chapter one
My name is Dakota Haul. I am fifteen years old. And I am a vampire fledgling. I have an older brother. His name is Bryson. My mother is Jayme and my father is Parker. My family is... unique, to say the least. We all have special powers. I have the power to cloud vision and I also have the power of telekinesis. My brother has manic strength and the ability to heal others and himself in the moonlight. My mother has the power of charisma and she can sense when evil or another vampire is coming. And my father has the power to cause complete terror and has the ability to change shape and form. We are the only ones amongst our people with powers like these. Other vampires are just strong and can glamour humans and other vampires if they've been practicing long enough. That's why we're special. Except we have sworn to our maker. The first vampires created, Ramus and Caidon, that we wouldn't use our powers against any other vampires or humans.
On Monday afternoon I awoke and walked downstairs to get breakfast. Vampires usually wake up at five thirty in the afternoon and go to sleep at six in the morning. The sun doesn't burn us up. It kind of bothers our eyes though. We can eat regular food just as any human can. Vampire fledglings don't really drink blood. Some do but I don't. I've never tried it. But full blooded vampires have to have blood. If they don't, they become weak and it causes them pain. I made a bowl of cookie crisp cereal and sat down at the kitchen table with my family.
"Hey, loser." Bryson grinned, scrunching up my hair. I glared at him and ate my cereal. Then I looked over to my father. He was reading the news paper.
"Hey, honey. What are you doing after school today?" my mother asked.
"Why?" I asked, confused. My mother and I never really got along. She was always dumping on my relationship with my human boyfriend. His name is Christopher. We've been dating for three years now.
"I thought we could maybe hang out."
"Uh, I can't today. I'm meeting Christopher after school. He's picking me up there."
"You know how I feel about you dating him. Dakota, you need to find someone of your own kind."
"I don't like any of the other guy vampires. They're jerks. Besides, I like Christopher. That's it. End of discussion. Bye, Daddy." I grimaced at her and kissed my dad on the cheek. I grabbed Bryson's arm and pulled him out of the door. We went to school.
I walked in through the doors of our big school. I went to my locker to get my books and went to homeroom. My best friend, Courtney Risher, came running up to my seat.
"Hey, Dakota. Did you hear about the new kid?"
"What new kid?"
"I guess not. Well anyway, I heard there was going to be a new guy coming to our school next week a week. I hope he's cute."
"Where did you hear that there was a new guy coming?"
"I heard the bitch squad talking about it."
"Let me guess. Chelsea is going to try and throw herself at him, isn't she?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if she did. She's a freaking slut."
"You got that right." And as if she could hear us, Chelsea came in the room and bumped into Courtney. Chelsea had auburn hair and blue eyes. She had it all. A perfect face, a perfect body, a perfect everything. But she was truly ugly underneath it all. She had a heart of stone. She was so stuck on herself.
"Uh, stay out of my way, geek." She said in a discusting tone. I stood up, angry.
"I suggest you back off of my friend right now. Because you've just pissed me off."
Chelsea just laughed."I'm not afraid of you. You can't use your powers against other vampires. So that just leaves you a pathetic, worthless vamp geek."
"Yeah, and you're a stupid bitch. And I may not be able to use my powers against you, but I can still kick your scrawny ass." Bryson walked in between the both of us.
"Okay, guys. Calm down before you rip each other's hair out in one of your little cat fights."
"Hi, Bryson." Chelsea said is a flirty, skanky way. Bryson smiled at her. They've had several hook-ups in the recent past. I almost vomited at the thought. I couldn't believe that my brother was actually interested in Chelsea.
"Hello, Chelsea. Hey, I wanted to show you something. It's outside." See, I knew that this was a code that they used whenever they wanted to have sex. They usually use it in school.
"Yeah. I'd love to see whatever you want to show me." He grabbed her hand and led her out of the room.
Courtney sat down at the desk beside me. She looked at the floor. Then she looked up at me."They are so sexual."
"Yes, they are."
"So are you going to see your human boyfriend, Chistopher today?"
"Yes. As a matter of fact I am."
"Have you guys... done anything yet?"
"No. We almost did though. But it hasn't gotten that far. I know that he wants to. But he's not pressuring me about it. He's sweet, kind, non judgemental, and great. I love him."
"So are you saying that you want to sleep with him?"
"Well, yeah. But I don't know for sure yet."
The bell rang to go to first period and Courtney and I walked together. We had Vampire physical education together. Courtney and I were giggling when we walking into the gym. The gym was medium-sized and had brown rubber flooring. The dark brown bleachers were lined up against the right side of the gym when you walk in. Mr.Bradley smiled and waved his hand for us to join the class. Mr.Bradley was tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.
"Hello, Dakota. Hello Courtney."
"Hi Mr.Bradley." Courtney and I said at the same time. I loved gym. I was really good at it. Plus Mr.Bradley was hot and made gym fun. We were assigned to work on our speed and strength for the class period. Courtney was extremely fast. Even faster than me. But her strength wasn't incredible. It was good, but not perfect. She still needed to work on that.
After gym, I had Vampire sociology. We finished reading Dracula and talked about vampires in the past. It was pretty interesting. We also watched part of the movie on Dracula before the bell rang to go to third period.
School went by so quickly and it was time to go home. I walked out of the school and saw Christopher leaning against his black Cobalt car, smiling at me. Christopher was tall and had dark blonde hair and gray eyes. He was very handsome and he was seventeen. It was midnight. I walked over to Christopher, smiling back at him. Once I reached him, he picked me up and hugged me, swinging me around.
"God, I've missed you. I haven't seen you for two weeks." He said as he put me down. Then he held my face in his hands and kissed me. I slid my arms around him, kissing him back. Then he pulled away a little.
"Come on. I want to take you somewhere."
"Okay." He opened the car door for me.
We got in the car and he drove me to an old abandoned house. It was big and white and still looked very nice. Christopher got out of the car and opened my door for me again. I looked up at the sky. There was a big lake and it had trees close to it. The yard was huge. There wasn't another house in sight. Christopher started walking up to the house. He got up to the porch and looked back at me.
"Well, come on! Come see what it looks like on the inside!" he shouted over to me, breaking my concentration on the place. I followed him inside. It looked even bigger inside the house. There was old shaggy furniture against the wall. The room was tan and there was a fireplace.
"I'm cleaning this place up. I'm going to live here someday."
"You're getting this house?"
"Yes I am. I know the person who owns it. He's a friend of my father's. All I have to do is fix it up and it's mine."
"Wow."
"You like it?"
"I more than like it. I love it. This place is amazing, Christopher."
"Good. Because I want you to move in with me when I finish it up. Which will probably take a couple years, if I want to make it really good."
"What? Christopher, I don't think I can do that."
"Why not?"
"What if things don't work out between us."
"We've been dating for three years. I think its safe to say that we'll probably be together for a long time."
"Yeah, but what if things change?"
"Do you love me?"
"You know I do."
"Good. I love you too." He bent down and kissed me passionately. The kiss became more urgent and more intense. My breath came quicker and heavier as we continued kissing. He layed me down on the old couch, still moving his lips against mine. I felt exhilarated. He pulled back and smiled.
"You see? We'll always have this between us. The desire and attraction. And our love. Nothing can ever change what we have here. We're perfect together."
