We were all sitting in the living room and after I told them no one talked. I think it was 2 minutes before Jason started to shout.
“I WILL KILL HIM” He shouted causing me to flinch at the word kill. I hate that word.
“Jason sit down,” Helen said calmly and he did still looking pissed off.
“Who were the vampires Claire?” Blake asked and I shrugged my shoulder in response.
“He just said that they owed him money”
“What did they look like?” he asked.
“Does it matter? They’re dead”
“She’s right” Shane replied.
“Huh so you’re on her side, figures,” Blake said.
“What’s that meant to mean?” he stood up but Helen grabbed his arm and he sat back down.
“Okay let’s all just calm down. It’s fine Claire didn’t get hurt so it’s fine”
Jason stood up again “Have you seen her? She’s covered in blood”
I looked down at myself. He exaggerated a bit. I wasn’t covered in blood, I just had a couple of scratches.
“I’m fine,” I said.
Jason shot me a dirty look and Helen stood up this time.
“I’ll get her cleaned up”
“No I’ll do it” Jason walked over to me and grabbed my arm and we walked up the stairs leaving everyone behind.
We were in my room and he placed me on the bed and walked out. After about 30 seconds he came back with an aid kit.
“Why would you have this in the house? You guys don’t bleed.”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“Jason?”
He didn’t reply. He was dabbing my leg with a cloth as it had a big cut on it.
“I’m sorry,” I said quietly. He pressed the cloth harder on my leg causing me to wince.
“Hey!”
He put a plaster over it and looked at me.
“God Claire you’re so stupid”
“An idiot, moron, and thick. Yeah, you have said that before” he sat next to me and whipped the blood off my face.
“How can you handle it?”
“The blood?” I nodded in response.
“I can’t right now but I care about you Claire and I don’t want you in pain.”
I looked up at him and he looked up at me for a slight second. Enough time for me to see that he meant it. He removed the cloth and put it down.
“Thanks,” I said while touching his hand.
“Yeah sure, I guess you owe me again,” he said giving me his devil smile.
I sighed and leaned back on my bed and looked up at the ceiling.
“Just when I thought that you were nice, you say something like that”
He suddenly was on top of me.
“Claire I do care about you,” he said slowly.
“I know. I care about you too” I mumbled.
He leaned in closer to me and gently pressed his lips against mine. My breath came in a wild gasp but I didn’t stop it. I closed my eyes and my fingers ran through his hair, closing the gap between us. My lips parted and I breathed in his sweet scent. The thing I hated myself for was knowing that I couldn’t kiss him the way other girls have kissed him before me.
He suddenly broke it off, leaving my heart beating so fast that it felt like a bird fluttering in my chest trying to get out. I was flustered and hot and so warm. Jason pressed his forehead against mine and sighed. His sweet breath warmed up my face and then he got off me.
“I shouldn’t have done that,” he said in a rush so I quickly got up from my bed.
“What?” I replied.
“Look Claire I care about you but I don’t want-”
“Me. You just want someone easy right? Someone you know who will have sex with you. Because I’m not good enough right? I’m just a stupid human”
“Claire”
“Yeah, I got it just get out Jason”
“Claire listen to me”
“I said get out,” I said in an angry voice.
He walked out of the door and this is when I cried. I couldn’t help it. I slammed my body onto the bed and cried myself to sleep”
I woke up all hot and sticky. I glanced at the clock to see that I had thirty minutes before school starts so I got up and grabbed some clothes from the wardrobe. At the back of the wardrobe, I found a hoodie which would do perfectly for me today and some combats. Once I got that, I walked into the bathroom and had a shower, and brushed my teeth. When I was done I walked out with a towel wrapped around me and then got changed. I grabbed my bag and threw it over my shoulder and headed downstairs. Where everyone was standing about to walk out the door when Fayt glanced up.
“Oh, you’re up” everyone glanced up and I tried not to look at Jason.
“Yeah, erm, you fixed your car?”
“Yeah” Fayt replied.
“Can I ride with you?” I said not even taking one glance at Jason.
“Erm... sure,” he said while looking at Jason.
We all walked out and headed for school. Fayt opened the door for me and I threw my bag in and then got in. Once I did, I put my knees against the dashboard and Fayt didn’t seem that bothered.
