Dark Ridge - Walking In The Day

Walking In The Day - Pt 15

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Kameron raced into the woods, vaulting into the trees and leaping from one limb to another. Then and odd smell came to her flared nostrils, it invaded every single pore of her being. "What is that?" she asked, realizing her voice was so deep that it sounded surreal.

The scent calmed her, eased her from her frenzy, for the first time in the last few days, her vision shifted from vampire to normal. Her eyes searched the forest floor for what was making the scent, but she saw nothing, or no one.

The tree branches swayed with her weight, she pressed her back against the tree, the bark biting through her blouse. The red and navy tie fluttering in the breeze. There, she smelled it again, familiar, yet alien, what was it? It was unlike anything she'd ever sensed before, a lot like what she was going through with Peyton.

Standing on the branch and then simply stepping off and landing with a soft thud on the pine needle covered ground, the now overcast day made the forest look ominous. She took a long drag of oxygen through her nose, letting the smell linger there, and then, she was gone from her spot.

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"Are you going to tell me what is wrong with my daughter? As if you know, why am I asking a teenager...," groaned Sarah.

"Can we just wait until she gets...," began Peyton.

"Here," said Kameron opening the door of the house from the inside.

"You got here already?" asked Peyton. "God, I'm so glad you keep the fast stuff out of the bedroom."

"Oh god," moaned Sarah. "Kameron, what is going on?"

"I don't know, there is a new scent in the forest...," said Kameron in a dreamy voice.

"Inside," whispered Peyton.

Sarah ushered them into the house. Kameron moved to the large living room, pacing slowly across the hardwood floor. Stopping, she kicked off her shoes, stripped off her socks, and seems to relax slightly. "You said you have an idea about what is going on?" asked Kameron to Peyton.

Sarah saw her eyes, they were now dark purple, and the rim of her eyes were turning back to their normal light blue eye color. "Good lord, we need to figure out what the hell is going on," whispered Sarah.

"The blood..," began Peyton, blushing suddenly and dropping down into one of the huge chairs that graced the room. "...I think is like a drug to her."

"What?" snapped Kameron. "I drink blood once a month and I don't..."

"Human blood, my blood is sort of like... well, addicting. That's why your eyes changed color. You drink animal blood, that's what is normal for you, what feeds you, what you live off of. But, you didn't have to feed when we...," stammered Peyton.

"Oh boy," groaned Sarah. "You are saying that you're her drug?"

"You're my drug," whispered Kameron, it suddenly made total sense to her somehow. "Things smell different since I drank your blood, I see differently, I feel different."

"I'm going to be the adult here," began Sarah. "You two cannot do that again, you can't feed from her again, Kameron. I realize that if it is your nature to...feed," said Sarah, struggling with the words. "...while you have...."

Kameron was suddenly amused. "Sex, Sarah you are a doctor, sex is okay to say. I don't know if it is, we were.... Experimenting and she didn't mind."

Sarah sat down in a chair, her elbows on her knees. She watched as Peyton's hand moved to Kameron's then knelt next to Kameron. "I'm so sorry I walked into your life."