Penelope's Secret

chapter 15

Friday
Karlee's POV
Getting ready.
"Penelope. What am I going to do. I didn't want my first date to be with a douche like him." I say on the phone with Penelope.
"Karlee it's OK. Get it over with and he will leave you alone." She says on the phone with me.
"That's the thing what if he doesn't?" I say.
"I will handle that." She says and I feel relieved.
"Anyways he says dress classy. I get what he means but I don't know what classifies as classy in my closet." I say.
"Usually a dress with heels. But I would wear flats mainly because they are classy and I don't hurt myself walking." She laughs and I chuckle.
"I will send some pictures." I say and hang up. I grabbed all of my clothing and later it on the bed. I took pictures of all the dresses I like and send them.
I get a message back. "Go with the blue one. Its pretty." She replied back and I take her advice. I get dressed up and leave my hair down. I put on a sweater and some black flats I had for a dance in eighth grade. I look at myself in the mirror one last time and head out my room.
I walk down the stairs and Noah looks at me. "You look gorgeous! What's the occasion?" He asks.
"Elliot wouldn't leave me alone about going on a date, so I finally said yes to get him to leave me alone." I say and he nods.
"What will you do if you fall for him." He says.
"Him? No chance." I say and he laughs and keeps walking to his room.
"What about Penelope? Huh! You like her why don't you ask her out." I yell.
He doesn't say anything but just shoots me a bird as he walks into his room. Before I could respond I hear a knock on the door and I go to open the door.
I open to see Elliot in a tux. Wow. I thought. I know I don't like him but a girl can look.
"Wow. I never thought you could get prettier." He says in aww.
"Thanks. I guess." I start to walk out the door and he runs to his car to open my door.
"My lady." He gestures for me to sit in the seat. He runs to the other side and grabs his keys.
"So where are we going?" I ask. He looks at me while starting the engine.
"Wherever you want." He says. I look at him confused. He starts to drive.
"Why did I have to get so dressed up if I had to choose." I ask.
"I figured you wouldn't take it seriously unless I made it seem classy. And I really wanted to see you in a dress. So beautiful. Where will it be?" He asks me smiling.
"Do you know the café "rosé noir"?" I ask. He nods.
"As you wish." He smiles and reaches for my hand. I didn't notice till he grabs it. I pull it away slightly, trying not to be rude.
We arrive to the café and he holds the door open for me. We go to an empty table and sit down. The waitress comes over and eyes Elliot up and down. Then she looks at me and blushes. "May I take your order?" She asks.
"I will have a cinnamon bun and some coffee." Elliot says.
"I will have a piece of cake and an iced coffee." I say.
Nothing really happened while we were eating. After we finished Elliot looks at me. "Karlee do you like icecream?"
"What question is that?" I say. "Of course."
"Why don't we walk in the park and get some icecream?" He says.
"Ok sure." I say. I love icecream so I was overjoyed. I didn't care if I was with him. Icecream is epic.
We get into the car and I turned some music on. I sat there silently jamming out. Elliot turns the music down a bit. "Do you like this kind of music?" Elliot asks.
"It's some if my tastes." I yell a bit over the music. I turn it down some. "Why do you not like it?"
"No I actually like it." He says as he starts moving his head to the music in a hysterical way. I laugh at him and join him.
We arrived to the park entrance and he helped me out of his car. We walked side by side. We were still talking about random stuff. We noticed a couple on a park bench kissing. And Elliot stopped. "Uh- why don't we- um - just keep walking?" He says.
"Yeah that's seems good." I say and he turns me to look forward.
After walking for a minute in an awkward silence, he stops me and looks at me. "Karlee." I stop and look at him. "I don't know if it's because I am here with you, or what, but I am enjoying this date even if you don't feel the same way." He staring into my eyes.
"I am having fun. Despite being with you." I say. He leans in. I don't realise it but I start to lean in too. We kissed for a moment. When we part I look away blushing. I start to walk ahead and he follows.
We were quiet for a bit as we walked. We walked silently till we saw the stand. "I am going to buy the icecream." He says as he walks over there. I yelled the flavor I want.
I stood there daydreaming about the kiss. I felt some hands on me and thought it was Elliot. I turn towards him. I realized it wasn't Elliot but a man with red eyes and sharp teeth grabbed me and trying to bite me. I screamed trying to fight back.
Elliot came running back and jumped on the man. They started fighting. I watched in terror because Elliot's eyes were the same way. His teeth too. I screamed out more when the man got from under Elliot and ran off. Elliot turns to me.
"Karlee I am not going to hurt you." He says calming down.
"Get away from me." I yell. He came closer and wraps his arms around me. I shut my eyes hard and he rubbed my hair. I calmed down enough to look at him. He was back to his normal self.
"Let's get you back to the car. And home I will call Penelope. I think she will be a bit better explaining OK." He says guiding me back to his car. I nod my head.
When we walk through the door, I see Penelope and Noah. I rush to Penelope. "What the fuck is going on!?" I say.
"Hold on did he bite you? Let me see." She says. She inches closer and tries to look at my neck. I swat her away.
"What the hell is going on? Tell me." I said.
"OK sit down." I sat down and sat with me.
"OK first I am not Elliot's cousin. Second we are what you call vampires. Third we are not working on a school project. We are working on a murder case." She says. I looked at her shocked. I really couldn't say I didn't believe her because I just saw with my own eyes.
"What murder case?" I asked.
"The Creek murders." She said.
"But those were solved they were animals. And weren't they by the creek?" I said.
"Karlee when the police are scared they jump to the conclusion of animals." Noah says. "They have reason to believe otherwise. Also to answer the other question. He might have ran out of options since humans stopped going to the creek afraid 'animals' were going to kill them. And the animals might have died."
"What can I do to help?" I asked after I calmed down.