Secret Vampire

secret vampire - chapter eleven

Chapter 11

Monday morning dawned with bright sunshine which filtered into Zyla’s room, through the gap between her curtains. It shone on her face making her squint her eyes in her sleep. The alarm clock blurred loudly, jouncing her from her sleep. She sat up groggily and rubbed her eyes with one hand and with the other switched off her alarm. Yawning loudly, she swung her legs off the bed and stood, stretching her arms out. Walking into her bathroom, she assessed her features. Her brown eyes were still full of sleep, her full lips shining with the Vaseline she had applied on them last night. Brown hair tangled and resembling a bird’s nest. Zyla brushed her teeth and washed her face. She connected her straightener and straightened the waves in her hair. She applied light foundation, eye liner, mascara and finished of her look with light pink lip gloss. Satisfied with her look, Zyla walked in to her walk in wardrobe to decide on what to wear today. She wanted to impress Alex as she was going to follow James’s suggestion and corner him today. Today is the day, she thought to her self. Today I will definitely be getting answers. Smiling to herself, she selected grey skinny jeans, a light pink cami with a light see-through jumper. She paired this with black pumps and a black scarf around her neck. Zyla brushed out her hair once again and hooked it back with a small butterfly clip at the back of her head. She grabbed her book bag and a light jacket from the stand by her door and walked down stairs and into the kitchen where her mother was standing by the stove, cooking pancakes. Zyla’s stomach rumbled loudly and she chuckled embarrassed as her father grinned at her from his place at the table, where he was reading a newspaper and munching on pancakes. Andy was dressed and ready for school as he ate his breakfast, looked up and grinned at her, flashing his syrup filled teeth.

‘Good morning love.’ Her dad said.

‘Good morning everyone.’ Zyla made her way to her brother and quickly grabbed a tissue paper and wiped his face before syrup could drop onto his clothes.

‘Morning.’ Her mother and brother replied back. Zyla grabbed a plate and fork and piled it with pancakes and maple syrup but not before giving her mother a kiss on the cheek and receiving one in return. She quickly finished her breakfast, wished her family goodbye and headed out. Zyla stood on her front porch for a few minutes looking towards Alex’s house hoping for him to come out. When there was no sign of him, she bowed her head and made her way to school. Ten minutes later she entered Knoxville High and made her way to her lockers. Zyla grabbed the text books she needed from her locker and slammed the door shut. Scanning the corridor, she did not spot any of her friends so made her way to form class just as the bell rang. Form class went by quickly, none of her friends asking her about James. Zyla assumed that Pearl had not informed them but was giving Zyla the chance to tell them herself. Alex was sitting in the corner with Aaron, Dylan and Seth, and were talking between themselves. Catherine was sitting next to Alex, her arms crossed and a pout on her lips as she was ignored by Alex who was busy acquainting himself with his new friends. Zyla laughed at this and felt better.

Walking into English class, Zyla took her seat and patiently waited for Alex. When he walked in, Catherine by his side, she thought this is it. Time for answers. Alex took his seat beside her and looked forward not even glancing at her. Zyla felt the familiar hurt travel through her body. She cleared her throat and said ‘ Hi’

Alex stiffened slightly then answered back without looking at her. ‘ Hi’

Zyla opened her mouth to ask him how he was when she was interrupted by the teacher.

‘ Right class, listen up. From now until the end of the month we will be doing creative writing. I will be giving you two topics and each pair will need to select one and write about it separately. Once you have done this you will converge the two pieces together to make it into one. Now, it is up to you how you do this. You may decide to connect it by adding a few more words to it or not. Right the topics are ‘summer holidays’ and ‘ escape to the mountains.’ Easy ones to start off with.’ Mrs Hay smiled at this and turned to write it on the white board. She was a tall red head with green eyes and a beautiful smile. Zyla took out her notebook from her back pack , and noted the date and the topics. She turned towards Alex and noticed that he had done the same. ‘What do you want to write about?’ She asked hesitantly. Alex switched his gaze from the board to her and answered ‘ I don’t mind.’