I pulled on his shirt until his lips reached mine again. My moan echoed his and I crushed myself against him. He was right. Nothing could change how much I was attracted to him, how much I wanted him, needed him, loved him.
It started to rain and the roof started leaking. Christopher pulled his face from mine and got up."Damn! I'm going to have to fix that tomorrow. I have to get a bucket from the kitchen. Hold on." He left the room. I sat up and tucked my thick long black hair behind my ears. The fireplace lit and so were the candles throughout the house. I walked upstairs. The room I saw had a wooden floor and an entrance to a balcony. I opened up the doors and stood outside, putting my hands on the wall on the edge. The night was so peaceful. The moon was full and beautiful. I felt arms wrap around my waist and lips brush against my neck.
"It's nice out here, huh?"
"Yeah. Perfect."
"Come on. I want to show you the other rooms." he said, taking my hand.
We walked over to the room beside the one we were in. It was big and also had a smooth wooden floor. All the rooms in the house had wooden floors. Christopher must've put in new floors. After all, he worked and saved money. Plus he probably had financial help from his dad or he might have gotten a loan. In all, there were eight rooms, and they were all really big. There was the kitchen, dining room, living room, two bathrooms, and three bedrooms. We ended back up downstairs in the living room.
"So you never did answer my question." Christopher said.
"And what was that?"
"If you wanted to move in here with me when I'm done with this place."
"... Maybe. Let's just see when you're done."
"I can deal with a maybe." He leaned in and kissed me again. The rain stopped and he pulled back.
"I should probably take you home." He grabbed my hand and walked me back out to his car.
I got out of the car and Christopher walked me to my door and kissed me goodnight. Well It wasn't bed time for me, but it was for him since it was one thirty in the morning. I smiled and went inside. My father was sitting on the couch watching television. Chelsea walked down my stairs giggling and grinning. She saw me and glared at me. Then she bumped me when she passed me and walked outside. What a bitch! Bryson followed down the stairs, buckling his pants, and went into the kitchen. I just went up into my room and called Courtney.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Courtney."
"Oh. Hey, Dakota. You done hanging out with the boyfriend?"
"Yes. Remember, humans have a different schedule than us. They go to bed earlier. At least most of them do."
"What did you guys do?"
"He showed me this nice old house that he was fixing up. He gets it when he's finished fixing it up. He wants me to move in with him when he's done with it."
"Wow. That's a big commitment."
"That's what I thought."
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"No. Not at all. And that's what I told him. I said 'Maybe'."
"Well that's good. But the offer is cute. And that boy is hot as hell. So it's good on all grounds."
"Except I don't know if we'll even be together when he finishes it."
"Why would you think that? Is it because you're a vampire and he's human?"
"Part of the reason."
"But you've been with him for three years. You two are so cute together."
"I know. I know. I'm just thinking out loud here."
"What does the house look like?"
"It is beautiful. And it has a huge yard and lake. It's perfect. I would love to live there. Hopefully I will someday with Christopher. I love him. So hopefully it with happen."
"I hope so too. I love to see you happy. Hey, I got to get off the phone. I have to finish my homework. It sucks that I have homework and you don't."
"Well I always finish it in school."
"Good point. Well I'll see you tomorrow at school. Bye, Dakota."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone and crashed down on my bed, staring at the ceiling. Why was I so worried about me and Christopher? Why was I suddenly having doubts about us? We were perfect together. Nothing could change that fact. I just needed to take a relaxing bath and clear my mind. I went to the bathroom and drew myself a hot bath. I removed my clothing and layed in the tub full of nice warm water. I closed my eyes and began to relax.
I found myself imagining Christopher. We were outside in broad daylight. I must've been dreaming, because I would usually be asleep when it was this bright out. Christopher bent in and kissed me.
"I'm so glad you're my wife." Rain started pouring down and we were under water. I awoke, rising my head from out of the bath water.
I got out of the bath and wrapped a towel around me. Then I went to my room and put on some bed clothes. It was three in the morning. I walked downstairs. Bryson was sitting on a lounge chair eating a slice of pizza. The boy could eat everything in the world and wouldn't gain five pounds. He wasn't too skinny. We worked out a lot though. But he couldn't gain weight. But he could definitely eat, though. I went to the kitchen and got an apple. I know it sounds crazy, but vampires eat healthy foods too. Besides, I like green apples. I also grabbed some pretzels out of a bag. Then I went back upstairs.
Chapter Two
I sat down on my bed and layed back. Eventually, I fell asleep. In my dream, I was with Christopher again. He caressed my face."I love you, Dakota. And I'm not going to let you go. We belong together. You'll see. Remember this?" He kissed me and I woke up. What the hell? My dreams are freaking bizarre. Courtney came bursting into my room with a big frown on her face.
"Dakota, It's Christopher. There's been in an accident." My heart jumped up to my throat and my stomach clenched.
"What? What happened?"
"The rhodes were icy last night and his car swerved and crashed into a building."
"How is he? Is he okay?" Tears formed in my eyes.
"He's in pretty bad shape, Dakota."
"I have to go see him."
"What about school?"
"I haven't missed one day so far. I think I'm allowed to take this one day off to see my boyfriend who is in the hospital from a car crash."
"Yeah, You are probably right. I'll take you."
"Thank you."
Courtney drove me to the hospital and walked in with me. As soon as the nurse showed me where Christopher's room was, she left for school. Christopher was lying in the hospital bed, sleeping. I pulled up a chair beside him and held his hand."Oh Christopher, what are we going to do? Please be okay. I need you." Courtney was right, Christopher was in pretty bad shape. He had a broken arm and leg, bumps, bruises, and a few scratches. I leaned over him and kissed him lightly on the lips. When I pulled back, his eyes opened.
"There's my baby girl." His voice was a little scratchy. My heart doubled its size. I grinned.
"Yep. Here I am. How are you feeling, are you hurt?"
"I'm a little sore. But better now that I see you. Why are you here anyway? Doesn't your school start at like six in the afternoon? It's six thirty."
"School doesn't need me right now. I'm taking the day off to be here with you."
"You didn't have to do that."
"If I didn't do it, I'd be worried sick until I came and saw you. So I'm here early."
"Well I'm glad."
"Good."
"Hey, come here." I leaned over the bed and Christopher used his arm, the one that wasn't broken, to pulled my face to his. I pulled away after a minute.
"I suggest we not makeout until you're all better."
"Awe, come on. Kissing you is making me feel better already."
"Not right now."
"Damn. Okay. Then we can just talk."
"Talking sounds good."
I schooched my chair closer to the bed and Christopher smiled. It felt so good to know that he was okay."Alright, so how's school going?" I asked.
"It's boring. But I'm doing well. I think I might actually have a shot at a scholarship to Harvard."
"That's great."
"How are you doing in school?"
"Everything's good. And it's all fun. My grades are good too. But half the people there are jerks. Like Chelsea Lambing. She is a bitch. And a total slut. I can't believe my brother is into her. Ugh, gross. But thank god I have Courtney."
"Courtney's cool. I like her. I'm glad you have a best friend like her."
"Me too."
"So what's with this Chelsea girl?"
"Ugh! She thinks she is everything just because she's popular. She thinks she has power over everyone. But she doesn't. She's a freaking whore. And she's mean. She treats me and Courtney like dirt. I hate her."
"She sounds like a bitch."
"She is. Actually, she's worse."
"Damn. That must suck."
"It does."
