Once, we were in the Mercedes Austin started speeding down the road. He didn't say anything though, just stared forward as if he was convinced that ignoring me would make the problem go away. I wished it would.
"So," I prompted, "Are you gonna continue explaining, or am I gonna have to pry the answers outta you with the jaws of life?"
He shrugged. "What do you wanna know?"
"Well. . . " I said, "You were saying something about two kinds of vampires. . . whats that all about?"
"There are two types of vampires. Ones that are born. . . and ones that are created. Me, and Kate are the first kind."
"So, are you guys really twins?" I asked, semi-stupidly, "Cause, I've been wondering that since I found about the vamp stuff."
"Yeah, we are," he said.
"So, vampires can have kids?" I checked.
"Yeah, well. . . only some can. You see, born vampires can have kids with other born vampires. And made vampires can have kids with other made vampires. But a born vampire and a made vampire can't have kids together. . . we're not sure why that is. . . " Austin elaborated.
"Could a vampire have kids with a human?" I asked.
"Nope," Austin mumbled.
"Okay," I muttered, "What about the sun?"
"If your referring to us being burned by the sun, then no. We don't explode into a pile of ashes or anything." Austin said.
"Okay. . . next question," I said, "What about the aging? I thought vampires were immortals who never aged?"
"Made vampires don't age," he told me "Born vampires age, and can stop whenever they want. And they can make themselves look any age they want. So, if like a born vampire let themself age to be 30, and then decided to be a teen again, they could do it"
"Hmmm" I mused "So, are you actually sixteen or what?"
"I'm sixteen," Austin clarified.
"Okay, cool," I said, "Cause if you guys turned out to be like one hundred or something, that would freak me out"
Austin laughed.
"What else, what else," I mused, "Oh, I know. What about garlic?"
"Fake," he said, "You know I love garlic bread."
"True . . .what about . . . sleeping in coffins?"
"Nope, but we can't sleep unless it's like pitch black. . . Our eyes are pretty sensitive so almost any form of light will wake us up. Which is why I can never fall asleep in class. . . no matter how much I want to," Austin muttered.
I laughed. "Okay. . . what about the no reflection thing"
"Luckily fake, cause Kate would flip if she couldn't see herself in the mirror," Austin said.
I laughed. "Well, doing your hair would be altogether impossible"
"I guess," he said, shrugging.
"So. . . ummmm. . . what else?" I wondered, "Oh, I know. What about the whole wooden stake thing?"
"Now, that ones actually true," Austin said, "Any form of wood is not popular with vamps"
"So, if I . . . I don't know, stabbed you with a pencil . . that would kill you?" I asked.
"Yes, and no," he said, "You'd have to do it pretty hard or else it would just make me really sick"
"Oh," I said.
"So, are we done with the 3rd degree?" he asked.
"One more," I begged, "This ones important"
"Fine," he sighed, "What is it?"
"How come when you bit Cassi she didn't turn into a vampire?" I asked.
"Cause, I didn't inject a lot of venom. . . if I did she'd be a vampire," Austin elaborated.
"Oh. . . so ummmm. . . does you having a different girlfreind every two months have anything to do with your vampireness?" I asked, uncomfortably.
"I thought you said we were done with questions," he complained.
"C'mon please", I begged.
"Fine," he sighed, "But this is, absouloutly, most definetly the last one"
"I promise," I said, "After you answer this, I'm done"
"Okay", he grumbled, "Yes, all the girlfreinds were because I was a vampire"
"Why?" I asked.
Luckily, he didn't bring up the whole 'last question' thing and answered.
"Because you seem to be forgetting one crucial aspect," Austin hissed, "I. Am. A. Vampire. And guess what? I drink blood. This isn't a fairy tale, Becca. Real vampires aren't like the vampires in your girly romance novels, and we're not like the horror movie sterio-type either. We drink blood, from live humans. Now, think about what you saw me doing with Cassi. Then, ask yourself, why I would need all those girlfreinds".
"You drink their blood?" I gasped.
"Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner," Austin muttered.
"But-but why do you need so many?" I stuttered.
"Because, according to my family, I get bored quickly," Austin growled, slighly bitter, "So, for a while a girl's blood taste amazing to me and then after a while I get bored of it. And I get a new one. But most vampires can sustain themselves on one human for seven or more months. So, apparently, theres something wrong with me"
"Chill out, Austin," I said ,"Don't make me a get the pencil"
He rolled his eyes and muttered ,"Bite me"
"If I don't, you'll bite me first," I murmered.
"I wouldn't bite you," Austin said, rolling his eyes. As if that was childishly obvious.
"Why not?" I asked, "My blood's not good enough for you?"
"No, it's not that," he said, "Kate won't let me bite her freinds. She thinks I have 'self control issues' and thats why I bite all the different girls. So, she thinks If I bite one of her freinds I won't be able to stop and end up killing them. But it hasn't happended yet so I doubt it ever will. But, Kate is. . . well just annoying"
"Mhm, intresting," I murmered, "So, ummm one more question"
"Oh c'mon!" he moaned, "I'm tired of 20 questions"
"Please!" I begged "This one is super important!"
"Fine, what is it?" he asked, impatiently.
"Yes! Now, ummm where are we going," I asked.
He turned to look at me.
"We're going to the Azimon"
