Chapter 8 – Education
'Vi we need to talk.' Vlad started.
'About what, I've told you all you need to know haven't I?' she replied.
'No. But I'm used to that. Have you ever stayed anywhere for more than a year?' he asked.
'The last time was you.'
'I thought as much. Must have been in tons of schools then huh?'
'School?' she hesitated, 'what's school?'
Vlad stepped back in shock. What he saw now was a girl, his twin, almost distant from any life he had ever known. Something he took for granted is completely unknown to the closest person to him. He had to sort this.
'Well, school is where you learn stuff, like maths and physics.' he explained, 'In the UK all children have to go to school, some are free but others you have to pay for.'
Vi was still so confused, in all her foster families there was no mention of school. What was Physics and Maths? Vlad could see this so he carried on.
'Most kids don't want to go to school but it's quite fun. This place was a school at one point, until Dad shut it down.'
'Why?'
'I'm not sure really, I think he wanted me to stay and having it as a school somehow wouldn't please me in his eyes.'
'Why isn't it a school now, hasn't he left?'
'Well, it is Ingrid's now and she does actually want to open the school again. But I'm afraid that she just wants breathers to bite.'
'Why don't you oversee it then?'
'I actually never thought about that, are you so desperate to go to school?' he asked.
'Is it obvious, it sounds wonderful.'
'Well you leave at the age of 18 I'm afraid.'
Vi, had always looked younger than she was. She grew slower as she had always been undead. She looked at him with a lifted eyebrow.
'Well I guess that you could pass for 15.' He made up his mind, he was going to get her an education.
'Yes!' she exclaimed.