Post by shiina on Aug 20, 2009 9:09:12 GMT -5
*Chapter 2 ; Part 1*
I had lived all my fourteen years convinced that I did and always would hate humans, despite the fact that I had never met one. I had thought of them before, the way that most humans think of vampires. They were different, so they didn't deserve to be alive. I learned on that particular Thursday, though, that I was wrong. I learned that lesson at lunch when I began to take a liking to a certain human.
All because of three cookies and a carton of milk.
I mumbled numerous curse words as I searched for my money. I dug through my pockets, my purse, my binder, then my pockets again. Nothing, nothing at all. I lost my lunch money.
"Hey," Morgan chimed, materializing at my side. She noticed my distress, asking, "What's wrong?"
"I lost my money." I mumbled.
She raised an eyebrow, "Was it in your purse?" She asked. I nodded, "Stolen," she declared, "Keep it in your pocket from now on. This school is full of thieves. Don't worry about your money, here," She placed three dollars in my hand with a warm smile, "and you don't have to pay me back."
I blinked a few times and watched in amazement as she walked away. I had never met anyone before -vampire or human- who would be that nice. I didn't even ask, she just gave me the money. She got in the lunch line and I waited for a few people to get behind her before I got in line too.
I decided to finally give her a chance and sat beside her and Kayla during lunch. Morgan acted insane during the whole lunch period. You would think I would have been annoyed, but it was strangely entertaining. We may not have become friends instantly, but it was close enough for me.
So I decided to take her up on her sleepover offer.
I woke to my mothers voice on Friday morning. My alarm clock was still broken and I had neglected to replace it.
Everything seemed brighter than the day before, even though it was a bit cloudier outside. My mom didn't hang around in my room for long, though. She was gone from the doorway before I even opened my eyes.
Be was in the kitchen when I got downstairs. "Good morning, Ben." I said, actually feeling a little happy. But the happiness quickly dissolved when Ben simply pushed past me and went upstairs without a word. I could almost physically feel my heart sink in my chest.
I knew he was going to be mad when I told him about how I felt toward humans. I wondered briefly if he would listen if I told him I was over it, but just as the thought crossed, another more arrogant voice ranted, 'You can't admit you were wrong! You'll get nothing but a big, fat I-Told-You-So!' and, sadly, that voice dominated.
I walked into the hallway after eating and, brushing against the spot under the stairs as I walked by, made my way outside with my school things in hand. I still wished the wall would have opened up and pulled me in.
The bus was full again except for the seat next to Morgan in the very back. She waved for me to sit by her. I scrambled back, the bus already moving even though I hadn't sat down yet, and fell into the seat next to her almost squishing her two days in a row. She giggled at my not so graceful landing.
"Quiet, squishy." I laughed, poking her in the side. She squealed like a dog that had been stepped on and jumped nearly a foot out of her seat. "What was that all about?" I asked.
She was fake trembling, "I'm extremely ticklish. Do. Not. Poke. Me." She warned, "Or I'll eat you."
"Yeah right," I mumbled. If anything I would end up eating her.
We pulled into the school parking lot. "So, are we still on for your house tonight?" I asked her, "My mom said I can go." Because she's now looking for any excuse to get her human hating vampire daughter out of the house. Gah, my own mother hates me.
Morgan pouted, "Actually, no." she said, "My grandparents are coming over. some last minute thing. So my mom doesn't want a bunch of 'you rowdy kids,' " she mimicked an old lady voice, "Disturbing them."
"Man," I was actually looking forward to that. "Wait, I said, an idea forming, "Maybe my mom will let you and Kayla stay the night at my house." Win-win situation. I have my new friends over, and I prove to my mom that my opinion of humans has changed so she won't hate me anymore. It's brilliant!
"Awesome!" Morgan said, "Chippy and I could easily walk to your house, too!"
"Chippy?" I asked.
"Oh yeah," she said, "Chip is Kayla's nickname, and chippy is the nickname I gave her nickname. along with Chippewa."
Weirdo.
The bell rang and the bus unloaded. Morgan and I scrambled to gather our things and departed, Morgan calling to me, "Don't forget to ask your mom!" As we headed in opposite directions to our lockers.
