A Touch of Scarlet

20

Carters P.O.V:

I look to my left.

Vampire.

I look across from me.

Vampire.

My head turns and beside me is my dumb ass friend Adrien, definitely not a vampire.

Then sitting diagonal from me is Lydia, the girl I've known and prioritized for the majority of my life, basically the sister I never had.

It's the same girl but somehow she's completely different. Its not the newfound confidence, or that every single flaw that she once possessed has now been perfected, or even the group of blood drinking freaks that she now hangs out with.

It's the look that she gets when she's looking at people absentmindedly, without realizing that she's doing it.
The look involves her features twisting into an expression that seems caught between the sorting of people from food.
Then I look to the "older" vampires that she hangs out with and notice that they look completely normal, well except for Reece who is purposefully displaying a look of hunger every time we make eye contact.

"So Carter what's your-" Jordan pauses, a conflicted look creeps into his facial expression quickly before he looks back at me, "occupation".
Lydia snorts in laughter and I watch as she tries to now cover her nose in embarrassment but because of the tomatoe sauce that covers her hand, it's now all over her face.

Hmm maybe not every flaw has been perfected by this... So called vampirism.

A smirk replaces my vacant expression.

"Carter what are you doing?" Adrien whispers sarcastically,

"What are you talking about dimwit?" I ask defensively.

"That thing on your face-" he pauses then looks to Lydia,
"Wait no do you see it as well? Is that a s-smile" his look of fake concern morphs into a grin as I narrow my eyes at him.

"Watch it buddy or I might ask Lydia to rip your head off with her fan-" I begin but Lydia quickly cuts in,

"With my fantabulous power of natural beauty. Your head with fall clean off your shoulders" she says with a hair flip.
I look to the boys. Reece and Jordan both stare at Lydia, their eyes filled with amusement from her joke, then I notice another raw emotion, now that I really look its quit obvious.
I'm not sure what it is but the two of them better not be developing crushes on my best friend, and if they do Vampires or not I'll beat those little vamps all the way back to whatever hell they came from.
Then I glance at Nate to find him already looking at me, he doesn't say anything but his eyes speak loud and clear, "dont reveal what we are to Adrien, Lydia trusts you".

"Well boys this pasta is quit good, almost better than my own recipe" Adrien states,
Lydia lets out a short laugh "What are you talking about Adrien, you can't cook dirt"

"I can so"

"No, you really can't" I add,

"Yeah well you can go and f-".

"Well this has been-" Jordan pauses as if searching for the right word,
"-fun"
"Yes it has been" Adrien says with a smirk as leans back and places his arms up on the chairs on either side of him.
Reece leans forward, looking at Adrien
"Not to rude or anything, but wasn't this invite only extended to Carter?"

"What about Lydia she wasn't invited" Adrien states

"Well she doesn't really need an invite" Reece responds automatically

"What why? Is she dating one of you?" Adrien asks obliviously.

I look around the table, Jordan looks down at his plate and begins to twirl little pieces of pasta around,
Reece scratches the back of his neck awkwardly before looking up at Lydia from under his eye lashes,
Nate's sitting with a smirk plastered onto his face as he glances between the three. Then I look to Lydia who's found a rather "interesting" spot on the table to look at.
Adrien looks between Lydia, Reece and Jordan then let's out a breathe, "what, are you guys taking turns with her-" Adrien begins,

"ADRIEN" Lydia yells in an intimidating tone, however her face betrays her as it begins to turn a familiar shade of scarlet.

"What?" He asks innocently, "is there something you three don't what want us to know or rather-" he smirks, "something two of you don't want the third to know?"
Lydia stares back at Adrien in confusion, but I see the quick glance that Reece and Jordan exchange.

If the two do like Lydia she'll never know even if she likes one of them back, she just doesn't think guys see her in that way. And personally if she does like one of them I don't think she herself even knows yet.

A noise sounds from the door pulling me out of my thoughts.
The door swings open and in walks 5 feet & 6 inches of gorgeous.
Raven black hair falls to her mid-waist, bright blue orb like eyes scan through each person at the table.

Who is that? I wasn't jealous of the guys before but now I am. Is she dating one of them?
Maybe I will take this whole being a vampire thing into consideration.

I look around the table, Jordan and Nate don't even bother looking up to the door, Reece looks towards the girl and raises his eyebrows in question, Lydia glances to the door and an expression I can't quit interpret crosses her face quickly, then I look to Adrien who is openly checking out the girl.
I lean sideways and elbow him in the arm,
"You're dating Mai, eyes on your food" I whisper.
Reece stands up and steps towards the girl.
"What are you doing here Val?" He asks.
Val? What does that stand for?

"Just thought I'd drop by for something to eat" she replies, her eyes then glance towards me, she looks me up and down then looks back to Reece.

"I wasn't aware you had company"

"We can leave if you'd like" I state.

Why the hell would I say that? This isn't even her house.
she smirks, "it's quit alright, I've got business to attend too".

Where is she from? She speaks with such authority, and her choice of words sound so- Well not from this era.

She nods at Reece then as quickly as she'd entered she was gone.

"Carter?" Nate asks,

"Yeah?" I ask absentmindedly while still watching the door.

"Is that drool on your chin?"

I send a glare towards Nate and everyone else at the table, since they're all laughing now.
Except for Reece who stands at the head of the table with his hands clenched.

Is he dating her or something?

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Authors Note:

Hey everyone,
Thanks for reading this far! This was my first chapter written through a P.O.V other than Lydia's.
So if you liked it please let me know what you think in the comments, and if you would like another chapter through a different characters P.O.V in future chapters let me know in the comments.