The next day, I find myself waking up in the bedroom I fell asleep in. I feel someone rubbing my back. I look up and come face to face with Count Dracula. Then, I remember the night before. I moan.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjiOs42bjN
"Ah, someone's awake, I see." He smiles.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ617w73e04r
"Am I still—"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgu7t17LcV
"Yes, you are. I am too." He sighs. "I'm not worried about it."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomg2F3febW
I try getting up and fall back down. "I need—"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ35JTFMhgW
"Oh, you'll be fine. I'll take you home when I'm ready."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtlzWLDE0z
"When you're ready?" I groan. "That won't be until I'm a fricken undead."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSsVQ7RW09
"No. It probably will be tonight."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H0mlTC5DT
"Key word: probably." I sigh.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJEE9HEOBK
"If you don't shut up, I'll do what I did last night again."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKNzx0mU9e
I look at him horrified. "No. Uh-uh."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWSYp54EG1
He chuckles. "Then shut up. Or I will."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7vm3P0HeD
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That night, at 7:17, after dinner, he takes me back to town. Once right outside the café, he asks me,411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmzC58DL0C
"Where's your house at?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nAXos8Dzk
"Go down this street, take a right, down that street, take the second left, and my house should be the last one on the left."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI6zyejB0h
"That's easy."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SH6kKu0bC
"And I mean, last one, last one. Like, it's about two miles from the last one of the ones that are close together."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpNmzCXSvl
"Still easy." He grins.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFyRLl2pKr
"You weirdo."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQJKt749uG
He laughs, obviously amused with himself.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpytTqVvvt1
"Do you realize that I don't find you even half as amusing as you think you are?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafvbRoR1Fd
"Ah, come on. I'm not amusing to you? You don't think I'm jocular, perhaps?" He chuckles.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkxUEFgEnW
"No. You are not amusing to me and you are not jocular. End of discussion."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt3wAgKgwy
"Oh, please. Don't."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cfHiKtHtb
I sigh.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm2MkMyECS
"What school do you go to?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKGtA40CW0
I groan. "You're not going to shut up, are you?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWlSHY0iaG
He laughs. "No. Isn't that obvious to you?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHHVx10GI6
I sigh. "I go to the Josef Haltrich High School. Happy?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4W2zTRhQ3E
"No. What grade are you in?" He smiles.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM6GIb0y75
"Right now, I've got to finish my Junior year. Then I'll be in my Senior year. Now are you—"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzL1D1E1Bk
"No. Definitely not." He pulls into the driveway. "Is your mom home?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHJKBeuOer
"I doubt it. She's probably at a party" I look at the empty driveway. "Her car's not in the driveway, so what do you think?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKjcKz0R7a
"She's not home. So …" He smiles.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitOCigDNRl
"So? I don't—what are you doing?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzQ2aCysCj
He leans in and pulls me into a kiss. He lets go and I kiss him back. I unbuckle my seatbelt and climb over the console. I sit in his lap with my back facing the steering wheel. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmgLO5aADq
"What was that for?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrCC9UEwFS
"I don't know." He smiles. "Does that matter?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhwBvMMYfo
"Maybe."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw58P7LnMv
"Ah, copycat."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2Dcf42mFB
"Oh, shut up."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF6YVH7yeM
He chuckles and his eyes glitter.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJKftbYIZa
I lean in and kiss him. He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId0VlqN8qF
"My Lord, what am I doing? I can't help myself. You, a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old girl, is somehow irresistible." He moans.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB398BSqEfL
"Mine. You're mine."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju4oZ4YIqy
"I don't belong to anyone but myself."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYptX2LM8Fs
"Not anymore. You're mine now."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykJ4jDfGqU
He shakes his head. "No." He kisses my neck again.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaMwEA1G8H
I moan and pull him closer. I feel him slowly open his mouth and I feel the indent of his sharp teeth on my sensitive skin. I pull him closer and he sinks his fangs into my neck. I cry out and feel him draining me. I go unconscious.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysI6LFHbKK
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The next morning, I wake up to someone leaning over me. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfae6IzXG3
"Boo!"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVy1JWmbhU
I jump up and fall out of bed. I groan. "Seriously?"
