Different.

Chapter 6

I walk downstairs to answer the door. I open the door and see Derek.

"Hey... I need to talk to you." He told me, seriously.

"U-uh... okay" We waited for a minute, we were just exchanging looks. "What are you doing?"

"Oh... I don't know."

"Well, you can come in," I tell him.

"Thanks." He smiles that perfect smile and walks in. I'm terrified to see if he knows that I went into his house. We walked to the couch and sat down.

"So why are you here?" I ask him.

"Oh, I wanted to ask you on a date." My heart dropped.

"Really? Wow. Okay, when?"

"Tomorrow night at 7. Is that a yes?" He asked me.

"Um, yeah... okay." I only said yes to this because I wanted to know more about him and try to figure out why he has blood bags in his house.

"Okay, great, I'll see you tomorrow." With that, he left without another word.

I decided to try and forget about the date and make dinner. I couldn't find anything to make, I couldn't find anything at all, so I went to the store. On my way there, Anastasia texted me.

Hey, can we talk? xx

I rolled my eyes and typed:

Yes, I guess.

Before I could hit send, I dropped my phone. I sighed and went to pick it up. The next thing I knew I was upside down in my car. I could feel the blood rushing to my head. There was blood in my eyes and in my mouth. I knew that I was going to die. 

"Kylie? Kylie! Hold on, I got you!" I felt strong hands pull me out of the car. The voice sounded familiar. I saw Derek and someone else.

"Derek, she's losing too much blood, you have to save her." The mystery-man said.

"Ryder, I got this." Derek moved his sleeve up and bit his wrist. His eyes were completely red and had these weird veins running to his eyes. He brought his wrist up to my face and made me drink his blood.

"What the hell Derek?!" 

"Dude, compel her." I'm assuming his name is Ryder, said.

Derek looked at me in the eyes and said: "You will forget everything that happened tonight." I didn't know what he meant by this, but I thought I would just play along, it might help me understand him better.  I started feeling light-headed, this was just too much for me. Before I blacked out I heard Derek calling my name frantically, but I just fell into a deep sleep.

I woke up in my bed. I remember everything that happened last night. I looked next to me and I saw my phone. Did it survive the crash? Or did they just replace it? My guess is the second one. I walk to my window to see if my car was there, and it was, perfectly intact. I just realized that I have a date with him tonight. I texted him.

Hey... I have to cancel our plans, sorry.

I pressed send, and in less than a minute, I got a reply.

Oh, it's okay. Is everything alright?

I texted this back, nervously.

Uh yeah, everything's fine. GTG.

For the rest of the day, I just did my homework.

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I walked to class, and met Ana on the way.

"Did you hear about the new guy? I heard he's totally hot." She told me (We worked out our fight).

"Yeah, I heard." I sat down for class. A few minutes later, class started.

"Okay everyone, we have a new student joining us, all the way from California. Please, introduce yourself." Ms. Maranie said.

"Hello, my name is Andy Salvatore." He said.

"Okay, Mr. Salvatore please, sit next to Kylie." She pointed in my direction. He sat down. I stared at him from across the room, and he caught me. I looked away but looked again a few minutes later. He was still staring at me. We did this a few times, then I gave up. The class was over, pretty fast too, and Ana caught up with me.

"What was that? I thought you and Derek had a thing!"

"Go ahead, you can have Derek."

"Did you get into a fight with him?" She asked me, surprised.

"No. I just... I don't know. I just saw something that I didn't want to see.

"Kylie! Wait up!" Derek ran up to me.

"Oh... Hey." I said with an attitude.

"Hey! You've been dodging me all day, what's up with that?" He asked me.

"Nothings up with that Derek."

"Is there something wrong?" He looked at me with suspicious eyes.

"Leave me alone, please." I was so afraid of him. He grabbed my arm with a lot of force and pulled me towards him. 

"Ow! Derek let go of me, your hurting me!"

"Hey! She said let go." Andy stepped in.

"Who are you, man? This is none of your business." Derek snapped at Andy.

"This is my business. Now let go of Kylie, before I make you."

"Whatever man. This isn't over, Ky." Derek walked away with Kylie. I rolled my eyes.

"What was that about? Who was that guy?" Andy asked me.

"Something happened with me and him and he freaked me out, so I have just been kind of ignoring him, and his name is Derek."

"Well if you ask me, he seems like a total ass." We laughed together. 

"Thanks for that, by the way."

"No problem. I don't mind helping a beautiful girl." He told me and I blushed.

"I have to get home, it was nice to kind of meet you, Andy." I smiled.

"You too Kylie." And with that, I went home.