Attending a Vampire School

Chapter 15: Making a Deal

❝Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.❞ | Oscar Wilde

♕ SAIGE ♕

I believe I am cursed to have very bad luck.

School today so far has been awful. It's Thursday, which means I have one day left until the Hallow's Eve Carnival. And tomorrow I have to stay after school to help prepare with Zaylee, Waverly, Reece, and other classmates.

Luckily, it's almost the end of the day. Though everyone still seems to be on edge. For example, Nolan didn't even bother me at all during Chemistry class. He just glared at me the whole time.

Harley seems to be ignoring everyone, especially me. Every time I make eye contact with him, he just walks the other way. Hadlee seems to be down in the dumps and she looks sick again.

Honestly, I think everyone except Rowan and Zaylee are avoiding me. Why is that such a bad thing? Don't I want them to leave me alone so I don't get eaten?

I don't know. It just feels kind of lonely when you think everyone is avoiding you. Even though they're vampires, for once in the past few years I've had more people to talk to than before.

Now that I got a taste of semi-friendships, I want it back. Though that sounds kind of pathetic and desperate. I think Zaylee and Rowan noticed my internal conflict during our conversation at lunch.

They asked whether I was going to the Hallow's Eve Carnival or not. I told them I was and that brought up the topic of costumes. I completely forgot about that small detail.

"Come on! You need a costume! That's the whole point of going to a Hallow's Eve party!" Both Zaylee and Rowan insisted.

I shrugged and kind of tuned out their conversations to start worrying about what I was going to do. What if Carson or Sebastian see me there? I don't want them to be mad at me.

Maybe I'll look for a costume when I go out to get groceries. Wait— does this town even have a costume store? If not, I'm so screwed. Well, I was screwed from the beginning anyway.

"Why does life have to be so difficult?" I groaned while walking down the hallway.

I was headed towards my last class. So far every day, I've gotten lost and ended up being late. This is the only class I have with Theo or Sebastian. If you remember, it's Physical Education with Coach Woods.

I involuntarily shuddered. Just thinking about having to put on that smelly gym uniform makes me want to puke. I mean why can't-

"Come with me." A familiar deep voice quickly whispered in my ear.

A cold hand gripped my arm tightly and began pulling me forward. My body was frozen and my heart began pounding so hard, I thought my ribs were going to break.

My body felt numb and there was no power in me to resist the dark-haired boy pulling me along with him. Why him? What does he want now?

All I see are those red eyes looking down at me.

I can't even think of his name without having those flashbacks. Will he hurt me again? I'm scared. I'm afraid of closing my eyes. That makes it all the more real for me.

"No-No-Nolan! Whe-Where are yo-you take-taking me?" I was barely able to force myself to stutter out.

Nolan turned his head and glared at me over his shoulder. "Stop dragging your feet and come on."

I hadn't realized how much of my weight he was pulling. My legs were so numb I didn't even notice. Forcing my shaking feet to move, I swallowed the large lump of fear in my throat.