I bolted towards the sound of Allison’s scream as quickly as I possibly could. Everything was glowing red and I looked for them. “You want to know something Derek told me? The bite… is a gift.” I was right about what Isaac was doing and if he went through with this Allison would be dead soon. ‘If he touches her I-‘ I stopped myself when I saw Isaac and Allison standing in front of me. My claws were out and I growled showing my teeth.
Allison’s hands were over her side which was bleeding. I didn’t know if she had been bitten but it sure as hell looked like it. Isaac’s claws were gripped around her wrist and she was crying from the pain. “Let her go.” I said and Isaac slowly took his claws out of her arm. I growled once more and ran towards him. He pushed Allison back into the wall; she hit her head which knocked her unconscious. My eyes went wide and I looked at her, “Allis-“Isaac punched me in the face knocking me onto my knees and I chuckled a bit putting my hand on my cheek. I spit out a little bit of blood before shaking my head. As much as I was going to hate doing this, if Isaac wanted it to be that way, it was going to be that way. He was about to wish he would have punched me a little bit harder.
Quickly I stood back up and tackled him into the ground. He fought back but I grabbed his wrists throwing them back before using all of my force to punch him. Blood was running down his nose and out of his mouth and I began punching him repetitively. “Do you realize what would happen to her if she turned?!” I punched him again, “Huh?! Was her mother not enough proof? She’ll have to kill herself!” I punched him once more. “Did you bite her?! Huh? Why would you even think about touching her? Did you ever think about what I’ll do to you if she dies?! Isaac!” I growled and then looked at his face. He looked terrified and I moved back away from him looking down. His face made me feel worse than I already did, it’s not like I wanted to be doing that! Isaac was one of my best friends and him making that face just set my guilt over the edge.
I looked up to see Isaac slowly standing up. His eyes switching from me to Allison and then he slowly back away before turning around and running out of the school. I wanted to chase after him, ask what was going on and why he was acting so strange but I couldn’t because-
“Allison…” I whispered before running up to her. She was still unconscious and now bleeding more than ever. I lifted her head up away from the wall and I could feel the blood on my hands. “Oh my god… Wake up. Allison please, I need you to wake up.” She stayed still and I started to panic.
There was still a chance that she had been bitten, I couldn’t tell because it was so dark and I needed to get her somewhere where there was light and where I could help her. Quickly, I picked her up and started to run. “You’re going to be okay Allison. I promise you, I will make sure that you’re okay.” I was trying to convince myself but maybe I was wrong. Maybe she wouldn’t be okay.
I couldn’t help but think, what if she had been bitten. Would her father blame me for not being there to save her? It was my fault, I should have been there to help her, I should have stopped Isaac. Would she be forced to take her own life? How could her father let her go through with that? How could I? Then, I started to imagine my life without her. I thought about how there would be no one to share awkward experiences with in her closet. There would be no one to save everyone’s lives when they need to be saved the most and no one would do that by ignoring what everyone else says and following their instinct. Without her, there would be no one to fight for anymore, no one to laugh with, or even to cry with. Without Allison I would be empty, it would be like a piece of me was gone forever. I don’t think I could ever be happy again, if it was this painful not being with Allison anymore, I couldn’t even think about what it would feel like to lose her. A world without Allison would be meaningless, because even now when I didn’t have her as a girlfriend, I still had her.
Tears were running down my cheeks now and I looked at Allison who was still unconscious. How could I go through life not seeing that face every day, with her perfect eyes, smile, dimples, everything. How could I go through life without hearing the laugh that could cheer me up whenever I was sad, or her voice which could turn me back to a human at any time? A ship wouldn’t be complete without its anchor and neither would I.
I ran into the nurse’s office as quickly as I could and set Allison down on the bench. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before looking back at Allison. Slowly, I lifted her shirt up just enough to see why she was bleeding. My eyes went wide and my heart rate sped up. “Oh my god.”
