I Married The Prince Of Darkness (Winner Watty Awards 2012)

Chapter 6 (Edited)

Chapter 6

I woke up with a fright. I looked over at the clock and realized it was eleven in the morning. Nobody had come to wake me up. 'Oh shit! I'm gonna be in so much trouble!' I thought to myself. Casper hadn't even come in to yell at me to get up or anything, maybe he wasn't back yet. As I slowly got out of bed, I was wondering what was going on in Casper's head (not that I was complaining). I got dressed in a fresh pair of jeans and a red t-shirt, brushed my hair, then I went into the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. Once I was done I slipped on a pair of shoes and made my way down to the kitchen. The aroma of fresh pancakes floated towards me, I smiled knowing I would find April there.

“Good morning April," I sang as I entered the room.

I stopped dead in my tracks and panic overcame me, as I looked up. I shrank back in fear.

“I'm sorry Master. I thought you were April," I said quickly as I realized the mistake I made.

“April has the day off," Casper replied looking up at me from the stove.

“Oh, fair enough Master," I quickly agreed.

“I thought it was time she had a day's rest," Casper said with a small smile.

“That was nice of you Master. What would you like for me to do?” 

“You don't need to do anything, everything seems fine," Casper replied. With that, I turned to leave the kitchen.

“Would you care to join me? There's plenty to share," I heard Casper say from behind me. I stopped dead in my tracks to comprehend what he just said to me.

“Are you sure?” I asked turning around, trying not to sound as surprised as I really was.

He nodded yes and I followed him from the kitchen into the dinning room. Sitting on the opposite side of the table from him, I watched as he carried everything over.

He had two plates and a large stack of chocolate chip pancakes, along with a bottle of golden syrup.

He asked me if I would like any coffee and I told him that I didn't want any. However, if it was okay, I would love some orange juice and he went into the kitchen and came back out with a whole pitcher and told me to help myself. Casper sat down across from me and I was barely able to contain my sense of surprise, as I watched him place a few pancakes on his plate. I couldn't help but wonder how he could eat human food with him being a Vampire and all.

“The older we are the more was can stomach. I love pancakes," he replied to my unspoken question.

Shit,I forgot about the mind reading. Damn it! There I go doing it again, and he is probably listening to every single one of my thoughts. I was suddenly brought out of my own thoughts to the sound of Casper laughing at me! In these weeks I'd been with him, I had never seen this side if him. He had always been mean and abusive towards me. I wonder what could've happened yesterday to change him like this. In order to stop staring at him, I placed two pancakes on my plate and smothered them in golden syrup.

I was incapable of eating pancakes without golden syrup. If I could, I'd drink it straight from the bottle. In fact, that is just what I did once when I was younger and I had made myself sick for two days! I couldn't help but smile at the memory of drinking the golden syrup.

“Something funny?” Casper asked looking at me, smiling like a fool.

“Not really Master, I was just thinking back to when I drank a bottle of golden syrup," I replied, trying not to look at him.