Post by Dimitri / Meg / mocha / jamie on Jul 28, 2011 13:32:45 GMT -5
Chapter 4
School was a total bore as always, everyone was talking about what they were wearing to the graduation. Some people actually had the guts to ask me what I was wearing to graduation I looked up from behind my hood and simply told them “I’m not going,” and I really wasn’t no matter how many awards I was getting or if I was getting my diploma. I told the principal and my teacher that too, they all said that they would just send it to me in the mail.
When school was finally over, after the long agonizing prep talks from teacher about how we should go make something of ourselves, I walked over to my Toyota to find one of my many stalkers from school who had crush on me ever since I’ve been going there. Michael, he was short, he had nice sense of style though I’ll give him that much. A lot of the girls were crushing hard over him but he wasn’t really my species.
“Hey Michael,” I said nonchalantly. “Ummm… Hi thorn…y-y-you look p-pretty today,” he stuttered. Poor guy he always stuttered around me and when I leave, he always beated himself up over it. “Thanks,” I replied getting into my Toyota. “I-I was sorta wondering I-I-if I c-c-could take you to graduation?” he asked before I shut the door. “Sorry, but I’m not going,” his face turned from excited to sad and glum. “Sorry,” I said again giving him a little smile this time. “No i-i-its ok, I’ll s-s-see you around Thorn,” he told me running off.
I sorta felt sorry for the guy I could still hear him even though he was a good twenty feet away. “Stupid, stupid, stupid, I should’ve known she wasn’t going,” he kept saying. I sighed and started the engine before my other stalker Clark came. He was head of the football team and felt he could have any girl he wanted, but I gave him a shock by turning him down on a date. Man he didn’t like that, the look on his face was priceless. Ever since then it’s been his goal to try and take me on a date, and every single time he asked I turned him down. The dude was physco, he thought just because his name was Clark and he was head of the football team that he was practically Superman. I mean come on give me a break.
I pulled out of my parking space and sure enough there was Clark running to my car trying to catch me yelling my name. I just pretended to ignore him and pulled back my hood and drove off. “Dang I missed her!” he shouted far behind my car. I laughed. “What’s so funny I want to laugh too,” Demetri said popping up from the back seat. I jumped and pulled the car over. “HOW DID YOU GET IN MY CAR!?” I shouted “I followed you scent then just picked the lock duh,” he said as if it was obvious. I sighed and rubbed my temples. I should’ve known he was in here because of his scent but I must’ve been too focused on getting away from Clark and Michael.
“So are you going to tell me what was so funny or not?” he asked again jumping to the passenger’s seat. “No, don’t worry about it,” I said putting the car back into drive. “Where are we going?” he asked shaking his dark brown hair away from his eyes.
“To the mall,”
“Why?”
“Because I need to look for a new job I’m quitting one of my other jobs,”
“What for you’re only eighteen,”
“Why is it any of your business?”
“Just curious,”
“You sure ask a lot of questions,”
He stayed silent after that. Most people in California don’t ask as many questions as he does. Now I knew he wasn’t from around here either, plus I’m curious too but I don’t ask him a million and one questions. “You know, I never really had a family like you did,” he said out of the clear blue sky. He turned and looked at me.
“You’re lucky. You had someone who was there for you and who genuinely cared for you,” I just kept driving and kept my mouth shut. “I wish I had a family like you did,” he mumbled “Never get too close to humans like I have,” I told him “They’re fragile and as soon as you get close to them you lose them, and that pain will live with you forever,” I said to him. And that was the honest truth. He didn’t reply. And it stayed silent the rest of the trip to the mall. Once we were there he stayed close by my side. I looked around the whole mall and decided to stop in the Hot Topic store. I visited there frequently and I knew most of the people that worked there.
“Hey, look who just decided to pay us a little visit after all these weeks,” John said with a grin. John was the one who owned the Hot Topic store in this mall. It was its own individual store. He was tall and buff not like the body builders but he was buff. He always wore this Linkin park hat I never once seen him without it on. And he had on baggy pants and his favorite Disturbed shirt on. I swear if the whole Disturbed band came walking though his store he’d drop dead.
“Hey John, I know I haven’t been here in a while,” I said walking around the store “Who’s he your brother?” he asked referring to Demetri “I’m Demetrius but most people just call me Demetri, and I’m not her brother I’m a friend” he told him. John just nodded. “Is that Thorn?” Chelsea said walking to the front of the store. Chelsea is a good friend she worked here and she never left. Hot Topic is like her second home she was the second darkest person next to me. Only difference is that she tended to over do it sometimes and she didn’t have any rockin highlights like me.