"But you have lots of friends at your school don't you?"
"Yeah. I have plenty of friends."
"Good."
Christopher and I sat there talking on and on about what was going on in our lives. Some things were new and others were already known.
"So how was your vacation?" He went to Hawaii for his vacation. His family was rich.
"It sucked. I didn't have you there with me to enjoy it." Christopher said.
"What did you do?"
"I went to the beach. Autumn and I had to share a room in a hotel together." Autumn was his little sister who sometimes was annoying. And Christopher's mother never liked mine and Christopher's relationship, just like my mom.
"Was it pretty there?"
"Yeah. It looked cool. But I wished I was here with you instead."
"You're sweet. I love you."
"Thank you. I love you too, babe."
After a few hours at the hospital with Christopher, I had to go home. It was now ten at night and I went up to my room. My mother came in.
"Why weren't you at school today?"
"Christopher's in the hospital. I went to go see him."
"Oh, honey. Is he going to be alright? What happened to him?"
"Why do you want to know? You never cared about him before."
"Now that is not true. I like Christopher. He's a nice young man. I just think you should date someone who will be able to live as long as you will. Someone of your kind."
"We've been through this a myriad of times, mother. I don't want anyone else. Deal with it. Now close my door on your way out." She gave me a curious look and then left the room. Ugh! I was so fustrated with her dumping on my relationship with Christopher. I mean, it was my relationship. Not hers. So shouldn't that mean that I would get to make my own choices about my own relationship? My head started to hurt. I crashed down on my bed for about an hour. Then I decided to go to Bryson's room. I knocked on his door. He opened it and let me in his room. Chelsea was lying on his bed. Clothed, thank God.
I pulled Bryson to the corner of his room and whispered,"Uh, Bryson? Do you think I could talk to you? Alone?"
"Oh. Yeah. Sure." Bryson could be a jerk, a goofball, and sometimes even an idiot, but he had always been there for me when I needed him. We were always on each other's side. We had each other's back, no matter how bad things got.
"Chelsea? Could you leave, please?"
"Excuse me?" She sounded shocked.
"I need to talk to my sister. I will see you in school tomorrow."
"Fine. Whatever. It's cool. I'll see you then." She got up, wrapped her arms around him and gave him a great big juicy kiss right in front of me.. Ugh! Can you say puke? I made a gagging noise and she turned around and glared at me. I just rolled my eyes. Then she left. Bryson turned to me and shut the door.
"So what's up?"
"Bryson, do you think my relationship with Christopher is a mistake?" I asked sitting down on his bed.
"What? Why? Are you having doubts about it?"
"Yes. No. Oh I don't know." I started crying.
"Whoa. What's wrong?"
"He's in the hospital. He crashed his car into a building. He's in bad shape. I'm just starting to realize how breakable he is. He could die so easily. And mom said-" My words were cut off by his angry voice.
"Wait! Since when are you listening to what mom has to say? She doesn't know shit about how much you and Christopher love each other! She just wants you to be with a vampire and not a human."
"But she has a point. Christopher won't live for over a thousand years like I will. And when I lose him, it's going to hurt like hell."
"Well that's what love is. Pain. Yeah, it will hurt, but when you look back on all the great times you've spent together, it'll make the pain a little more bearable. But I can't tell you what to do. You're the only one who can decide if you still want to be with him. You do love him, right?"
"Yes!" I cried.
"Well- the answer is in your heart. All you have to do is find it."
"... Wow, Bryson. Thank you." I hugged him.
"Yeah, you're welcome." I let go of him and went back to my room.
I sat down on my bed and pulled out my cell phone and texted Courtney.
Hey
Hey. How did it go at the hospital?
Fine. He woke up. We talked
About wat?
Stuff. Nothin important
oh
Yeah. I was havin some trouble with things and my brother helped me out
Your brother is hot
Ugh, gross
Wat?
He's my brother
So?
So it means off limits. Besides, he's dating Chelsea. Although I'd much rather him date you no matter how awkward it would be
Yeah. Well I'll see ya at skool 2marrow
See ya then
Chapter Three
I watched some television and went to bed. In my dream, I was in the school hallway naked for some odd reason. It was empty. Whoops! Spoke too soon. A very good-looking guy came out of a classroom. He looked at me. He chuckled and came over to me. I covered myself.
"Why are you naked?"
"Who are you?"
"My name is Triston Palmer." He said, grinning. And then, I woke up. It was five thirty and I got ready for school. The I went downstairs for breakfast. Bryson scruffed my hair up like he does pretty much every time he sees me. I grabbed a hot fudge sundae poptart and orange juice. After breakfast, Bryson and I went to school.
I went to my locker and then to homeroom. Courtney came up to me."Did you find out when Christopher is getting out of the hospital?"
"Yeah. In two days."
"Well that's good."
"Yeah, I'm happy. He gets his casts off in a month."
"That's not so long."
"Yeah. I can't wait until he's all better."
Then the bell rang to go to first period.
Courtney and I went to gym, giggling like always. We'd been talking about how Travis, the star basketball player at our school, and how he jumped up to slam the ball in the net, but instead, slammed his face into the rim.
"Hello, ladies. Have a seat with the rest of the class." he said."Okay, class. Today we are going to pick a partner and use our abilities against each other in fighting for defense. One of you are going to be lurking around and and the both of you will fight against each other, just as you would in any other circumstances." Me and Courtney looked at each other and grinned."Dakota. Since you have special unique abilities that no other vampire or fledgling has except your family, you are going to be my partner." I suddenly frowned."And Do not hold back. I encourage my students to do the best they can in my class." I gulped. I swore I wouldn't use my powers against any other vampires, fledglings, or humans to harm them. And Mr.Bradley was telling me to use them against him in fighting? Oh hell no! I raise my hand.
"Yes, Dakota?"
"Um, Mr.Bradley? I'm not allowed to use my powers against you. Remember, my family and I swore to Remus and Caidon that we wouldn't. I made an oath." Caidon and Remus were the high priest and priestess of all vampires,
"But that oath said that you may not use your powers against anyone, unless they allow you to. So you can use them against me because I am telling you to. It's for me to see your defensive skills."
"Really?"
"Yes. And I'll know if you're holding back."
"Okay." He ended his speech and the class chose their partners.
I walked up to Mr.Bradley. He was talking to Dana Hyskell. She was one of my friends, too. After they were done talking, she skipped to Courtney and Mr.Bradley faced me.
"So are you ready, Dakota?"
"I think so."
"Alright. I'm going to prowl around you like a stranger. You just do to me what you would normally do if this were to happen to you."
"Okay."
"You got it?"
"Yeah. I got it." He then nodded and began circling and leering around me. I close my eyes and focused. I drew in my power to cloud vision and threw a ball of mist at him. He stumbled back, blinded. I kicked him in the chest. He fell back. I became exhilarated and filled with power and strength. He stood back up and I began to circle him like he had just done to me. He listened closely and threw a punch in my direction. I grabbed his fist before it reached my faced and drop kicked him. Then I drew in my power of telekinesis and threw him against the wall, knocking the breath right out of him. I gasped and ran over to him, using my power to uncloud his sight. He stood up and smiled.
"Marvelous, Dakota!"
"Huh?" I asked, confused.
