Secret Vampire

Secret Vampire - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

As the week progressed on so did Alex and Zyla's friendship. They were growing closer, their relationship tilting towards something stronger, something more and this thought appealed to Zyla immensley, a happy feeling igniting in her chest every time Alex made his way up to her, sitting next to her, his arm gently knudging hers, holding intense conversations, delving into each others thoughts. The only thing that bothered Zyla was that Alex was very quiet about his past, never indulging into childhood memories, never opening up about his family. She wanted for him to be as open as she was about her life but over the course of the week she had stopped asking personal questions and instead became satisfied with his company. Catherine was a constant bother for Zyla and her friends as she had taken to sitting with them along with her two clones. Her goal it seemed was to come in between Zyla and Alex, seperating the two, and taking Zyla's place beside him. The only place she was unable to do this was in classes as Alex and Zyla both sat together. 

It was Thursday morning and Zyla had just stepped into the school grounds, Alex beside her. Her long legs clad in black skinny jeans, her upper body adorned in a white flowy tunic and a short black cardigan. A white beaded bracelet on her arm and plain black pumps on her feet. Her brown locks blowing out behind her as she walked purposefully towards the building, her head bent against the sharp wind which had suddenly arrived with cold rain drops. Noticing her slight shivers, Alex wrapped an arm around her shoulders as his strides matched hers. He was wearing dark wash regular jeans, a white tight fitted t-shirt with a dark grey leather jacket. Reaching the school entrance , they both rushed in as the rain picked up speed and just missed drenching them thoroughly. Zyla laughed as she shook her hair and splattered Aimee who had just rushed up to them. Seeing the aghast expression on her face, Alex also shook his head raining droplets on to her shoulders. He joined in with Zyla's loud laughter as Aimee stomped her feet and glared at the laughing duo. She wiped her hands across her face and attempted to push Zyla on to the ground. Anora and pearl joined Alex who was standing with his arms crossed, an ammused expression on his face watching the two girls struggling against eachother. 

'What's up with them two?' Pearl asked.

'Oh you know them two, always mucking about'. Anora answered before Alex had a chance to.

'It's nice to see Zyla so carefree again. The way she used to be.' Pearl said glancing sideways at Alex who was now frowning upon hearing her words. He turned his body slightly towards the two girls standing next to him. 

'What do you mean?'A crowd had assembled around the group but were ignored as Alex focused on Pearl.

'Well, it's just that...' She looked towards Zyla and Aimee who were laughing and trying to trip eachother up. The bell had not yet rung and the crowd were cheering the two friends on. Entertainment was scarce around knoxville high and many people lived for slight moments such as this. 

'When you first started, you weren't very nice to her.' The frown deepened on Alex's brow. Anora nodded and continued for Pearl who once again was looking towards her friends. 

'Every time she would try to talk to you, you would ignore her and she was very upset.' Alex seemed to be disturbed by this  and answered. ' But I didn't intentionally try to hurt her.' 

Pearl turned her body towards him so that she was standing opposite him, blocking his view of Zyla who had successfully managed to drop Aimee on to the ground. Anora turned herself towards Alex so that he was boxed in from both sides, pressed against a locker. 

'Listen Alex, you've been here for a month now and you've been our friend for a week. But we've known Zyla forever and she's an amazing person, one of my best frinds and I'll do anything for her. I've never seen her soo cut out over a guy.'