Aren't I Normal?

Chapter 24: Christmas Special

After that day, I had skyped Allen nearly every day.

I was extra excited on Christmas day. It would be like we were spending it together.

I had closed my door and logged on to my account, video calling him eagerly.

'Hey gorgeous,' he began.

As always, I went red. 'Hi Allen,'

'Merry Christmas,' he said and I said the same to him.

'Having fun with your family?' He asked.

I grunted 'Don't ask,'

'You can just come over here,' he joked.

I laughed 'Yeah I could,'

'What's so bad about your family anyway?' He finally asked.

I looked at the screen 'Well first of all, they aren't really my family, my real family, I mean to say and second is that there's nothing wrong with them, its just that I don't get along with a certain member.'

'So they're like your foster family?'

'You could say that.'

'What about your real family?' He said.

I fell silent.

'I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you-'

'No its fine,' I interrupted 'you're my boyfriend, so I guess I'll tell you. My parents are dead.'

There was another silence. Wait a go, Raven, you scared another person off.

'I'm really sorry to hear that,' Allen finally said with sympathy.

'Don't me,' I told him.

My door suddenly opened.

It was Claude, he walked in without permission as per usual.

'Get out!' I yelled at him.

He obviously didn't leave that easily. He walked to me and my iPad.

'You chit chatting with your boyfriend, Simmons?' He teased.

I went red. 'I told you to get out.'

'Seriously, you have to chill,' he said calmly, 'You haven't spoken to me since we last kissed two days ago.'

I went even redder.

'Raven?' Allen said softly through the iPad 'what is he talking about?'

I stuttered 'Nothing, he's lying!'

Claude sniggered. 'No I'm not.'

'I'll call you tomorrow, Raven. Bye.' Allen said and hung up.

My body had filled with rage. I grabbed Claude by the wrist and dragged his sorry butt out of my room.

'How dare you!' I roared at him. 'You cunt, you knew he was listening!'

He laughed. 'Duh. That's why I said it. To wind lover boy up.'

I smacked him across the face.

'Why can't you just stay away from me?!' I shouted and I could feel hot tears well up in my eyes. 'Allen will never talk to me again, AND ITS BECAUSE OF YOU!'

'Calm yourself,' he laughed. I couldn't believe he was laughing.

My anger was at the brink of explosion.

I wrapped my hands around Claude's neck and squeezed his throat.

It felt strange. My nails looked longer. Was it because tears were blurring my vision?

My teeth felt sharper too. My eyes were playing tricks with me because I looked like I was as tall as Claude even if he had a couple of inches on me.

He was gagging and gasping for air. Why wasn't he fighting back?

Suddenly, I felt hands around my own neck. They were Claude's.

His grip was firm and it caused me to let go of his throat.

I stared into his face.

My eyes widened.

His eyes were solid black, no pupils or anything and he was gritting his teeth. Not teeth, fangs.

He finally let go.

I fell to my knees, coughing.

I looked up at him. His eyes were their normal blue and his teeth looked normal too. I felt a hand on my shoulder.

'Its okay, Raven' I heard Mrs Helston's voice. 'Everything is okay.'

I could see dozens of pair of eyes staring at me and I heard murmers.

My eyelids suddenly felt heavy. I yawned. My eyes slowly closed until I saw nothing and heard nothing.

It felt like I was dead.

(A/N Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and the big reveal. Also big thanks to everyone who read this far, you guys are awesome!)