Forced Vampire

Chapter 22

Meanwhile, Lexa was standing in her room...

Okay, I do feel kind of bad about him being late to his meeting. Hope it wasn't all that bad. Right after he left I fell asleep again. It's Sunday, I deserve some sleep. I would never make it as a guard. Not sleeping is impossible for me. I have to sleep, it's that simple. Tyler already left for his new job and since I'm off today, Nicole and I thought we could go laugh at him on his first day. They barely know each other but still seem pretty close. They seem very tight actually...not that I mind it. If they end up together, I wouldn't be anything less than thrilled. Okay, so let's get some clothes on. Oh, but first some blood. Just as I started to drink, I heard my door open.

"Oh my God!" Nicole exclaimed walking in and turned around.

Shit, I can taste the blood on my lips. I hurried and wiped it off, but not until Nicole got a look at it. Damn it!

"Nicole..."

"Okay, I should have knocked..."

"You can turn around...I fixed it."

"No, I can't. You know what...I don't feel like going out today."

"No, Nic. I'm sorry. I'll be more careful."

"That looked...I mean...you really drink..."

"I'm sorry...you shouldn't have seen that."

"I'll just stay at home today. You go meet Tyler."

Damn it! I can't believe I didn't hear her sooner. Kai is right, I really need to focus on my surroundings. Let's just get dressed.

Lexa dressed into grey trousers, blue top and Kai's sweater.

Okay then...I can't believe screwed up.

A while later, Lexa walked into the shop where Tyler was working...

"You don't get to laugh at my clothes when you're wearing that. No seriously, what are you wearing?"

"They don't have guys working here so they didn't have clothes prepared for me in such a short notice. So...they gave me something from the shelves."

"Wow...that's..."

"Don't. Where's Nicole?"

"She walked in on me feeding and...got freaked out. She didn't feel like coming."

"Seriously?"

"I should have been more careful. She saw me with...blood all around my mouth and stuff."

"She's probably just in shock. She'll come around..."

"I really hope so..."

"Tyler, could you help me in the back?" another worker asked him. "There are some boxed that need to be lifted."

"Sure, Kaitlyn. I'll see you later." Tyler replied.

"Yeah, I just wanted to see you work." Lexa said.

"Go talk to Nicole."

"You do it..."

"I get off at six. Stop being a wuss."

"Fine, I'll talk to her. Hopefully she hasn't moved out." Lexa said and walked away.

In the meantime, Kai was talking to Celeste...

"I don't even know if you're serious or not."

"Why would I be joking?"

"Because we just met! We barely know each other."