Silver Eyes

Out of the Darkness

We made it to the door and Damien pushed it open. The cold city air met us and I expected it to be freezing, but for some reason I wasn't cold at all. The soft, refreshing city wind reminded me of hugging Jack, only Jack smelled better. We passed the big man that let us in and I smiled and waved as he said, "Have a good night!"

"Thanks, Topher." Jack said to him. We split up and Jack took me and Marnie and the others went to get Cassidie's SUV.

I was comfortable in Jack's passenger seat and even though I had only sat in it a few times, it was familiar. Marnie sat motionless in the darkness of the backseat. I could see her eyes in the dark looking at me.

"What did you think of the party?" She probed.

"It was fun." I smiled.

"I'm glad you invited us." I heard the smile in her voice and watched Jack stop behind the Escalade without looking. I could understand how he did it now. I could almost feel the car there like we were hitting a wall of static.

The headlights from the car behind us bounced off Jack's crooked rearview mirror and hit me in the eyes. It looked like someone had bumped it and never fixed it or like the person in the passenger seat had been looking at someone behind them. I adjusted it to point the light away from me and looked over at Jack.

"Hey, you didn't wear a Halloween costume." I accused him with a smile.

"Oh...I'm uh-a...Vampyre." He shrugged, with a pointy-toothed smile.

"Are you...a Vampire?" Marnie questioned him, not sounding like she cared one way or the other. "You were both drinking blood." She commented, her eyes dark. Neither of us said anything. I didn't know what to say. She basically knew anyway.

"Maybe." Jack answered, not giving her a definite yes or a definite no. I kept a poker face as I looked back to see Marnie's reaction. There wasn't much of one. I saw her swallow but her eyes looked unyielding.

We followed Milo as he sped down the windy roads to the rich neighborhood where Cassidie lived. The ride was quiet and the road was dark except for the red taillights of the Escalade and Jack's bright white headlights.

The houses had their own little street lamps in their individual driveways and some had lights that lit up the side of their house and their plants. Why would someone need that? What a waste of electricity.

"Those lights look like such a waste of energy." Marnie piped up from the backseat.

"I was just thinking that." I murmured.

"Some of them are solar-powered." Jack stated.

"Well, that's good, but maybe they should use the solar panels for lights they need and not useless ones." Marnie argued.

"Those lights are important because they keep people from robbing the house." Jack countered.

"But aren't they only in the front." I cut in.

"People are more likely to rob a house with no lights than one with lights."

"Hmph, I hate thieves. I think theft is the worst crime of all, even if it's something small." Marnie said.

"Aw, I totally agree." I said, turning around with wide eyes. She had leaned forward slightly and the lights were square panels flashing across her face as she looked out the window with deep caramel eyes.

"What about murder?" Jack asked with the same uncaring quality about his sultry voice.

"Stealing someone's life." I commented before Marnie could answer. I watched her mouth open to answer and then close and smile. She was going to say the same thing.