One tranquil night with friends, walking the streets of New York, bumping into the one and only Zendaya has an unexpected turn when you fortuitously discover a huge secret of hers which you must choose to embrace....
Feeding. Bones crack, blood gushing from all the bites I can't help but rip this corpse to shreds feeling as though I haven't eaten in years.
"Y/N! There's someone coming!" Zendaya exclaimed. "Into the trees!" Says Darnell. Blood drips from my face climbing the tree. Darnell and Z perch on a branch.
The couple stumble over poking at one another with drinks in their hands. "Rayy stooop hahaha" "What I'm not doing anything hehe! Hey you wanna go take a dip in the creek? Huh?" "Um, Ray..." "Yunno, a little skinny dip fun" he pulls her close to kiss her. "Ray" She stares at the corpse in horror. "Get a lil high" He pulls out a joint then pauses. "What's wrong?" Turns around. "What the fuck." He walks closer to it. "Ray get back here what are you doing?!" She exclaims with a whisper" "Holy fuck..it's like something ripped it apart. " He gags at the sight and smell. "Ray com—" blood drips from my mouth onto her cheek. She flinches and wipes her cheek. "It's still gushing blood! Something was just here eating this thing! It must've ran when it heard u—" She let's out a piercing scream at the blood on her hands before glancing up at me.
"Shit!" Darnell says.
I jump down, still in transformation, blood dripping from my face and hands.
"Hollllly shiit" Ray says slowly backing up. The girl stands motionless, frozen in fear.
"Sasha?! Ray?!" The rest of their group come looking for them, my attention focuses on their voices.
"Sasha come on!" He takes her hand and they run.
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"Sashaaa!! Ray!! Are y'all okay?!" The group approaches.
I run after the couple raging in hunger for human blood but before I could reach them, Darnell and Zendaya swoop me up and take me back to the car.
"We should leave. They'll be calling the cops soon" Darnell said. "Please. They had drugs and alcohol, they didn't look of age yet either. I doubt they'd put themselves in that position." She said. "Y/N. Remember to focus. Just control your breathing." A few deep breaths later and my body goes back to normal. "Sorry." "You're okay. Come on let's head back to the hotel and get cleaned up before someone comes looking for proof of what they saw."
We get back to the room and clean up. After our showers Z hands me fresh clothes. "Sorry for..ruining your clothes with blood" "Girl do ya know who I am? I can buy a pair of shorts and a tank top if I want to." I laugh and shake my head. She's right.
Georgia calls after 15 group texts.
"Hey, are you guys okay? You both left so fast. I didn't get to say goodbye to her." Georgia said over speaker. "Yea, yea we're fine we had some business to take care of." I said. "Oh okay. Well we're gonna take the shuttle to the airport tomorrow and Jade said you were going somewhere first. You sure you're gonna make it on time?" "Yea. I just needed to stop by and grab my clothes from Zendayas hotel room. I'll be back in a bit—" "...clothes? Why were your clothes off?!?" She screamed "Omg are you guy—'' I swiftly cut off speaker mode. "No, uhh I-'' "No way you're dating a celebrity you just met he—'' "I'm not! I- my clothes were just dirty and she let me borrow hers...." "Oh....that would've been so cool." "Georgia I just got out of a shitty ass relationship, you know this. That's part of the reason we came to New York. To get away?" I whispered. "Oh...right, sorry." "Well I gotta say good bye to everyone so I'll be back at the hotel in a minute." "Alright then. Be safe. See ya later." "See ya."
I put my phone away and turn around to Darnell and Zendaya staring at me then quickly looking away as if they didn't hear anything.
"Um..I just wanted to say thank you for everything. The time spent with you guys have been so enjoyable and I really appreciate your help in controlling this 'gift' of mine." I put emphasis on gift to show Darnell understanding.
They smile in agreement and come in for a group hug.
"Well imma head back I gotta pack for my flight tomorrow. It was, so nice meeting you all. I hope we can continue our business with eachother? Maybe a Shutter Mound interview?"
"Sounds like a plan!" Zendaya said. "To whom shall I send some question options to?"Darnell asked. "Well can I take your number down and I'll text you the email?" "Sure." I hand him my phone and look to Z and smile. She smiles back and makes a goofy face. I chuckle and Darnell hands back my phone.
"Right then. I guess I'll head out. See you guys." "Well I can walk you out"
We walk out and she closes the door behind her. "Well uh...Here, lemme see this." She takes my phone from my pocket and unlocks it. "How'd you know my password?" "Oh when Jade called I convinced her to tell me." "Well now I know to keep secrets from her." I chuckle. "Here. Now you can text me whenever." She hands my phone back with her name titled "Daya💋"
I blush and smile. "Can I call you?" "Well yeah, when I'm not busy of course." "Of course."
"Soo...your friend said a lot in there haha." I looked down at my feet. "Yeah, she does that a lot. But you get use to it." "Yeah..I'm sorry.." I look at her in confusion. "About your ex, yunno the 'shitty ass relationship'?" "Ahh so you guys heard more than I hoped." I winced and looked back down.
"Hey Im sorry I don't mean to pry," she holds my shoulder. "I just wanted to make sure you were going to be okay." "No it's fine, I'll be fine. He was just a complete asshole." "Oh... I'm sorry to hear that." I pause and stare into her eyes. "It's okay." "I'm sorry I'm just gonna go." I walk around her. "It was really great spending time with you." I hear footsteps rushing towards me so I turn back towards her.
She tackles me into a hug.
She pushes away. "Look. I don't know what you went through with him but, you have soo much love surrounding you you'll be alright. I'm happy you got out of that 'shitty ass relationship'. Because we wouldn't have met if you hadn't. You're a wonderful person. I'm just sorry I brought you into this life. But I promise I'll make it up to you."
I tear up and try to stop them from falling wiping my eyes. Pulling in for another hug I have a personal surreal moment. Coming back down to Earth I really just fell into Zendayas circle and here she is giving me hugs and pep talks. This moment will live on forever. All because I made a mistake and stepped on glass. One mistake I'll forever hold dearly.
"Thank you." I push away and turn to leave. "Wait...one more thing" She stops me again. "Could you stay a little longer? There's a premiere tomorrow afternoon and someone's throwing an after party in our honor back at their place in L.A." "But I cant, I'll miss my flight." I say. "What if I flew you back? Where's your business?" "Just outside L.A." "Well great I have to head there to film after this anyway. How about it?" "Ummm..." "Say yes. Say yes. Say yes. Please I'd love to have you there. You can bring your friends?" She says jumping up and down. "Okay..Okay that sounds great!" I smile. "Yeeaayyyyuhhhh" she sings while holding up rock signs and sticking her tongue out. "I've gotta go tell my friends. Hopefully they'll be cool with it." "Well if they're not, call me before the premiere and I'll help you convince them. Cool?" "Cool." I press the call button. "Okay. Well, goodnight." *ding* "Goodnight..Z"
I grin and disappear into the elevator as she walks backwards to her room. I bite my lip as the doors close and descend. "YES!! YES! OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH DID THIS WEEKEND REALLY HAPPEN?!" I say while pinching myself twirling, jumping up and down. "Holyyy shit this really just happened....IM FRIENDS WITH ZEND—" *ding!!* The elevator doors open to a silent family. "Lobby" the elevator says. I relax, clear my throat and excuse myself.
