Vampire Love

Chapter 3 ☾

I thought about the new guy I had met today. And then I realized something: his hands were covered with gloves the whole time I was with him. I remember feeling the leather that held my hand when he gave it a kiss. The same feeling was there when he checked my arm after the fight. Bella walked in the room when I suddenly asked a question.

"Did you see Derek wearing gloves?" She looked at me like I had just spitted on her face.

"I don't remember. Seriously, you worry about a guy wearing gloves when other girls worry if he's interested in them. Anyways, dinner's ready." Bella chuckled and left the room. I laughed at myself and walked behind her.

I saw my mom sitting at the dining table, obviously stressed about work. "What's wrong, Mom?" Bella was always worried about Mom. That's why she learned to cook when she was 7.

"Just another day at work. Duh." I sat down and drank a couple of sips of the mango juice.

"I made a mistake I shouldn't have done. Now I am in trouble." My mother ran her hands through her hair and got up. "I have to go back. I have to figure out how to fix this."

"What? No! It's 7 at night and the office is probably closed. Mom, you promised we'd watch 'White Collar'!" Bella exclaimed. 'White Collar' is the only show Mom agrees to watch with Bella, since she's young and all.

"If I don't, I could get fired! Who's going to pay rent? Tell me!" Mom screamed at us. I thought she was going crazy.

"Mom, c'mon, stay, I'll fix this. Understood?" I waited until she nodded. I grabbed my coat and drove to the office.

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The office building was huge, I was afraid I'd get lost like I did when I was at the doctor's. But sure enough I remembered the floor Mom worked on and sat at her cubicle. I typed in the password and looked at her files. That's right! I'm great with computers and I help my mom with her work ALL THE TIME. That's probably why she acted so worked up: she wanted me to feel sorry for her and do her work for her. I saw the error in her work and worked on it... FOR AN HOUR. It takes longer to fix it than actually do it (thanks so much Mom.)

Anyways, I finished up and left the building, looking for my keys from my purse. When I keep walking, I find something in front of me: a body. I screamed and shuddered, having goosebumps all over my skin.  I sat beside the man, trying to wake him up, but his eyes remained closed and it was as if he was deeply sleeping. I found cuts, no, bite marks on his neck and wrists. I kept telling myself, "He's fine, he'll wake. He's just really tired and doesn't want to wake up." but I knew the truth. I had the most coldest feeling, knowing the fact that the man was once alive and now, he is lifeless and just a body. I called the police and told them details, while I was shaking with fear.

The paramedics came first, taking the poor man's body away. Then the police investigated the scene, asking me questions, and mostly the answers were "I don't know." A cop was assigned to escort me home, and I was trying to distract myself by looking at the trees or the cars. So now you know I have thanatophobia: fear of death.

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I was in class trying to listen to the lesson, but I couldn't. Instead, I saw the teacher say, "Ms, Myers? Are you alright?" I nodded my head. "Of course you're not alright. You just saw a helpless man dead. And you couldn't do anything about. So tell me: why couldn't you save the man? You were there. You should have been able to."

I was speechless, for I didn't expect my favorite teacher, Mr. Bixby, to interrogate me. "I couldn't. He was already gone."

"Wow, you gave up on him? You gave up on the life of an old man?" Everyone started laughing at Mr. Bixby's comment. I listened in horror as everyone chanted, "You couldn't save him. You couldn't save him."

All of a sudden I saw Mr. Bixby's face looked quite worried when he asked, "Are you alright, Ms. Myers?"

I looked around to see everyone staring at me. I replied nervously, "I don't know."

I know this chapter was short, but you needed to see Aria's fear in one chapter alone.

Auf Wiedersehen! (German, it sounds funny)