Eighth Grade Bites

The Hidden Attic 2

They finished breakfast and settled down in front of the television, bouncing back and forth between watching cartoons and saving the world through PlayStation until morning slipped into the comfort of the late afternoon.

Henry had already beaten Vlad twice at Race To Armageddon, but on the third round, it looked as if Vlad might be making some headway. The prize, of course, was glory and riches, combined with the godlike status of having been the android the defeat the menacing alien king. But just as Vlad was raising his laser sword to strike the alien king down. Henry hit the turbo button and interrupted the blow with one of his own. Vlad dropped his controller with a groan. "I suck at this game".

"Yeah, but you can fly. I have to be better at something". Henry dropped his controller on the floor beside Vlad's and reached for his open soda can. The floor in front of the beanbag chairs was a battlefield of open-chip bags and candy wrappers.

Vlad shook his head. "I can't fly. Only hover a little."

"Fly, hover, whatever.....its cool! Plus, if you can learn how to turn invisible, just think of the terror you could be in the girls locker room." Henry wiggled his eyebrows and took another drink. "I wonder if you'll be able to turn into animals and stuff when you get older."

At first Vlad thought Henry was kidding, but when he stole a glance at his friend, he noticed that Henrys usually jovial demeanor had turned serious. Vlad shook his head. "Thats stupid."

"Think about it. In all those old stories and legends, vampires can turn into bats wolves, and fog and stuff." Henry shrugged at Vlad and dropped his gaze to the carpeted floor between them. "Its possible."

Vlad thumbed his controller and tried not to sound too intrigued. It had been something he'd wondered about for some time. "I guess. But I'm not a hundred percent vampire anyway. My mum was human. Remember?"

Henry lowered his voice some and watched Vlad with a carful expression. "You must miss them a lot."

"All the time." Vlad held his breath for a second and tried not to give in to the sudden threat of tears that he would feel building up in his eyes. There was never a moment when he wasn't thinking of his mother or father.

Nelly and his mother had been closer than sisters and that, in Vlads mind, made Nelly family.

"It was weird how they died." Henry unplugged his controller and wrapped the cord around it.

"Yeah. People don't normally just up and burst into flames". Vlad took on a casual tone, but secretly wished Henry would forget the entire ordeal. He picked up his controller and reached for the Consol's reset button. "Let's play again, but this time I get to be the blue android".

"I'm hungry".

Apparently Vlad wasnt the only one with mind-reading abilities. "There's fried chicken In the fridge".

Henry dissapered into the kitchen and returned a moment later with a plate of chicken in his hands and a drumstick in his mouth. "I wuff Newwys chippen".

Vlad wrinkled his nose, suppressing his growing nausea at the smell of cocked flesh. "Speaking of Nelly.....I'd better work on that family tree. If I get another D in history. Shell kill me. When's it due, anyway?"

"Friday." Henry dropped a clean bone of the plate and looked at Vlad. "How much have you done?"

Vlad raised his eyebrows and smirked. "Does writing my name at the top of the page count?"

"I don't think so."

"Doesn't matter. I haven't done that yet anyway."

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