Vampire Sister

Chapter 28

He pushed the door open and I went still as soon as I saw the crowd.

"Whoa, I'm not dancing. Not before such a big crowd." I said.

"What? Kyra! Come on!" he said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many people."

"Ugh, it's not like everybody's gonna be watching just us." I just shook my head. I spotted Carla in the midst of the crowd. Before he could say anything, I said, "Carla?" I left Tristan's side and went near her.

"Hey, you look beautiful!" I said.

"Hi Kyra! Thanks. You look good too. Um, have you seen Jacob?"

"Yeah, he was waiting for you at the entrance."

"Thank god! He didn't see me coming inside."

"What's going on?"

"I don't wanna dance with him." She said with an emphasis on the 'dance'.

"Me too!" I exclaimed.

"Oh god!" she said as she ran off.

"Where are you going?" I asked. But she was long gone. I then found the reason why she did that. She had spotted Jacob coming towards her and ran away. Then I heard Carla and Jacob conversing.

"Hi!! I was waiting for you, outside." Jacob said

"Hi!! I was waiting for you, inside." said Carla. She laughed and then they both disappeared somewhere. I was staring at the entrance when two cops appeared there. Why are the cops here? Something was definitely wrong. Hoping it was nothing serious, I moved to the food counter and I ordered myself some fizzy drinks. I turned around and watched the other students dancing happily. I even saw Carla dance with Jacob!! They were really close to the entrance. So they moved a little away and then Carla mumbled something to Jacob and headed straight to me. When she reached, she said, "There's been another murder."

"What? Oh god. Let me guess. Same poison method?"

"Yeah, I overheard the cops talking. My bet is that the victim was a vampire."

"So there is a vam.." I stopped as Carla kicked my leg. "Ouch, Carla! What did you do that for?"

"Hey, Tristan!" she said and I understood why she did that. "I should really go and find Mr.Collins!" she said and went away.

"What were you two talking about?" Tristan asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. She was just telling me, uh about um pumpkin pies?" I said.

"Pumpkin pies?"

"Yeah, I'm allergic to pumpkins. She was just, you know, warning me not to eat em."

"I don't believe you. I can tell it was something serious."

"Yeah, cause I am super allergic. And I get these kinda rashes? Never mind."

"Do you know you're a really bad liar?"

"Ha ha very funny. I'm gonna use the restroom." I said and escaped from his questions. I saw that he was shaking his head in disagreement. When I returned after some time, he wasn't there and some melodic slow music filled the room. I was so relieved that Tristan was not here. He wouldn't have let me go without dancing to this. I should've probably not said that to myself because out of nowhere, he appeared and said, "Milady, would you like to dance with me?"

"Oh no. I am not up for that." I said. He took my hand in his and said, "Come on! Everybody will be dancing to this." But I just shook my head.

"I'll have to take that as a yes." he said as he pulled me into a standing position.