The Dracula siblings opened the door into a very boisterous and over crowded hall. The smell of different foods and beverages lingered in the air, along with a strong scent of BO. There was also a wide range of blood types in the hall, which made both of them glad they'd already 'eaten'. The bustling hall remained like this until Vlad and Ingrid entered. Everyone stopped what they were doing and just started at them. Vlad was unaware what to do with himself, whilst Ingrid took in the sea of new admirers she had. The scene in front of them reminded thr siblings of when their father came to their first parents evening.
Vlad whispered to Ingrid sounding pitifully desperate "What the hell are we supposed to do? They're just starting at us!" "Enjoy the moment!" Ingrid whispered back. Taking on her advice, Vlad stood there taking what he would consider, quite a cool stance. The other breathers in the room seemed to agree with his inner thoughts as whispering broke out between the ex-students, like "Who's that?!" or "The Counts are back!" The subject also changed to "Their flipping fit!" or "Who are those two?" from the breathers who were already drunk, which was always followed up by giggles. On hearing this Vlad and Ingrid just exchanged amused looks. Being admired had to be one of the perks of being a vampire.
After a few seconds, Ingrid signalled at Vlad to follow her. They made their way to the makeshift bar, where they ordered drinks. They ordered a small red wine glass each, being unfamiliar with the other options. Vlad and Ingrid started talking about random things that people would consider normal. Others clearly wanted to talk to them, but instead gossiped about them instead. Vlad had turned to talk to a few old classmates who wondered where they'd disappeared out of the blue. He made up a story about his father winning the lottery and deciding to move. Surprisingly, they believed him.
Ingrid was starting to get rather bored when all of a sudden, she felt two heartbeats beside her. She turned to see a pair of eager looking Branagh twins looking at her. They were wearing matching suits, except from the different coloured ties. "Hi Ingrid!" They chorused with wide grins spread on their faces in the exact same way as they did years ago, although slightly more drunk. "Hi." She said rather abruptly. This was going to be fun! For some reason, the twins looked rather disappointed. Then Ian asked "Is that your boyfriend behind you?" Ingrid was taken aback. They really mistook Vlad for her boyfriend? "As if!" She said, with laughter following her answer.
Vlad turned around, curious to why Ingrid was laughing. He then saw the twins looking rather confused. He went to greet them but was stunned to hear them ask Ingrid "You're sure he isn't your boyfriend?" once he'd turned around. He too started laughing. Was he really that unrecognisable, or were the twins extremely drunk? He got up from the bar stool and made his way to stand by Ingrid. The twins spotted him coming closer and still didn't recognise him. "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't date my sister." He said. The twins looked like they were on verge of collapse. "VLAD?!" They yelled in sync.
Turns out, when Vlad and Ingrid entered the hall, many of the present people hadn't recognised Vlad and assumed Ingrid had brought her boyfriend along with her. Granted, what Vlad was wearing was very far off from what he would've worn when he was thirteen. This then lead to speculation among the boys, until the twins had figured out that Ingrid's 'boyfriend' was actually her younger brother.
Upon figuring this out, the majority of the people in the room practically threw themselves at the siblings. Being vampires, they were both unbelievably attractive to breathers, which was extremely handy when it came to hunting. In this case it wasn't as handy as it would be. Ingrid had tried to go to answer the call of nature, and was followed by at least ten boys. This did come with the plus side though. The next hour was full of unlimited free drinks from whoever happened to make eye contact with them.
It had been an hour since their arrival and by now, Vlad and Ingrid were verging on drunk. They had received about fifteen drinks each, and were starting to practically hallucinate. Thankfully, they weren't the only ones. They had seen Ian sprinting towards the toilet, Paul rushing after him. Multiple older attendees had started dancing on top of the bar. Some of the couples that were attending had gone to somewhere private in their drunken state. The place looked like it had been trampled, but no one cared.
Ingrid was right in the centre of the dance floor. By now she was nearing twenty free drinks. Ingrid was enjoying the attention she was getting whilst dancing in a similar style to Shakira. She was receiving multiple drunken cat calls and low whistles. Vlad had positioned himself by the bar surrounded by loads of breathers. "Chug, Chug, CHUG, CHUG!" He had really gotten into the drinking games and was in the final round. He downed a full bottle of liquor as quickly as he could. The bar area was filled with cheers as Vlad finished first. That must've been his fifth bottle tonight, and he'd already gotten about twenty drinks in glasses separately. Loads of breathers were now offering to buy him drinks he had to say no to. He got up and walked rather haphazardly towards the door to get some fresh air. Abruptly, a hand tapped his shoulder, causing him to turn around and nearly hit the person that stood behind him. He was expecting them to offer him a drink again, but they didn't. Instead they looked at him as if trying to identify him, which actually made scene. His vision was quite blurry, but he could spot that the person behind him was female and had long, blonde hair. She was wearing a blue dress, and seemed familiar. Chloe! He must've said it out loud because she responded with "Vlad!" and pulled him into a surprisingly tight hug. She muttered something, but Vlad didn't hear her. He asked her to repeat what she said and she proceeded to do so. "Robin will be glad you're here! Hold on, lemme text him." Robin! Vlad had completely forgotten about him. He wouldn't tell him that though.
(following Robin's trail of thought)
He'd waited in that hall for hours, and no sign of his former best mate. Ingrid had apparently turned up with her boyfriend to the twins disappointment. Robin was only disappointed that Vlad wasn't there. How could he have been so naive. Why would Vlad turn up when Robin wanted him to, he never did in the past so why would he now? Robin reached the bus stop, shaking. He'd managed to lose his coat and somehow one of his chains. He hadn't had a sip of alcohol, he didn't even eat food. He'd just waited there like an idiot.
Robin got out his phone from his back pocket to check when the next bus would arrive that could take him home. He was suprised to see about four text messages from Chloe.
Chloe
Hey! Where'd you go?
8:55pm
You forgot your coat.
8:56pm
You won't believe who's here!
10:34pm
Vlad!!
10:35pm
No way. Vlad had actually came? It was definitely Vlad in the image. Without realising, Robin's legs had started to carry him back to the school. He was going to finally see his old best mate!
Im trying to stretch the chapters out a bit more to make updates more frequent.
Reading this back I've also included a lil' photo moment which I realise is not possible since cameras work with mirrors. I don't want to change that part so let's just pretend that vampires have reflections for about three seconds, then we can go back to normal.
(I changed it) -_-
Another thing is, if all schools in the UK close cause of the coronavirus, expect a load of updates coming your way! That is if I don't catch it, cause in that case, I'll be in bed. /
Hope you'll RR ~ Minty
