Blue Roses

Chapter twenty three

Chapter song~ Paper Flowers by Evanescence

The rest of the day goes smoothly without incident.

As I start walking, I hear someone call my name, followed by several other voices. I stop and turn to see who it is, and naturally it's Ash and his friends. I give a small friendly smile and wave as they make their way over all talking at once, I only manage to catch little bits and pieces of the conversation. One voice says,

"I heard you met the bitch this one unfortunately calls his sister...."

And another,

"I saw her storm out of the biology room, what'd she say?"

A third one exclaims,

"I heard there was gonna be a party!"

I shake my head overwhelmed by all the loud voices and testosterone taking a step out of the circle to the side half laughing. Far enough not to be crushed but close enough to hear and be partially in the conversation. Eventually Ash breaks from the pack and comes to walk beside me.

"So, they seem excited about the party right?"

I snort very ungirl like,

"Tell that to the one who almost got crushed by a bunch of testosterone filled dogs."

He tried to look mad, but starts laughing instead,

"Very true, can't argue with that, but dont let them hear you say that, it'll hurt they're feelings and bruise their egos."

I laugh,

"But obviously your not offended."

He scoffs, feigning hurt and puts a hand to his chest over his heart.

"To let you know, hearing that come out of someone like you, feels like a silver bullet to the heart."

I burst out laughing loud enough for a few heads to turn from the pack infront of us. Once I calm myself down, I say,

"Sorry, but I dont recommend an acting career anytime soon my friend."

He gets a weird look on his face at what I said, but its gone so fast I think I imagined it, he says sarcastically,

"Are you serious??? Well gee thanks Jade, there goes my dream of being a werewolf actor! Damn, and to think I took lessons and everything...."

We look at each other for a second then both start laughing at his awful acting and stupidity. This earns us another curious look from the pack. One of them, I cant recognize the voice, calls out,

" Hey Ash, what's so funny back there? Did you work up the nerve to ask out your crush? Bout time you grew a pair and stopped whining about her!"

My eyes widen and I feel my cheeks redden. The pack starts laughing. I look over at Ash and he's blushing and rubbing the back of his neck. He shouts over their laughter,

"Ha ha very funny guys, nice joke, we all know Jade here isnt like that, right?"

He turns looking at me, I nod and he shoots a glare at the pack who are still laughing.

"Dont let them get to you, they're a bunch of idiots and jokers, all bark no bite I swear."

I nod and look at the ground as we walk feeling slightly awkward.

"Yeah, I know, my friends are idiots too....."

Our conversation for the rest of the walk feels weird and is filled with awkward silences and small talk to the point where I'm kind of relieved when we get to my apartment. I take out my keys and start unlocking the door. The pack keeps walking but Ash hangs back, asking

"Ok, well um, I was wondering..."

I swallow nervously not sure where this conversation was going.

"If maybe I could get your number so I could text you details about the party, if thats ok with you...?"

I almost sigh in relief, not that I dont like Ash, I mean, he's really cute, and sweet, but I've only known him a few days... That would just be weird. I nod,

"Yeah, sure, come inside I'll write it down for you."

I push the door open and step inside, closing it behind him as he steps inside. I toss my bag on the bed and go over to my desk in the corner for a pen and some paper. I scribble down my phone number and rip out the paper from my sketch book.

"Alright, here you go..."

I hand it to him, and he puts it in his phone quickly and sends me a text so I have his number saved.

"Thanks, and I was also wondering if that myth about vampires not being able to take pictures is true."

I cant help but roll my eyes,

"Almost nothing you've probably ever heard about vampires is true... Yes, we can take pictures, holy water is just water, I can eat garlic if I wanted to, the sunlight doesnt hurt most of us... Wooden stakes to the heart, revein, or fire will kill us though."

He nods, a confused look on his face.

"Most of you the sunlight doesnt hurt?"

I nod with a sigh,

"Its complicated, but to sum it up, technically there are two species of vampires.... Basically the good types and the bad types... The good ones dont drink human blood, and we are nothing like the creatures described in books and movies... Now the others, they are exactly like the vampires described in books and movies, they kill humans to feed.... Sunlight, holy water, and garlic burns and keeps them away, they sleep in coffins and they're very pale with red eyes, easy to recognize if you know what your looking at."

He nods,

"Okayyy, anyways, can I take a picture of you for your profile?"

I scrunch up my nose,

"I said I could take pictures, doesn't mean I like them, but fine, if you must."

He laughs softly and takes a picture of me saving it in my profile.

"Now your turn wolf boy."

He rolls his eyes and smiles tilting his head a little, if my heart was beating I think it might have skipped a beat....I ignore the feeling and take the picture and save him as a contact.