The Random Vampire Story [1]

Caiden stood between Colt and Slade, "Slade go home!" she shouted.

"You've been gone for two days!" Slade protested, "it must have something to do with him!"

"If it wasn't for him I'd be vamp food!"

"You are vamp food Caiden! He's a vampire!"

"He hasn't done anything!"

"But he will!"

"Slade! Get OUT!" her words vibrated off of the walls and caused the floor to shake, her witch blood was taking over.

Slade glared at Colt for a little while before he backed off the majic leaving Colt.

"You hurt her I'll kill you!" He hissed as he left. Colt rubbed his jaw and watched Slade leave. If he hadn't used that majic he could've crunched him in half. He wouldn't have, but it was very tempting.

"Thanks." He smiled at Caiden.

Caiden blushed and looked away, "I didn't know my voice could do that."

"It was just your witch blood kicking in," Colt said.

"I wonder if that's all I could do." She sat down on the couch and motioned for Colt to follow suit.

Colt sat down and looked around then back at her. "Maybe, I don't know much about witches so I wouldn't know what you could do." He smiled, "This is a nice little apartment."

"Thank you." She blushed again.

"So how did you get stuck with a guy like Slade following you everywhere?" He asked looking at her pretty eyes.

Caiden sighed, "We've known each other for as long as I can remember. He saved my life once...and now he's parinoid that he'll need to again."

"What happened?"

"I started dating a vampire...I knew he was a vampire but he swore that he would never hurt me." Caiden looked away from Colt, "I was so quick to believe him. He used to write me poems and songs about how beautiful I was and how good I smelled. Then one night, he attacked me. He drank until I was almost dead. Thats when Slade found me." Caiden decided Colt didn't need to know exactly how Slade saved her, just a vague description would suffice, "its because of him that I have witch blood in me."

"What happened to the vampire?"

"He was my first kill, thats why I'm a vampire hunter."

"Ah, I understand where he is coming from also. I am sorry about your misfortune." He said thinking about it. He tired his best to keep away from the other vampires. He didn't like most of htem but they weren't all bad. He looked out the window then back to her. "Were you scared when you killed him? At all?"

"I was utterly petrified," She said, "every time I looked at him it was like re-living that night. I knew I was stronger and faster now but I couldn't help it. I still even dream about it some nights... Like last night." When she thought about it she scooted a little further away from Colt, the memory of that horrible night still fresh in her mind, and it caused her to be a little more sensible about him.

His hand lifted up and brushed her cheeks, "I swear I won't hurt you," he said.

She looked up at him, tears welling up in her eyes, if she blinked she knew they would spill over, and she dared them to spill over of their own accord.

"That is what he said." She said taking a deep breath. He could see the tears welled up in her eyes. It tore at his insides.

"What would I have to gain by harming you?" He asked gently, he brushed a tear off of her cheek as it slid down her cheek. Her lower lip started to quiver, he could tell she was fighting hte tears, fighting showing a weakness of any sort. He pulled her against his chest as she started to cry. "I'll keep my promise, no matter what." He whispered in her hair.

Caiden felt so rediculous, she was crying, crying she hadn't cried since the night she killed Alex. She wanted so badly to trust him, but how could she? How could she let herself even make friends with him? He was a vampire, stuck forever in at the age of 19, where she was a human and would age and die. But it was too late for her not to become friends with him, he was her friend, if not just a tad more.

Maybe she could become a vampire? No, that was absoloutely out of the question. She refused to become a creature bound to the night seaking out innocent prey to survive.

She cried and cried and cried, and there with her head pillowed akwardly on his chest she fell asleep.

Colt stroked Caiden's hair thinking. What was he doing, he couldn't ask her to trust him. She couldn't expect that of her. He would gladly change her, but he wasn't about to ask her. SHe wouldn't want that. He laid his head back on the couch and looked at the ceiling. He could feel her even breathing, but he ignored it. After a little while he got worried. Slade might come back, and if he did he would be in serious trouble. Against majic he was completely weak.

Caiden woke some time later, the sun was shining through her window. At first she was upset by it but then she remembered with a crushing feeling that Colt was a vampire and wouldn't be safe here. But there was noise coming from the kitchen. Maybe he was still here.

She sat straight up and walked in there, only to be stuck with crushing dissappointment when she saw that it was Slade standing there instead of Colt.

"When'd the vampire leave?" he asked bitterly.

"I don't know," she said, "I fell asleep."

"Will he be back?"

"I don't know," she said again.

He turned to her and his face seemed to have brightened, "breakfast time."

Colt lifted Caiden's head up off his lap and laid her down on the couch slowly making his way out of the apartment and headed to his apartment. He made food and ate it absently. He then ambled slowly around his apartment, but thoughts of Caiden kept coming back to his mind. He could still smell her scent on his clothes and he didn't want it to leave him ever.

Slade stayed with her all day. Kind of like an annoying ringing in your ears. She almost openly thanked God that he had to go to work. She sat on the couch watching TV until she found herself drifting off to sleep again.

A soft voice whispering her name woke her up, she opened her eyes and smiled when she saw Colt. She couldn't help it, she liked smiling at him.

"Hello," he whispered softly.

"Hello," she replied.

"Hope you don't I invited myself in. If you want me to leave I will." He smiled,

"Don't worry about it." SHe smiled, if Colt's heart still beat it would be going crazy. He was glad it didnt.

"Have you been sleeping all day?" He asked sitting on the other end of the couch facing her.

"No, Slade showed up and hung around for a while then left for work." She smiled,

"Ah, I must've left just in time then." He smiled.

Caiden sat up and rubbed her eyes, in a sudden desperate need for a coffee. She stood up and brushed her hair back from her face. She knew that young vampires were able to eat real food and enjoy it. "I need some coffee, would you like some?"

Colt nodded, "yeah."

They walked to the kitchen, Colt right next to Caiden, his hand in the small of her back, as if he were leading her. If Slade did that she would break his arm. It bothered her slightly that she didn't mind when Colt did it.