Bloodstream

Chapter 6

I wake up, feeling groggy, to the sound of katlyne's high heeled shoes clicking on my apartments floor. I like my apartment almost as much as my mansion. It's very modern and flashy.
"SKYLER ROSE HARRISON GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED!" She screams when she gets up the spiral stairs that lead into my room. I groan and reach for my iPhone on the small cabinet by my bed. The time reads 2pm. Oh no......I sit up and my head pounds. My hands are pale. I'm thirsty.....
"Skyler! Do you know what the time is? It's 2pm! You were suppose to be up and ready for Kitty to get you beautified for the biggest night of your life you idiot!" I barely hear a word she says because I'm staring at her neck intently. The vein in her neck throbs with anger. It's almost to tempting to resist.
"SKYLER!" She screams again. I shake my head and bring myself back to reality.
"Okay, I'm getting up now." I say, dragging my body out of my bed.
"Skyler, you're very pale. Your not sick are you? Oh please tell me you didn't get sick before your appearance tonight." I can't stop myself. I need blood. I'm not going to have another chance to get any till tomorrow at least.
"Stand still Katlyne" I say and she does as she's told under my compulsion spell. Without hesitation I bite her neck and feel the warm, fresh liquid flow through my mouth, filling my senses. I pull back and look at my dear friend. Oh my...what have I done? I never bite people I know...the alcohol still sitting in my system from last night drained me of immunity strength and I was desperate. I was desperate. So desperate I tell myself. I watch as her fangs retract and I find a scarf to wrap around her neck, covering the punctures. I'm a monster.

I wake her from my compulsion and she goes to touch her probably aching neck. When she sees my scarf she looks at me with confusion so I compel her to think its her scarf. I feel like a bad person. The creature children ask their parents to check the wardrobe for. But I have to ignore that feeling.

I check my phone properly this time. It's full of messages.
10 missed calls and 20 texts from Katlyne, 2 from Taylor, 2 from Ed and much to my surprise....a text from Cameron. I clear the messages from Katlyne and reply to Taylor who wants to know if I will watch the ball drop with her and the guy she met last night at her party "ed will be there too" was the second text. I laugh and agree to go with her. Then I reply to Ed. He texted to say hello. And to ask how I am. No one really does that anymore. It gives me a huge smile. As for Cameron I leave it. I will call him later.

I'm going to the most exclusive part of the whole night. A cocktail kind of party where us celebrities go, if you got an invitation of course.

But before I go there I go to the dressing room allocated to me behind the huge stage where Me and Ryan secrast will host the biggest night of the year! I am hosting till 9pm and then Ryan takes over till 12am. I sit cross legged in my chair in front of my mirror and stare at my reflection. Kitty is applying a whole lot of products to my face, then putting on lots of make up. My eye makeup is perfect, a soft white eye shadow, with my dark lashes. My cheeks have blush and my lips are a soft pink. My brown curls fall naturally yet perfectly. I am put in a long soft pink dress, that shows plenty of my cleavage. And a white coat is put over top. I put on white gloves and white shoes and my ears are decorated in pink earrings. I do look stunning. It's 7pm and time for me to go on stage. I take my microphone and wait on the side to be introduced. Up on stage I see Taylor, who has clearly just finished singing her new song.
"Can I get a round of applause for my friend and this years actress of the year, Skyler Harrison!" The crowd goes crazy. And a big, big crowd it is. I walk up onto the stage and give Taylor a warm hug.
And so till 9pm I give updates on the ball drop, I introduce entertainment, I watch as the crowd gets bigger and bigger then finally it's time to leave the stage. I introduce Ryan, then walk back stage to my dressing room. Everyone is congratulating me and ushering me around so intensely that it's a relief when I get to my dressing room chair. Kitty gets to work straight away, redoing my make up and applying eye liner and red lipstick. My hair is pulled into a pretty high pony tail. My dress is floor length and white, with black patterns going from my breast down to my hip on my left side (Similar photo on side) Now I truly look beautiful.
I'm escorted to the tall building, opposite where the ball drops, so we all get a clear view of it as the new year begins.
As soon as I arrive I take a glass of champagne and make small talk with my fellow celebrities. Then I remember I was suppose to call Cameron. I excuse myself from my conversation with Jennifer Lawrence and Liam hemsworth and walk to the
elevator. I get inside and press the button that takes me to the roof. When I get up there I dial Cameron's number.

