The next day, I find myself waking up in the bedroom I fell asleep in. I feel someone rubbing my back. I look up and come face to face with Count Dracula. Then, I remember the night before. I moan.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Wm3zRHk8w
"Ah, someone's awake, I see." He smiles.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZU4heeBju
"Am I still—"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda6qUkHy5w
"Yes, you are. I am too." He sighs. "I'm not worried about it."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnDPldLZW2
I try getting up and fall back down. "I need—"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQuf41eBMs
"Oh, you'll be fine. I'll take you home when I'm ready."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYsvGkZXW8
"When you're ready?" I groan. "That won't be until I'm a fricken undead."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPzBLbKXx1
"No. It probably will be tonight."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD3qktCKRQ
"Key word: probably." I sigh.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsUsVR5UdP
"If you don't shut up, I'll do what I did last night again."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM8fhcw9qc
I look at him horrified. "No. Uh-uh."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIDtVtXitW
He chuckles. "Then shut up. Or I will."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAdk4x6Ic1
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That night, at 7:17, after dinner, he takes me back to town. Once right outside the café, he asks me,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcoQikfdtp
"Where's your house at?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOj6mJZTOq
"Go down this street, take a right, down that street, take the second left, and my house should be the last one on the left."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp2b07dTNO
"That's easy."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLY4ysURUX
"And I mean, last one, last one. Like, it's about two miles from the last one of the ones that are close together."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxvabchptB
"Still easy." He grins.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOJ63hSuwb
"You weirdo."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh5Y4FSCpE
He laughs, obviously amused with himself.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uam7vOqM4
"Do you realize that I don't find you even half as amusing as you think you are?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcIw5eIYtb
"Ah, come on. I'm not amusing to you? You don't think I'm jocular, perhaps?" He chuckles.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZH6efdzzr
"No. You are not amusing to me and you are not jocular. End of discussion."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtCOjTzCo3
"Oh, please. Don't."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzrKyGt24f
I sigh.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxczxiOAICQ
"What school do you go to?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9bJvZGULM
I groan. "You're not going to shut up, are you?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxny1Fuchj
He laughs. "No. Isn't that obvious to you?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6udxaggAHz
I sigh. "I go to the Josef Haltrich High School. Happy?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59bgLqRjqY
"No. What grade are you in?" He smiles.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQr59ZIpyK
"Right now, I've got to finish my Junior year. Then I'll be in my Senior year. Now are you—"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw66pn0x1P6
"No. Definitely not." He pulls into the driveway. "Is your mom home?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uAuxqazYS
"I doubt it. She's probably at a party" I look at the empty driveway. "Her car's not in the driveway, so what do you think?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFiALPQH3B
"She's not home. So …" He smiles.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqtF0j9Xph
"So? I don't—what are you doing?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1TUKIETWm
He leans in and pulls me into a kiss. He lets go and I kiss him back. I unbuckle my seatbelt and climb over the console. I sit in his lap with my back facing the steering wheel. 300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0K8wKmWyA
"What was that for?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1uHGv4FHI
"I don't know." He smiles. "Does that matter?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIDZOCKSdc
"Maybe."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyGVOXVji4
"Ah, copycat."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExDVyRNhCj
"Oh, shut up."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvBieLqfaX
He chuckles and his eyes glitter.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNDXGS9AZW
I lean in and kiss him. He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIflWtip6e
"My Lord, what am I doing? I can't help myself. You, a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old girl, is somehow irresistible." He moans.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLHBbaLqip
"Mine. You're mine."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKCllsq0fY
"I don't belong to anyone but myself."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRGzvEaahC
"Not anymore. You're mine now."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqp2lWYFWB
He shakes his head. "No." He kisses my neck again.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm8M0cwH2z
I moan and pull him closer. I feel him slowly open his mouth and I feel the indent of his sharp teeth on my sensitive skin. I pull him closer and he sinks his fangs into my neck. I cry out and feel him draining me. I go unconscious.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYdPDMv5zZ
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The next morning, I wake up to someone leaning over me. 300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIKXEtmhkb
"Boo!"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrHRIJkkgH
I jump up and fall out of bed. I groan. "Seriously?"