Ms. Broaddus was my second period English teacher. She was a bit stout and chubby with short, ultra curly, orangish-blond hair. She was insanely cool and even handled jokes well. One guy in the class, named Colton Gunn kept shouting things like, "Marry me!" or, "I'll see you in bed tonight, Ms. Broaddus!"
And amazingly, Ms. Broaddus played along, countering with things like, "But won't your boyfriend get jealous, Colton?"
I spent most of the class passing notes with Kayla and Morgan. Well, actually, they were passing notes to me and I wrote 'Stop, we're going to get in trouble.' and passed them back. They kept passing them to me anyway, though, and after a while I just started throwing them away without reading them. Morgan and Kayla practically died laughing. At one point I chewed one up without Morgan noticing and plopped the soggy, spit drenched paper into her hand.
I got home that afternoon and grabbed the phone in my room as soon as I got in. I threw it onto the bed along with my book bag and dug through my bag for Morgans phone number. I pulled it out of a small side pocket, programmed it into my phone, and before calling Morgan, called my mom's work number.
"Hello?" She answered robotically.
I took a deep breath, ready for begging, "Mom, remember how I was supposed to stay the night at that one girls house tonight? Well, something came up and she can't have company, so I was wondering, can she and another friend of mine stay the night tonight instead?" I asked.
"Tomorrow night." She sighed, obviously too tired from work to put up a fight.
I hadn't expected her to say yes, "Really? They can come?"
"Yes, Lily." She said, "You can have your little parasite slumber party."
"Thank you, thank you! God mom, Thank-" I broke off, "Wait a second, mom. They aren't-"
"I'm busy." She interrupted me, "Let me get back to work Lily, or I'll change my mind" Without another word, she hung up on me.
I was too excited about them being able to come over to worry about my mom thinking they were vampires. I would show her they weren't when they came. Quickly, I flipped through the phones programmed numbers and called Morgan to tell her.
There was two rings, a click and a guys voice, "Hello?"
"Hi," I said, "Is Morgan there?"
"Nope," He said, sounding slightly amused, "Sorry, she isn't here."
She hadn't mentioned going anywhere after school. My mind rushed for a minute. What if she had already thought it was official that she and Kayla could come over and she was already on her way over? That would be bad. "Where is she?"
"She's dead."
Uh... Yeah, right. Then came a screaming in the background that, even though she was probably across the room, was loud enough that I had to hold the phone away from my ear, and even then could still hear her loud and clear. "Randy, give me the phone, I know it's for me, hand it over! Give me the phone! GIVE ME THE PHONE, IDIOT!"
There were some thumps, some shouted curse words, and insults before Morgan came on the phone, "Hi!" She said. She sounded breathless, but as perky as ever, "Sorry 'bout that, that was my werewolf brother, Randy."
I blinked a couple of times, not saying anything, as my mind rushed around the fact that she might be serious. If he's her brother, and he's a werewolf, then she would be one too. that would explain her eyes. But it wasn't possible. Telling a human would be against werewolf law, and werewolves actually enforce their laws. Unless she had figured out that I was a vampire and just hadn't said anything. Come to think of it, I hadn't been with her anywhere where no one could have overheard us.
"Hello?" She asked, "Did you hang up? I expected you to laugh when I insulted the Sasquatch, not hang up on me."
And what would've made more sense than a rubix cube suddenly diminishes, "Oh, sorry," I said, "Yeah, I'm still here. Didn't hang up."
She chuckled, "Right, then. What did your mom say? And if she said no, then tell me what she didn't say."
"She said you both can come tomorrow night. And now that I think about it, it's a good thing she said tomorrow. you guys can come early and leave late Sunday."
"Sweet!" Morgan said. "By the way, can I bring some movies? Just two."
"What movies?"
"They're vampire movies, Blood Rayne and Blood Rayne ii." She responded, "I'm sorta obsessed with vamps."
Uh... "Sure, I don't see why not." Actually, I did see why not. I was why not. But I couldn't tell her that. Keeping vampires secret from humans was, like, the only vampire rile they actually enforced. "By the way," I said after Morgan whispered a quick yes, "What's Kayla's number? I want to three way her."
Morgan gave me Kayla's phone number and I called her. The three of us talked until 9 that night, when my mom kicked me off and made me go to bed.
