"Mom. I'm going to the movies with some of my friends tonight."
"Which ones ?" I bit my lip and winced.
"Emma, Lia and..." I started to talk really fast. "And Jason will be there too. We are all really, really, good friends so," Mom put a long, boney finger to my lips.
"Shush," she purred like a cat, then whispered something under her breath. "I know exactly where you are going and whom you are with."
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(At school )
I jumped and plugged my super sensitive ears with my pale fingers. "Wow girl, you have really sensitive ears."
My reply was, "No dip, Sherlock!"
"Yeah," added Lia. "You could have super hydronic capacity syndrome."
"Don't play dumb, Lia, you know why."
"What the heck , Lia. When did you start talking like that?" Jason was looking at her.
"It could be possibly be due to the fact that ......" I stopped her.
"Save the citation, we get the drift." Looking down, then at Jason,I smoothed out my black skirt. He dropped a book. Fast as could be, I bent down before anyone else could try to steal him from me. Our hands, cold and dead, warm and lively, touched. His light brown eyes and my steel colored eyes met. "Umm, sorry." His voice slightly cracked.
"It's okay, it was my fault." Behind us, I could sense someone rolling their eyes. I stood up and gave him his book.
"Uh, thanks. Just a question though. You had cat like reflexes there, are you okay?" Our eyes met again. Lia was so busy staring at us and she tripped over someone's backpack. Jason and i watched her take a flying fall. It seemes as if she really flew!
"Lia," i asked, "did you learn to fly?!" She knodded excitedly. Emma, Lia and I burst into joy. "Lia," i said, " the 15 year old ghost that just now figured out how to fly!"
Laughing she said, "shut up," only half joking. "So I'm guessing that you have your fangs now?" I opened my mouth, reveling sharp upper k9 teeth.
"Sharp as glass." My friends and I often joke about Emma being part dragon, when she gets mad and blows smoke out her nose, her scale skin,burnt hair, and long nails.
Emma spoke."At least I can enjoy foods other than blood." Iwinced. Oww she had hit a sore spot and she knew it.
"Hey!" Jason barked. "She's trying her best, we all are. Don't you think it's not hard for me to be . .... for me to be.."
Lia snorted. "A were wolf, wolf boy, what ever you call yourself?"
"Shut up Lia!" He took a large step toward her.
"Don't forget, Jason, I can make you into a fur coat!"
Emma and I yelled at the same time,"Shut up ,Lia!"I grabbed Jason's arm. Shrinking back,he looked at me .
"Why are you so cold?"
"Jason, I'm dead. Don't forget we ALL have our flaws." The school bell rang and we both covered our ears. "Listen," he started," You know what? Never mind . "
"Wait! Jason! What ? "He leaded closer to me and brushed my thick black hair behind my ears.
"Tonight is Halloween . I'll meet you at the old graveyard at ten." With that, he was gone. I don't know what made me feel that way, but the skin on my ear where he had touched me still tingled.
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Liam giggled, then whispered in my ear, "it looks like you have the hots for Jason." I shoved her playfully, then pulled my hair into my face.
"Please listen to me. Tonight at ten im going to the graveyard. Please dont call me, text me, or go. PLEASE! !!"
Emma scratched her peeling skin, "fine."
**8:00 tonight**
I closed my eyes. Then looked at myself in the mirror. I had two outfits picked out and I was trying to see wat he was wearing. "C'mon Rose, you can do this." I said to myself. A word popped into my head. Black. Sighing a little, I put on the shorter, puffer, black dress. I took another look in the mirror. No eye liner. I needed mascara. Putting on thick, gooey mascara, I heard the stairs creek. Someone was coming. "Mother," I said, "you cannot sneak up on me."
Clearing out her ancient throat, she spoke. "I know." Her bloodshot eyes took in me, my makeup and my dress. "You look quite fetching! For the first time in 739 years, you're wearing a dress!"
"Mom, calm down. Its only for a date." She became hard and cold.
"With whom?"
"No one, its not a big deal. Were just going to scare some little and "big" kids. Its not like a date date."
" Really? It doesn't look like it. You're wearing a dress!"
"Its a Halloween costume, Mom." My voice shook. Crap. It does that when im nervous. If she noticed, she didn't say anything.
"Okay," she said, but remember, im your Mother dearest, and I know everything. "
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