"Sí, señorita. Very necessary. We got school, idiot." She grins.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYupTWbQbEf
"Oh, it's you. I hate you, Charlotte."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0zYNBAKc3
"You missed the Valentine's party at the high school on Saturday."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuZWYiF45e
"Valentine's Day was on Saturday?" I gasp. "Today's Monday?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiykuh0uuL
"Yes and yes."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5gwRjsMd1
"Oh, shoot!" I jump up and moan, rubbing my neck, remembering last night. The whole weekend really. I quickly get ready and head out the door with Charlotte, grabbing my things on the way.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntwg2zHBFd
We get to school and head to our lockers, which are side by side. Thankfully. We get our things and head to homeroom.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wwPQ3BDDZ
Later, at lunch, we head outside to eat and she tells me of her weekend.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEhU6HvyEO
"I went out on a date Friday night. He asked me to the Valentine's dance and I said yes. Then, on Saturday, we went to the dance. On Sunday, he went to, um, Bistritz and I went to the mall to shop, and … Yeah." She sighs. "What did you do over the weekend?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQQV4Gs7sr
"Oh. Uh … nothing, really."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY2xiNQKsx
"Then how come you weren't at your house when I went to see if you were going to the Valentine's dance and again to see if you wanted to go to the mall with me, but you weren't there."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhsXNBNPWp
"Oh, yeah. I went to the funeral home on Saturday and that's really it."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FV6Q1jbDy
"What did you do at the funeral home?"
"Oh. Nothing, really. Just help with some preparations. The usual."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bUwTwK9FO
"You aren't telling the truth, are you?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhLp5tAD1O
"Oh. Fine. At the funeral home, we examined the body of Count Dracula that didn't seem to be decaying at all. My mom and the funeral director left to get some information or whatever and I stayed at the funeral home to watch the body. He came back to life and drank my blood. Then, I went unconscious. I woke up later and I was in Castle Dracula. Dracula picked me up and took me up the stairs. I fell asleep and he made me stay on Sunday, too. Then he brought me home Sunday night and I don't know anything else."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzqA1N94A4
"You're leaving something out. I know you are."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar6AkH4IPK
I moan and put my face in my hands. "I don't … want to."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWDcCbt8qG
She puts her hand on my arm and gently squeezes. "Nikki, you know you can trust me with anything."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4KqRWdJ6X
"Oh, alright." I pull my legs up close and rest my chin on my knees. I sigh. "Alright. Here goes. Saturday night, I had romance with Count Dracula. It went too far and we, um … I don't want to say it."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ5rs0mdUz
"You mean, you had 'you know what' with a centuries old vampire?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBblnkHZ9eD
I nod, tears strolling down my face. I turn to face her, turn my head, and pull back my hair. 300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgxfYMofML
She gasps. "Oh my God." Her hands fly to cover her mouth. "Oh. My. God." She looks at me, horrified.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tbsoFTg7i
"I s-swear. I c-c-couldn't stop h-him. He was t-too strong. He's just so s-s-seductive. It's hard to r-resist him." I sniffle. "And he wants me as his b-bride."
"What? Your bride? Why?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz3duJnmpm
"I don't know."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5jPiH4wa3
"Oh. Hey. Come on. Let's go to the bathroom."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFAcKfSbRN
"Why?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEiQIYUyXX
"Just come on."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqisNDzJ8bE
She stands up, puts on her backpack, and throws away her trash on the way back to the school. I get up and follow her, doing the same thing.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ5ytUjHmt
We get to the bathroom and we squeeze into the biggest stall. I set my backpack on the floor and sit down on the toilet. She sets her bag down beside mine and locks the stall door. She digs around in her bag and pulls something out. She hands it to me.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklCkBxn3xz
"What's this?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDwZRvJ1Mk
"It's a pregnancy test."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOIC8f7Pvy
"How do you use it?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeZOoIOH7s
"You urinate in something and put it in. You take it out and wait a little. Then you check it." She hands me a cup.
"Oh, gosh." I sigh and take the cup. "Alright. You're so lucky I have to use the bathroom anyway."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoUJNlxQcr
"Okay. I'll stand against the door, so someone won't see the both of us and think we're doing something we shouldn't. We have about fifteen minutes till the bell rings for the end of lunch. So we should be fine."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAp00SeffL
I do everything she says and cover my eyes as I pull it out of the cup. I sit and wait a few minutes. I lift it up and peek at it. I shriek and cover my mouth, dropping it on the floor.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftx1vuOdHq
She looks up from her phone and looks at me. "You okay?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡer2KuQX1d6
"No!"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGgpxbTICE
She picks up the stick thing and looks at it. She gasps. She slides down the wall and looks up at me. "Oh God. What are you going to tell your mom?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUmuBRnzm9
"I don't know. Most of all, what am I going to tell him?"300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYmgqeaspG
"That's true. Him most of all."300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKwmYwDMjn
Suddenly the bell rings to end lunch. We get up and get our things. We head to our next class.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzQOP0ZxLB
