The Chronicles of a Teenage Vampire (Book One): Michelangelo, Teenage Vampire

Unlocking a Soul

     "Invite me in!" Michelangelo roared.

"Invite him in?" Margret asked Carlos.

"Inviting someone in a home is how vampires get in." Carlos explained. "If he comes in without getting invited in, he'll bleed to death. It's one flaw about being a vampire."

"But this is his home. Shouldn't he just be able to come in with no problem?" Margret asked.

"It doesn't work that way," Carlos continued. "Once he walked out, he's known as his own guest."

"Oh..." Margret said as she understood Michael's problem.

"That's right!" Michael, with a sarcastic grin on his face, said. "Now... invite me in so I can kill you!"

Jennifer stepped away from behind Carlos and went towards Michael.

"No!" She said clearly.

"What?! What did you say to me?!" Michael asked.

"I said no." Jennifer said with her arms folded.

"It's not your place to invite me in!" Michael said to Jennifer. He then turned to Vermano. "It's the old man's place. Well, what's it gonna be, grandpa?"

Before Vermano could say anything, Carlos put his hand over Vermano's mouth.

"Say anything and I'll kill you with a stake!" He said forcefully.

"Can I say one thing?" Vermano asked.

"If it's to tell him that he can come in, no." Carlos said.

"Believe me, it's not." Vermano said. He turned to his grandson and walked over to him after Carlos took his hand away from his mouth. "Son, maybe it's better if you stopped drinking human blood."

"What?!" Michael shouted in shock. "Now you're the one trying to turn me back too?!"

"I guess... I was wrong to change you from the start." Vermano admitted. "You haven't been drinking blood in years; I shouldn't have let you do it again. You're perfect just being a tomato juice drinking vampire than a human blood drinking one."

Michael groaned in disbelief and covered his ears.

"I can't believe this!" He said and turned to leave the house, but Jennifer put her hand on his arm.

"I know what you're gonna do." She said. "Don't leave..."

"What's it to you if I leave?" Michael asked.

Jennifer tried to think of anything she can say to make him stay.

"I thought so," Michael said as Jennifer held his arm tightly. "There's nothing you can say to make me -"

"I LOVE YOU!!" Jennifer said.

"Stop that! I know you're just saying that to make me stay!" Michael said.

"No, I'm not," Jennifer said softly. "I've had a crush on you ever since I first saw you; you're sweet, kind, amazing, funny, cute, romantic, and so many other things."

Jennifer then noticed Michelangelo's eyes were turning back into their normal brown color. She then went outside with him and pulled his head towards hers. They then kissed each other on the lips with Carlos and Margret cheering them on.

Jennifer and Michael smiled as they stopped kissing and heard their friends cheering them on. Jennifer then went in the house while holding Michael's hand.

"You can come on in, son." Vermano said to Michael to let him enter along with Jennifer.

As they got settled in, Jennifer and Michael hugged. Michael then quickly picked her up and then kissed her on her cheek. He then held her in his arms.

Suddenly someone was in the doorway looking at everyone inside the house.

"Dad, what's been happening here?" The man asked. "A tornado?"

"Dad?" Michael asked the man.

"Michael! Maybe you can tell me what's happened here." The man with light brown hair said with a small grin.

Michael gently let go of Jennifer and then went to his father and hugged him with a great big smile.

"Vinnard!" Vermano said in a welcoming tone. "Come on in. And bring your son in with you."

"So, is anybody gonna tell me what happened and who these kids are?" Vinnard asked as he looked at Carlos, Jennifer, and Margret.

"It's a long story, dad." Michael said. "It's a very long story..."