"You did very well." The whole class gathered around to see him. I blushed. Mr.Bradley shook my hand as he congratulated me. Courtney came up and put her arm around me. The bell rang to go to second period. I went to vampire socialogy. We finished the Dracula movie and had five minutes to discuss it. Then I went to science. We'd spent the whole period doing a lab.
After science, I had Spanish. Spanish was easy for me. I liked it. We were handed out a worksheet of words to translate into Spanish. It took the whole period to finish the worksheet and go over the answers out loud, but I got them all right.
Next I had lunch. I sat at my usual table with my friends, Courtney, Dana, Zach, and Matthew. Dana brought up gym class today. Zach and Matthew laughed hard.
"I just did what I was supposed to do."
"I can't believe you beat the shit out of Mr.Bradley!" Zach howled.
"Shut up! I didn't want to do it!" I couldn't help but giggle a little myself. We all dumped our trays and went to sixth period. I had math. I loved math. It was one of my best subjects. We worked on the board, solving equations. After sixth period, we went to our locker and went home. Bryson and I walked inside and he went straight to the kitchen like always. I went to my room.
I wondered what I was going to do. Then it hit me. I went to the hospital. I looked in Christopher's room. His father was sitting on a chair next to his bed and they were laughing. I smiled and turned to walk away.
"Dakota! Hey, baby! Come on in here!" Christopher called to me with a huge grin on his face. I turned back around and smiled back. I walked over and got another chair and pulled it beside him. His father, Dean, smiled and stood up.
"I'm just going to go now. I see you're in good hands." Dean turned to face me, holding out his arms for a hug." It was nice seeing you again, Dakota." I stood up and gave him a hug. Dean always made me feel apart of his family. He didn't care that I was a vampire fledgling. He just saw how much I care for and love his son. That's all that really mattered to him. When Christopher's father accepted me, it made me feel... normal... human.
"It was nice seeing you too, Dean." And it was nice. Dean was only thirty four and looked even younger than that. He was a tall dark haired man and was very handsome. Christopher got his looks from his father. It was nice to have at least one of Christopher's family member's approve of our relationship.
As soon as Dean left, Christopher's eyes returned to me and he grinned."I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Christopher."
He squeezed my hand."Come here." he said as he pulled my mouth to his and gently kissed me. I pulled away about ten seconds later.
"How are you feeling?"
"Actually, I'm feeling a lot better. I'm barely sore anymore."
"Good. I'm glad. Is the hospital putting you on any medication?"
"They're prescribing me some antibiotics and pain killers. But I doubt I'll need them."
"You're good at taking pain."
"Yes I am." he smiled.
We stayed there and talked for hours. Christopher kept pretending to be Chelsea Lambing. He was very humorous. I laughed so hard that my face turned red. Christopher just smiled at me. It was eleven at night and the nurse came in.
"Um, excuse me miss? Visiting hours are now over." she said politely. I nodded to her and smiled. Christopher grabbed my hand and frown at me with those puppy dog eyes of his. Of course he didn't want me to leave. He was probably bored like hell being in a hospital all alone. I felt sorry for him. I wished I could stay with him, but I couldn't. I bent down and gave him a long goodnight kiss and left.
As soon as I walked in my house, I went to the kitchen and saw Bryson stuffing his face with pizza, he's always stuffing his face with something. I rolled my eyes and laughed.
"What? I'm hungry." He said with his mouth full.
"You're always hungry, Bryson."
"Why don't you shut up and get me a can of mountain dew." I laughed again and got him Mountain Dew and myself a can of Diet Pepsi. I went upstairs and sat on my bed, writing in my journal.
Later, I fell back onto my bed and went to sleep. My dream started off in homeroom. I was seating in my seat when this gorgeous guy walked in the room. My breath caught. He had dark hair and bluish green eyes. He had on a black shirt and I could see his muscles and pecs. He was pretty built. And had a very nice body. He came over and sat beside me, smiling. I stood up, my knees wobbly. He got up too, putting his hand on my shoulder to try to keep me steady. But his touch sent such a warm sensation throughout my body that just made even more shiver go through me. I immediately sat back down, looking away from him.
"So... Naked girl. I didn't quite get your name." It was triston. The guy from my other dream.
"Dakota. My name is Dakota."
"Well, Dakota. It's nice to see you again. I can only hope we have the same classes together." He flashed another smile at me and I woke up, sweating.
It was five thirty. I hopped in the shower and got dressed for school. Then I went downstairs and picked up pancakes off the counter and sat at the table with my family. My dad, like always, was reading the news paper. My brother had six pancakes on his plate and was sticking a load of them in his mouth.
"Pig!" I said, laughing.
"Hey, a man has to eat."
"Yeah, but you eat a hell of a lot more then the average man, Bryson. It's a wonder why you not fat."
"I know. Right? I have these great abs though."
"Yeah. Invisible ones."
"No. Seriously. See?" He lifted his shirt.
"Don't flash me!" I laughed. As it turned out, he did have abs. He actually had a six pack.
"Woa. How did you get those?"
"Working out. See? I do have great abs." He sounded cocky. I laughed.
"Well as much as you eat, I'm surprised." I said."Come on. We'd better get to school."
I entered my homeroom. Courtney was gone. Where could she have been? She never told me she wasn't going to school today. I sat in my seat. After about ten minutes, She entered the classroom. She was straightening her shirt out and fixing her hair. I looked at her, confused. She sat beside me."I just had the best night of my life."
"What happened?"
"Well. I've had this boyfriend."
"Excuse me? You've had a boyfriend, and you didn't think to-"
"Now before you get all mad, I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure if it was official and I didn't want to jinx anything."
"So what happened?"
"We slept together."
"What? Oh wow. I don't know what to say to that. Uh... how was it?"
"It was great. He was great. I think I'm falling for him, Dakota."
"Woa slow down. How long have you know him? What's his name?"
"I've know him for six months. I met him in August. His name is Triston."
I swallowed."What's his last name? Is it Palmer?"
"Yeah. How'd you know? Do you know him?"
"Not exactly. This is wierd. I had a dream about a guy named Triston Palmer. Actually I've been having dreams about him all this week, pretty much."
"Really? What kind of dreams?" she looked worried.
"Just normal ones. Nothing bad."
"I think you're psychic. Are you sure you're not developing a new power to see into the future?"
"I have no idea. I guess it's possible."
"That is so cool."
"Not to mention scary." I added.
"How?"
"Think about it. Having visions. Doesn't that sound creepy?"
"Not to me." The bell rang to go to first period.
For once Courtney and I didn't enter the gym laughing. We entered it in silence."Well this is a surprise. You ladies are usually so chipper when you enter my class. What's going on?"
"We think Dakota's gaining a new power. To see into the future."
"Courtney! It's not like I'm not already a freak enough without telling everyone I'm gaining a new power!" My wispher sliced through the air. She gave me an apologetic look. Mark Shaford walked up to me.
"You can see into the future, huh? Can you see all those things I'm going to do to you?" He asked in a seductive voice.
"Excuse me?" I asked."Actually all I see for you is rejection from me. I already have a boyfriend." Mark was totally cute but he definately wasn't my type. He glared at me and walked off. Great. There goes yet another person in this school to hate me. Courtney and I sat down and watched as Mr.Bradley demonstrated what we were going to do. After we exercised, We climbed a rope hanging from the ceiling. Then we just did whatever we wanted until the period was over.
