I couldn’t believe I was doing this. It was stupid, idiotic, irrational, and frankly stalker-ish. I’d almost thought I’d made a mistake when I saw that they had just gone to the movies, a perfectly normal date. They came out just as they’d gone in, save Tyler’s jacket around her thin beautiful shoulders. It all seemed very normal, stupid of me to doubt anything. I was probably just jealous.
But something made me keep going. Something made me follow their car again. Maybe it was the hair on the back of my neck that stood up whenever I saw her, or maybe it was the fact that she was driving--he never let people drive his car--or maybe even it was just that I was still in love with him, and going on a date with this random beautiful girl the same day he met her, and the same day he dumped me made me suspicious. Or insane.
Because clearly I was insane. I was one of those crazy ex-girlfriends who stalk their old boyfriends and will eventually go completely mad, ending up in some institution. I mean I’d have to be insane, because look what I was doing. I was stalking them on a date.
* * * * *
Just that morning, everything had been normal. Tyler had driven me to school, like he had for every day for the past year and a half. He’d picked me up like normal; the drive had been the usual: I put on make-up and he told me I was pretty enough that I didn’t need it. Then we were there, and I got out.
“See ya later, Babycakes. Love you,” he said, just like every other day, kissing my forehead since I’d just applied lip gloss.
“I love you too,” I answered. I walked off, going to my first period class. And I guess, I should have suspected something after second period when he hadn’t shown up to walk me to gym--which, by the way, you should never have to have that early in the morning. Seriously, that should be illegal.
But I went on without him, thinking that maybe he’d been held up with a teacher, or maybe he went home sick. But then I saw him with her. Jasmine. She was new, and I’d seen her the day before at lunch. How could I have missed her? She was exotic, beautiful, and not to mention every guy in the room couldn’t keep his eyes off her. She smiled at him, showing off her perfect teeth. I felt the hair stick up on the back of my neck, and I shook all over for a second, like a dog resettling their fur. I got chills like that once in a while, but this time it felt different. Like a warning.
But I continued to gym. I mean, maybe she’d just been asking for directions or something, right? I shouldn’t overreact. Maybe it was just innocent.
To my relief, Tyler did show up after gym, but he didn’t look the same. He looked almost sickly.
“Are you feeling okay?” I held on to his arm, comfortingly. He just nodded, but stared down at me in a strange way. I didn’t want to look back it was so intense.
“I can’t see you anymore,” he muttered. I must have blinked about twenty times before I could think of anything to say.
“Seriously?”
“Yeah,” he answered simply and stalked off.
If I hadn’t overheard from Brook Welshmen that he was going on a date with “the new girl” tonight, I would have thought it was a prank or something. Not even that he was big on pranks, but just that he couldn’t have meant it. Unless there was something seriously wrong.
I guess it was then that I became crazy enough to stalk someone.
* * * * *
The car followed the streets going to his house. The streets got more and more deserted, and I was hoping that they wouldn’t notice my car staying a safe distance away, but always making the same turns.
Suddenly, the car took a wrong turn. They were going down by the lake, with the woods nearby.
This was what I’d been waiting for, what I’d been fearing. But what if I’m wrong? I thought. What if they’d just gone someplace romantic to look at the stars and I show up? What would I say?
But there’s the chance that I’m right, and he’s in trouble.
I turned my headlights off and took the turn down the dirt road, following the break lights in front of me. They were far away, and I couldn’t see much, but they were going where I expected.
The car pulled out into the opening in front of the lake. I waited on the road, where they couldn’t see me. The driver side opened their door, and the girl got out. On the other side, so did he. She motioned towards the woods, and he slid his arm around her as they walked that way. They were out of sight too soon.
I got out of my car, and slowly crept after them. I followed their whispers. They stopped walking, and so did I, mid-step, not wanting them to hear me. They laughed, and then it went silent. I crept closer to find that they were kissing.
Wow. I was wrong. It really was just a date… Why am I such a loser? I thought miserably.
I glanced up again, when I saw her kiss his neck. Then lick it, then, almost too fast for me to see, she bit him.
Tyler screamed.
My Tyler was screaming... I stood in shock. This isn’t happening…
Blood was dripping down his neck and onto his shirt. His body was pulsing up and down in beat with hers. She was sucking his blood…
I didn’t remember deciding to do it, but suddenly I was running at her, screaming, “Get off him!” My voice cracked.
I stopped dead, petrified with fear, when she looked up at me. Her eyes were crimson red, blood dripping down her chin. I glared at her in the utmost disgust, but I couldn’t bring myself any closer. My hands were shaking in either hatred or panic.
She stood up and wiped herself off. She left the blood on her face.
“Don’t worry, Babycakes. I wasn’t going to kill him. It’s just that he’s so delicious looking… I couldn’t help myself.” I froze. Babycakes. That's what he always called me ever since we’d had that old movie marathon, and he’d thought it sounded so cool…
Now he was shaking on the ground, wheezing for breath, eyes closed.
“What did you do to him?!” I yelled again. I hadn’t realized I’d been crying until my vision was completely blurred. I wiped at my eyes angrily, then clenched my fists at my sides. I wouldn’t let her see me this frightened.
“I just gave him life. You know, immortality and all that,” she spoke calmly, waving her hand around in the air vaguely. She started walking in a circle around me. I turned with her, trying to keep my eyes on both of them at the same time.
“What are you?” I asked in a whisper.
She rolled her scarlet eyes. “A unicorn… A vampire, you idiot. What do you think I was doing?”
Jasmine was winning out in keeping my attention, even though Tyler’s breathing was getting heavier. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. The shiny teeth, wet blood dripping down from her mouth… It was so horrible, but I just couldn’t stop staring at her. Who knows what she would do to me if I did.
“So you stole my boyfriend to eat him?” I asked incredulously. This couldn’t be happening.
She laughed bitterly. “First of all, he’s not your boyfriend anymore. If I remember right, he dumped you for me. I really don’t blame him. And of course not. I told you, I gave him immortality. Plus, he’s just kinda cute. I wouldn’t mind letting him stick around.” She licked her lips, her gaze staring past me to Tyler on the ground.
I didn’t know what to say. She was right, he wasn’t mine anymore. She kept walking, until she got 180 degrees from where he still lay gasping. Once she paused I finally asked the question that had been in my mind since I ran out towards her.
“Are you going to kill me?”
Almost the second I finished speaking the breathing behind me stopped.
I whipped around and saw that Tyler lay there, perfectly still. No longer breathing.
Jasmine laughed again, and I turned back towards the harsh sound. “Looks like I won’t have time to. Our new friend has arrived.”
I heard a low hoarse whisper in my ear behind me.
“Hey, Babycakes,” Tyler murmured, and licked the length of my neck.
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