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~Kristy~  

“Nat, you can’t seriously be carrying that everywhere with you,” I said to my best friend. Nat, who had a massive fear of vampires, was wearing a ring of garlic around her neck. She believed that it would protect her.  

“The only thing that that’s going to do is make you stink” I said.  

Jake, my boyfriend walked past me then,  

“I need to talk to you,” he whispered in my ear, and walked out of the park.  

“Who was that?” Nat asked.  

“I’ll be back,” I said ignoring her question, and followed Jake.  

Jake had only been my boyfriend for a couple of months, but I’d known him for a few years, and, because of the way I jump to conclusions with anything to do with superstitions, I believed he was a vampire, which was the exact reason Nat had never met him. I know what you’re thinking, why would I go out with a vampire. Well, here’s my theory, Jake may be a creature that is supposedly evil, but he’s still a person, and he’s a nice guy. There was also no guarantees that he was a vampire.  

I turned the corner to see him. He had a very serious look on his face, it sent a shiver down my spine. I’d never seen him this serious before. He turned and walked further down the pathway. I followed him, confused.  

He finally stopped I the middle of a group of trees. It was a very secluded place, which scared me even more of what he had to say.  

“I can’t do this any more,” he said, “I like you Kristy, and I know that you like me, which is why I just can’t do this.”  

“What are you talking about?” I asked, I was more confused now than before.  

“I have been lying to you every moment since I met you, and I just cant stand it any more. I’m not supposed to tell anyone, and I really don’t want to tell you, but I can’t help it. I don’t expect to see you again after this.”  

Now I was really scared, but the confusion was gone. I had a fair idea of what he was about to tell me. I was also a little bit disappointed though. I thought I was going to find out something I didn’t already know.  

“I’m a vampire,” he breathed.  

I was right. As weird as it sounds, that information made me quite happy. I like it when I find out that I’m right about something.  

“That’s a shame,” I said, “I was hoping that you’d tell me something I don’t know.”  

His eyes widened.  

“What?” He asked, amazed.  

“I think you heard me,” I answered.  

“You knew?”  

“Ever since I met you.”  

“How?”  

“I guessed.” I made it sound so simple.  

“Is it really that obvious?”  

“No, I’m just very superstitious.”  

“And you don’t care about the fact that you’re going out with a vampire?”  

“Not really.”  

“This is more dangerous than I realized,” he said, and he walked away. That was the last time I saw him.  

2  

*3 years later*  

~Jake~  

I ran. I ran like I had never run before. I knew what had happened to Isaac, and I had to be the first to find him. I ignored the rain, I ignored the thunder. I just ran.  

Eventually I reached the river, and started to weave in and out of the trees, and around the corner of one of those trees, was Isaac. He was leaning against one of the damp gum trees, his eyes tightly closed. You could tell he was in pain. I rushed to him.  

“Isaac,” I whispered.  

“Jake, No, no! Go! Leave!” He gasped, “You don’t know, you wouldn’t understand,” he said, raising his voice.  

“Yes I do,” I yelled, “I know exactly what you’re going through, Isaac.”  

Just then, the clouds moved away. The moon shone, any other time, I would’ve thought that that moon was beautiful, but I knew what would happen as soon as Isaac saw it.  

Suddenly, Isaac let out a terrible scream. I ran to him.  

“Isaac, you must listen to me. I know exactly what you’re going through; I know what has happened!”  

At this, he seemed to calm down.  

“You do?” he managed, in a hoarse whisper.  

“Yes!” I said, delighted I was getting through to him, “I can teach you how to control it.  

“ You can….?”  

“Of course! I wouldn’t tell you I could if I couldn’t” I asked.  

“If I go back, I won’t be……be like that? Not in front of my parents?”  

“No, not now.”  

And so we walked back toward the place where we had agreed to meet in another few minutes.  

***  

I led Isaac into my room. It was not because I was afraid of what my family found out that I was worried, they already knew everything about me, and they wouldn’t really mind the news about Jake. I led him there because I figured that he would prefer the privacy.  

“So, how am I supposed to control this thing?” he asked.  

“Basically, control your anger. That’s the simplest way anyway.”  

“You expect me to control my anger?”  

“Yeah, I know you have a bit of an anger management problem, but you’re going to need to be able to control it.”  

“Why?”  

This was the biggest problem with Isaac. You can’t tell him anything without getting him angry. There was no way to keep him happy.  

“Look, if you want to be the usual werewolf, go nuts on the full moon, and have no control over what happens, be my guest.”  

“Why would you know how to handle it, you’re not a werewolf, are you?”  

“No, but trust me, I’ve had a lot of experience in the supernatural, and let’s be honest, it’s me or nothing.”  

Isaac sighed. “You’re right. Sorry about that.”  

“It’s fine, and you definitely need to control that anger.”  

It was then that a group of police walked in the door.  

“What’s going on?” I asked.  

“You are under arrest,” said one of them, as another one handcuffed me.  

“What? What for?” I asked confused. I had never done anything against the law in my life.  

“Oh drop it. We know what you are, Vampire.” The final world was more of a snarl.  

Isaac gasped.  

As they started to take me out the door, I said two words to Isaac. Two words, one name. I left Isaac with the name of the one person that I knew would believe me.  

“Kristy Rinshore.”