A Forbidden Love

Chapter 2

Alex's point of view

My first day at this new university and already I'm popular. I have all the girls falling for me and demanding my attention. I wonder which one I'll play with for a bit. One girl caught my attention and from what I understand she's the queen in terms of popular girls. Granted she has the personality of a wet towel but she has potential for a good time. Yeah I sound like a dick but it goes with my reputation. I don't feel for girls. I don't intend to feel for them. They're just gullible and fragile. They break easy and are easy if you know what I mean. After my last real relationship I don't want to open up to someone again. So I just stay being desired and having many to choose from. No more heartbreak for me.

It's lunch time and I'm surrounded by girls all eyeing up the goods. I smirk and flirt a little and they all giggle and flick their hair. Pathetic. I spot the popular girl and feel a slight bile in the back of the throat knowing I have to act super into her if I want to fit in and be seen as normal. "Veronica hey I'm new to this town and I was thinking maybe you could show me around after?" Her eyes lit up as she smiled clearly thinking she can have me eating out of her hand. She bites her heavily lip glossed lip which normally gets me going once upon a time but on her it looks tacky and girls don't need that much product on their lips. "Why of course I would be happy to show you around" she giggles and twirls her bleached frazzled hair around her finger. Typical girl move.

I smile and step away to get a drink and I end up bumping into someone. She mumbles an apology and picks up her books. I help her so I look like a gentleman to all the girls staring at me. She looks up at me with her mesmerizing eyes and just gawks at me. I smirk at her and stay there a little. I wonder what sort of character she is. Is she the type to swoon over and be all easy and open for the taking? All the girls are the same. I sigh and gain my composure. "T Thank you for helping." She looks away avoiding eye contact and stands up before walking away. Well that was different.

Elizabeth's point of view

Well I couldn't have embarrassed myself even more if I tried. What happened to cocky me? Mind you I'm usually cocky when they actually speak to me but he just stared at me like I had something awful on my face. My breathing is unsteady as I escape and head to the toilet. I take a deep breath, inhaling the chemical smell of cleaning products and sigh. He probably thinks I'm a freak or something. I'm sure Veronica and him will be a thing. There is already some gossip about how they would be cute together but how they're jealous. Its always the same.

I sigh as the bell signals to head to the next lesson. I sit down and smile at Kate who had red cheeks. Her lips were a little swollen so I guess her and Chris made out instead of talking and eating lunch. They're like rabbits in mating season just all year round. I chuckle silently to myself finding myself hilarious. I know it's sad when you find yourself funny when no one else does. "Right let's get this lesson over with so we can all go home." The teacher sighs and looks exhausted. Must be rough teaching us lot. I do empathise with him.

The lesson ends and everyone races to leave the room. It's like a stampede honestly. I hang back trying to save myself from getting injured. At least I have some form of brain sometime. I sigh and drive home. "Hey you made it there then" I roll my eyes at William and hit him on the back of the head. "Don't be a moron of course I made it. Why wouldn't I?" He laughs and gets a glass of juice and drinks without stopping. I laugh and run upstairs to get changed into my uniform for work.

Alex's point of view

Of course Veronica took me up on my offer and here we are in some old fashioned bar. Apparently this is the best one in town and I have to say I am impressed. Its lively but homely. They have a vintage pool table surrounded by a group of footballers. A few people stare at me and Veronica but of course they would. She's popular and I'm the hot new guy. Veronica babbles on about how it's a curse being so beautiful and she plays with her hair smiling flirtatiously. I smirk but I'm not paying attention. She really is a bore but they all are. She's dressed in tight short clothing with her cleavage on show although I'm sure she's wearing a padded bra.

I don't understand women's obsession with looking perfect. I knew perfect well I thought I did until she tore my heart out and trampled on it. Ah the cruel Amelia was certainly a vision. She had a cocky personality and had a lot of attention but she gave her time to me...or so I thought. Little did I know she was with other guys as well. Of course I was in love so I was blind and didn't see the signs of betrayal. I grit my teeth in remembrance and clench my fist slightly. "So I think we should be a thing" Veronica confidently says snapping me out of my flashback. I smile at her. This could be fun here. I can find some use for her anyway.

Elizabeth's point of view

Work is super busy today. I guess everyone is letting off steam but does it have to be here? I sigh and polish glasses and put some more in the glass washer. What a pain this is. Matt comes over and flicks his dirty blonde hair out of his eye and smiles at me. "I didn't expect it to be so busy tonight. It's crazy!" I laugh and nod. Matt has always been nice to me since I moved here. Despite all the rumours, he still gave me a job and I am so grateful for that.

"Oi waitress or bar bitch! Do your job and get me a drink" I turn and am greeted with Veronica's wonderfully annoying presence. I stare at her and notice she's also with that transfer student. I guess the gossip was true then. He looks at Veronica. He's probably impressed at her thinking she's perfect. Well she's not. She's a bully and a brat. "Maybe when you say please I might feel like serving you" I turn and see to another customer who was a lot more friendly and start to pour the lager into the pint glass. I smile and give him the change and go back to my glasses. I felt quite proud of myself back then.

The night goes on and eventually people left so I began to clear down. I start to clean the tables with some antibacterial spray and a cloth. Boy these people are messy sometimes. I bet they wouldn't be like this at home. Oh no they'd be careful not to spill a thing. I sigh and scrub away and mop the floor. I'm glad we don't have a carpet. Imagine trying to get beer stains out of them. What a nightmare that would be!

"All done" I brush myself down with my hands to remove any dust on my uniform before grabbing my bag and heading out of the door. I step outside and feel the cold bitter air hit my face causing me to shiver. Thank god I have a car. As I unlock my car I feel slightly on edge. Its as though I'm being watched. I frown and prepare to defend myself but as I turn around I am shocked at what is playing out in front of my eyes.

The girl stumbles towards me and opens her quivering mouth to speak but no words come out. There's so much blood. Her face looks pale like a corpse as she holds onto her neck, the crimson substance dripping down her arm. "H help" I run to her as her legs weaken causing her to fall forward. I look around trying to find what wild animal could have done this to her but it's too dark and too quiet.

While applying pressure onto the wound her eyelids begin to close. "Hey stay awake please. I'll call for help so please hang on. Can you tell me what animal did this to you? Was it some kind of wolf or some big dog?" Her eyes glisten with tears as she remembers what tragic event took place. She opens her mouth so I move the hair out of her face and try to smile comfortingly to let her know it's OK and that she can trust me. She whimpers as I apply more pressure to stop the bleeding. There's so much blood and I can feel her heartbeat slow down dangerously. "V vampire"