Bloodlust

14

I step out and I can feel my skin heat up almost immediately but I can tell the medicine is working because it doesn't burn yet. "Oh my gosh" she says getting up and walking over to me, "can I..." she says reaching out to touch me and I nod. She runs her fingers along my skin, "it's still smooth" she says mostly to herself.

"It's kind of like the melanin in my skin reacting to the sun" I explain and she nods, "is this why you were so nervous?" she asks, taking my hand and looking into my eyes. "It's not something you see everyday" I say, "you're beautiful, baby. You actually look how I think about you" she says. "And how is that?" I ask curiously, "priceless" she says looking into my eyes and for the first time in my life I feel myself blush. I internally yell at myself, knowing she's going to mention it but she doesn't.

I realize how long I've been standing in the sun and I look down at my skin but it's not red and it doesn't burn either. Did the medicine really work that fast? The only thing that's different is... "let go of my hand" I say softly and she pulls her hand away confused. As soon as she pulls away I look back down and soon after my skin starts to redden and sting.

I dart back under the cover of the trees and look between her and my arms as the patches go away. I dart back out and stand there for a moment, she just stays in her spot looking at me weirdly, she follows my line of sight and sees me looking at my arms. "Why are you-" she stops as my skin starts to turn red and blisters. She grabs my hand concerned and it goes away.

Holy shit. "Holy shit" I say, "I have this weird gene where I can't be in the sun for a long time or my skin does what you saw. But if I have contact with you, it doesn't" I say confused and she looks just as clueless as me. "Come on" I say, picking her up bridal style and running back to the house. I set her down gently and open the door prompting her to follow me, I go to the library and look for books to explain.

I find something and flip through it quickly looking for an explanation but it's very vague. It simply says that some witches have the power to cure abnormal genes. The next page was ripped out so I have no idea what was written next. I hear the door open signaling that they're home, "Carlisle" I call out and he must've heard the distress in my voice because he was there quickly.

"What's wrong?" he asks, I explain the situation to him and since he's read all these books I ask him if he knows what happened to this page. "I have no idea. There's a few books that have pages ripped out. I've found that, if they're not there, you probably shouldn't know about it" he says. I can see that he's sad because he knows how important this is to me, my condition has always been something that bothers me.

"Do you know anyone who would know?" I ask, "well... she would probably know" he says sadly, "she's the only one?" I ask hopelessly. "Sorry kid" he says, reaching out and grabbing the book knowing I'm seconds away from throwing it, I've always been a hothead, that's why me and Emmet get along as well as we do. "Do you know where she is?" I ask and she looks at me silently asking if I'm really willing to do this.

"Please" beg him on the verge of tears and he knows I'm serious because I'm never this adamant about things. "Rose might know, I'll ask her" he says, giving in, "thank you" I say and he nods, putting the book back before leaving to talk to Rose. Before she can even ask I begin to explain.

"She is Victoria. She's probably the worst vampire out there. She's turned so many people. She's the reason for half the population, including Jasper, which he's not very happy about. We try to avoid her at all costs because, in addition to her just being a bad person, she's also very dangerous and often has a lot of new vampires with her. Newbies are the strongest and she knows that, however; she's been alive for so long and she knows so many people, that she pretty much knows everything there is" I explain.

"So you're willing to possibly get killed to find out more about this?" she asks me and I can't tell how she's feeling by her tone. "Please don't try to talk me out of this" I say knowing that she's the only person that could convince me not to go. "I'm not. I realize how important this is to you, if you're willing to see someone you and your family hate so much" she says, standing up to give me a hug.

"Just be safe. I know you don't want me to go" she says sadly and I give her a kiss, Carlisle walks back in and nods to me and I nod back. I walk out the room and he tells me where she is, "I'm going out and I want my girlfriend to be ALIVE when I get back" I joke yelling through the house, trying to ease my anxiety. "Can't make any promises CAROLINE" I hear Jasper yell back.

I roll my eyes and walk out, taking a deep breath before heading there. Mentally preparing myself for the mental strain this is going to put on me.