He answers immediately.
"Skyler, oh thank goddness your okay."
"Cameron, calm down, what are you talking about?" He doesn't text me often.
"You didn't text back I was worried"
"I'm immortal, it's not like I would of died"
I can feel the guilt radiating through my phone. I would have rather died with James than be made the monster I am, but Cameron took the choice away from me.
"I just wanted to make sure your okay." He says.
"I'm doing fine." I say, not in the mood to talk about my well being with him.
"Skyler, We are in trouble" he blurts out.
"Trouble? What kind of trouble?"
"I didn't compel him enough...I....sky...I'm, I'm sorry" my blood runs cold as he stutters through the phone.
"Oh Cameron...you don't mean.."
"You need to leave sky" He says with urgency. My hands start to shake.
"Cameron I..." I hear the door open and two very drunk celebrities stumble onto the roof. I don't have enough time to see who.
"I have to go" I say and hang up the phone.

I go back down stairs and Taylor approaches me.
"Hey, you okay?" She says. I wipe the worried look off my face and smile at her.
"Yeah I'm great!" I say.
"Okay, see you soon?"
"Defiantly" I take another glass of champagne as she walks off to talk to Selena Gomez. Then I see his striking red hair on the other side of the room.

"Ed!" I say as I approach him. His head turns to me and his blue eyes light up as he sees me. He pulls me in for a tight, warm hug.
"How are you love?" He asks.
"I'm great. You clean up nicely." He chuckles. He's wearing a similar outfit to the one in his music video "thinking out loud"
"As do you. But you always look very stunning." I blush. I don't know why I blush but I do.
A few people come and congratulate me on winning actress of the year and doing a great job hosting and they congratulate Ed on his successful new album. But me and Ed never really break conversation. He is so easy to talk to. We walk outside to the huge balcony, currently empty of people. We walk to the railing, each with a glass in our hands and look down at all the people.
"I hate thinking we are superior to them." I say.
"Me too, but it's what the media wants everyone to believe." He replies. The night air feels nice on my hot skin. I tilt my head back a little and close my eyes breathing in the fresh air New York seems to lack. I hear Ed shuffle a little closer to me and I open my eyes to find him staring at me.
"Oh no, there's something on my face isn't there?" I say. He laughs and shakes his head looking at the ground, breaking our eye contact momentarily only for him to look up again and stare into my soul. Even though as a vampire I'm not sure I have a soul. That thought sends a sharp shiver down my spine.
"Are you cold?" He asks.
"Uh yeah, a little"
He moves closer and wraps his arm around me, replacing my lost warmth. Being a vampire doesn't make my skin cold by the way. I look up at his handsome face, at his eyes, his lips....they look so soft. I feel his eyes on my lips too. The corners of my mouth tilt upwards in a smile. And he lets out a tight laugh. He pulls me a little closer.
"Are you ready?!" I hear Ryan's voice from down on the ground and realise it's almost time for the ball to drop. People start streaming out of the doors and onto the balcony and we find Taylor who is already making out with her hot guy in the corner. We laugh and go back around to where we were before, where no one could see us. And then the count down begins. 10! 9! Ed turns to me and I can guess what he's doing 8! 7! 6! He grabs my waist 5! 4! 3! I grab his shoulders 2! He leans in and whispers against my lips "1..." And then the fireworks explode. Not just around the building but inside me as we kiss. Our lips moving in sync. People are screaming everywhere but I only hear the bangs of the fireworks and am only aware of Ed. We break apart and he takes my hand and leads me to the elevator where he kisses me again, more passionate this time. The doors open and he drags me out and we run across to the back exit to the side of the road. He calls over a taxi and we jump in the back which immediately speeds off to his hotel. His hands run up my sides as he kisses me again. When we arrive about 5 minutes later, he pulls me into the building and into the elevator where we kiss once again. He lifts me up and carries me to his room, our lips still in contact. He closes the door behind us and...well...you can use your imagination about the rest...

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;) woah Kay, so we were all expecting that right? And how about that dodgy conversation with Cameron?
Anyways thank you so much to everyone who is reading my story, I'm really enjoying writing this one.
-Grace xxx