Give Me Pain
I woke up to the soft light leaking in through my stained glass window in bursts of purple, blue, red, and green. The colored glass dimmed the light so as to protect my vampire senses, and I sat up and yawned. I slipped out of the velvet bed and slid on the sunscreen that would allow me to pretend to be human.
I thought about Eddie and I scowled. How did he know I became a vampire? I could have had Mono, or something and couldn't come to class. Well, I was infected by something monstrous, wasn't I? Death, I was sickened for a month by Death.
But he was able to notice small details like that? My skin was always pale, but he noticed the flushed look? Did he notice, and even take part, in the strange infatuation that everyone at school took in me?
Whatever, I thought; I could let Vlad deal with Eddie. It is his fault Eddie caught on, anyway.
There was a knock on my door and I called out, "Wait a bit!" I pulled on my pants and took out a loose grey shirt from the wardrobe and one of the corsets. Once I put the shirt on I opened the door for Casimir. He sat on the couch by my bed as I pressed the corset to my body and turned my back to him to help me tie it.
He tied it slowly and quietly, I could tell that he was thinking. "What is it Caz?" I asked him when he was finished and I was walking to my desk to fish around for my brush.
"Why did you not tell me of this Poe boy?" He asked, rubbing his wrinkled forehead with his long boney fingers. His question came as a sigh but when I looked at him through my curtains of hair I saw his eyes were closed. As if dealing with a migraine.
"I didn't think he was such a bother. He is Vladimir's problem, not mine." I shoved it off casually with my hair flying over my shoulder. "How do you know him?"
"The boy came by here the other night looking for you. I suppose William did the right thing by dragging him to me. I poked at his skull, he knows about you. Is that because of Vladimir, or your own mistake?"
I groaned and put the brush down on the solid wood with a bang. I turned to him and crossed my arms. "In ninth grade, before I was changed, on Halloween Vladimir ran into him. They have known each other since preschool, a native to Bathory, you know? Eddie didn't have a costume so Vlad offered him to borrow his. Eddie accepted but Vlad made the mistake of scratching his tattoo. It glowed along with his eyes, and Eddie saw."
"I see, so you had no part in this?"
"No," I shook my head. "But Eddie is bent on revealing Vlad's secret. When I missed a month a school because I was a newborn and Otis wanted to train me away from fresh blood...Eddie caught on. He thinks Vlad is my vampire father, he knows nothing of D'Ablo. Just because I missed less than a month of school and everyone went gaga for me when I returned, he knew I was changed. He lacks proof though."
"But he will find it. He is a sneaky child, Elizabeth. He won't stop."
"I know! And I'm careful, Casimir. Don't worry about Eddie Poe, he doesn't matter."
Casimir sighed and suddenly his some seven hundred years of age showed. He stood and I followed him to the door. The silence was annoying my mind and I spoke as we descended the stairs.
"What are your plans for today?" I asked him. He led me to the kitchen and poured me a glass of blood wine. I drank it slowly and looked at him.
"Today we begin your training, my dear." I looked from the blood to him in confusion.
"Training for what?"
"Slayers." I groaned and placed the glass down stubbornly.
"Casimir, I told you that you don't have to worry about Joss. I can take care of him myself. He won't be back any time soon." Casimir's lips turned down ever so slightly. That was a sign to shut up and do as he says. I went silent and nodded obediently.
