Scarlet

Chapter 12: Why now?

Chapter 12: Why now?

I fell on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I wasn’t tired, I was just thinking about Tom and Ruby. They had a thing for each other, a human and a vampire. Who would have guessed it as well because they seem like very different people?

Jake came in and sat on my bed. I sat up next to him. “What happened to your shirt?” Jake asked.

“Oh,” I said looking down at my shirt. I didn’t realise how much I had ripped it because I was focused on Ruby at the time. “I ripped it, that’s all.”

Jake nodded. I looked into his eyes and we sat in silence. Jake’s eyes flashed scarlet and I knew he wanted blood. Before he did anything though, I felt his lips brush against my ear and he whispered two words. Those words were, “I’m sorry.” I was confused and before I could ask what he was talking about he crashed his lips to mine.

His lips felt warm even though vampires are as cold as stone. The kiss was nice and I felt like I could kiss him forever and if we were the only two people left in the world, I wouldn’t hesitate to start kissing him forever.

Jake’s cold hands were around my waist and I moved my hands from the bed, up his waist, along his arms and cupped his cold cheeks. Jake started pulling me closer to his body slowly. I never really understood why Jake pulls me towards him slowly; he can do it in less than a second but always likes it slow.

My body was touching his by now but Jake still kept a firm grip on my waist, trying to pull me as close as possible to him. He moved his lips to the corner of my mouth and my lips suddenly felt cold and lonely without his on them.

He was kissing the side of my face and continued to move his lips down to my neck. In about the centre of my neck I felt Jake stop kissing my neck and I knew he was about to take my blood. Jake sunk his fangs into me and for the first time ever, it hurt me so much.

Blood, it’s a funny thing. It can tell the person that’s having your blood what you’re feeling and your current thoughts. Some vampires have the power to control others after having their blood. Sometimes blood can let your darkest secrets go and you have no control over it.

I found out Jake loved me by having his blood. He never knew that I knew until he had my blood and I mentally told him that I loved him too. He was shocked that day and stopped what he was doing only to look at me in the eyes.

People say that you should drink from the one you love and that’s exactly what Jake and I do. I knew Jake would never hurt me. He loved me and I loved him too so he wouldn’t hurt me. I was clearly wrong because he was hurting me then and there.

I had thoughts running through my mind saying for Jake to stop and that he was hurting me but he wasn’t listening to my thoughts. I had to tell him out loud because the pain felt like it was going to kill me. My fangs were out as I spoke and my eyes shut. “Jake…please stop…you’re hurting me. Please Jake!” I half screamed, half begged the last sentence. Jake continued to ignore me and instead just increased the pain. I now had tears in my eyes and really didn’t want the pain to go on any longer.