Rue

Knowing that vampires really exist is scary, but it makes me pretty excited.

Seeing that vampire lady also made me realize how ugly I am. Like holy fuck she was gorgeous.

She had beautiful hazel eyes, different from Jason's. She had long straight brown hair that went down to her back. Her skin was a nice medium brown. She had a model-like structure that almost every girl in my school wishes for; tall but with curves in the right places. I know if she went to my high school, all of the boys would be on her. Holy fucking shit.

What if all vampires are actually gorgeous like her.

I need to step my game up.

I can tell she didn't like me though. When I saw the bear and came running back to Jason because I didn't want to be mauled by it, from this distance I saw that she was upset.

She said I was a "threat to their race". When I already made it clear I wasn't going to say anything. But maybe she sees something different.

"So.." I said, trying to clear the tension.

Jason shot me a sympathetic look and turned back not daring to face me.

"Jason?" I took a step towards him.

"Igotyouintothis." He mumbled.

"W-what'd you say?" Although I heard him, I just want him to speak up.

"I got you into this." He said again.

"Got me into what?" Even though I already knew what he meant, I still asked.

I just want to hear it from him.

"I should've just killed you."

Okay what the fuck is he talking about. He should not be having regrets because he decided to do a good deed.

He clenched his fists and his jaws and stayed facing away from me.

I took another step towards him.

"Dude, what the fuck are you talking about." I chuckled in hope to lighten the mood. "You sound insane. You saved a life."

When I got close enough, I placed a hand on his shoulder and turned him around. Because of how awkward and physical this was getting, I quickly removed my hand and stepped back. Thankfully he didn't turn back around, but instead he stared at the ground avoiding eye contact with me.

"Why are you being so dramatic? Is this some type of movie?" I sarcastically looked for hidden cameras. "Or are we in some type of book? Just talk to me like a regular person. Don't filter anything. I won't even think about you differently anyways- I mean, I don't even think anything of you yet. You're a vampire who saved my life and now I am interested in knowing about you."

It's true. I don't even see him as anything yet and he should see me as anything yet either. He's clearly compassionate towards humans and I applaud him for that. But being that he already exposed himself to me and now has to "babysit" me, he shouldn't hide anything from me.

"My life's at risk now, is it?" I folded my arms across my chest.

"Yeah, and it's my fault." He said softly.

In order to make Jason feel better, I decided to call bluff. I didn't know any other way to make him feel better, but this situation is awkward and maybe getting him to feel this way might change the awkwardness and tension that I'm feeling.

I cleared my mind and said, "Kill me then." I tried to hide the many emotions I was feeling.

He finally turned to me and I noticed the change of color in his eyes. His eyes were now a glistening Green, evidently different from what I saw in front of the school earlier, yet similar to how it was last night.

"The fuck you just say?" He looked disgusted by what I just said.

I took a step forward and held my arms out. "You said you should've killed me. Do it then."

I was honestly scared as to what he would do. I couldn't predict his moves because humans weren't blessed with the abilities to do that. And one wrong move and I could be dead.

"Are you dumb?" He questioned.

"Maybe." I shrugged.

He took a step towards me. I inhaled deeply to contain the rapid beating of my heart.

"Please just make it quick because I don't want extreme pain to be the last thing I feel before I di-."

"Rue, shut up I'm not killing you. I know I said I should've but I can't bring myself to do that." He looked up at the sky and sighed defeatedly.

It looked as if he was remembering something eyes his eyes began to water. Instead of asking about that , I decided to change the mood and ask about the vampire girl.

"So.. who was that?" I dropped my hands to my side.

"Dani, she's a second generation vampire."

I nodded my head although I didn't know what a second generation vampire was.

"Like I told you earlier, you're supposed to be dead. I'm pretty sure Dani saw through that and noticed that I kept you alive."

I puckered my lips and frowned. "How many second generation vampires are there?"

Jason immediately looked away from me and into the distance as if I just asked the most offensive thing in the world. His whole body stiffened as he seemingly fell into a deep thought.

I wish I had the ability to read minds. I'd be able to find out what he's thinking and we wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.

"It's-it's something that I don't like to talk about." He admitted turning to face me.

Feeling awkward, I looked down at the ground to avoid eye contact with him. "You don't have to say anything if it triggers you."

He responded with silence. And that silence actually meant a lot. What he was thinking was clearly traumatic. It made him feel tense and uncomfortable. He didn't want to talk about the second generation of vampires. He seemed hurt.

I'm assuming something terrible happened to them and that affected Jason- actually the vampire race as a whole.

I yawned and looked at the time on my phone.

4:45

"Yeah uh, I don't want to be rude but I don't remember why we came over here in the first place and I would like to go home now."

