Arranged marriage to an egotistical vampire... What could go wrong??

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Arranged marriage to an egotistical vampire... What could go wrong??

Chapter 1

"I hate you! Why do you have to ruin my life like this?" I screamed at my mum before running up the stairs to call my best friend Riley.

Riley, as usual, picked up on the first ring. "What's wrong now? And who's done what?" Was her first response instead of the conventional 'hello' most people would get off their best friends.

"My mother is out to ruin my life again!!!" I practically screamed down the phone to her. I was starting to stress out and with that came the hyperventilating.

"Calm down Rose and take deep breaths... Now tell me what has happened starting from the beginning... Calmly."

I took a deep breath and began. "Well... I woke up this morning to Fall Out Boy's 'Beat It' when my mum shouted me down to talk..."

"Rose! Come downstairs and get your breakfast before it gets cold!" I groaned and sat up in bed when Fall Out Boy just started to sing:

'Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it'

How appropriate with my mood. I get up and drag myself over to my mirror and almost scare myself half to death. Bad hair day much? I look like Madusa's evil twin!!! After straightening my long brown hair, applying some mascara to make my blue eyes stand out a bit more and donning on a comfortable pair of jeans, pumps and a fitted dark blue t-shirt, I headed downstairs to see what my mum wanted me for this time... Hopefully I wasn't in trouble again... That would be bad.

I ran downstairs and into the kitchen, where my mum was sat on one of our kitchen stools waiting for me with a concerned look on her face... the same look she had when she told me dad had died years ago...

"Mum, what's wrong?" There was only me and my mum in our family because we didn't have anyone else except each other... although I class Riley as part of our family... But me and my mum have never had a problem telling each other anything before, but now she looks like she has something big to tell me but doesn't want to. "What aren't you telling me mum?"

She sighed. "You best sit down to hear this... It might be a bit much to take in otherwise." The look on her face had me sitting down on the stool across from her own.

"Your father was in a bit of trouble back when he was younger... Way before I knew him... But to get out of the trouble this man made him promise something in return for his help." She looked at me meaningfully.

"Okaaaaaaaaaay... So what did they want in return for getting dad out of trouble when he was younger?" I said, genuinely curious. I never knew my father had been in trouble... never mind needed someone else to bail him out for him.

"They wanted his first born female child."

I burst out laughing. Well I think anyone in my situation would have. "Very... Funny... Mum." I said between fits of laughter, but unfortunately my mum wasn't joining in with me and that made me sober up.

"Well what did they want with his first female daughter mum?"

"They... They..." I was losing patience because of the nerves building up inside of me. "Come on mum! What did they want?"

"They wanted and still do want you to marry their son and before you try to but in with some witty remark, I am serious and you have to... Your dad signed a contract." She sighed.

My brain was still trying to process all the information it had just been given: Dad in trouble, first born female child, son, serious, contract... MARRIAGE!!!!

"He signed a form for an ARRANGED MARRIAGE. As in I'm having an ARRANGED MARRIAGE!!!! I'm ONLY 18!!! I'm not old enough to be married! I don't even know the guy or his family never mind love him. For all we know he could be a freaky murderer!!"

My mum sighed again, "I'm sure he isn't a freaky murderer but there is nothing we can do and I have tried. But your father signed a contract and we have to stick to it or things could become very ugly for us... As in they will sue us and we can't exactly afford that right now..."

"We live in the 21st century mum! ARRANGED MARRIAGES don't happen here anymore so I shouldn't have to go through with one!!