I had lived all my fourteen years convinced that I did and always would hate humans, despite the fact that I had never met one. I had thought of them before, the way that most humans think of vampires. They were different, so they didn't deserve to be alive. I learned on that particular Thursday, though, that I was wrong. I learned that lesson at lunch when I began to take a liking to a certain human.
All because of three cookies and a carton of milk.
I mumbled numerous curse words as I searched for my money. I dug through my pockets, my purse, my binder, then my pockets again. Nothing, nothing at all. I lost my lunch money.
"Hey," Morgan chimed, materializing at my side. She noticed my distress, asking, "What's wrong?"
"I lost my money." I mumbled.
She raised an eyebrow, "Was it in your purse?" She asked. I nodded, "Stolen," she declared, "Keep it in your pocket from now on. This school is full of thieves. Don't worry about your money, here," She placed three dollars in my hand with a warm smile, "and you don't have to pay me back."
I blinked a few times and watched in amazement as she walked away. I had never met anyone before -vampire or human- who would be that nice. I didn't even ask, she just gave me the money. She got in the lunch line and I waited for a few people to get behind her before I got in line too.
I decided to finally give her a chance and sat beside her and Kayla during lunch. Morgan acted insane during the whole lunch period. You would think I would have been annoyed, but it was strangely entertaining. We may not have become friends instantly, but it was close enough for me.
So I decided to take her up on her sleepover offer.
I woke to my mothers voice on Friday morning. My alarm clock was still broken and I had neglected to replace it.
Everything seemed brighter than the day before, even though it was a bit cloudier outside. My mom didn't hang around in my room for long, though. She was gone from the doorway before I even opened my eyes.
Be was in the kitchen when I got downstairs. "Good morning, Ben." I said, actually feeling a little happy. But the happiness quickly dissolved when Ben simply pushed past me and went upstairs without a word. I could almost physically feel my heart sink in my chest.
I knew he was going to be mad when I told him about how I felt toward humans. I wondered briefly if he would listen if I told him I was over it, but just as the thought crossed, another more arrogant voice ranted, 'You can't admit you were wrong! You'll get nothing but a big, fat I-Told-You-So!' and, sadly, that voice dominated.
I walked into the hallway after eating and, brushing against the spot under the stairs as I walked by, made my way outside with my school things in hand. I still wished the wall would have opened up and pulled me in.
The bus was full again except for the seat next to Morgan in the very back. She waved for me to sit by her. I scrambled back, the bus already moving even though I hadn't sat down yet, and fell into the seat next to her almost squishing her two days in a row. She giggled at my not so graceful landing.
"Quiet, squishy." I laughed, poking her in the side. She squealed like a dog that had been stepped on and jumped nearly a foot out of her seat. "What was that all about?" I asked.
She was fake trembling, "I'm extremely ticklish. Do. Not. Poke. Me." She warned, "Or I'll eat you."
"Yeah right," I mumbled. If anything I would end up eating her.
We pulled into the school parking lot. "So, are we still on for your house tonight?" I asked her, "My mom said I can go." Because she's now looking for any excuse to get her human hating vampire daughter out of the house. Gah, my own mother hates me.
Morgan pouted, "Actually, no." she said, "My grandparents are coming over. some last minute thing. So my mom doesn't want a bunch of 'you rowdy kids,' " she mimicked an old lady voice, "Disturbing them."
"Man," I was actually looking forward to that. "Wait, I said, an idea forming, "Maybe my mom will let you and Kayla stay the night at my house." Win-win situation. I have my new friends over, and I prove to my mom that my opinion of humans has changed so she won't hate me anymore. It's brilliant!
"Awesome!" Morgan said, "Chippy and I could easily walk to your house, too!"
"Chippy?" I asked.
"Oh yeah," she said, "Chip is Kayla's nickname, and chippy is the nickname I gave her nickname. along with Chippewa."
Weirdo.
The bell rang and the bus unloaded. Morgan and I scrambled to gather our things and departed, Morgan calling to me, "Don't forget to ask your mom!" As we headed in opposite directions to our lockers.