“Hey sister Thorn how you been?” she said giving me a hug. Her skin was always a little too hot for me just like ever other human “And who’s the hottie?” she said referring to Demetri “I’m…” “His name is Demetri,” I told her before he went on the long introduction “Demetri this is Chelsea you guys talk while I go ask John something alright,” I said walking away I quickly found John again “Hey princess what can I go for you?” he asked, he called every girl princess. “I need a job,” I told him getting straight to the point “Is that all?” he asked, I nodded. “I thought this day would never come,” he laughed “Come on we gotta get you the application and stuff,”
When I finished filling out the application, going through the drug test, and taking the interview. John told me to come back in the next three days and if the drug test comes out negative I can start work immediately. I told him thanks and walked out of the back room back to where I left Chelsea and Demetri. And they weren’t there I sighed “Where did those two go?” I mumbled, I felt a breeze behind me. When I turned Demetri was right behind me, his hand in the pockets of his hoodie “Ready?” he asked I nodded and began walking knowing he would follow.
“Awww those two make a good couple. I just wish I’d found him first,” I heard Chelsea say behind us. Demetri didn’t make any reaction but I just shook my head and mumbled to fast for human ears to hear “Good gawd Chelsea get a grip,” when I said that I saw the corner of Demetri’s lip turn up. “One second let me go in this store I’ll be right back out in a second alright,” I told him before I walked into Macy’s, he nodded. And leaned against the side of the wall his hands still in his pockets, I didn’t notice this before but his hair was sorta cut in a way so that his eyes would always be covered unless he didn’t want them to be.
I walked into Macy’s looking to a black bikini for when I wanted to go swimming later on this week. The band and I were all planning this trip and I didn’t have a swimsuit so I needed to get one. Next thing I knew some random guy was putting his hands around my shoulder “Don’t say anything or I’ll shoot.” I dropped the bikini I had in my hands and this is where things really get weird. Demetri was there in the next second coming in between me and the man. “Back off she has nothing to do with this,” he told him. “Get out of my way,” he said in a dark tone. I don’t really know much of what happened next but the man was on the floor and don’t ask me how but I felt something over my mouth and I went unconscious.
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When I woke up I was back home and Demetri was yelling at someone I don’t know. “IT’S BEEN A DAY AND SHE STILL HASN’T WAKEN UP YET!!” he screamed “What do you expect me to do the drugs should be out of her system by now,” “WELL CAN’T YOU DO SOMETHING!!!” he was still yelling. “I’m sorry but I can’t all we have to…Ah I see she’s awake,” I groaned and sat up slowly “Thorn,” Demetri said rushing to the bed “Are you alright,”
“What happened, how did we end up here, what happened at Macy’s, who was that guy, and who is he and why is he in my house?” I asked all at once. “Slow down slow down,” Demetri pleaded “First I drove you home after we were attacked, second that guy’s name is Marcus he’s after me and trying to get me to come back to his coven, and third this is Alexander he’s a good friend of mine he’s a vampire and a doctor. I called him because you’ve been sleep ever since the attack and that was yesterday. Last of all I’m not letting you out of my sight after what just happened,”
He stroked the side of my face with his hand. I turned and got out of the bed. “I’m going to go feed Louie,” I said walking past both of them heading down stairs “Hmmm…She’s a rebel isn’t she?” Alexander asked “You might say that,” Demetri replied. In the next second he was right next to me I groaned.
“Do you have to watch me I mean seriously you acting like I'm five,”
“Yes, I do. I just got you involved in something I shouldn’t have,”
“Woopdee flippin do,” I told him putting some more cat food in the bowl.
“I’m serious I can’t let you out of my sight,”
“Alright look, I’m not your property and you shouldn’t be worried about me we’ve only known each other for two days for crying out loud you shouldn’t be attached to me like this,” I said walking back upstairs. “Oh but he has my dear,” Alexander said from the top of my stairwell. I sighed. “I’m taking a bath and you better not follow me in there.” I told him grabbing some random clothes, anything would do. I took my sweet time getting ready.
