When Darkness Falls

Unexpected Death

I didn't wake up until one in the afternoon today, and the first thing I did when I actually did was just sit there and think about last night.

Phil. I kissed Phil. God, that was so amazing, how did I manage to kiss him last night? Maybe it was because he was drunk, but then again if he's anything like me, being drunk just takes the filter off of everything for him. When I'm drunk I'll do and say the first thing that comes to my mind. I hope that's what it is.

A deep sinking feeling forms in my stomach at the thought of it not actually being real for him like it was for me.

Before I can continue my thoughts of last night, there's a knock on my door sending a fit of butterflies erupting in my stomach. Is is Phil? Did he want to talk to me about last night? I hop up and practically run towards the door, sweat pants and all. My feet slide against the hard wood floor as I skid to a stop almost causing me to fall, but with my fast vampire reflexes that's nearly impossible.

I swing the door open with a wide grin on my face that quickly fades when I see a very confused Shaun. Oh god. Imagine how ridiculous you look right now. "U-uh hey, Shaun. What's up?'' I bite down awkwardly on my lip trying to act as though nothing suspicious just happened.

He raises an eyebrow at me and just looks me over before speaking. "Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I just got called in to work for some type of emergency with this girl. Its strange, they said her throat was practically sliced open and drained completely..." He looks up at me with a slight accusing look.

Adrenaline and worry are shooting through my stomach right now. Was it the girl I fed off of last night? No way. It couldn't be. I didn't even drain that much out of her, and I also let her go and told her to forget everything. Maybe I should have given her some of my blood and healed her. Damn, why had I been so stupid. "Do you think I did it?" I tried not to let the bitterness show in my voice at his accusing look. How did he know I did it? I'm not some type of monster who'll just go and- okay whatever so maybe I am, but that doesn't mean he should automatically assume its me.

Shaun's eyes go wide and he holds up his hands in his defense. "No no I didn't mean it like that." He shakes his head frantically. "I was just wondering if you'd know any other ones who might have done it. Or maybe it wasn't even a..." he trails off and looks down the hall way to Phil's room before lowering his voice. "A vampire. But we haven't had anything like this happen before."

I press my lips together and nod in agreement. "I understand. I don't know anyone like me who lives down here, but I'll see what I can find out for you."

He gives me a small smile and a nod and goes to turn away but then stops and turns back. "Have you talked to Phil lately? He's been stuck in his head all day. I went to the kitchen today and saw him blushing and then he just slapped his hand across his head and muttered a ton of words. Is that normal?"

I can't help the big grin that comes to my face at that. Was he thinking about what we did last night? I know i'd been thinking about it a lot too, so I guess I can't really blame him. "No I haven't, but I'll do that for you as well if you'd like."

Shaun gives me a nod before saying thank you and leaving.

I wait until I hear the front door close to actually come out of my room. Yeah, maybe I should have put a shirt on but Phil would probably be out for a little while longer considering how drunk he'd been and how late he was out, so I don't think it'll be a big deal.

While prancing down the stairs, I quietly hum Follow Me by Muse to myself to keep myself occupied, because I guess just jumping down the stairs is too boring for someone like me. When I get downstairs, I stride over to the kitchen while doing some lame dance moves while I observe everything that was in there.