After school, Bryson went home with Chelsea and I just walked home by myself. I was finishing my homework at home for pretty much the first time. I couldn't stop thinking about Christopher. I decided to go see him. When I got to the hospital, they told me he was already released. I went to his house. His little sister, Autumn, opened the door. I bent down to reach her height.
"Hi, Autumn. Is Christopher home?"
"My mommy told me not to let any bloodsucker inside the house!"
"Well your mommy is sucking the mailman. And although it may not very well be his blood she definately has some type of liquid in her mouth after a couple minutes. We call her a cocksucker. Go ahead and go call her that. She'll like it. Don't you want to make your mommy happy? Go tell her she's a cocksucking cheater."
"Okay!" She scampered off and I crept up the staircase and into Christopher's room. He was shirtless and buttoning his pants. As I entered the room, he looked up at me and smiled. For a second, I thought I saw him begin unbuttoning his pants.
Christopher came over to me and pulled me into him, giving me the kiss I've been waiting for all day. My hands were limp against his bare chest. I pulled back. Clearly he'd been working out. And it definately showed. Christopher's hand lifted my chin until my eyes met his. I blushed. He'd caught me looking at him like a drooling school girl.
"You were checking me out." he grinned.
"Don't get cocky."
"Admit it. I'm hott."
"Of course you're hott. Is there ever a time when you're not?"
"Well thank you. And must I say that you look definately sexy."
"Hmph. I wouldn't know. I can't even see my own reflection."
"Yeah I know. That's a crime, you know. Not being able to see how beautiful you are." he wisphered. Christopher carassed my face. I grabbed his hand and looked at it.
"Christopher, what happend to your cast?"
"I cut it off. I don't hurt anymore."
"Your supposed to keep the cast on you so you heal correctly."
"You sound like my mother."
"And how did she react?"
"She's pissed." And as if on cue, Christopher's mother, Marissa, came storming into the room. She looked filled with anger.
"Dakotal Haul! Who the hell do you think you are! You do not tell my seven year old daughter things like cocksucker! And how do you know about Steve? You little bitch!"
"Hey! that is enough! Mom, shut the fuck up! Leave Dakota alone! I knew you were having an affair too. I'm the one who told Dakota! I overheard you on the phone with Steve. It's not Dakota's fault your a fucking cheating skank who should appriciate her family and the one person who is your other half. He's called your husband. So don't blame Dakota for your own fucking mistake. You either tell dad what you've been doing behind his back for the last two months, or I will! I'm moving out anyway. This house is fucking crazy!"
"Christopher! Watch your mouth! You're grounded. Dakota leave this house right now-"
"Mother! I said, shut the fuck up! If Dakota's leaving, I am too. Come on, babe." He pulled my hand and led me out of the house. I could still hear his mother yelling as we closed the door behind us.
We wound up at the park, sitting on the bench. I snuggled against his chest as he welcomed me int his arms.
"You didn't have to do that." I said.
"Yes I did. I'm tired of her. But why would you tell my little sister to call her a cocksucker? She is only seven, you know."
"Yes, I know. She said Marissa wouldn't let any bloodsuckers in, so I told her that her mom sucks the mailman but it's not his blood thats in her mouth. I told her to go call her mom a cocksucking cheater so I could get in and see you. It was pretty funny though. I wish I would've seen the look on your mom's face when Autumn called her that."
Christopher laughed."Yeah. Me too. I'm sorry my mom's such a bitch."
"Don't worry about it. I got one that's pretty much the same at home too. We have that in common."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." A crow swooped down and Christopher and I ran over to and under a willow tree."That damn thing scratched me with it's claws or talons or whatever you call them."
Christopher lifted his hand to show me the thin line of blood running down the side of his neck. The scent hit me. It filled me with desire and I craved for it. I realized my breathing was now heavy and fast. Christopher looked at me. He knew what I wanted to do. It wasn't gross or repulsing, it was in my nature. I wanted to, I had to... taste it. As I leaned in, he titled his head so I had room to press my lips to his neck and drink. He grabbed my thighs and hoisted my on his lap so I was straddling him. I held his neck firmly against my mouth as I drank from him. We were both panting and moaning. I'd never experienced anything like this before. It was amazing. I pressed myself against Christopher and sunk my teeth into him. Usually vampire's fangs come out when they are ready to drink blood. Christopher's blood filled me with such an intense desire and passion and fire that was so hot, it almost hurt. I suddenly realized I had to stop before I drank too much. I sprang off of him licking the blood from my lips.
"Oh my god. I am so sorry. I crossed the line."
"Babe, it's okay. It natural for you to drink blood. It doesn't scare me."
"But it scares me. That was the first time I've ever actually drank blood."
"Really? How was it?"
"Don't even get me started."
"You liked it. I can tell. You were moaning."
"Hey. So were you."
"I can admit that. It felt good. You want to do it again?" He grinned.
"I'll probably kill you. So not no, but hell no. At least not now. Not yet."
"Damn. Well don't just stand there. Come back down here." He pressed the sleeve of his shirt to his neck to stop the bleeding. I sat down beside him again. He kissed me."Hmmm. I can taste my blood. I taste pretty damn good."
"You have no idea." I smiled and pulled him until his lips reached mine again.
Chapter Four
Today was Saturday. I was still in bed when I felt fingers light running against my shoulder blade, sending shivers down my spine. I turned and opened my eyes to see Christopher lying in my bed. a huge smile spread acrossed my face."Chirstopher, what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see you. and I got to watch you sleep for three hours. It's six in the afternoon. You looked so peaceful and so beautiful while you slept. I heard you mumble my name too." he grinned."What was the dream about? You sounded happy."
"You'll never know." I smiled.
"Oh I know. I heard you moan in your sleep a little too."
I blushed."I did not."
"Oh yes you did. Admit it. You were dreaming of us sleeping together."
"I will not." I giggled. The truth was, Christopher was right. I have had it on my mind now that Courtney had told me that she'd done it. But that still didn't mean that I was absolutely ready for it right now.
"Okay. Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't."
"That's a yes."
"Or no."
"It's a yes."
"Fine. Okay. Okay. It's a yes."
"I knew it. I have those dreams about you all the time."
"You really just say what's on your mind, don't you."
"Yes. Come one. let's go get something to eat. I'm starving."
We ended up at King's. Chirstopher got french tost, pancakes, bacon, eggs, and a banana split sundae. Wow. Christopher and my brother had something in common. They both could eat like crazy.
"Uh, Christopher? You know it's not breakfast for you right?"
"So? Who's to say what you can and can't eat in the afternoon?" He said, taking a bite of bacon."Wanna share?" He pointed to the sundae. I giggled and piccked up my spoon and took a bite.
"You like that banana in your mouth?" he grinned.
I covered my mouth to keep from spitting out my food when I laughed."Oh my god! You're such a pig!"
"I'm sorry. I just had to say it." He was still grinning like a dork.
"Well keep it to yourself next time." I smiled.
"Alright." He said as he took a bite of the sundae. I snatched a piece of his bacon."So were you happy waking up to see me this morning?" he asked, leaning in a little. His eyes were sparkling as they stared down deep into my soul.
"I'd say it was the perfect way to wake up." I leaned into him, wrapping my arms around him and closed the space between our lips. I pulled back when I heard a small voice say,"Ewwww!"
A boy who looked maybe seven or eight was staring at us, looking completely grossed out. Christopher laughed and handed the kid a five and he went away.
