We'll play in the dark, 'till it's golden again (A TW FanFiction)

Part Fifteen

Siva’s POV

“It’s going to be ok. I promise” I say as the young girl slowly opens her eyes.

“Who-who are you?” the girl asks me, as I hold her in my arms.

“I’m Siva. Look you’re confused and a very bad thing has just happened to you, but I’m going to be here. I’m going to help you” I tell her.

“Oh get a room” Becca sighs, as she turns to leave.

“Becca” I say and she turns back to look at me “Thanks for everything” I tell her and with that she leaves. I look over at Max who is sitting on the floor in shock.

“I can’t believe I just did that” he says, sounding disgusted at himself and I don’t blame him. He just killed an innocent girl. I might have bitten this girl too, but at least I saved her. He just let his girl die.

“I can’t believe you just did that” I tell him and he just gives me a bitter look, before looking down at the dead girl again. I then look back down at the girl who is looking a lot better. It’s like her energy has been restored.

“What happened?” she asks, as she sits up.

“Look, don’t freak out, but I bit you” I tell her, but she just looks at me blankly.

“Like a love bite?” she asks me, sounding confused.

“Not quite” I tell her, awkwardly.

“What then? You’re a cannibal?” she asks, looking a little more worried.

“No, listen. I know this is a lot to take in, but I’m a vampire and now you are too” I tell her, trying not to make things worse.

“Are you crazy?” she asks.

“No look at me, this is real. Look” I say, as I pull a little mirror out of my pocket. I always carry one with me, in case my hair goes weird. Not that I’m going to need it now. Just think about that. I will never see my face again, my hair. This is it. The only thing I have is the memory of how I looked. I might not even look like that now, but I won’t even know. The girl looks in the mirror for a second, before dropping it and putting her head in her hands.

“This can’t be happening to me” she sobs.

“Listen. I know it’s horrible and I’m so sorry that I made this happen to you. You have to believe me” I tell her.

“It’s not your fault” she says looking back up at me.

“What’s your name?” I ask her.

“Kass” he says.

“Nice name. Now you can’t tell anyone about this, not your friends, not your family. It has to be kept quiet” I tell her.

“How am I supposed to do that though? I’m a model. How am I supposed to do that, when I have no reflection” she says, as she puts her head back in her hands.

“I know it’s hard. Trust me. I’m in a boy band, so I’m in the same position. Who do you live with?” I ask her.

“My parents” she sighs.

“Well, listen, if you’re worried about them noticing the no reflection thing, you can come and stay with me. I only got bitten the other night, so I’m new to this too. We can help each other through this horrible time” I tell her and she just looks at me shocked.

“But I don’t even know you" she says.

“Well he’s already killed you once, what else can he do?” Max says. I turn round to see him sat against a tree, with a weird look in his eyes.

“I know and I didn’t want to. I had to and at least I saved my girl. You just let yours die” I tell him.

“Oh my god. Judy!” Kass says as she gets up and runs to the girl’s side. “What did you do to her? You’re a monster” she yells, as she cradles the girl in her eyes.

“Yeah and he would have done the same to you if he didn’t feel guilty. This is what we are. Monsters. The sooner you realise that the better. This is going to be you soon. You’re going to need to feed and trust me, you will kill someone. You might think it’s wrong now and you might vow against it, but when the hunger comes, you don’t know what you’re doing. When I found out I was a vampire I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I thought that part of it was a choice, but it isn’t. Image, being stabbed in the stomach repeatedly with a red hot knife. That’s what the pain feels like. You need to kill, it’s what we are” Max says.

“You could have saved her. Siva saved me” she shouts, but he doesn’t even flinch, he just shrugs.

“He might have felt guilty and I do too, but at the end of the day, we have no choice. So we might as well get on with it and trust me, if it’s a choice between the pain and drinking someone’s blood. You will take the blood” and with that he gets up to leave. At that moment we hear a loud howl and as I look up into the dark nights sky, I see a full mood.

“Shit. What’s that?” Max asks, sounding frightened.

“You just killed my best friend, but yet you’re scared of a dog. What the hell is wrong with you?” Kass asks him, bitterly.

“I don’t think it’s a dog” I tell them and they both look at me in confusion. “Look” I point to the nights sky and they both realise what I’m saying.

“Come on. We have to get out of here” I say, as I go over to Kass and I pull her up off of the floor.

“But I can’t leave her here” she says, with tears filling her eyes.

“You have to, come on” I tell her, as I pull her away from the body and towards the street.