• "No, please don't come any closer, I can't stand your wonderful scent.",. I say backing away from him, my best friend, the only one who truly understood. Now his understanding was completely screwed up, and I didn't want him freaking so, I didn't tell him. He came closer, a hurt look passed along his features, I knew he didn't understand, but how am I supposed to break it to him?? Am I supposed to say, 'Oh, hey Leon, I'm a vampire now.', no because then he'd scream like a little girl and run, or would he? Would he really understand? Should I break it to him? Or should I not tell him and live my life without him? I couldn't really picture life without him, it would be empty, but I'm a newborn too, so until I can control myself I shouldn't interact with humans. He did exactally what I feared he would, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. "What's wrong with you?", he says his stormy grey eyes peering at me, I just had to tell him. "Leon, uhmm..... I don't really know how to say this but........" "But?", he said bringing my face up so that I had to look at him. "Well.......", I start to draw circles on his chest , I'm still not quite used to his scent, but it's better than before, even though I still want to just rip his neck open and drink that sweet, luxurious, blood of his. "Well?", he says I don't know if he gets what I'm trying to say so I come out with it, "I'm a vampire.", shock passes across his face, alarm registering in his eyes, I look down and draw more circles. "Really?", his says a skeptical look forms on his face now. "Yes.", I say looking at him, he lets go and walks away from me. At least I've finally gotten used to scent. "What?", I say following him like a puppy on leash. "What?!?! What the hell is wrong with me now?? Huh?? Answer me please Leon, answer me." He continued to walk away, and before he could slip into suburbia, I grabbed his arm. "Oww. Goddammit Dani, let go.", he says batting my hand from his arm. "No. Answer me, what the frick is wrong with me now?", I say I could feel myself getting angrier, more powerful. "Dani...", he trailed off, "Yes Leon?",I say gripping him tighter I could smell all the people right through those bushes, I needed blood and if he didn't give me answers, he would be my first victim. "Owwww. Dani you're hurting me.", he said grimacing, did he really want to die like this? His face all scrunched up like that? I wasn't going to let that happen, so I loosened my grip. That's when it started, I could feel the blood on my hand, I needed blood, and I needed it now. The vampire in me was growing stronger, and it was getting harder and harder to ignore his scent. I retracted my hand and fled, I wasn't going to kill him, not tonight. I waited until I was in the center of the forest and then I smelled the air, so many people out tonight, then again it was friday to. I could smell everything, from the tourist, who smelled horrible (they were locked up in a car all day), to the couple at the carnival, on the ferris wheel, to be more specific, all the way down to that eldery man who lived across the road from me. Then I could hear my name being called erractically, like someone was looking for me, I didn't even need to smell him to tell. "Dani!!! DANI!!! ARE YOU OK?? WHERE ARE YOU???", I could hear him yell, even though he was at a distance, it hurt my ears. Instead of worrying about him, I located another solitary target, a male runner, on the southside of the park, it wouldn't take long to get there and no one would be at the park, except for us. "Hello dinner.", I say, feeling an evil smile grow across my face, and I fled again, this time toward the park. Sure enough ther he was, his sweat falling to the ground in little drops, drops that would soon be his blood. I could feel my body yearn for what he had, blood. My own blood boiled and I swear he was only getting closer. That's when I put my plan into action, I tripped and pretended that I hurt my knee, he came trotting up the path and saw me, "OWWWWW!!!!! It hurts! Oh someone please help me, I'm scared!!!", I threw my voice so that it was shrill, I saw him cover his ears when I had said 'OWWW!' He came toward me anyways, humans are stupid. "Are you ok?", he said eyeing my knee. "No! I fell and hurt my knee!!!", Isay pushing my voice higher, acting like he was stupid. 'Little does he know he's dinner.' I thought to myself, 'Too bad, he would make a pretty vampire.' "Can I see?", he said, his hand on my kneecap. "No.", I said lowering my voice, I sounded a lot scarier now. He backed away, "Don't leave the fun's only begun.", I say and pin him the adrenaline is pumping through those veins now, I can smell it, perfect that would make the blood taste better. He was terrified I could see it in his eyes, and I threw his head to side, snapping his neck in the process, and bit down. Feeling the sweet liquid fill my mouth and I let go, I completely gave into my vampire senses and when I was done there was nothing left of him, literally. I ran into the forest after that not caring who saw or who would see I just wanted to run off some extra energy. I did until I ran into someone, Leon. "Dani! Oh god, are you okay?", he said I looked down at my dress, it was covered in blood, I could only imagine what my face looked like. "I just came back from the hunt, let's just my meal put up a fight.", I say and he looks at me like I'm crazy. "Let's go home.", he says putting his hands around my waist. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I CAN'T GO HOME LIKE THIS!!!!", I pushed him away, he got blood on him too, great how am I gonna explain this to mom? What would she think when I came home splattered in blood? She'd call the cops, or worse, she'd call grandma, oh dear god, please, don't let her call grandma. She'd throw an exorcism party for me and then torture me to death trying to get the demons out of me. Especially with all her religous friends, they'd nail me to a cross if it ment getting the demon out. "I'm not going home.", I say seriously, I clutch the necklace he gave me for my birthday, it always made me feel close to home for some reason. "So, you're gonna live here now? Huh, well be careful, there's a werewolf pack around this area, they don't like outsiders.", I sniffed the air, it smelled like a forest for christ sake, then I picked up a different scent, more woodsy than it already was, like the dudes' deodorant you buy at Wal-Mart, 'So they use enhancer to cover their doggy scent? That's pathetic.', I was right under all that cover-up, was they original wolf scent, wet dog, how wonderful, I wrinkled my nose at the scent and immidiately shut down my nose, it was time to go, if I could smell them they sure as hell could smell me. "Come on, we have to go.", I tugged him along behind me, "Why?", humans are stupid. "Because if I can smell them, they can smell me and why didn't you tell me about them before all this?", he shrugged, "Because it never came up before.", I rolled my eyes and took the short-cut through the woods, "Now get your a** inside, I'll talk to you tommorow."