Apparently I grabbed some shorts a black shirt that had punk rocker on it and the usual undergarments. I heard Demetri pacing outside the bathroom door. “Clam down Demetrius she’s only taking a bath,” Alexander told him. He didn’t reply and just kept pacing. I opened the door and walked right past them back to my room and put on my makeup. Again I felt two pairs of eyes burning onto my back. Then it hit me. I skipped both my jobs last night. “Damn it,” I muttered. “I have to go,” I told them grabbing my purse and the keys to my BMW. “I’m coming with you,” Demetri said. “I’m going home,” Alexander said. Picking up his bag and jumping out the window as if he were wild.
Just when I thought my life would stay uninteresting here he comes brining in the whole vampire world on my doorstep. “One thing though,” I started “Next time we get ambushed give me a warning if someone is behind me so I can at least defend myself,” I said trying to lighten up the mood. He didn’t react to my joke and quickened his pace. “Least you can do is say something,” I mumbled.
Chapter 5
The drive to Frank’s house was silent. Demetri looked at me with intent eyes every once in a while but then looked forward only moments later. We pulled up into the drive way of Frank’s house. It was a small little house and I enjoyed visiting him from time to time. I rang the door bell. “Coming coming,” I heard him say franticly shuffling around papers trying to make he house look semi-neat I suppose. He eventually got to the door and opened it. “THORN!” he said with excitement “Come in come in,” he moved aside so that I could come in but then he noticed that I wasn’t alone when Demetri came in after me.
“Who’s your friend?” he asked, a little defensive I know he probably wanted to say “Who is your vampire friend,” but thought better of it. “This is my friend Demetri, listen Frank I’m sorry I wasn’t at work yesterday something…came up,” I told him. He glanced at Demetri who had put his hand in his pockets. “Everything alright?” he asked concerned “Yea, yea everything is fine,” I lied, what I really wanted to say was “No nothing is going right,” but I couldn’t tell him all that.
“Anything else you needed to tell me,”
“I wanted to know the schedule for the songs I’m suppose to sing next week and my pay check I didn’t get yesterday,” I laughed a little.
“Oh sure thing R.T. one sec,” he said running up the stairs. Demetri stayed silent. I don’t know why but I annoyed me. I wanted to hear his voice, even if it was small talk I didn’t care. No, I couldn’t get infatuated with him. He’s trouble and he’s involved in something that I shouldn’t be so I need to keep my distance. “What are you thinking?” he asked. “Nothing really,” about you is what I wanted to say but I knew he’d like that all too much.
Like the life saver he was Frank came back downstairs with a sheet of paper and my pay check. “Thanks Frankie,” I told him “No prob, Thorn I even put Everybody’s fool on there for you. I know how you been wanting to sing it for a while,” he said smiling. “Thanks so much, I’ll see you tonight then,” I said walking back towards the door “yea see you tonight,” he said watching me and Demetri walk out the door closing it behind us.
“He knows doesn’t he?” he asked as soon as we were in the car “Yes,” Something was wrong, or should I say bothering him. He wasn’t joking like he normally would be. This concerned me, what was it about him. He’s only one vampire he was like me yea but I couldn’t get involved with him. I wouldn’t allow myself to get any more involved than I already was. “Can you please calm down,” he asked out of the clear blue sky.
I turned to look at him and he was looking right back at me. I saw my worried expression in the refection of his eyes. He had nice eyes, a nice body too. No stop I shouldn’t be thinking of him this way. I sharply turn my head back to the road and tried to clam my expression. Again the thought popped into my head, why was he so serious all of a sudden and why wasn’t he speaking his mind? This bothered me the whole way back to my house. As soon as I walk though the door I might as well have ran to the music room.
I picked up my cello and got out the notes for the song “Still Doll” by Kanon Wakeshima this song was one of my mom’s favorites she even had a music box that played the Orgel version of it. I played this song when ever there was something on my mind and now was the perfect time. The whole time I sang and played the song at the same time Demetri began watching me and then closed his eyes and just listened. As I played the last notes he finally opened his eyes. “You have a beautiful voice,” he told me swiftly coming to my side. I didn’t reply, I was thinking about my mom and dad and a tear fell from my eye.
“Are you ok?” he asked. I just shook my head and tried to hold back more tears I just repeated the last lines of the song “Still you do not answer,” and tried to hold back more tears. I couldn’t let him see me break down like this. It’s pathetic I’m weak but I sure wasn’t going to let him see that. And yet he was still at my side, he reached out his hand at first, but then put it back at his side. I stood up and just began running to my room crying.
