Demons

ONE

Third Person POV

Zacky had been sitting as still as a statue for practically the entire chemistry lesson; his head leaning on his right hand while he used his left to note down almost everything that their teacher, Mr Viddic, was saying.

He could feel Brian poking him in the ribs, yes, but he'd been doing it for about half an hour now and Zacky was just completely ignoring him. He was trying his best to concentrate on the lesson but, there was one thing nagging at the back of his mind (and his throat, for that matter), that he couldn't ignore anywhere near as easily as he was ignoring Brian; the thirst.

Hence why Zacky was doing all that he could to keep his mind focussed on chemistry and NOT slaughtering everybody in the room, as tempting as it was in his current state of mind. He didn't want to have to kill everyone (at least, his human side didn't want to), so it was best that he kept his mind diverted from everything blood related. Because the more he thought about it, the more he wanted it, and the more he wanted it, the harder it would be to control himself.

He was pulled out of his thoughts, though, when he felt someone's hand slam into the back of his head. Zacky growled quietly to himself, slowly turning to face Brian and glaring at him with the most evil eyes he could muster.

'What?' He hissed irritably through gritted teeth, and Brian just snickered, shaking his head as he continued to laugh to himself.

'Just seeing how long it would take to piss you off,' Brian said, flashing Zacky his trademark grin that always made girls swoon. Zacky would have laughed at his best friend's goofiness, but no, not today. He was too hungry and way too agitated to waste his breath on laughter. He rolled his eyes at Brian, turning back to face the front of the class and returning to his notes.

'Thirty four minutes isn't bad,' Brian whispered, and Zacky slammed his pen down onto his book loudly, but the sound was muffled slightly by the low mutters of their classmates. Brian jumped, Zacky's quick and sudden movements making him jump.

'Shut up!' Zack snapped through his teeth, his anger only intensifying the painful, burning sensation in the back of his throat. He needed blood, and he needed it now...

'Alright, alright, jeez!' Brian muttered, pouting slightly and turning away from Zacky, looking down at his own chemistry book and seeing a blank page looking back at him. He bit down on his lower lip and nibbled at it, a nervous habit that he'd aqquired over some time.

'Um... Zack?' Brian asked hesitantly.

'Oh, god, what!?' Zacky moaned quietly, slamming his face into the palms of his hands. Brian ran his hand through his hair, regretting that he said anything now.

'Can I copy your notes, please?' He didn't have to wait long before Zack flung his book over at Brian, only for it to hit him square in the face. Zacky laughed lightly to himself; vampires had brilliant aim.

'OW!' Brian yelped loudly, causing everyone in the class to turn in his direction. Mr Viddic shot both Brian and Zacky a disapproving glare, before continuing with his teaching.

'Ass,' Brian hissed in Zacky's direction, picking up Zacky's book out of his lap and placing it on the table, looking at it for a second before copying Zacky's pointlessly-detailed notes into his own book.

'Drama queen,' Zacky said back, this time a light smirk creeping over his plump lips as the insult-firing began.

*

As soon as the bell rang for the end of the lesson, and for that matter the end of school, Zacky was pretty much the first one out of the classroom. He needed to get home and on the way, he needed to find someone to feed from. He didn't even care if it was a junkie or a whore; at least, with a whore he got a free lay along with free dinner. Can't go wrong with that. (Of course, dinner comes first.)

As Zacky was walking awfully quickly down the corridor, he sighed to himself as he heard Brian calling after him. He turned to see Brian sprinting down the hall towards him, his arms and legs flailing everywhere and making him look as if he was high on something.

'What, Brian?' Zacky asked impatiently, tapping his foot against the floor. Brian paused to catch his breath for a moment, unintentionally and unknowingly annoying Zacky.

'Do you want to come round today?' Brian asked eventually, and Zacky just sighed, running a hand through his raven black hair.

'Later, yeah. I've gotta go home first, my mum needs help with some stuff,' Zacky said, this being his usual excuse when he badly needed to feed.

'Okay... Six?'

'Yeah, six sounds good,' Zacky said, before breifly hugging his friend. 'See ya later.'