Amanda and Zoey

chapter 2

Chapter 2

Amanda

"Ding Dong” Hearing the doorbell defiantly makes my face perk up in a instant. God I hope this is the pizza I ordered forever ago. I should stop ordering from this half ass place.

Opening the door I realize it is my pizza yet something is odd with the picture at the door. "It's $22.50 miss." I hand him $30 and while he digs out the change that I should just let him keep, it hits me.

 "Wait weren't you here with the Chinese food and the pasta this week?" I say.

"Listen I work at the mall, I deliver food for any restaurants there" This instantly makes my eyes go to a squint like he is lying and I will scare the truth out of him. He looks at me like I am crazy and not getting it. The next second Zoey slides in front of me and knocks me back to grab the pizza from his hand.

" Yeah all the food from the mall is delivery by the same service." she says. Walking away from them I begin to say "it's all bullshit if you ask me" and I hear. “Well if she’s that worried maybe she should learn to cook" I spin on my heels to confront the pizza man and let him know just who is paying the bill and giving his ass a job.

Only to find Zoey slamming the door in his face.

" What did he say?" I yell. At this point I am ready to re-open the door and take a swing at the delivery man." I didn't hear what he said let’s just go eat" she replies very quickly. Leave it to Zoey for trying to not let me murder the mall delivery personele on the front lawn.

I kind of stare at the door and fight inside myself on ignoring her and giving it to him, until I hear his car door shut. By that time the pizza smells more tempting and I follow her to the kitchen. But I will keep this in the back of my head when I order out tomorrow.

I grab a plate and two slices and sit." So what are you working on in the basement you have been down there for two days and you only came up for the doorbell. I am sure you only came up for the food?" I say.

"Well when you came home the other day from your um...vampire attack you remember you handed me a piece of cloth from his shirt?"

“Yeah I pretty much remembered being attacked. What are you going to make him a new shirt ?" I say. This conversation better take a better turn soon.

“No!  I am not making him a shirt. I am using the shirt which has his essence on it still, and thinking I can track him with a scribing spell. You said you wanted answers and I know you have been looking the city over at night for that vamp. I can't help but think he knows a lot about us and could be handy." She said.

“I think Handy maybe a over statement. And yeah I have looked but I have found nothing. Not any vamps. I really don’t understand I knew it would be hard to find him but to not find any in the whole city it makes no sense." I say.

“Yeah about that ...well.. When you came home the other night I was really scared. Like really scared they would follow you back. So I kind of did something" she said. Right after she looks right down at her pizza and won't look me in the eyes. After being friends for the last 15 years I know this is not a good sign.

“Yeah you kind of did what?”

"Well remember I was scared ok? I just did a spell that would make vamps repel you for a few days. I just wanted to back them off a little so I can figure out what is going on here. We have so much on our plate with my Aunt's head rolling and you being attacked. I just put a repel on you for a little while. It should wear off soon it will make it impossible for any of them to be near you." zoey said.

" Oh my god when were you going to tell me this? I have been out looking for that vamp asshole for the past two nights. I had better stuff I could have been doing. Next time you get scared ask first jerk face." I mutter out.

"Ok fine I was just worried we can't really have them attacking us here at home. I put up wards, a protection spell, even a human has to be invited in. We still need to find out what my aunt was hiding." she says

“I know but haven't you been able to open that dairy she had?" I ask.

“Not yet I think I am so close I may need a few more supplies. In the mean time I was trying to figure out if we can compel your attacker out and question him. If he knew so much about us maybe he knows more about my aunt?" Zoey says almost like she is thinking out loud more than talking to me.

Putting my plate in the sink I guess I will just call it a night " Ok well I am heading to bed the last two nights I have roamed the night for no reason and I am tired." With that I head to the stairs.

" I am sorry and you should be ok by morning back to being the vamp magnet you are. Hey maybe by tomorrow night I will be able to get him here?" I hear her call behind me.

"Sure" I yell back already at my door and go in. We both have our own attached baths and I start my shower. We bought this house and the second story had four bedrooms and the smallest half bath. A little spell work and some elbow grease later we now have two bed rooms at either side of the stairs. So there is really only two doors. I am sure to anyone else who would climb the stairs it would look odd to get the top and only have one door left and one right. Standing under the hot shower I can't help but love having such a great bed/bath combo. Right from the shower I grab a tee shirt and plop in bed.  Just as I fall asleep a thought comes to my head. What did Eric mean by the King? but I am too tired to really think about it now and sleep takes over. And again I can only think of his face.