Heartbeat

Heartbeat: Things Aren't How They Seem Part 1

Things Aren't What They Seem Part I. 

The second I heard Angel's bedroom door close, I took off my jeans and shirt and phased into my wolf form. I was so tired and I just wanted to sleep. To my surprised, I was actually warm in my wolf form. I didn't feel any draft from the windows or doors. It felt just like it used to. 

I lay next to the rug, just beside the foot of the couch, looking at the slowly dying fire in front of me. I had lit Angel's fireplace not long after she accepted me into staying with her overnight, as the heater was no longer doing anything for either of us. It was just simply too cold for just heaters to keep you warm. 

I watched the flame dance before my eyes. It was quick and sleek with each and every one of its movements. It reminded me of a fox. You didn't know where it was going to go next. I yawned and closed my eyes, giving in to the tiredness and fell into the darkness. Around two hours later I awoke to the scent of sickly-sweet. I growled slightly, knowing that I should be going out and looking for it. I still hated vampires with a passion. 

After a minute, the scent got stronger until I heard a banging on the door. I listened to see if Angel had heard it, and when there was no sound coming from her bedroom, I shifted back and pulled on my clothes. I braced myself for whatever was on the other side of the door. I opened it slowly and silently and saw a young teenager like boy on the other side of it. His hair was a dark brown and spiky, eyes black as midnight, skin as white as snow and teeth as bright and sharp as mine. I knew what he was the second I saw him. I didn't need a sense of smell to know what he was, nor sight to know who he was. Somehow I sensed that he was looking for Angel, making him her boyfriend. Tyron.  

I just wondered why she hadn't told me the missing detail that he was a vampire. I knew she had taken the truth about me far too well. She was lucky that he hadn't killed her yet. But that was the part that worried me. I could see in his eyes that he was thirsty and I was worried about his intentions of coming here, looking for her, at three o'clock in the morning.  

He shivered a little when he saw me. I watched as his confidence blew away with the storm's wind that was growing outside. "I'm looking for Angel," he said. "Is she in?" 

"Sorry, no Angel lives here," I lied and started to close the door, but was stopped by his hand pushing it back towards me. Damn he was strong. 

"Don't lie to me. That is her stuff behind you. I know she lives here," he hissed. "Now, who are you to her? And why are you protecting her?"  

My eyes narrowed. If he wanted it to be that way, it was fine by me. I had wanted a good fight with someone my own strength for some time now, but I couldn't think that way. He obviously had meant something to Angel at one time or another. I would get her answers before I would do anything, that is, if he'll allow it and leave. If he thought that he was going to even step one foot inside, he could think again! He wasn't going anywhere near her on my watch! 

"I told you. No one by the name of Angel lives here. Now back off before I call the police," I growled, looking deep within his eyes as I spoke. I thought he had finally gotten the idea when he started to back off when stepped farther outside, but then suddenly he was back in my face. His eyes were smug with the same appearance on his lips as he looked me in the eye sharply. "You have no idea who you're messing with dog," he said darkly.  

"Neither do you," I growled, closing the door in his face and relocking it. I took a deep breath, leaning against the door, feeling slight trembles rolling through me every now and then. I wasn't used to dealing with vampires like I used to. I had been away from them for far too long now. Slowly I gained control over myself again, but that didn't mean that I wasn't still wary of what was going on around the house. I thought he still was maybe hanging around, waiting for me to leave so he could make his move, but he could think again if he thought that was I going to be leaving Angel any time soon!