"Sí, señorita. Very necessary. We got school, idiot." She grins.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAzPQO52cK
"Oh, it's you. I hate you, Charlotte."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpeyb4MXJl
"You missed the Valentine's party at the high school on Saturday."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirJmrdLqfT
"Valentine's Day was on Saturday?" I gasp. "Today's Monday?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb5ArINXiv
"Yes and yes."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMXKVtkFJv
"Oh, shoot!" I jump up and moan, rubbing my neck, remembering last night. The whole weekend really. I quickly get ready and head out the door with Charlotte, grabbing my things on the way.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqCv457JDM
We get to school and head to our lockers, which are side by side. Thankfully. We get our things and head to homeroom.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5eNwVqLyg
Later, at lunch, we head outside to eat and she tells me of her weekend.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJwdTqCgtS
"I went out on a date Friday night. He asked me to the Valentine's dance and I said yes. Then, on Saturday, we went to the dance. On Sunday, he went to, um, Bistritz and I went to the mall to shop, and … Yeah." She sighs. "What did you do over the weekend?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFsuGmZCFi
"Oh. Uh … nothing, really."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyQJiviM2W
"Then how come you weren't at your house when I went to see if you were going to the Valentine's dance and again to see if you wanted to go to the mall with me, but you weren't there."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcvwq64gaa
"Oh, yeah. I went to the funeral home on Saturday and that's really it."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTTdtOSPF8
"What did you do at the funeral home?"
"Oh. Nothing, really. Just help with some preparations. The usual."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uP6wqNRwI
"You aren't telling the truth, are you?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzUxbtXVoE
"Oh. Fine. At the funeral home, we examined the body of Count Dracula that didn't seem to be decaying at all. My mom and the funeral director left to get some information or whatever and I stayed at the funeral home to watch the body. He came back to life and drank my blood. Then, I went unconscious. I woke up later and I was in Castle Dracula. Dracula picked me up and took me up the stairs. I fell asleep and he made me stay on Sunday, too. Then he brought me home Sunday night and I don't know anything else."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvR7C2pz1e
"You're leaving something out. I know you are."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCMk6om1CN
I moan and put my face in my hands. "I don't … want to."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3pi949J5T
She puts her hand on my arm and gently squeezes. "Nikki, you know you can trust me with anything."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsrM0kMyoY
"Oh, alright." I pull my legs up close and rest my chin on my knees. I sigh. "Alright. Here goes. Saturday night, I had romance with Count Dracula. It went too far and we, um … I don't want to say it."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrXEL5IyDg
"You mean, you had 'you know what' with a centuries old vampire?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUjJpW64B1
I nod, tears strolling down my face. I turn to face her, turn my head, and pull back my hair. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8vHnMeDFF
She gasps. "Oh my God." Her hands fly to cover her mouth. "Oh. My. God." She looks at me, horrified.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuTDvp2YLA
"I s-swear. I c-c-couldn't stop h-him. He was t-too strong. He's just so s-s-seductive. It's hard to r-resist him." I sniffle. "And he wants me as his b-bride."
"What? Your bride? Why?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUukoQguDq
"I don't know."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpnIUPs7kD
"Oh. Hey. Come on. Let's go to the bathroom."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWAzqXI2id
"Why?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut9tIe9dqU
"Just come on."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZRorhaieR
She stands up, puts on her backpack, and throws away her trash on the way back to the school. I get up and follow her, doing the same thing.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54KkcLpTaR
We get to the bathroom and we squeeze into the biggest stall. I set my backpack on the floor and sit down on the toilet. She sets her bag down beside mine and locks the stall door. She digs around in her bag and pulls something out. She hands it to me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNWLokGT90
"What's this?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCYXAAR8X6
"It's a pregnancy test."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFG3sHo5zQ
"How do you use it?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw9mpqlEPM
"You urinate in something and put it in. You take it out and wait a little. Then you check it." She hands me a cup.
"Oh, gosh." I sigh and take the cup. "Alright. You're so lucky I have to use the bathroom anyway."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96vhqBJo6c
"Okay. I'll stand against the door, so someone won't see the both of us and think we're doing something we shouldn't. We have about fifteen minutes till the bell rings for the end of lunch. So we should be fine."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWI8ioVdKj
I do everything she says and cover my eyes as I pull it out of the cup. I sit and wait a few minutes. I lift it up and peek at it. I shriek and cover my mouth, dropping it on the floor.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9V8NP3vCQ
She looks up from her phone and looks at me. "You okay?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFe3n6wv9T
"No!"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9w4Krzm6U
She picks up the stick thing and looks at it. She gasps. She slides down the wall and looks up at me. "Oh God. What are you going to tell your mom?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DZuXHEMdD
"I don't know. Most of all, what am I going to tell him?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaR3KDADkj
"That's true. Him most of all."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkIH9Y3bXb
Suddenly the bell rings to end lunch. We get up and get our things. We head to our next class.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGpmF4vTof
