Rejected

Chapter 4: The Eyes

Alex eye colour^^^^^^ :)

I sat in the changing room, crying for a few minutes before Alex came back.

"Stop crying and get dressed." He commanded. I stayed on the floor and sniffed.

"I said stop crying and get dressed!" He yelled. A hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Alex." The person said. He turned around and left me to get dressed.

I finished getting changed and looked at myself in the mirror. There was a bump forming on the side of my head and I reached into my purse for a coin. I got out a 2p and placed it on the bump, massaging it until the bump was smaller. Remembering that I was doing what my dad used to do, I stopped.

I wiped the smeared eyeliner from my face with a baby wipe and reapplied. I exited the changing room quietly. The shop assistants looked at me and smiled at me wearily. I half smiled, quickly looking away. Alex was talking to this man. He was a little shorter than Alex, he had white hair and his skin was droopy and wrinkled. I looked at him closely and realised his eyes were astonishingly blue, like a royal blue. He also wore a dark cloak. I frowned and hid behind a wall as I listened to them talk.

"Alexander, you have got to stop doing this. You have got to get a hold of your emotions. You do realise you just hurt her. You couldn't handle your emotions and you hurt her. If you need to feed, you go and do so."

"But-"

"I know you're trying to withdraw from feeding but if you're not feeding and you're behaving like this, you are not helping anyone. You have to feed. And you know it's coming up to a Century. If you want her to be yours you have got to get her to trust you. If she doesn't trust you, then she's not the one."

"She is the one." He replied angrily.

"You will have to be one with her, connect with her before you can exchange any blood. Do you understand?" The man said.

"I don't want to-"

"Alexander, do you understand?" The man repeated. I heard him sigh and imagined him rubbing his forehead distressed.

"Yes." He exhaled.

"Good. Now get ready to leave, she's coming, I can hear her." The man said. I stayed behind the wall until I thought the man had left. What were they talking about? Exchange blood? Become one? Feeding? Alex wasn't a bloody animal. And who was that man? Why was he wearing that cloak? And why were his eyes so damn blue?

"You ready?" Alex's voice startled me and I gasped, placing my hand on my chest as I jumped. His eyes were back to his usual unnatural green. I nodded. I watched him walk out of the shop and followed after him, not before noticing all the workers in the shop looking at me... with the same coloured eyes as Alex. Weird.

I followed him to a black Jaguar XJ X351. The car was heavily tinted all around and was accessorised with a chrome trim. I looked at Alex astonished. The driver opened the door for us and we got into the luxury car silently.

I looked at the driver again and noticed he also had the same blue eyes as the guy Alex was talking to earlier. I suddenly felt very odd.

We pulled away from the shop and I looked out of the window. Did that guy with the cloak have anything to do with why we were in this car? Or how Alex had enough money to buy me all he bought me today, when I knew for a fact he was not rich in any way, shape or form.

I realised later that he wasn't taking me to my house, but back to his. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"My mum wanted to see you." He said sheepishly.