What lurks in the dark ~ A Fright Night Fan Fiction ~ Chapter One

(A/N: I suggest you listen to the music I've posted while reading... it truly is remarkable what music inspires, is it not?) 

Welcome to Fright Night with Peter Vincent….

An eerie voice echoed through the video store as people piled in to see the new DVD of Peter Vincent, the vampire killer extraordinaire in action. In the first row sat Ed and Adam, my two best friends, their eyes glued to the large television as flashes of the scenes flew across the screen.

I unfortunately had to work so I couldn’t run down there with my best friends and drool of the monster-y goodness, but sometimes working at a video store had its perks. Like, as soon as the DVD came out, I called dibs on a free copy. So, later tonight Ed, Adam and I will be sitting in front of my father’s large plasma screen T.V with a big bowl of popcorn while we watch vampires get slaughtered. To say my life rules is an understatement!

“I can’t fucking wait. This is going to be hella awesome” Ed exclaimed as the preview finished and people began to slink back to what they were doing. Both Adam and Ed looked like they were going to pee their pants from excitement and it actually made me giggle like a little school girl.

“Settle, petal. It’s just a show. If you get any more excited, I might be mopping up your insides for the rest of the night.”

“Oh come on, Red. As if you’re not as excited to see this as we are. You’re like the Hitchcock of vampires and crap like that. This is practically porn for you” Ed pointed out, while Adam nodded his head ferociously. Okay, so maybe I am a little geeky when it came to vampires. I pretty much owned nearly every good vampire film ever made and have my own website dedicated to them, but I wouldn’t go as far as calling me Hitchcock of vampire films. It was quite the compliment.

“Fine. I am a little excited to see Peter Vincent in all his glory. That man knows how to wear a pair of leather pants!”

“Ugh…” both Adam and Ed let out groan of disgust before moving away from the counter at which I worked and began to browse through the selection of horror films we stocked. As I was scanning in some new material, the doorbell to the store rang and I could hear the bitchy giggles of none other than Amy Peterson, in tow behind her was my ex-best friend Charley Brewster.

While Amy and Charley were walking around the store, Ed, Adam and I shared a quick glance at each other before eyeing them suspiciously. Why were they here? There are practically three video stores in a two block radius but they decided to choose the one I worked in? Something fishy is definitely stinking up the air here.

After about an hour of hearing them giggling and watching them swap spit in the romance section, they finally decided to choose a movie and come over.

“Oh, hello Jennifer, I didn’t know you were working tonight” Amy said in a sickly sweet voice as she gave me her best innocent smile, but I saw right through it like I had Clark Kent’s X-ray vision.

“I work every night” I snapped before snatching the stupid romance films out of her hand and began to scan them while glaring daggers at Amy’s blonde head. Charley just have me one of his famous ‘I’m sorry’ half smiles before turning his attention to the idiotic bobble head he has for a girlfriend.

All I kept thinking was jumping over this counter and chocking that dumb bitch to death. I mean, if anyone could get away with murder it would be me. I watch so many crime movies that I know what and not to do. But I was a little more civilised and I just handed her the movies before giving them a half-hearted smile, turning my attention back to my chipped nail polish.