she took my hand and we went out into the hallway and walked into the living room. My mom and dad both were there and Rebeca and I sat down opposite of them. They looked at us both expectingly. I took a breath and Rebeca started before I could speak. She and I switched talking occasionally and we told them everything. From the day that Rebeca told me she was a vampire, to my voices. We told them everything and they were silent when we explained to them. They were also silent when we had finished and neither Rebeca or I took that as a good sign. They hadn't said anything for over a minute.
"I'm sorry hun, it's just... a lot to take in," My mom told me, my father nodded in agreement.
"I think it would be best if you stayed with Rebeca for a few days. So me and your dad can think about this," She said with a frown. I gulped and nodded. I got a horrid feeling in my chest welled up.
"We aren't kicking you out or disowning you but we just need some time. And don't worry. We won't tell anyone," She said. I bit my lip and nodded before looking up to Rebeca. I could tell she was sad about what they had said but nodded.
"I'm going to pack then," I said and stood up and walked slowly to my room. Rebeca rubbed the back of her neck as we walked and my eyes felt misty when I entered my room. I felt Rebeca hug me from behind, her arms wrapping around my waist.
"Don't feel so bad Mich. Don't think for a minute that they would kick you out. They love you. Just like me," She whispered to me. I smiled at her words.
"Thank you," I said and my hands fell on her's.
"I'll be ok," I told her and she kissed the back of my neck and let me go and I started packing for 3 days. I didn't have to pack much. I still had my week of stuff packed. Some new clothes and such but still not much. I had my bag packed in less than 10 minutes.
"School tomorrow," She said when I had finished. I nodded.
"I know," I said. I yawned.
"We still haven't gotten back at Jene for her last encounter," I said. She nodded and shuddered.
"Oh, sorry babe, I shouldn't have mentioned it, I'm sorry," I said feeling bad.
"It's ok. You are right though," she told me. I gulped and nodded. I took my bags and headed to the door.
"Bye Mich," I heard my mom and dad say together.
"It's just for a few days still right?" I asked a little nervousness in my voice.
"Of course," They both responded. I nodded.
"We love you Mich," My mom called as I opened the door.
"I love you both too," I said and closed the door after Rebeca went through the door. I sighed and got in the car. I put my bags in the trunk and started the car. Rebeca in the passenger seat, she buckled up and I did too and we headed to her house. It was about... I checked my clock, 8 AM. In about 15 minutes we were at her house. I laid back against the seat. Rebeca looked at me with her sad eyes. I looked over to her and smiled and took one of my hands and brushed my finger tips against her cheek, she smiled and rubbed my hand against her cheek instead. I smiled too. She leaned over to me and kissed me.
"I love you Mich," She told me.
"I love you too Rebeca," I said and kissed her again. She smiled and unbuckled her seatbelt and I unbuckled mine before getting out of the car. She did too. I saw the Fist guard at the door of her house and her mom standing in front of the Fist. She walked up to us when we got out of the car. She sighed.
"I guess I should commend you for ditching your guard, it's pretty hard to do that to a Fist. But what were you thinking?!" She yelled.
"I wanted to be alone with my boyfriend," Rebeca said simply. "We didn't do anything anyway. I was still tired and I slept at Mich's...." She trailed.
"And..." Her mom trailed still angry. "And we told his parents about everything," She said sighing.
"WHAT!" She screamed.
"I think you heard me," Rebeca said looking down, feeling guilty.
"This was all your idea wasn't it," She said pointing a finger at me.
"What?" I asked.
"No. I didn't.... Well... Rebeca volunteered to stay. If it's any constellation they wanted me out of the house for a few days and they won't tell anyone," I told her. She stopped her tirad for just a few seconds when I told her they wanted me out for a few days. But she just shook her head. Mumbling something about something unraveling, walking back inside. The guard stayed where she was though. Still in full view of us. Her face was rather passive, she was probably trained for that but she couldn't keep the anger from her face but she didn't say anything probably knowing that it wouldn't have mattered if she said anything. She wasn't in full plate mail though. Which was surprising. She had on blue jeans and a dark green T. Her purple hair was tied into a ponytail and kept behind her. Her peircing blue eyes still looked like they were looking past the flesh and blood into your soul. Rebeca smiled at me and I unlocked the trunk and I grabbed my things and Rebeca walked in front of me and the Fist made way for me and her and we walked to the guest room that I was in before and I set up my new things. Rebeca was in my room as was the Fist in the corner like normal.
