The Other Home

Chapter 5

Elizabeth

Daniels breath was soft against my thighs, my hips continued to react buzzing from the action of his tongue. His dewed skin gleamed under the moon that peaked into his room. "I want to kiss you all over" Daniel spoke softly as he stared down at me.

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"If you're going to keep blushing like that, you might as well share the details." Joseph took a deep gulp of his slushie. I covered my face as it burned with embarrassment. I haven't been able to stop thinking about what happened between Daniel and I when I went to his castle. Joseph rolled his eyes, "what made you go over there any ways."

I chewed down on my bottom lip, "Well with everything going on I just didn't feel it was right to have me turning him down on top of all of it."

Joseph laughed and pointed at me, "So you gave him your virginity out of pity?!"

My face felt like it was going to melt it was burning so much. "No!" I defended

"Oh, so you're going to marry him?" He leaned in close

"Well" I stirred the spoon around my ice cream cup that was melting in front of me, " Marriage is a big step." My heart started racing as I thought of the look in Daniels eyes as he stared down at my body beneath him.

Joseph sat back in his chair touching his lips with the tip of his straw. "Well I think giving away your V-card is a big step. Don't you think it's also a tad misleading to get in bed with him after a marriage proposal?"

I quickly shoved a scoop of ice cream in my mouth to prevent me from having to answer. Joseph was right, I was impulsive. Now Daniel may think we are going to get married. Isn't that what I wanted. I placed my ice cream cup down and stood up, "If you're going to tease then I won't stay here much longer." I said flustered

Joseph laughed holding on to his sides, "Fine fine" he put his hands up, " I'll try not to speak on it much longer, but I do need to know how is he in the sack?!"

I rolled my eyes and walked away. My cheeks began to blush again, he was amazing and so gentle with me. Even if it was out of pity, it was passionate and it's not like I don't have feeling for him. I'm just unsure about vampires right now. I tucked a curl that was coming undone behind my ear and hurried my pace down the school hallway. It was my last day in school, I wouldn't want to leave with a bad report of tardiness.

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Joseph

After Elizabeth left to catch the class bell I ditched and went the other way. I was beginning to feel the itch of needing a fix. I started walking down the street off the school campus. As I reached two blocks a black sports car pulled up. I took a step further away from the street as I tried to stare into the tinted windows. They started rolling down. "Need a ride?" I recognized his voice before I could make out his face, Sammy.

"Ummm" I rubbed the back of my neck anxiously.

"Did school let out already?" He looked over his shoulder back at the school building.

I looked away in the direction I should have been walking, "Nah I'm pretty much done for the day." I tried to say calmly over the racing of my heart. It's not like it was a good racing; Rationality was still sharp and I knew from experience this man trying to act hip beside me was dangerous. We were in a relationship for about three years.

I was running away from my original home. I sat in a dark tunnel hoping for a way out when I heard what sounded like a door opening and slamming shut. I crawled deeper into the tunnel til I found myself standing in an ally in Underground city. I really didn't understand what happened, things like this only happened in movies, right? I walked around for a bit scared and lost until I met Sammy and he offered to take care of me. A roof over my head, food in my stomach, drugs, partying... I really didn't have much to complain about until Sammy started drinking heavier and becoming abusive. He would beat me and take advantage, my complete dependency on him kept me prisoner. Sammy is who had me become a vampire like himself. One Night he almost drained me of blood and had no other choice but to change me or let me die in his bed. I started selling my body under Sammy's nose in order to save money sooner and get away. My downward spiral just didn't end there. My last client was Spike who was surprised when he saw me. Maybe Spike enjoyed it more once he realized I was acting on desperation. He drank it up and offered me small jobs in order to keep me around.