"That was nice of you."
"Yeah well it was for my benifit too. Now where were we?" His voice had gone all deep and seductive as he leaned in. I put my hand to his chest.
"Uh Christopher, I'm not going to have sex with you right here on the table with forks that would stick into my side."
He pulled back looking astonished."Dakota what kind of guy do you think I am. I am a gentleman. It's called me simply removing the forks off the table and having sex with you on it." he grinned.
"Well it's still uncomforable."
"I thought it would be sexy. You know, kind of like me. Okay, what if I lay my coat down for you to lay on?"
"Hmmmmmmm. Nope. People are here."
"Isn't that the excitement of it? Okay, what if I pay them to leave? I have enough money, being rich and all."
"No. Why don't we just leave? Come on." I grabbed his hand and went to the check-out counter. I tried to pay for the meal myself but Christopher refused to let me.
We got back to my place and stayed downstairs for a while. Bryson came in and sat on the couch."Hey. What's up?"
"I don't know. Bryson, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out rebounding or something seeing as Chelsea and you-" My words were cut off by a knock at the door. Bryson got up and answered it.
"Bryson, please. You have to believe me. It was a while ago. He meant nothing." she cried. It was Chelsea.
"Then why would you do it?"
she didn't reply for what seemed like an eternity"-... Because I was scared. Scared of how much you mean to me. Scared of being more to someone than just a fling. Scared of... being in love with you. I am so sorry. Please forgive me."
"You know Chelsea, I just can't seem to do that. I actually thought I was in love with you too. I saw you as more than what other people think. But I guess I was wrong. You need to leave. Christopher and Dakota are here." He shut the door slowly but before it closed, I saw Chelsea shoot me a fierce glare through her tears. Great. Now I was the one for her to blame. Like I didn't have enough on my plate already? The door knocked again when Bryson sat back down.
He got up again with a giant groan of annoyance and opened the door again."Chelsea you have to-" She pulled him outside. I heard crying and arguing. I looked at Christopher.
"It seems as if everyone is cheating. My mom. Your enemy... You would never cheat on me right?"
No! That's outrageous! Of course not! I wanted to scream. But something went right through me, making me unabale to speak. It burned. Right then I stared to think about it. I didn't even know why I had to. The question was preposterous! Christopher noticed my silence and decided to speak for me.
"What am I talking about? Of course you wouldn't. You love me too damn much. Same goes for me." He leaned in closer."Since your brother is outside, that mean we can do this." He put his hand to the back of my head and pulled me to him until our lips met. He slowly layed me down on the couch. Then the front door opened.
"Wow! I'm gone for a minute and the two of you are about to bone each other like jack rabbits!" Bryson exclaimed, looking shocked. Christopher immediately retracted. Bryson looked at him.
"Hey man, you have no idea how badly I want to fuck your sister. But she won't let me anywhere near her in that way." I suddenly looked at Christopher and smacked him in his chest."What?" he grinned.
"You did not just tell my brother you want to... uh... have sex with me."
"No I didn't. I said I want to fuck you. But that came out like that's all I want from you. Would you prefer if I said I'd like to make love to you?"
"Hey! I'm still in the room! And I'll kick your ass!" Bryson exclaimed.
"Okay. We'll go upstairs." Christopher replied, still looking at me.
"No no no. I'll go upstairs. Just don't fuck on my couch. Or anywhere else in this house. Actually, don't have sex at all. or I'll kill you. I like you, man. But if you touch my sister, it's all over for you."
Bryson trotted off upstairs, leaving Christopher and I alone. I was feeling a little nervous. I decide to change the subject off of sex. "So what happened when you went home last night?"
"Nothing. My mom and Autumn was asleep. So I went to my room. I couldn't sleep though. I kept thinking about you and what happened yesterday when you drank my blood."
"Oh..."
"And you couldn't stop thinking about it either. I can tell."
"Let's pick another subject." I blushed.
"Okay. How's Courtney doing?"
"She's good. She seems happy."
"Good."
Christopher grabbed my hand and led me upstairs to my room. He lightly pressed me against the wall, putting his arms on either side of me, trapping me in."Are you happy?" he smiled.
"Yes I am."
"Good." He began to kiss me. I wrapped my arms around him. I felt so attracted to him. But I broke through my foggy mind and pulled away from Christopher."I don't want my brother to kill you."
"I thought we were just making out. But apparently you feel you can't control yourself around me." he grinned.
"Shut up. Fine. Yes, i'll admit, I do want to sleep with you."
"I knew it!"
"Don't go and get a big ego."
"Too late."
"I didn't say I'm ready right now though. Not here."
"I understand."
"Good. Thank you."
"So... What do you want to do then?"
"I don't know."
I felt something vibrate against my leg. Christopher pulled out his cell phone.
"I have to go. My dad wants me home. He says he needs to talk to me about something." he sighed. Christopher gave me a quick kiss and left.
Several hours went by and I fell to sleep. My dream started off in school, as it had been for the past few dreams. I was trying to listen in behind a door. I heard arguing.
"What do you want me to do?!? I never meant to hurt you! But I care about her! I can't just shut her out of my life!"
"Oh right! Because the two of you are in love! It's incredible how much you guys do and don't see who is around you! God! I hate you!"
The door opened and smacked me in the face, waking me up. Great. Monday.
I got ready for school and went downstairs. I picked up my back pack and walked to school with Bryson. I got to homeroom and sat beside Courtney.
"He's here."
"Who?"
"The new guy. I didn't see him, but I heard he's here. This is so exciting. There hasn't been anyone new here for three years."
"Yeah. Okay. Whatever. By the way, the new guy is your boyfriend."
"What? But he didn't tell me he was coming here."
"Well it's him."
"Huh. Well I already know him. So this isn't so exciting anymore."
I laughed.
Courtney got an excuse from gym today. She had to make up a test or something. We did group activities and we were covered in sweat. Mr. Bradley had us take showers. I was a little nervous. Actually, more like paranoid. I was finished with my shower and then I had nothing to put over me. Nobdy was there.
"Damn it! Maybe I am getting visions." I muttered. I snuck out into the hallway and then he walked out. Great. This just sucks. He smiled and walked over to me.
"Why are you naked?"
"Long story short, somone stole my clothes. Most likely it was Chelsea Lambing. I'm Dakota Haul."
"I think I'll call you naked girl."
"Of course you will. You're Triston Palmer. New guy."
He took off his shirt and handed it to me."Yeah. That's me. Come on. I'll take you to the nurse."
"I'm fine by myself, thank you very much." I replied, putting the shirt over my naked body. He smiled.
"I'm heading that way anyway."
"Fine then."
The whole way to the nurse office, he didn't stop smiling at me. I looked back and glared at him, crossing my arms.
"What?"
"I think I'm going to like this school."
"Yeah... Okay. So you're the one dating Courtney?"
"How'd you know? Oh. You're the Dakota she talks about all the time."
"She does?"
"Yeah. It's nice to meet you."
"Well I didn't learn about you until a few days ago, so it's nice to meet you too. Just so you know, if you hurt her, I"ll kick your ass."
He smiled again."I would never intentionally try to hurt her. She's a great person."
"She is. She's my best friend. And she's had a tough life. So don't make it harder."
"Got it."
"Good."