Ms. Broaddus was my second period English teacher. She was a bit stout and chubby with short, ultra curly, orangish-blond hair. She was insanely cool and even handled jokes well. One guy in the class, named Colton Gunn kept shouting things like, "Marry me!" or, "I'll see you in bed tonight, Ms. Broaddus!"
And amazingly, Ms. Broaddus played along, countering with things like, "But won't your boyfriend get jealous, Colton?"
I spent most of the class passing notes with Kayla and Morgan. Well, actually, they were passing notes to me and I wrote 'Stop, we're going to get in trouble.' and passed them back. They kept passing them to me anyway, though, and after a while I just started throwing them away without reading them. Morgan and Kayla practically died laughing. At one point I chewed one up without Morgan noticing and plopped the soggy, spit drenched paper into her hand.
I got home that afternoon and grabbed the phone in my room as soon as I got in. I threw it onto the bed along with my book bag and dug through my bag for Morgans phone number. I pulled it out of a small side pocket, programmed it into my phone, and before calling Morgan, called my mom's work number.
"Hello?" She answered robotically.
I took a deep breath, ready for begging, "Mom, remember how I was supposed to stay the night at that one girls house tonight? Well, something came up and she can't have company, so I was wondering, can she and another friend of mine stay the night tonight instead?" I asked.
"Tomorrow night." She sighed, obviously too tired from work to put up a fight.
I hadn't expected her to say yes, "Really? They can come?"
"Yes, Lily." She said, "You can have your little parasite slumber party."
"Thank you, thank you! God mom, Thank-" I broke off, "Wait a second, mom. They aren't-"
"I'm busy." She interrupted me, "Let me get back to work Lily, or I'll change my mind" Without another word, she hung up on me.
I was too excited about them being able to come over to worry about my mom thinking they were vampires. I would show her they weren't when they came. Quickly, I flipped through the phones programmed numbers and called Morgan to tell her.
There was two rings, a click and a guys voice, "Hello?"
"Hi," I said, "Is Morgan there?"
"Nope," He said, sounding slightly amused, "Sorry, she isn't here."
She hadn't mentioned going anywhere after school. My mind rushed for a minute. What if she had already thought it was official that she and Kayla could come over and she was already on her way over? That would be bad. "Where is she?"
"She's dead."
Uh... Yeah, right. Then came a screaming in the background that, even though she was probably across the room, was loud enough that I had to hold the phone away from my ear, and even then could still hear her loud and clear. "Randy, give me the phone, I know it's for me, hand it over! Give me the phone! GIVE ME THE PHONE, IDIOT!"
There were some thumps, some shouted curse words, and insults before Morgan came on the phone, "Hi!" She said. She sounded breathless, but as perky as ever, "Sorry 'bout that, that was my werewolf brother, Randy."
I blinked a couple of times, not saying anything, as my mind rushed around the fact that she might be serious. If he's her brother, and he's a werewolf, then she would be one too. that would explain her eyes. But it wasn't possible. Telling a human would be against werewolf law, and werewolves actually enforce their laws. Unless she had figured out that I was a vampire and just hadn't said anything. Come to think of it, I hadn't been with her anywhere where no one could have overheard us.
"Hello?" She asked, "Did you hang up? I expected you to laugh when I insulted the Sasquatch, not hang up on me."
And what would've made more sense than a rubix cube suddenly diminishes, "Oh, sorry," I said, "Yeah, I'm still here. Didn't hang up."
She chuckled, "Right, then. What did your mom say? And if she said no, then tell me what she didn't say."
"She said you both can come tomorrow night. And now that I think about it, it's a good thing she said tomorrow. you guys can come early and leave late Sunday."
"Sweet!" Morgan said. "By the way, can I bring some movies? Just two."
"What movies?"
"They're vampire movies, Blood Rayne and Blood Rayne ii." She responded, "I'm sorta obsessed with vamps."
Uh... "Sure, I don't see why not." Actually, I did see why not. I was why not. But I couldn't tell her that. Keeping vampires secret from humans was, like, the only vampire rile they actually enforced. "By the way," I said after Morgan whispered a quick yes, "What's Kayla's number? I want to three way her."
Morgan gave me Kayla's phone number and I called her. The three of us talked until 9 that night, when my mom kicked me off and made me go to bed.