"I'm going to get something to eat. You want anything?" She asked me and I shook my head. I was almost never hungry. Just.... Thirsty.
"I'll get you a gallon jug of water. K?" She asked and I nodded and she left the room, as did the Fist. I sighed and laid down on the bed. I got up and put my laptop on the bed and plugged it into the wall and luckily for me, Rebeca's had wifi. I got on the Internet and got on YouTube and soon. "Going Under" from Evanescence was playing from my laptop, filling the room with music lightly. It wouldn't bleed out into the hallway outside the door. I laid my back on the bed and just listened to the music until I heard footsteps outside the door and I heard a knock.
"Come in," I said and saw Rebeca come in with a jug of water.
"Here," She said with a smile and I smiled back and nodded.
"Thank you," I said and I graciously took the jug and started to drink. Rebeca had already eaten, I surmised since she wasn't eating anything and was just watching me and sitting on the edge of my bed.
"Evanescence," She said. She wasn't too big a fan but she knew the band. I nodded. She nodded back.
"You want to go and do something today?" She asked me. I shrugged.
"Sure what?" I asked since she brought it up.
"A concert?" She asked.
"Which band?" I asked her. She smiled.
"Paramore?" She asked. I raised both eyebrows and nodded.
"Sure," I said smiling. She knew we both like Paramore.
"It starts at 7," She said.
"I'll go ask Mom," she said and left. I smiled. I thought I heard a noise outside and went to the window but saw nothing. I saw the Fist walk out and into my view and she looked up to me.
"You heard it?" She asked impassively. I flicked my ears. She just nodded and took a quick glance and walked back inside. I scratched my head and sighed. I heard footsteps and turned to the door and Rebeca opened it and walked in. She smiled.
"We're good as long as we have our guard," She said with a shrug.
"I don't think she's going to let you out of her sights again, not after you were able to ditch her before," I said with a smile and she did too.
The rest of the day went by rather uneventful. Me and Rebeca spent most of the time together and surprisingly she hadn't asked for a drink that day and neither had I. However things got more interesting when the time approached to go to the concert. I was all ready to go and outside the bathroom waiting for Rebeca. She had been in there for at least 10 minutes. I was leaning against the wall waiting and was stunned when she finally came out. She was wearing black faded jeans. A black shirt and holding a sweatshirt in case it got cold when the concert ended. She had black eyeliner on and enough makeup to really look like a vampire, it was a little creepy, but not that much when I remembered I was as pale as her now. I smiled. She smiled back. I was wearing a matching get up, minus the makeup. I took her sweatshirt and we headed for my car. I got in and so did Rebeca as well as the guard who got in the back still in the same outfit as she had on all day. Rebeca's mom and dad watched us leave and it would take about an hour to get to the concert since it wasn't in our town.
We were driving to the concert in relative silence, the album Riot playing in the background. A car had been following us for the past 10 minutes but I didn't think much of it. I glanced in the rear view mirror but all I could see were two lights shining back at me. I got more and more suspicious as time went on. There was no real reason for my suspicion but, I was. You aren't alone I heard the voice whisper and I shook my head. Not knowing what the voice meant by that. After a few more minutes the car finally turned and I shuddered.
"Something wrong Mich?" Rebeca asked me.
"Oh... Nothing, it's nothing," I said. She rolled her eyes not believing me but letting it go. We kept on driving and got at the concert on time about 10 minutes before it started. We showed the big security guard out tickets and he searched us. Rebeca had wisely kept her purse at her house. We had a small bag a with a few essentials in the car that we may need later after the concert. We walked in, it was wasn't quite as full as we had expected, about half of the room was filled with people just standing around in there own little groups, talking for the most part.
"Come on Mich," Rebeca started taking my hand.
"Let's get closer," She said and we made our way forward. It was dim but I could still see around me. The entire room was darken when we were about halfway to the stage. But we still held hands and continued our journey forward closer.
"It's about to start," She said anxiously. I could see perfectly fine in the near perfect darkness I could see first-timer jitters in most of the people in the room. It wasn't mine or Rebeca's first time to a concert but we still could hold down our excitement but we didn't show it as much as the rest of them. I could see up on stage a few people in black outfits, double checking everything to make sure it was working, I could see them but no one else could've. We were about 20 yards from the crowd restraints before we could go no further, and the crowd restraints were about 10 yards from the stage. I could've swore I heard my own heart beating faster and harder. I could also heard Rebeca's, or at least I thought I could but probably not. I heard the announcer blasting through the speakers on stage.
