Bitten to perfection

Chapter 10

Chap10

The silence was becoming even more uncomfortable. I shifted on the bed, crossing and uncrossing my legs. I could feel Noah's stare on my but i refused to meet his gaze whilst the silence ate at us.

"Seriously, you're giving me a headache, slow your legs down, please!" I looked at my still moving legs, realising that to a human, such as Noah, they would be barely visible, simply from the speeds at which i was moving. Oops.

"Sorry, cant help it. Instincts," I explained simply, hoping that would be enough; hoping that one simple sentence would be enough to explain everything about me he needed to know. But of course not.

"Instincts? Expand?"

I sighed. I may as well get this over with. That way if he does finally reject me it will be over quicker.

"Vampires... We're fast. We have to be. Otherwise our 'prey' could manage to get away from us. We're pale. We don't exactly have to be pale, that's basically in our genes, like humans. You can have any race of vampires. Um- We're very strong. Don't ask me why; I don't know. We just are. I guess again its just our nature?" I stopped and looked at Noah, seeing if id disgusted him yet. Once again i was shocked to find his face filled with wide eyes, listening to me with rapt attention. Strange boy.

"Carry on, please. It's great; I'm getting to know you," Noah smiled at me and for no reason beyond me i couldn't resist smiling back. "Tell me about the whole... fang... thingy!" He continued, gesturing towards his own straight teeth.

I laughed at the enthusiasm radiating from this childlike man-boy.

"Alright," I agreed, still smiling slightly. "Well, basically, we don't always have fangs. Our canines only grow into fangs if we're hungry, aroused, angry, or any really strong emotion i guess. Except if we're really happy. I suppose being happy means we don't need fangs. Its all quite confusing.

Then there's our smells. Every vampire has a certain smell. Each has their own aroma, mixed with a smokey undertone. It's weird. My scent is blossoms and smoke. Figures really. I got given the scent of something pink. Ew.

Then there's basically the fact we don't need to eat or sleep. I mean, we can if we want to, but the food tastes bland, and the sleep is dreamless. I'm not sure you can even call it sleep; Its more like resting your eyes," I finished explaining.

"So, you don't eat or sleep, you're very strong and fast, You have certain smells, and your fangs grow with your emotions. Cool!" Noah exclaimed. "What was that thing you did to the man back in Gloucestershire? He looked like he was under a spell or something,"

"Well, he kinds was. We cant allow humans to remember their attacks, so we control what they remember. We just stare at them and command them. Simple really," And it was. I'v never had a problem with commanding people to forget what happened.

"What else?"

"Someone's interested,"

"You bet your ass i am, now spill,"

"Calm down," I chuckled. "Fine, the only other things i can think of are that we have photographic memories. Tests are easy as shit for me. You jel? OH and vampires born or changed only age up until the age of 21. On our 21st birthdays we stay frozen forever. Anyone who is turned into a vampire, who is over the age of 21, stays their age. No more aging, nothing,"

"That's.. Damn, its so different from what you expect, you know?" His eyes were still wide, focused solely on me. It was kind of unnerving.

"Well, yeah. People think we cant go out in the sunlight. We can. We just have to cover our eyes," I stated, going completely off the point.

"Why do you have to cover your eyes?"

"Well, we don't get hurt or anything, just the white parts on our eyeballs? Yeah, they turn black. It doesn't hurt, its just generally we hunt during the night, so we aren't really meant to be out in sunlight. But we can be," I explained.

"Ahh, understandable," Noah glanced at the small silver clock that took residence on his blank walls. "Shit. It's like 3am. School will fuck me up tomorrow,"

"Shit! Its that time? I have to go! Dorian will be having a pissy fit right about now, ARG. Stupid overprotective vampire," I muttered, jumping from the bed with impeccable grace. I went for the door, but somehow(and believe me when i say i have no idea how) Noah was in front of me.

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, shocked at him. He simply smirked at me.

"Guess I'm fast too," He laughed. I laughed along with him, finding the situation hilarious. Bitch please, if we had a race i would annialate him. "Now... I hope you weren't planning to leave without giving me a proper goodbye?"

"And what would a proper goodbye be?" I asked, playing along, knowing full well what his intentions were.

"How about a goodbye kiss?" Noah leered playfully. I pretended to think about it, tapping my finger on my chin. I let out an overly dramatic sigh, sagging my shoulders.

"Fiiiiine," I slowly dragged the words from my mouth. I moved towards him slowly, letting him stir with anticipation. I walked close enough so our chests were touching.

I dragged my fingers up his chest, finally tangling my fingers in the hair at the nape of his neck. I watched at he wet hip lips with his rosy pink tongue. I edged my face upwards slowly.

Then i quickly pecked his lips, untangled myself from his arms and ran for the door, shouting an "I'll see you tomorrow" over my shoulder.