Sorry

twelve

abia kamin

It was expected for Hadlee to be different. She was a vampire. But I did not expect the drastic change that I was witnessing. A new found confidence in herself that was reflected as cocky. After the scare I experienced, I wanted to make amends. But she showed no interest in resolving things. So I showed no interest in making her a daylight ring. Vampires and witches have never gotten along, but on top of that, Rowan and Mateo burned a lot of bridges with several witches. That meant they had no one in town but my family who could make her a ring.

"Are you seriously going to act like this?" Renai munched on her salad as we sat in my car. We should've been watching the football game. But the both of us were starving, so were hidden in my car. With Rowan and Mateo on the team, we knew how the game would.

"I don't want to talk about Hadlee," I took a bite of my burger, able to see the field lights from my car. They lit up the night and allowed us to see each other.

"Since the boys won't do it, I will. She is our best friend. Who cares if she's different now. She's a vampire and going through a lot right now. A lot of which includes not being able to go to school with her friends who make her feel human."

She was defending Hadlee, but I thought we were on the same page about things when it came to Hadlee. But since her transition, Renai was starting to warm up to the new Hadlee. Hadlee was staying at the Ardon's house, so Renai would bring her blood bags daily during lunch. Her mother worked at the hospital, so she always snuck in to steal bags.

"I'm not arguing about this," I put my unfinished burger in the brown paper bag, throwing it into the back of my car. The energy in the car changed completely, and the hostility was choking me alive. I got out the car, shutting the door before she could say anything.

"Are you serious? Ryan really fucked you up because I'm not going to lie, you're turning into a selfish bitch that I don't at all recognize," she got out of the car, throwing a tantrum like a toddler.

I looked at her, feeling this indescribable flame inside of me. My body was hot like a wave of fire running through every limb. My focus went on sharing that same fire I felt inside of me and transferring it onto her. Consuming her. Slowly flushing her way.

"A-Abia. What are you doing? I feel..." she screamed in pain, falling when her knees trembled on the ground. She looked visibly fine, but she was in pain. "Stop. Make it stop!"

Something blanketed every ounce of emotion I had. I felt no guilt. No sympathy. I had no intentions of stopping until I was thrown off my feet. I flew across the air, feeling as if it was in slow motion. My body crashed onto the concrete, my back aching from the contact. I was in complete shock, both of what I did to Renai and of being thrown across the parking lot.

"Can't hide behind your boyfriend now can you?" Hadlee's voice echoed in my head. I had no energy to sit up but the voice was getting closer. "Can't hide behind the daylight now can you?" She mocked me with a laugh. The vampire in her was peaking out.

A choke left my breath, her hand gripping my neck to take me off my feet. Mateo told me fresh vampires had a special strength because they lacked control. She had newborn strength in her that she took complete advantage of it. My legs went numb, all the oxygen depleting. My head was fuzzy, white patches appearing in my vision. I was light, being at ease with the weightless feeling.

"No!" Mateo yelled before she let go of me, letting me fall back down. My feet failed me as my chest hit the ground.

Concrete scraped my head before blood drizzled down my forehead. The cold breeze brushed the open wound, taking the scent of my blood along with the wind. I touched my forehead, red transferring to my fingers. Looking up, Hadlee's eyes glowed red at the scent of my blood. The blood my mother warned me would lure vampires. The blood even Mateo has struggled to turn away from.