Forbidden Sunrise

Party Flutters

Draculaura's POV.

I see Frankie talking to DJ, Cleo with Deuce, Clawdeen arguing with Howleen and I'm sat by myself until Howldon arrived talking about nonsense I don't understand. The place looks unrecognizable. It definitely needed a woman's touch as well as Cleo's assisting.

"Would you like to see my treehouse?" I can't lie, but that sounds like fun since I never grew up with one and only in my dreams, besides I don't see a better offer anytime soon. I follow Howldon outside the French windows and into the yard. People are scattered all over the lawn. I look up and see a steady ladder and begin to climb, but Howldon pushes me aside and goes first. I take no notice and climb afterwards we are inside and its incredible its just like my dream childhood.

"Howldon" someone's calling from the ladders. He ignores it and continues speaking about his race cars and satchu card collection. "Howie" it calls out again just then we hear the shaky ladder and Clawd, Clawdeen's elder brother appeared in the distance. "Mum's on the phone says she can't get a hold of you on your mobile, keeps going to voicemail and is thinking of returning home soon." Howldon jumps down from the lightly beige bunk bed and quickly hurries out of the room leaving me and Clawd alone. I felt anxious and didn't know where to begin, but luckily he did. "That's one way of getting him to bed." He laughed. "So the party isn't cancelled?!" I asked. "What? No, of course not. My parties never are. So what you doing up here anyways?" "Oh Howldon brought me up here he wanted to show me some collection." I say. He sits down on the wooden floor, the balcony overlooks the garden. Its lit up with all kinds of lights, sparking in the distance. "Are you feeling okay? You look a bit pale?" I stare into his rich brown eyes. "I'm fine, I'm meant to be like this." "You could do with some food." He stands to his feet and walks towards the exit. "I'll get you something." I don't hesitate I'm a bit peckish I didn't eat much this afternoon only a couple of s'mores I made for the girls and half of them was eaten by Clawdeen.

