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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6W5LEzSMf
"Ah, someone's awake, I see." He smiles.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl97GDHlp6Y
"Am I still—"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ266oqyc3x3
"Yes, you are. I am too." He sighs. "I'm not worried about it."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3t79tT7aJ
I try getting up and fall back down. "I need—"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFPHjaLm5N
"Oh, you'll be fine. I'll take you home when I'm ready."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7coISaLKNB
"When you're ready?" I groan. "That won't be until I'm a fricken undead."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKxvoN1b6T
"No. It probably will be tonight."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw3s1bCIt8
"Key word: probably." I sigh.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjSfRLzQZO
"If you don't shut up, I'll do what I did last night again."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nN8VfcHhH
I look at him horrified. "No. Uh-uh."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadhASZmizK
He chuckles. "Then shut up. Or I will."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XqzrX7jS1
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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,380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW6npfaXeT
"Where's your house at?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBN3Oou8mh2
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDjW34ekU0
"That's easy."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNNlNaEjjA
"And I mean, last one, last one. Like, it's about two miles from the last one of the ones that are close together."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbulRnKI5la
"Still easy." He grins.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLkdTi4wdh
"You weirdo."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWigtyI0kX6
He laughs, obviously amused with himself.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1fZAQGoB9
"Do you realize that I don't find you even half as amusing as you think you are?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkeFQckyXr
"Ah, come on. I'm not amusing to you? You don't think I'm jocular, perhaps?" He chuckles.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cKV63jCXH
"No. You are not amusing to me and you are not jocular. End of discussion."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXcLMUBrgB
"Oh, please. Don't."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD6ZevmRez
I sigh.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGkiXXQFKY
"What school do you go to?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvyrL4N9XP
I groan. "You're not going to shut up, are you?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdSPA1URr0
He laughs. "No. Isn't that obvious to you?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKP56GEBrL
I sigh. "I go to the Josef Haltrich High School. Happy?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZZwjGhMFU
"No. What grade are you in?" He smiles.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtkpMvokAH
"Right now, I've got to finish my Junior year. Then I'll be in my Senior year. Now are you—"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI00QfzdcX
"No. Definitely not." He pulls into the driveway. "Is your mom home?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99xaRcEWjo
"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?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwicIZG3LuL
"She's not home. So …" He smiles.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoKKCuwxsh
"So? I don't—what are you doing?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnPHtrWPMw
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. 380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRpbZSMSjf
"What was that for?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGj8SArl4C
"I don't know." He smiles. "Does that matter?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitJesgI7KV
"Maybe."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXcgG1YMgN
"Ah, copycat."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQPr6qLq6Y
"Oh, shut up."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m1qS0y9lF
He chuckles and his eyes glitter.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3BDaNffod
I lean in and kiss him. He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmulXQdUOUS
"My Lord, what am I doing? I can't help myself. You, a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old girl, is somehow irresistible." He moans.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrdHMlk2FR
"Mine. You're mine."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP10BxZIHoB
"I don't belong to anyone but myself."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnDrY2D8pM
"Not anymore. You're mine now."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2GQPRIUtS
He shakes his head. "No." He kisses my neck again.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIeTnEKXWF
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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAA0GL9p0y
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The next morning, I wake up to someone leaning over me. 380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYJWnyRGi7
"Boo!"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxteUYfc9aQ
I jump up and fall out of bed. I groan. "Seriously?"
"Sí, señorita. Very necessary. We got school, idiot." She grins.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4JFfRgcFG
"Oh, it's you. I hate you, Charlotte."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUdjHIs3zY
"You missed the Valentine's party at the high school on Saturday."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcriongHtKs
"Valentine's Day was on Saturday?" I gasp. "Today's Monday?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TrcKeNh5J
"Yes and yes."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6x70OoMVh
"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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQS24FRXEE
We get to school and head to our lockers, which are side by side. Thankfully. We get our things and head to homeroom.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6st2wiBc0e
Later, at lunch, we head outside to eat and she tells me of her weekend.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlsudkDChI
"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?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKbcOcg4ZQ
"Oh. Uh … nothing, really."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S96JZIbQz
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVYHqOp1eb
"Oh, yeah. I went to the funeral home on Saturday and that's really it."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN69zqWX5CF
"What did you do at the funeral home?"
"Oh. Nothing, really. Just help with some preparations. The usual."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhoqGKDydc
"You aren't telling the truth, are you?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhRHDGZUOd
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwPEEXM2Mn
"You're leaving something out. I know you are."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa78Ihw2kau
I moan and put my face in my hands. "I don't … want to."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCDeykbW37
She puts her hand on my arm and gently squeezes. "Nikki, you know you can trust me with anything."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjPJNQ3fPX
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUW7zuvE9su
"You mean, you had 'you know what' with a centuries old vampire?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT5q2NMx3p
I nod, tears strolling down my face. I turn to face her, turn my head, and pull back my hair. 380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmwZdf6oRy
She gasps. "Oh my God." Her hands fly to cover her mouth. "Oh. My. God." She looks at me, horrified.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2IylEjgOG
"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?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqBTePCg0R
"I don't know."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR1mpRrVKK
"Oh. Hey. Come on. Let's go to the bathroom."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd4T4ktsQy
"Why?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkngWOPxksn
"Just come on."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOFKqo6wG6
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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZvOx2zk5W
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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebMKvtJUyV
"What's this?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EyzrwzpRW
"It's a pregnancy test."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWPllP4ufn
"How do you use it?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3eYLpbiiS
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEh1MpULkLP
"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."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1hyYiGS5f
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.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DYruTPUjZ
She looks up from her phone and looks at me. "You okay?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLxI8rDnS0
"No!"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtTDKSvq45
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?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqIpMdtyHE
"I don't know. Most of all, what am I going to tell him?"380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRQLXEp29F
"That's true. Him most of all."380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CWxupJeUJ
Suddenly the bell rings to end lunch. We get up and get our things. We head to our next class.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmYxkg0Xrq
