A World of Vampires [COMPLETED]

Chapter 3 - The Neighbours (Edit)

Zoe woke up from deep sleep with a loud yawn. She'd  had a very strange dream and it had disorientated her enough for her to sit up in bed and stare into the distance to replay it.

One, it looked as if it was in her new bedroom when she had dreamed it. It had definitely not been in her old room and, considering as it had been so dark, she could have woken up half way through the night and seen it and not even realised that she was awake.

Two, it felt so realistic that Zoe wondered whether it happened after all because she could remember quite a few details, more details than what she usually remembered after such a deep sleep, though she was able to fit the pieces together to work out exactly what she was thinking abut during the night.

Three, a boy had been standing over her sleeping bag, his mouth open as if he was talking to her but no words were coming out, his features shadowed so much that she wouldn't possibly be able to recognise him if she saw him again. She hadn't seen exactly what he had looked like because unfortunately it had been so dark in the dream. However, she had still felt as if she wanted him to come near her, touch her and kiss her so lovingly that it made her blush even thinking about it. Who was this strange figure she had wanted so badly in her thoughts? Where had he even come from?

            She was lying in the middle of a bare room that, before she had thought about the dream, she recognised as her new bedroom: the black and gold room. The swirls trailed around the walls in beautiful patterns, a continuing decoration along every corner. Since the first time they had moved, every time the furniture wasn't sorted out Zoe had slept in a sleeping bag, the same one she used every time, except the first time when it was ripped during the move and they had to buy a new one.

            Unzipping the bag, she got out and padded down the stairs in her bare feet. She hadn't had her dressing gown unpacked yet so a slight chill ran up her spine for a moment as she adjusted to the temperature.

             She shivered involuntarily at the cool downstairs as she entered the living room. It had been completely filled with furniture from the previous house and now the TV was situated in the corner with the sofa facing it, a table in between them and several photo frames dotted around the room on both the surfaces and the walls. The only new piece of furniture which Zoe didn't recognise was the plant in the corner by the window, it's leaves reflecting the soft morning glow from outside.

            Zoe slowly made her way into the kitchen to try and find either her mother or brother . The kitchen gave her almost the same reaction as the living room; it was bright and looked as if they'd lived all of their lives there with the way all of their old furniture was nicely slotted into place.

"Hungry?"

Zoe jumped out of her skin and nodding quickly at Rosalie as she made her way to the table and chairs closest to the cooker. Toast popped out of the toaster and Rosalie bounced over and began to butter it with the newly owned cutlery. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail and she was dressed to perfection with black trousers and a brand new blue top

"How come it all looks so...normal so quickly?" Zoe questioned as Rosalie placed the plate with hot toast in front of her. Zoe lifted the toast to her lips and bit into it, the butter dancing along her tongue.

"I hate seeing a house empty, you know that. I had to get it done. It's only the upstairs left that's not done yet. I'll have to finish that today." She bounced around as if she had something constantly wriggling in her trousers and Zoe had to hold in a laugh. Rosalie, despite being in the bad books with Zoe and Harry, still amused them with how energetic she was.

            Just as Zoe bit into her toast again, Harry made his way into the kitchen. He was currently only half dressed in his favourite black pyjamas and Zoe glanced over his chest as he moved straight to the kettle. He worked hard to keep himself in shape and Zoe had to admit that she was jealous of his commitment. He'd long since given up with his own education so now he kept himself focussed by concentrating on his physique instead. At least he would be able to get a manual job when he really had to start earning money.