The Flames in Their Dead Hearts...

Mind tricks and partying...

TW: heavier mentions of getting drunk and high. 

I lifted the bottle to my lips and took my first sip. It was thick and somehow still warm? At first, it tasted like normal blood, but then it tasted like pure bliss. Everyone cheered and I grinned in return. I looked over to see Marko's Cheshire grin looking back at me, I could get lost in his greek statue-like features and never find my way out. I looked away in order not to make it too obvious that I was staring. 

I took another sip and felt absolutely amazing, it was like if winning a million bucks was made into a drink. "This is something I think I could get used to!" I cheered, and everyone whooped and shouted in response. 

"Hey, sweetheart! Don't freak out, this is one of the tricks you can do now," I heard Markos voice. I heard his voice as clear as day, but I didn't see his mouth moving at all! 

"What the fuck was that..." I laughed. I looked around to see all the boys looking at me, each of them had a small smirk plastered on their faces.

"It's called a mind link, we can communicate through thoughts now! Pretty cool, huh!" I heard paul 'say'.  I was completely shocked and pretty much speechless. Who knew being a vampire came with telepathy!

 "It's pretty easy, actually. Just direct a thought towards someone. Once you get more experienced, you can project thoughts to all of us at once!" I heard Dwayne.

"I-uhm, alright! So you just project a thought, got it." 

"Hello? Is it working?"  I try to communicate with Marko. I saw his face grow into an even wider grin. 

"Yeah! You got it, sweetheart! Look at my little bird grow up so fast!" He spoke. Did he seriously just call me 'little bird'? I've never heard that one before. I shot Marko a look in between being confused, pissed off, and melting of love... He laughed and gently brushed his hand through my hair. I melted from his touch, like ice cream on a hot Summer's day. I am falling for this man too fast, I mean, he is supposed to be my soulmate, but it's still too fast for me.

"Let's get this party started, people!" I heard paul shout from across the cave. 

--Time skip--

 "Boop!" I said as I lightly tapped his nose and felt a small shock from the touch... It surprised me. Like, I know we are absolutely fucking wasted from everything, but is this what Max meant when he said vampires can feel their soulmate? I burst out laughing because of how weird it sounded and fell off the couch...Way to go. Marko lent me a hand, and he pulled me back up, this time closer to his face. I stare back into those damn diamond eyes that encapture me every time. How is this man so fucking beautiful? 

He leaned in and kissed me. HE FUCKING KISSED ME! It took me by surprise and my head told me to pull away, but my heart wanted more. His lips were soft, our bodies fitting together like a puzzle piece. I pulled away to catch a breath, and I realize, that kiss was way better than my ex-girlfriend, Crystal's kisses. I mean, she's a girl, which already made her awesome, but this...this was something else. It felt like I was on cloud-9, looking over the world. Marko smirked at the dazed and confused look glued on my face. I laughed leaned back into his lap. He ran his hand through my hair.

"You know, you are the first of the male species that I've kissed. Only fellow females" I say in a mock British accent. I don't even know why I did an accent, it just kind of happened. 

"Huh, so it's kind of like a first kiss all over again! Glad I could be your second first," Marko said. 

"I guess so," I yawned. I felt my eyes getting heavier and heavier, and Markos' comfy lap was not helping at all. "What time is it? I'm getting tired!" I sighed. 

The song "Smokin' in the Boys Room" by Motley Crue was playing rather loudly, but I could hear David say quite clearly over the music "It's 4:30 AM. The sun should be coming up soon." I heard a slight slur in his voice, to be honest, all of us have one at this point. Paul is lowkey muttering incoherent things and pointing at the ceiling randomly, he got high and drunk at the same time... Do vampires get hangovers? I hope not, but if so, we are all gonna be bitches in the morning. Dwayne was probably the wisest and didn't have too much, only a beer or two. He looked over us, so he's kind of the mom friend of the gang. "Come on, boys, let's go to our bar. Amber, you can sleep out here since you aren't a full vampire yet. The sun will be annoying as hell but you won't die or get hurt from it," David spoke. 

He set the now-empty vodka bottle on the fountain and stood up from his wheelchair. He shot his arms in the air, nodding his head to the music. Walking over to a small hole in the cave wall, he stumbled a bit and leaned his hands on the wall for support. 

I lifted myself off Marko and yawned loudly. I waddled over to Paul's wasted ass and pulled him up. I just could see that Paul was in a faraway land, away from all the shit here. I led him to the small hole where David crawled into and Paul followed. After Paul, Dwayne went in. I stumbled back to Marko, who was now standing a few feet away from the fountain. "You know for a fact that I won't be able to remember anything tomorrow...Today, I mean," I laughed. He chuckled and kissed me once again. His hands wrapped around my waist and pulled me closer to him. He pulled away and crawled back into their little hole where they slept. I stepped over the empty bottles and hopped onto the bed. I was so tired, and I felt my eyes get heavier and heavier. I slowly drifted off into sleep.