I got new clothes and got a pass to go to second period. As it turned out, Triston had that class with me. I sat in my seat as triston sat diagnol from me. I glanced back at him a few times, hating myself for feeling attracted to him. His eyes met mine and I immediately felt a connection. His lips curved up into a smile that made him look like a cute little bad boy. I turned my head to the front of the room.
Soon enough lunch came around and I sat with Courtney. Triston came following and sat beside her with his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, baby." he said as he kissed her forehead,
"Hi. How do you like the school? This is my best friend, Dakota."
"It's nice. And I met her first period."
"Oh. You have the same classes?"
"Not exactly. I kind of saw her standing inthe hallway naked." he chuckled.
I glared at him."It was because of-"
"Oh don't worry. I get it. It was proably because of Chelsea. I fucking hate her. Someone needs to put her in her place." Courtney huffed.
"I know." I replie, standing up. I walked over to her with eyes like daggers.
As soon as I caught up to her, I place my hands on my hips and glared at her. She looked me over and laughed.
"What the hell is your problem Chelsea? I didn't do a fucking thing to you. It's not my fault my brother doesn't want a fucking whore who sleeps with anything that has a dick and doesn't give a shit if she hurts anyone who cares about her. You fucked up all on your own."
"Bitch you better think clearly about the next thing you say to me. Or I will have your little human boyfriend for lunch."
Fury and rage built up in me. Like someone else was in control of my motions, I punched her, knocking her to the ground. I couldn't stop then. I called upon my power of telekinieses and used it to slam her into the wall. She fell back flat on the ground and I stood over her.
"You're not going anywhere near him. And if you do, this will end far worse for you. And some advice, stop being such a bitch to everyone you meet!"
A couple teachers crowded around and one grabbed my arm, taking me to the office. The principle, Mr. Leery, called me into his office.
"Dakota, have a seat."
I knew I was in big trouble. Then it dawned on me. I just realized what I'd done.
"Dakota, You will have to go see Remus and Caidon. You broke the rules. You used your powers against another vampire in violence."
"But-"
"No buts. I am setting up a meeting for you to go see them. They will decied your punishment. You will be suspended for two weeks. I am very disappointed in you."
"What the hell kind of priciple are you, huh? People walk through the halls everyday getting laughed at, teased, and even beaten up. I don't see you punishing them. Chelsea is a fucking rotten bitch who should quite frankly burn in hell. Do you know all the things she's done? Do you? Of course not. You're oblivious to everything around you. You know, if you weren't so busy having an affair with Mrs. Albright, you might actually see passed all this bullshit and be a better priciple instead of this shitty ass one."
I stood up, got my back pack and walked the hell away from that god forsaken place. The look on Mr. Leery's face was priceless. I got home and set my back pack on the floor. Nobody was there. I decided to call Christopher. Having a human boyfriend had it's perks. At least he was out of school right now.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Chirstopher."
"Baby, how are you?" he asked, his voice brightening up my day.
"Well I just got suspended."
"What the hell for?"
"Getting into a fight."
"God, what I would pay to have seen that." I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Oh shut up. You are such a guy."
"Hey, it's who I am. Is anyone there with you?"
"No. This place is dead. Nobody with be here for like five hours."
"Maybe I should come over then... So you're not alone." he hinted.
"Actually, yeah. Come over."
"Great! I'll be right there!"
I went to my closet and changed into a jean shirt and a black t-shirt. It was skin tight. I heard a knock at the door and I ran downstairs. Chirstopher was standing there, grinning like a dork. A cute dork though. I smiled and let him in.
"So what do you want to do?" he asked.
I grabbed his face and kissed him. His hands gripped my waist pulling my closer to him. I was tired of waiting. Christopher was the one for me. I knew it. And god dammit, I didn't want to wait any longer to figure that out. I pulled back and yanked off my shirt. Christophers eyes flickered to my breasts. Then his eyes connected with mine.
"Are you sure?"
I nodded.
Christopher's eyes gleamed with passion and desire. He leaned in slowly and pressed his lips against mine and parted them. He pulled of his shirt and I couldn't help but notice his muscles. He had gotten a six pack and his biceps had gotten larger, as did his pectoral muscles. I let out a moan when he pulled me right against his chest. He gripped my legs, placing them around his waist. Christopher carried me over to my bedroom and layed me on the bed, climbing on top of me. My hands went to unbuckle his belt and his went to unclasp my bra. Soon enough all of our clothes were on the floor and he thrust into me. I let out a gasp. He stilled and pulled back to look at me.
"Did I hurt you?" he asked with a look of worry on his face.
"I'm fine." I panted. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him back to me.
******************
It was an hour later and I layed my head on his chest. He played with my hair. We stayed there for a few mintues, allowing ourselves to catch our breath.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine. That was... amazing."
"Yeah. It was. I love you."
"Hmmm I love you too." I replied as I drifted off to sleep.
A couple hours passed by and I woke up. Christopher was still asleep. I smiled. He looked so darn cute. My heart swelled. I cuddled closer to him. He sighed.
"Hey baby."
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?"
"Great." I smiled.
"Good. I'm glad."
"How are you feeling?"
"Perfect. Having you here in my arms, this is the best moment of my life. It's perfect. I love you, Dakota. I always will. Forever."
I smiled and nuzzled my head against him.
It had been almost a half an hour before someone knocked at my door. It opened and I sat up quickly, holding the cover over my chest. Christopher sat up with me. My heart jumped up into my throat.
"Christopher! How dare you! I cannot believe this! You leave my house in the middle of the night, to come here and have sex with a bloodsucker!" Christopher's mother scolded.
"Mom, get out of here!" he yelled.
"I will not leave until you're out of this house and at home!"
"Don't you get it? I don't want to go home. That place isn't my home anymore! It's a prison! All of my things are packed. I am moving out."
"Where do you think you're going to live? You don't have any place to go." she retorted.
"He'll live with me." I said, stepping into the argument.
"To hell he will, you little brat!"
"Mom! Shut the fuck up and get the hell out of here!" Christopher defended.
His mother huffed and stalked out of my room.
Christopher faced towards me with an apologetic look on his face. I could tell he felt bad. I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"It's not your fault, your mom's a bitch."
"Still. She shouldn't insult you. I'm sorry. Your first time was supposed to be perfect. My mom shouldn't have came storming in."
"It was perfect, Christopher. I can't really explain how it made me feel.- I love you,"
Christopher wrapped an arm around me and pulled me to him. He pressed his lips to my forehead."I love you too, babe."
I grinned and looked up at him."Does that mean you want to do it again?"
He raised an eyebrow."Wow. Agressive."
I shrugged my shoulders. Christopher laughed and picked me up to set me on his lap, laying down with me on top of him.
Later on, we were finished and were lying in my bed. My hair must have been a complete mess, because Christopher was grinning at me and chuckling. I tucked my hair behind my ears.
"I should get in the shower." I said, sitting up.
He brushed his hand against my shoulder blade."Yeah. Me too. I'll join you. After all, I live here now." he grinned.
Chapter Five
It wasn't until after ten that my mother and father came home. Christopher and I were in the shower talking and giggling.
"Dakota! Get down here right now!" My mother yelled up the stairs.
"Oh boy." I sighed, getting out of the shower and quickly putting on my clothes. I went downstairs to see what all the hustle was about.
"Dakota- Come here." She said to me as I was hiding behind the doorway of the living room. I crept slowly into the room.
