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“It’s almost eight have to go.” Chelsea said getting up from the floor.
“I don’t want you going back there.” Alexander said
“Alexander.” Ashley groaned.
“Not by yourself anyway.” He finished. “I will go with you.”
“Its fine I can go by myself.” Chelsea said rolling her eyes and walking to the front door. “I’ll see you tomorrow Ashley, goodnight.”
Alexander followed her out the front door and down the street.
“Why are you following me?” she asked.
“I said I was going with you, so I am.” He replied.
“Whatever.”
The wind was blowing slightly making Chelsea’s blonde hair whip around her face. Her footsteps softly hitting the concrete of the sidewalk, she was barely able to hear Alexander from behind her, she had to stop and turn around a few times to actually make sure he was there.
“I’m not going to run away.” He said softly. They turned onto Chelsea’s street and walked quietly until they reached the two story white house with blue shudders. She stopped before walking up the steps. Alexander not seeing she stopped ran into her almost causing her to fall to the ground, but he reached out and grabbed her arm so she couldn’t.
“Well, bye.” She said and walked up the stairs.
“Chelsea.” He said “I’m staying until your light in your room comes on.”
“You do that.” She said and opened the front door and walked in, glancing back at Alexander before she closed the door.
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He could have swore he saw a smile on her face before she closed the door but he never thought that she would smile at a monster like him. Alexander waited for her bedroom light to come on but it never did. Just as he started to make his way to the house before him, he saw the light flicker on and he turned to leave.
He was almost a half a block away when he heard a faint scream of pain, with his vampire hearing. He stopped and stayed still for a moment. Then he heard it again, followed by a cry for help. He ran as fast as he could back to the house.
How could anyone hurt and girl as small and fragile as Chelsea, she couldn’t defend herself, that’s why he was here. He threw open the front door and it banged against the wall. Chelsea’s mom stood in front of him her eyes red and puffy like she had just been crying. She pointed up the stairs and Alexander jumped up them taking them two at a time. There was another scream and he tried to open the door Chelsea was behind, but it was locked. He stood back and kicked it open, giant wooden splinters flew out from the door frame and he stood there in the door way growling.
Chelsea was laying on the floor her back against the wall, her chest rising and falling quickly a look of horror in her eyes.
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Chelsea heard the growl and knew exactly who they came from, Alexander. Very frightened she looked behind her father and saw Alexander standing there fists clenched, face hard, feet planted firm on the ground.
“Alexander, please leave.” She cried tears streaming down her face; he let out a growl, seeing her in pain made him want to rip something apart, and in front of him stood the perfect victim.
Chelsea’s dad turned around and saw him, Alexander let out another growl, her dad laughed.
“What are you going to do? Your just a teenage boy.” He laughed. Alexander’s fangs extended and his eyes flashed red. “What are you?! Get out of my house right now, I will call the cops!!” he yelled.
“Go ahead.” He said fearless. He grabbed Chelsea’s dad around the neck and threw him against the wall. He slid down it and let out a sharp breath. Alexander stalked toward him and pulled him to his feet by his collar, he leaned his head toward the man’s neck prepared to kill him.
“Please, don’t.” he heard Chelsea cry in a whisper. He stopped and looked at her.
I’m a monster Chelsea, it’s what I do.” He said ashamed of himself.
“No, you’re not a monster, you just think you are.” She said. Finally seeing the light of Chelsea’s words he released her father and he slid back down the wall coming to a rest once he hit the floor.
“Get out….of...my house!” her dad yelled. Alexander walked to the door and stopped, turned around, and walked back over to Chelsea. “You can keep her, she means nothing.”
“She means everything.” Alexander said and picked her up off the floor. “I will never hurt her the way you have.”
Chelsea wrapped her arms around Alexander’s neck and buried her face in his shoulder, and cried. He carried her down stairs where her mother waited.
“Take care of her. Please, she is my only daughter.” She said, Alexander nodded and walked out of the house and back to the cold, dark, abandoned house on the outskirts of town.
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“What happened?” Ashley asked once they got back to the house.
“Not now.” Alexander said and carried Chelsea up stairs and into his room. Very carefully her laid her down on the black silk sheets and pulled her shoes of and threw them on the floor.
Chelsea moaned and rolled over, her skirt rising slightly with her movements. Alexander watched her intensely, he saw the blue-colored bruise on the back of her pale thigh, he wanted to just pull her into his arms and never let her go, but something was keeping him from it, perhaps it was the events that took place in his past, or maybe it was just everything that the girl in front of him as been through. He didn’t want to hurt her anymore than she has already been hurt.
Alexander was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn’t realize Chelsea was awake and looking at him with a sort of desire in her eyes, she wanted to reach out and touch his face, but for some reason she was scared. She knew he wouldn’t hurt her, but she didn’t want to bother him.
He jumped out of his thoughts and turned back and sat on the edge of the bed. Chelsea crawled over to him and sat cross legged beside him.
“Alexander?” she asked and put her hand over the top of his.
“I don’t want to hurt you.” He said and moved away from her.
“You’re not going to.” She said and stood up on her knees.
He rolled her over on the bed and hovered over her.
“I hope you know what you’re getting yourself into.” He said.
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