His End; Her Beginning

Him...

It was September. Time for school to begin again. Time for life to go back to normal... whatever normal was to become for me. I went to school as normal; we were in a new town, hiding from anyone who saw the accident. Hiding from the thing that saved us...

I got to the schools reception, I was handed my schedule for the day and the books I needed for each lesson. I was warned that they weren't very welcoming to new comers. A few bumps here and there on the way to class was nothing I wasn't used to. But, this was different. They were staring, talking. At least if they came up to me I could make them leave me alone. I am a lot stronger now.

I got to my first lesson, history. I introduced myself to the class; this one girl seemed very eager for me to sit with her. So, I did. She spent the lesson telling me who to avoid and who was okay to speak to. There was one guy in the class, Morgan, who she claimed was 'off-limits' and advised me to stay away. She said that every time someone gets too close to him they or those they love will get hurt.

I didn't think much of it. I won't ever get too close to someone if it means that they are at risk of finding out my secret. If someone found out they'd get hurt. I couldn't hurt someone I didn't know.

At the end of the class I was last to leave the room. Morgan left just before me. As I was about to head towards my next class, Biology, he took a hold of my wrist and pulled me into the empty classroom next door.

"What did she say to you?" He asked, his voice shaking with worry.

"Not much but she warned me to stay well away from you" I responded with.

"You don't need to stay away from me, I know what you are, I can protect you" he replied, his face showing the concern he had for what I'd been told.

"What is she then some jealous ex?" I queried trying to avoid answering what he just said. He knows what I am... But how? Isn't he in danger if he finds out?

"Haha, no, do you think my standards are seriously that low?" He laughed in response.

"No of course not it's just that's how -" he pulled my ear closer to his jaw, cutting off what I was about to say.

"I know what you are" he repeated "let me help you"

"Yeah, I'm human just like you" I tried my hardest to avoid the topic, I didn't want anyone to know. I was ashamed of myself. Ashamed of what I had become.

"You're so naive. You can deny it but you cannot hide from it. What are you scared of? Me? Yourself?" 

I cowered my head and began to stare at the floor, he had realized exactly where my problem lies not with other people but with myself.

"Oh, that's just it isn't it. I've really hit the nail on the head there, haven't I? You aren't scared of others knowing what a monster you are, you're just scared of admitting it to yourself. Well, let me help you, you're a monster, you survive on the death of others. You survive on the death of young innocent lives. You survive on the pearls of the rose coloured blood seeping into your mouth. You'll learn to feel no remorse. You'll learn to feel no regret. You'll learn to avoid the guilt." I couldn't help but think his voice had a mocking tone to it.

"How do you know all this?" I questioned, genuinely intrigued this time.

"Well, once upon a time I was in a similar position to you" He smirked.

"Wait you're a -"

"No, no. Oh god no. You see, I have a curse which means if you get too close with me you or those you love will suffer the consequences. But with your strength combined with mine we could fight both of our fates together." He responded

"I guess we could" I said genuinely intrigued by the idea.

"So, you in?" He asked, the sound of joy in his tone.

"Yeah, sure" I responded.

He then took my hand, which shocked me, his skin was warm as it grazed mine, and we proceeded to walk to class together.