“You okay?” he said with his eyes on the road.
“Yeah, fine,” I said looking out the window. I think that Fayt sensed that I didn’t want to talk.
When we got to school I got out of the car and mumbled thanks. Everyone was still hanging outside. I guess the bell still hadn’t rung but I decided to head for the classroom anyway. I made my way when I saw Jason kissing Brooke inside the school. I can’t say that it didn’t hurt because it did but I hid my feelings and walked by them.
I had English first and I don’t care what anyone says, I’m sitting next to Damon. I’m not failing English. I want to do that in University if I am still alive by then. When I walked in, I saw someone sitting in the back. Damon.
“Hey,” I said and he looked up at me and smiled.
“Claire bear” he replied.
“You’re early,” I said. Nothing else came to mind.
“And so are you. So where are your bloodsucking friends?”
I was a bit taken aback but I assumed he knew that they told me what he was.
“No idea” I replied and got my stuff out and placed my bag on the floor.
“Huh,” he said.
“What?”
“Nothing. Just thought that you would deny that they are bloodsuckers”
“Nope. What’s the point? It’s true and I know that you know what they are and I’m sure you know what I know you are”
He nodded his head in response. The bell rang and the teacher came in. She glanced around and saw us and smiled for us being early. The classroom started to fill up now and the teacher seemed to be trying to quiet them down. Jason came walking in and he glanced at me then at Damon and turned his hand into a ball and sat down angrily. I turned to Damon who had a cheesy grin on his face and he was staring at Jason. I rolled my eyes and the teacher began to talk.
“Okay since I have your attention now I want you to work on your English project today and I want it done by next week so get cracking...”
Then she started to babble on and no one was really listening. They were already talking again.
I looked up to look at Damon and he was already looking at me. I wonder for how long.
“What?”
“You heard the story about us, right?”
“What? About you killing someone? Yeah I know but I don’t want to fail my English class so let’s get to work”
He smiled at me.
“Okay so do you have a boyfriend, Claire?”
“No,” I said without hesitation and he wrote it down on a piece of paper.
“Do you?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said.
“So you’re gay?”
“WHAT?” the whole class looked our way. I started to laugh and Damon said something.
“I meant I have a girlfriend,” he said defensively.
I nodded my head “Sure you did”
He growled at me.
“Hey, bad doggy” I looked at him and then started to laugh again.
“Hey whatever vampire girl”
I stuck my tongue out at him and I started to laugh and so did he. I turned around to see Jason giving Damon daggers with his eyes but I quickly turned back around so he didn’t notice me staring at him. All through the class Damon and I laughed and laughed about everything. It was nice to have a good laugh with a friend.
Sooner than I thought the bell rang and I said bye to Damon and headed for my next lesson. The next class was really boring. I sat at the back and just looked out the window. They were doing something that I already did so I just blanked out and ignored everyone. It was break now and everyone made their way out of class when suddenly I was in pain in my stomach. It started to kill so I slowly made my way to the nurse’s office.
“Just lie down, honey. Is anyone at home?”
I shook my head in response.
“We will ask someone to bring you home okay? Just rest” I had no idea what she said as I drifted off.
When I woke up I realized that I wasn’t at school anymore. I looked around to see I was in my room and not at Jason’s house. My actual home. I jumped out of my bed but regretted it as I curled over in pain.
Suddenly the door banged open with my dad standing there looking angry and definitely drunk.
“Claire!” he slurped out.
I started to back away still clutching my stomach.
“It’s your fault that she’s dead”
I slowly got up and walked away from him as he came closer.
“Stay away from me,” I said trying to sound firm but that didn’t work much.
He came closer and I ran for the door. He followed me and I was about to run down the stairs but he tripped me so I fell down the stairs and he started laughing at me. My stomach started to hurt more than before and I became dizzy but I knew this wasn’t the time to pass out so I picked myself up using my hands. Not knowing my dad was standing there, he kicked me down and kicked me in the stomach as hard as he could and the thing I wish I never did was scream in pain.
He was about to kick me again but the doorbell rang. I got myself up to answer it and my dad walked out and picked up another beer to start drinking some more.
Once I opened the door, I regretted it again.
“Claire?”
“Fayt” I mumbled before I passed out and fell on him.
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