"What's going on?"
"Your principle called me. He told me you were suspended from school for two weeks. He told me why, but I would like to hear it from you."
"I... got into a fight with Chelsea Lambing."
"And...?"
"And I used my powers against her. I get it. Bad."
"No, Dakota. Not bad. Worse than bad. Far worse than bad. You delibrately went against the rules of Remus and Caidon. You understand you will be punished under the circumstances."
"Yes, mom. I understand."
"Why would you do it? Tell me, why? They will probably take your powers away from you. Forever possibly. Hopefully not, but they might."
"And I would be just a normal vampire?"
"I don't know what they will do. We have to schedule your meeting with them."
"Okay."
"Just go back to your room until I get all this figured out."
"Alright." I smiled. I skipped upstairs.
I entered my room to see Christopher coming out of my bathroom all wet and a towel around his waist. I could see the water glistening off of his smooth skinned muscles. I tucked my hair behind my ears. He smiled at me. I went over to my dresser and pulled out the briefs, jeans, and shirt he had left at my house when he'd spent the night before. I handed the clothes to him.
"I wondered where these went." he chuckled.
I turned my back so he could have privacy.
"Babe, it doesn't matter if you see me naked. You already have."
I blushed and turned back around to see him wrenching his shirt over his body. He had already put on his clothes, to my disappointment.
What in the world was I going to do about the new living arrangements? My parents didn't even know that I'd just welcomed Christopher into my home to live with us. One option, I could hide him. Another option, I could tell my parents and beg them to let him stay. I think I should probably go with my second option. But I would wait until my parents cool off. And I would ask my father. He was way more lax than my mother.
"Christopher, about you living here-"
"Don't say any more. I'll leave. I can move into the house I'm building-"
"No! What I was going to say is- I think we should keep it on the down low until my parents cool off from me being suspended. Then I'll ask them. I'm sure my father will allow you to live with us until things are settled."
"It's not your father I'm worried about. It's your mother. I get the feeling she doesn't like me very much."
"She just thinks I should be with a vampire. But I keep telling her that's not what I'm interested in. What I'm interested in is you. And I told her to deal with it. She likes you, she just wants-"
"She wants more for you. So do I. But I'm just too damn selfish to let you go anywhere. I'm keeping you." he grinned.
"Christopher, you are more for me. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You keep me sane. I don't know what I would do without you."
"Yeah, I guess I am pretty important, aren't I? I mean, I'm hot, I'm strong, I'm good in bed-"
"I never said you were good in bed." I interrupted.
"You didn't need to. It was pretty obvious by your moaning. And I saw the scratches on my back from you in the mirror."
"So?" I asked, nervously. Oh no. I scratched him? Not like that's embarassing or anything.
He looked at me, skeptically.
"Okay. Maybe you are good in bed." I blushed.
Christopher smiled and pulled me into his embrace.
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I was woken up by a soft hand caressing my cheek. I opened my eyes to see Christopher. I smiled and wriggled closer to him. He wrapped his strong arms around me as I layed my head against his chest. I could hear the beat of his heart. Something he could never hear from me. It seemed to pick up the pace when I traced my fingers along the path of his abdomine.
"Good morning." I said.
"Good afternoon." he corrected.
"Well for me, It's morning."
"You're right. I'm sorry. Good morning." Christopher laughed.
"It's a good thing no one ever comes into my room very often."
"Definately. Because your brother would cut off my head for seducing you."
"If anything, I'm the one who seduced you. I'm the one who invited you over."
"True. But he said not to- to do this-" He paused to wave his hand from me to him."-Anywhere in the house."
"Well I don't care what Bryson says. If he can do it in the house, than so can I."
"You're a wacky girl." He chuckled. "But I love you anyway."
"I love you too." My stomach growled."I'm hungry. I'm gonna go downstairs and get something to eat. You want anything?"
"That's okay. I'm alright." he said, kissing my forehead. I got up and got dressed again. Wow. How many times was that with a twenty-four-hour basis? Three? I was becoming a sex addict. Damn...
I went downstairs and saw my family eating breakfast at the table. I grabbed a plate and four pancakes and six pieces of bacon. I got a big glass of orange juice and went back upstairs before anyone could say anything to me.
"I don't care what you say, you're eating. I brought you two pancakes and three pieces of bacon. And we are sharing the orange juice. You need food." I said, climbing into the bed. Christopher laughed and grabbed a piece of bacon and took a bite.
"Shouldn't I be the one bringing you food?"
"Yeah, but you have to stay up here." I smiled.
"You know we're going to get caught, eventually."
"Maybe. Maybe not."
"It's really no problem. I can stay at the house I'm repairing."
"Absolutely not. You are not staying at a place with no heat and no electrictity. You will stay here. End of subject."
"You really don't want me to go, do you?"
"No. I really don't."
"Okay. I'll stay. But only because you worry too damn much about me. I love you."
"I love you too."
I didn't know what to do. My mother was going to kill me if she found out about Christopher. But I don't even care. at least I have him. That's all that matters.
"Come here." Christopher said as he pulled me into a hug. He smelled so good.
"I wonder what my punishment is going to be."
"For what? For hiding me?"
"No. For using my powers in a fight without permission."
"Oh. Why did you do it anyway?"
"She made me mad. She said she was going to hurt you."
"Babe, I can take care of myself."
"I know you can. It's just when she said that, it flipped a switch inside me. I can't help that I feel protective of you. Just like you do of me."
"You're so cute, you know that?"
"I care about you a lot."
"I know. You have a big heart. that's one of the many things I love about you."
I smiled."So. What do you want to do?"
Christopher smirked."Oh no. Come on. We have to get out." I said, getting up and pulling him by the hand.
I decided to take him over to Courtney's with me. I mean, they were friends too and it has been a while since I got the chance to see her outside of school. I knocked on her door and she opened up.
"Oh, Dakota. Hey, sissy!" She pulled me into a hug.
"Hey, Courtney." Christopher said.
"Oh my god, Chris! It's been a while. I haven't seen you in forever. You've gotten taller." Courtney hugged him too."Come on in, guys. Triston is here, but we can all hang out."
I suddenly felt weird for being here.
"Babe, who is it?" Triston said as he entered the room. His eyes locked with mine and he shared a smile. Christopher grabbed my hand, his fingers intertwining with mine. He must've seen the look on Triston's face and had the urge to claim me. Courtney went over to Triston and wrapped her arm around his waist.
"It's Dakota. This is her boyfriend, Christopher."
"Hey. I'm Triston." He nodded at Christopher.
"How long have you and Courtney been together?" He asked.
"A few months."
"Lets go into the living room." Courtney suggested.
Christopher and I sat on the couch and Triston sat on the chair acrossed from us with Courtney on his lap. Everytime I glanced over at Triston, we was looking at me. And when I glanced away, I could still feel his stare. Why was he looking at me? He had Courtney as his girlfriend. My beautiful best friend. What would he need me for? Not to mention I had Christopher. He was my boyfriend of three years. My love of my life.
"Coutney can I talk to you for a second?"
"Yeah." She said, getting off of Triston's lap.
I took her into the kitchen. I couldn't keep it in anymore. We'd always said we'd tell eachother when we first had sex.
"Christopher and I just slept together today. Three times. And now he's living at my house."
"Oh my god! Are you serious?" She looked so excited.
I nodded and she hugged me.