"We've got a real special treat here for you at the Colosseum!" The announcer started.
"We proudly present..... PARAMORE!" He shouted and lights flashed brightly when the announcer had finished and people started to cheer. I saw the spotlight train on the left side of the stage. Everyone's cheers got louder and I was sure me and Rebeca were too but we couldn't hear ourselves in the clamor of the crowd. I felt like I was being lifted and swept away by the sound of the crowd and my heart started beating harder. I felt Rebeca squeezing my hand tighter but not too tight and I was pretty sure she didn't know she was doing it. Music on the radio, or an MP3 was not the same, it didn't have the same feel, as if you were right there, just 30 yards from the stage, the overall feel, it just felt so much... realer? I didn't know how to describe it. I saw the members of the band start to run out. First was Hayley, the lead vocals. Next was Josh, lead guitar and backing vocals. Then came Zac, Drums. After him came Jeremy with the bass. Last was Taylor on the Rhythm guitar. The crowd just went wild when they came on and they went quickly to their position and started to sing and play 'Optimistic for a Pessimist'. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, rocking out to all of ours favorite band. I knew both me and Rebeca were going to be horse by the end of this concert. Here... I heard the voice, like a whisper in my ear from someone right next to me and I looked around seeing no one. I didn't really know why I was looking around, I knew the voice was just in my head.
Then... I saw someone. I didn't know who but I knew he meant trouble. He was staring at me, even through 20 yards of crowd, I knew he was staring at me. I saw him and he saw me. His big blue eyes looking at me and my green ones widen. He was just like me, silver hair, but his wasn't cut short, it was about bottom of eye length and a few strands were covering his eyes. He was pale as hell, just like me. He was in white pants and a white wrinkled collar shirt, I had to admit he looked really good in his outfit. He smiled mischievously at me before seemingly disappearing, I took a deep breath and looked around but didn't see him again. I was scared my heart pumping faster and faster. I didn't know why I was scared but I was. Yes, panic the voice told me but I kept myself from panicking. I didn't know what to do, to take Rebeca and run or just stay. Then. I spotted him again, he was at the exit and he shook his head still smiling and turned away and exited. I shuddered but turned back to the stage. I saw Rebeca was looking at me but just looking. She hadn't seen what I had and we both knew we wouldn't be able to talk to each other with the screaming crowd. She jerked her head to the side. Asking if I wanted to talk. I shook my head and looked at her. She nodded slowly before we both turned back to the stage and we screamed our lungs out. The crowd sweeping us away, but I couldn't get those damn eyes out of my head, I could focus on the concert for the most part but couldn't get those eyes out of my head. I supposed that the Fist would be raising all sorts of hell if she had observed the one that I had so I was pretty sure I was the only one who had saw him. I didn't know what to say or think. Who was he, what did he want, why was he here, did he know I was here. It was obviously he wanted something from me but I didn't know what. It was about 9 when the concert had finally finished. The band had played the Album 'Riot' and 'All We Know Is Falling'. It was worth the time and money but... That guy... I shook my head and I looked around. Rebeca was standing next to me and the Fist guard was behind us. How she had found us in the entire crowd was beyond me but she had. Rebeca stopped by the car and turned to me.
"Right after the concert started. You seemed, distracted. Like you had seen a ghost. Even with your pale complexion it seemed like you got even paler, what was it?" She asked me.
"I don't know," I told her. It was the truth, I had no idea who that was or why he was there.
"Your keeping something back," She said. She could always read me like a book, even before we had started going out.
"He... Looked like me, silver hair, pale skin..." I trailed.
"What?" The fist asked.
"I don't know who he is. I'm not even sure that I saw him. It seemed like something out of my nightmares or something. It might just be my eyes playing a trick on me or a prank. I don't know," I said. The Fist nodded and so did Rebeca. We all got in the car and headed back in silence. The music wasn't playing now and we got back to Rebeca's house without incident and we went to sleep. I had gave Rebeca a goodnight kiss before we parted and went to bed. I was amazed that I hadn't got to sleep before the concert but I hadn't but I was out like a light when my pillow hit the bed. But even my dreams weren't safe and they turned to nightmares about that guy, and his damned big blue eyes.