V vs W

Chapter SIXTEEN

　

-Chapter 16-

After I watched the unknown werewolf proclaim his love to my sister I ran away into the forest to hunt. I stashed the book and flash light in a hollow tree and ran towards the medow. My Medow. I thought about hanging there for the night after hunting. I stopped in my tracks. I smelled something. Deer, maybe some cows. I wasn't sure. I ran due west towards the sent. Deer. Deffinitly deer. I got down into my "Hunting Position" and sniffed at the air again. Then I sprang. I got hold of a monster buck. If I had been a hunter this guy would have been mounted on my wall. Easily a 26 point buck. Once the deer had stopped moving, I finished my meal and started walking towards the clearing. I was thinking about how much I missed being a human. And I had three good reasons why. One, I wouldn't be able to smell the wet dog moldy wood combo on Parker, two, I could walk into my own house, and three, I missed eating pizza with Brook. Yes, belive it or not, one of the things I missed the most was eating pizza with Brook on Friday nights. One of our many rituals was ordering a pizza from Casey's every Friday night and watching a movie in my room while we ate. We had done it for the past three years, and it was usually a time when we could talk things over. You know, obsess over boys and nag none stop about the prisses in our class. I wasn't sure about Brooke, but it was my favorite day of the week.

Well, it was anyway.

I shook my head and walked into the medow, trying to forget everything from my "past life" I walked through the break in the trees and saw Parker laying down in the center of the medow. "Hey," I called.

"Hey," He aswered. I walked over and lay down next to him. He still smelled bad. He turned on his side and proped his head up on his arm.

"Have you eaten yet?" He asked.

"Ya. Just before I got here." I closed my eyes. It was a nice night. It was warm, the stars were out and the lighting bugs were out as well.

"You know, I havn't chased lighting bugs in forever." Parker said. I opened my eyes and watched him. He was watching the bugs like we would have when we were six years old.

"Well then why don't you go chase them?" I asked. I propped my self up on my elbows and watched the bugs flying around.

"I don't know. I guess I'm more content being here," He said. He sat up and pulled me up with him, pulling me aginst his chest. I sighed and gave in. It was impossible for me to not want to be with Parker. It was so easy to give in to him. I thought about telling him, but I didn't. What if, someday, he took advantage of my feelings for him? I couldn't tell him. Althougt at the moment I trusted him more than anyone else.

"Parker? Is there anymore of.... well...... my kind?"

He stiffened. "Yes. But I prefer not to talk to them. In fact, there are some that go to your school. The Flasks. Do you know them? I think their yongest girl is in your class."

Anna Flask? A vampire? Anna? I mean, sure she was weird and all, but a vampire? No. Not Anna.

"Uh, uh," I said in disbelif.

"Ya. For, what is it, three hundred years now they've been vampiers. I think you should talk to her about this whole vampire thing. I don't know much except you drink blood and that's all."

"Oh. Maybe I will." I closed my eyes again.

"Okay. I just would prefer if you did."

"Parker? Do you still like my sister?" I asked.

He sighed. "No. And I never really did. I really only liked you." He hugged me.

"Then why did you say that you liked her?" I asked. I was confused. Maybe he was just jokeing about the whole thing.

"Because I knew one of you would become vampire, the other werewolf. We weren't exactly sure which, so I had to kind of spy on you guys. That's the main reason I was friends with you back in first grade. Back then I liked your sister, then I started to like you. It's weird really."

"Just like you," I mumbled.

"Be nice." Parker kissed the top of my head and stood up. "Come on. Could you stand to walk with me?" Parker asked.

"Sure."

"Come on." He leaned over and offered me his hand. I grabed it and he helped me up. "Besides, I needed to tell you about the love birds," He said.

"Love birds? Please don't tell me it's Brooke and Brandon." I didn't like that boy. If I were still human, he'd scare me.

"No. You're close though. Zeke and Brooke. Zeke has kinda been, how do you say it, stalking Brooke since he was a kid. And they kinda, you know, were ment for each other." We headed off into the woods.

"Ment for each other? I thought that only happened in fairy tales," I moaned.

"Sorry Al, but it is. It's the whole imprint thing, except maybe a bit more complicated."

"Complicated? How can anything else be any more complicated?" He grinned and led me forward.

"Well, you know how when one sees the other, the one instantly falls in love? Well, for us it's we already know what they look like. We know everything about them. Well, males do anyway. Girls, not really. They're just kinda there. But anyway, we know everything about our 'one and only' and then at a young age leave home to find them. Then it's just a matter of convincing our other that we're the one for them. No sweat."

He grinned.

"So, have you found your significant other? Like, is it me or am I just some other girl?" I asked. I was honestly curious.

He laughed. "Yes, it's you silly girl. But I'm not sure that the rules still qualify for you, you know, with you being a vampire and all."

"Qualify? What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, up until what was it, three days ago? I could see everything you ever did. I could tell when the venom finaly started to kick in and turn you into this. But as soon as the transformation was complete, I couldn't see anything any more. For example, your favorite color is blue. Say in a month your veiw changed and pink was your new favoirite color, I wouldn't be able to tell. You get it?"

"Well, sorta. So you mean that after I became a vampire you weren't able to stalk me anymore?"

He laughed. So not what I was expecting. It kinda teed me off that he could read my mind and knew my future and everything while I didn't know what I was thinking half the time. "Yea. Kinda. I know it's weird but I have a therey," He said.

"Wait, before your therey, I want an answer to one of my questions. How come if you could see my future and all, you didn't know that I was going to become a vampire?"

He looked at the ground. He looked as if he was in pain. "Because I couldn't see the vampire that bit you. I was too young then. If I had been watching more closely I would have been able to warn your grandpa or father and they would have kept you human. I wasn't watching close enough that night and it's my fault you're like this."

A tear came out of the corner of his eye. "I'm so sorry Alex. It's all my fault."

I hugged him. "Parker no. No it's not your fault. You were young and you didn't know any better. It's not your fault."

He hugged me back. "Yes it is Alex. After that we thought that Brooke was the one who got bitten, you know because I wasn't watching. So that's why I started to spy on you guys. Well, Brooke. And soon enough we go to where we are now."

Where was here? Two heart broken teens in the middle of the forest who are supposed to be mortal enimies? One vampire who would never be able to experience true love? Or ever see her family again? Ya. I know were we are. Utter depression.

My thoughts were interupted by Parkers rock hard grip.

"Parker," I gasphed

He kissed me.

His hold around my waist loosened and found myself kissing him back. He pulled away.

"Listen, I'm really sorry," He stuttered.

"You're fine." I mumbeled. And with that I ran off into the night.