Expect The Unexpected

Meal

Chapter 28 - Meal

I ran like demons were after me, trying to escape the animal drinkers. Making my way through the forest and making my way into town, I noticed that the street lights were already on and the small stores were closing. There wasn't a lot to do here in this small town, it was like Forks in a way but what made it different was a bar that is open all night. It was the perfect place to find a meal. I could easily get a drunk person and no one would notice they were gone until the next day.

As I made my way over to the bar I saw a flash of black, then another, and then I saw a bit of skin. I turned and grabbed Damon by the neck, stopping his from running. He may be my brother but I don't take snopping lightly. "Are you spying on me?" I asked.

"No." That was a lie.

"That was your first lie, Damon." I say then let him go. He followed me as I walked into the building. It was a public building, so we were free to come and go without being invited in.

"Stefan said that you went out to feed." He said from behind me.

"What do you think I'm doing?" I asked as I looked around, searching for the easiest prey.

Damon was about to say something when I stopped him. "Shh." I heard an argument out back. Perfect.

I made my way past the bar, and through the back door. "HEY!" I heard the bartender yell, but I ignored him.

I found a couple, they were fighting, and obviously drunk. The women was practically falling down. That's when I saw the man, he had a gun. The woman had blood running down her chin that splattered on her leather jacket. I could feel the veins in my neck start to ache. The Power in the air showed me that Damon had the same desire for human blood. I quickly snapped the guys neck and drained him, then went to bite the women.

"STOP!" A man yelled from behind. I turned to see him with a stake, and a bottle of vervain.

I allowed my fangs to come out fully now. My fangs were longer than any normal vampire's, and mine were sharper. I felt my eyes change, so that they were slanted, almost cat-like. I hissed and heard him gulp. Then he uncapped the bottle and went to splash it all over me, but I moved and soon I was behind him. "Thanks for ruining my meal, if I were in a good mood I would kill you. But now I'm not, so just beware." I said before disappearing.

"Why is it so hard to find a decent meal around here?" I asked my favorite brother gazing up at the stars on the roof of a random house near the forest.

"Well ever since I came back, people seem to be aware of our existence."

"Oh, well it must be the council or something like that." I said, turing to look at him. The full moon made his skin glow, and his dark hair seem even darker.

"Or something like that." I said then turned to smile at me.

"Damon."

"Yeah?"

"You broke your promise." I said, remembering his promise to never leave me.

"What one?" he asked me. Both Stefan and him made several promises to me.

"You promised to never leave me, and you did." I said, feeling tears form in my eyes. Oh I never cry, well guess what, I am now.

"Oh, Bella." Damon said before wrapping his arms around me, securing me in a hug. Tears were flowing down my cheeks.

"You guys left….I thought you were dead."

"Well, technically we're both dead." He just had to say that.

"You know what I meant."

"Yeah, but I'm here now, and so are you. Forget the past. Live here and now. And look only towards the future."