Fallen

Chapter One: Mistakes were made

"Ugh... why can't I sleep longer," I complained to my alarm clock. The time read 7:30 which meant if I didn't get up now I would be late for practice. I hesitantly crawled out of bed and headed towards my dresser. I reached into the top drawer and retrieved my black Nike Spandex. I had finally made varsity this year, but that meant I had practice before school.

"Emma! If you don't leave now, you are going to be late," my mom yelled from the living room. I grabbed my make up and my clothes for the day and shoved them in my backpack. I quickly threw on my spandex and cheer shirt and ran to my car. I was so happy that I made varsity this year. Last year, I didn't make it and it was one of the worst years of my life. All my friends were on varsity and I ended up being really lonely.

As I drove up to the school, I parked in our perfectly painted parking spots next to my best friends. I ran inside and tossed my backpack in the locker room and walked to the gym. My best friends, Lexi, Kaitlyn, and Alex, were already sitting down together. I smiled as I went to join my friends on the mat.

Cheer practice flew by as we were getting ready for our first pep rally of the year. Two of my best friends were the cheer captains, Lexi and Kaitlyn. Lexi was always stressing about things being perfect and Kaitlyn was really just there to calm her down.
"Hey... Did y'all hear about that kid? Yeah he was found on mutilated in that lake nearby." Alex was gossiping to us about a story she had heard. I had actually heard something about that on the news. it was such a tragic story and some thing that doesn't really happen in our small town very often.
"Yeah I actually heard it was probably a rabid animal. They found bite marks and he was drained of blood," I added.

"Maybe it was a vampire," Lexi joked. It was pretty insensitive to joke about such a thing. As I was applying my make up, I thought more about the vampire topic. I have always been obsessed with the supernatural and my friends knew that. I constantly wish that they actually existed. But, it was just something of a fairytale.

My first and second period flew by. I was so excited to see my wonderful boyfriend in choir. as I walked into my third period, Jacob ran up and hugged me. my heart exploded and my stomach filled with butterflies. His beautiful brown puppy dog eyes stared into mine with such love.

"Hello my love," he said as he leaned in to kiss me. I was never a huge fan of PDA, but man how could I resist those eyes.

"Hey, I'm throwing a party tonight if you wanna come. I know that's not your thing." He asked, but this time kinda wanted to go. But then I thought about the kid that just died. I didn't think it was a great idea to throw a party right after that just happened.

"Are you sure you should throw a party after what just happened?"

"Emma, it's OK to say no but don't be a party pooper." I questioned on how I should answer.

"Yeah sure I'll go to your party." He hugged me tight and kissed my forehead. We walked to go sit on our side of the risers. He was a bass so he was on the opposite side of the risers. I was a soprano, but I didn't really sing out very often. Don't get me wrong, I loved choir, but I just never could find the confidence to do it.

During class, I kind of spaced out and thought about the party tonight. I had kind of a bad vibe, but I knew it would make him happy if I went. He only threw parties, because his friends wanted him to, but he always wanted me to go. I always have found excuses not to go, but I honestly just wanted to spend some time with him. All the cheerleaders would probably be there anyway, so I'll just hang out with my best friends too.

Later that evening, I was getting dressed. I had picked out some Jean shorts and low-cut shirt. I wanted to look sexy, but not too sexy. I groomed my auburn hair into a messy bun. I glanced in the mirror. My make up was already done from school today. I tossed on some cute sneakers and grab my nearest shoulder bag.

Jacob offered to pick me up, but I said I would just walk. We lived in the same neighborhood, so it wasn't very far. As I was walking out of the house, I told my mom that I was going to Jacob's house. She didn't care she was all into her drag race show. As I was walking, I started feeling like somebody was around. I quicken my pace, but just then a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me behind a house. The hand gripped me so tight, I thought they were gonna break my arm. I yanked, but the strength was almost inhuman. I looked up at the hooded figure and I recognized his face. It was my ex-boyfriend, Nathan, yet he look different. His floppy brown hair covered most of his face, but his eyes were almost glowing. Without a next thought, he torn into my neck.