BLOODLINES

SURPRISE

SAM

After school, I went to the ground and saw Ronan waiting for me in the empty basketball court. 'Was I late?' I thought to myself.
I approached the handsome and brawny man. He looked up at me with his sky blue beautiful eyes and a smile took over his face.
He looked so good that I kind of stared at him. Soon, we both looked away after a small cough left my lips.
"So, want a match?" He asked throwing the basketball towards me
"Why not!" I said grabbing the ball with a small smirk.

We played together for almost an hour. Ronan kept correcting my tricks throughout the game and also told me the rules. I was of course no match for the team captain himself but I did play well and also I was a fast learner. He did seemed pretty impressed by my skills.
I went towards the chairs to grab my water bottle. He followed me and sat beside me. "This went well... thank you for your time" I said

He smiled "You played well just a little more practice and then you can try out for the school team. Meet me tomorrow at the same time here" he said while getting up and leaving the court.

Me and Ronan kept getting very close with everyday practice. We became amazing friends and started hanging out alot together. School was also going great. I was able to cope up well and the students were also very cooperative. Luckily enough, I faced no bullying. Beth and I also became best friends. We did almost everything together. Beth and Ronan together made my life less miserable and I was grateful to have these two amazing bestfriends.

Time skip (two weeks later)

I was there at the same time after school, for practice. Ronan also entered the court within five minutes. We started the practice. After 45 minutes or so, I jumped up high to throw the ball into the basket. In the process, I ended up scratching my wrist by some sharp object. Maybe some loose screw on the basket. Blood started dripping and it was paining a little. I took my right injured arm into another and turned around to see a very frightened Ronan with an extremely pale face. He saw me and immediately turned around trying to avoid eye contact. He looked terrified "use the first aid kit kept on the top row of the lockers...I will see you tomorrow" he said without even looking towards me and rushed outside the court.
I was confused at that behavior but the injury was a bigger concern. I had already lost some blood. I carefully walked to the lockers and took the first aid kit. I wrapped the bandages around the wound still thinking about Ronan's reaction. Soon the bleeding stopped and I walked back home.
I got home and somehow managed to open the lock with my left hand. Ronan's attitude was kind of infuriating but then, I came to a conclusion that maybe he had a blood phobia.
That afternoon Beth came to my house and I spent my time with her gossiping and playing.
"Its getting late probably I should go." She said while getting up.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow" I said
"Okay bye, take care of your hand" she said "goodbye and thanks" I replied with a smile.
It was around 9:00 p.m. when aunt returned from work. She called me for dinner. I was about to go when suddenly I heard a sound in my balcony. I ignored it and started moving out humming a song when I heard a knock on the balcony door. I was scared. Who could've probably climbed up the 1st floor of the house through the balcony
"Who's there?" I asked with a trembling voice
"Its me Ronan" he said. A relief rushed through my body and I went to open the door. There he stood with a smile on his face. The question was still the same how in the world did he possibly come up though the 1st floor balcony
"How did you climb?" I asked him looking at the height he covered
"Athletic skills" he said with a wink
"I am not falling for that" I said with a annoyed face
"Okay fine" he said and sighed. He then, went down the balcony holding different things. Soon I heard the bell ring, i went outside and saw him talking to my aunt who opened the door.
She obviously let him in because she knew him as one of my friends and assumed that I had invited him over.
He came up the stairs and saw me "now stop questioning me, I came up the stairs like any normal person would" he said. This still doesn't explains the fact that he climbed up the balcony at first.
"What are you here for?" I asked
"How's your hand?" He asked looking at my bandages
"Oh!!" I scoffed "now you suddenly care" I said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry, I had to rush somewhere back then" he said.
"Whatever" I replied obviously knowing that he was lying.
I let him inside my room and his eyes fell on my small book collection.
"What kind of books do you read?" He asked examining the shelf. "Well, I like dystopian" I answered
He looked at the twilight series kept in the bundle and scoffed "Vampire books ?"
"Yeah I like them too...just that they are pretty fictitious and mostly romantics" I answered
"Got to agree, Vampires are pretty romantic" he said with a smirk.
"Vampires dont exist" I fired back.
"Ofcourse they dont" he said with a smirk sounding sarcastic.
His eyes drifted to other parts of the room when he came across my side table and picked up a photo of me with my parents.
He was petrified on looking at it as if he saw a ghost. His terror struck eyes were fixed on my father's face in the photo.
"What?" I asked on seeing how pale he was going exactly like what happened in the morning
"I-...is...th..this...is this your father?" He asked with a trembling voice
"Yes why? What's wrong?" I asked
"No-..nothing... I have to go now see you tomorrow" he said and rushed outside my room.
"Wait" I said following him but he was already gone.

A.n.
Second part....made in hurry so just ignore the errors, will correct them some day maybe!! I hope y'all liked it 😌