I lied. I knew why we were over here. It was for us to converse without the risk of anyone else listening. I didn't want to ask any questions. After what happened with that girl, and me triggering a sacred memory, I think that's enough questions for today.

"You sure?" It was like he wanted me to keep asking questions. He didn't want me to leave.

"Yeah." I yawned again. I can tell he was a bit taken back by my yawning. "Oh- I'm not yawning cause I'm bored. I'm yawning because I'm tired."

A few seconds of awkward silence went by before he began walking towards what I believe to be the exit of this area.

Watching him walk was mildly interesting. It's so weird how someone who's looking from the outside and not knowing he's a vampire would just assume he's human. Vampires take these human forms and are just like us in every way possible. Well, minus the drinking blood and having superpowers part.

He looks like any other boy I've encountered in my life, and his personality seems to match those boys who all the girls seemingly like. His emotions processes just like anyone else's. He was angry, he was sad. He's empathic towards humans and life itself— possessing the same morals we do.

I understand they pose a threat to the human race and multiple people have been dying recently. But if they knew there were vampires out like Jason and those who are trying to live a normal life, why should we fear them?

I felt a sense of sadness once I realized we finally reached the main road and things began to look familiar. As much as I wanted to ask more questions, it just didn't feel like the right time. A memory was triggered in Jason, and because I can't read him, I don't want to say the wrong thing then have him snap at me.

I'll just ask the next time I see him.

"Can you fly me home?" I said with a smile appearing on my lips.

He turned towards me and gave me a mocking look.

"Can you fly me home?"

I rolled my eyes and held my hands up in "defeat" pose and walked past him. "I mean if you want Dani to come and kill me being that I'm alone and out of reach for you.." My voice trailed off.

I really didn't want to walk home so I was going to use any tactic I could to convince Jason to fly me home.

"Rue, she's not going to do that and you know it." He started to get defensive.

"Or the crackhead vampires would catch me off guard like they did last night." I shrugged. "And since you're not around I guess they'd successfully kill me."

I can sense that Jason was a bit annoyed by my hypothetical situations. He sighed in annoyance and practically teleported in front of me slouched down. His back towards my front.

"Get on." He muttered.

"Excuse me, what was that?" I pretended not to hear what he said.

"I said get on." The volume in his voice didn't increase.

He's doing this on purpose.

"I still can't hear youuu."

"What the fuck am I supposed to say?" He was definitely irritated.

Okay, I think I'll stop.

"Fine." I whined.

I got on his back, making sure my bag was secured and he immediately stood up.

"Tie your bag strings around my waist." He said.

Not questioning what he said, I reluctantly tied them in a knot around his waist.

At this point we were extremely close. And I mean extremely close. My chest was literally squashed on his back.

My heart.

I tried to contain what I was feeling as much as possible because I didn't want to embarrass myself.

"You ready?" He kept a stern tone.

I nodded my head. "Mhm."

The next thing I know is we are literally dashing through the woods. Stray leaves were hitting my face, the wind was causing my eyes to tear up. Drool was coming out of my mouth, holy fucking shit I think my eyelash is coming off.

Dammit, It did.

-

"I thought we were freaking flying, not going on a fucking running tour of the woods." I said as I hopped off his back.

I tried fixing my hair as much as possible before he looked at me. But being that he moves faster than the speed of light he turned towards me and now I was standing here merely embarrassed.

He began chuckling softly as I removed both of my eyelashes and began wiping off the dried up drool stain on my cheek.

"I'm surprised you're not burning up right now."

"Why would I be?" His chuckles slowed down as he began to regain breath.

"Because of the heat emitting off my skin." I didn't want to directly joke and say that I looked hot right now, I hope he understood the joke.

He stared at me with utter confusion. I decided to give him that same look.

"Don't get it." He simply stated.

"Okay." I awkwardly began fiddling with my fingers

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

"So?"

"Do vampires have sex?" I blurted out.

I covered my mouth in shock at what came out of it. I didn't mean to say that.

He snorted.

My eyes opened wide in shame and embarrassment.

I've always had this weird habit of blurting out things which reside in the back of my mind. However, I have been doing a good job at not being too weird lately. I think I just ruined that streak though.

"How old are you?" He smirked.

"19." I quickly answered.

"I'll tell you when you're 20."

"But I just turned 19 though, I can't wait a whole ye-" I cut myself off. "You know what. Assuming that you're alive and you look around my age. I'll just say yes. They do."

It makes sense right? Jason does look a little young and I believe vampires stop aging when they're in their early adult years. He doesn't fully look like he's done aging but he looks like he's getting there. He must be 18 or like 20?

"I'm 300 years old." And with that, he dashed away.

300? So you're telling me I have a 300 year old man following me around?

What the actual fuck.