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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmysgiVo3pj
"Ah, someone's awake, I see." He smiles.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3g3IKDETb
"Am I still—"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcJyxEZFNr
"Yes, you are. I am too." He sighs. "I'm not worried about it."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxMc79LhFJ
I try getting up and fall back down. "I need—"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK0EnbzPfa
"Oh, you'll be fine. I'll take you home when I'm ready."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7J9eYBLW6
"When you're ready?" I groan. "That won't be until I'm a fricken undead."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUpZuUyUku
"No. It probably will be tonight."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEYgrT1DMK
"Key word: probably." I sigh.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe3VFlvt9u
"If you don't shut up, I'll do what I did last night again."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr1iFjOrCh
I look at him horrified. "No. Uh-uh."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SNcHra0W0
He chuckles. "Then shut up. Or I will."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8wPo0ZRxX
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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,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3JNQxzcBV
"Where's your house at?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGfU5Uy3ql
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9KxhVcAlj
"That's easy."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ENbSI8rug
"And I mean, last one, last one. Like, it's about two miles from the last one of the ones that are close together."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡen2DHqbIbi
"Still easy." He grins.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh92WfuDktM
"You weirdo."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMiOfSLIsF
He laughs, obviously amused with himself.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJkr1cFK6J
"Do you realize that I don't find you even half as amusing as you think you are?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgrXqGaUqe
"Ah, come on. I'm not amusing to you? You don't think I'm jocular, perhaps?" He chuckles.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzvB9IbhWF
"No. You are not amusing to me and you are not jocular. End of discussion."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2Wa0XqyRK
"Oh, please. Don't."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkMff1F3F4
I sigh.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g0ezZsUpk
"What school do you go to?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6mBIJq7cZ
I groan. "You're not going to shut up, are you?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGhOqrCBM4
He laughs. "No. Isn't that obvious to you?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs1dxL92DO
I sigh. "I go to the Josef Haltrich High School. Happy?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcp43zZYA4
"No. What grade are you in?" He smiles.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oSN3YUfqK
"Right now, I've got to finish my Junior year. Then I'll be in my Senior year. Now are you—"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCo63zfOdR
"No. Definitely not." He pulls into the driveway. "Is your mom home?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9lPUG6yQC
"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?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8aDT39Dn4
"She's not home. So …" He smiles.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgM6XFz52n
"So? I don't—what are you doing?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMper9aGsK
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. 444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLVcjjPmPh
"What was that for?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbsDXeGAzp
"I don't know." He smiles. "Does that matter?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMHoUYwRhP
"Maybe."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMCsUb0opO
"Ah, copycat."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpSvEPMo87
"Oh, shut up."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd90ef6KZct
He chuckles and his eyes glitter.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDVm2u9wq8
I lean in and kiss him. He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcNIpgn6TO
"My Lord, what am I doing? I can't help myself. You, a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old girl, is somehow irresistible." He moans.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0xBDx1gEG
"Mine. You're mine."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHR6eYCmBQ
"I don't belong to anyone but myself."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33WKDPzALP
"Not anymore. You're mine now."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YcT4LNmLz
He shakes his head. "No." He kisses my neck again.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO6jebi4rJ
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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACj76Vnaej
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The next morning, I wake up to someone leaning over me. 444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmaCcH1yWf
"Boo!"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uxXn0KMFP
I jump up and fall out of bed. I groan. "Seriously?"
"Sí, señorita. Very necessary. We got school, idiot." She grins.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWJ7O5heaF
"Oh, it's you. I hate you, Charlotte."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jo613Cm1d
"You missed the Valentine's party at the high school on Saturday."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1ZjJB293E
"Valentine's Day was on Saturday?" I gasp. "Today's Monday?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfD5Ax6tV6
"Yes and yes."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQitNe4eh0
"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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1PHEtG0Nv
We get to school and head to our lockers, which are side by side. Thankfully. We get our things and head to homeroom.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwZb46HoCV
Later, at lunch, we head outside to eat and she tells me of her weekend.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzlc18HW1A
"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?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUFuth12lm
"Oh. Uh … nothing, really."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXm08e7oiNo
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcbiiaSITy
"Oh, yeah. I went to the funeral home on Saturday and that's really it."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypDn3DItoi
"What did you do at the funeral home?"
"Oh. Nothing, really. Just help with some preparations. The usual."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADgxjiU9a3
"You aren't telling the truth, are you?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpdo5VwFCu
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5orygPHElO
"You're leaving something out. I know you are."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PhMmtMWZG
I moan and put my face in my hands. "I don't … want to."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQxl9bVuyx
She puts her hand on my arm and gently squeezes. "Nikki, you know you can trust me with anything."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZod4zUun8
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkKkQ9kYPA
"You mean, you had 'you know what' with a centuries old vampire?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRorFO6MZn
I nod, tears strolling down my face. I turn to face her, turn my head, and pull back my hair. 444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1PgK2h9Ow
She gasps. "Oh my God." Her hands fly to cover her mouth. "Oh. My. God." She looks at me, horrified.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgBhuJtw7K
"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?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATzQYVdbjN
"I don't know."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4sw3JmagR
"Oh. Hey. Come on. Let's go to the bathroom."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4aPjgsQQ6
"Why?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKIxu2itxL
"Just come on."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukvmOWNNPh
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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpxPJzGSu1
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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjxYKFqohD
"What's this?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzukzHgPND
"It's a pregnancy test."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6smT27OOH
"How do you use it?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIMR4VZCew
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3TuVfZadG
"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."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8kXZZPNm3
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.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTNDm7cIys
She looks up from her phone and looks at me. "You okay?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscKz1Hnjdv
"No!"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUIJb8IZ3G
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?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIsb66TUQw
"I don't know. Most of all, what am I going to tell him?"444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs2lMbo6eF
"That's true. Him most of all."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKXmHTrBJF
Suddenly the bell rings to end lunch. We get up and get our things. We head to our next class.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKrpS0NiA1