Just as Clawd shouted up from the ladder, a faint smell of meat raised in the air. "Here eat this, hardly anything down there its all going quick and as for the drinks they've gone quickly too." I smiled as I watched him sit down next to me. "So what do you think of the lights?" I look around at the silvery gold lights underneath us and wrapped around the trees. "Did you do them all yourself?" I ask curiously "No I did have some help from Heath but I wired them together and he just added some fire". Clawd chuckled at his own joke and shuffled closer towards the food which was laying on a paper plate in the middle of us, "rolled up ham and sausage rolls, a weird combination" I say looking at the white plate. "Everyone is so hungry tonight" he laughs again while combing his thick brown hair and leaning back on his hands he looks up at the sky and then looks at me with his puppy dog eyes "Are you not hungry?" He notices I hadn't touched anything. "I-I'm a vegetarian". I felt so awkward saying those words out loud to a wolf. Clawdeen normally makes a joke how that's an insult towards her, "Aren't you a vampire?" Clawd looks confused but still manages to laugh while asking. "Yes and I know it's silly." I begin "It's okay just unique how about I make you something instead?" He propped his hand on the ground and lifted himself up and then offered me his hand I felt my heart beat a little faster when the words unique were spoken, I took his hand as he helped me up and down the wooden ladder we walked through the garden where the students of South High were gathered and drinking and chatting among themselves. He opened the glass door and allowed me to go first unlike Howldon. I sat down in the kitchen most people was outside and in different rooms. "What would Vegepire like to eat?" Clawd asked as he opened the fridge revealing different types of foods piled high along with a lot of alcohol for this evening. "Rochelle you are so fucking sexy". A guy with stiff grey skin lifts a girl up with similar colouring and places her on the counter while kissing her as her legs are wrapped around his waist. "How about we get out of here?" Clawd asks as he looks towards the couple making out on the counter. I nod very quickly and we walk towards the door leading us towards the cul-de-sac. "Laura?" I turn around and see Clawdeen is looking directly at me "Are you leaving?!" Her eyes are just like Clawds "She just needs some air, Howldon has been around her too long" Clawd speaks on my behalf "Okay I understand well me and Blue are going to head outside and join Cleo, Deuce and Frankie we'll meet you out there?" Clawdeen answers her own question as she struts away carrying two red paper cups and enters the crowd. "Shall we?" Clawd is standing holding the black front door open until I step onto the concrete step he closes the door behind us and starts to walk the same speed as me. I imagine that's quite difficult because he's a lot taller than myself and I take very dainty petite steps whereas he takes quick and broad ones but right now we are doing the same pace. The air is humid and dry and the stars are lighting the path we take, reaching the end of the street we arrive at the local chippy and walk inside. The bright lights warm me up. I sit on the window ledge as Clawd asks for two portions of fish and chips and then he joins me. "Is this ok?" He asks before confirming his order. "You didn't have to". I say but our food is ready and we take our leave. I start walking towards Clawdeen's. "You really want to risk eating around wolves and Randy?" He throws a chip at me as he opens the paper and walks the opposite direction backwards and not taking his eyes off me. I follow and throw a chip back which he tries to catch in his mouth and fails "Wait, wait, try again". He stops and I pick up another and throw it and he captures it inside his hand "That's cheating". I call out in the middle of the deserted road. "Hey I caught it didn't I?" He roars with laughter and walks towards me. "You walk so slow". He says "Where are we going Clawd?" I ask. "Just the park, it will be quiet and we can throw chips endlessly" another one thrown my way but misses me. "How are you on the basketball team?" I smirk and think to myself how smooth I played that while wrapping my fish and chips up as we have to climb over a gate. "I could show you when we get back, boys versus girls. Wait let me help you we will be here all night otherwise". He holds the food as I jump down from the muddy gate but I didn't care about the dirt. He handed me the bag and climbed onto the slide and sat at the top. I follow as we are sat inside this cubicle of colours and patterns and a slide to any destination, well the sandbox underneath but a girl can dream. "So when's the wedding?" I look at Clawd and ask "What wedding?!" "Howldon's & Draculaura's it's going to be a massacre of dirty clothes and pink roses". He continues playfully while putting a piece of batter into his mouth. "There will be no wedding and even if there was it would definitely be all pink or nothing". Two can play at that game.

****

The stars shone brighter than before and the park items illuminated. "Are you finished?" Clawd asked staring down at a couple of misplaced chips on the beige paper. "Yeah I'm done I was just looking at the swings". I focused on his features in the dark. "So let's go on them before heading back?" I was pulled to my feet by his hands and dominance. "Sure let's go". Our faces were aligned as he was looking down at me and crouching because of the height issue inside the playhouse. He was still staring at me and I was too "So uh we should go". Clawd took a step back and stumbled on his own feet and slipped down the slide and into the sand. "Clawd" my heart was racing as I tried to grab him but was too late as he landed with a thud. "Oh I'm so getting you back for that!" He laughed dusting himself off and climbing up the slide towards me "No don't. I didn't do anything". I sprint down the other way giggling to myself. I jump off the last step and run underneath the slide. "You have five seconds vampire". Clawds voice trails around the park ...5...4...3... "You are so dead and literally". Clawd enters underneath the slide and grabs me by my wrist. "Did you really think you could escape me?" He smiles as we exit still holding my wrist "You are going down that slide" he exclaims as we walk towards the steps, my ringtone begins playing and I'm saved by the bells. "Hello?" I answer "Where are you? Cleo and Deuce are making out, Frankie is checking her phone every two minutes and Lorraine is talking to Gill and girl I'm sat on the sofa without a drink. I need you." Clawdeen's dramatic tone broke the game. "I'll be there soon I promise, me and Clawd just got some chips". I reply and put my phone into my pocket Clawd still held my wrist "Let's head back my sister sounds like she's having a break down" Clawd makes a final joke before picking up my little pink bag off the floor and putting it on my shoulder and opens the gate with a smirk "Wait it opens?" I stop in my tracks, my very muddy tracks may I add. "Yeah I thought we would be adventurous." As he spoke his hand moved from the wrist and locked into mine.