Prince of The Night

24

Rue

"What's going on with you and Lola. You guys haven't talked in what feels like forever." Gia said as she stuffed a piece of bread into her mouth.

I placed my hand on my head with my right hand, and with my left I began playing with my food.

"Things." I shrugged.

I really miss Lola. Even though she wanted to kill me, every time I saw her in the hallways at school, or at work it absolutely killed me inside. She looked weirdly happy, and I wasn't sure if it was genuine or not. I had multiple urges to go and talk to her, but I had to resist that urge.

My sense of pride was keeping me away from mending a broken relationship.

But then again, I am a dhampir. I guess that's what I always have been. I've come to terms with that. However, once Lola finds out about that she will want to kill me. She wouldn't even hesitate, I know she wouldn't. That's one reason why I'm maintaining my distance.

Gia and Fran have noticed that we haven't been talking either. Them noticing and mentioning it every other day hasn't really made it easier on me.

They tried their best to remain neutral in the nudist of this tension, but I notice our relationship slowly slipping away as time passes by. It's my fault though, I don't really view myself as the same person. Although I've been a dhampir my whole life and recently discovered it, I can't help but feel different now that it's come to light.

I've been down a lot. Especially after seeing my father. I really wanted to see him so I have been summoning myself into the inbetween, but I haven't been seeing him. I stopped trying two days ago. It was putting a strain on my mental health and I'd rather not fall into a deep depression.

I want to remain strong for not only myself, but my mother as well.

"Can one of you just explain to me what happened? I feel like I deserve to know especially since I'm friends with both of you."

I shook my head. "I can't."

She sucked her teeth and grabbed her food. "Whatever." With that she walked away.

I let out a heavy sigh as I laid my head on the table.

"Someone's depressed." This deep, yet soft voice sounded very familiar.

I looked up to see Samuel cheesing at me.

"What are you doing here?" I'm very confused. I was never close with this man. I only saw him twice and that was when Jason was with me.

"Just making sure you're okay." He shrugged.

He sat down at the table and just looked at me.

"Have you seen Prince anywhere?"

I shook my head.

"Have you?"

He shook his head. "I've been trying to track him down, but for some reason it's not working. I haven't heard from him in two days. It's making me kinda worried."

I began to feel a little nervous. Jason doesn't seem like the one to disappear. Especially at a time like this. I don't want to be selfish and say a time like me being down and finding out a world-changing thing, but that's exactly what I'm thinking.

For a week and a half I expected him to reach out to me, but he didn't. I waited and waited because I was too scared to call him on my own, but he didn't. Something must be going on.

"What would happen for him to just leave with no warning."

I thought back to what Jeff said. He said Jason's dad is evil and the whole vampire council is pretty much corrupted. Has Jason found out about his dad? Did his father try to do something to him? I was starting to feel worried.