The only thing I was focused on was getting away from him so I can cry. I hated it what people watched me cry and I wasn’t going to let him see me like this. But being the fool he was, he ran after me and found me in the fatal position on the side of my bed crying. Demetri was by my side again hugging me and rubbing my back in the next two seconds. I bet he didn’t even think about what he was doing before he did it. I just gripped his shirt and began crying even more. He was there for me when I was in pain, when I really needed someone to be here for me.
I didn’t cry when my parents die and I didn’t cry at their funeral. But as I thought of it now, I let it out that small year that I’ve been holding. It in just flooded right out of me. And Demetri was there to comfort me, he picked me up as if I were that small little five year old, years ago and laid me on the bed. He was in the bed with me hugging me again rubbing my back. “Shhh shhh it’s ok,” he kept saying like he knew what was wrong with me. Those small ten minutes of me crying I actually felt…. human. Like I was vulnerable, but I wasn’t I was dangerous. Demetri was dangerous, this nice loving person who had me in his arms stroking my hair was dangerous as well as I was.
And yet I felt safe in his arms, I hugged him tighter. I know this sounds like one of those Disney movies. Meet and talk for a day and fall in love and get married right but I cared for him when I shouldn’t have. I must’ve dosed a little after that because when I woke up it was dark. “Are you ok?” he asked. All I could do is manage was a nod. I sat up and quickly got out of the bed.
“I need to get to work,” I mumbled, reluctant to leave him, but I needed to I was getting too attached to him. “I’m going with you of course,” he said getting up as well. “Do what you want, I don’t care” I told him. Alright now I was putting up a barrier, a thick brick wall barrier. I was not going to be persuaded by his flattering, I was going to be cold to him from now on. He needed to know that I was not looking for a relationship with him. I quickly went to the bathroom to redo my makeup that had just been ruined. When I was out he was there waiting for me. “Come on,” I said coldly as I walked to the garage leaving some cat food on the way for Louie. Demetri of course followed keep his hands in his pockets. I grabbed the keys to my dad’s Honda and Demetri looked at me with questioning eyes. “I’m not going to my job with a BMW or a custom made Toyota that’s just asking for it to be stolen stupid,” I told him, he was shocked that I had called him stupid I could see it on his face.
He quickly caught himself and smoothed out his expression. Keep the barrier up I kept telling myself in my head. This was harder than I thought though. I sighed and got in the car. "Get in unless you want to be left," I told him starting the car; he quickly got in the car and leaned against the door. The drive didn't take long and we were at the bar in no time. Well no time for a vampire that is. "This is where you work?" he asked me questionably. "Yeah I have two jobs remember," He just silently nodded and followed me inside. Frankie wasn't surprised to see him following me still.
The whole band was already there surprisingly "Hey whose you friend?" Bill asked already on his laptop arranging the lighting for the upcoming performance. "His name is Demetri he's going to be watching us play today," I told them. Then all just nodded and kept doing what they were doing before we got in. I turned to Demetri, "Go sit down will ya," I told him. Yea I know it was sorta mean but I have to be mean in order for him to get it. I sighed again. Can my life get any more complicated I mean seriously.
Demetri didn't sit down, he just stood there his eyes closed then they just shot open and next thing I knew he was trying to run at a normal human pace but quickly lost it and dashed out the door. "What's wrong with your friend," Mark asked me. "I don't know, I'm going to go see now," I told him. I went after him and he was in the back alley with some other people. "Why are you here," he asked lowly. "We came to take you back," one of the shrouded figures said.
"Demetri who are they?" I asked like the idiot I was. They all turned to me and Demetri's eyes became shocked and his eyes were yelling "GET OUT GET AWAY NOW!!!" but it was a little too late because I was already trapped again. Only this time my wrists were bound by two tight hands and I couldn't start any fire I don't know why but I suddenly got weak. "DEMETRI!" I shouted "LEAVE HER ALONE SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!" he shouted at them "I'LL GO WITH YOU JUST LEAVE HER ALONE," he pleaded "we knew you'd see it our way eventually," one of them said "Demetri," I said again weakly. "Oh and don't worry about this fine young girl we'll make sure she's well taken care of," another one said licking my cheek.
"If you lay one finger on her I won't do anything for you," he said, "We won't hurt her but she is coming with us just in case you need a little motivation," the one who was holding me snickered. After that I went unconscious. AGAIN man ever since Demetri showed up 'a' I've been going unconscious a lot more lately and 'b' my whole life just got turned upside down.
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