Conspicuous||A.F.I

5

*20th January 2041*

"Ashton what is happening?" I asked shaking him but I got no response. "Ashton tell me."

"Emily....me....killed." He paused between every word.

"What do you mean, your not making sense." I looked at his trembling body.

"I didn't mean to...kill." He trailed off, whispering at the end.

"You killed Emily?" I gasped in shock.

"I saw... I heard her call you a weasel...I just dont like people hurting you." He said turning and looking at me up and down slowly.

"What you saw and heard? What do you mean hurt me? how do you know this?" I said shaking my head, confused.

"I have good hearing." he mumbled, making an excuse.

"You weren't in school...so how? how?" I questioned quickly. It's impossible, he can't have heard me unless he had come to school but he wasn't there.

"I feel this thing, if someone hurts a person I care about, I want to hurt them for it." Ashton said putting his hand slowly on my leg.

"you killed her because she hated me" I whispered.

"Yes...." He lifted his hand to my chin and turned my head towards him making me look into his bold grey green eyes.

"I'm being too conspicuous" he whispered under his breathe.

"Conspicuous?" I repeated, looking at his lips.

"Don't worry. You'll figure it out." He leaned towards me and whispered in my ear.

I don't know what 'conspicuous' means I've never heard of it before. What does he mean by 'I'm being too conspicuous? What really confused is me is how he heard what Emily said in the changing rooms that day. I don't know how he knows or what he did to emily. There are so many questions running through my head, I don't know what's going on.

I opened the car door and climbed out. Luckily it's the end of the day so I can do some research. Maybe I can find out what happened to emily and what conspicuous means...

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When I got home I ran straight up to my room, locked the door and opened the laptop. My fingers flew across the keyboard and I searched up 'Emily Baker murder 20 January 2041" I clicked on the first suggestion and it was a post from the police website.

'Emily Baker, a young girl, was killed on 20th January. The estimated time of her death is 04:40am and there are no suspects that we know of. It is suspected that it was an animal  killing but it is not certain.

The injuries conclude of 5 deep injuries; a cut on the right side of the neck, two cuts on the stomach and three stab wounds in the chest and stomach.'

I stopped and searched 'deadly animals in United Kingdom' but there was no possible animal that could've killed her only a super natural being.... is ashton supernatural?

I typed in 'supernatural beings' and posts came up of mythical creatures; werewolves, witches, fairies and vampires...

The only one that he could be is a vampire this cant be true... Ashton is too innocent to kill but vampires are deadly, they protect the ones they love but if the loved ones are hurt the vampires will hunt and kill...I print off all the information I found and kept it safely secure in a diary and locked it with a key.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep earlier then I usually would. Today has been exhausting and the possibility of ashton being a vampire has frazzled my brain. What if he is a vampire, maybe he is... But it's already caused a problem; he's already killed someone. He might be... Ashton could be a vampire.