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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjO1jQGI1K
"Ah, someone's awake, I see." He smiles.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHgk3WQZJb
"Am I still—"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZHjSC9E43
"Yes, you are. I am too." He sighs. "I'm not worried about it."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu31GD3pMrQ
I try getting up and fall back down. "I need—"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR9NOsbwcF
"Oh, you'll be fine. I'll take you home when I'm ready."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5y5x7Cyzc
"When you're ready?" I groan. "That won't be until I'm a fricken undead."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvpBdcLR5J
"No. It probably will be tonight."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbXfzWrAgQ
"Key word: probably." I sigh.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhofGoe0Co
"If you don't shut up, I'll do what I did last night again."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvzay1jhYz
I look at him horrified. "No. Uh-uh."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc9Grmr3Ae
He chuckles. "Then shut up. Or I will."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMiA8wwzdU
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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,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2cDUyPTpN
"Where's your house at?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7eThTd6uB
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvew7icv1Fy
"That's easy."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1g3yieeMf
"And I mean, last one, last one. Like, it's about two miles from the last one of the ones that are close together."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3hbj6K3e4
"Still easy." He grins.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT9YHkl4XO
"You weirdo."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTBcL64ynY
He laughs, obviously amused with himself.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgW79qSrvP
"Do you realize that I don't find you even half as amusing as you think you are?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dUeKvEr72
"Ah, come on. I'm not amusing to you? You don't think I'm jocular, perhaps?" He chuckles.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eZnALqaCW
"No. You are not amusing to me and you are not jocular. End of discussion."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTo2GJQ9UDX
"Oh, please. Don't."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDawYS8tNPO
I sigh.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyEK2EEnIJ
"What school do you go to?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPQTsNjIic
I groan. "You're not going to shut up, are you?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbvvFfh5vW
He laughs. "No. Isn't that obvious to you?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YxLtWFWOe
I sigh. "I go to the Josef Haltrich High School. Happy?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyoWk8E8EF
"No. What grade are you in?" He smiles.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGkKfdBDaK
"Right now, I've got to finish my Junior year. Then I'll be in my Senior year. Now are you—"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7GjRMganq
"No. Definitely not." He pulls into the driveway. "Is your mom home?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnywvsWsbZ5
"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?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkucYnh7zc
"She's not home. So …" He smiles.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16Se20htEk
"So? I don't—what are you doing?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhl4qgfUGk
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. 395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMxLanH8VN
"What was that for?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzdJRWRBbA
"I don't know." He smiles. "Does that matter?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ykZm13xst
"Maybe."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdGtaeznpQ
"Ah, copycat."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGifzFMizbE
"Oh, shut up."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivGcXdzyxR
He chuckles and his eyes glitter.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMohyHEGFO
I lean in and kiss him. He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiGtA0Gy9j
"My Lord, what am I doing? I can't help myself. You, a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old girl, is somehow irresistible." He moans.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF903tGkRp5
"Mine. You're mine."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml6anTR2ot
"I don't belong to anyone but myself."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaya7iYAfk
"Not anymore. You're mine now."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzmpYuNnG2
He shakes his head. "No." He kisses my neck again.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQROip2P60
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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnzWgXNCCu
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The next morning, I wake up to someone leaning over me. 395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOPoYgJ01B
"Boo!"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x6KNOLsgh
I jump up and fall out of bed. I groan. "Seriously?"
"Sí, señorita. Very necessary. We got school, idiot." She grins.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX7EIfkVw7
"Oh, it's you. I hate you, Charlotte."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCA7ZxFcnG
"You missed the Valentine's party at the high school on Saturday."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrFpdla1w1
"Valentine's Day was on Saturday?" I gasp. "Today's Monday?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvYnpBxyCD
"Yes and yes."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hbsBMy57Z
"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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDlG3ZkpPh
We get to school and head to our lockers, which are side by side. Thankfully. We get our things and head to homeroom.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqJoO1yX2F
Later, at lunch, we head outside to eat and she tells me of her weekend.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ6iFBA7BB
"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?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKM1D5Oa3N
"Oh. Uh … nothing, really."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw1Ex4cLKW
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oIRPzlKZF
"Oh, yeah. I went to the funeral home on Saturday and that's really it."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApxxZfD6qf
"What did you do at the funeral home?"
"Oh. Nothing, really. Just help with some preparations. The usual."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe6JTpO3v8
"You aren't telling the truth, are you?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0Hwd2jl2i
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCnzi8Bo3o
"You're leaving something out. I know you are."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3DCXc46R0
I moan and put my face in my hands. "I don't … want to."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVkSsx2jck
She puts her hand on my arm and gently squeezes. "Nikki, you know you can trust me with anything."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0Y1aYC5ZG
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB98ZsYEZkb
"You mean, you had 'you know what' with a centuries old vampire?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqcUoYyGlU
I nod, tears strolling down my face. I turn to face her, turn my head, and pull back my hair. 395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaZsf0MkY5
She gasps. "Oh my God." Her hands fly to cover her mouth. "Oh. My. God." She looks at me, horrified.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GhcJ5FhPb
"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?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KRVaGZV5W
"I don't know."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8VtxvV6bl
"Oh. Hey. Come on. Let's go to the bathroom."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OgfdpTGCt
"Why?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSQkai9oM5
"Just come on."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ0k2HShiB
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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuJM44CMS9
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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAPfH3Lca7
"What's this?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5XeEBCHgT
"It's a pregnancy test."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpI9JewIzo
"How do you use it?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJBCytuz7C
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU7CyQgkE1
"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."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zlcM1wAqK
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.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ih9nlIo2F
She looks up from her phone and looks at me. "You okay?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2zIsymHoU
"No!"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVvwaB0e7b
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?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGTxRtkzbG
"I don't know. Most of all, what am I going to tell him?"395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHqJpRSBcJ
"That's true. Him most of all."395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ518xPGEzd8
Suddenly the bell rings to end lunch. We get up and get our things. We head to our next class.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGRY8KViky
