Inject Me Sweetly / Dusk Until Dawn

:Inject Me Sweetly: Chapter Twenty-Four

“It’s Friday, Friday! Gotta get down on Friday!” Kai sang, appearing out of nowhere as Vincent and I headed for the school’s back exit.

“Kai,” I said in surprise, coming to a dead halt.

His eyes flickered to Vincent, who also came to a stop. “I see your guard dog is with you again.”

Vincent scowled. “Ha ha.”

“You know, that’s probably why you don’t have any friends,” Kai responded thoughtfully, tapping his chin with a slim, tanned finger. “Maybe if you were actually nice.”

“He is nice,” I protested.

“To you,” Kai corrected me. “You saw the other day when he totally cut me in line when you decided to go to a la carte.”

I bit my lip to keep myself from smiling. That was two days ago, when I tried to escape Vincent for at least a few seconds. He literally never left me alone. At first it was kind of heartwarming, but now it was getting kind of annoying. My friends (aside from Alli) were afraid to come near me whenever he was around. Every time they tried, he would glare at them. I never realized how anti-social he was. On top of that, he didn’t even try to be nice. Especially when it came to Kai.

“Go away, pup,” Vincent snapped, narrowing his eyes.

Kai laughed. “Clever one, Vivi.”

I sent Kai a warning look. It seemed like only those who annoyed Vincent the most called him Vivi.

“Where did you hear that?” Vincent demanded, taking a menacing step forward. “Was it from Joel?”

“Joel?” Kai repeated. “He calls you Vivi too? Huh. I always knew I liked that guy…”

“As does every other person in this school,” I muttered disdainfully. Joel and Fiona went from new kids, to god and goddess. The students here practically threw themselves at their feet. It didn’t help Joel flirted with everything that had a pair of legs. Including the teachers. Of both genders.

Kai cracked a grin. “Jealous? You want his attention? He seems to pay extra attention to you.”

I waved him off. “No he doesn’t.”

“Yes he does. So does Fiona. Were you guys best friends before she came here or something?”

Well, if you count living with her for about two weeks because I was kidnapped, then yes. I smiled at my thoughts. There was no way I could say that out loud. “Kind of,” I finally admitted. We were friends…

Kai frowned. “You three are awfully close. Even Vincent talks to them.”

“We, er… Well Fiona and Vincent are brother and sister,” I informed him, talking to slowly.

“Seriously?”

“Didn’t you know that?”

He shook his head. “No! Now that you mention it though, they do look a lot alike. Except Fiona’s actually good looking—”

“Do you want something or not?” Vincent said in an irritated tone. I bet that last comment was a hit to his ego.

“Not from you,” Kai retorted with a turn of his nose. “Emily, what are you doing tonight?”

I thought about it for a second. What was I doing tonight? “Nothing.” As the words came out of my mouth, I immediately felt like a loser. Kai was one of those people who always had something to do on weekend nights. Usually I was too, but under the circumstances…