The Lost Boys: Dark Paradise

Chapter 8: Tag Along

  I layed there completely nude, in the bed thinking of all the ways that he touched me, completely unaware that I was now alone in the bed. My mind was at peace and all I had felt was pure bliss. I tried to think of a time when I had felt this good and got a good night's sleep. My mind came up blank. I felt so good and so bad at the same time. Although hearing the waves crash against the shore outside calmed my nerves, I couldn't help but feel like there was something in the back of my mind telling me to run as far away as I could from this place. I ignored that thought. I knew how David felt about me. He wanted me to be his lover forever, and for some reason, I was ok with that. I really did like him a lot. His dangerous personality, his impulsiveness, and his passion. Yep I liked him a lot. I breathed in a sigh as I opened my eyes. It was still daylight outside. I cuddled into the blankets and felt around for him. He was gone. 'Why did he leave me here?', I thought. 

  I held the sheets over my bare chest as I sat up. Where did he go?

                                                               STAR'S POV 

          (Chapter 5: The Lure when they went to get something to 'eat') :

   'David better not have killed her.', I thought as I watched the gruesome display in front of me. They wanted us to join in. I felt the bloodlust call me over to where they were feeding. I held onto my will. No way was I going to fully become one of them. I held onto Laddie tightly, pulling him close. There was no way I was letting him join in either. I looked over at Michael. I could tell he was struggling to hold on to the human part of him. He looked at me with pleading eyes that were now yellow filled with bloodlust. As soon as they were finished, they came over to us. "Why don't you just give in instead of resisting? You'll feel much better.", Marko said. "We won't give in.", Michael said through clenched teeth. "Off to the next hunt.", Dwayne said devoid of emotion. We walked for a while until we found another group of druggies by a bonfire far from the grave scene they left in shambles. Michael, Laddie and I hid behind the bushes so we couldn't see them rip those people apart. 

  Michael closed his eyes and buried his face in my long hair. So did Laddie. We all tried to think about different things other than killing people. It was our new normal. Although there was nothing normal about it. I thought about Tori, 'Was she dead? What was David planning on doing with her?' Then I thought about the first time I had seen David. How captivating and inviting he seemed to me. Not to mention that I had a thing for him back then, but when I saw what he was....I couldn't think of him the same way ever again. That must be what Tori is feeling. I wish I could have been there to warn her about David when she first met him. David was a monster, and we were half-monsters. We heard David come to the hunt. Then we got up from behind the bushes, to see a horrible display in front of us. Teenage druggies lay motionless on the ground. Their limbs and throats ripped out. Blood everywhere. This was my living nightmare ever since I thought I had join a normal biker gang. "Where's Tori?", I found myself asking, "What did you do to her?" 

  "It's none of your business, Star.", David dismissed her. "What did you do to her, David?", Michael got in front of me and Laddie protectively. David laughed and clasped Michael on the shoulder, "You see Michael, when a vampire loves a human woman very much.....", David joked. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!", Michael sneered as he grabbed David by his coat. "She's one of us now, not fully but she will be.", David brushed off Michael's hands from his coat with ease. "Stop fighting it Michael.", David said. He then looked over at me, "Soon we'll be a family. So get used to all of this." He then gestured to the dead bodies on the ground. They then flew off into the night, leaving me, Laddie and Michael behind. I looked at Michael, "What are we going to do?" "Come on. You both are going to stay with me.", Michael said as he grabbed my hand. I grabbed onto Laddie's hand as we flew over to Michael's house. I kept thinking about Tori. I felt so bad about how she got sucked into this situation.